Ryan Mikan
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Israeli forces opened fire near two aid distribution sites run by the Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation as crowds of hungry Palestinians again sought food, killing at least 10 people, witnesses and health workers said Saturday.
Israeli gunfire kills more Gaza aid-seekers as U.S. envoy meets with hostages' families
Israeli forces opened fire near two aid distribution sites run by the Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation as crowds of hungry Palestinians again sought food, killing at least 10 people,…
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August 2, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Israeli forces opened fire near two aid distribution sites run by the Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation as crowds of hungry Palestinians again sought food, killing at least 10 people, witnesses and health workers said Saturday.
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while tech bros and armchair philosophers contemplate rights for hypothetical conscious machines, the reality is that actual people (labourers) are treated worse than exiting machines
August 1, 2025 at 10:20 PM
while tech bros and armchair philosophers contemplate rights for hypothetical conscious machines, the reality is that actual people (labourers) are treated worse than exiting machines
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I (middle-aged person) have noticed that because everything is supposed to be self-service, people don't know how to give service when that is part of their job (because they haven't experienced getting it and no one has taught them how to give it) and: people don't know how to get service.
That’s true. The point of the trend was that the disinterested retail staffer genuinely does not know and does not understand why there is a customer expectation that they should know. That’s the cultural phenomenon under discussion.
extremely skeptical that this is a Gen Z phenomenon; the uninterested and uninformed retail staffer is a comic stereotype dating at least back to the 1970s, if not earlier. (c.f., for instance, Viz's Lazy Disinterested 16-Year-Old Shoe Shop Girl, mid-1990s)
August 2, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I (middle-aged person) have noticed that because everything is supposed to be self-service, people don't know how to give service when that is part of their job (because they haven't experienced getting it and no one has taught them how to give it) and: people don't know how to get service.
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A university scientist who discovered alarming levels of toxic chemicals in a lake in southeastern Louisiana was abruptly removed from her research position this week without explanation
University sidelines scientist who exposed toxic metals in Lake Maurepas
The SELU scientist who discovered alarming levels of toxic chemicals in Lake Maurepas was abruptly removed from her research position without explanation.
lailluminator.com
August 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
A university scientist who discovered alarming levels of toxic chemicals in a lake in southeastern Louisiana was abruptly removed from her research position this week without explanation
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my investment in a speedy cutter and a fine crew of lads is really going to pay off this year
April 3, 2025 at 1:53 AM
my investment in a speedy cutter and a fine crew of lads is really going to pay off this year
Can the geniuses at DODGE find a way to just cut benefits to people who won’t vote for them while keeping their party’s voter base on the draw?
Another aspect of the carbon economy that often goes unsaid is the number of people die in the dark to help keep the lights on.
Deep fear in coal country: DOGE cuts put region's miners and families on edge
For federal safety inspectors, the urgent call to their sprawling mining office near Pittsburgh was bleak: Man crushed in the rubble of an aging mine in...
www.post-gazette.com
March 30, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Can the geniuses at DODGE find a way to just cut benefits to people who won’t vote for them while keeping their party’s voter base on the draw?
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Another aspect of the carbon economy that often goes unsaid is the number of people die in the dark to help keep the lights on.
Deep fear in coal country: DOGE cuts put region's miners and families on edge
For federal safety inspectors, the urgent call to their sprawling mining office near Pittsburgh was bleak: Man crushed in the rubble of an aging mine in...
www.post-gazette.com
March 30, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Another aspect of the carbon economy that often goes unsaid is the number of people die in the dark to help keep the lights on.
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The more people go to Flashes App the better.
@flashes.blue
@flashes.blue
March 21, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The more people go to Flashes App the better.
@flashes.blue
@flashes.blue
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Nightcrawler with Jake Gyllenhaal is one of the rare movies that gets better with age only because the world keeps getting more stupid and proving its point in ways that would’ve felt farfetched in 2014
March 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Nightcrawler with Jake Gyllenhaal is one of the rare movies that gets better with age only because the world keeps getting more stupid and proving its point in ways that would’ve felt farfetched in 2014
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NEW: The FBI's biggest, most important field office has been reprioritized to a single task: redacting the Jeffrey Epstein files.
By me in @vanityfair.com...
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/e...
By me in @vanityfair.com...
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/e...
“Ludicrous” Situation: Epstein Case Review Takes Over FBI’s New York Office
The bureau’s New York field office normally chases drug dealers and spies. Right now, according to multiple sources, priority one is redacting the sex trafficker’s case files.
www.vanityfair.com
March 21, 2025 at 1:30 PM
NEW: The FBI's biggest, most important field office has been reprioritized to a single task: redacting the Jeffrey Epstein files.
By me in @vanityfair.com...
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/e...
By me in @vanityfair.com...
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/e...
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They want Christian churches to open schools to replace public schools so all children are indoctrinated. That’s their end goal.
March 21, 2025 at 3:09 PM
They want Christian churches to open schools to replace public schools so all children are indoctrinated. That’s their end goal.
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Residents are recommended to store more than a week's worth of emergency supplies at home because volcanic eruptions can last longer than that.
Stay at home if Mount Fuji erupts, government panel says
www.japantimes.co.jp
March 21, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Residents are recommended to store more than a week's worth of emergency supplies at home because volcanic eruptions can last longer than that.
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Since U.S. President Donald Trump took office, much of the work on monitoring and countering Russia's hybrid warfare campaign has come to a standstill.
U.S. suspends some efforts to counter Russian sabotage
www.japantimes.co.jp
March 20, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Since U.S. President Donald Trump took office, much of the work on monitoring and countering Russia's hybrid warfare campaign has come to a standstill.
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At a former American air base in southern Vietnam, work abruptly stopped last month on efforts to clean up tons of soil contaminated with deadly dioxin from the military’s Agent Orange defoliant.
USAID cuts jeopardize Agent Orange cleanup in Vietnam
A multi-year cleanup at a former U.S. air base in Vietnam was abruptly halted when the Trump administration cut funding, leaving tons of dioxin-contaminated soil exposed.
buff.ly
March 20, 2025 at 1:01 PM
At a former American air base in southern Vietnam, work abruptly stopped last month on efforts to clean up tons of soil contaminated with deadly dioxin from the military’s Agent Orange defoliant.
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Meta trained their AI on papers I've written, but only the bad ones.
The Unbelievable Scale of AI’s Pirated-Books Problem
Meta pirated millions of books to train its AI. Search through them here.
www.theatlantic.com
March 20, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Meta trained their AI on papers I've written, but only the bad ones.
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