Lmao, I wouldn’t put it past them to screw it up like that again …

Covert operations expected to be first step […] The United States plans on Monday to designate the Cartel de los Soles a foreign terrorist organization […] The Trump administration has accused Maduro of leading Cartel de los Soles, […] Washington in August doubled its reward for information leading to Maduro’s arrest to $50 million. But U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said last week that the terrorist designation “brings a whole bunch of new options to the United States.”

… Are they publicly announcing that they’re planning to assassinate the head of a foreign government?!

She announced her resignation (just ever so conveniently) a couple days after her pension ability kicked in, and after she’d made millions in stock trades.

borrowers taking on a five-decade loan would struggle to build equity—with most payments in the first decade being on interest rather than principal. With limited equity, homeowners would have less of a financial cushion should a shock occur—a drop in house prices or unexpected expense—and therefore be at “greater risk of default on these loans.” Given this heightened risk, Zandi said interest rates would be “significantly higher” than on standard 30-year mortgages, eliminating many of the cost savings that would result from the longer repayment period.

I really appreciate that the picture selected for this article on toxic sites is Andrew Tate - so incredibly apt!

[he] addressed the “immense” energy needs of AI, acknowledging that the intensive energy requirements of expanding AI ventures have caused slippage on Alphabet’s climate targets. However, Pichai insisted that the company still wants to achieve net zero by 2030 through investments in new energy technologies. “The rate at which we were hoping to make progress will be impacted,” Pichai said, warning that constraining an economy based on energy “will have consequences.”

We need “line go up” so badly, we’re willing to bake the planet.

“We will have to work through societal disruptions,” he said, adding that the technology would “create new opportunities” and “evolve and transition certain jobs.”

Someone once described AI as “a way for the wealthy to access the benefits of the skilled, without allowing the skilled to access the benefits of wealth”.

The 28-year-old press secretary for President Donald Trump shared several stories with her 2.6 million Instagram followers on Sunday, after also facing ridicule on Saturday Night Live this weekend. Karoline kicked off her weekend updates by posting photos and videos from her Palm Beach getaway, revealing “the ocean is my happy place” alongside footage of her coastal drive. She then shared a snapshot of her meal at the Four Seasons Hotel in Palm Beach, where rooms can cost guests as much as a staggering $2,781 per night.

Maybe if she didn’t want her social media posts to be publicly analyzed, she should: not publicly post things unless she wants them analyzed; not have chosen a high-profile job in front of all the world’s media; or saved things she wants kept personal for a shared family text, an alt posting account, or locked to approved users.

Because Congress lets him.

Federal officials say immigration raids have begun in North Carolina.

It’s not just Maryland, it’s the entire PJM area.

“The government does not announce that they have become fascist. They announce that anti-fascists are the enemy.”

tl;dr:

Shutdown and staff cuts are hindering US government response and information analysis. But flu cases in UK are 3x what they were last year, flu cases in Japan are 6x what they were last year, flu cases rising sharply in Canada.

“The annual flu shot doesn’t prevent people from getting infected with the flu. It’s mainly used to lessen the severity of the illness. […] This year’s vaccine is up to 40% effective in preventing hospitalization among adults.” Get vaccinated, try to avoid exposure.

He made a post on reddit like five years ago, doing a brain dump on various features and stuff.

They’re just waiting for a better case before overturning it.

Duffy said that ATC resignations and retirements rose from about 4-per-day before the shutdown, to about 15-20 every day now. No it’s not going to get better quickly.

A) This is someone’s blog (it even says so in the URL). It’s been in existence for just over a year, and the very first page from it on The Way Back Machine is

Zendaya’s Powerful Quotes on Feminism & Self-Confidence - You know, I really look up to strong voices like Zendaya. Her words always push me to be brave and chase my dreams, no matter how old I am. With Zendaya 2024 quotes, Zendaya inspires us to stand up for what’s right and fight against unfairness. It’s amazing how Zendaya talks about the importance of women supporting each other. Through Zendaya’s feminist quotes, she shows us that being confident is key.

B) The “article” posted isn’t even news. Though it has a posted-date of today, the “article” itself states

The closure comes just days after Republicans pushed through the One Big Beautiful Bill Act […] Trump is expected to sign it into law on July 4.

C) I’m not going to bother searching for it, but I strongly suspect the content of this “article” was stolen from some other website and was posted to increase the click-rate - something that you’ve encouraged by posting the article here, where it doesn’t belong: it’s well over 4 months old so it isn’t “news”, it definitely doesn’t come from a timely source, and I suspect it’s “publishing” stolen content.

Weren’t we already doing this?

Considering that Walmart is one of the largest corporations benefiting from deliberately underpaying their workers and telling them it’s the government’s job to feed them, I find that my field of fucks is barren.

I’m not going to bother looking up DC misdemeanor law, but in many places the judgement of guilt is done by the jury and the assessment of penalty is done by the judge.

I liked the bit where the cop claimed the “attack” left an onion string on his uniform.