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BREAKING: Representative Joe Neguse has introduced the Close the Revolving Door Act, a bill to ban members of Congress from becoming lobbyists.
June 11, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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Woman Mentally Rearranging Rankings Of Children While Opening Mother’s Day Gifts
May 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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To whom it may concern:

For over a year Excel and Word would sporadically crash when ... copying! (CTRL-C)

Neither ChatGPT, nor Google, nor hours on online discussion boards solved this.

Solution: uninstall Microsoft Teams addin for Office !
April 28, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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Ahead of Earth Day on April 22, DIY supplier iFixit and refurbished device retailer Back Market have partnered to launch a marketing campaign that encourages consumers to replace their phones every 5 years instead of the national average of 2.5 to 3 years.
Most People Buy a New Phone Every 2.5 Years. There’s a Better Way
Back Market and iFixit are partnering to encourage consumers to keep their phones in service for at least five years—and to pressure manufacturers to extend smartphone support to 10 years.
wrd.cm
April 20, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Deconstruction.
Historians will propose in due course a name for this current phase we are witnessing in the United States. My early submission: The Great Dismantling.
April 20, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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Tesla is facing a new scandal that once again sees the electric automaker accused of misleading customers.
Tesla odometer uses “predictive algorithms” to void warranty, lawsuit claims
This is a separate case to the lawsuits alleging Tesla misleads about range.
arstechnica.com
April 17, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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User reports melted power cable after using GeForce RTX 5070 graphics card
User reports melted power cable after using GeForce RTX 5070 graphics card - VideoCardz.com
Check your GPU connectors No graphics card is safe? We have another case of a melted power cable involving the new graphics card series equipped with a 12V-2×6 power connector. However, this particular...
videocardz.com
April 13, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Art by John Harris for cover of The Best of Star Trek 15 (1990)
April 13, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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If you liked The Salvage Crew (2020) and the sequel I spent four years on - Pilgrim Machines (2024) . . .
Then I'm utterly delighted to give you something totally different in vibe (again) with CHOIR OF HATRED.
www.amazon.com/Choir-Hatred...
April 13, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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This time, the PCS universe shows you its military side. And possibly its haunted side.
If you like the thought of guns, Buddhist riddles in space, and possibly insane mercenaries posing as a catering company, come along for the ride! Lovely to have you here. Let's go shoot someone.
April 13, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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Representative Ro Khanna has introduced the Drain the Swamp Act.

The legislation would prohibit appointees from accepting gifts from registered lobbyists, impose two-year cooling-off periods for officials entering and leaving government, and ban special “golden parachute” payments
April 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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JUST IN: Luigi Mangione’s lawyers have asked the judge to prevent US federal prosecutors from seeking death penalty per Reuters
April 11, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Baja California Police Cmdr. Abigail Esparza Reyes devoted her career to capturing fugitives from U.S. justice. She’s the Abigail in Kevin Sieff's 2022 Post report on the Gringo Hunters.

She saw her job as protecting Mexico from American criminals.

She was shot to death Wednesday.

wapo.st/3RJ9eAT
A Mexican cop captured U.S. fugitives in Mexico. It cost her life.
Abigail Esparza Reyes, a member of an elite police unit known as “Gringo Hunters,” chased U.S. fugitives in Mexico. She was fatally shot this week.
wapo.st
April 11, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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April 11, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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The rise of ‘Frankenstein’ laptops in New Delhi’s repair markets
The rise of ‘Frankenstein’ laptops in New Delhi’s repair markets
Technicians in India’s refurbished laptop shops give discarded electronics a new life.
buff.ly
April 7, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Gorky 17 ~ Odium (1999)

Developed by Metropolis Software.
April 4, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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National Security Adviser Michael Waltz and other senior officials used their personal Gmail account for government business, The Washington Post reports.
Report: Waltz used Gmail for official work
The administration's handling of sensitive information is already under scrutiny, and Gmail is even less secure than Signal.
www.axios.com
April 1, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Hitman 2 - Silent Assassin (2002)
April 2, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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India has refuted a New York Times article that alleged the state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) may have “re-routed British sensitive equipment” to Russian Rosoboronexport, which is sanctioned by the United Kingdom and European Union.

www.thehindu.com/news/nationa...
India refutes The New York Times’ allegations on re-routing sensitive equipment; defends HAL’s record
India denies allegations of re-routing sensitive equipment, defends HAL's record on international obligations and regulatory framework.
www.thehindu.com
March 31, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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“Say Something,” an anonymous reporting system set up by Sandy Hook Promise, the group founded by parents and loved ones affected by the 2012 school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, has stopped 18 people who planned to attack schools.
Their kids died at Sandy Hook. Their tip line prevents school shootings.
The anonymous reporting system “Say Something” has stopped 18 people who planned to attack schools.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 31, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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'Alone in the Dark' - 1992
March 30, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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Cyan friends and family, we have some difficult news to share today.

(More details in-thread below.)
March 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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NEW: Organizers behind a pronatalist conference with far-right ties in Austin, Texas this weekend have set up matchmaking events for attendees that include the option of getting married on site as part of their greater effort to repopulate the world, WIRED has learned.
Far-Right Influencers Are Hosting a $10K-Per-Person Matchmaking Weekend to Repopulate the Earth
The Natal Conference, which costs up to $10,000 to attend, features multiple matchmaking strategy sessions and on-site ministers so attendees can get married, WIRED has learned.
www.wired.com
March 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Breaking: RFK Jr. has forced out PETER MARKS, the nation’s top vaccine regulator.

In his resignation letter, obtained by the Post, Marks said he was willing to work with RFK Jr on his vaccine concerns — but said Kennedy wishes “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”
RFK Jr. forces out Peter Marks, FDA’s top vaccine scientist
Marks, an architect of Operation Warp Speed, warned that a recent measles outbreak shows how confidence in science and public health is being “undermined.”
www.washingtonpost.com
March 29, 2025 at 1:14 AM