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#read : to go over, as characters or words, and utter aloud, or recite to one's self inaudibly

- French: lu

- German: lesen

- Portuguese: ler

- Spanish: leer

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Trump 2.0 – Iran – Zeihan on Geopolitics byteseu.com/675924/ #Geopolitics
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Trump 2.0 – Iran – Zeihan on Geopolitics

Hi everyone. Peter Zeihan here coming to you from Blenheim, New Zealand. And today we’re going to do the third in our open ended series of the challenges awaiting the incoming administration of president elect Trump.
BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
#geopolitics

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Not surprising, but also a good example of what Orwell tried to tell us about authoritarians: they are deeply fragile, deeply vulnerable to historical fact, and must constantly suppress that fact to preserve their false narratives about themselves.

RE: bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2f2uy…

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2025-01-22 12:19:50

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If you haven't read, I deeply recommend this article. Apparently his beef started when they refused to call him a founder of Tesla. Just because he didn't actually found Tesla. www.citationneeded.news/elon-musk-an...

Elon Musk and the right’s war ...



Elon Musk and the right’s war on Wikipedia

The world's richest man has joined a growing chorus of right-wing voices attacking Wikipedia as part of an intensifying campaign against free and open access information.
Molly White (Citation Needed)

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Gwen Snyder is uncivil
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Gwen Snyder is uncivil
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Fascists in particular rely on the promise of restoring a glorious national past that never actually existed. It's a house built on sand, and historical fact that illustrates the complicated truth is a threat. It can wash away that foundational narrative.
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Gwen Snyder is uncivil
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The story of Musk's fascism is wild and also deeply embarrassing because he came to it by way of frustration that most of the rest of the world didn't allow him to dispense with history and write his own personal Glorious History of Musk as he wished it had happened.

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Apropos of nothing, I'm constantly reminded, when dealing with security-oriented folks, of the epic Google rant from Steve Yegge—mainly, this central nugget:
There's actually a formal name for this phenomenon. It's called Accessibility, and it's the most important thing in the computing world. The. Most. Important. Thing. If you're sorta thinking, "huh? You mean like, blind and deaf people Accessibility?" then you're not alone, because I've come to understand that there are lots and LOTS of people just like you: people for whom this idea does not have the right Accessibility, so it hasn't been able to get through to you yet. It's not your fault for not understanding, any more than it would be your fault for being blind or deaf or motion-restricted or living with any other disability. When software—or idea-ware for that matter—fails to be accessible to anyone for any reason, it is the fault of the software or of the messaging of the idea. It is an Accessibility failure. Like anything else big and important in life, Accessibility has an evil twin who, jilted by the unbalanced affection displayed by their parents in their youth, has grown into an equally powerful Arch-Nemesis (yes, there's more than one nemesis to accessibility) named Security. And boy howdy are the two ever at odds. But I'll argue that Accessibility is actually more important than Security because dialling Accessibility to zero means you have no product at all, whereas dialling Security to zero can still get you a reasonably successful product such as the Playstation Network.

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This northern Quebec business pulls out all the stops to recruit and retain foreign workers
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/chantiers-chibougamau-foreign-workers-1.7437470?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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At close: 🥗🥗🥗

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#news #finance #economics #stocks #options

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The unusualwhales.com heatmaps to see p/c ratios, stock changes during the day, and more.
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#News #finance #economics #stocks #Options

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Game: Silva Saga (NES, Family Computer) (gamerip) (1992)

Song:

#music #videogames #gaming #gamemusic


#music #gaming #videogames #gamemusic

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D'oh!
A social post from @GGsDadJokes that says: After kissing my girlfriend on the sofa, she said 'Let's take this upstairs.' I replied, 'OK, you grab one end and I'll grab the other.'

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Around Colorado Springs, to Pueblo and all of Southeastern Colorado, Colorado Sun readers selected their favorite businesses and organizations.

Check out the full list of winners, and make a plan to go visit them: coloradosun.com/colorados-best…

Best of Colorado Springs, Pueblo and Southeast Colorado — Colorado Sun readers vote

The readers of The Colorado Sun chose Colorado's Best businesses, nonprofits and individuals in 2024.
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✨ c a t ✨ #Cats #MastoCats #catsofmastodon
#mastocats #cats #catsofmastodon

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22 January 1886 | Jewish man, Albert Eskenazi, was born in Jerusalem (then in Ottoman Empire). During the war he lived in France.

He was deported to #Auschwitz from Drancy on 14 September 1942. He was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.

Black-and-white portrait of a mature man, featuring a person in a suit with a neat tie and a distinct mustache, looking directly at the camera.
#Auschwitz

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Suddenly felt an urge to watch #Veep. (For the first time! Don’t hate me.)
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#veep

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Check Out the Hubble Space Telescope's Stunning New View of the Andromeda Galaxy
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/check-out-the-hubble-space-telescopes-stunning-new-view-of-the-andromeda-galaxy-180985882/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Check Out the Hubble Space Telescope's Stunning New View of the Andromeda Galaxy

The full image includes some 2.5 billion pixels compiled from observations spanning more than 1,000 orbits around Earth
Margherita Bassi (Smithsonian Magazine)
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Found this in one of my downloaded pics from FB from nearly 30 years ago. I was knacked when picture was taken.
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Pam C
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Never put yourself down. Everybody is beautiful to somebody regardless of the aging process 😃
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bsky.brid.gy/r/bsky.app/profil… politicalbeauty.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy - Tesla Gigafactory, Berlin - right now!

In cooperation with @ledbydonkeys.org

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"Candice was a visionary and a community-builder who spoke truth to power with a huge grin and a loud laugh. She brought people together across experiences and perspectives, helping all of us feel safer and more understood. She made everything more fun, more real, and more impactful. Her communities, stretching far and wide, are devastated by her passing and mourning this sudden and gut wrenching loss. While she was a fearless revolutionary, she was also somebody’s mom and somebody’s friend and somebody’s call for help when no one else would answer. We miss her dearly, and in her honor must always love and protect each other. Thank you for your support during this difficult time."

gofundme.com/f/candice-king-me…

Memorial fund for Candice King, photo of Candice with young child smiling.

Donate to Candice King Memorial Support Fund, organized by Penny Royale

Candice King tragically passed away on January 18, 2025. The family is grateful for th… Penny Royale needs your support for Candice King Memorial Support Fund
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Who benefits when speed limits are lowered?

Not only pedestrians and cyclists, who are less likely to be run over.

Drivers, too. In the UK, insurance premiums have reached an 18-month low in cities where the speed limit has been reduced to 20 mph.

theguardian.com/money/2025/jan…

UK’s 20mph speed limits ‘are cutting car insurance costs’

Controversial safety policy has helped drive down premiums to 18-month low, says Confused.com
Rupert Jones (The Guardian)

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Pete Hegseth’s former sister-in-law alleges in affidavit he was abusive to second wife byteseu.com/675920/ #Politics
Inauguration ceremony for Trump's second presidential term

Pete Hegseth’s former sister-in-law alleges in affidavit he was abusive to second wife

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators vetting the nomination of Pete Hegseth for defense secretary received an affidavit Tuesday from a former sister-in-law alleging that the onetime Fox News host was abusive to his second wife, to the point where she feared fo…
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#politics

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Barron Trump business partner clarifies future of luxury real estate venture byteseu.com/675918/ #business
Barron Trump business partner clarifies future of luxury real estate venture

Barron Trump business partner clarifies future of luxury real estate venture

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt joins 'Fox & Friends' to preview President Donald Trump's upcoming infrastructure announcement.
BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
#business

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Windows compatibility layer Wine 10.0 out now bringing Wayland and ARM64EC support, new FFmpeg multimedia back-end gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/wind…

#Wine #Linux #LinuxGaming #OpenSource


Windows compatibility layer Wine 10.0 out now bringing Wayland and ARM64EC support, new FFmpeg multimedia back-end

The big release is here! The Windows compatibility layer Wine version 10.0 is officially out now bringing lots of big new features.
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#Linux #opensource #linuxgaming #Wine

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