Be wary of images showing Jimmy Kimmel's 'final monologue' after Trump criticism
"Jimmy Kimmel Live!" was temporarily suspended in September 2025 but returned to air.
Did Wyoming mountain really collapse? Rumor doesn't hold up
While real mountains can collapse in a similar fashion due to landslides, this particular story wasn't real.
Don't fall for this Trump post about bringing peace to 'Isle of Fifa'
The U.S. president did receive a FIFA Peace Prize, but the Truth Social post about the "Fifanian people" was not real.
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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Did Trump post 'the KING decides' what war crimes are? Here's the truth
Trump allegedly wrote, "When I say something is LEGAL, it's LEGAL. Very simple."
14 rumors about Ilhan Omar, investigated
As we have repeatedly reported, the claim that she married her brother lacks credible evidence.
FBI, DOJ paid nearly $1M in overtime to agents redacting Epstein files, documents show
Snopes reviewed the records Bloomberg reporter Jason Leopold obtained in a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the FBI and DOJ.
Don't waste your energy on claim about tiny Japanese generators pulling electricity from air
Though research on moisture-electric generators, which create energy from ambient humidity, exists, the tech isn't ready for real-world use yet.
"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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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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Chart linking Democrat-led cities to higher violent crime is misleading
Podcaster Tim Pool's chart significantly overstated the difference in crime rates between Democrat-led and Republican-led cities.
Did Bette Midler declare $68M Netflix investment on live TV?
The rumor was vague in details, but that's probably because those details didn't exist.
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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.
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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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15 rumors about Erika Kirk, investigated
Since the killing of activist Charlie Kirk, his widow has become the target of numerous claims of varying accuracy.
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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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