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Turkey’s Erdogan Fires Statistics Chief After Record Inflation The president of the Turkish statistical institute, Sait Dincer, was removed from office and replaced by Erhan Cetinkaya, who had been deputy president of Turkey’s Banking Regulation and Supervision A...

um. www.wsj.com/world/middle...

Elizabeth Spiers with the crystal ball, from three months ago...

Best Dog

Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one child per hour during Israel's war in Gaza.

“A whole classroom of children killed every day for nearly two years,” UNICEF’s executive director said.

Here are some of their stories: wapo.st/3UCiAjn

As I reported earlier this year at @motherjones.com, Russell Vought's daughter has benefited immensely from NIH research, and her condition (cystic fibrosis) has received more research funding than most rare diseases. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

poor Croz :-/

Happy birthday!

Nationals Call Up Top Paw-spect Bruce the Bat Dog The Washington Nationals have called up top Minor League paw-spect Bruce the Bat Dog from Triple-A Rochester.

This is @darthbluesky.bsky.social and @mollyknight.bsky.social bait, but the Nationals have called up Bruce the Bat Dog from their AAA Rochester team.

Bruce has a 1.000 retrieving average in 3 appearances with the Red Wings this season, and will debut Saturday.

curlyw.mlblogs.com/nationals-ca...

Montreal

Congrats!

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

Then why did I have to write an annoying check to the IRS this year

how dare you😆

Looking for a Network resource, US (East Cost ideal) based, ideally skills in Juniper SDWAN and the MIST platform. Will have a proper role description / link to apply soon

dangerously so

He’s going to try to sharpie Canada into the US, isn’t he?

well done Croz

Absolutely

As is my alarm clock

Undocumented "backdoor" found in Bluetooth chip used by a billion devices The ubiquitous ESP32 microchip made by Chinese manufacturer Espressif and used by over 1 billion units as of 2023 contains an undocumented "backdoor" that could be leveraged for attacks.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/undocumented-backdoor-found-in-bluetooth-chip-used-by-a-billion-devices/

My read because I've been asked many times and need to sleep

The caveats and needs for further research the team notes are very honest. It's hard to really calculate risk here be

Those who don't learn history are doomed to...

You know what, f*ck it. These people aren't ignorant of history, they just want their piece of the grift.

In Colorado, we support freedom, and we will not cater to a brutal Russian dictator who is no friend to America, our interests, or our future. America plays a crucial role in supporting our international allies and protecting democracy abroad; Colorado continues to stand with Ukraine.

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Wildflower yes, not so much Bon Ami

Hot take: nihilism is as bad as fascism, and not the same as realism. Things are terrible, will take years and immense effort to fix. However, bleating "doomed, might as well die" is one thing to say to yourself but a whole other matter to say to a generation of kids. It's our responsibility to try.

Two paths diverged in the woods and America took the psychopath.

What should be a simple concept

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