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The Beaux-Stratagem: A comedy in five acts
by George Farquhar
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The Beaux-Stratagem: A comedy in five acts by George Farquhar
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Yearn Finance suffers fourth exploit only weeks after third
December 16, 2025
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Yearn Finance suffers fourth exploit only weeks after third
Only weeks after losing $6.6 million to an infinite mint exploit, a Yearn Finance smart contract has again been exploited, allowing an attacker to make off with around 103 ETH (~$300,000).Web3 is Going Just Great
Newspaper headlines: 'UK to rejoin Erasmus' and 'BBC comes out fighting'
The UK set to rejoin the EU student exchange programme and the BBC's response to Donald Trump's defamation lawsuit feature in Wednesday's papers.BBC News
#guarantee : an engagement which secures or insures another against a contingency
- French: Garantir
- German: die Gewähr
- Italian: garanzia
- Portuguese: garantia
- Spanish: garantía
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BBC outside Rabbi Eli Schlanger's funeral as Bondi mourners gather
The first funerals are being held for victims of Sunday's mass shooting at Bondi Beach.w.st
Terence Crawford retirement: American boxing great ends career at 38
Five-weight world champion Terence Crawford says he is "walking away as a great with nothing else left to prove" after announcing his retirement from boxing at the age of 38.BBC Sport
Trump staffers air 'frustration with the president' over 'demoralizing' interview
Politico is reporting that several disgruntled staffers in President Donald Trump's administration are now speaking out in response to White House chief of staff Susie Wiles' candid comments to Vanity...
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Trump staffers air 'frustration with the president' over 'demoralizing' interview
Politico is reporting that several disgruntled staffers in President Donald Trump's administration are now speaking out in response to White House chief of staff Susie Wiles' candid comments to Vanity Fair's Chris Whipple.Carl Gibson (Alternet.org)
Federal judge reveals how he may order Trump's ballroom to be 'taken down': report
CNN reports U.S. District Judge Richard Leon (a George W. Bush appointee) will not halt work on President Donald Trump’s $300 million ballroom, but he said he would hear arguments early next year abou...
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Federal judge reveals how he may order Trump's ballroom to be 'taken down': report
CNN reports U.S. District Judge Richard Leon (a George W. Bush appointee) will not halt work on President Donald Trump’s $300 million ballroom, but he said he would hear arguments early next year about whether to issue a longer-term preliminary injun…Adam Lynch (Alternet.org)
Republican congressman refuses to defend constituents Trump called 'garbage'
The New Republic reports House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) refused to give a direct answer when asked if he agreed with President Donald Trump’s characterization of thousands of Somali residents...
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Republican congressman refuses to defend constituents Trump called 'garbage'
The New Republic reports House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) refused to give a direct answer when asked if he agreed with President Donald Trump’s characterization of thousands of Somali residents — thousands of whom live in Emmer's district — as…Adam Lynch (Alternet.org)
Trump's Son-In-Law Backs Out of Paramount's Takeover Bid (Vic Verbalaitis/The Daily Beast)
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Trump’s Son-In-Law Backs Out of Paramount’s Takeover Bid
Jared Kushner’s firm will no longer back Paramount’s takeover bid of Warner Bros. Discovery.Vic Verbalaitis (The Daily Beast)
GREY BEARD. Earthen jugs formerly used in public house for drawing ale: they had the figure of a man with a large beard stamped on them; whence probably they took the name: Dutch earthen jugs, used for smuggling gin on the coasts of Essex and Suffolk, are called grey beards.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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'You don't have to do it alone': how US cities are helping each other resist ICE (Whitney Bauck/The Guardian)
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‘You don’t have to do it alone’: how US cities are helping each other resist ICE
From LA to Charlotte, organizers are learning from others’ strategies to protect residents amid federal crackdownsWhitney Bauck (The Guardian)
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Super Science Stories vol. 2, no. 2 (January 1941)
That's a terrific explosion, rather like a classic Jack Kirby drawing with the rocks against the fire colours. Somehow the angle of his leg behind her torso strikes me as wrong, it makes things confusing.
Original magazine: archive.org/details/super-scie…
#Magazine #MagazineCover #PulpMagazine #PulpFiction #ScienceFiction #Fantasy #Horror #Art #Illustration
Super Science Stories v02n02 [1941-01] (-ifc) (slpn edit from pdf) : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Upgraded edit (in CBR format) of the previously posted PDF version, with front cover.CONTENTS:Super Science Stories [v2 #2, January 1941] (15¢, 128pp+,...Internet Archive
Todays 100+ #billionaires according to #Bloomberg:
#1: Elon Musk - $648B - USA/Tech
#2: Larry Page - $264B - USA/Tech
#3: Jeff Bezos - $246B - USA/Tech
#4: Sergey Brin - $245B - USA/Tech
#5: Larry Ellison - $243B - USA/Tech
#6: Mark Zuckerberg - $232B - USA/Tech
#7: Bernard Arnault - $205B - France/Consumer
#8: Steve Ballmer - $166B - USA/Tech
#9: Jensen Huang - $155B - USA/Tech
#10: Warren Buffett - $150B - USA/Diversified
#11: Michael Dell - $141B - USA/Tech
#12: Jim Walton - $140B - USA/Retail
#13: Rob Walton - $137B - USA/Retail
#14: Alice Walton - $136B - USA/Retail
#15: Amancio Ortega - $132B - Spain/Retail
#16: Bill Gates - $117B - USA/Tech
#17: Carlos Slim - $111B - Mexico/Diversified
#18: Mukesh Ambani - $105B - India/Energy
Top 10: $2.55 Trillion
Total: $3.57 Trillion
Full Top 500: bloomberg.com/billionaires
Linux Exposing Support For Lenovo ThinkPads Being Able To Detect Hardware Damage
Newer Lenovo ThinkPads are adding the ability to detect and report varying degrees of hardware damage. The Lenovo ThinkPad ACPI driver for Linux is being adapted for being able to communicate said hardware damage to user-space Linux software...
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