Afghanistan Hit By 6.0 Magnitude Earthquake Near Pakistan Border
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JVC TD-W10 stereo cassette deck.
Hoping this is the last deck I buy for a while. My other “great deals” from Craigslist and eBay all came with gremlins. This one was professionally serviced, which matters with tape gear. Belts, idlers, pinch rollers, and tired caps are routine failure points, so a bench check and fresh parts save you from a lot of pain later. 
Why the TD-W10? It’s a mid-80s dual deck with proper tape chops: supports normal, chrome, and metal; frequency response up to ~16 kHz on metal; wow and flutter under 0.08 percent. Dolby B on this unit. In short, a competent vintage transport built for real recording and dubbing.  
And yeah, I’d buy new if new were good. It isn’t. Modern “brand-new” decks like TEAC’s AD-850 spec at 0.25 percent wow and flutter and only 50–12,000 Hz on chrome and normal. That’s entry level by 90s standards. The TEAC is handy for USB and CD, but for tape fidelity it’s a step down.   
So the plan is simple. Get one solid, serviced 80s deck and stop auditioning duds. Vintage mechanics plus low wow and decent Dolby beats the plasticky new stuff every time. If you’re taping mixes instead of just playing pre-recorded cassettes, a better-spec’d deck pays off fast. 
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#Melbourne #HobsonsBay #Council #Budgets #Funding #Roads #Community #Poverty #Environment
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The Ledger of Our Lives: The Hobsons Bay Blues | Maribyrnong & Hobsons Bay
When Hobsons Bay resident Jason Goroncy received council’s ’Budget at a Glance’ flyer in his letterbox, he was moved to put pen to paper and write a playful response in the form of a poem.jimjin (Maribyrnong & Hobsons Bay)
Breaking: Dictators Gather in China as Putin and Xi Orchestrate a New Axis of Power
Putin and Xi unite—and for the first time are joined by Modi and Kim Jong-un to shape the world’s future. On the menu: Donald Trump, the useful idiot, the pawn, and ultimately…the punchline.Lev Parnas (Lev Remembers)
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Trump Eyes Chicago Policing, Xi-Modi Talks in China, More
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North Korean leader inspects new missile factory ahead of visit to China
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“6.3 million people are now skipping meals”. What the #IMF is doing to #SriLanka is actually #barbarism.
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Sri Lanka’s crisis shows how debt is devouring the Global South
From Africa to Asia to Latin America, billions go hungry while creditors profit.Anuka Vimuthi Silva (Al Jazeera)
Imagine a hitter with a career batting average of .250 stepping to the plate, someone asking me the odds of them getting a hit, to which I point to their career average and say "about 1/4"
Then, when they get a hit, being asked what I "missed"
The way we think about probability - and the way it's taught - is simply broken. It's wrong. But it can be fixed.
Ich hatte heute von länger schlafen gesprochen …. 3.40 Uhr ist es definitiv nicht 😫
Aber wenigstens stimmt der Beat 🤘
Das Video zeigt eine Szene auf einer Bühne, die sich in einer Außeneinrichtung befindet, wahrscheinlich während einer Konzertveranstaltung. Es beginnt mit zwei Männern: einer in einem hellen Hemd und dunklen Hosen, der eine Kopfhörer- und Mikrofonanlage trägt, und der andere in einem schwarzen Anzug. Der Mann in der hellen Hemd steht im Vordergrund und schaut nach links, während der Mann in der schwarzen Kleidung ein Gitarrengehäuse trägt und ebenfalls nach links blickt. Im Hintergrund sind Geräte und Ausrüstung zu sehen, die auf eine Bühnenaufbauphase hinweisen.
Der Mann in der hellen Hemd bewegt sich leicht und schaut nach links, während der Mann in der schwarzen Kleidung weiterhin das Gitarrengehäuse trägt. Der Hintergrund zeigt eine Bühne mit Ausrüstung und einigen Bäumen, was auf eine Außeneinrichtung hinweist.
Der Mann in der hellen Hemd geht auf die Bühne zu, wo ein Schlagzeug steht, und setzt sich auf den Stuhl. Er beginnt, auf dem Schlagzeug zu spielen, während er die Kopfhörer- und Mikrofonanlage trägt. Der Hintergrund bleibt dunkel, und die Bühne ist mit Schlagzeuginstrumenten ausgestattet.
Das Video zeigt den Mann in der hellen Hemd, der konzentriert auf dem Schlagzeug spielt. Er bewegt sich rhythmisch und spielt mit Fokus und Engagement. Die Kopfhörer- und Mikrofonanlage bleibt sichtbar, und der Hintergrund bleibt dunkel, was die Aufmerksamkeit auf den Schlagzeuger lenkt.
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Borsa: Hong Kong parte di slancio, a +1,82% - Ultima ora - Ansa.it
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Borsa: Hong Kong parte di slancio, a +1,82% - Ultima ora - Ansa.it
La Borsa di Hong parte di slancio: l'indice Hang Seng segna nelle prime battute un balzo dell'1,82%, a 25.533,90 punti. Il Composite di Shanghai sale in avvio dello 0,31% a quota 3.869,75, mentre quello di Shenzhen guadagno lo 0,39% a 2.453,30.Agenzia ANSA
India turns away from Trump’s America
https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-america-india-china-europe-liberation-day-tariffs/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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India turns away from Trump’s America
The U.S. is losing a strategic partner in an important part of the world.Ivo Daalder (POLITICO)
Borsa: Hong Kong parte di slancio, a +1,82% - Notizie - Ansa.it
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Borsa: Hong Kong parte di slancio, a +1,82% - Notizie - Ansa.it
La Borsa di Hong parte di slancio: l'indice Hang Seng segna nelle prime battute un balzo dell'1,82%, a 25.533,90 punti. Il Composite di Shanghai sale in avvio dello 0,31% a quota 3.869,75, mentre quello di Shenzhen guadagno lo 0,39% a 2.453,30.Agenzia ANSA
Keir Starmer wants to fix Britain. He’s still working out how.
https://www.politico.eu/article/keir-starmer-britain-downing-street-schools-rachel-reeves/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Keir Starmer wants to fix Britain. He’s still working out how.
As Britain’s prime minister prepares another No. 10 revamp, some officials are questioning the structures he created to show “delivery” to the public.Dan Bloom (POLITICO)
From hero to zero: Poland’s foreign policy fizzle
https://www.politico.eu/article/poland-foreign-policy-donald-tusk-karol-nawrocki-donald-trump/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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From hero to zero: Poland’s foreign policy fizzle
Poland’s president visits Donald Trump this week and he’ll be bringing a mixed message from a deeply divided Warsaw.Wojciech Kość (POLITICO)
Trump's fraudulent financial statements were key to getting loans, former bank official says
The former president obtained hundreds of millions of dollars in loans using financial statements that a court has since deemed fraudulent, a retired bank official testified at the New York civil fraud trial.PBS News
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I’m not a fan of proposing laws to explicitly exclude people from participating in democracies, but we can effectively do the same by simply making the idea of a wealthy person in office a gross and socially unacceptable situation: at every level and stage of the political process choose candidates with less.
There is a difference from participation in democracy and sinister manipulation with attempt to own and execute unilateral power while trying to escape accountability. The latter being a punishable offense by law, but the enforcement has gone by the wayside.
“Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition …There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.” Wilhoit
We can’t rely only on law to deal with fascists because their project relies on undermining a foundational principle of justice: that the law should apply equally to all.
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David, I may be too cynical for my own good but I think that was the fig leaf that hid Wilholt's Law for so long.
We CAN do it with equality and equity, but it will be an entirely novel exercise.
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I’m suspicious of utopia. We have occasionally done it better, and have often done it very poorly (even while congratulating ourselves). However we can commit ourselves to at least doing better than before and at best taking a great leap toward equity, even as we recognize that we will fall short of the goal.
It is precisely the goals we can never perfectly achieve that are the most worth our continual effort and struggle.
Wilhoit was criticizing the conservative movement by clearly stating its underlying values and principles that are usually hidden or equivocated.
How does the conservative movement handle the cognitive dissonance of pledging “with liberty and justice for all” while subverting it? By adding caveats that reduce the group of people referred to by ”all”: all except for the criminals, except those who don’t deserve it, except for those who haven’t earned it, except for those who aren’t like me…
Perché non l ha messo a Rimini dai cattorazzisti?? Tanto per ribadire la laicità dello Stato.
Servile..
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