All you need to know about how bullshit English is is that “eponymous” doesn’t mean “named after a horse.”

SATELLITE LOVERS - SONS OF 1973 (Full Album, 1996) https://youtu.be/tARPWiuCQ6U?si=bFnaqcLYLJI6Oyue @wmnf

✌️ ✌️ ✌️ 🇵🇸 🇵🇸 🇵🇸 #palestine #olympics

How awesome! To have the beautiful backstory makes the performance all the more wonderful.

Honor to the people of France and to the athletes of every nation participating in this year’s Olympic competitions. https://fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/112854607945130180

Meine Lieblings-Position im Betriebssport-Yoga ist ja der herablässig schauende Hund.

The stripped down version of "Mind Games" is an ear worm that will attack your neural net and replicate in your synapses until you're humming it in your sleep.

Click for missing link:
https://youtu.be/KN0iIhjfXbQ?si=DbUOXldaAGtNl_xk

'Tighty-whities in a twist': The View laughs at effect Harris is having on Trump - Raw Story

https://www.rawstory.com/kamala-harris-donald-trump-triggered/

Responding to concerns about his "cat lady" comments, Vance "apologizes" to cats but continues to insist that people who choose not to have children are inferior.

What an amazing celebration of art across the spectrum of dance, music, fashion, and video for the #Olympics2024 ceremony. What an amazing concept to use the river as the centerpiece. Definitely broke out of the stadium presentation model. Fantastic.

She means it too, I can see it in her eyes.

https://www.europesays.com/1362838/ IDF hat seit Kriegsbeginn im Norden 500 Terroristen getötet, sagt ein hochrangiger Offizier #Nachrichten #News #WorldNews

Grabbed myself some #meshtastic hardware. Looks like a neat project! Hopefully it arrives soon.

Here's FBI Director Wray testing the waters for the DOJ's never-ending anti-encryption campaign. They already have the would-be assassin's phone, giving access to conversations and passwords.

https://therecord.media/encrypted-apps-a-challenge-trump-assassination-attempt-wray-fbi

https://www.europesays.com/1362835/ Buttigieg: Trump’s Debate Snub Is An ‘Extraordinary Show Of Weakness’ #Politics #U.S.Politics #UnitedStates

Hello fediverse. Today we federated 63 awesome local publications like @SunSentinel, @Gothamist and @AustinMonitor.

Local news is critical to the communities we live in and so we're excited and grateful to help bring some of the best local publications to the fediverse.

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Now this is disappointing: legendary electronic music composer/producer who made countless groundbreaking albums from the '90s onward insists on performing in Russia despite the war. Then when people (rightly!) call him out on that, he starts whining about it on his website🤷‍♂️:

https://atom-tm.com/blog/2024/07/26/entry-27-statement/

The curious case of 1,400 pieces of African art, once in the possession of Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis and twice ordered to be auctioned off by a judge, took another turn this week.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/court/2024/07/26/494906/auction-of-controversial-african-art-collection-in-houston-again-halted-by-11th-hour-court-filing/

#ArtsCulture #Court #HarrisCounty #Houston #Local #News #AfricanArt #ArtAuctions #Auction #CommissionerRodneyEllis #SamNjunuri #TemporaryRestrainingOrder

Using the river as the centre stage for the opening has been a masterstroke by France

#paris2024

Video game actors strike because they fear an attack of the AI clones

You wouldn't download a performer Actors are back on strike for an entirely unsurprising reason: Studios aren't willing to give video game actors enough protection from artificial intelligence. …
#theregister #IT
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/07/26/hollywood_video_game_strike/

#ClimateEmergency ....and life goes on as usual

Some pretty stunning visuals in the opening ceremonies as night falls in Paris.

i forgot how much I dislike NBC’s Olympics commentary.

Cooles Outfit! #olympics

https://www.europesays.com/1362827/ Carlos Ghosn invité aux JO ?! #france #Memes #rance

Uurggghhhh, dirty old men being dirty old men. I wonder what else he's done has been covered up?
#FrancisFordCoppola

Okay das Metall-Pferd mit Reiter aufm Wasser mit fast unsichtbarem Schwimmkörper ist echt coool gemacht #olympics

There’s a “Super Deluxe Edition” of John Lennon's 1973 album, 'Mind Games', limited to just 1,100 copies for only $1,350. It includes a hologram-engraved EP and I-Ching coins...but it's already sold out.

The six-disc/book version is still available.

If you still want to spend more money, you can buy a Beatles Rubik's cube or Monopoly game at the online #Beatles store.

Tomorrow, Caturday is going to be next level.

#Paris2024 is now trending across Mastodon

Now to get the images off.. this camera doesn’t use any kind of storage card.

The only connection to the outside world is a serial cable… (and it’s not USB)
https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/112853562103619870

Ukraine has sent 1,000 tonnes of wheat to Gaza through Jordan as part of a 7,000-tonne package for the war-battered Palestinian territory.

The shipment, announced by the Ukrainian embassy in Amman, is Kyiv's first participation in the international effort to assist more than two million people struggling with acute shortages of food, water, fuel, medical care and shelter.

#Ukraine #Gaza #Starvation
Ukraine sends wheat to relieve hunger in Gaza | The National
https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2024/07/25/ukraine-sends-wheat-to-relieve-hunger-in-gaza/

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