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- On Disappointment
Rachel Cooke surveys the perils and pitfalls of dating and argues that kissing a few frogs may not be such a bad thing after all.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001rz18
CNN: ICE launches immigration enforcement campaign in Maine
https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/minnesota-immigration-protests-01-21-2…
You remember the pictures.
The images of tech oligarchs kissing the ring at President Trump’s inauguration were instantly iconic,
markers of a new and rather unnerving era.
But months earlier, Trump made a corrosive pact with another set of moguls,
and that one is already remaking global politics,
wiping out jobs at home and strangling what little hope was left of avoiding a climate disaster.
This one happened behind closed doors.
These moguls wer…
football just like me fr
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Persut haluaa oman ICE:n? Pakkoko kaikki idiotismit on yrittää kopioida?
Sisäministeriö ehdottaa Rajavartiolaitokselle laajoja uusia valtuuksia tarkastaa asiakirjoja, ajoneuvoja ja ihmisiä sisärajoilla ilman rikosepäilyä.
Oikeusministeriö ja Tulli arvostelevat ehdotusta voimakkaasti. Valmistelua tehty salassa.
Rajavalvonta | Tullin pääjohtajalta poikkeuksellinen ulostulo: Ministeriö kajoamassa kevyin perustein perusoikeuksiin
Warning: kissing fascist ass may result in liquid glass.
So my phone tricked me into updating to iOS 26 (nice one, asshats). And wow: it really is a case study in form over function. Gratuitous, meaningless aesthetics and motion. Decoration, not design. “Look what I can do!”
Oh well, if it gets me using my phone less, that’s a good thing, I guess.
But the next time you hear someone from Apple talking about design, please feel free to laugh in their damn faces. What a sad j…
I’m reading Civilization Before Greece and Rome, by H. W. F. Saggs. Published in ‘89 so some interpretations are outdated, but a section on the emergence and rise of the god king in Mesopotamia for instance shows how the evangelical butt kissing of 🍊💩 and their efforts to sanctify him have been a part of human behavior for the past 5KY that we have written records of, and likely for a long while before that. Our constitution tries to buck the trend, but the odds for success look slim.