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Republican Sen. Mike Lee was caught fleeing from media questions about his inflammatory posts on the senseless murder of Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman.

disclaimer this is from circa 2020 but feels relevant to the people dancing to mariachi getting tear gassed today

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Plans to pedestrianise parts of Oxford Street will move forward "as quickly as possible", the mayor of London has said.

A sheriff's deputy in Colorado briefly pulled over Caroline Dias Goncalves before immigration agents detained her. Now county officials are conducting a review.

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Securitization allows banks to repackage and resell debt, famously explained by actress Margot Robbie in a bubble bath in the film “The Big Short.”

from TNG S01E02 https://youtu.be/rMubr8KEsnM

To anyone who supports capitalism or otherwise opposes socialism:

Tehran “is the principal source of regional instability and terror,” declare G7 leaders in a joint statement.

But fucking hell, it's chilly

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By Nidal Al-Mughrabi and Dawoud Abu Alkas June 17, 2025 6:46 AM EDT

Mastodon thread summarising the study, by one of the involved scientists:

Shown in Laurence Fishburne presents LeVar Burton with the Lifetime Achievement Award

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https://www.vidarholen.net/contents/wordcount/

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A federal judge ruled Monday it was illegal for the Trump administration to cancel several hundred research grants, adding that the cuts raise serious questions about racial discrimination.

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Full title: He was devastated when his favorite Facebook game shut down, but at 10 years old, what could he do? 8 years later, he's got the rights, the original code, and is about to relaunch Dungeon Rampage on Steam

Archived at https://archive.is/qTXp2

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In North Carolina, it was a lawsuit over the state’s voter registration records. In Arizona and Wisconsin, it was a letter to state election officials warning of potential administrative violations. And in Colorado, it was a demand for election records going back to 2020.

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https://xcancel.com/NickKristof/status/1934368862818161135#m

Archived copies of the article: * archive.today - should eventually load, but hasn't as of posting time * web.archive.org - has text but key diagrams don't load

Americans are feeling a hangover from their tariff-fueled buying frenzy early in the spring.

The KDE community today announced the latest release: Plasma 6.4. This fresh new release improves on nearly every front, with progress being made in accessibility, color rendering, tablet support, window management, and more.

[...] Each day, according to UNRWA,10 children are losing one or both of their legs. Gaza is home to the largest cohort of child amputees in modern history. Women are three times more likely to miscarry, and three times more likely to die from childbirth. [...]

Artist: Mac Star | pixiv | twitter | danbooru

https://www.oglaf.com/sircoffee/

Bonus:

The groups noted that after the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests, California approved Senate Bill 98, which stipulated press rights amid protests.

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