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Why did #JDVance delete this from his website?
JD Vance: “I never supported a national ban”
Also JD Vance: *calls for a total national abortion ban on his own website*
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Despite the giant problem, I think I would be happy that something like that exists :)
Taiwan shut down Wednesday, grounding hundreds of flights and closing schools, offices and financial markets ahead of the arrival of Typhoon Krathon with one person reported dead. VOA’s Celia Mendoza reports from Taipei.
Senator Bernie Sanders has introduced legislation to block a $20 billion arms sale to Israel recently approved by the Biden administration.
The Joint Resolutions of Disapproval would prevent the delivery of offensive weapons that the State Department approved in August, just days before ceasefire talks were set to resume. The package includes fighter jets and advanced air-to-air missiles.
mondoweiss.net/2024/10/for-the…
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A new report by Oxfam has revealed that more women and children have been killed in Gaza by the Israeli military over the past year than in any other conflict over the past two decades.
More than 6,000 women and 11,000 children have been killed in Gaza over the past 12 months, prompting urgent demands for an immediate and permanent ceasefire as violence escalates in Lebanon and the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem.
middleeastmonitor.com/20241002…
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"the average new American car now weighs around 30 percent more than it did 40 years ago" ... I fear that one reason for that might be that the average American now also weighs 30 % more than they did 40 years ago, which - in turn - might again be due to the average American meal has also increased by a similar amount.
The problem is, of course, not limited to U.S. but definitely more prominent there.
Somebody, please take away my credit card before @mwl releases another book!
Not pictured: OpenBSD mastery, and various science fiction and Orcish books.
I use emacs since I discover Unix (some times ago on SunOS) but I taught ed (and vi) to a big load of students until 3 years ago. Now we teach nano 
Reading this book was a great joy (and ensuring me I was not teaching too much crap all those years before).
I even recommended the book to my students but I am not sure they enjoyed the reading as much as me 
@beaufils
"I even recommended the book to my students but I am not sure they enjoyed the reading as much as me "
Probably because they were reading on a glass teletype instead of a proper one. 
12 Artists Who Were Masters of Drawing, From Leonardo da Vinci to Pablo Picasso
Drawing is one of the oldest forms of visual art with a long & diverse history. It is widely considered the foundation of all art & the first medium students must master. And while its widespread accessibility means it continues to be a popular pursuit for creatives around the world, drawings are often overshadowed by painting & sculpture
By Margherita Cole via @mymodernmet
mymodernmet.com/best-drawings/
I never knew Picasso's full name before:
Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso
Eight Israeli soldiers have been killed in combat with Hezbollah in south Lebanon, the Israeli military said in a statement.
Three of those killed are commanders, and seven other soldiers are critically wounded.
Hezbollah clashed with Israeli troops infiltrating the southern Lebanese border town of Maroun al-Ras.
The group destroyed three Israeli Merkava tanks with guided missiles as they approached near the town, it said in a statement.
middleeasteye.net/news/lebanon…
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Watching J. Parish's summary of "1-on-1 basketball" youtube.com/watch?v=ZNL2_Wdm03…
Something's fascinating me:
- The game was originally released as "Dr. J vs Larry Bird", with each character tuned to their real-life on-court strengths
- But then Dr. J retired, so they replaced Dr. J with Jordan— but it's not a spriteswap, they did a third tuning designed on Jordan—
What would you get if you romhacked "1-on-1" (for C64, I guess?) to let Dr. J play against Jordan? Would an interesting matchup result?
I would expect that they designed Dr. J's and Jordan's attributes to balance against Bird's. So would that be transitive? It's such an interesting thought.
Related: I love how in the original Dr. J vs. Larry Bird game, you could break the backboard with a dunk and have the janitor cuss at you youtu.be/TEW--9yG6S0?si=DSjuZ0…
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Pleeease, Canada, vote your crazies out NOW, you do not want to end up like us down south. This is not the kind of funny you want in your life.
#CdnPoli #Conservatives #Misinformation #Disinformation
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/10/02/…
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in reply to Laffy • • •Nicole Parsons
in reply to Laffy • • •JD Vance deleted his position on reproductive rights because it calls too much attention to the Republican billionaire donors who bought a Supreme Court to overturn Roe vs Wade.
Barre Seid spent $1.6 billion dollars to end the civil rights of 167 million American women.
Vance wants everyone to ignore that.
Vance works for people who want to end American constitutional democracy & replace it with a religious fundamentalist oligarchy
democracynow.org/2022/8/25/16_…
propublica.org/article/dark-mo…
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in reply to Laffy • • •Dave Volek
in reply to Laffy • • •This wishy-washy positioning is a brilliant campaign strategy.
1) It gives those supporting an abortion ban the assurance that the ban is forthcoming
2) It gives those uncomfortable with the ban the assurance the ban in not forthcoming, hence they can vote R for other reasons.
These politicians are smarter than we think they are.
It's time for a new way. Follow my byline if interested in this new way.
Enzo
in reply to Laffy • • •Zeb Larson
in reply to Laffy • • •“a blessing to be nurtured (by women, especially my mother-in-law)”
Then again, who would want to be nurtured by him?
Nathan Wierink
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in reply to Laffy • • •Lying and pretending you didn't hurt someone and then saying 'I need to regain trust' without actually doing anything to solve why someone does not trust you is the act of an abuser.
This is also the act of someone who failed sex ed and basic biology, but blames women (women only) for a consequence of sex (which requires a man).
Pitou
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in reply to Laffy • • •Gone now!
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