To correct the evils, great and small, which spring from want of sympathy, and from positive enmity, among strangers, as nations, or as individuals, is one of the highest functions of civilization.
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) American lawyer, politician, US President (1861-65)
Speech (1859-09-30), Wisconsin State Agricultural Society, Milwaukee
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Marjorie Taylor Greene Is First GOP Member Of Congress To Call Gaza Crisis A 'Genocide'
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Marjorie Taylor Greene Is First GOP Member Of Congress To Call Gaza Crisis A 'Genocide'
Her comment comes as Israel continues to deny reports of widespread famine.Sara Boboltz (HuffPost)
New Evidence Shows That Los Angeles Protesters Were Arrested Based on Inaccurate Reports
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New Evidence Shows That Los Angeles Protesters Were Arrested Based on Inaccurate Reports
The city’s occupation was nothing more than an authoritarian dumbshow.Charles P. Pierce (Esquire)
ASX set to dip as Wall Street’s winning streak ends; Oil surges
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Published: 29 Jul 2025, 20:22
PlayStation Evo 2025 Sale Features Rare Deals On DualSense Edge & Pulse Headset
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PlayStation Evo 2025 Sale Features Rare Deals On DualSense Edge & Pulse Headset
PlayStation Direct's discount on the premium PS5 controller matches the best-ever deal.Steven Petite (GameSpot)
So, does this "goo.gl" problem actually mean all the goo.gl stuff, or is it just third-party URLs getting cut? Gmaps is still creating maps.app.goo.gl links.
mastodon.social/@jpmens/114937…
(For the record I think URL shorteners are very dumb and very bad, but regardless here we are so.)
Update: @denschub points out that Google Apps are getting a pass: mastodon.schub.social/@denschu…
Y'all still have this on your calendars, right?!“Any developers using links built with the Google URL Shortener in the form goo.gl/* will be impacted, and these URLs will no longer return a response after August 25th, 2025. We recommend transitioning these links to another URL shortener provider.”
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Edit to add quotation marks and say URL shortening sucks for more than one reason
Google URL Shortener links will no longer be available
Understand how you will be impacted by our decision to turn off the serving portion of Google URL Shortener.Sumit Chandel (goo.gl)
Huckabee: ‘No break’ between Trump, Netanyahu on Gaza aid
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Researchers Identified New Blood Group After 50 Year Mystery : ScienceAlert
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Electronic Arts Sales Boom to $1.3 Billion, Earnings Expectations Smashed as ‘EA Sports,’ ‘Apex Legends’ Outperform
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'EA Sports,' 'Apex Legends' Sales Up as Electronic Arts Beats Earnings
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India's coach fires up at English groundsman
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Published: 29 Jul 2025, 20:20
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PinkPantheress Is Enjoying Proving You Wrong
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Call Of Duty Finally Admits What We've Been Saying All Along: The Install Size Is Too Damn High
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National weather forecast for Wednesday July 30
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Published: 29 Jul 2025, 20:15
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El seminario de Barcelona cierra, con 28 seminaristas, tras cuatro siglos de historia
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El seminario de Barcelona cierra, con 28 seminaristas, tras cuatro siglos de historia
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Japan eyes locations for deploying longer-range standoff missiles
The defense minister said that the location for the weapons, due to be deployed by next March, has yet to be decided — though reports called Kumamoto Prefecture a top candidate.Jesse Johnson (The Japan Times)
Launch HN: Hyprnote (YC S25) – An open-source AI meeting notetaker
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
Queensland teachers to hold strike for the first time in 16 years
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Published: 29 Jul 2025, 20:09
Trump knew Epstein ‘stole’ young women, including Virginia Giuffre, from Mar-a-Lago
The president revealed he knew Jeffrey Epstein was poaching young women from the spa at his club in Florida and said he gave the financier a warning.
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Published: 29 Jul 2025, 20:07
"DOJ Is Said to Plan to Contact All 50 States on Voting Systems" - Election Law Blog
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Google begins rolling out new AI Mode features: Search Live with video, Canvas for planning, and PDF upload, plus AI Mode in Google Lens in desktop Chrome (Abner Li/9to5Google)
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Google AI Mode adding Search Live video, Canvas, PDF upload, and more
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Third whistleblower comes out against DOJ's Emil Bove
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Third whistleblower comes out against DOJ's Emil Bove
A third whistleblower has brought forth allegations against the DOJ's Emil Bove.Cheyenne McNeill (Salon.com)
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😢🐝 More Canadian Honey Bees Dying, Even as Antibiotic Use Halves
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More Honey Bees Dying, Even as Antibiotic Use Halves - U of G News
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Queen Mary stung by a wasp
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Published: 29 Jul 2025, 20:05
Trump says his falling out with Jeffrey Epstein was over spa workers at Mar-a-Lago
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‘Lumumba everlasting’: Belgium marks Congo’s slain leader’s 100th birthday with exhibition – and possible trial
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Published: 29 Jul 2025, 08:59
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Detectives looking for man accused of sexually assaulting woman on N.J. street
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Detectives looking for man accused of sexually assaulting woman on N.J. street
The suspect was charged with the crimes on July 22. His whereabouts are unknown.Nicolas Fernandes | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com (nj)
UK to recognise Palestinian state unless Israel acts on 'appalling situation' in Gaza
Prime Minister Keir Starmer says the United Kingdom will recognise a Palestinian state in September unless Israel agrees to a ceasefire.
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Published: 29 Jul 2025, 20:38
Live: Israel reacts angrily to UK announcement, saying Palestinian recognition rewards Hamas
The British prime minister says the UK will recognise a Palestinian state in September unless Israel takes steps to secure a ceasefire and increase the flow of humanitarian assistance to Gaza.
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Published: 29 Jul 2025, 20:06
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World oil prices have risen sharply after Trump gave the Kremlin a ten-day ultimatum. Brent crude prices have topped $72.
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This is the first time in a month that the price has exceeded $72.
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Rynkeby tager endnu engang førertrøjen for vildlende markedsføring. - EUROPE SAYS
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in reply to mhoye • • •is explicitly stated in their announcement.
Google URL Shortener links will no longer be available
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in reply to Dennis Schubert • • •@denschub I'd overlooked that, thank you.
Seems like a genuinely petty move, honestly. I wonder what the actual reason for doing it is.
Dennis Schubert
in reply to mhoye • • •mhoye
in reply to Dennis Schubert • • •I suspect it might be simpler still. Have you looked at alerts.google.com or code.google.com recently? They just... put up placeholders and forgot about them.
Maybe it's nothing more complicated than, nobody's getting promoted for this, nobody gets promoted for maintenance anything so nobody cares.