Transvision Vamp - Baby I Don't Care
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This week I’ve been bitten by a giant centipede* and swarmed by a battalion of Polistes carolina wasps**; my normal laissez-faire policy with respect to the arthropods, winged or otherwise, is wearing thin.
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* OUCH do not recommend. Like a rookie fool, I’d omitted to check my boots for crawlies before putting’em on. About a quarter mile into my hike I detected a horrible, sharp pain in my foot. Pulled off the boot, expecting a piddly little scorpion. Butnno. It was a goddam *Scolopendra heros*, a Giant Texas Centipede.
Reader, it takes a lot to squick me out, but I have no stomach for giant centipedes. They’re just too goddang big, are too venomous, and have too many fucking legs.
Gripped with pain and irrational panic, I screamed like a city girl, splatted my ass down on the rain-soaked dirt, and pulled off my centipede-encrusted sock in about .04 seconds (the dog nose in the photo belongs to my feral Pomeranian, who enjoyed every second of this embarrassing display a little too much). I then defeatedly limped home in the rain, rapidly losing feeling in my big toe. It took about 5 hours for the pain to subside. These fucken things are no joke. Although, like all my doofy encounters with creepy wildlife, the tableau was comical AF.
** It’d been so long since I’d driven my own car off the farm that a colony of paper wasps had had time to build a whole-ass nest in the space between my driver’s side door and the fender.
I’d boarded the car without incident and driven into town, not having noticed the nest. Did my errand. But upon my return to the car, the wasps were by now kinda cheesed off. To my enormous surprise, an entire buttload of sting-y insects buzzed out of my car door at once and bounced into my face.
Pretty sure I did some hilarious and awkward anti-wasp-swarm moves in the parking lot while attempting to cognitively reconcile this unnatural state of affairs with any possible reality. It was only then that I noticed the nest and grasped the gist. When I got home (unstung, by some miracle), there were a bunch of panicked wasps buzzing around the carport, searching for their recent nest. So many of their compatriots had flown off in that parking lot 8 miles away! It was an emotional rollercoaster for all concerned.
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Slade - Run Runaway
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@Crell I found an article about her situation. She and her husband were even Trump supporters.
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‘I want my vote back’: Trump-voting family stunned after Canadian mother detained by Ice
Family of Cynthia Olivera retracts support of president after immigration officials detained her at green card interviewRamon Antonio Vargas (The Guardian)
If Biden were still President during this flood, the Republican Party (and most of the media and a lot of other people for that matter) would be nonstop screaming about how it’s a Democrat’s fault and saying where is FEMA or blaming a Cabinet member and they would never stop so fuck off, Ted Cruz.
Ted Cruz warns against 'partisan games' amid Texas flooding tragedy:
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Ted Cruz warns against 'partisan games' amid Texas flooding tragedy
Republican Sen. Ted Cruz says it's not time for political finger-pointing after deadly floods in Texas killed at least 80 people.www.usatoday.com
It is also a local government issue to warn people about weather disasters so additionally fuck off, Kristi Noem and a last fuck off to anyone going on about “act of god.”
I don’t believe in one anyway, but if I did, an act of god should be funding government services and having services that warn people about evacuation in deadly weather. You’re an asshole if you think an act of god includes kid drowning.
Trump says U.S. will send more weapons to Ukraine
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Bachman Turner Overdrive - You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet 1974
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It makes me so angry that @stux has to constantly beg users for help to keep that instance going.
The man has to pay rent besides running mstdn.social. It just isn't fair to him. Mstdn.Social has 13,000+ users. If every user paid JUST $1 each month, he could do that full time, and mstdn would have the latest, greatest servers.
But no.
That's an important node on the Fediverse, and 13,000 people will be sorry when it folds because you didn't support it.
Step up. mstdn.social/about
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Give to fsebugoutzone.org instead
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Today I got up and dressed and left the house early.. I had my laser appointment at 9.30am, and then was attending an art show at Girrawaa Aboriginal Art Centre.
...except that my laser appointment is tomorrow morning.
...and the art show is on Saturday.
I don't think my dyslexia and dyscalculia has ever so thoroughly kicked my arse before.
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*Girrawaa is the Aboriginal Art Centre at Bathurst prison. They're having an art show to showcase the art work of some of the people in prison there. There are going to be framed and unframed works available for sale.
The proceeds from the sales goes to the artist, with 20% being kept by the centre to purchase art supplies (paint, canvases, materials etc) for the artists to use in the centre.
If you're in the area, it's definitely worth checking out!
#audhd #autism #adhd #disability #neurodiverse #dyslexia #dyscalculia #Aboriginal #Indigenous #art #Bathurst #BathurstNSW #RegionalAustralia #Australia
Japan Gets 25% Tariffs With Room to Seek Deal Past Election
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-07/japan-gets-25-us-tariffs-with-room-to-seek-deal-past-election?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Israel Confirma Bombardeios Contra Infraestrutura Houthi no Iêmen - Gazeta Brasil- Notícias do Brasil e do
As Forças de Defesa de Israel (IDF) confirmaram neste domingo (6) que realizaram uma série de bombardeios aéreos contra infraestrutura militar utilizada pelosGazeta Brasil
Parliamentarians celebrate Fourth of July at Lornado amid trade war, annexation threats
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Parliamentarians celebrate Fourth of July at Lornado amid trade war, annexation threats
A smaller crowd than usual gathered at Lornado to celebrate Independence Day, as sliders, corn dogs, and California wine was served to members of the Ottawa bubble.Neil Moss (The Hill Times)
Multipolarity Is Reality — BRICS Must Reflect Changing World — Lavrov
Speaking at the 17th BRICS Summit in Rio, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov laid out a clear vision for a just multipolar world, urging BRICS nations to lead global transformation.Sputnik International
"Billionaire Parasites Fear Being Taxed"
Another small coup on the way then?
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#NoBillionaires #TaxTheRich #Starmer #JohnCaudwell #UKPOL #UKpolitics
Billionaire Labour backer John Caudwell ‘nervous’ about Starmer
Exclusive: Phones 4u founder, who switched from the Tories, says wealth tax would be very destructive to growthJessica Elgot (The Guardian)
Presidio per salvare la redazione di Viareggio de Il Tirreno
Da oggi chiusa la sede storica di Via Coppino. Assemblea aperta dei redattori del quotidiano per chiedere alla SAE Editori di ritirare la decisione. Sabato scorso il primo dei cinque giorni di sciopero proclamati. Pronte altre iniziative. Il sostegno di lettori e istituzioni
"Don’t put this on God. You had plenty of warnings this might happen, and you chose to ignore them. You chose to leave the people you’re sworn to serve in the most vulnerable circumstances. You chose to risk danger befalling them."
WhatsApp introduced Message Summaries in the U.S., powered by Meta AI. #whatsapp #socialmedia #messaging #ai
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WhatsApp Launches AI-Powered Message Summaries in the U.S. with Privacy Focus
hatsApp’s new Message Summaries feature, powered by Meta AI and Private Processing technology, helps users quickly review unread chats while protecting their privacy.Lindsey Gamble
Israel’s Targeted Killing of Beloved Dr. Marwan al-Sultan and His Family
After receiving repeated ominous phone calls, al-Sultan and four members of his family were killed in an Israeli airstrike. Drop Site interviewed his son.Abdel Qader Sabbah (Drop Site News)
More from roll of Kodak Tmax taken in May 1996, probably with a Pentax K1000. First two photos were printed as contact sheets, scanned, and flipped. Last photo is larger print cut out and pasted in sketchbook, unflipped. Probably printed in fall 1996, during my first semester in college. Original negatives are long gone.
Me and a friend; I have no idea who took this photo, but I do remember this outfit and those hot pink sunglasses.
#blackandwhitephotography #blackandwhitefilmphotography #filmphotography #analogphotography #35mm #35mmfilm #kodaktmax400 #kodakfilm #vintagephotos #1990s
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We're back at it tonight working on @pidgin 3.0 Experimental 4!! Come on by!!
#NEA #Palestine #genocide #gaza #zionismisnazism #unions #bds
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The National Education Association just voted to cut all ties to the Anti-Defamation League
In a momentous vote, the National Education Association voted to cut all ties with the Anti-Defamation League. The reason? “Despite its reputation as a civil rights organization, the ADL is not the social justice educational partner it claims to be.”Emmaia Gelman (Mondoweiss)
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Elezioni regionali, la Cgil sta con Giani: “È il momento di scegliere, e di scegliere bene”
Il segretario regionale, Rossano Rossi: "Dal governatore confronto costante con i corpi intermedi e attenzione ai temi della pace"
Jack Dorsey’s new bet is a Bluetooth-based WhatsApp competitor that requires no internet
https://9to5mac.com/2025/07/07/bitchat-bluetooth-based-app-jack-dorsey/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Jack Dorsey’s new bet is a Bluetooth-based WhatsApp competitor - 9to5Mac
Jack Dorsey has announced bitchat, a new experimental peer-to-per messaging app that doesn’t require the internet or even an account to work.Marcus Mendes (9to5Mac)
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#BCC285 - Novela da Avibras: final feliz?
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A imagem mostra uma fábrica de veículos militares, com várias máquinas e veículos de combate em diferentes estágios de montagem. A fábrica é grande e bem iluminada, com um teto alto e uma estrutura industrial. No centro da imagem, há uma série de veículos militares verde-oliva, alguns em processo de montagem e outros já completos. Ao fundo, é possível ver mais veículos e equipamentos, além de algumas pessoas trabalhando. No canto superior esquerdo, há um texto em destaque que diz "Avibras: novela com final feliz?" em letras grandes e coloridas. No canto inferior esquerdo, há o logotipo do site "Brasil com Ciência". A imagem transmite uma sensação de produção e tecnologia, com uma atmosfera organizada e profissional.
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Instagram user says he was banned with no right of appeal
Meta wiped out a business account and all contacts without warning for not abiding by community guidelinesAnna Tims (The Guardian)
🇪🇺 The EU wants to decrypt your private data by 2030 • Techradar
｢ The EU Commission presented a Roadmap on how it intends to ensure that law enforcement has effective and lawful access to citizens' data
Politicians seek to establish a precedent for the decryption of private data
The Roadmap is part of the ProtectEU strategy, first unveiled in April 2025 ｣
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The EU wants to decrypt your private data by 2030
The EU Commission unveiled the first step in its security strategy to ensure "lawful and effective" law enforcement access to dataChiara Castro (TechRadar)
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