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The Pocket Surfer 2 (2008, £179.99) offered 20 hrs/mo of free internet and unlimited access for £5.99/mo. The service pre-rendered every webpage on their servers as images first before sending them to the devices. It made the connection feel faster.

At 48 years old, Jen Pawol became the first female umpire in Major League Baseball history on Saturday when she made her regular-season debut working the bases at the Miami Marlins and Atlanta Braves games.

Wouldn't be surprised if Zelenskyy straight up brought a gun to the word fight

People returned to live in Pompeii's ruins, archaeologists say

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EU staff could strike over Gaza - Euractiv,EU staff could strike over Gaza In today’s edition of The Capitals, read about civil servants pushing for Gaza action, a budget rift between Merz and von der Leyen, Trump threatening the EU with a 35% levy, a diplomat under investigation over a sexist blog, and ‘endemic’ police abuse in Kosovo,In today’s edition of The Capitals, read about civil servants pushing for Gaza action, a budget rift between Merz and von der Leyen, Trump threatening the EU with a 35% levy, a diplomat under investigation over a sexist blog, and ‘endemic’ police abuse in Kosovo

EU staff could strike over Gaza #EuropeanUnion

https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/eu-staff-could-strike-over-gaza/

Yeah, it's not like we have a whole phrase for the societal-sourced dangers of "[doing X] While Black" or anything. Wouldn't that be crazy??

Oh no

The Birthday party I'm taking my kid to isn't in a 5G area D:

I'm not going to be one of those "what's your Wi-Fi" dads, am I?

Yeah, when the instructions are for WEAKLINGS!!

Now, excuse me while I go lean back exactly 2/3 of the way into my recliner & hold my spine perfectly still for the next 17 hours so the pain is slightly less than excruciating while my back heals enough for me to walk w/ only a slight limp. You wimp.

Kid: You put the grill together?

Me: I did

Kid: Didn’t it say on the box it takes two people?

Me: It did.

Kid: …

Me: But I did it alone.

Kid: So basically you’re proud of not following directions

Or as defined by what Frank the project manager thinks is important and what he thinks he can get away with not including

In reality, it just means it was made by the lowest bidder.

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Oh that's a great question, is there a resource to download videos from Bluesky?

Our feature tutorial/artist for today is this great ARM MUSCLE ANIMATION by the talented
@kita_site! Seeing how the MUSCLE GROUPS expand and contract here during the motion is very useful!
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This did more to teach me about arm muscle positioning than literally any other resource on human anatomy ever.

Officer killed in attack near Emory University leaves behind growing family Officer David Rose of the DeKalb County Police Department served since September 2024. He died responding to the attack, officials said.

Officer David Rose of the DeKalb County Police Department served since September 2024. He died responding to the attack, officials said.

Turns out wine with strong hints of fascism and bullying aren't popular in other parts of the world.
Monthly US wine exports plunge, down 96.8% to Canada YoY. China (-36%) and the UK (-6%) also down. Overall, US wine exports declined by $38.8 million (-37%) compared to June 2024. #EconSky #Wine

Judge blocks Beto O’Rourke from financially supporting Texas Democrats who left the state The order came at the request of Attorney General Ken Paxton, who O’Rourke accused in a separate lawsuit of going on a “fishing expedition, constitutional rights be damned.”

Judge blocks Beto O’Rourke from financially supporting Texas Democrats who left the state

The order came at the request of A.G. Ken Paxton, who O’Rourke accused in a separate lawsuit of going on a “fishing expedition, constitutional rights be damned.”
#txlege

www.texastribune.org/2025/08/08/b...

YouTube video by Workshop Companion Tying a Whiplash

"This year is the Centennial of masking tape, the first commercially sold sticky tape!"

Before 1925, what did people use?
www.youtube.com/shorts/Gfs_T...

This DeKalb county police officer gave his own life to save the lives of people at the CDC and Emory, making this the only causalty (it appears) instead of dozens. Grateful for this person

A Google alert announces Chappell Roan concert tickets, but the image is of Weird Al

You sure about this, Google?

GET 'EM, AL!!

A celebration screenshot saying "Grand total cards acquired: 4,000 cards collecterd!" With a background of just hundreds of cards that clearly go well beyond the edges of the screen

#Pokémon #Pokemon #PokémonTCGPocket #PokemonTCGPocket

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I spend too much time on this game lol

Devastating: World-Healingly Funny Headline Written by Fool Who Didn’t Bother to Read Submission Guidelines

(Lapse of Judgement Latest Example of Unclicked-News Link Pandemic)

STREAM LIVE: Gunman, officer at Emory University Atlanta campus dead, sources say A gunman at the Emory University Atlanta campus was killed during a Friday shooting incident, according to law enforcement officials. An officer has also died following the shooting, sources told Atla...

UPDATE: Two dead, including police officer and gunman, in incident near CDC building in Georgia, WANF-TV reports.

Ugh.

Shinies*

Darn auto-incorrect

Motif-Index of Folk-Literature (1958) [pdf]

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