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Indian tricolor flying over the Rhode Island State House. (Yesterday was Indian independence day, and there was a gathering in front of the state house.) Didn't get to see whether the other dome was flying the PK flag. (-:

That feeling when you’ve got twice the number of followers on the fediverse as the closed-source VC-funded European social network being peddled by the EU Commission has accounts.
Hey, @…, y’all are so incompetent you can’t even do evil right.
Muppets.
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Elena Rossini on GoToSocial ⁂ (@elena@aseachange.com)
[1 media attachment] Good morning Fedi friends. Is anybody curious about how the #WSocial experiment is going? You know, the private, for profit "European answer to X" endorsed by the European Commission, which is a fork of Bluesky and has quietly gone closed-source before its beta launch (à la #TruthSocial)? I've got numbers for you! Nearly two months in, W Social has almost the same number of accounts as #Eurosky... You know, the European fork of Bluesky that does NOT require government …

Filings: Meta reduced its $65M midterms budget by $25M through refunds, primarily from a super PAC it launched in 2025 with $45M to fight state AI bills (Theodore Schleifer/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/technology/meta-midterms-funding.html

Meta Withdraws $25 Million from Its Midterms Push
The company outlined a $65 million budget last year when it embarked on an effort to elect state politicians friendly to the A.I. industry.

Rubio nodded to the fact that
Katie Miller's husband,
deputy White House chief of staff Stephen Miller,
has the portfolio overseeing UAPs (Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena).
"I don't know who it is. I don't know what it is. But there are things flying over our military installation, and they're not ours, and we should look into this," Rubio said.
Rubio said there was a political benefit to talking about it when he was a senator becaus…

Greatest hits from Rubio's head-turning podcast interview
Katie Miller's show is the Trump administration's go-to new media outlet where officials talk at length in a friendly setting.

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There have been recent projects by Historic England and Museum of London Archaeology #MOLA to record historic #ghostsigns Here is an example of a more contemporary one. Presumably John Lewis are no longer "at home"?

One of the best humans I know is a disabled musician who cannot afford the materials to build a vocal booth. Please consider helping him build one so he can finish his vocals at home.
More details about the project and him are at: https://gofund.me/7c7c0d557

our regular pub (owned and run by old friends) was flying a huge trans pride flag over the bar earlier this year; tonight i noticed they have changed the toilet signage in way that tells terfs to fuck off in an elegantly ronseal manner

Grad die erste Folge LOL next geschaut. Viel Fremdschämen, kein einziges Mal gelacht.
#lolnext

The Flying RuNR
The show captures the thrill of running and the friendships it creates. From race recaps and inspiring athlete interviews to personal stories, it's all about the bonds formed on the road...
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