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“Well, me, I'm lying here, with nothing in my ears . . .” … Me, I'm lying here, with nothing in my ears Me, I'm lying here, for what seems years I'm just lying on my bed with nothing in my head” ~from “There She Goes, My Beautiful World” …
#altText4you Tweet by JD Vance (@JDVance), 9/4/21: Remember when we learned that our wealthiest and most powerful people were connected to a guy who ran a literal child sex trafficking ring? and then that guy died mysteriously in jail? And now we just don't talk about it.
Authors Note-The Wade Turnbull I attributed to the Twitter posts was incorrectly identified as an individual with the same name. The Wade Turnbull quoted-who I did not speak with prior to this publication-is the owner of the website Cargo Collective.
It's been less than a week since Donald Trump signed his big ugly megabill into law, and already Democrats are making Republicans pay for screwing over their own voters. thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p…
Good. Because I'm tired of the Dems bailing them out and then in 4 years everyone is like, "see that wasn't as bad as those mean old snowflake Dems wanted you to believe" and then everyone forgets the attacks on everything it means to be American and act like GOP isn't a basket of deplorables, again.
Will the democrats be able to make their positions on the Right's most vilified topics, such as Immigrants' rights, health care, and LGBTQ rights palatable to an angry Republican electorate that only knows Fox News' propaganda? Yes, these people are angry at MAGA's theft, but it may not be enough for them to accept evil demon-crats.
LM Studio is now free for commercial use, removing prior license barriers for teams. New updates enable free Hub organizations and simplified team collaboration alternativeto.net/news/2025/7/…
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Abu Obeida: It is the resilience of our people and the bravery of our courageous resistance that alone shape the equations and define the features of the coming phase. english.alahednews.news/fastne…
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Climate change could pose a threat to the technology industry as copper production is vulnerable to drought, while demand may grow to outstrip supply anyway.
According to a report out today from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), copper mines require a steady water supply to function, and many are situated in places around the world that face a growing risk of severe drought due to shifts in climate.
Copper is almost ubiquitous in IT hardware because of its excellent electrical conductivity, from the tracks on circuit boards to cabling and even the interconnects on microchips. PwC's report focuses just on chips, and claims that nearly a third (32 percent) of global semiconductor production will be reliant on copper supplies that are at risk from climate disruption by 2035.
If something is not done to rein in climate change, like drastically cutting greenhouse gas emissions, then the share of copper supply at risk rises to 58 percent by 2050, PwC claims. As this seems increasingly unlikely, it advises both copper exporters and semiconductor buyers to adapt their supply chains and practices if they are to ride out the risk.
If a "follower-only" toot asks a question, how do you answer?
Reply at "follower-only", and most others who also interact with the original toot will not see that reply. This creates an overall awkward experience. Dupes+stuff.
With the usual "public but not advertised" distribution, you publicize at least the existence of the original toot. This is unfriendly to the original poster.
Maybe people shouldn't ask questions in "followers only" toots to begin with?
Yes, Donald Trump is a threat to democracy. But the far bigger menace is the monstrous growth in wealth concentration over five decades that made a Trump presidency possible—and maybe inevitable. Here’s how we let it happen.
Grok praises Hitler, gives credit to Musk for removing “woke filters” X removed many harmful Grok posts but not before they reached tens of thousands. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…
I feel that not too long ago, this would have been a bigger story. Are we just so desensitized to everything now that a Nazi chatbot doesn't even register as news anymore?
so this must be last straw that broke the proverbial camels back right, like all media & corporations & democratic governments - including ars & its parent will now leave twitter right.. Right?
The replies to this post are an absolutely insane collection of all the garbage the insane people left on his hellhole of a platform like to believe. Holocaust denial, dangerous lies about various minorities, life-threatening pseudomedicine, and lots of overt racism of course.
#OtD 8 Jul 1867 Käthe Kollwitz, socialist and anti-war German Expressionist artist and sculptor was born. Forced to resign by the Nazis, they threatened to send her to a concentration camp, but fortunately she was spared stories.workingclasshistory.co…
Con i suoi omologhi greco e maltese e il commissario Ue Mark Brunner avrebbe dovuto incontrare il presidente e il governo per chiedere maggiori sforzi nel bloc…
AKA Wes Craven's New Nightmare AKA Nightmare on Elm Street 7.
Probably the most interesting film in the series? That doesn't mean it's the best, though. There's a lot here that's real good, but unfortunately all the main important stuff for something like this is kinda weak.
Extremely rare case where going full meta works. Probably because it's taken seriously while not thinking that doing this is making it very smart. Just playing it very straight.
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Occupied Palestine (Quds News Network)- Israeli far-right ministers have urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to “immediately” withdraw from the ongoing Gaza ceasefire talks, “conquer” the Palestin
Jimmy
in reply to George Takei 🏳️🌈🖖🏽 • • •felis_catus_domesticus
in reply to George Takei 🏳️🌈🖖🏽 • • •punIssuer
in reply to George Takei 🏳️🌈🖖🏽 • • •Remember when we learned that our wealthiest and most powerful people were connected to a guy who ran a literal child sex trafficking ring? and then that guy died mysteriously in jail? And now we just don't talk about it.
Supadope
in reply to George Takei 🏳️🌈🖖🏽 • • •ya know. If I were president and half the country thought I was a pedophile, I'd release the Eppstein documents to prove my innocence.
Unless...
Bongolian
in reply to George Takei 🏳️🌈🖖🏽 • • •MegatronicThronBanks
in reply to George Takei 🏳️🌈🖖🏽 • • •Imagine being the poor MI6 agent who was dispatched to sneak in and deal with Eppstein, to protect the bloody UK royal family.
What an ignominious moment in a military career!
Travis Scott
in reply to George Takei 🏳️🌈🖖🏽 • • •Silkester
in reply to George Takei 🏳️🌈🖖🏽 • • •He becomes the VP of the friend, role model of said child traifficker and the VP of an alleged child trafficker and sex ring ...
"We All Knew About the Trafficking"-The Untold Story of Trump Model Management - Patr 1
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#SexTraffick TrumPModelAgency #ImmigrationViolations #Minors #Epstein #Trump #'RoleModels #Trump #Pedofile
"We All Knew About the Trafficking"-The Untold Story of Trump Model Management (Part 1)
Daily KosRuth
in reply to George Takei 🏳️🌈🖖🏽 • • •Sceptre.
in reply to George Takei 🏳️🌈🖖🏽 • • •