khōréō: Short Fiction Reviews by A.C. Wise
khōréō 4.3 “The Last Flesh Figure Skaters” by Claire Jia-Wen opens khōréō 4.3 on a strong note, following the rivalry between two competitive skaters, each using different kinds of body modificati…Locus Online
#exaggeration : the act of heaping or piling up
- French: exagération
- German: die Übertreibung/übertreibung
- Italian: esagerazione
- Portuguese: exagero
- Spanish: exageración
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China's Xi urges Vietnam to oppose 'bullying' as Trump mulls more tariffs
Trump called Xi's meeting with Vietnamese leaders a ploy to figure out how to 'screw' the US.Annabelle Liang (BBC News)
Catholic Trans Woman’s Bathroom Protest Sparks a Call to Solidarity
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#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
Catholic Trans Woman's Bathroom Protest Sparks a Call to Solidarity - New Ways Ministry
“I know that you know in your heart that transgender people are human too, and that you can’t arrest us away.”Jeromiah Taylor (New Ways Ministry)
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Bethesda is now selling chunks of the original servers that brought you The Elder Scrolls Online in 2014, as Kotaku spotted. Dubbed “The Elder Scrolls Online 10-year Anniversary Server Keepsake,” these are sticks of RAM encased, along with a zinc alloy commemorative plate, in wood-framed shadowboxes.
Bethesda is selling 2,000 of the individually numbered sticks for $110, and they ship in July.
Bethesda Is Selling 2,000 Pieces Of Elder Scrolls Online's Servers
The MMORPG keepsake is currently available to pre-order for $110Zack Zwiezen (Kotaku)
100 billionaire families spent $2.6 billion in the 2024 election. 70% of these donations went to Republicans.
Now, Republicans in Congress are gearing up to slash essential programs to pay for another round of tax cuts for the rich.
- R. Reich
Europe/Canada/The World can replace the U.S. in the Ukraine war.
The US has given up on diplomacy, they now have adopted a strategy of bargaining for the left overs and lining their own pockets when ever possible in dealing with the rest of the world.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
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Si avvicina il 25 aprile... qualche consiglio per la lettura
Resistenza e Antifascismo: due libri per riscoprire le radici democratiche dell’Italia
La resistenza al fascismo trova la sua applicazione armata sulle montagne, nelle pianure e tra le vie delle Città italiane nel periodo compreso tra il 1943 e il 1945globalist (Globalist.it)
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Chinese firms eager to sell electronic components in Russia
Hundreds of Chinese companies have taken part in an electronic parts exhibition in Russia at a time when Western countries have restricted semiconductor exports to Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
DOGE Is Making the IRS a Tip Jar for Public Services (Donald Moynihan/The Atlantic)
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How the Trump Administration Is Taxing the IRS
Sabotaging the agency’s work amounts to an inducement for the ultra-rich to treat taxes as a voluntary contribution.Donald Moynihan (The Atlantic)
Ice deports Venezuelan teen despite reportedly knowing he was not a target (Marina Dunbar/The Guardian)
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Ice deports Venezuelan teen despite reportedly knowing he was not a target
Merwil Gutiérrez sent from New York to El Salvador prison although family says he has no criminal history or gang tiesMarina Dunbar (The Guardian)
Judge says Justice Department must provide details of attempts to return wrongly deported man (Washington Post)
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Judge says Justice Department must provide details of attempts to return wrongly deported man
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39-Year-Old Hokkaido Police Sergeant Arrested for Indecent Exposure at Sapporo-Area Shopping Center
https://newsdig.tbs.co.jp/articles/-/1856786?display=1https://newsdig.tbs.co.jp/articles/-/1856786?display=1BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Judge scraps US rule capping #CreditCard late fees at $8
U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman in Fort Worth, #Texas granted a joint request by #Trump’s #CFPB and a coalition of 6 business & banking groups [pretty much who the CFPB is supposed to be protecting #consumers from] including the US Chamber of #Commerce & American #Bankers Association to scrap the rule adopted during President Joe #Biden's administration.
#law #economy #PersonalFinance
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Minister Pledges to Submit 12 Tln Won Extra Budget by Early Next Week
Photo : YONHAP News Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok pledged to submit the government's supplementary budget plan to the National Assembly by early next week,after the government announceda budget worth about 12 trillion won, or roughly eight-point-fou…BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Economist Ha-Joon Chang warns: “Pleasing Trump won’t help… Korea could suffer by leaning on the U.S.”
Economist Ha-Joon Chang warns: “Pleasing Trump won’t help… Korea could suffer by leaning on the U.S.”https://www.khan.co.kr/article/202504151802207/?eng#c2bPosted by frostformationBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Old Man in the Shoe
in reply to Nonilex • • •Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •Judge Pittman, an appointee of #Trump, agreed w/both sides that the rule violated the #CreditCard Accountability & Disclosure Act of 2009 because it prohibited issuers from charging fees "reasonable & proportional to violations."
The rule capped late fees for issuers with >1M open accounts unless they could prove higher fees were necessary to cover costs.
It was part of #Biden's crackdown on "junk fees," & was intended to reduce the typical late fee from about $32.
#law
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CFPB Bans Excessive Credit Card Late Fees, Lowers Typical Fee from $32 to $8 | Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
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