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staplefunk.bsky.social
@staplefunk.bsky.social
SE Pennsylvanian
Wannabe kiwi 🇳🇿
"Bitter? No...I'm not bitter."
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1/ Collective punishment of tens of thousands of vetted Afghan partners won’t prevent radicalization. But it will guarantee fewer allies, more enemies, and higher risks for U.S. troops the next time we deploy.

www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
Opinion | The Ambush on the National Guard
The alleged shooting by an Afghan ‘partner’ shouldn’t condemn all who assisted the U.S. and now live here.
www.wsj.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Ukraine struck 39 energy infrastructure targets across Russia in 55 days including 12 power plants and 27 substations, with recent focus shifting to 15 objects in occupied territories including three power stations in Donetsk, Luhansk oblasts and Crimea, OSINT researchers Oko Hora reported.
November 28, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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APOLLO: “.. Data from the Census Bureau and Ramp shows that AI adoption rates are starting to flatten out across all firm sizes.”
November 28, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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In case anyone thinks this will only affect the US, Musk is also a public supporter of the far right in Germany and the UK, so it will have a bearing on upcoming elections in both countries.

Source: www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Small changes to ‘for you’ feed on X can rapidly increase political polarisation
Study finds that a week of political content can bring about a shift in views that previously would have taken three years
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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According to a study published this week in the journal Science:
November 28, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Why Elon Musk purchased Twitter :
November 28, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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JWST NIRCam image of Arp 142, also known as NGC 2936 and NGC 2937, or the Penguin and the Egg.

In this wide view, we see the Penguin and the Egg galaxies, a foreground edge-on spiral, and a large number of distant galaxies.

Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI
Source
November 28, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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Except that’s what everyone on the right was doing before we learned it was the Trump admin that granted him asylum - and most are still doing it. If only Republicans would blame the shooters more often instead of trying to use deranged acts by individuals for political gain.
November 28, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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Trump calls Tim Walz “seriously retarded”
November 28, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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President Trump said his administration will work to permanently pause migration from all ‘Third World Countries’ to allow the US system to fully recover reut.rs/3KskKAI
Trump says US will permanently pause migration from 'Third World Countries'
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said his administration will work to permanently pause migration from all "Third World Countries" to allow the U.S. system to fully recover.
reut.rs
November 28, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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November 28, 2025 at 5:58 AM
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Jesus died for nothing.
November 28, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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Russia lost human spaceflight capability for the first time since 1961 after Baikonur launch pad damage, with Soyuz MS-28 missions postponed indefinitely, Roscosmos confirms.
November 28, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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Share Of Households Participating in SNAP (Food Stamps) By U.S. Congressional House District

Ranked from high to low: brilliantmaps.com/snap-food...
November 28, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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The Belgium PM is too stupid/corrupt to know that an objective of the "peace deal" is to derail efforts to use Russian frozen assets.
November 28, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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🇪🇺🇧🇪 The EU is questioning Belgium over opaque use of taxes generated from frozen Russian assets, demanding clarity on whether those funds are reaching Ukraine, as promised. Diplomats worry Belgium may be keeping the money for itself, rather than forwarding all proceeds to Kyiv.
November 28, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Russians have begun destroying anti-drone corridors along logistics routes.
November 28, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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AstroBin's Image of the Day: "LDN1622" by 盘尼西林Peniciliao

www.astrobin.com/z7expt/

#astrophotography
November 28, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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HONG KONG (AP) - Hong Kong authorities say death toll in apartment complex blaze rises to 128 after more bodies found.

@apnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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The Integral Sign Galaxy UGC 3697, about 159 million light years away. UGC 3714 and PGC 20412 are below it, and UGC 3701 above.
#astrophotography #seestar #ugc3697
November 28, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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At Roskosmos space facility our rocket suffered a rapid, unscheduled disassembly that was part of the plan
November 28, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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OTD in 1943 at the Tehran conference USSR reaffirmed Iranian independence and promised to remove troops as per treaty the of 1942 once war was over.

Can you guess what happened once war was over?
November 28, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.

This is the power of vaccines.

The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.

Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
newsGP - Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain ‘instrumental’ in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.
www1.racgp.org.au
November 27, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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"President Putin of Russia on Thursday defended President Trump’s special envoy against accusations of pro-Kremlin bias, calling him “an intelligent man” who is properly representing the position of his country and leader." For sure, Vlad.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/w...
Putin Defends Witkoff Against Accusations of Pro-Russia Bias
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:40 PM