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Marble track around the room YouTube video by MakingAtHome - Steve Moseley

#marbles #gravity #machine

Watching: this ~~~ fascinated~~~

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Ingredients MAHA can’t pronounce YouTube video by Jessica Knurick, PhD, RDN

#MAHA #RFKJR #supplements

Watching: this~~

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‘Nazi heaven’: Inside Miami campus Republicans’ racist group chat The chat is the subject of a Florida International University police investigation.

Reading:Young GOP leaders exposd in another leaked racist grp chat, this time at Florida International U. Created by sec. of the Miami-Dade Co. GOP, chat included former College GOP recruitment chair, & #FIU Turning Point USA chapter president. There's a shocker!

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Kurt Vonnegut on books and censorship #books #bannedbooks #censorship #reading #booktube #usa YouTube video by Marston Quinn

#BookBurning #Vonnegut

It is not quite the case that civilisation is dying in America: there are places in America where civilisation has yet to arrive; or where it once existed amongst the indigenous peoples but departed with them on their long trek to the margins.

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Shriekback - Nemesis (Official Music Video) YouTube video by ShriekbackVEVO

#music #1980s #Shriekback #Nemesis

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙝𝙚 𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙘 𝙞𝙣 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢𝙨 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙬𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙪𝙥 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙪𝙣𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙖 𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙙𝙣'𝙩 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙙𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙨. 𝙃𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙥𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙩

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WATCH: Rep. Jayapal calls for Noem's removal as DHS leader after House Judiciary hearing YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

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Rep. #Jayapal calls for Kristi #Noem to be removed from #DHS

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Noem gets fried by Tillis Part 3 YouTube video by RAYMOND MAURICE FREIHERR VAN POTTELBERGH

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#Noem gets fried by Senator #Tillis, Part 3

Tillis drills down on the disastrous #ICE habit of arresting and detaining US citizens "with Steven Miller aiding and abetting."

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Tillis Grills Noem About FEMA YouTube video by RAYMOND MAURICE FREIHERR VAN POTTELBERGH

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#Noem gets fried by Senator #Tillis, Part 2

He came with a graph. "The facts don't lie... This is what competent FEMA leadership looks like and this is what incompetent FEMA leadership looks like."

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#Noem Hearing.

"You killed a goat!" Sen #Tillis ,R, BBQs Noem.

David Johansen - Rocking With the King of Babylon YouTube video by Johnny guitar

Meanwhile Israel closes all crossings into Gaza, stops food supplies again...
Meanwhile the EU will need to start buying gas from Russia again...
Meanwhile Trump throws a million dollar a plate fundraiser attended by all his Epstein class pals at Mar-a-lago...

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Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime (Official Video) YouTube video by Talking Heads

Plan? There is no plan. The war is already over/will last another day/week/month. No boots on the ground/boots on the ground. Iran was a week/month/year/decade from having an atom bomb. Regime change now/now we have just killed everybody who could have formed a new regime…

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Model in a gold lamé shape-hugging full-length gown with a high collar and full sleeves.

#Gucci #Gucci #Goo
As everyone knows, designer Demna had his debut showing for Gucci in Milan yesterday. Reviews have been favourable. Demna says he studied Gucci's archive to learn "the gucciness of Gucci”. Some good stuff, but thing pictured below isn't a frock, it's an X-ray (I can see her bones)

Screen capture of part of the same silly article in ELLE about lilies, the text of which I can't copy and paste, and is too long to type out. Sorry, but you aren't missing much,

#ViveLaDécadence

Good news everybody. British ELLE says white lilies are "cool again and making a firm comeback."

"Lilies give fashion what it loves: an element of shock and surprise," says Fiona Fleur (if that is her real name), the floral designer... "

screen capture of the New York Times. The text is Elite Doctors Served Jeffrey Epstein While Treating His ‘Girls’ A small stable of doctors gave V.I.P. medical services to the sex offender and the women around him. Some doctors bent or broke the ethical rules of their profession.

Further adventures of the Ep-class

"One [elite doctor] sent Mr. #Epstein ’s sexual partners elsewhere for gonorrhea treatment so that when their cases were reported to public health authorities, they wouldn’t be tied to Mr. Epstein."-- New York Times

Bleak image of a street of ruined buildings in a war-torn city. Stolen from https://www.freepik.com/

#shallow #trite #hollow #depraved #WinceAndRepeat

Here's something moderately amusing. Did an image search for "the home front" in a popular search engine::: the first 40-50 images were glossy photos of-- wait for it -- the fronts of luxury American homes... which few Americans can afford.

Crazy, chopped up, morphed map of the USA

𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨: 𝘜𝘬𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘦, 𝘎𝘢𝘻𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘦... 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘳, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘳, 𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦-𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵.

𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥:

𝗛𝗲𝘆, 𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀, 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁? 𝗧𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝘁?

From Left to Right: Mussolini, Hitler, Trump, Netanyahu

Thinking: ...don't comment on the war until more is known... don't comment on the war until more is known...

Here's what's known so far: fuck Trump and Netanyahu
Breaking news: fuck Trump and Netanyahu
Special report: fuck Trump and Netanyahu

More sheer dumbfuckery as the situation warrants

No branch of Gov has a proprietary claim on Scouting's policies. It is an independent organisation. Blackmailing Scouts to change policies by threatening to cut off funding is immoral. Let's remember that other national youth group with a strong alignment with Governmental policy: the Hitler Youth.

And another thing: #Trump & his cabinet again assume powers that don't belong to them. The loose alliance between #Scouts & Gov. was created by Congress in 1916 by charter(36 U.S.C. § 309) recognising Scouts as a national youth group, but it does not grant Congress control over its operations. So...

Screen capture of AI reply to my question "Why does Hegseth think the Pentagon owns the Boy Scouts?" Reply: Pete Hegseth does not believe the Pentagon owns the Boy Scouts. Instead, he views the organization as a partner whose values and policies must align with those of the U.S. Department of War (DoW), which he leads. Hegseth has criticized Scouting America (formerly the Boy Scouts of America) for what he describes as a departure from its original mission, particularly due to changes like the 2024 rebrand, the inclusion of girls and transgender youth, and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives he labels as "woke culture." His actions—such as threatening to cut Pentagon support and pushing for policy changes—stem from a belief that the military's partnership with Scouting America should reflect traditional masculine values, religious principles (especially "duty to God"), and merit-based opportunity, as outlined in Executive Order 14173 issued by President Donald Trump. The agreement reached on February 27, 2026, requires Scouting America to abandon DEI policies, restrict membership by biological sex at birth, and eliminate certain merit badges, all to maintain military support. The Pentagon does not "own" Scouting America; rather, it exerts influence over the partnership by conditioning financial and logistical support—such as access to military bases, equipment, and the National Jamboree—on compliance with these policy reforms. Hegseth’s goal is to realign the organization with what he sees as foundational American values, not to claim ownership. AI-generated answer. Please verify critical facts.

(4) AI's tone seems to dismissive of my question. (5) Is it just me, or does this AI sound a little too gung-ho in its defence of Hegseth's "beliefs".(6) All the bold emphasis in the reply is AIs. Note the bolding of 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗮𝘀𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲𝘀, 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀 (𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 "𝗱𝘂𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗚𝗼𝗱") etc.

Screen capture of AI reply to my question "Why does Hegseth think the Pentagon owns the Boy Scouts?" Reply: Pete Hegseth does not believe the Pentagon owns the Boy Scouts. Instead, he views the organization as a partner whose values and policies must align with those of the U.S. Department of War (DoW), which he leads. Hegseth has criticized Scouting America (formerly the Boy Scouts of America) for what he describes as a departure from its original mission, particularly due to changes like the 2024 rebrand, the inclusion of girls and transgender youth, and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives he labels as "woke culture." His actions—such as threatening to cut Pentagon support and pushing for policy changes—stem from a belief that the military's partnership with Scouting America should reflect traditional masculine values, religious principles (especially "duty to God"), and merit-based opportunity, as outlined in Executive Order 14173 issued by President Donald Trump. The agreement reached on February 27, 2026, requires Scouting America to abandon DEI policies, restrict membership by biological sex at birth, and eliminate certain merit badges, all to maintain military support. The Pentagon does not "own" Scouting America; rather, it exerts influence over the partnership by conditioning financial and logistical support—such as access to military bases, equipment, and the National Jamboree—on compliance with these policy reforms. Hegseth’s goal is to realign the organization with what he sees as foundational American values, not to claim ownership. AI-generated answer. Please verify critical facts.

Problems: (1) AI changed my "think" to "believe". Why does AI believe it knows what Hegseth believes? (2) AI has already adopted the false nomenclature Department of War. (3) AI goes on to describe what it calls a "partnership" that sounds more like a hostage situation.

Screen capture of AI reply to my question "Why does Hegseth think the Pentagon owns the Boy Scouts?" Reply: Pete Hegseth does not believe the Pentagon owns the Boy Scouts. Instead, he views the organization as a partner whose values and policies must align with those of the U.S. Department of War (DoW), which he leads. Hegseth has criticized Scouting America (formerly the Boy Scouts of America) for what he describes as a departure from its original mission, particularly due to changes like the 2024 rebrand, the inclusion of girls and transgender youth, and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives he labels as "woke culture." His actions—such as threatening to cut Pentagon support and pushing for policy changes—stem from a belief that the military's partnership with Scouting America should reflect traditional masculine values, religious principles (especially "duty to God"), and merit-based opportunity, as outlined in Executive Order 14173 issued by President Donald Trump. The agreement reached on February 27, 2026, requires Scouting America to abandon DEI policies, restrict membership by biological sex at birth, and eliminate certain merit badges, all to maintain military support. The Pentagon does not "own" Scouting America; rather, it exerts influence over the partnership by conditioning financial and logistical support—such as access to military bases, equipment, and the National Jamboree—on compliance with these policy reforms. Hegseth’s goal is to realign the organization with what he sees as foundational American values, not to claim ownership. AI-generated answer. Please verify critical facts.

Askd a corp-owned AI “Why does Hegseth think the Pentagon owns the Boy Scouts?” The reply? Disconcerting.

”Pete Hegseth does not believe the Pentagon owns the Boy Scouts. Instead, he views the org. as a partner whose values & policies must align with those of the U.S. Department of War (DoW)..."

Managers be like YouTube video by STICK BRUH

#LateCapitalism, a system where getting cheated by #management is just part of the #job. The basic ideological difference here is that V thinks "comp" means "compensate for extra time at work" whilst her boss thinks it means "complimentary", as in giving free money away.

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much as we love seeing brits face consequences, it would also be nice to see yanks face consequences

The problem is also how stupidly people are using AI, and how really dumb LLM AI is when it comes to certain things. To begin with, stop asking AI for life advice; and don't listen to the built-in flattery of some public-facing LLMs-- not all of your ideas are brilliant, despite what AI tells you.

I was surrounded by Trump supporters in a truck stop bar YouTube video by The Enemy From Within

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Watching everybody's favourite truck driver, Josh, the enemy from within, searching the highways and byways of America for #Trump 's booming economy.

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ACID KING - Teen Dusthead YouTube video by twinnedwitherlangen

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Listening to: Teen Dusthead by Acid King (1997)

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The Strangeloves - I Want Candy [HQ] original YouTube video by xpr2k3

#And
This would be that. Listening to: "I Want Candy, The Strangeloves, 1965

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The STRANGELOVES - I Wanna Do It (1968) [Non-LP 45rpm, mono] YouTube video by 45sUS

#What ...

Listening to: The STRANGELOVES - I Wanna Do It (1968)

Bob Feldman, Jerry Goldstein &Richard Gottehrer formed this group as a twisted act of revenge against a world that didn't understand them. Strange to say, they had a hit "I Want Candy" in the Summer of 1965

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