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Lots of jokes about a "woke" font but a shift from a sans-serif to a serif font is actually bad for inclusion!

Calibri is a much more readable font than Times New Roman, so this does make things worse for e.g. those with dyslexia and those with low vision.

Donald Trump’s envoys have given Volodymyr Zelenskyy days to respond to a proposed peace deal requiring Ukraine to accept territorial losses in exchange for unspecified US security guarantees, according to officials briefed on the conversations.

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Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90% Fewer than 60,000 people – 0.001% of the world’s population – control three times as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity, according to a report that argues global inequality has reached such extremes that urgent action has become essential. The authoritative World Inequality Report 2026, based on data compiled by 200 researchers, also found that the top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90% combined, while the poorest half captures less than 10% of total global earnings. Continue reading...

Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds

Donald Trump plans on helping his friends, David & Larry Ellison, as well as his daughter's husband, Jared Kushner!

By doing that, he'll get to see CNN get gutted too. This is some corrupt shit going on...

Trump: “I actually believe it’s seditious, perhaps even treasonous, for The New York Times, and others, to consistently do FAKE reports in order to libel and demean “THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.” They are true Enemies of the People, and we should do something about it."

Immigration Agents Have Often Grabbed and Mistreated Citizens, Congressional Investigators Find Prompted by ProPublica’s reporting, an investigation by Senate Democrats documented the experiences of nearly two dozen citizens wrongly detained by immigration agents, contradicting the Trump adminis...

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Never will be enough.

When the Trump administration is out of office, one of the main people that need to be investigated is the pardon attorney in that administration to see how Trump basically issued all his padons with no process whatsoever.

Trump Continues To Distance Himself From Controversial Venezuelan Drug Boat Strike: ‘I Don’t Get Involved’ Trump on Monday walked back his previous support for releasing video footage of the attack.

Trump on Monday walked back his previous support for releasing video footage of the attack.

Eileen Higgins elected mayor of Miami, Florida, becoming the city’s first woman mayor #NOH8

Judge in New York orders release of Ghislaine Maxwell-related grand jury records The ruling comes days after a federal judge in Florida also ordered the release of grand jury investigations into Jeffrey Epstein from 2005 and 2007.

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Instant all-timer here:

Fuck Quentin Tarantino for Hurting Matthew Lillard's Feelings During his recent needless podcast rant, Tarantino said he ‘doesn’t care for’ Lillard, who’s since responded by saying, "It’s humbling, and it hurts." Folks, we ride at dawn.

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At will? Whose will? Removing independent agency heads is part of a broader assault on a nonpartisan government

New, from me: by embracing unitary executive theory, the Supreme Court is moving towards making all public employees fireable at the will of the President.

This will not just hurt government competence, it will aid democratic backsliding. 🧵
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In all of history, the book banners were never the good guys.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday his country will not make territorial concessions to Russia as the Trump administration looks to broker a peace deal between the two countries.

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This week, the Senate will vote on Democrats' clean, three-year extension of the ACA tax credits.

Republicans have a choice: stop health insurance premiums from skyrocketing or abandon their constituents.

YouTube video by Jay Curlee Mavericks All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down

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YouTube video by NPR Music The Mavericks: Tiny Desk Concert

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YouTube video by Dan Schram The Mavericks - Harvest Moon

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YouTube video by Austin City Limits The Mavericks "Come Unto Me" at the 2012 Americana Music Festival

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Whiskey Pete says the future of "American warfare" is Google autocomplete According to Trump’s Secretary of War Cosplayer Pete Hegseth, the future of U.S. warfare is not boots on the ground, it is bots in the cloud.

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Raul Malo – Voice of a Generation, and Mavericks Frontman – Has... Even before his recent, harrowing battle with Cancer, anyone who asked Saving Country Music who the best singer of this generation is would receive back the answer without a hint of hesitation, “Raul ...

Rest well my brother...

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Trump's FIFA peace prize breached neutrality, claims rights group Human rights group FairSquare has filed a complaint to FIFA's ethics committee claiming the world football body's president Gianni Infantino breached his duty of neutrality by supporting US President…

Trump's FIFA peace prize breached neutrality, claims rights group

– Human rights group FairSquare has filed a complaint to FIFA's ethics committee claiming the world football body's president Gianni Infantino breached his duty of neutrality by supporting trump ..

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FIFA ethics investigators is an oxymoron

It is absolutely wild that the guy who won’t stop yelling about law and order is now personally stepping in to keep January 6 documents hidden from the police officers who were attacked that day. He knows exactly what’s in those files and he is terrified the country will see it.

Off-duty Portland officer accused of strangulation, domestic violence An off-duty Portland Police Bureau officer was arrested Monday for allegedly assaulting a woman in his home in front of their respective children on Nov. 29.

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That's called a Dictatorship.

Light reflects off of intertwining train tracks. A headline reads: "They Witness Deaths on The Tracks and Then Struggle to Get Help." Credit: Jonah Markowitz for The New York Times.

New York’s subway system — one of the biggest and busiest in the world — is the setting for more train strikes per year than any other system in U.S. But the train operators involved in these fatal strikes are often left to fend for themselves. trib.al/UwkCWoB