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Stuck boat on fire blocking oil trade routes

I think it says a lot that these morons think it's not possible to offer young men anything more than crypto, & gambling.

This is dumb for a lot of reasons, not least of which is, if anything the 20th Century project regarding the Robin Hood myth was to *de-Marxify* it.
The Disney Robin Hood gives lip service to "rob from the rich and give to the poor," but his main thing is fighting against "high taxes!"

The boys beat on against the current in town

flight map radar of every airplane avoiding airspace of iran, iraq, syria, etc

zoom in detail showing some crazy planes still in israeli, jordanian, and iraqi airspace

lone airplane flying over iraq

flyadealflight fad260 en route to riyadh

if you just look at the overview, it looks like the airspace is completely empty, but you actually have to zoom in to see what the crazy pilots at budget airline flyadeal are up to

If you can’t sign up to speak, you have 72 hours from the end of the hearing to send a written statement to testimony@council.nyc.gov.

“If you want to know how it feels to have slaves, in the modern world – and not be blamed openly for this desire – visit Dubai.”

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The Fall of the House of Valenziaga: A Special Edition Novel It’s Drag Race meets a gay Game of Thrones meets The Chronicles of Amber in this queer post-apocalyptic science-fantasy extravaganza!

The time is NOW. Valenziaga will fall.

Category is: Science-Fantasy EXTRAVAGANZA! Think Drag Race meets a gay Game of Thrones meets Chronicles of Amber.

High drama and high CAMP!

Spread the word! RT, tell your friends, shout it from the rooftops!

BACK THE BOOK TODAY!

#booksky

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Anna Hezel launches "Party Tricks," with Jaya Saxena Celebrate local author and food journalist Anna Hezel's newest cookbook with a fun and food-filled party

If you're around New York on March 10 you should come to Anna's book launch where she is in conversation with ME!!!! www.eventbrite.com/e/anna-hezel...

Spain: Olive oil - 62%

YouTube video by Streetsblog NYC An illustrated congestion pricing lawsuit update #nyc #congestionrelief #law #explained

How did we get here? America's Sweetheart and Congestion Pricing Legal Expert @davecolon.bsky.social explains in this recap of the last hearing in the case.

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A green bumper sticker resting on a pile of compost reading “I like my beer cold and my compost hot” next to a can of Original Pattern Autumn Mist beer.

Got a fresh load for some new beds. Sticker designed by the maestro @bbburgerrr.bsky.social

We really do need to hammer home reducing police budgets and using them to bolster teacher salaries immediately. The fact we have these massive goon squads playing candy crush all day at their jobs meanwhile teachers are having to get second incomes is frankly embarrassing as a rich country.

What privacy? Meta's smart glasses are filming unwitting naked people Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses are a privacy nightmare, with footage of naked people, sensitive information, and violent acts captured and seen by Meta's AI and an army of employees.

Buried lede: Meta sends all your nudes to Kenya where humans annotate it and feed it to AI

"You can just do things, sure, right until the game is up, and then you can’t."
@patblanchfield.bsky.social in @nplusonemag.com on the war in the Middle East, also applicable to what the US is doing on other crises and emergencies of our time: climate, debt, inequality, AI

fuck, I’m sorry, I can’t compete with this

Close up of someone whispering “Amazon data center bombed in UAE”. Bottom panel shows goosebumps.

Death to AI.

The Beats That Carried Me Through: Electronic Dance Music There are moments in life when the noise becomes overwhelming.

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The Jakarta Method Washington's Anticommunist Crusade & The Mass Murder Program That Shaped Our World by Vincent Bevins

I encourage all my liberal friends and followers to go read The Jakarta Method

I think a lot of writers would do well to admit themselves, embrace JLC's dictum that 'the writer is a natural spy' - it's uncomfortable but you have to wrestle with it if you want to write things that last

Also, the news does not cover "Crime Goes Down" stories in the same. Did you know that there have been only 32 murders in NYC through 3/1 this year? That's a 42% decline since last year. Remarkable!

Also all of your customers got used to shopping at Costco instead. You were their habit and now their habit has changed and they're not coming back. So it is for everyone who throws their lot in with Trump

Target had it made, with a loyal audience that was very much blue, and then they threw it all away because their leadership was like "finally racism is legal again!" There's not rebranding that can undo a mask off moment like that

From Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Vol. 4: The Seven Ghosts Mickey finds Goofy, sitting in an armchair and wearing a suit, looking glum. Mickey: Gosh! What's th' matter, Goofy? Are ya sick or somethin'?? Goofy: Nope! I'm just plain happy - a-settin' here thinkin' beautiful thoughts!

Fitch Downgrades Paramount After Warner Bros. Deal Announcement The $81 billion deal for Warner Bros. Discovery is highly complex and poses credit risks, Fitch Ratings said.

After Warner Bros. deal, Paramount's debt has been downgraded to junk status

Basically, the ratings agency thinks the combined entity faces a ton of competition & there's a risk the entire enterprise fails -- debt attached to it is therefore high-risk

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I don’t think I’ve recovered from the @trashfuture.bsky.social given revelation that Curtis Silwa is a huge EDM fan

War thunder really punching above its weight as a historical actor given how often military secrets get revealed on its forums

One of the funniest things to come out of this are the brits who won’t leave Dubai even as it’s being bombed. One influencer adjacent guy went on a live stream on his balcony and said he’d rather be killed by Iran than go back to Wigan