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National Guard, working within a federal task force, have now shot and killed a civilian in Tennessee.
Military under federal guidance killing Americans on the streets: where we now are in the democracy backslide/authoritarian takeover attempt we all now face.
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National Guard members in Memphis fatally shoot man during pursuit
Tennessee National Guard members assigned to a crime-fighting patrol in Memphis fatally shot a man who turned toward the soldiers with a gun during a downtown pursuit. The Memphis Police Department said Sunday the federal troops and police were responding to a report of gunfire around 4 a.m. National Guard spokesperson Lt. Col. Darrin Haas says the guardsmen were deployed as part of the Trump administration's federal crackdown on crime. He adds that the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is revi…

Paw patrol: Mexico debuts tiniest national guard recruit | Mexico | The Guardian
#DogsOfMastodon
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/03/mexico-…

Paw patrol: Mexico debuts tiniest national guard recruit
Chihuahua Comando is being trained for search-and-rescue work, and helping bring a warm connection with the public

russia importing fuel from South Korea...
Ukraine attacs on russian petroleum infrastructure were effective
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/06/oil-tankers-south-korea-russia-ukraine-war

Fuel from South Korea being shipped to Russia as Ukraine war grinds on
Exclusive: Guardian analysis finds more than 150,000 tonnes of fuel was shipped to Russian ports in July and August, some using sanctioned tankers

High-mileage electric cars are more reliable than petrol ones, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/22/high-mileage-used-electric-cars-reliable-petrol-ev-mot

Enforcing artificial scarcity when we finally have the technological capability to become post-scarcity is what’s leading us into a future of true scarcity.
And if you think artificial scarcity is bad; wait till you experience true scarcity. It’s not going to be fun. You think the petrol wars are bad? Wait till the water wars.
All easily avoidable. But we’d clearly rather have billionaires than a sustainable future.

When reporter Max Blumenthal went to a cafe in Tehran one night a few weeks ago to upload videos from his reporting on the funeral of Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei,
he began seeing social media posts from Trump ally Laura Loomer targeting him,
including one that suggested he should be “taken off the plane by US Marshalls when he lands back in the US … [and] detained”.
“I began to prepare myself for being harassed on my return,” Blumenthal said.
Effectively, that’…

US reporter fighting back after border patrol seized his cellphones
Max Blumenthal says he was singled out at airport after Trump ally Laura Loomer targeted him in online posts

"Lots and lots of things scare me but you just get on with it. Fright can transform into petrol, you just have to use it to your advantage."
—Judi Dench
#acting #coaching #inspiration

Oil stocks in US Strategic Petroleum Reserve fall by 3.7 million barrels to their lowest level since 1982.
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/oil-stocks-us-strategic-petroleum-reserve-fall-by-37-million-barre…

Motorists buying a secondhand car with a lot of miles on the clock
are likely to find an electric vehicle (EV) ultimately more reliable than a petrol vehicle, according to a study.
An analysis of 47.4m MOT tests found that after cars were driven 90,000 to 120,000 miles,
EVs were about 25% less likely to fail than petrol models of the same age
(based on a failure rate of 16.5% versus 22.1%).
Beyond 120,000 miles, 16% of EVs failed, compared with 23.5% of petrol c…

High-mileage electric cars are more reliable than petrol ones, study finds
EVs with 90,000 to 120,000 miles on the clock are more likely to pass MOTs than petrol models of the same age

Dashcam video shows Eugene Oregon police officer Lahm and another officer leading a handcuffed Commandest to the front of the patrol car when he began pulling away from the officers who were holding each of his arms.
Lahm responds by punching the handcuffed man several times in the face before pulling out his Taser and pressing it against Commandest’s right side of the body, discharging it twice for several seconds.
Commandest responds by screaming out in pain
“I asked Comma…

‘Abuse of Power’: Ex-Oregon Cop Caught Punching and Tasing Handcuffed Man on Camera Now Wants ...
An Oregon cop who punched and tasered a handcuffed man, leading to his forced termination and a lawsuit against him is insisting the city pay