Intel Announces It's Shutting Down Clear Linux

The most depressing news of the week: Intel is ending their performance-optimized Clear Linux distribution. Over the past decade the Clear Linux operating system has shown what's possible with out-of-the-box performance on x86_64 hardware... Not just for Intel platforms but even showing extremely great performance results on AMD x86_64 too. But with the cost-cutting going on at Intel, Clear Linu…
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White House to Release $1.3 Billion in Frozen Funds for After-School Programs (Sarah Mervosh/New York Times)

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White House to Release $1.3 Billion in Frozen Funds for After-School Programs

By Sarah Mervosh / New York Times. View the full context on memeorandum.

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Gripp and Motikani mated to produce Plumett.
They are the product of 11 generations of breeding.
They like dusty fractals.

If this flame is beautiful, ⭐ or boost this post to improve its chances for future breedings.
#fractalArt

Game: Five Nights at Treasure Island 2020 Remake SFX (Windows) (gamerip) (2020)

Song: introcall4

#music #videogames #gaming #gamemusic

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The NHS is actively covering up trans youth suicides. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

Indiana's Camp Atterbury to be used to house detained migrants (Amalia Huot-Marchand/The Hill)

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Indiana's Camp Atterbury to be used to house detained migrants

By Amalia Huot-Marchand / The Hill. View the full context on memeorandum.

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Trump’s Alcatraz prison plan could cost $2bln: Axios

Two US officials say Trump has not yet made a final decision regarding the island’s future, and the exact cost remains uncertain.

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#Politics

Trump’s Alcatraz prison plan could cost $2bln: Axios

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Hadn't really thought about this--while a generation has their brain fried by the algorithm, Trump is defunding the last free venue for quality children's programming--pushing them further online

Federal judge blocks anti-Catholic Washington law (Jack Birle/Washington Examiner)

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Federal judge blocks anti-Catholic Washington law

By Jack Birle / Washington Examiner. View the full context on memeorandum.

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Charlie Kirk: "I have several handwritten notes from President Trump. He's not a doodler." (Media Matters for America)

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Charlie Kirk: "I have several handwritten notes from President Trump. He's not a doodler."

President Trump reportedly wrote about his history of drawing doodles.Donald Trump, Jr.: "I've never seen [my father] doodle once."Donald Trump, 2008: "Each year I donate an autographed doodle to the Doodle for Hunger auction.

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Trump administration to destroy nearly $10m in contraceptives (Carter Sherman/The Guardian)

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Trump administration to destroy nearly $10m in contraceptives

Long-acting contraceptives will not be sent abroad to women in need, a move costing US taxpayers $167,000

^{Carter Sherman (The Guardian)}

Trump vows to make US 'crypto capital of the planet,' signs GENIUS Act into law (Fox News)

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Trump vows to make US ‘crypto capital of the planet,' signs GENIUS Act into law

Trump signed into law the GENIUS Act on Friday – a landmark piece of legislation that establishes federal regulations surrounding digital currency.

^{Diana Stancy (Fox News)}

Emil Bove and the Trump Judiciary (Wall Street Journal)

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Emil Bove and the Trump Judiciary

From Wall Street Journal. View the full context on memeorandum.

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All the States Where DOJ is Demanding Voting Data (Matt Cohen/Democracy Docket)

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All the States Where DOJ is Demanding Voting Data - Democracy Docket

The DOJ is seeking sensitive voting and election data from at least a dozen states.

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Donald Trump sues Dow Jones, News Corp, Rupert Murdoch, WSJ reporters for libel, court records show (Jonathan Stempel/Reuters)

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Donald Trump sues Dow Jones, News Corp, Rupert Murdoch, WSJ reporters for libel, court records show

By Jonathan Stempel / Reuters. View the full context on memeorandum.

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From Project Gutenberg:

World of the Mad

by Poul Anderson

Get it at: gutenberg.org/ebooks/65086

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My longstanding personal obsession, Rupert Murdoch, is getting sued by Donald Trump for the story The Wall Street Journal ran yesterday about a letter to noted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

I imagine this will get either thrown out entirely or settled — Murdoch often settles — but truth is an absolute defense in a defamation case. The WSJ isn’t Fox News. It’s Murdoch’s crown jewel — one he refused to tamper with, even when it cost him a $125 million investment. A settlement could permanently damage the paper’s reputation. Who ya got?

Trump sues Murdoch, Dow Jones over Wall Street Journal story on Epstein birthday letter

Trump sues Murdoch for $10 billion over WSJ story on Epstein birthday letter

President Trump is under increasing pressure to have the Justice Department release files about the late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

^{Dan Mangan (CNBC)}