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Trump is taking the 'imperial presidency' to extremes Nixon only dreamed of: analysis

Back in 1973 — when President Richard Nixon's second term was underway following his landslide reelection victory over liberal Democratic nominee George McGovern — the late author Arthur M. Schlesinge...

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Le suffixe de l'imparfait exige un verbe attributif sauf si le groupe déterminant du complément circonstanciel est reconstruit depuis le proto-indo-européen.


The best thing I bought this year: The Nintendo Switch 2

The follow-up to Nintendo’s hybrid console hasn’t disappointed.




How AIM taught the internet to chat

On Version History: the long reign of AOL Instant Messenger, the messaging app that maybe never should have existed at all.



#translate : to bear, carry, or remove, from one place to another

- French: traduire

- German: übersetzen

- Italian: tradurre

- Portuguese: traduzir

- Spanish: traducir

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The struggle is so great that the triumph over fascism alone is worth the sacrifice of our lives.
-- Frederica Montseny

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CRUSTY FELLOW. A surly fellow.

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

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All modern software is rapidly losing the ability to properly apply even the simplest filters.

Search for "Open Now", Google Maps will happily show closed businesses.

Search for "Today", Facebook will happily show you events from any date except today.

Search for a text, most search systems will fail to find the exact text match...



Bei der "Welt" haben mindestens acht Redakteure gekündigt, darunter Robin Alexander. Hintergrund ist der Umbau "von einer honorig-konservativen Tageszeitung hin zu einem deutlich nach rechts gerückten Kampfblättchen mit 16 Seiten", vermutet die Süddeutsche Zeitung.

SZ: Der Letzte macht das Licht aus
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Peditório online reuniu 300 mil dólares para ajudar família de Nuno Loureiro

www.rtp.pt/noticias/mundo/peditorio-online-reuniu-300-mil-dolares-para-ajudar-familia-de-nuno-loureiro_v1705707

Há um peditório na Internet para apoiar as três filhas e a mulher de Nuno Loureiro, assassinado em casa, em Boston. A investigação continua, mas já não restam dúvidas de que Cláudio Valente preparou os crimes.



Líder parlamentar do PS admite: "há momentos em que dizermos que apoiamos outro, é a forma mais eficaz de não desistirmos"

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Eurico Brilhante Dias fala em situação de emergência e apela às direções políticas dos partidos à esquerda para apoiarem António José Seguro.




2025: a year in art on The Verge

We take a look back at 13 of our favorite projects from 2025.


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Jury acquits L.A. man who towed immigration agent's car during TikTok influencer's arrest (Los Angeles Times)

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Racial Slurs and Nazi Symbols: Inside the Complaint That Shut Down The Harvard Salient (The Harvard Crimson)

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