Call for EU ban on anti-LGBTQ 'conversion' gets 1 million signatures
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Wouldn't it be we're 2.54 centimetering towards the metric system?
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Russia holds sham trial and sentences Australian man volunteering for Ukraine to 13 years in a Russian prison.
How long will we keep tolerating Putin’s sick games?
Two drawings in booklet, back of drawing and front of drawing
gouache, wool and pencil on paper in book
size of one drawing: 14 x 16 cm
#drawing #zeichnung #tekening #contemporaryart #contemporaryartist #artbook #embroideryonpaper #embroidery #workonpaper #sztuka #dessin #abstractart #stitch #mixedmedia
US Wants To Exploit Bases In Brazil And Provoke The Country Over Its Role In BRICS
The plan by American diplomats to achieve rights for the United States to use Brazilian military bases is a radical maneuver and a political provocation against Brazil, particularly given its relationship with BRICS partners, especially China.Anonymous834 (South Front)
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@ridetheory in The Aarhus Library in Denmark you can have a giant bell give a single BONG when your baby is born.
It just about scared the sh&t out of me when I was in the library passing time.
Hidden Belgium: Ai Nati Oggi
Every time a child is born in one of the city’s four maternity hospitals, the mother is invited to push a button on the wall. It sends a signal that causes the street lights to flash.www.brusselstimes.com
#EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar
#11yrInvasionofUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState
Canadian PM Carney reaffirms support for Ukraine in first meeting with Zelensky
Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney and President Volodymyr Zelensky met for the first time on May 17 in Rome, where Carney reaffirmed his country's "steadfast and unwavering support" for Ukraine.Lucy Pakhnyuk (The Kyiv Independent)
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That 3am comment from Alexa makes this song even more creepy...
"Talking in Your Sleep" by The Romantics (1983)
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Saturday, tied for year’s warmest day, seemed among its best
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/05/17/weather-warm-washington-breezy-bright/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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#OnThisDay, 18 May 1893, Meri Te Tai Mangakāhia spoke at the Kotahitanga (Māori parliament) in Aotearoa (New Zealand). She was the first woman to address the Kotahitanga, and called for Māori women to have the vote and to be members of the parliament.
#AotearoaHistory #NZHistory #VotesForWomen #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons
![A visiting card by F W Mason with a photo of Meri Te Tai Mangakāhia. She is a Māori woman in a dark fitted jacket with a pale bow at her neck. Her hair is in a plaited bun.
Image credit: Mason, Frederick W., photographer. [Copy of Portrait of Meri Te Tai Mangakāhia]. Auckland War Memorial Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira. PH-NEG-C5101.](https://poliverso.org/photo/preview/640/46440873 "A visiting card by F W Mason with a photo of Meri Te Tai Mangakāhia. She is a Māori woman in a dark fitted jacket with a pale bow at her neck. Her hair is in a plaited bun.
Image credit: Mason, Frederick W., photographer. [Copy of Portrait of Meri Te Tai Mangakāhia]. Auckland War Memorial Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira. PH-NEG-C5101.")
White House considering suspending habeas corpus for deportations, Trump adviser Steven Miller says - UPI.com
The Trump administration is "actively looking at" suspending the writ of habeas corpus, which is the right to challenge the legality of a person's detention by the government, senior adviser Stephen Miller said.UPI
Musk touted $2T, brought down to $1T, and quit - saying he could only find $150B. Nothing actually audited, now reporting only $13B. Meanwhile thousands of hard-working, critical government employees lost jobs. And oversight orgs of Musk and Trump activities are closed. As well as seriously important programs to American standing in the world, as well as protecting the economy and citizen well-being. Tornadoes hit as recently as today without support. ohai.social/@tangledwing/11452…
Top genocide scholars unanimous that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza: Dutch investigation
A growing number of the world’s leading genocide scholars believe that Israel’s actions in Gaza constitute genocide, according to an investigation by Dutch newspaper NRC.MEE staff (Middle East Eye)
Le tre migliori esibizioni “esotiche” dell’edizione 2025 di Eurovision
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Germany’s Merz urges EU to scrap green business rules
Germany’s newly appointed Chancellor Friedrich Merz has publicly called on the European Union to repeal the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), a cornerstone of the bloc’s ESG regulatory framework.WALKNEWS (WALK NEWS)
I love when they leave hand prints! While we are not of the culture that created these impressions--and we have no clue what they mean--I don't think its insensitive to suggest that, in addition to what the hand prints meant to the people that made them, they also send a clear message across the millennia telling us that, "I was here."
#VisitWithRespect @Archaeology #Geology #Canyon #Desert #Photography
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Hamas: Witkoff vowed to lift Gaza blockade in exchange for American-Israeli captive Edan Alexander
Hamas says US special envoy Witkoff promised that the US would pressure Israel to end the Gaza blockade and permit humanitarian access within two days of freeing American-Israeli soldier Edan Alexander.PressTV
Scientists have been studying remote work for four years and have reached a very clear conclusion: "Working from home makes us happier."
An Australian study, conducted over four years and starting before the pandemic, has come up with some enlightening conclusions about the impact of working from home.farmingdale-observer.com
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Ghosts Of The Before Time: The Black Hole Where the Press Used to Be
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Ghosts Of The Before Time: The Black Hole Where the Press Used to Be
You might think a post that includes this sort of thing -- There is nothing in modern history short of the collapse of the Soviet ...driftglass.blogspot.com
Fascinating! Vintage undeveloped #film /photos found. Taken during the late 1960s #SanFrancisco I really hope they are able to develop all of them, and discover the identity of the wonderful photographer who took this now historic #photography
Story here:
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「欧州連合は中国よりもひどい」トランプ大統領の次の標的はEU 交渉失敗に備えEUは報復措置を準備（TBS CROSS DIG with Bloomberg）｜ｄメニューニュース（NTTドコモ）
「欧州連合は中国よりもひどい」トランプ大統領の次の標的はEU 交渉失敗に備えEUは報復措置を準備米国と中国が100％を超える高関税を90日間停止することで合意した直後、トランプ大統領は「欧州連合（ＥＵ）は中国よりもひどい」と発言し、関税交渉の次なる標的をＥＵに定めた。欧州の27ヶ国が加盟するＥＵは、「域内無関税・域外共通関税」の関税同盟を形成するため、貿易相手先としては一体の地域圏と見做すことができる。米国の対ＥＵ諸国向けの貿易収支をみると、欧州最大の貿易港を持つオランダ向けが巨額の黒字（最終仕…WALKNEWS (WALK NEWS)
Thinking of switching to Surf Fiber internet from the Comcast Xfinity Cable I currently have - any suggestions?
I got a flyer in the snail mail the other day that said "surf fiber internet will soon be available to you". My Mom has fiber internet in another state, and I know it's fast for her (albeit she has verizon fios). I live in the USA Midwest Chicago area- and I have had comcast xfinity for 20+ years here. They are a ripoff. I am charged 88.95 a month USD. I have no TV or any other services other than basic internet (I think it's the second lowest speed- they may call it "performance internet")
What I did notice (and this may be a coincidence) was that they must be doing some construction on my street because they made survey marks on my property and painted where the gas line and water lines are. Could this be because they are putting in the fiber cables?
Thinking of switching but want to get opinions of others. Besides cost reasons, comcast can suck off because they are basically part of other hollywood support corporations that are part of ACE. (this is the other reason I want to do it)
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A 14-step guide to taking a (fleeting) break from social media
Meditate instead of scrolling. Ha, just kidding. Doomscroll on news sites and gnash your teeth at the state of the worldEleanor Limprecht (The Guardian)
On your side. Until you block their ads.
Also, what does “better options” mean?
Austria's JJ wins Eurovision Song Contest with pop-opera song 'Wasted Love.' Israel comes 2nd
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A team of global publishers are working together to fund translations from non-colonial African languages into English.
Why?
- In all times and especially these times, authentic global storytelling is essential.
- You will enjoy reading stories from perspectives you have not before seen, and that are not created by requiring stories to be told in English.
- Our languages are as essential to our being to our culture as our stories.
Help me End AIDS with AIDS/LifeCycle 2025!
I'm supporting AIDS/LifeCycle 2025 to help support the life-changing services of San Francisco AIDS Foundation and the Los Angeles LGBT Center. Will you join in our mission End AIDS?AIDS/LifeCycle
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