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LeBron and Curry beaten by Slovenia’s Doncic for jersey sales byteseu.com/925255/ #AmericanBasketball #AnthonyDavis #BostonCeltics #CarmeloAnthony #ChicagoBulls #ClevelandCavaliers #DallasMavericks #DenverNuggets #GoldenStateWarriors #JalenBrunson #JaysonTatum #LeBronJames #LosAngelesLakers #LukaDončić #MinnesotaTimberwolves #NBA #NewYorkKnicks #OklahomaCityThunder #PhoenixSuns #SanAntonioSpurs #ShaiGilgeousAlexander #Slovenia #StephenCurry
LeBron and Curry beaten by Slovenia’s Doncic for jersey sales

LeBron and Curry beaten by Slovenia’s Doncic for jersey sales

Slovenian Luka Doncic has become the first overseas NBA player to top the list of the most popular jerseys in American basketball.
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#LebronJames #nba #Slovenia #jaysontatum #phoenixsuns #bostonceltics #GoldenStateWarriors #chicagobulls #oklahomacitythunder #clevelandcavaliers #losangeleslakers #minnesotatimberwolves #anthonydavis #newyorkknicks #denvernuggets #sanantoniospurs #stephencurry #dallasmavericks #shaigilgeousalexander #lukadoncic #carmeloanthony #jalenbrunson #americanbasketball

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"In conversations with senior aides and members over the past weeks, it’s become clear that some Democrats on Capitol Hill want to do more, and have ideas about how to do more, but feel stymied by the leadership, which wants to proceed cautiously." 🤬

Exclusive: A Stronger Playbook...


Exclusive: A Stronger Playbook For House Resistance

An internal memo shows Senate Democrats aren't the only ones who can gum up the works.
Brian Beutler (Off Message)

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Garrett Graff asks if the American experiment has "reached the end of the road?"

If it has, one reason will have been the sickening failure of institutions -- like journalism -- that should have stood firm but chose to capitulate or pretend it wasn't their job.

doomsdayscenario.co/p/has-amer…


Has America Reached the End of the Road?

Donald Trump has forced the one crisis that will tell us who we are.
Doomsday Scenario
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🔥Cassandra🔥
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This has been one of the most disheartening things for me, journalists (and judges and universities) prioritizing something other than truth.
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Robin Barton
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America no but democracy in america maybe. Can the citizenry organize a sustained 200-300K person in an ongoing number of protests to build allies across lines to pressure for the return of democracy?

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Zagreb Airport Records Busiest March in History byteseu.com/925253/ #Croatia #ZagrebAirport #ZagrebAirportRecordNumbers #ZagrebTourism2025
Zagreb Airport Records Busiest March in History

Zagreb Airport Records Busiest March in History

April the 16th, 2025 – Zagreb Airport has reason to celebrate as it records its busiest March in history. Continued growth is also expected.
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#croatia #zagrebairport #zagrebairportrecordnumbers #zagrebtourism2025

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Students often talk with friends & fam about climate, @lizbarnes.bsky.social + colleagues find. But they tend to go heavy on the stats & facts, and don't know how to bring up solutions. They rarely learn how to have effective conversations, and would love training & practice. Well, guess what! 🧵

Undergraduate Biology Students...

@Liz Barnes
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Katharine Hayhoe
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And organizations like CCL that have challenged their members to have conversations -- 55,000 now and counting! community.citizensclimate.org/climate-conv...

Our Earth Month pledge: 25,000...


Climate Conversations | Citizens' Climate Lobby

This Earth Month, CCL is asking volunteers across the country to have open and honest conversations about climate change with their friends, family, and communities.
CCL Community
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Katharine Hayhoe
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Why is this so important? Most people are worried about climate change. But most aren’t talking about it—and even fewer are taking action. Talking is like knocking over first domino in the climate action chain. If we don’t talk about it, why would we care; and how will we ever do anything about it?
A global map showing what percentage of people in each country are worried about climate change. Most countries are well over 60%. Source: Yale Program on Climate Change Communication International Survey.
A global map showing what percentage of people in each country are talking about climate change. Most countries are well under 60% - except for a small group of countries centered around the home of a young woman who, 5.5 years ago, took a piece of white cardboard, wrote "school strike for climate" on it, and went and sat outside a building: that was the Swedish parliament and she proved that our voice is the most powerful force we have. Source: Yale Program on Climate Change Communication International Survey.

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Census reveals bear boom in Romania « Euro Weekly News byteseu.com/925251/ #Romania
Census reveals bear boom in Romania « Euro Weekly News

Census reveals bear boom in Romania « Euro Weekly News

Romania’s Environment minister presented the results Credit: Romania’s Ministry of Environment Romania is home to up to 13,000 brown bears – a figure significantly higher than the previously estimated 8,000, according to a census conducted by the Rom…
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#romania

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Does the Oval Office have decorations from Alibaba?

Sherwood News investigated. I’m personally a little doubtful, but the listing Sherwood News found does look close to what’s in the office.

bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2aumdq7odforvxlyxucofbov/post/3lmuybx7xqc2p


Shop this look: Buy cheap, faux gold dupes of Oval Office decor

Some of the gold decorations in the Oval Office look... very similar to items we found for sale on a Chinese marketplace.
Jon Keegan (Sherwood News)
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Bulgaria has changed its mind and will not sell reactors to Ukraine. byteseu.com/925249/ #Bulgaria
Bulgaria has changed its mind and will not sell reactors to Ukraine.

Bulgaria has changed its mind and will not sell reactors to Ukraine.

A few months ago, Bulgaria planned to sell nuclear reactors to Ukraine that would allow it to finalize two power units at the Khmelnytskyi NPP.
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#bulgaria

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For those who voted 3rd party, why aren’t they asking Stein or West to lead the movement to oppose this stuff? That’s who they voted for to lead.

If it was “no one”, don’t ask at all.

Trump administration denies FEMA funds to Democratic-led states:
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Trump administration denies FEMA funds to Democratic-led states

Late last week, the Trump administration officially denied the state of Washington’s request for disaster aid to assist with recovery efforts related to last year’s “bomb cyclone” that killed at least two people and damaged hundreds of homes and busi…
Ja'han Jones (MSNBC)
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Those people who didn’t vote for Madam VP can shut the fuck up. They wanted fascism to rise since certain things were not going their way and now want to find someone else to battle against because they refuse to confront themselves with the truth about their choices as voters. Done.

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Moldova and Ukraine Seek to Resume Freight Transit via Rail byteseu.com/925247/ #Moldova
Moldova and Ukraine Seek to Resume Freight Transit via Rail

Moldova and Ukraine Seek to Resume Freight Transit via Rail

State Enterprise Calea Ferată din Moldova (Moldovan Railways) plans to resume the transit of Ukrainian cargo to and from the European Union via Moldova’s railway lines. This was reported by Calea Ferată din Moldova.
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#Moldova

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143. The State of Play in the Abrego Garcia Case (Steve Vladeck/One First)

stevevladeck.com/p/143-the-sta…
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143. The State of Play in the Abrego Garcia Case

The Trump administration isn't defying the letter of Thursday's Supreme Court ruling. But it's daring the federal courts to take much more aggressive steps to block its immigration policies.
Steve Vladeck (One First)

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White House exploring legality of sending U.S. citizens to foreign prisons (Sareen Habeshian/Axios)

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White House exploring legality of sending U.S. citizens to foreign prisons

By Sareen Habeshian / Axios. View the full context on memeorandum.
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Greece to repay its first debt-crisis bailout loans 10 years early byteseu.com/925246/ #Debt #Greece #Markets #MULTIMEDIA #Podcasts
Trump’s chance to reshape the Middle East and the opportunities for Greece

Greece to repay its first debt-crisis bailout loans 10 years early

In an exclusive with Reuters, Greek officials said the country plans to pay off loans granted under the first of three debt-crisis bailouts by 2031, ten years ahead of schedule.
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#podcasts #Greece #debt #multimedia #markets

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Malta Airport adds three new routes in March as passenger numbers climb byteseu.com/925244/ #Malta
Malta Airport adds three new routes in March as passenger numbers climb

Malta Airport adds three new routes in March as passenger numbers climb

Malta International Airport ended the winter season on a high note, launching three new routes in March that boost connectivity just in time for the summer rush.
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#malta

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#GenerativeArt interlude

More fun with integer sequences

Triangular Truchet tiling with integer sequences driving things

Flip sequence determines whether hypoteneuse runs down from left or up; swap sequence determines whether the pattern lays out from left or right.
Colour sequences determine colour advancement horizontally and vertically.

Loops

#XQuery #SVG #CreativeCoding

A regular pattern of silver loops over a sea green background. The colouring is more blue towards the top left, more yellow towards the bottom right. The pattern repeats, but it isn't trivial. The result is a pleasing flow. It looks like the wallpaper from an Edwardian parlor. Colophon: Flip: A118636 = Start with 1 and repeatedly reverse the digits and add 40 to get the next term Swap: A306443 = Number of ways of partitioning the set of the first n primes into two subsets whose sums differ at most by 1
#svg #creativecoding #generativeart #xquery
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Mary Holstege
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When the two sequences (flip and swap) mesh, you get regimented patterns. Different sequences give very different vibes.
An repeated pattern of folds and weavings in dark red and black. It gives a Celtic knot vibe, or organic integrated circuits, or some very complex crochet. Colophon: Flip: A060596 = Number of tilings of the 4-dimensional zonotope constructed from D vectors Swap: A321725 = Irregular triangle read by rows where T(n,k) is the number of d X d non-normal semi-magic squares with d = A027750(n,k) and sum of all entries equal to n
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Mary Holstege
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Things get more interesting when patterns don't quite mesh, and when the sequences don't have a regular cadence wrt the modulus I use on them (3, for the record)
Green and teal flows. The pattern is more ragged on the left, and smooths out into even waves on the right, giving everything a sense of motion. The water is rippling and breaking on the shore. It is calming. The pattern is not regular. There are parts you grab on to and say, "ah, there it is," but it is not. Colophon: Flip: A334535 = a(1)=1, a(2)=2, and for n>2, a(n) = 2*a(a(n-i))+a(n-1)-a(n-2) where i>=2 is the smallest number that satisfies a(n-i)<n Swap: A241337 = Number of partitions p of n not including ceiling(mean(p)) as a part

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Inside the Economy of AI Spammers Getting Rich By Exploiting Disasters and Misery

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#news #tech #technology #AI #fraud #spam #spammer


Inside the Economy of AI Spammers Getting Rich By Exploiting Disasters and Misery

How AI spammers monetized the LA fires and other natural disasters.
Dexter Thomas (404 Media)
#tech #AI #technology #News #spam #fraud #spammer

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‘Beauty pageant’: Thai transgender women seek publicity at military lottery exercise

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#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA


‘Beauty pageant’: Thai transgender women seek publicity at military lottery exercise

Annual event mixes anxiety with celebration, one potential soldier holds amulet in mouth in hope of avoiding draft.
Yating Yang (South China Morning Post)
#LGBTQ #transgender #trans #lgbtqia

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ExxonMobil exploration well offshore Cyprus deemed a duster byteseu.com/925242/ #Cyprus
ExxonMobil exploration well offshore Cyprus deemed a duster

ExxonMobil exploration well offshore Cyprus deemed a duster

ExxonMobil’s Elektra-1 exploration well offshore Cyprus has concluded without finding commercially viable quantities of natural gas.
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#Cyprus

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Random Old Comic: Ghosted toyboxcomix.com/2018/06/07/gho… Ghosted #AnakinSkywalker #DorothyZbornak #Medusa #StarWars

Ghosted

Visit the post for more.
Toy Box Comix
#StarWars #medusa #dorothyzbornak #AnakinSkywalker

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BREAKING: DOJ ends a key racial discrimination case, signaling an end to the Civil Rights Division as it existed.

The lawsuit against the Mississippi state Senate alleged a brazen pattern of racial discrimination against a Black woman, but AAG Harmeet Dhillon ended the case.

New, at Law Dork: lawdork.com/p/doj-dismisses-ke…


DOJ ends a key racial discrimination case, signaling an end to the Civil Rights Division as it existed

The lawsuit alleged a brazen pattern of racial discrimination against a Black woman, but AAG Harmeet Dhillon ended the case. Also: A look at the bigger picture at DOJ.
Chris Geidner (Law Dork)
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