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Texas teen accused of murdering fellow student’s pet goat: reports

Prosecutors are accusing a Austin, Texas 17-year-old of animal cruelty after allegedly poisoning another student's pet goat, the Daily Mail reports.

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'The only reason' Mike Johnson has been able to stay afloat amid GOP pushback: analyst

As House Speaker Mike Johnson faces pushback from a group of his fellow GOP lawmakers, and threats of an ouster on January 2, "one thing" is saving the congressional leader in the meantime.

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CHRIST-CROSS ROW. The alphabet in a horn-book: called Christ-cross Row, from having, as an Irishman observed, Christ's cross PREFIXED before and AFTER the twenty-four letters.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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Betrayal in Pine Hollow

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Publisher: Gallant Knight Games Family Conflicts Just Got A Lot More Epic! The adventurers arrive in Pine Hollow as the village is ready to celebrate its tenth anniversary with a festival. Among the backdrop of colorful, cheery banners, light-hearted…



Mountain Monk Monastery Remastered - D&D Map Pack

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Publisher: CyclopeanMountain Monk Monastery Remastered (25”×20”) A majestic structure, built on an artificial plateau high in the mountains. Light streams through glass windows, filling red halls with brilliant light. Are the inhabitants hospitable? Or do…



Devin Nunes loses court case against parody Twitter cow -- again (David Edwards/Raw Story)

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Xfce 4.20, COSMIC Alpha & LXQt 2 Led Alternative Open-Source Desktops In 2024

In addition to all the GNOME advancements and KDE excitement with shipping Plasma 6 this year, other alternative open-source desktop environments enjoyed much success too this year... System76's Rust-based COSMIC desktop environment for their Pop!_OS Linux distribution reached alpha form, Xfce 4.20 released earlier this month, LXQt 2.0 and 2.1 debuted, and other imp…
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And people wonder why I was suspicious of FIRE. They're a reactionary org cosplaying as a civil liberties org. Their entire reason for being is to attack institutions for being "woke." [contains quote post or other embedded content]