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Amazon to pay $2.5 billion to settle FTC allegations it duped customers into enrolling in Prime Amazon has reached a historic $2.5 billion settlement with the Federal Trade Commission which said the online giant tricked customers into signing up for its Prime memberships, and made it difficult t...

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EU voices support for ICC after US sanctions judges The European Union strongly supports the International Criminal Court, European Council Antonio Costa said on Friday, adding that it is "a cornerstone of international justice".

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On Ireland’s peat bogs, climate action clashes with tradition Bog destruction major contributor to Irish carbon emissions as EU says 'insufficient action' is happening to protect unique habitats. But locals defend traditional fuel harvesting. Rural dwellers say left behind by green agenda.

As the European Union seeks to make Dublin enforce the bloc's environmental law, the cheap, smoky fuel peat has become a focus for opposition to policies that some people criticize as designed by wealthy urbanites with little knowledge of rural reality reut.rs/4kMwOJA

The city of LA has removed three of our crosswalks in the past two weeks amid a budget crisis. We're now getting requests to put in crosswalks that were planned and committed to by LADOT, then rescinded for lack of funds ... where is the money for removals coming from?

Media coverage of Kilmar Abrego Garcia hurt Trump, not Democrats Public opinion on immigration has shifted — and pundits need to catch up

When Dems emphasized Abrego Garcia's plight, Trump's approval went down on immigration.

It turns out that hammering the evil things your opponents are doing can actually shift public opinion. You don't have to chase it like a weathervane.

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donald trump is giving a speech at the presidential debate on nbc news ALT: donald trump is giving a speech at the presidential debate on nbc news

How’s that “concept of a plan” working out?

Tech giants see emissions surge 150 percent in 3 years amid AI boom: UN Artificial intelligence, cloud computing and data centres led to a spike in electricity demand between 2020 and 2023.

Artificial intelligence, cloud computing and data centres led to a spike in electricity demand between 2020 and 2023.

Well. Well, well, well.

First electric aircraft lands at JFK — General Aviation News According to Beta Technology officials, the ALIA can fly 250 nautical miles on a single charge. He told reporters from Reuters that it cost just $8 to power the 45-minute flight.

Repeat after me: The future is electric and #FossilFuelsAreStrandedAssets 🧪🔌💡☀️💨🔋 generalaviationnews.com/2025/06/05/f...

A big orange flower of chicken of the woods mushroom shelves grow on a well-decayed log and shine slightly with rainfall, almost appearing like expanded foam insulation. All photos by me

Here are some nice mushrooms

This message brought to you by Harriet Tubman, an actual person who actually lived.

I continuously point out the productivity of the U.S. labor force! Like, what are we innovating here??

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Juneau’s Empty Chair memorial for city residents who were taken away as part of America’s Japanese internment program in 1942, has been covered in paper cranes

Juneau’s Empty Chair memorial commemorates the forced deportation of its Japanese-American residents during WWII

Juneau’s Empty Chair memorial for city residents who were taken away as part of America’s Japanese internment program in 1942, has been covered in paper cranes. #Alaska

I love the imagery, but it is ballsy to roll a Sherman over a Fascicar that is basically a rolling mine. What if the Tesla had caught fire?

No matter how many times we say Fox News isn’t real news, it doesn’t matter—because their viewers believe it is.

Watch: It shows exactly how they’re screwing all of us—you & me—because we’re stuck dealing with people who fall for disinformation. And their own viewers, because they believe the lies.

A stone building with dark greenish-blue table door open with a shop sign on it. The building is covered with a thick wisteria plant in bloom, sending cascades of purple flowers down the walls.

When your shop is also in the business of looking fine 👌

Photo: Hidcote in Gloucestershire by Rachael Warren

Next time someone claims that right-wing politics is motivated by "protecting children," remind them of that time right-wing ICE kidnapped a man at a gas station and left his children alone in his truck. #AmericanGestapo

they know, he and his associates, they just dont care cause they are using to to get rich quick regardless of the damage to others.

If you have to repeatedly break the law to arrest those you claim have broken the law, you’re not enforcing the law.

ICE has morphed into a terrorizing Gestapo-like goon squad.

They must be held accountable.

A photo of Viola Ford Fletcher with her hands clasped

Today is the 111th birthday of Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre

Angry Trump Kills “Woke” Program—and Accidentally Screws MAGA Voters It’s called the Digital Equity Act. That word—“equity”—caught the White House’s attention. So now Trump is moving to nix funding—but it could cut off millions destined for red America.

Trump's move to block funds from the Digital Equity Act, designed to expand internet access in underserved communities, may harm red states that have submitted proposals to benefit their rural areas, veterans, and low-income households.

Putin and the rest of the world continuing to laugh at these bumbling fools.

#SenatorMurphy gives Homeland Security secretary and dog-exterminator Kristi #Noem an absolute spanking of epic proportions..

Why can’t we be friends?

If some cheated on polls, it would not be all of them consistently showing popularity down.

“It is a zero sum story that says ‘fear your neighbor’ instead of joining forces with them.” @heathercmcghee.bsky.social on the ways those in power exploit racial division to hold us all back.