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www.theguardian.com Jared Kushner says Gaza’s ‘waterfront property could be very valuable’

Donald Trump’s son-in-law also says Israel should bulldoze an area of the Negev desert and move Palestinians there

Jared Kushner says Gaza’s ‘waterfront property could be very valuable’
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www.fau.eu Carnivorous plants attract bats with echo reflectors

An international team of researchers from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), the University of Greifswald, and Universiti Brunei Drussalam has discovered that Nepenthes…

Carnivorous plants attract bats with echo reflectors

An international team of researchers from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), the University of Greifswald, and Universiti Brunei Drussalam has discovered that Nepenthes hemsleyana – a pitcher plant found in Borneo – uses an echo reflector to attract bats. However, it is not the bats themselves that the plants are after, but their droppings. As the pitcher plants grow in soil that is low in nutrients they need additional fertiliser and the bats’ droppings provide them with vital nutrients. In return, the plants offer the bats the perfect place to sleep inside their pitchers.

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Putin bromance has US intelligence officials fearing second Trump term
  • Fortunately or not, both the UK and France have thermonuclear teeth to bite back if the totally-not-a-Tsar tries. And as far as the UK goes, it's the same thermonuclear warheads, missiles and submarines as the USA, using the same procedures and with the same capabilities.

  • "Women of Distinction" award named for Ruth Bader Ginsberg goes to Elon Musk, Rupert Murdoch, Sly Stallone

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/13235727

    > What in the name of all the Earth and its domains and the heavens above is this asshattery? > > The family of Ruth Bader Ginsburg is very much up in arms at something called the Dwight D. Opperman Foundation over its decision to give a leadership award named after the former Supreme Court justice to *\drumroll\ … *Elon Musk. > > . . . Oh yeah, Rupert Murdoch is also getting this year’s Leadership Award, along with Martha Stewart (weird but whatever), Michael Milken (what?), and Sylvester Stallone (no, seriously, fucking what?). > > . . . The award is all of four years old, and has previously gone to “individual women of prominence.” Did we run out of those or something?

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    stan teachers unions
  • Force of habit from almost a decade in the Navy, it's a term of "endearment" that was intended by politicians and bureaucrats to be a "polite" term that can be universally applied regardless of rank, but is usually applied out of exasperation when actual insult isn't warranted. Apologies for the unfamiliar term.

  • stan teachers unions
  • Shipmate, I'm pointing out that the system as it already stands is pretty much exactly as shit as they say it would become should the situation change. Each attempt to merely increase wages here and there is like putting a bandage on a gangrenous wound or a tumor, instead of realizing that the tumor itself needs to be surgically removed for all these symptoms - the American prison system, for-profit childcare, normalized hunger as a punishment for poverty and so on - to be actually treated. Believe it or not, I'm on your side.

  • stan teachers unions
  • How about

    parents would have to pay for daycare, children would go without lunch, etc.

    ? Are parents not already forced to pay for daycare, children not already going without lunch?

    Edit:formatting

  • CFCs
  • Pretty sure no human lived at the Trinity test site or anywhere else in the test sites where weapons were detonated, especially at the moment of detonation. And I'm pretty sure none have since moved onto those sites either. Hence "inhabited". It's not like we nuked cities and towns.

  • www.theguardian.com Leading adviser quits over Instagram’s failure to remove self-harm content

    Exclusive: Psychologist accuses Meta of ‘turning a blind eye’ to posts she believes represent further danger to vulnerable women

    Leading adviser quits over Instagram’s failure to remove self-harm content

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/13207517

    > A leading psychologist who advises Meta on suicide prevention and self-harm has quit her role, accusing the tech giant of “turning a blind eye” to harmful content on Instagram, repeatedly ignoring expert advice and prioritising profit over lives.

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    www.theguardian.com Leading adviser quits over Instagram’s failure to remove self-harm content

    Exclusive: Psychologist accuses Meta of ‘turning a blind eye’ to posts she believes represent further danger to vulnerable women

    Leading adviser quits over Instagram’s failure to remove self-harm content

    A leading psychologist who advises Meta on suicide prevention and self-harm has quit her role, accusing the tech giant of “turning a blind eye” to harmful content on Instagram, repeatedly ignoring expert advice and prioritising profit over lives.

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    Anon notices what they've taken from us
  • And which of the changes he listed would the 95% figure you mentioned care about? By your definition, short of literally turning each feature into a micro transaction, there's no such thing as user unfriendly changes - and knowing the general public, not even then.

  • Physics
  • But that's never how magic is depicted - it always takes decades of knowledge and learning or powerful enchanted artifacts forged from rare minerals and materials, and rituals which always name a price.

    Modern magic can do all those things - if you have the right artifacts, likewise made of precious metals forged by lightning and etched with beams of sunfire and inlaid with gemstones from beyond the sea, fuelled by the ichor alchemically distilled from the remnants of ancient forests and carefully assembled by entire courts of white-robed magi who have each spent decades perfecting their deep knowledge of ritual and arcane lore.

    With these artifacts, I can incinerate an entire room with a twitch of my finger upon a staff of fire summoning, read minds with a helm of probing, lightning people with a tiny wand of stunning, and conjure familiar from across the world to do my bidding on my black mirror for the small sacrifice of tiny particles of lightning in a distant runestone.

  • www.cbsnews.com New Orleans police evidence room overrun by rodents, officials say: "The rats are eating our marijuana"

    The headquarters of the New Orleans Police Department is in such a state of decay that rats are eating drugs in the evidence room, the department's chief said.

    New Orleans police evidence room overrun by rodents, officials say: "The rats are eating our marijuana"
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    Stolen data rule

    !4 panel System32Comics comic 1: "Oh no! The virus is stealing my personal data!" 2: "Free Anti-Virus Software Help!" 3: Free Anti-Virus Software to the rescue! 4: Free Anti-Virus Software is stealing his personal data

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    > Avast, the cybersecurity software company, is facing a $16.5 million fine after it was caught storing and selling customer information without their consent. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced the fine on Thursday and said that it’s banning Avast from selling user data for advertising purposes.

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    www.nbcnews.com Colorado pastor accused of pocketing $1.3M in crypto scheme says 'Lord told us to'

    More than 300 people bought INDXcoin, a cryptocurrency created by the pastor and marketed through his online church, which was deemed "illiquid and practically worthless."

    Colorado pastor accused of pocketing $1.3M in crypto scheme says 'Lord told us to'
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    www.nbcnews.com Elon Musk says he's 'Jewish by association' after Auschwitz visit, sees 'almost no antisemitism'

    “I’m aspirationally Jewish,” Musk said. “So I was like, ‘What are people talking about with this antisemitism?’ Because I never hear it at dinner conversations."

    Elon Musk says he's 'Jewish by association' after Auschwitz visit, sees 'almost no antisemitism'

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/11125375

    > “I’m aspirationally Jewish,” Musk said. “So I was like, ‘What are people talking about with this antisemitism?’ Because I never hear it at dinner conversations." > > Elon Musk said he is "Jewish by association" during a conversation with conservative commentator Ben Shapiro after a visit to the former Nazi concentration camp in Auschwitz, Poland. > > Musk, the Tesla CEO and owner of social media platform X, made the comments during a conference on antisemitism organized by the European Jewish Association. The association had arranged for Musk to make a private visit to Auschwitz, where an estimated 1.1 million Jewish people were killed during the Holocaust. > > "I must admit to being somewhat frankly naive about this. In the circles that I move, I see almost no antisemitism. ... Two-thirds of my friends are Jewish," the billionaire tech mogul said in a video posted on YouTube by Bloomberg Technology. "I have twice as many Jewish friends as non-Jewish friends. I’m like Jewish by association."

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    www.theguardian.com Greenland startup begins shipping glacier ice to cocktail bars in the UAE

    Arctic Ice argues its rare, pure product can be part of Greenland’s green transition and greater independence

    Greenland startup begins shipping glacier ice to cocktail bars in the UAE

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/10484686

    > Pardon?

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    Train manufacturer intentionally bricks trains serviced by independent service providers

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/9227800

    > Polish train manufacturer that lost servicing tender programmed train controller to brick itself after train stays for some time in 6 ISP facilities or in 1 their faculity(for testing?) until undocumented button combination is pressed. Some controller versions brick itself after train is idle for 10 days. After news about this became public, manufacturer removed ability to unlock train by button combination. > > Also manufacturer is able to remotely brick train over internet(connected via GSM) at any time. > > Mod wanted ONLY article, so enjoy reading in polish.

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    finance.yahoo.com Jeff Bezos-Backed Real Estate Company Is Launching A New Fund To Acquire More Single-Family Homes Across The U.S.

    Many of the world’s largest investment firms have launched new funds over the past couple of years aimed at acquiring or building single-family homes to use as rentals. This comes as no surprise considering that the increased cost of buying a home has forced many Americans into being tenants instead...

    Jeff Bezos-Backed Real Estate Company Is Launching A New Fund To Acquire More Single-Family Homes Across The U.S.
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    “Mustangs erode the esteem, legitimacy and distinct culture of the officer corps like merchants marrying into the aristocracy,” says retired Marine officer

    taskandpurpose.com Marine Infantry veteran says enlisted shouldn't become officers — mayhem ensues

    Marine veteran Ivan Snook said he was surprised by the hateful responses he received after posting his argument on X.

    Marine Infantry veteran says enlisted shouldn't become officers — mayhem ensues

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/8926524

    > >Marine veteran Ivan Snook set social media aflame on Sunday after posting that the U.S. military should stop allowing enlisted service members to become officers. > > > > “Mustangs erode the esteem, legitimacy and distinct culture of the officer corps like merchants marrying into the aristocracy,” Snook posted on X. “Nevertheless, we are intent on lowering the standards and reducing military service to being ‘just a job’ asap.” > > What an asshole.

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    taskandpurpose.com Marine Infantry veteran says enlisted shouldn't become officers — mayhem ensues

    Marine veteran Ivan Snook said he was surprised by the hateful responses he received after posting his argument on X.

    Marine Infantry veteran says enlisted shouldn't become officers — mayhem ensues

    >Marine veteran Ivan Snook set social media aflame on Sunday after posting that the U.S. military should stop allowing enlisted service members to become officers. > > “Mustangs erode the esteem, legitimacy and distinct culture of the officer corps like merchants marrying into the aristocracy,” Snook posted on X. “Nevertheless, we are intent on lowering the standards and reducing military service to being ‘just a job’ asap.”

    What an asshole.

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    Proper sleep habits

    www.egscomics.com El Goonish Shive - layers-037

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    Part 3... BEGINS!

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    End of Part 2

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    Quantum comics

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    After dinner

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