'Deep sense of outrage and betrayal': House Democrats react to Schumer announcement
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Travel Guide for Kyoto - Japan Purple Travel Guide
We show you the best things to see in Kyoto and, as always, we provide lots of photos so you can decide where you want to go.Backpack and Snorkel Travel Guides - The Home of the Purple Travel Guides
A 2nd judge orders thousands of fired federal employees temporarily reinstated
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Tracking Deep-Sky Objects
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Tracking Deep-Sky Objects
Astrophotography, and astronomy in general, takes some fairly specialized tools and a high amount of precision. Setting up the equipment can also take a lot of time, especially for amateurs traveli…Hackaday
Did you know if you're tired of getting shocked because your outlet has an open ground and you live in an apartment with a landlord who doesn't want to fix anything, you can just attach a piece of an extension cord to the nearest water pipe using some speaker wire and a woodworking clamp?
One simple trick!
Speaking as someone else with a shitty landlord, living in a 100+ year old house with ungrounded outlets everywhere, and ALSO had a fucking interior exposed outlet on the outside of the house - FUCKING A+ HACK!
When I moved in my outlets were all original to the house 2 prong ones that were so degraded they wouldn’t hold a plug. I spent my own time and money replacing them with new 2-prong outlets (and maybe a couple 3-prong which I wrote ungrounded on).
Top Democrat Schumer backs Republican spending bill to avert shutdown
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Chuck Schumer backs spending bill to avert US government shutdown
In a reversal, Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer has said he will vote for the bill, which needs Democrat support to move forward.Anthony Zurcher (BBC News)
There is a double-stranded in America.
If there is a shutdown, while Democrats run the government, people claim they're lacking leadership. If there is a shutdown, when Republicans run the government, people claim Democrats are preventing government from functioning.
This double-standard allow Republicans to get away with anything, while Democrats are blamed for everything, including when trying to help the people.
"Russia does not accept the deployment of foreign armed forces in Ukraine, as it would mean an escalation of the conflict. Moscow will respond by all means," said Russia's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zakharova.
Ah, another non-existent red line.
🇫🇮🇺🇦 Finland and Ukraine signed a defense cooperation memorandum today, aiming to deepen ties in defense material, research, innovation, and ammunition production. Finland also announced a new €200M arms aid package for Ukraine, marking its 28th support package.
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Suomi ja Ukraina allekirjoittivat uuden puolustusyhteistyöasiakirjan – uusi aseapupaketti julkistettu
Puolustusministeri Antti Häkkänen ja Ukrainan puolustusministeri Rustem Umerov tapasivat kahdenvälisesti torstaina 13. maaliskuuta 2025.Puolustusministeriö
🇸🇪 Sweden announces an artillery package worth ~$300M for Ukraine, including:
🔹 18 additional Archer artillery systems (now 26 total)
🔹 5 ARTHUR artillery-hunting radar systems
🔹 Entry into the artillery coalition for long-term support
This move aims to enhance 🇺🇦's firepower & NATO interoperability.
🇺🇦🇹🇷 Ukraine is ready to ratify the Free Trade Agreement with Turkey during Erdoğan’s upcoming visit, Zelenskyi announced.
He emphasized that Ukraine views Turkey as a strategic partner and a key player in security guarantees.
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❗️Putin: "We want guarantees that during the 30-day ceasefire, Ukraine will not conduct mobilization, training, or receive weapons."
He questioned how verification and control would be ensured and pointed out that Russian forces are advancing in most areas, making the ceasefire situation unclear.
The US is tightening sanctions on Russia's oil, gas, and banking sectors by restricting access to U.S. payment systems. The move aims to cut Kremlin revenue and raises oil prices by up to $5 per barrel. Trump said he had 'serious discussions' with Putin.
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Trump administration toughens sanctions on Russian oil, gas and banking sectors
The stiffer restrictions come as the Trump administration is trying to convince Russia to accept terms of a proposed 30-day ceasefire.Jennifer Jacobs (CBS News)
🇪🇺 The EU is set to extend sanctions on Russian oligarchs after Hungary dropped its opposition, Bloomberg reports. Hungary had pushed to delist 8 individuals but backed down after negotiations. Billionaire Mikhail Fridman will remain sanctioned.
🇷🇺The Kremlin rejected Trump’s Ukraine-Russia envoy, Keith Kellogg, from peace talks, calling him “too close to Ukraine” and “not our kind of person,” NBC reports.
Kellogg was absent from key summits as Putin seeks negotiators of a different “caliber.”
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Kremlin told U.S. it didn't want Trump's Ukraine-Russia envoy at peace talks
President Donald Trump’s special envoy for Ukraine and Russia was excluded from high-level talks on ending the war after the Kremlin said it didn't want him there, a U.S. administration official and a Russian official told NBC News.Keir Simmons (NBC News)
Top Democrat Schumer backs Republican spending bill to avert shutdown bbc.com/news/articles/cdx2j8n7…
There is a double-stranded in America. If there is a shutdown, while Democrats run the government, people claim they're lacking leadership. If there is a shutdown, when Republicans run the government, people claim Democrats are preventing government from functioning.
This double-standard allow Republicans to get away with anything, while Democrats are blamed for everything, including when trying to help the people.
#GovernmentShutdown #UnitedStates #Democrats #UsPol #Politics
Chuck Schumer backs spending bill to avert US government shutdown
In a reversal, Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer has said he will vote for the bill, which needs Democrat support to move forward.Anthony Zurcher (BBC News)
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Welp.
“Schumer privately told fellow Dems that he would help advance a House GOP funding bill — a strong indication that Senate Democrats will ultimately back down from forcing a government shutdown.”
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4/ CALL!
Via Josh Marshall, part of a 🪡:
The events of the last 24 hours made that impossible. He had to put his cards on the table. Very very hard to ever forget that happened. As I said, there's still a chance the tide cld shift here again. I wonder how much the level of voter anger of this will register over the next 18 hours.
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What are your thoughts on these for hosting?
1. orangewebsite.com
2. libertyvps.net
3. eurovps.com
4. icyevolution.com
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They're all resellers, two of them hide themselves behind Cloudflare, and one of them is surprisingly hosted in the United States, itself (Euro VPS, actually, which I find funny).
Here are two (2) sites I use to track down sites
1) whoishostingthis.com2) search.censys.io
I avoid resellers, because you'd have to worry about both the company you're dealing with, plus their parent company. I have seen what happens when they end up conflicting.
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Backpack and Snorkel Travel Guide for the highlights between Kilkenny and Killarney: Kilkenny Castle and the Waterord Museums - Ireland Purple Travel Guide
Today, we start with a tour of Kilkenny Castle and then spend much of the day in the Waterford Museums. We provide detailed information and the best things to see and we show lots of photos so you know what you can expect.Backpack and Snorkel Travel Guides - The Home of the Purple Travel Guides
Read your severance agreements carefully, people. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/t...
Meta Seeks to Block Further Sa...
Meta Seeks to Block Further Sales of Ex-Employee’s Scathing Memoir
An arbitrator has prevented the employee from promoting her book and disparaging the company until private arbitration concludes.Mike Isaac (The New York Times)
How Meta’s take on Community Notes misses the mark
Crowdsourced moderation is better than nothing — but how much better remains an open questionCasey Newton (Platformer)
Pixie-cup lichen (Cladonia sp.) and Sand-loving Iceland lichen (Cetraria arenaria).
#lichensubscribe #Mosstodon #naturephotography #closeup
Like this #meme? Try the #stream!
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You’ve likely heard the Serenity Prayer − but not its backstory
Alcoholics Anonymous helped make the Serenity Prayer famous, but it was written by one of the 20th century’s most influential theologians, Reinhold Niebuhr.The Conversation
Mom says Canadian woman in 'inhumane' U.S. detention, Global Affairs can't intervene
Global Affairs says it can’t intervene on behalf of a Canadian being held in an Arizona immigration detention centre, where the woman’s mother says conditions are “inhumane and deeply concerning.”
(Don't) click here to pay your tolls: How you can stop spam texts
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Writing Fri 14 Mar Visconti Homo Sapiens and Diamine Fireside Snug
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"#Trump #WhiteHouse has asked #US #military to develop options for the #Panama Canal, officials say"
THE STUPIDEST FUCKING SHIT
Dear Free World (not you, #USA):
Have contingencies, wait for 4 years (2 if #Democrats retake #Congress)
If the USA elects #MAGA again, give up on us entirely
My apologies as an #American
Millions of us are in cringe humiliation now
#India, #EU, #China, remaining world powers:
Use the vacuum left by the immense implosion wisely
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Trump White House has asked U.S. military to develop options for the Panama Canal, officials say
The Trump White House has directed the U.S. military to draw up options for increasing the American troop presence in Panama to achieve President Trump’s goal of “reclaiming” the Panama Canal.Courtney Kube (NBC News)
And this differs from an invasion, how?
"The officials cautioned that a U.S. invasion of Panama is unlikely and would only come under serious consideration if a larger American military presence in Panama does not achieve President Donald Trump’s goal of reclaiming the waterway, the officials said."
"My invasion of your house is unlikely and would only come under serious consideration if you fail to achieve my goal of giving me all of your money and valuables..."
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Play Ball and Fight Fascists
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only they can't
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Play Ball and Fight Fascists
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in reply to mcc • • •It just seems to be a game easter egg.
You press it and it types out pi to a certain number of digits. If you enter them correctly, it'll repeat with one extra digit, etc.
Robin Adams
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in reply to mcc • • •if you know the simon toy it's kinda like that but with the digits of pi instead of colors and it's less random because pi only has one value in euclidean space
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