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Welcome to Murdersky, where commenters casually support people being murdered because they don't like the job they do. Check out the vile comments.

Lightning xkcd.com/3231/

Seems Bluesky is getting even more antisemitic. 😦

It's a global effort with a multibillion dollar price tag. Among its aims: re-greening nearly 250 million acres, planting 4,000 miles of trees, helping farmers, creating jobs, sequestering carbon. n.pr/4moe70L

Weird that lots of people are calling on #Swalwell to drop out of the gubernatorial election but not calling on him to resign from Congress. 🤔

Art by the legendary Vincent Di Fate

Support for Microsoft Publisher ends on October 1st.

A man pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court and acknowledged his involvement in an attempt to illegally smuggle migrants to the U.S. when a truck crashed in Mexico in 2021, killing more than 50. n.pr/4cy4Yzr

He knows what time it is: The 25th Century ⏰

Thousands of converts were confirmed into the Catholic Church over Easter weekend, the latest indication that the Church is experiencing a revival, particularly among young people. | Kamden Mulder https://www.nationalreview.com/news/catholic-church-sees-massive-spike-in-converts-over-easter/

New York Movie, by Edward Hopper, 1939, 📸 by Carlos Fyfe

Opinion columnist Megan McArdle discusses why she thinks the idea of a billionaire wealth tax is a short-sided idea.

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Happy Easter!

Realized i haven't posted any art that isnt related to the game. Here some old stuff until i can 😆

Wanted fugitive killed by Dallas SWAT officers worked security for Rep. Jasmine Crockett, sources say Can you imagine if Crockett had actually won the nomination? She would have been an even bigger embarrassment to the party. www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/d...

The reckoning over the 2025 antifa terrorist attack on the ICE facility in Alvarado, Texas continues. ALL of the latest defendants have been convicted of something. www.newsweek.com/antifa-convi...

Many U.S. cities have too many office buildings and not enough homes. Developers are now converting some old offices into apartments and condos, but it's going slowly. n.pr/4aDV79e

Iran's state news agency said students protested at five universities in the capital, Tehran, and one in the city of Mashhad on Sunday. n.pr/3MUKNlm

Happy Lunar New Year to all who celebrate! 🌕

Akira promotional art by Noriyoshi Ohrai for B-CLub Special AKIRA Mechanics magazine (1988)

It's interesting that Olympic host country Italy, which supposedly has a far right government, doesn't get this type of criticism. 🤔

The more sensibly NPR describes this story, the funnier it is.

Cuba and what's next: open.substack.com/pub/instapun...

Buffalo Stantz

The four people are set to dock with the I.S.S. on Saturday, returning the orbital lab to its full complement of seven. NASA's last mission, Crew-11, left a month early due to an ill crew member. n.pr/3ZAVbBt

Contrast of Forms, by Fernand Léger, 1913, (rotated) 📸 by Mike Segar

Ominous bird valentines.

Weeks after Nicolás Maduro's ousting, Venezuelans stage protests and vigils to release political prisoners, as the country's Congress prepares to vote on an amnesty law. n.pr/4aIDeHq

Dinosaurs And Non-Dinosaurs xkcd.com/3204/

Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy former Hong Kong media tycoon and a fierce critic of Beijing, was sentenced on Monday to 20 years in prison in the longest punishment given so far under a China-imposed national security law that has virtually silenced the city's dissent. n.pr/4rza6YL

Japan's first female Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, brought the ruling Liberal Democratic Party its biggest-ever electoral victory, fueling her ambitions to pursue to a political agenda which she says could "split public opinion." n.pr/46tYuy9

Peasant and Nestrobber, by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1568

#BadBunny is hitting ALL the stereotypes at record speed. #SuperBowl

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A Secret Service agent saw Ryan Routh with a rifle at a golf course in Florida and fired on him in 2024 as Trump was golfing. He was found guilty of attempting to assassinate a presidential candidate. n.pr/3MnRPyH

Euthanasia conjoined with organ harvesting just took a particularly disturbing turn in Spain, where a woman was euthanized and then had part of her face transplanted. | Wesley J. Smith https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/woman-euthanized-and-her-face-transplanted-in-spain/

Candidate Laura Fernández won a resounding victory, promising to continue the aggressive reorienting of the Central American nation's politics started by her predecessor. n.pr/4arnc4x

As astronauts prepare to fly around the moon, critical testing must occur before there is "Go" for launch. n.pr/4ron4Zj

There are so many great Americans to celebrate during Black History Month, including generations of Veterans who have served in our military since the Revolutionary War!

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Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodríguez on Friday announced an amnesty bill that could lead to the release of hundreds of prisoners detained for political reasons. n.pr/45E1w2x