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He's literally wrong about everything. comicsands.com/cnn-trump-econo…

2024 Video: Trump Predicts 'Economic Boom' After He Wins

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"Untouchables Entertainment has unveiled the first trailer for The Dark Domain: MVW Mickey-Vs-Winnie. This horror crossover pits the Steamboat Willie version of Mickey against Winnie-the-Pooh in a brutal showdown."
#weirdnews #weird #offbeat #odd #news
Mickey Mouse and Winnie the Pooh Clash in Horror Parody Crossover
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Mickey Mouse and Winnie the Pooh Parodies Clash in Horror Spoof Crossover

Two iconic characters enter the public domain and face off in a twisted new horror crossover that could launch a dark new universe.
Xavier LeBlanc (CBR)
#news #weird #weirdnews #offbeat #odd
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Canadians who visit US for more than 30 days will be fingerprinted theguardian.com/world/2025/mar… Canadians who visit the US for more than 30 days have not chosen wisely. #elbowsup

Canadians who visit US for more than 30 days will be fingerprinted

New requirement hardens enforcement of existing law that hasn’t been applied consistently to Canadians entering the United States
Guardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
#elbowsup

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The Danish academic pension fund has blacklisted Tesla stock from its holdings, and I can't help but wonder if @sarangnemo.bsky.social may have had something to do with this! finance.yahoo.com/news/tesla-d...

Tesla Dumped by Danish Pension...

@sarangnemo.bsky.social

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A great day of community building, solidarity, and advocacy in Saskatchewan. #NotGoingBack #ElbowsUp
Photo of CUPE Saskatchewan ball cap and Senate of Canada logo.
#elbowsup #notgoingback

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oh no she's writing about identity threat and our beliefs about developer ability again
Where expectations and real functionality clash, identity threat may be even more acutely heightened for developers who begin to experience their organizations as fundamentally unfair; fearing that failing to match unreasonable expectations of efficiency and production will have real career consequences (Brockner et al., 2007; Barclay & Kiefer, 2019). While identity threat has been rarely studied with professional software teams, existing software research frequently documents a stark divide between managers’ and developers’ judgments of productivity, suggesting there is fertile ground for identity threats to arise for developers who may already be uneasy about others’ views of their abilities (Storey, Houck & Zimmerman, 2022; Hicks, Lee & Ramsey, 2024).
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Dr. Cat Hicks
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Dr. Cat Hicks
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going down the street banging pots and pans together chanting The Forbidden Words about People
Developer tools are not just about the tools. The tools that people use at work are also a vehicle for the demonstration of skills and ability, either constraining or empowering that demonstration within the context of social norms, social belonging, and sociocognitive goals. Tools can therefore carry meaning about the identities and possibilities that we see for ourselves in the workplace, and so can tool changes.

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Hey Canadians - remember that USA military professionals are professionally desensitized to atrocities

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it's a LOT easier to ☮️ convince a bear the meal is inconvenient, than to claw back at something that survives by claw.

Now is a good time to reduce exposure - everything from financially divesting from the USA and USD instruments, to cycling in emergency water and food. It makes us less convenient.

#CDNPoli #Canada #ElbowsUp

Rich Puchalsky ⩜⃝ (@richpuchalsky@mastodon.social)

Content warning: uspol, fascism
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#Canada #cdnpoli #elbowsup
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🔦 Rega Floor Lamp - Contemporary Lampshade Design • OBJ files
➡️ Download 3D print model: cults3d.com/:2798247
💡 Designed by Lunfardo

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I'm debugging the ROM emulation on the Firestarter. It looks as if the code to monitor ROM enable and ROM selection is working but the host crashes once it starts accessing the ROM.

The first access of the ROM is when BASIC calls KL_INIT_BACK to initialise background ROMs.

The first read is the LD A,(&C000). A few cycles later the ROM's init routine at &C006 will be called.

#AmstradCPC #Firestarter #Pico #RP2350

Source code of the ROM initialisation routine in the firmware.
#amstradcpc #firestarter #pico #rp2350

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LCBO sending back 10 pallets or 9000 lbs of American liquor.

SEE YA!

reddit.com/r/BuyCanadian/comme…

#cdnpoli #canpoli #ElbowsUp #uspol #CanadaFirst #ontario

#uspol #cdnpoli #ontario #canpoli #elbowsup #canadafirst

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The Diales are often-misunderstood female spirits who have the feet of goats.

#Austria #folktale #folklore @austria @folklore
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Part 1 of Austrian folk tale "The Diales". Drop me a line if you want a machine-readable transcript!
Part 2 of Austrian folk tale "The Diales". Drop me a line if you want a machine-readable transcript!
#folklore #austria #folktale @folklore group @austria group

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Inside the Schools Alaska Ignored
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Two inches of raw sewage. Black mold. A bat infestation. Reporter Emily Schwing shares what she uncovered as she investigated dangerous conditions inside Alaska’s deteriorating public schools.
propublica.org/article/alaska-…

#News #Journalism #Alaska #Education #School #Native #Indigenous #Students


Inside Alaska’s Deteriorating Public Schools

ProPublica
#news #School #journalism #education #native #indigenous #students #alaska

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"Canada giving US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, the tiniest red carpet they could find in a thrift shop somewhere."

#ElbowsUP #canada #cdnpoli #quebec

Marco Rubio arrives in Canada & gets off his plane to a postage stamp sized red carpet. Canadian delegation stands by politely and tries not to laugh. CREDIT: Mark Chadbourn SUNDAY TIMES, London
#Canada #cdnpoli #quebec #elbowsup
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Man of Sand
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I wonder if they bought the whole set or just the one piece?
3 piece set of red toilet cover, toilet rug and bath mat

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The City of Ottawa is buying ads on YouTube to promote shopping local.
Yes, the city outline really is roughly heart-shaped.
#ShopCanada #ElbowsUp
The words Shop local. Buy Canadian. appear beside a Canadian flag. The flag has been modified to place a heart-shaped outline of the city in place of the maple leaf. The title of the CBC piece I'm viewing is "Canada's link to the man who burned the White House"
#shopcanada #elbowsup

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Chapmans Ice Cream on #BuyCanadian

#canpoli #cdnpoli

As Canada faces the greatest threat to our sovereignty since WWII, the effects of Donald Trump's threats are already being felt by most Canadians. As a proud Canadian-owned and operated company, we want to do our part to support Canadians. As a family we have decided to absorb all immediate increases in our To — = costs due to the Trump-tariffs for the rest of the year to maintain our prices. We are actively looking internationally for alternative suppliers of ingredients that are unavailable within Canada. We will continue to reinforce Canadian-first policies within our operations, because together we are stronger. We will never be the 51st state! - Ashley Chapman, Chief Operating Officer
#cdnpoli #buycanadian #canpoli

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#FensterFreitag #RockportMA
An art studio and gallery in Rockport MA USA. It's closed for the season. The bay windows in the front are filled with colorful paintings, including a Statue of Liberty on the right and a Boston Celtics player balancing a basketball in the center. Above the bay windows on the second floor are two very large rectangular windows that you have to imagine give great light for an artist studio. The front of the building is also painted with wild abandon, about halfway up the building with vibrant colors and fish and sea grass and random colors. A shovel is also painted as it leans on the building. A sign hanging from the building that looks like where a store name would usually be on this wrought iron curly holder is just 3 sailboats sitting in the water against the blue sky. The boats are red, white, and blue in that order and their reflections also show in the water in an abstract impressionist kind of way. A little layer of snow covers the ground in front, which is rocky and weedy with dead plants.
#Fensterfreitag #rockportma

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“What I said to [Marco Rubio] is Canada’s sovereignty is not up to debate, period. There’s no argument, there’s no conversation about it, there’s no need to talk about it. You’re here, you respect us, you respect our sovereignty, you’re in our country, you respect our people. Period.”
— foreign minister Mélanie Joly

#CanPoli #ElbowsUp #WelcomeBackTo1812

cbc.ca/news/politics/g7-canada…

#canpoli #elbowsup #welcomebackto1812

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So on my list of things to tinker with for ages has been @syncthing just set it up on my arch laptop and the syncthing fork app on my droid phone. HOLEY SMOKES. It's awesome. Got it syncin' my #logseq folder which yes I rather glibly call "connection_cove". 'syncthing #opensource
My laptop screen and my phone both showing the same test logseq journal entry.
#OpenSource #logseq @Syncthing
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Yvan
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It's great. I use @syncthing to sync my photos/etc onto the NAS now as part of my Google Photos replacement (on the NAS it is then duplicated into Immich). Took a little bit of setup, but then it "just works".
@Syncthing
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concretedog
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@yvan it's absolutely class so far! Just works as you say, push and pull between devices... boss!
@Yvan

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I was all excited about the lunar eclipse that was scheduled to start about 2am. However, I was fast asleep by 1230am and didn't wake up until 730am, so here is a picture of the moon I took much earlier in the evening with a little extra. #photography #fullmoon #sandhillcranes #HoosierMast
This is a picture I created from two pictures: one picture was of the full moon, last night and another picture was of sandhill cranes in flight. Sandhill cranes primarily fly during the day, but if the moon is full, they may fly then, too.
#photography #fullmoon #HoosierMast #sandhillcranes
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Chris White
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@loren No offense to the folks who got great eclipse shots, but that uh, eclipses all of them.
@Loren

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"Education for Death: The Making of the Nazi"–Walt Disney’s 1943 Film Shows How Fascists Are Made

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Education for Death: The Making of the Nazi--Walt Disney's 1943 Film Shows How Fascists Are Made

During World War II, Walt Disney entered into a contract with the US government to develop 32 animated shorts.
OC (Openculture.com)

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Finally, after ordering it on the 6th, got my second-hand document scanner.

And it's broken.

And filthy.

And the power cable's... melted?

"Good used condition" my backside. Now to work on getting my money back...

A close-up picture of one of the two scanning elements in the automatic document feeder of a document scanner. The glass above the element is badly cracked, radiation from an obvious impact point at the edge. A lack of damage to the outer plastic and larger flatbed glass suggests this was not done in transit.
A close-up photo of a black power cable resting atop bubblewrap. A very obvious melt is visible, where something very hot has touched the cable.
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lfisk
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Ugh!😬

Maybe laid across the solder iron of a person trying to fix it...

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The most difficult problems in computer science: printing Unicode on Windows stackoverflow.com/a/78452246/4…

Why is the /utf-8 flag in MSVC not allowing my program to display Unicode characters?

I recently discovered that on Windows 10/11 there is a beta testing option under region settings (system locale) to "Use Unicode UTF-8 for worldwide language support". When this is enable...
Stack Overflow
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Pseudo Nym
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The three hardest problems in CS:

1) handling UTF-8 in windows
2) naming things
3) cache invalidation
4) off by one errors

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Called it. Wrote this back in Sept. 2024, about a clever Windows Powershell phishing scam that was targeting developers at the time. It uses a fake CAPTCHA that asks visitors to distinguish themselves from bots by pressing a combination of keyboard keys that causes Microsoft Windows to download password-stealing malware. Everyone said, bah, devs will never fall for this. Maybe, I said, but your average user would for sure.

Judging from the number of recent media reports, it appears this one is pretty widespread at the moment.

krebsonsecurity.com/2024/09/th…

The phony CAPTCHA's "verification" steps include: 1. Press Windows button + R key 2. Press Ctrl-V 3. Press enter.

This Windows PowerShell Phish Has Scary Potential

Many GitHub users this week received a novel phishing email warning of critical security holes in their code. Those who clicked the link for details were asked to distinguish themselves from bots by pressing a combination of keyboard keys that…
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@SpaceLifeForm
and yet Linux users will happily:
$ curl script | sudo sh
@SpaceLifeForm
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Unus Nemo
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@cerement

Maybe you would, but I would not.

$ curl -fsSL https://example.com/install.sh | sh

might be acceptable to some users as it only effects the user's profile. Though I am going to do a

$ wget https://example.com/install.sh
$ vim install.sh

Examine the script to determine if it is malicious or flawed and then invoke it only if I find it acceptable. This is pretty standard among experienced users.

Decades ago someone might have been trusting enough to curl and invoke a script without examining it from unknown sources though that is not an acceptable practice today. Though some sites may still offer this as an install method. Most experienced users, especially devs, are going to examine the script before they run it on their system. The more paranoid are going to check it out first in a sandbox before installing it to a live system. I have a VM especially for this type of testing.

@cerement
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Unus Nemo
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@SpaceLifeForm

And they probably do not know how to open a terminal to use the command either. Though, as I stated, I was referring to experienced users. Newbies on any system are bound to get themselves into trouble. That is a given.

@SpaceLifeForm

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Coming up in Milwaukee this weekend!

March 15th, 2025 - Corruption Destroys, Community Builds

This Saturday (3:00 PM - 6:00 PM) at the footsteps of the Federal Building & U.S. Courthouse, Milwaukee, WI

➡️ events.pol-rev.com/events/dea4…

#mke #milwaukee #resist #USPOL

#uspol #resist #mke #milwaukee
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Here is one of my needle-felting pieces—this one’s Crail Harbour. Just putting it out there!

#NeedleFelting #FibreArt #CrailHarbour #ScottishCoast #Handmade

A needle-felted artwork of Crail Harbour, a coastal village in Scotland. The piece has a soft, textured look with pastel-like fibres blending together. It features colourful fishing boats in the foreground, a stone harbour wall, and a row of blue and white cottages with red rooftops. The sky is a swirling mix of blues and whites, giving a dreamlike feel to the scene.
#handmade #fibreart #needlefelting #crailharbour #scottishcoast

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In 2019, Iceland became one of the first countries to approve a four-day workweek. Here's how things have been going for them.

2021: "Trials of a four-day week in Iceland were an "overwhelming success""

bbc.com/news/business-57724779

2024: "Iceland’s economy is outperforming most European peers after the nationwide introduction of a shorter working week with no loss in pay."

cnn.com/2024/10/25/business/ic…

2025: "The effects of the shorter workweek in Iceland have extended far beyond the office."

wecb.fm/in-2019-iceland-approv…

#news #labor #WorkersRights #FourDayWorkWeek #work #iceland


In 2019, Iceland Approved the 4-Day Workweek: Nearly 6 Years Later, All Predictions by Generation Z Have Come True

In 2019, Iceland made headlines by becoming one of the first countries to officially approve a four-day workweek. But rather than passing a blanket law,
Sarah Jensen (WECB)
#news #labor #work #iceland #workersrights #fourdayworkweek

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One needs to add that many, many people in Iceland have more than one job to afford living there. And that sheds a differnt light on the story, doesn‘t it.
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Stefan Bohacek
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@boriskarnikowski Yes, someone mentioned that, and yes, it sounds like Iceland isn't quite the workers' paradise. It was nice to believe for a little while.
@Boris Karnikowski

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Tesla Reported Zero Federal Income Tax on $2 Billion of U.S. Income in 2024

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#news #tesla #elonmusk #nazi #corruption #doge #firemusk


Tesla Reported Zero Federal Income Tax on $2 Billion of U.S. Income in 2024

Tesla reported $2.3 billion of U.S. income in 2024 but paid zero federal income tax. Over the past three years, the Elon Musk-led company reports $10.8 billion of U.S. income on which its current federal tax was just $48 million.
ITEP
#news #Tesla #elonmusk #Doge #nazi #corruption #firemusk

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Its taken me over three years (!), but I finally sorted out some calibration and verification for a DIY pyranometer (solar irradiance) sensor I've been designing. With my simple test rig I found out the sensors have about +/-10% output variation (the datasheet says 11%, so quite close).
But if you need relative irradiance data or can cope with about 10% variation from absolute then this DIY sensor will work out of the box!
If you can calibrate it then it can be even better.

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Oh nee...😄😄
#funny #dogsofMastodon
#funny #dogsofmastodon

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► FunHouseRadio.com
Like this #meme? Try the #stream!

FunHouse Radio

Novelty Records, Parodies, Weird Covers, Outsider Music, Oddities, Mashups, Comedy, Nonsense & Cringe.
FunHouse Radio
#meme #stream
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“Wake Up, Canada: Trump’s tariffs are a Trojan horse”

#CDNPoli #CanPoli #TradeWar #TrumpTariffs #Never51

nationalobserver.com/2025/03/1…


Wake Up, Canada: Trump’s tariffs are a Trojan horse

Donald Trump’s tariffs are about dominance, not trade.
Canada's National Observer
#cdnpoli #canpoli #tradewar #trumptariffs #never51

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And guess who stands between them and their goals?

“Russia and US eye joint Arctic energy projects after Saudi talks”

#Canada #Greenland #Never51 #CDNPoli #CanPoli #Colonization

politico.eu/article/russia-us-…


Russia and US eye joint Arctic energy projects after Saudi talks

The first meeting since a bombshell call between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin puts joint hydrocarbons projects back on the agenda — as Ukraine watches from the sidelines.
Douglas Busvine (POLITICO)
#Canada #cdnpoli #greenland #canpoli #colonization #never51

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When he's not yelling at a chair, he's sitting in one.
Clint Eastwood uses a stunt double any time he has to stand up in a film.

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Utah’s FORGE: a Research Laboratory For Enhanced Geothermal Systems

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Utah’s FORGE: A Research Laboratory For Enhanced Geothermal Systems

Geothermal heat is a tantalizing source of energy that’s quite literally right below our feet. At the same time geothermal energy is hard to develop as the Earth’s crust is too thick in…
Hackaday

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Turnabout is fair play.
A tweet from Fernando Oliver, Esq. (@Fernand46357857) featuring a large billboard on the side of a building. The billboard reads: "IF YOU WANT RELIGION in Schools, I Want the IRS IN Churches." The words "RELIGION" and "IRS" are highlighted in red, while the rest of the text is black. The image captures a busy urban street with cars and pedestrians passing by.

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William B Peckham
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There is nothing in the constitution preventing us from taxing churches. The First Amendment protects the government from establishing or passing any laws that encourage a particular religion above any others in schools or elsewhere. Perhaps we should be taxing churches as not-for-profit enterprises if they can prove the qualification, regardless of what they do in politics.
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irina 🐇🌷
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untagged uspol above
the rest of the image is ai generated, and the billboard doesn't look far off it either - why is "in" a pump bottle in a hexagon? why is the "a" like that? "IN IN"? random capitalisation?
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#PiDay
Screenshot of a Post by Frankie Zelnick(@phranqueigh): Pi Day is just a fake holiday created by math companies to sell more math.
#piday

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I went to Sant'Arcangelo to vandalise Mutonia #mutonia #art #metal #welding #weldingtipsandtricksl
#art #metal #mutonia #welding #weldingtipsandtricksl

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Pale Trump Boys Ask When They Can Stop Giving Uncle Elon Blood
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Photo by The Onion on March 14, 2025.

Pale Trump Boys Ask When They Can Stop Giving Uncle Elon Blood

WASHINGTON—Slumping back in their chairs and whining at the sight of intravenous lines in their bruised arms, a pale Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. reportedly asked their Uncle Elon on Friday when they could stop giving him blood.
The Onion Staff (The Onion)

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The HMD Vibe is a highly affordable Android phone that's held back by poor performance, limited battery life, a weak camera, and outdated software. Here's our review of this $150 phone: pcmag.com/reviews/hmd-vibe

HMD Vibe Review

PCMag

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*Will phony AI dinosaurs made out of 105% slop-rubber turn out to be way more popular than paleontological dinosaurs that trained specialists try to figure out

medium.com/fossils-et-al/a-pal…


A Palaeontologist Battles Against AI - Fossils et al. - Medium

Yet, within the paleontological community, there is a certain fear. After witnessing the skyrocketing rise of AI, I know that the machine is not telling me the entire truth. It is not AI itself, but…
Alejandro Izquierdo López, PhD (Fossils et al.)
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