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Confirmed: They're playing November Rain by Guns n' Roses ahead of Trump signing a peace agreement with Rwanda and the DRC at the US Institute of Peace building.

Half of the US Now Requires You to Upload Your ID or Scan Your Face to Watch Porn Missouri’s age verification law, enacted on November 30, is the halfway mark for the sweep of age verification laws across the country.

Porn was only ever the cover.

In half the country, these laws now effectively mandate facial scans to access any material deemed "harmful to minors" by the state attorney general or a conservative parent.

What they passed is much, much broader than people generally realized.

I guess being better than Armando Garcia was a very low bar to clear.

I remember people were excited that Foster was going to fix problems in California MMA. Really sucks how bad he's handled this and Power Slap.

Can't watch since I am work, but I'm very excited to see TKO, Saudi Arabia, and this administration exploit more people's long-term health for decreased wages.

YouTube video by House Committee on Education & Workforce In Their Corner: Creating More Opportunities for American Boxers

The hearing on the Ali Act Revival is going on now #boxing youtu.be/hy9Rk4o6BFU

every time i see that water tower i remember the animaniacs are trapped in there by david zaslav. Yet every story leaves it out

Finish takedown to head-side -> hop over -> safe on top

Finish to head side -> don't hop over -> fight for your life against elevators -> try not to get guillotined -> oh no kimura -> elevators again

YouTube video by BJJ Mental Models BONUS: Marcelo Garcia vs Lachlan Giles Analysis, feat. Drew Foster

New bonus podcast! MARCELO GARCIA VS LACHLAN GILES takes center stage as Drew Foster breaks down ONE Fight Night 38’s generational clash. This is from Drew Foster’s excellent State of the Meta podcast, exclusively available on BJJ Mental Models Premium!
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Clearly the performance of a woman who should engage in a professional boxing match against a world champion.

Every time I listen to a podcast that features an Andrew Tate quote, it's always him talking about how he has a machete or sword or some bullshit. It's like even he knows that his kickboxing skills are all smoke and mirrors.

Today's media relations maneuvers by #TKO on Pac MacAfee coupled with the WBC stripping Terence Crawford for not paying sanctioning fees is going to come as a big talking point supporters of the Ali Act Revival legislation #boxing

Taco bell: dedicated to the heath of all Americans, one chalupa at a time

This is a true color view of Titan, taken by Cassini's camera system, the Imaging Science Subsystem on September 16, 2013. These images were taken on September 16, 2013 and received on Earth September 17, 2013. The camera was pointing toward TITAN at approximately 864,775 miles (1,391,721 kilometers) away, and the images were taken using the CL1, CL2, RED, BL1 and GRN filters. Credit: NASA / JPL / SSI / composite by Val Klavans

Titan seen on September 16, 2013 - From Val Klavans (valklavans.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/fUQKnq

YouTube video by Like Stories of Old Why Movies Just Don't Feel "Real" Anymore

Man, this was fucking good.
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Keep getting this ad for some guy's stupid "Cyberpunk" inspired AI videos and they're just dog shit. I've hit the block ad button every time it pops up, but still get to keep seeing it.

This composition had eluded me for nearly a decade, but yesterday I was finally able to capture it. A train rolled through just as the Duquesne Incline was crossing over the tracks in #Pittsburgh, creating a picture perfect winter scene. It was worth the hours and hours I've waited over the years.

Prediction -

If/when the Ali Destruction Act passes Mike Tyson will be paid handsome appearance fees to TKO events to try and legitimize the TKO/Ring belts and marginalize all other titles.

This light-year-long knot of interstellar gas and dust resembles a caterpillar on its way to a feast. But the meat of the story is not only what this cosmic caterpillar eats for lunch, but also what's eating it. Harsh winds from extremely bright stars are blasting ultraviolet radiation at this "wanna-be" star and sculpting the gas and dust into its long shape. The culprits are 65 of the hottest, brightest known stars, classified as O-type stars, located 15 light-years away from the knot, towards the right edge of the image. These stars, along with 500 less bright, but still highly luminous B-type stars make up what is called the Cygnus OB2 association. Collectively, the association is thought to have a mass more than 30,000 times that of our sun. The caterpillar-shaped knot, called IRAS 20324+4057, is a protostar in a very early evolutionary stage. It is still in the process of collecting material from an envelope of gas surrounding it. However, that envelope is being eroded by the radiation from Cygnus OB2. Protostars in this region should eventually become young stars with final masses about one to ten times that of our sun, but if the eroding radiation from the nearby bright stars destroys the gas envelope before the protostars finish collecting mass, their final masses may be reduced. Spectroscopic observations of the central star within IRAS 20324+4057 show that it is still collecting material quite heavily from its outer envelope, hoping to bulk up in ma...

NASA’s Hubble Sees a Cosmic Caterpillar - From Goddard Space Flight Center - https://flic.kr/p/fEd9Hv

Primers for Ali Act congressional hearing & UFC antitrust hearing | Ep. 209 We're giving a peak behind the curtain of what's happening in tomorrow's congressional and antitrust hearings.

On today’s episode of Hey Not The Face! @crooklyn.bsky.social & I discuss the 2 events taking place tomorrow that could have huge implications for combat sports - the congressional hearing for boxing & the court hearing regarding the UFC’s missing discovery.

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i think the financial incentive to bait people into engaging with dogshit is a big part of how we got where we are.

It should be legal to strike Greg Gutfeld.

It is fun to see the actors who actually were competitors with verifiable records. I hear bring up Jean Claude Van Damme's "impressive" record on occasion, but I'm pretty sure JCVD's record is mostly bullshit. Billy Chow on the other hand walked the walk.

YouTube video by Mouseboxer's Classic Kickboxing Billy Chow Vs. Milt Bennett (12/01/1985)

Billy Chow, the villain of the Fist of Legend and one of the big bads in Dragons Forever, was an actual kickboxer and WKA Super Middleweight Champion. Here is one of his matches.
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"I feel bad for you" meme with a boom operator saying "We're having sweetgreen for lunch"

Mad Men 4K

Is 11:00pm too late to start Fist of Legend? Yes, but I don't fucking care.

HEAVY METAL (1981)

I find my lack of cocoa disturbing.

He's a very goofy wrong guy.

What's happening with the Chicago Public Libraries right now is terrible. The proposed budget of the city would CUT 89 CPL positions. Importantly, 78 positions were lost LAST year. That would be 167 positions in 2 YEARS while COPS KEEP GETTING MORE MONEY. ENOUGH. SAY NO.