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Corruption is getting worse in the EU, says Transparency International
  • Hungary, the Spiders Georg of European corruption

  • Cats Rule
  • The Japanese word for cat, “neko”, apparently etymologically translates as “quadruped that goes ‘nyan’” (which is the Japanese equivalent of “meow”). The Mandarin word for cat, IIRC, is “mao”.

  • Who would win?
  • The British side should be Eddie the Iron Maiden zombie mascot in full British Army dress uniform

  • Donald Trump may just cost Canada’s Conservatives the election
  • Let’s hope he also costs AfD, Le Pen, Farage and the Australian Tories their expected victories.

  • Russia could start a major war in Europe within 5 years, Danish intelligence warns
  • Ukrainian conscripts will have a line of known-loyal barrier troops behind them with orders to shoot them if they fail to obey. Old Russian Army tactic.

  • 'A violent act in every case': One judge's impossible quest for a humane execution
  • It would be possible to humanely kill someone by overdosing them with opiates, though that fails the test of capital punishment advocates because it’s too pleasant a way to go out. So what they’re looking for is a way of killing someone that is neutral to mildly unpleasant, but falls short of torture.

  • Russia could start a major war in Europe within 5 years, Danish intelligence warns
  • If they capture Ukraine, they will have a fresh pool of conscripts, not to mention Ukraine’s impressive military technology.

  • Such creativity.
  • The stupidity is deliberate. It’s an assertion of values and power (“we are in charge, not the pencilnecks who say things are complicated”). It’s like the aggressive ugliness of a Cybertruck: forcing your will onto everyone else wouldn’t demonstrate your power as much if everyone else didn’t find you objectionable.

  • Dems "pissed" at liberal groups MoveOn, Indivisible
  • If it wasn’t for those meddling kids, the Dems would be breaking fundraising records

  • Jill Stein’s campaign manager: “Yeah, we are the bad guys, actually”
  • Are they sincere accelerationists, or is that another mask for “it’ll help Putin and I’ll get Gazprom shares”?

  • China's Labor Exploitation Goes Global
  • Maybe the working class should rise up and seize the means of production

  • Tom Cruise Breathed in Carbon Dioxide for 'Mission: Impossible 8' Stunt
  • As a Scientologist, he’d have a lot of experience huffing his own farts

  • Is it true that many Americans have German ancestry? And is that something that affects Americans, like do they talk about it etc.?
  • They do. There was a big wave of emigration from Germany after the conservative clampdown of 1848, which included religious minorities such as Mennonites and those with progressive and radical views. (The latter bolstered sentiment for the abolition of slavery in the run-up to the Civil War.)

    They even had a dialect of German in Texas (Texasdeutsch), which was spoken in various communities until WW2. Some linguists from a German university travelled to Texas about 20 years ago to interview the handful of (then elderly) speakers and study the dialect.

  • ich😏iel
  • If it wasn’t for the Normans, the English would have one long word for it too

  • shocking rule
  • An actor whose name was once bowdlerised to Jerk Van Lesbian.

  • If musk actually says "Heil H**ler" while doing the nazi salute, what do you think r/conservative will do?
  • “A masterclass in owning the woke snowflakes”, or something like that

  • Keir Starmer urged to resist pressure to permit Rosebank North Sea oilfield
  • It’ll be a cold day in Hell if he doesn’t permit it. His mission is to prove to the stakeholders that Labour has no truck with the left in any form, so any point of difference with the most hardline Tory government imaginable is a liability.

  • Irish reunification, slightly behind schedule

    2024: Ireland accuses Israel of genocide. Israel ends diplomatic relations with Ireland. Ireland’s membership in the EU protects it from punitive sanctions from Israel’s allies

    2025: The UK starts dumping non-EU-compliant goods into the EU customs zone through Ireland, undercutting EU producers. The EU moves to suspend Ireland from the Customs Union. Ireland calls on the EU for diplomatic backup. Germany replies “lol get rekt antisemites”. Ireland is reunited as an economic satellite of the UK, a century or so after independence

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    Behold, the ISRion Constellation
    cyberplace.social Kevin Beaumont (@GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social)

    Attached: 3 images Handala, a wiper group posing as a ransomware group who target Israeli companies, claims IIB (Israeli Industrial Batteries) supplied explosive batteries for pagers and Vidisco supplied Xray machines which didn’t detect said batteries. They claim they will be releasing 6tb of da...

    Kevin Beaumont (@GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social)

    Allegations that bomb detectors from an Israeli firm are configured to let bombs through if they have a specific code (presumably used by Mossad). The title is a reference to an anti-counterfeiting watermark used in currency

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    We regret to inform you that Ray Kurzweil is back on his bullshit
    www.theguardian.com AI scientist Ray Kurzweil: ‘We are going to expand intelligence a millionfold by 2045’

    The Google futurist talks nanobots and avatars, deepfakes and elections – and why he is so optimistic about a future where we merge with computers

    AI scientist Ray Kurzweil: ‘We are going to expand intelligence a millionfold by 2045’
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    There’s always someone who takes things literally
    goblin.camp Davey :sugar_approved: (@sugar@goblin.camp)

    Attached: 1 image imagine being a teen and having an awkward first time with your first bf then see an article years later where you find he's since fucked 699 cars

    Davey :sugar_approved: (@sugar@goblin.camp)
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    Techbro develops AI-powered sex toy to “save the world”
    www.404media.co This Man Wants to ‘Save the World’ By Letting You Jerk Off Into a Computer

    The creator of the gimmicky DIY sex sleeve says any criticism against the Orifice is “gene warfare."

    This Man Wants to ‘Save the World’ By Letting You Jerk Off Into a Computer

    Teledildonics and eugenics: what more could you ask for?

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    New economic warfare method just dropped:
    www.theguardian.com Royal Mail urged to investigate claims of Chinese-made fake stamps

    Minister says he will work with business to investigate, while China dismisses suggestions of involvement as ‘absurd’

    Royal Mail urged to investigate claims of Chinese-made fake stamps
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    L, and I emphasise, MFAO
    www.jwz.org The Billionaire Who Wants To Live Forever Has Long Covid

    Specifically, covid wrecked his lungs: Bryan Johnson is a 46-year-old tech bro who cashed out a few years ago and now spends all his time trying not to die. He has been interviewed by most mainstream news outlets where he has documented his extreme and bizarre quest for immortality. From a story in ...

    The Billionaire Who Wants To Live Forever Has Long Covid

    The Billionaire Who Wants To Live Forever Has Long Covid

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    Britain: Antiwork Nation
    www.theguardian.com Britons least likely to say work is important to them, world study finds

    UK losing belief that hard work brings better life, and fewer millennials now think work always comes first, survey indicates

    Britons least likely to say work is important to them, world study finds
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    Slim protective cases for the Steam Deck

    Can anyone recommend a good case for carrying a Steam Deck in a backpack or similar which is less bulky than the factory case and yet protects the device? (I’ve heard the Dbrand Killswitch and JSAUX Modcase recommended, though that was a while ago.)

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    AllNewTypeFace AllNewTypeFace @leminal.space
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