DOD gave $620M loan to startup backed by Donald Trump Jr.'s venture capital firm
The Pentagon told Snopes Donald Trump Jr. was "not involved in any aspect" of the deal.
Grounding rumor Trump gifted his private plane to Make-A-Wish Foundation
A rumor that Trump said he "didn’t really need" his private jet — known as Trump Force One — spread online.
Does photo show Quentin Tarantino glaring at Paul Dano? Here's the truth
The alleged photo made the rounds online after the Oscar-winning writer and director criticized Paul Dano's acting in a December 2025 podcast episode.
Unpacking reports ICE detained Jamaican-born Army veteran Godfrey Wade
A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson confirmed that ICE arrested Wade on Sept. 18. His family said he served in the U.S. Army.
Did Judge Caprio 'shut down' CEO's daughter? You can rule the video a fake
The video shared online in December 2025 was generated with artificial intelligence tools.
USCIS reportedly turned away immigrants set to become citizens. Here's what we know
The allegation came after USCIS directed employees to suspend all immigration applications from 19 travel ban countries on Dec. 2, 2025.
Is FBI compiling list of American 'extremists'? We confirmed leaked memo
Attorney General Pam Bondi's memo asked the DOJ to prosecute the "most serious, readily provable offenses."
Could FIFA remove its president for giving Trump the FIFA Peace Prize? What we know
Rumors claim the world soccer body will remove Gianni Infantino for giving Trump the prize on live television.
13 rumors about Venezuela we've investigated
As rumors spread that the Trump administration was preparing to invade Venezuela, we pulled together 13 stories we've done about the country.
#PalestineAction hunger strikers 📌Monday Dec. 8th 📌
Bombard the BBC for our hunger strikers
1️⃣Step one: save the BBC WhatsApp number +447756165803
2️⃣Step two: copy and paste the below message and send to them.
3️⃣Step three: share and repeat ✊🇵🇸
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***** EMERGENCY *****
BBC — your *silence* is deadly.
Six UK political prisoners are now in the *critical stage* of a hunger strike.
Why as a state sponsored broadcaster, are you not reporting on this?
This Beaverton ( /s ) piece is really on the nose
Is The Temporary Foreign Worker Program working? We asked 4 Tim Hortons franchise owners, and one slum landlord - The Beaverton
The Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) Program allows Canadian employers to hire foreign workers to fill temporary jobs when qualified Canadians are not available, and that's why it is completely uncontroversial and nobody has any issues with it.Ian MacIntyre (The Beaverton)
Stop de afbraak van de WIA en WW
Wel premie betalen, maar steeds minder ontvangen? Dat laten we niet gebeuren!www.fnv.nl
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"The state we're all in is appalling," he said. "We're all too rich. We're consuming all these things in the world. And we can't. It's unsustainable."
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#photography
#life
#sustainability
#planet
#society
#humans
Photographer Martin Parr dies aged 73
Parr rose to prominence in the mid 1980s, his colourful images capturing British life.Noor Nanji (BBC News)
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New blog post, a bit of an addendum to my older microblogging protocols comparison post(s) until I do an updated version at some point. It mostly just goes over a handful of big events and shifts I've personally noticed since my last post in the summer of 2024.
#activitypub #fediverse #nostr #at #bluesky
This is Fine: an Interim Microblogging Protocols Update
As is customary on my microblogging posts, let’s get us started with an original meme. Also, if you’d like to read my previous Microblogging …nate.mecca1.net
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I quite like the first episode!
Quite an interesting doco to see how culture can be cancerous for silly reasons. Stuff to learn from it.
#documentary #documentaries #pbs
Originating in underground Black and gay clubs, disco had unseated rock as America’s most popular music by the late 1970s.
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#ThreeGoodThings for today :
A nice bike ride across the border ;
A very good lunch in a buckwheat pancake restaurant;
And a wonderful christmas market in the center of #tournai #belgium.
Back to home under the rain, soggy but happy.
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