Historical fiction, LGBT, 1900's homesteading on the Canadian prairies.
It took a few chapters to get into this but I am glad I persevered.
UN welcomes ceasefire agreement in northeast Syria – JURIST
The UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria welcomed the ceasefire agreement between the Government of Syria and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Friday, whileBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
When to harvest? - All For Gardening
I have some sexy cucumbers fruiting, not sure the variety but I’m unsure when is the best time to pick them, any tips?Gardener (All For Gardening)
"Tell me, when will the cruelty of mankind end?
When a single heart of suffering awakens all who sleep."
SearingTruth
Our lives no longer feel ground under them.
At ten paces you can’t hear our words.
But whenever there’s a snatch of talk
it turns to the Kremlin mountaineer,
the ten thick worms his fingers,
his words like measures of weight,
the huge laughing cockroaches on his top lip,
the glitter of his boot-rims.
Ringed with a scum of chicken-necked bosses
he toys with the tributes of half-men.
One whistles, another meows, a third snivels.
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He pokes out his finger and he alone goes boom.
He forges decrees in a line like horseshoes,
one for the groin, one the forehead, temple, eye.
He rolls the executions on his tongue like berries.
He wishes he could hug them like big friends from home.
The Stalin Epigram by Osip Mandelstam
Source:
Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb
Blast in Iran port city kills 1, wounds 14 before navy drill
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An explosion tore through an apartment building Saturday in Iran ‘s port city of Bandar Abbas, killing a 4-year-old girl asBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
UCLA falls to Indiana in a double-overtime heartbreaker: ‘We deserved to lose’
https://www.latimes.com/sports/ucla/story/2026-01-31/ucla-men-basketball-loses-double-overtime-indiana?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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UCLA men lose to Indiana in a double-overtime heartbreaker
UCLA's Trent Perry makes a buzzer-beating three-pointer near the end of regulation before Indiana's Trent Sisley makes a free throw in double overtime to seal a 98-97 win.Steve Galluzzo (Los Angeles Times)
NBA trade tracker: Chicago Bulls receive Dario Šarić and a pair of 2nd-round picks in 3-team deal
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/31/chicago-bulls-nba-trade-tracker/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Northwestern loses to Washington 76-62, falling to 2-9 in the Big Ten with 7th defeat in last 9 games
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/31/northwestern-washington-big-ten/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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I get ghosted by a friend after persuading him to use Fediverse, Matrix, Delta Chat. Seems like some people are avoiding me after thinking I do not conform the norms.
Another friend told me "you have been lied to", "these things are not secure and they are lying", and so we've never talked again.
Even showing F-Droid and sideloading apps, they told me it is not secure.
Thank you so much to the big tech that have successfully brainwashed people with their propaganda. Here is my 🖕 finger.
Undermanned Bulls and Matas Buzelis pull out the victory on South Beach
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2026/01/31/undermanned-bulls-matas-buzelis-pull-out-victory?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Undermanned Bulls and Matas Buzelis pull out the victory on South Beach
The second-year forward was shaky at best in the first half, evident by his seven turnovers, but made a huge three to put the game on ice late. That's why Billy Donovan had a lot to say about Buzelis being a star player some day.Joe Cowley (Chicago Sun-Times)
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