#spot : a mark on a substance or body made by foreign matter
- French: endroit
- Italian: posto / punto
- Portuguese: ponto
- Spanish: puesto, punto
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The Human Cost of Jeff Landry’s Drive to Resume Executions - Bolts
Chris Duncan’s death sentence—built on the testimony of two discredited doctors—illustrates just how faulty the system can be.Camille Squires (Bolts)
We can no longer say “Gilded Age"
We must now say “The First Gilded Age”
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The Road Not Taken is Guaranteed Minimum Income
The dream is incomplete until we share it with our fellow Americans.Jeff Atwood (Coding Horror)
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“en een fluitje heb ik niet eens gekocht. Dat is, denk ik, omdat ik de rust wil bewaren.” :’)
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Zo is het om 72 uur te leven uit een noodpakket. ‘Volgens mij stink ik een beetje’
Overleven: NRC-redacteur Hanna Hosman leefde 72 uur uit een noodpakket en zonder elektriciteit, kraanwater, internet, telefoon. „Wéér naar de gracht om water te halen.”Hanna Hosman (NRC)
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How far can you (linguistically) back in time?
Hi everyone!This week I wrote about linguistic reconstruction - how far can you go back in time from Dutch? And I thought: maybe that is nice for you again?https://arongroot.substack.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Chomps Recalls Beef and Turkey Sticks Over ‘Pieces of Metal’ Complaints
The snack sticks included in the recall were packaged at a single facility in Idaho from Jan. 16 through Jan. 23, the company said.Aimee Ortiz (The New York Times)
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The New World Order Is Here, And America Isn't Part Of It
The age of American centrality in Asian affairs is over.Joan Westenberg (The Index.)
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So the interesting thing about #b2203 is that the nazis aren't from the local area that they're marching through and attempting to terrorise, instead the organiser is from Aachen, and they organise the start of their march at a train station because they're coming in from out of town.
The far-right often claim that anti-far-right protests are from "bussed in actors", because that is exactly what they would do. Not because that's what the center or left are doing.
For an idea of how far away they've come to terrorise a normally peaceful neighbourhood:
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University of Michigan: War of the Worlds fan mail: Over 1,300 letters digitized, open access from U-M Library. “The University of Michigan Library has digitized, transcribed and categorized more than 1,300 fan letters sent in response to the 1938 broadcast of Orson Welles’ ‘War of the Worlds.’ The entire collection of letters, part of the university’s Screen Arts […]
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Lebanon warns of ‘new war’ as Israel strikes Tyre in south
An Israeli air raid has struck the coastal city of Tyre in southern Lebanon, the Lebanese government and several local media outlets have reported.
At least one person has been killed in Tyre from the strikes, the second wave of Israeli attacks Saturday, according to Lebanon’s Health Ministry. Another Israeli attack in Qlaileh, southeast of Tyre, also wounded four people, according to the ministry.
Earlier in the day, Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said his country was at risk of being drawn into a “new war” as dozens of other Israeli air strikes killed at least five people. Salam warned Israel’s “renewed military operations on the southern border” would bring “woes to Lebanon and the Lebanese people”.
Lebanon warns of ‘new war’ as Israel strikes Tyre in south
Attack on one of Lebanon’s largest cities represents a major escalation by Israel.Al Jazeera
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TeenVogue [con't] -- Vivian Wilson: "I mean, I'll see things about him in the news and think, That's f**king cringe...The Nazi salute sh*t was insane. Honey, we're going to call a fig a fig...That sh*t was definitely a Nazi salute. " [@rikiwilchins.bsky.social]
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