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Meadowcroft Rockshelter is an archaeological site outside Pittsburgh. It was inhabited for more than 16,000 (maybe 19,000) years and thus is the longest continuously occupatied site in the Americas. backpackandsnorkel.com/USA/Pit…

Travel Guide for THE BEST MUSEUMS IN PITTSBURGH - Pittsburgh Purple Travel Guide

We show you the best and most important museums in the Pittsburgh area and have lots of photos to help you decide which museums you want to visit.
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A “biohybrid” robotic hand built using real human muscle cells
A real bit of cyborg hardware highlights the technology's current limitations.
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A “biohybrid” robotic hand built using real human muscle cells

A real bit of cyborg hardware highlights the technology’s current limitations.
Jacek Krywko (Ars Technica)

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Great.
Do you want terminators? Because that's how you get terminators.

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Scene from the video game If 2 showing a woman with her arms crossed, sitting on a couch. A man is crouched behind the couch. Text reads "I don't care if it looks like you're going down the stairs, Morton Sheet like this is why I'm divorcing you"

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Still looking at mini excavators. New conclusions:

- Cheap KOOP diesels suck, better engines cost much more
- Swing boom almost a must for foundation restoration
- Track speed on most minis is incredibly slow

Given that last fact, I couldn't drive the excavator to the forest to handle some logs or whatever, it would take hours.

So tractor attached is back in the game. Annoying to reposition, but more mobile. Also cheaper.

#Excavator #MiniExcavator #Digging #Homestead

Example of a tractor attached digger. There's a red mini tractor at one end, with an orange excavator attached to the three point hitch. Not visible, but a hydraulic pump is clamped directly to the PTO shaft, powering the excavator from the tractor engine. A second backwards facing seat is mounted behind a guard rail with the excavator controls. Two hydraulic feet are lowered to fix the digger to the ground.
#homestead #excavator #miniexcavator #digging

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Ya think?! comicsands.com/fuentes-liberal…

Nick Fuentes: Liberals Were Right About Trump: VIDEO

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George A. Thorn
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There is no “A broken clock is right twice a day!” crap with this F***ing N*zi loser. If he’s going to suffer from this, let it be.

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We identified 35 crimes linked to Terrorgram, including bomb plots, stabbings and shootings.

Each case involved someone who posted in Terrorgram chats, followed Terrorgram accounts or was a member of a group whose leaders participated in the Terrorgram community.
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#News #Extremism #Terror #Tech #Telegram #Violence


The Rise and Fall of Terrorgram

How a cadre of white supremacists used the loosely moderated social media platform Telegram to inspire lethal violence — until authorities took them down.
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#news #Tech #extremism #telegram #terror #violence
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The fact crap like this exists, is just one more example of why...

Again, I want off this fraking planet.
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I recently got a recommendation from @Romses to watch "Whiskey on the Rocks", a satirical Swedish mini series about a 1981 diplomatic submarine incident. I pretty much binged it yesterday night and today and had an absolute blast, so I hereby am repeating this strong recommendation to all of you 😉

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Whiskey on the Rocks - TheTVDB.com

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Rob
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that one was pretty fun... also, in our current state of the world a little scary :/@Romses@chaos.social
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@rantanlan To be honest, I watched it precisely because of our current situation because whatever makes me laugh at something like this can only help right now
@Rob

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Europeans benefit from some of the strongest consumer protections in the world!

Whether that’s when:

🔹 Shopping – Right to safe, high-quality products that can be repaired, replaced, or returned if needed.
🔹 Travelling – Compensation for delays or cancellations.
🔹 Banking – Secure payments and fair contracts.
🔹 Surfing – Protection of personal data and safeguards against scams.

For over 50 years, the EU has been working hard to keep consumers safe – both in stores and online.

A digital illustration features three shopping bags, two yellow and one blue with the EU flag (a circle of yellow stars on a blue background). The text "Your rights as an EU consumer" is displayed above, with "rights" and "EU consumer" highlighted in yellow. A dotted line runs across the image, adding a visual flow. The small EU emblem appears in the top left corner.
A digital graphic with the heading "Repair, replace, or refund" in bold black text. The text explains that EU consumers have a minimum two-year guarantee on purchases and can get faulty goods repaired, replaced, or refunded for free. Key terms such as "two-year guarantee," "repaired," "replaced," and "refunded" are highlighted in yellow. A circular icon with a euro (€) symbol is at the bottom, with arrows indicating the three possible options (repair, replace, refund). A dotted line flows through the image.
A digital graphic with the heading "Safe products" in bold black text. The text reads: 'Safe products. Products offered to EU consumers must always be safe. If a dangerous product appears, companies must take immediate corrective actions.’ The words 'must always be safe' and ‘immediate corrective actions’ are highlighted in yellow. Below the text, there is a blue seal with yellow stars resembling the EU flag, displaying the text '100% SAFE.' A dotted line with yellow and black colors loops around the seal.
The image is titled "Travel rights" in bold text. It informs that passengers may be eligible for compensation if their flight or train is delayed, canceled, or overbooked. The word "compensation" is highlighted in yellow. Illustrations of a blue paper airplane and a yellow suitcase are present, connected by a dashed line that flows through the image.

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What the actual fuck is this? We've already reached the torturing engineers stage?

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Green card holder from New Hampshire 'interrogated' at Logan Airport, detained

Fabian Schmidt’s family said they are unsure of why he is being held. They said he has a recently renewed green card, and no active issues in court.
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So last time Trump was on this bullshit, this is one of the things that stopped him: a group of tech companies got together and very quietly explained to the man and his advisors what kind of damage, precisely, it would do to the economy if they couldn't get their employees back out of the airports Trump had stranded them in.

This time? He's got a second term, he thinks he's very right, and I have no idea if anyone will talk him off his bullshit.

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@mark I was thinking about the number of people I know who come here for business trips--besides the actual residents here.

I wouldn't send my staff here anymore either. It's clear and present danger now.

But yeah, I don't think there are any guardrails now.

@Mark T. Tomczak

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Talking to conservatives… #Never51 #canada #canadastrong #cbc #savethecbc
Meme: Anakin Skywalker: “we need to defend Canada against American influence and dominance”. Padme: “so we’re going to save the CBC from being defunded right?” Anakin: (stares). Padme: “Right?”
#Canada #canadastrong #cbc #never51 #savethecbc

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Your inability to grasp science is not a valid argument against it.

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Nature is crazy.
Butterflies can enter a cocoon and change back into caterpillars.

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I could have really just skipped learning about why "herd immunity thresholds" matter with an example. We could have just skipped this whole thing. We had a whole plan and it was working great.

a pox on them hippie moms (and me too now I guess, wonderful)

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Why measles breakthrough infections are possible among the vaccinated

Being immunocompromised or in close contact with an infected person puts vaccinated people at a higher risk of infection, experts say.
Miriam Fauzia (The Dallas Morning News)
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Canada here. My thinking is if you fail to vaccinate then you should fail to have access to our free health care. You have no right to put such a burden on our health system due to stupidity.

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Saturday Sports: College basketball ins and outs
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/15/nx-s1-5325939/saturday-sports-college-basketball-ins-and-outs?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Arlington National Cemetery stops highlighting some historical figures on its website
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/14/g-s1-54054/arlington-national-cemetery-dei-website?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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:dragn_owo: 🎲

EDIT: First picture deleted as it was AI/LLM generated.

#Dragon #RPG #TTRPG

Four dragons sitting at a table, playing a tabletop RPG. There is characters sheets, dices and soda cans on the table. - Blue dragon (GM): You leave the party and your wife says, “Why did you joke about my hairs?” - Yellow dragon (pointing and looking at the red one): You're so dead. - Red dragon (shacking dices in his right hand): Come on, high roll! Avoid an argument! The picture is labeled “Houses & Humans.”
#ttrpg #rpg #dragon
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GM: you received a magical boon - what do you wish for?

Wyrmling, really into role playing his middle aged "parent" character: "the ability to awake well rested after a night's sleep!"

GM: nice, 50xp for staying in character, and not min-maxing. Granted!

#ttrpg #humor

#ttrpg #Humor
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@SJohnRoss
Totally fictional.
@S. John Ross

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From our recent raku firing, The Cosmic Forge ✨🔥🌌 Born of fire, veiled in night, Holding echoes, stars ignite. Embers dance in spectral hues, A vessel where the cosmos brews. #sciart #space #magic
A cauldron shaped raku vase with red, purple, green, copper and silver flashing. There is a handle on each side.
A cauldron shaped raku vase with red, green, and copper. There is a handle on each side and bubbles across the surface.
A cauldron shaped raku vase with red, purple, green, copper and silver flashing. There is a handle on each side. This is a view of one side with a handle.
A closeup of a cauldron shaped raku vase with red, purple, green, copper and silver flashing. There is a handle on each side. This is a view of a closeup view of one side with a handle.
#Magic #Space #sciart

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Am I doing it right?
#caturday
#HamRadio
The CAT port of a ham radio. (In this case CAT is for Computer Aided Transceiver control)
#caturday #hamradio

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Last night the band Stealing Sheep joined us for a special #JoyRide listening party. We played their new album on the soundsystem and everyone decked their bikes out in colourful LEDs (inc. lots of @MCQN_Ltd's My Bike's Got LED kits 🤩)

They performed from the back of the trike and livestreamed it to their socials (sadly they're not on the Fediverse)

Here's a bit from my phone when we were down at the Pier Head

youtu.be/lHBB-LXvlJA

#BikeTooter #InTheSaddle #Liverpool #LED #WLED


#JoyRide Stealing Sheep Listening Party at the Pier Head

The #JoyRide Friday social ride hosted @stealingsheepuniverse for a special moving listening party for their new album.Here's a tiny clip of when we were at ...
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#biketooter #liverpool #LED #joyride #inthesaddle #wled @MCQN Ltd

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After Schumer's abrupt U-turn to pass the spending bill, what comes next for Democrats?
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/15/nx-s1-5327422/after-schumers-abrupt-u-turn-to-pass-the-spending-bill-what-comes-next-for-democrats?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Federal contractors say they're stuck between nondiscrimination laws and anti-DEI orders
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/15/nx-s1-5325881/federal-contractors-say-theyre-stuck-between-nondiscrimination-laws-and-anti-dei-orders?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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@U.S. News

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Noor Abdalla, wife of detained Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil, speaks out
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/15/nx-s1-5328546/noor-abdalla-wife-of-detained-columbia-university-student-mahmoud-khalil-speaks-out?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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A Ukrainian refugee on how her life has changed after leaving Western Ukraine for Iowa
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After the strike, New York state prisons are even more short-staffed than before
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In a ski jumping scandal, Norwegian athletes were found to manipulating their suits
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Key sentence in a story that is interesting on many levels.

"But the dollar is a fiat currency, which means that its value does not depend on the backing of any assets the government owns."

Failure to understand this is the foundation of the #DeficitMyth, the convenient excuse for destroying the US government.

What's the deficit myth besides being expedient?

See L. Randall Wray's "Making Money Work for Us" or the very compact "Money for Beginners."

#mmt

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The Strategic Crypto Swindle

A bitcoin reserve would be a government-backed grift.
James Surowiecki (The Atlantic)
#deficitmyth #mmt
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The #Museum of Islamic #Art is one of the top attractions in #Doha in #Qatar . It houses #books, ceramics, glassware, #jewelry, metal work, textiles, and woodwork from three continents dating from the 7th - 20th century on three floors. backpackandsnorkel.com/Qatar/D…

Backpack and Snorkel Travel Guide for a Self-Guided Tour of Doha - Qatar Purple Travel Guide

Today, we will explore some of the highlights of Doha in Qatar: the Museum of Islamic Art, the Corniche, and Souq Waqif. 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
#books #art #qatar #museum #jewelry #doha

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🔵 THIS WEEK'S TOM THE DANCING BUG
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Elon Musk and His Doge Pals™️, in "Auto Graft"
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READ IT RIGHT HERE👇

The Inner Hive

– What is the Inner Hive?  It’s a subscription service. It’s a secret society. It’s a ragtag group of ne’er-do-wells with ideas that are so crazy, they just might…
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Garnet Witch by Aimee Lynette

Source: artstation.com/artwork/B3dXXk

#DnD #Dndmemes #funny #TTRPG #TTRPGMemes #DungeonsandDragons

A brunet woman in a red dress. A large garnet sits on a necklace around her neck. She is wearing a dark gray cloak with the hood up.
#ttrpg #funny #dnd #dungeonsAndDragons #dndmemes #ttrpgmemes

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Everything you need to know about measles, as cases continue to climb
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Arlington National Cemetery removed links to webpages listing the dozens of “Notable Graves” of Black, Hispanic and female veterans and their spouses. 🙄

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CGI shuttlecraft from Star Trek the Next Generation floating outside a window of the Enterprise and saying "bro...you up?" And a crewman inside the Enterprise says "did you just throw a rock at my window"

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15 March 1903 | A Polish Jew, Rafał Rozenberg, was born. He lived in Brussels. A merchant.

He arrived at #Auschwitz on 2 August 1943 in a transport of 1553 Jews from Mechelen. He did not survive.

Vintage black-and-white portrait of a man wearing a suit and tie with a handkerchief in the pocket.
#auschwitz

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Attorney General Bonta Announces $1.3 Million Settlement Against Companies Over Sham Health Insurance Plans oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases…

Attorney General Bonta Announces $1.3 Million Settlement Against Companies Over Sham Health Insurance Plans

Settlement also prohibits companies from selling or operating any health plans in California OAKLAND — California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced a $1.3 million settlement with Sedera, Inc.
State of California - Department of Justice - Office of the Attorney General

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Trump is working hard to chill lawyers from representing anybody who opposes him. This time, it is Paul Weiss. reuters.com/world/us/trump-sus…

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Milwaukee Plans To Construct 60 Traffic Calming Projects in 2025 by @jeramey.urbanmilwaukee.com

Milwaukee Plans To Construct 6...


Milwaukee Plans To Construct 60 Traffic Calming Projects in 2025

City plans record number of projects while federal cuts loom.
Urban Milwaukee
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🐸 JUMPING FROG • STL files
➡️ Download 3D print model: cults3d.com/:2814309
💡 Designed by SEVALS2

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truthiness - news - corroboration

Use other country's news sites to corroborate the truthiness of news. #truthiness #news #resist

Low hanging fruit:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation news site. cbc.ca/news.

Australian Broadcasting Corporation news site. abc.net.au/news.


ABC News - Trusted Source of Latest News & Headlines

Follow the latest news headlines from Australia's most trusted source. Read in-depth expert analysis and watch live coverage on ABC News.
www.abc.net.au
#news #resist #truthiness
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Screenshot from SVT (Swedish Television) picturing Vladimir Putin with the title "president USA" next to his name.

Aktuellt – Tor 13 mar 21:00

Utspel från Putin: Öppnar för vapenvila - med villkor • Utredningsförslag: Skolorna ska bli mobilfria • Nya utmaningar för kyrkan: AI och existensen
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about fact checking funny story. Forbes recorded live a speech from ex VP. She explicitly says a word that had to be striked through on white house transcript. Went viral. So they transcribed what she actually said then crossed out and wrote a new term. The video by forbes said the original speech then approx. 2 months later it changed to the new term. So they edited? most likely . To match what she was supposed to say but WAIT a few months later they changed what she said again..BACK to original recording. Sooo fact checking , funny story. P.S. I have every version recorded.

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Creamy Butterlips shows no remorse for this morning's breakfast incident.
#Caturday #CatsOfMastodon #CreamyCat
Criminal mugshot of an orange cat with an expression that suggests he is deeply aware of where my attention is focused, especially at breakfast. Profile shot captures him in mid-mlem, perhaps recalling his recent transgression.
#caturday #catsofmastodon #creamycat
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