this is a GOOD speech

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This week, the Global Sumud Flotilla tried to deliver life-saving aid to Gaza. Instead, 461 people—including New Yorkers—have been detained by the Israeli military. They must be freed at once. And the deliberate starvation of Palestinians must end now.

Oracle employees who expressed support for Palestine were "referred to internal mental health resources." Oracle is about to own TikTok.

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you gotta have someone in your life who will take you aside and tell you no

Every time I watch ALIEN I am transfixed thinking to myself "there's no way they've left themselves enough room to get the third horizontal line in that E without it looking like a squashed-in mess!" but no, every single time there it is, and it's beautiful. Most tense part of the movie tbh.

Mario had the right to work and report in the U.S. at the time he was arrested for livestreaming a protest in June. He was held for over 100 days in ICE detention, and he did not have the chance to say goodbye to his family in person before being deported.

CBS News will now be a megaphone for the country's most vicious crusader against free speech, and the most relentless propagandist of far-right disinformation. Cancel Paramount Plus, call every CBS advertiser until their only remaining ads are for MyPillow and Daily Stormer.

linus is my favorite peanut

I just couldn't stop thinking about how weird sperm whale mouths are and yet how perfectly shaped for inserting giant squid into

“Children who have Covid twice are at double the risk of experiencing long Covid.” “The findings, published Tuesday, challenge the perception that Covid cases in children are “mild,” as well as the notion that re-infections do not carry the same risk” www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...

one of those leadup to the election stories that's going to live with me forever is the reporter who found a project 2025 branded duffel bag full of policy documents abandoned in a parking lot and when he tried to return it in good faith they were super snitty about it and called security on him

This is illegal, plain and simple, with penalties including removal from federal service, debarment from federal employment for five years, and a fine of $1000. 5 U.S.C. § 7326. A country which valued the rule of law would enforce its laws.

“What is unlawful is: genocide, the deadly blockade of Gaza, the use of starvation as a weapon of war, and the piracy of civilian vessels and abduction of all those on board.” 3/3

“Unarmed people of conscience, abducted in international waters. This is piracy. This is kidnapping. The flotilla did not break any laws." 2/3

Israel has just arrested Greta Thunberg and many others. Statement from the Global Sumud Flotilla: “People of conscience have been abducted. The flotilla broke no laws. What is illegal is Israel’s genocide, Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza, and Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon.” 1/3

Nice titmouse. Tufted?

...Object areas are placed randomly along the segments, varying in type, rotation, and displacement. Only segments within the plot are taken into account. Finally, buildings and other objects are placed based on the areas.

It starts by generating random points using Poisson disc sampling. This is followed by Delaunay triangulation. This is also varied in that random points are not taken into account. Connecting the centers of the circumcircles produces the Voronoi diagram...

From random points to village layout. #gamedev

Surreal moment for America. Needless to say, if the normal police ever pulled something like this — pulling every single person out of an apartment building and handcuffing them to run warrant checks — they would be sued into oblivion. Yet ICE is going to get away with it entirely.

This ransom memo should be as big a deal as the Kimmel suspension. It probably won't be but the stakes are higher for higher ed.

For those reading this thread, I've pulled everything together in a single post. There has been a rash of bomb threats targeting university and college libraries this week: bookriot.com/a-rash-of-bo...

So let me be very clear: there was a massive rash of bomb threats at universities nationwide this week. ELEVEN of them specifically called out the university or college libraries.

There was a noticeable difference between “feds are in town” and “feds are in town and now being paired up with MPD units.” They went from bumbling around on the Mall to surgical strikes in migrant neighborhoods & targeting key commuter roads for working class neighborhoods at rush hour.

EMERGENCY: ISRAEL ATTACKS GSF Israel has attacked the Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters. People of conscience have been abducted. The flotilla broke no laws. What is illegal is Israel’s genocide, Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza, and the Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon. 1 of 2

inbox, from Democratic Assembly nominee Katie Brennan (LD-32, Jersey City/Hoboken): Brennan Calls for New Jersey to Withhold Federal Taxes, Seize Trump’s Bedminster Golf Course After Gateway Tunnel Funding Freeze

Hell yeah

Pope Leo performing last rites on the last chunk of the iceberg that sank the Titanic. Wow. god is great 🥲

Me: bud can you stop eating grass please My dog, who has no concept of “eating,” only the constant exchange of sustenance and energy among all living things, not least of which, the unassuming blade of grass, which in its humility, communes directly with the sun: 🙂 ?

A conference of three primates, discussing videography and their varying perspectives on nature documentaries. Jane Goodall and husband Hugo van Lawick, 1974. Third primate's name unknown.

"There is no sharp line between humans and the rest of the animal kingdom. It’s a very blurry line, and it’s getting more blurry all the time." A tremendous loss. 💔

One of my favorite anecdotes from THE PREHISTORY OF THE FAR SIDE: "That doesn't sound like the Jane Goodall we know."

Ok, but this post led to one of the best weird post synchronicities I’ve ever seen

So close to 600 backers already!

In a city of world-class artists and production crew hunting for the next gig, Andrew Cuomo made a TV ad the same way he wrote his housing policy: with AI. Then again, maybe a fake Cuomo is better than the real one?

NATURE IS HEALING 💞

This is simultaneously not an especially radical theological belief and, politically speaking (especially in the U.S. context), quite a thing for Pope Leo to say. www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/266859/...

RIP renowned Italian film poster artist Renato Casaro. Considered one of the most influential Italian poster designers, Casaro leaves behind a legacy of hand-painted artwork for thousands of films, including such classics as Conan the Barbarian, Octopussy, and A Fistful of Dollars. He was 89.

they should probably let people know this exists. And put it on Twitch. And have someone who knows how to stream comment over it.

Many of you would cast a glance at this “Elvira,” with her shock of messy black hair and tattered dress, and dismiss her as some dirty hag. But those who dare look longer might find that she has a certain allure. And I do dare!

SCOOP — The White House instructed all federal agency leadership on Tuesday to send out a mandatory message to workers blaming the impending potential government shutdown on House Democrats, The Handbasket was first to learn. Absolutely no modifications to the email were permitted. My story:

why did he say this

There we are.

Krazy Kat Sunday, 1918. Incredible.