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Today I learned 4 months ago • mastodon (AP)

TIL about the White Revolution, a sweeping -- and mostly successful -- program to modernize Iran. One element of it ended feudalism and gave farms to the farmers, but many of them ended up worse off than they were under feudalism. This caused a domino effect that led to the Islamic Revolution.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Revolution
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1edlhat/til_about_the_white_revolution_a_sweeping_and/

#TIL #todayilearned

Mock Paper Scissors 4 months ago • wordpress (AP)

Vice President Kamala Harris, peeking out from behind a royal blue curtain with a devilish smile on her face. The meme text reads, “Did somebody say ‘Black Job?’"

H/T Scissorhead D-Cap

I do not know who the Harris campaign has hired for rapid response, but I wouldn’t be surprised if that person should happen to be an OG blogger:

Holy shit, the Harris campaign is on fire! pic.twitter.com/cQRlFt54Bq

— Ricky Davila (@TheRickyDavila) July 27, 2024

That is how it is done. Well-done, in fact.

https://mockpaperscissors.com/2024/07/27/222109/

Excellent Communication!

I do not know who the Harris campaign has hired for rapid response, but I wouldn’t be surprised if that person should happen to be an OG blogger: That is how it is done. Well-done, in fact.

^{Mock Paper Scissors}

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Mayor of Nerdocrumbesia 🏡 4 months ago • mastodon (AP)

I never respond to random texts. However, this time I could not resist. #TrumpCanSuckMyBalls #KHive #Kamala #Vote

Screenshot of a random SMS text that appears to be a poll from "Opinions USA".

The text reads: "On a scale from 1 - 10 (1 being the lowest), how would you rate President Donald Trump? - Opinions USA."

My response is "0" (zero).

No reply back from the other end. I guess they didn't like my opinion of their "president".

#vote #kamala #khive #trumpcansuckmyballs

Europe Says 4 months ago • mastodon (AP)

https://www.europesays.com/1364640/ Echte Spanische Handarbeit #DeutscheMemes #Memes

#memes #deutschememes

Seph :verified: VOTED 4 months ago • mastodon (AP)

Brandi Buchman 4 months ago • mastodon (AP)

Florida DUI mom left crying baby trapped in flipped Jeep after drunken wreck, told witnesses not to call 911: Police

https://lawandcrime.com/crime/florida-dui-mom-left-crying-baby-trapped-in-flipped-jeep-after-drunken-wreck-told-witnesses-not-to-call-911-police/

'Don't call 911': Florida DUI mom left crying baby in flipped Jeep after wreck, police say

A Florida woman did not attempt the rescue of her own child after allegedly crashing her Jeep in a drunken wreck early Thursday morning. Now she is facing child abuse charges and is in jail.

^{Law & Crime}

Europe Says 4 months ago • mastodon (AP)

https://www.europesays.com/1364638/ ich🐱iel #DeutscheMemes #IchIel #Memes #SelbstiesDerSeele

ich🐱iel - EUROPE SAYS

ich🐱iel by UnlimitedDuck

^{EUROPE SAYS (EUROPESAYS.COM)}

#memes #deutschememes #ichiel #selbstiesderseele

Europe Says 4 months ago • mastodon (AP)

https://www.europesays.com/1364635/ Ukrainian drone strikes damage Russian military aircraft and facilities over 1,000 miles from border #ConflictInUkraine #Ukraine #UkraineConflict #Ukrainian #UkrainianConflict

Ukrainian drone strikes damage Russian military aircraft and facilities over 1,000 miles from border - EUROPE SAYS

Ukrainian drone strikes damage Russian military aircraft and facilities over 1,000 miles from border https://uawire.org/ukrainian-drone-strikes-damage-russian-military-aircraft-and-facilities-over-1-000-miles-from-border by Orcasystems99

^{EUROPE SAYS (EUROPESAYS.COM)}

#Ukraine #Ukrainian #UkraineConflict #conflictinukraine #ukrainianconflict

Steve Herman 4 months ago • mastodon (AP)

“Absolutely no evidence” Donald Trump’s ear was hit by “anything other than a bullet,” says Rep. Ronny Jackson, former White House physician.

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James Britt 4 months ago • mastodon (AP)

The bandage is off and HE'S MISSING HALF HIS EAR!!11!

j/k. Not a freakin' scratch.

https://www.tmz.com/2024/07/26/donald-trump-seen-no-bandage-first-time-since-shooting-injury/

Donald Trump Seen Without Bandage For First Time Since Shooting, Seemingly Uninjured

Donald Trump's healing well after the attempt on his life, 'cause he's not wearing the bandage on his ear anymore -- and, frankly ... it's still a bit of a mystery if he got hit at all.

^{TMZ Staff (TMZ)}

Joviko Wi 4 months ago • mastodon (AP)

@jamesbritt
I do feel sorry for the cultists who gave their lives for this WWE-inspired stunt. And their families.

13 days since the incident, totally healed. And his hair, not one strand missing. How remarkable.

@James Britt

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Brian Reiter 4 months ago • mastodon (AP)

why is this news?

taz 4 months ago • mastodon (AP)

Als US-Vizepräsidentin hat Kamala Harris den wirtschaftspolitischen Kurs von Joe Biden gestützt. Im Fall eines Wahlsieges würde sie ihn wohl fortsetzen. https://taz.de/!6023652

Wirtschaftspolitik im US-Wahlkampf: Trump wäre teuer

^taz.de

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Tomi T Ahonen 4 months ago • mastodon (AP)

Notice how crooked and biased the media is. For a year they have pushed OBVIOUSLY FAKE Rasmussen polls (and CNN polls) that suggest Trump somehow has GAINED support after Jan 6 and Espionage-A-Lago and E Jean Carroll and his criminal conviction & somehow is OVER 50% !!!

But NOW, Harris? are SILENT?

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Rose 4 months ago • mastodon (AP)

The polling in France was so persuasive, bolstered as it was by mis-and disinformation, that Macron himself was taken in. I don't believe the polls. I don't believe the lying liars who want to suck out all the hope. When my knees start to wobble, I remind myself that folks far more astute than I failed to read the room because of all the noise, and I grab my walking stick and start back up the hill.

Tomi T Ahonen 4 months ago • mastodon (AP)

I hear you. as a lifetime statistician, forecaster, consultant, pollster and author (and educator) I am ashamed of my industry and how it is failing voters in so many countries. It is charlatans and snake oil salesmen who know better, who use the illusion of truth when they use numbers to deceive

I also provide my analysis of all numbers of all elections and I have always been able to decypher the reality out of them, for good and for bad. So hang in there with me. We will win

Rose 4 months ago • mastodon (AP)

Hell yah. Count me in.

Tomi T Ahonen 4 months ago • mastodon (AP)

BTW Rose, in the last cycle (2020) the pollsters ran fake polls sporadically, and media reported those, but the pollsters corrected towards the election so final polls matched reality. This time they went overboard with that, entertaining us with such lunacy, that Trump who has never gotten to 47% of the vote - somehow after Jan 6 and Espionage-A-Lago and whatnot, is above 50%. That is just absurd. BUT the pollsters knew, if they correct in next three months, their last polls ok

Kevin Leecaster 4 months ago • mastodon (AP)

Starting in 2014 or so, the Kremlin started using social media to impact public opinion.

It's obvious to me that in order to test how much impact their different approaches had they hired polling companies to measure it for them and along the way they also discovered that the mere fact of publishing poll results impacts public opinions.

They have used fake polling to keep their man Trump propped up as a viable candidate imo.

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Tomi T Ahonen 4 months ago • mastodon (AP)

@GreenFire @Originallyrose Kremlin, Putin, yes and now. Bannon with Putin absolutely yes. And Putin of course wants to sow dischord in the West by any means, social media for him is just the latest method. I would not put this on Putin. It is Bannon's 'mind raping' (his words, not mine) via Cambridge Analytica and Facebook that did the damage in 2016. BUT yes, some Moscow funding and KGB brainwashing experts joined Bannon

@Kevin Leecaster @Rose

Kevin Leecaster 4 months ago • mastodon (AP)

I have no doubt that Bannon has been in contact with the Kremlin's agents for decades and decades.

I also suspect that Steve Bannon was involved with the fossil fuel industry, which is what the Kremlin is a member of, for a long time helping them to block climate action by spreading disinformation online even prior to the world wide web.

The same for Roger Stone too btw.

Conspiracy theories though are hard to nail the details down sadly so idk.

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ceeg 4 months ago • mastodon (AP)

got tricked by a members only deal sign and paid $15 for a bag of cherries.... burn it all down 🔥💀😡

Myphatself 4 months ago • mastodon (AP)

cherries are definitely in climate pricing.

Steve Silberman 4 months ago • mastodon (AP)

Ouch.

Angry Staffer @Angry_Staffer
Motion to refer to JD Vance as "Vladimir Futon" from here on out

kkeller 4 months ago • mastodon (AP)

https://whatever.scalzi.com/2024/07/27/reminder-they-actually-are-planning-a-dictatorship/

Reminder: They Actually Are Planning a Dictatorship

I’ve been having as much fun as anyone this week watching Trump and the GOP knocked off-kilter by Kamala Harris’ entrance into the presidential race, and I’m certainly guilty of a…

^Whatever

jamais+37 phil 4 months ago • diaspora

𝕕𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕖𝕒 🏳️‍⚧️🦋

2024-07-27 16:47:10

#capybara

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️ 4 months ago • mastodon (AP)

Trump Tells Christian Supporters: “You Won’t Have to Vote Anymore”
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/07/trump-tells-christian-supporters-you-wont-have-to-vote-anymore/

Trump: “Get out and vote just this time. You won't have to do it anymore. Four more years it will be fixed. It'll be fine. You won't have to vote anymore...In four years you don't have to vote again. We'll have it fixed so good your not gonna have to vote.”

#HeritageFoundation #Project2025 #conservatism #ChristianRight #theocracy #FarRight #fascism #Trump #MAGA #Trumpism

Trump tells Christian supporters: “You won’t have to vote anymore.”

The former president is constantly saying the quiet part out loud.

^{Mother Jones}

#Trump #fascism #farright #MAGA #trumpism #conservatism #HeritageFoundation #theocracy #ChristianRight #project2025

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Solarpapst 4 months ago • mastodon (AP)

"Dass wir es seit Jahrzehnten unterlassen, das Richtige zu tun, ist keine Frage der wissenschaftlichen Kenntnis oder der technischen Möglichkeiten, sondern ist ausschließlich auf unser Wirtschaftssystem zurückzuführen, und sonst nichts."

Prof. Dr. Harald Lesch

Carmen Zedler 4 months ago • mastodon (AP)

und der verwöhnten Bevölkerung, die trotzig auf etwas Verzicht und ein anderes Wirtschaftssystem mit einem „ich will aber nicht, ich war’s ja gar nicht“ reagiert. #klimakatastrophe #tempolimit

#klimakatastrophe #Tempolimit

JamesLonghurst 4 months ago • mastodon (AP)

An absolutely delightful sidepath tag on sale at the usual place, from Cortland, New York -- I'm going to go out on a limb and say something that isn't mentioned on the listing, which is that this is from 1905. In fact seeing this helps explain the shape of a 1906 side path tag that I've been stumped by previously. The price for these, as usual, is more than I'm interested in paying, but it seems as if there is a market for them.

a metal band, meant to be wrapped around a bicycle fork frame, with "Sidepath" and the number 1212 and "Cortland Co" stamped into it. The entire band is cut intot the shape of the numeral 5.

JamesLonghurst 4 months ago • mastodon (AP)

For more sidepath history see chapter 2 of Bike Battles, or

Journal of Policy History , Volume 25 , Issue 4 , October 2013 , pp. 557 - 586

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0898030613000304

The Sidepath Not Taken: Bicycles, Taxes, and the Rhetoric of the Public Good in the 1890s | Journal of Policy History | Cambridge Core

The Sidepath Not Taken: Bicycles, Taxes, and the Rhetoric of the Public Good in the 1890s - Volume 25 Issue 4

^{Cambridge Core}

Joe Wynne 4 months ago • mastodon (AP)

#InsectSaturday

Dragonflies are supreme predators, catching and eating several hundred insects each day, many of which would otherwise annoy you.

💧 They indicate a relatively healthy habitat that can produce enough prey individuals. This one is in area where there are clean quiet waters for their young, surrounded by a protected maritime forest. Easy Street.

Eastern Pondhawk (female) Dragonfly
Sandy Run Park
Nags Head, NC

#OuterBanksNC #OBX #Travel #Nature #NaturePhotography

Dragonfly on Pine tree trunk. The insect is long and bright green with black bands on the tail end.

#nature #travel #naturephotography #insectsaturday #obx #outerbanksnc

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codfather #FBPE 4 months ago • mastodon (AP)

covidsewage 4 months ago • mastodon (AP)

Latest Covid sewage charts for the SF Bay Area https://covid19.sccgov.org/dashboard-wastewater

𝕕𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕖𝕒 🏳️‍⚧️🦋 4 months ago • diaspora

#longcat #caturday #caturdayeveryday

#caturday #caturdayeveryday #longcat

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𝕕𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕖𝕒 🏳️‍⚧️🦋 4 months ago • diaspora

Lawns are the world's largest and most useless irrigated crop

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𝕕𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕖𝕒 🏳️‍⚧️🦋 4 months ago • diaspora

My native grasses are thriving and is filled with amazing pollinators every day. Unlike a lawn, it's beautiful

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Trocatintas 4 months ago • diaspora

And golf courses in drought ridden places like Portugal an Spain...

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𝕕𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕖𝕒 🏳️‍⚧️🦋 4 months ago • diaspora

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𝕕𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕖𝕒 🏳️‍⚧️🦋 4 months ago • diaspora

#notifications

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𝕕𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕖𝕒 🏳️‍⚧️🦋 4 months ago • diaspora

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johanna_van_Gogh-Bonger

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Zwillezwalle 4 months ago • mastodon (AP)

Wenn der Autozulieferer ZF, der Jahrzehnte aufs falsche Pferd gesetzt hat, 14.000 Stellen streichen muss, geht für einige die Hölle auf. Wenn 100.000 Stellen im Solar- und Windenergiesektor abgebaut werden is es nur Marktregulierung.

Georgiann Baldino 4 months ago • mastodon (AP)

“So, the people who know him [JD #Vance] best, the region that knows him best, they like him even less than America likes him,” said Enten.
"Enten added that Vance is 'historically unpopular' as a vice presidential candidate coming out of his first convention."

Huff Post reports on CNN data https://www.yahoo.com/news/cnn-data-reporter-draws-absolutely-072859434.html

CNN Data Reporter Draws Absolutely Brutal Conclusion Over 1 Detail In JD Vance Polling

Harry Enten also examined the effect the “historically unpopular” vice presidential candidate may have on Donald Trump’s campaign.

^{Lee Moran (Yahoo News)}

#vance

ntv Nachrichten ✅ 4 months ago • mastodon (AP)

Asien führe neue Weltordnung: Orban redet Selbstzerstörung Europas herbei https://www.n-tv.de/politik/Viktor-Orban-schiesst-gegen-Europa-und-USA-EU-vor-Selbstzerstoerung-article25119567.html?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=dlvr.it&utm_content=n-tv.de%20-%20Startseite&utm_term=%40ntv%40mstdn.social

Viktor Orban schießt gegen Europa und USA: EU vor Selbstzerstörung

Ungarns Regierungschef macht ungeniert Stimmung gegen westliche Werte. Die EU ist ihm ein Dorn im Auge. In Rumänien entwirft er seine künftige Weltordnung. Die würde durch asiatische Staaten dominiert.

^{n-tv NACHRICHTEN}

Carmen Zedler 4 months ago • mastodon (AP)

#orban kennt sich offensichtlich mit Selbstzerstörung aus. #ungarn #europa #sanktionen #korruption #Nepotismus #kleptokratie #Putinknecht

#europa #orban #Sanktionen #Ungarn #Korruption #Nepotismus #Putinknecht #kleptokratie

Marcus 4 months ago • mastodon (AP)

Detroit, Michigan, June 2024

#Photography #StreetPhotography #NewTopographics #Detroit

Color photograph looking across an empty concrete lot between two buildings with blank walls at a cute little brick house across the street on the other side of the bloc. The house is nestled in among some trees, looks like it has recently repaired windows and doors. In the middle of the concrete lot there's an orange barrel turned upside down and stuck in a hole

Color photograph looking down a street on a bright sunny day, mostly empty lots on either side with two trees a bit down the way casting very dark shadows, thick power lines strung across the street. There's a car parked on the street further down the block in front of a large white house

Color photograph looking across a wide empty street at a broad tan church building, windows and doors along the street level are all boarded over, and there's somewhat fading handpainted text above the entrance, "New Life M. B. Church of Detroit." The building is right up against the sidewalk and wraps around a corner with an obtuse angle

Color photograph looking at an empty grass-covered lot with a round section of tall thick unmowed grasses in the middle of it on a bright sunny day, the grass around the tall the grass mown in concentric circles around it

#photography #Detroit #streetphotography #newtopographics

Georgiann Baldino 4 months ago • mastodon (AP)

#TrumpCoup

Post by vote-democrat-president-congress:
"Trump tells Christians ‘you won’t have to vote anymore’ if he’s elected.

"2024/07/27: Former President Donald J. Trump at the Turning Point USA Believers Summit in West Palm Beach, Fla., in the closing minutes of his speech to a gathering of religious conservatives on Friday night, former President Donald J. Trump told Christians that if they voted him into office in November, they would never need to vote again."

#trumpcoup

Flaming Cheeto 4 months ago • mastodon (AP)

https://wapo.st/4cWdTsd

U.S. House Republicans are now virtually indistinguishable from state house performance wackos.

You don't get to grab the mic and scream about groomers training Jewish space lasers on Christian homes until you fund the customs office!

Gift Link

𝕕𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕖𝕒 🏳️‍⚧️🦋 4 months ago • diaspora

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicero

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Omar Moore 4 months ago • mastodon (AP)

From VP Kamala Harris on X:

Here’s a link to the video:

https://x.com/kamalaharris/status/1817209185026617839?s=46&t=9Rt-po1fb4U6srDLfMkmJA

LET’S GOOO! TIME FOR US TO ORGANIZE AND WINNN!!!

#Harris2024 #KamalaHarris #Harris #vote #voteblue #usa

#USA #KamalaHarris #vote #Harris #VoteBlue #harris2024

Georgiann Baldino 4 months ago • mastodon (AP)

"UAW president Shawn Fain: 'I truly find it pathetic when I hear #Trump—a scab—talk about how he's going to bring back the auto industry and bring it back fast. When he was president, he didn't do a damn thing to help the auto industry. Plants were closing and left this country, and he did nothing to help it.'”

Video from MSNBC https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/uaw-chief-rips-trump-as-scab-who-didn-t-do-a-damn-thing-for-auto-industry-215786565730?cid

UAW chief rips Trump as 'scab' who 'didn't do a damn thing' for auto industry

UAW president Shawn Fain: "I truly find it pathetic when I hear Trump—a scab—talk about how he's going to bring back the auto industry and bring it back fast. When he was president, he didn't do a damn thing to help the auto industry.

^{MSNBC.com (MSNBC)}

#Trump

RiskMap 4 months ago • mastodon (AP)

⚡️ 🇮🇹 Protesters in Chiomonte, Italy, have besieged the No TAV construction site and invaded the nearby Frejus highway. They launched fireworks and paper bombs against law enforcement officers. https://www.riskmap.com/incidents/2176882/articles/235075812/

Siege of No TAV in Chiomonte, Paper Bombs Against Law Enforcement – Security Risk – RiskMap

Groups of No Tav activists have created a kind of siege of the Chiomonte construction site in the Susa Valley. Some protesters have also invaded...

^{www.riskmap.com}

Mike Sheward 4 months ago • mastodon (AP)

Oh, something I noticed on LinkedIn since the Crowdstrike incident -

There are lots of “security leaders” and similarly titled folk proclaiming the presence of Crowdstrike on all these machines being nothing more than a box-checking compliance exercise. Not sure that’s true, I’ll happily say that Crowdstrike has saved me a few times, and any EDR tool is a pretty essential foundational security control for any org - not just something to keep the auditors happy.

Recency bias is a thing. It was the same with Okta. When you talk about Okta and Crowdstrike these days, the incidents are front and center of mind - not the decades of improving security and preventing incidents that came before them. Worth remembering that.