Iran’s top diplomat makes it clear option of closing Strait of Hormuz not ruled out
Iran’s top diplomat makes it clear option of closing Strait of Hormuz not ruled out
US President Donald Trump reported overnight into June 22 that the US had conducted a successful attack on three nuclear sites in Iran, including Isfahan, Natanz, and FordowTASS
Medvedev says both Israel, Iran should abandon their nuclear programs
"We know that Israel has a secret nuclear program," the Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman said
Japan Activist Clout Shown in Shareholder Rejection of Taiyo CEO
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La imagen muestra a varios jugadores de baloncesto en un vestuario, posiblemente después de un partido importante, como lo indica la camiseta con la palabra "Finals" en el fondo. Los jugadores están vestidos con uniformes de baloncesto de color azul oscuro con franjas amarillas, y algunos llevan medallas, lo que sugiere que acaban de ganar un título. En el centro de la imagen, un jugador con una banda blanca en la cabeza se inclina hacia adelante, mientras que otro jugador con el cabello rizado se inclina hacia él, creando una atmósfera de camaradería y celebración. En el fondo, se puede ver a un hombre con una chaqueta amarilla y medallas, posiblemente un miembro del equipo o personal, observando la escena. La imagen transmite un momento de unidad y emoción entre los jugadores.
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UBS Downgrades Thai Stocks to Neutral as Political Woes Weigh
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It is now ONE HOUR until #MONSTERDON the weekly monster movie watch party! At 9pm EST (that's 1am UTC) a bunch of nerds will start watching a goofy monster flick! To avoid this, consider setting up a hashtag filter!
If you'd like to join in, this week's movie is STARCRASH (1979), a Star Wars knockoff with some really great set and costume design and *truly* some of the hokiest dialogue ever put to script!
The flick is available gratis on Tubi over here: tubitv.com/movies/399606/starc…
On Youtube over here: youtube.com/watch?v=cfjFAM_BLg…
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Just hit play at the top of the hour and toot along with us! C'mon, it'll be fun 😁
#Scifi #Fantasy #Horror #Cinema #Cinemastodon #Movies #MST3k
Christopher Plummer is like my favorite part of Starcrash, he *understood* the assignment 😁
Pathos... And! Gravitas. Save the joviality for the half-dozen margaritas waiting at the poolside after shooting. God the things you do for a vacation in Rome. #Monsterdon
"You are completely surrounded by fighter ships!"
Made from ceiling tiles and legos, but yeah sure. #Monsterdon
...The smuggler has a problem with breaking the law?
WAIT, *defying fate* is against the law? ...I feel like that would be a much bigger part of the plot if this were a better movie. #Monsterdon
"Oh this way looks safe"
WHY WOULD YOU SAY THAT OUT LOUD WITH YOUR MOUTH #Monsterdon
"There's no way you could have"
The plot doesn't like you *nearly* as much as it loves me. #Monsterdon
"Please get up."
"No, I must obey destiny."
Remember, trying to survive is illegal! Apparently >_> #Monsterdon
"If we succeed in this, we could save billions of lives."
...From what? The Doomsday Weapon just blew up, you clown. #Monsterdon
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‘Doomsday Scenario’—Bitcoin suddenly drops under $100,000 as crypto price crash fears hit Ethereum and XRP. 🎉
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‘Doomsday Scenario’—Bitcoin Suddenly Drops Under $100,000 As Crypto Price Crash Fears Hit Ethereum And XRP
Bitcoin has plummeted sharply amid fears U.S involvement in the Israel-Iran conflict could escalate into a wider regional war...Forbes
Judge says government ‘failed’ to prove wrongly deported man poses a danger
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Battling stigma and discrimination, Malaiyaga Pride cuts a pioneering path in Sri Lanka
This is the first-ever Pride celebration in the hill country town of Hatton in Nuwara Eliya, where queer people from underrepresented communities were empowered to organise on their own.Global Voices
Yes, I know this is substack. And I’m also wary of “left wing” conspiracy theories. But interesting. #USPol
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She Won, Part III: The Devil Is In The Data
88 counties flipped red. None flipped blue. Trump swept every swing state—each just above the mandatory recount thresholds. What are the odds? About one in never.This Will Hold
Montage Is Said to Hire Banks for $1 Billion Hong Kong Listing
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The Australian Dream? 🏡 - Last week I was fortunate to get to attend the launch of the new exhibition The Australian Dream? (sl.nsw.gov.au/exhibitions/aust…) at the State Library of NSW. It’s part of their Year of Architecture (sl.nsw.gov.au/about/about-libr…), and it focuses on Australia’s fixation with home ownership, property, and the mythical quarter-acre block. I invited my friends Hank and Megan to come along, and we felt very fancy rubbing elbows with architects, designers, and politicians from across the city.
Dr. Caroline Butler-Bowdon, the State Librarian, kicked things off by talking about how the exhibition came about, and thanking everyone who contributed to the project. We also heard from Dr Kirsten Orr, CEO of the NSW Architects Registration Board, who supported the exhibition.
Next we heard from curator Anna Dearnley, who focuses on developing and curating the Library’s architectural collection. (I was surprised to learn that right now, the State Library has pretty much the preeminent collection of architecture materials in NSW.) She told a couple stories of working with co-curator Tim Ross, including one where he joined a group of experts looking at a photo of new apartment construction in St. Peters. She said the experts were focused on the brutalism of the photo, with earthworks and diggers in front of a generic apartment building. “But that’s somebody’s home,” he said. “To them it’s probably perfect.” She said that his perspective was so helpful, and it inspired a project to document some of the new development in suburbs like Parramatta. Many of the people in the photos, she said, were actually there at the launch event.
And lastly, we got to hear from Tim himself. (Wikipedia’s disambiguation (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Ross) is particularly good: “Australian comedian, design nerd and radio host.”) He told a couple stories about growing up in rural Victoria, like how there was once a copperhead in his childhood sandpit so his Dad whacked it with garden hoe. And because his Dad was a chemist, they put it in formaldehyde and for years he’d take it to school Show and Tell. He also talked about his mother, who had previously been a GP. He recalled her hanging nappies on the Hills Hoist and having an epiphany that her lift needed to be about more than this, and how it inspired her to go back to being a doctor. He talked about how notions of housing in Australia had changed over the years, with fun data points like the explosion in petrol lawn mower ownership. We talk a lot about property in Australia, Tim said, but we don’t talk enough about home.
With the formalities out of the way, the exhibition was finally open. It’s a fairly small space, and I plan to go back with Rodd so I only had a very quick look around. I especially liked this drawing of the Beachcomber House by Nino Sydney (beachcomber web-goddess.org/archive/79037
The Australian Dream? 🏡
Last week I was fortunate to get to attend the launch of the new exhibition The Australian Dream? at the State Library of NSW.web-goddess
#Monsterdon starts in 30 minutes!
Tonight, we're watching Starcrash (1979). I hope to see lots of cars crashing into celebrities.
Join us at 8pm Central (01:00 UTC). Follow the #Monsterdon hashtag and contribute your own commentary. Cheers!
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#MonsterdonAlert Sunday, June 22, 2025, 8PM CT (1AM Monday UTC) TONIGHT IT'S #MONSTERDON we will be watching Starcrash (1979) "An outlaw smuggler and her alien companion are recruited by the Emperor of the Galaxy to rescue his son and destr…the Timeloop Café
I guess they had to release their “aft power stage” in order to avoid the neutron star gravity well?
What the fuck is up with that helmet? It's like the helmet was designed for boobs by someone who doesn't know how women's anatomy works.
I think Guardians of the Galaxy took a lot of inspiration from this film.
Why did she get a completely different slave outfit from the other slaves?
Someone was like, “We want a nervous robot like C-3PO.” So, the writers, thought, “we need him to constantly say what makes him nervous so the audience will know he’s nervous.”
We’re 30 minutes into this film, and I really don’t care about any of it.
And this theme sounds so familiar. What’s it from?
Almost half-way through the movie, and we’re just now learning there’s a ship computer that looks like a brain.
Robot dude, if you knew anything, you would have known to dig into the snow and create a shelter.
Fifteen more minutes have passed, and I still feel nothing for any of these characters.
“Time for a little robot chauvinism.”
It is never time for “a little” chauvinism, robot dude.
Finally, 50 minutes in, and we get to the real protagonists! The cavemen!
This dude in the scary horror mask sounds relatively harmless.
“Aren’t you a little short for storm trooper.”
While Disney is busy suing AI, they should also sue Starcrash for laser sword infringement.
I think there are two types of folks on #Monsterdon tonight:
- those who love elle, and
- those who hate elle
There is no in-between.
This score doesn’t know what movie it’s playing to.
I’m actually a little mad at this movie. It should have been better.
Who the fuck was Akton? I don’t even understand Akton. What was Akton? Why was Akton?
I’m gonna have to go back through the list of movies for this year, but right now, this has my vote for worst.
Christopher Plummer, you made a bad movie, and you should feel bad!
Have we fucked off into space yet?
‘I couldn’t watch people die in silence’ The story of Alexey Rozhkov
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Chinese Cobalt Prices and Stocks Spike After Congo Extends Ban
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Inside Disney's plan to limit AI companies' use of its IP, which led Disney and Comcast to sue Midjourney; Disney is also in talks with companies like OpenAI (Lucas Shaw/Bloomberg)
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Inside Disney's plan to limit AI companies' use of its IP, which led Disney and Comcast to sue Midjourney; Disney is also in talks with companies like OpenAI
By Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg. View the full context on Techmeme.Techmeme
anonymous communique from some anarchists in Bulbancha
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The image displays a financial chart for Crude Oil Jul 25 (CL=F) on the NY Mercantile Exchange, with a USD value of 75.46, up by $1.62 (+2.19%) as of 10:21:40 PM EDT, indicating the market is open. The chart shows a green line representing the price trend over time, with a significant increase from June 25th to the current date. The background is dark, with the chart line in green and the price data in white and green text. The chart includes a "Key Events" toggle and options for viewing data over different time periods (1D, 5D, 1M, 6M, YTD, 1Y, 5Y, All). On the right side, there is a sidebar with a quote lookup search bar and a section titled "U.S. markets closed," displaying various financial indices and commodities, such as S&P Futures, Dow Futures, Nasdaq Futures, Russell 2000, Gold, and VIX, with their respective values and percentage changes.
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Pacers fans gasp at Haliburton's Game 7 injury in NBA Finals before responding to Indiana's effort
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Two houses from the 1933 Chicago World's Fair in Beverly Shores.
#indiana #photography #HoosierMast #nwindiana
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The image depicts a baseball stadium filled with spectators. In the foreground, a player is visible on the field, wearing a white uniform with a cap. The outfield wall is adorned with advertisements, including a prominent Visa logo and a Chevrolet logo. The scoreboard is visible, displaying player names and statistics. The stands are packed with fans, many wearing team colors, creating a vibrant atmosphere.
In the background, several flags are flying on tall poles, including the American flag and the California state flag. A Coors Light sign is visible on a brick building, and a NBC Sports Bay Area sign is also present. The sky is clear and blue, indicating a sunny day. The overall scene captures the excitement and energy of a live baseball game.
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we are 800m from the NBN FW tower
using 5G mmwave, we get 350/24 speed.
#photography #Australia
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