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Hamas agrees to release Israelis
https://www.npr.org/2025/10/03/nx-s1-5562015/hamas-agrees-to-release-israelis?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into All Things Considered @all-things-considered-npr
On its return journey to the United Kingdom, the British aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales led the Multinational Exercise Bersama Lima
The British aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales, leading the UK Carrier Strike Group (CSG), took part in Exercise Bersama Lima 2025 off the coast of MalaysiaBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
For the first time, the Church of England names a woman as its top leader
https://www.npr.org/2025/10/03/nx-s1-5559753/for-the-first-time-the-church-of-england-names-a-woman-as-its-top-leader?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into All Things Considered @all-things-considered-npr
"Kona" A pet portrait of a mixed breed dog in bright colors. Pastel pencils on 11x14 canvas, 2018.
#art #artist #mastoart #artwork #dog #dogs #dogsofmastodon #petportrait #pastels #drawing
She’s Back! Ex-Squad Member Cori Bush Launches Bid For Old Congress Seat
https://www.blackenterprise.com/cori-bush-seeks-to-reclaim-congress-seat-in-new-campaign-bid/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Black Enterprise @black-enterprise-BlackEnterp2018
Cori Bush Seeks To Reclaim Congress Seat
Bush posted a video on X announcing her run on Oct. 3, but her old nemesis, Wesley Bell, had a few things to say.Sharelle B. McNair (Black Enterprise)
Google lays off dozens of workers in Sunnyvale
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2025-10-03/google-lays-off-dozens-of-people-in-sunnyvale?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Technology @technology-LATimes
Google lays off dozens of workers as tech giants prepare for AI advances
Google said it plans to lay off dozens of workers at its Sunnyvale offices, following job reductions at other large tech firms.Wendy Lee (Los Angeles Times)
Money latest: Major changes to EU travel rules next week – except in two countries | Money News
We all hate waiting for a train - or being on one that ends up making us late, but if you find yourself in that situation, it might help to know that you canBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Trump:
"Based on the Statement just issued by Hamas, I believe they are ready for a lasting PEACE. Israel must immediately stop the bombing of Gaza, so that we can get the Hostages out safely and quickly! Right now, it’s far too dangerous to do that. We are already in discussions on details to be worked out. This is not about Gaza alone, this is about long sought PEACE in the Middle East."
(Nie im Leben wird das wirklich zu etwas Konstruktivem führen, aber interessant ist es allemal, was Trump da so denkt und schreibt. Der Mann will wirklich unbedingt den Friedensnobelpreis.)
Populism as a Backlash to Immigration
#politics #economics #immigration
Laurenz Guenther (X, website) is a Research Fellow at the Toulouse School of Economics. He joins the podcast to discuss his working paper, “Political Representation Gaps and Populism.” Relying on survey data of politicians and regular citizens across the EU, he finds a simple explanation for the rise of populism across the continent. Politicians are one standard deviation to the left of the public on social issues. As Guenther points out, the gap is larger than the difference between the typical communist and conservative MP. Immigrants are more conservative on migration and assimilation issues than politicians. These are quite remarkable findings, and must be factored into any understanding of contemporary European politics.
cspicenter.com/p/populism-as-a…
Populism as a Backlash to Immigration
How the representation gap explains political trendsRichard Hanania (Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology)
#NewSpecies!
New scorpion from #morocco just stung us:
Androctonus argoubi
Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/03CC222…
Publication: doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1696289…
#Euscorpius #AndroctonusArgoubi
#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #arachnology #arachnids #scorpion
Three new species of Androctonus from Morocco (Arachnida Scorpiones: Buthidae)
Kovařík, František, Lowe, Graeme, Šťáhlavský, František (2025): Three new species of Androctonus from Morocco (Arachnida Scorpiones: Buthidae). Euscorpius 420: 1-29, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.16962897Zenodo
France Announces “Project Épervier” to Neutralize Hard-to-Jam FPV Drones on Battlefield — UNITED24 Media
France’s Defense Ministry has launched “Project Épervier” (Sparrowhawk), a call for anti-drone solutions aimed at countering fast, hard-to-jam FPV “racer”BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
#NewSpecies!
New reed snake from #china just sidled in:
Calamaria synergis
Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/63A16D7…
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1253.1…
#ZooKeys #CalamariaSynergis
#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #herpetology #herps #reptilia #snakes #reedsnakes
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THIS is the Way !! 🏆
Toronto ER costs, visits by frequent patients reduced with new housing model
Local hospitals saved $1.66 million after 48 residents moved into Dunn House, says doctor
Please take time to read this short article. (Then contact your reps) Thanks. 😀
#Housing #Health #Taxes #Homelessness #Poverty #addiction #MentalHealth
#Canada
DID YOU KNOW... that I run the @cartoonistcoop 's weekly mixer for professional cartoonists? No ladder climbing here! Only chill chats with other exhausted comickers who understand the end of year crunch.
Join us today to hop on in!
#comics #webcomics #cartoonist
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in reply to Steve Herman • • •lupus_blackfur
in reply to Steve Herman • • •Harrison...
Certainly a man with more actual masculinity than the tiny little attempt at a human with an overinflated sense of his own masculinity/value/intelligence) worth...
And, I'll wager, Harrison achieved that masculinity spending less money on performative idiotic tattoos.
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FurballsNHairballs
in reply to Steve Herman • • •Pretty soon we will have the capability of the Sierra Leone Army