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Wait a minute... They have what!? Any idea what this is called so I can look into it more?

It's very darkly funny how a bunch of idiots with hammers and sickles in their handles will insist the PRC is anti-imperialist when the PRC's state media talking about their colonial hinterland regularly sounds like the head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs circa 1893

hard not to interpret this as a stupid games/stupid prizes scenario

Israeli Forces Bulldoze Palestinian Seed Bank

Israeli forces bulldozed Palestinian seed bank in Al-Khalil/Hebron, home to 22 years of seed collection efforts to preserve heritage varieties and plants with valuable traits: e360.yale.edu/digest/hebro...

This post has been stuck in my head since I saw it two days ago, and I think it's on to something. The cultural power of "jovial fat white ethnic goofy dad" (and similar types of guy) going "ah, they're alright, let 'em do their thing" and showing up with a genuine smile shouldn't be underestimated.

Wow, wonder if there is a connection between the Secretary of Defense purging women for senior military positions, and not believing they have any sort of political or personal autonomy

“Earned”

Famed NASA astronaut and Apollo 13 commander Jim Lovell has died at age 97 Lovell commanded the mission that almost ended in disaster after an explosion that threatened the crew's oxygen and electrical supply. The inspiring story of their survival was made into a hit movie.

RIP Jim Lovell

No, he’s not giving Putin Alaska, but he is giving Putin a huge gift: the legitimacy of touching down on US soil at the invitation of a US president. A reward for the full-scale invasion of a sovereign, democratic country that the United States and its European allies support.

The rather spoiler-ific cover for the Report of the Marine Board of Investigation Into the Implosion of the Submersible TITAN (CG1788361) in the North Atlantic Ocean Near the Wreck Site of the RMS TITANIC Resulting in the Loss of Five Lives on June 18, 2023. Not much point in reading it now.

Ok, let's depress ourselves still further, shall we?

1/ Occupied towns and villages are suffering far worse than Donetsk city in the current water crisis. The village of Novoluhanske faces a particularly surreal situation – it has had no water for three years despite being on the shore of one of Ukraine's largest reservoirs. ⬇️

Netanyahu announces plan to take over Gaza City, marking another escalation in devastating war Plan will likely displace tens of thousands of Palestinians already suffering from famine and comes after PM said he wanted to take control of entire territory

Netanyahu announces plan to take over Gaza City, marking another escalation in devastating war www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

💥 In yesterday's video from the GUR, drones struck the latest 98L6 Yenisei radar, which is the standard radar for S-500 Prometheus, - CyberBoroshno

Yenisei radar is based on a multi-element, jam-proof active phased array, which allows tracking hypersonic targets moving at altitudes of up to 120 km…

"Dude i think your phone is on"

"No that's just Sandra insisting stork migration patterns in the 17th century are surprisingly relevant to the war in Ukraine"

Having a bunch of PhD people in my pocket would be awful. Just a constant cacophony of muffled voices trying to convince me their specialism is interesting.

Israel refused US request to transfer anti-tank missiles to Ukraine — report Washington sought Jerusalem's approval for Germany to supply its Spike weapons, made under license locally, to Ukrainian forces; Jerusalem balked over impact on ties with Russia

Israel is known to have refused U.S. requests to transfer Spike anti-tank missiles (the same FDF uses!) and _obsolete_ Hawk anti-aircraft missiles to Ukraine.

When Israeli weapons are to be used against Russian forces, Israel hesitates.

NOT GREAT for Finland.

www.timesofisrael.com/israel-refus...

Fuck it. Society is dead.

Just what the fuck? Fake money sexual harassment rings?

I DO NOT CARE ABOUT GOLLUM

An abomination of a "sandwich" giving rise to a complex tax question that even HMRC doesn't (yet) seem to care about: this article is a thing of beauty

🇧🇫🇲🇱🇳🇪 #CentralSahel – Map of JNIM activity (January-July 2025).

JNIM pursues its expansion westwards near 🇸🇳 #Senegal's border, and towards the coastal states (🇧🇯 #Benin, 🇹🇬 #Togo).

What were once localised hotspots are now becoming stretches of territory.

Data: @acleddata.bsky.social

What my Black mother’s involuntary sterilization in 1965 reveals about America today Too often, the plantation mentality endures.

"It is impossible to quantify how many mostly poor and mostly Black women were sterilized at the same time as my mother and Hamer. Each state had its own programs, and, even then, individual doctors could improvise with few consequences."

William E. Metcalf (1947–2025) It is with great sadness that the American Numismatic Society announces the death of William E. Metcalf, who passed away at the age of 77 on August 2, 2025. He worked at the ANS from 1973 to 1975 as A...

I have just learned of the death of William E. Metcalf.

Bill introduced me to numismatics at the ANS ("you didn't even know the difference between an obverse and a reverse when I met you," he used to say) and was a hugely important mentor for me, serving on my dissertation committee at Penn.

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This is really bad: there is a whole research literature on performance perversity, and what happens when you attach high powered incentives to public services. You get results, but due process usually goes out the window and cheating becomes rampant.

White House reporters need to be sent to the 101st kilometer

I cannot at all say whether this particular candidate would keep his word on this, but I do want to go on the record saying that I think it has to be possible for us to imagine someone who has a genuine theological belief they do not wish to see enforced on the public

Yikes.

Yesterday we began in Rossignol, where we looked at the miserable fate of the French Colonial Corps in August 1914. Particularly the troops under the inexperienced General Raffenel on the 3rd Colonial Division, which ceased to exist as a fighting force.

Average Briton has only slept with four people: your mum is an outlier and should not be counted.

🫡🇺🇦 One of the promising areas for increasing the capabilities of AFU in evacuating wounded servicemen is the use of robotic systems.

Central Department of Innovation organized the transfer of a prototype of ground robotic complex to 20th Separate Regiment of Unmanned Systems.

ITV pulling zero punches in this incredible footage - "This landscape of destruction looks otherworldy, but it's not, it's this world - What is happening may come to define one of its darkest eras, one that casts a stain on humanity, which will endure for generations 😪😪😪🤬💔