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Hacktivist deletes white supremacist websites live on stage during hacker conference (techcrunch.com)

Community iconc/technology@lemmy.world by
fartington@piefed.social
2 weeks ago
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This is Jehan Pages, the top developer behind GIMP, a free open source photo editor. Adobe executives hate Jehan. Because of his hard work, Adobe lost millions of dollars

Community iconc/pics@lemmy.world by
vanillan@lemmy.world
a week ago
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technical debt

Community iconc/programmer_humor@programming.dev by
not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone
3 weeks ago

https://mastodon.social/@pierstoval/111133315182556286

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Bandcamp bans purely AI-generated music from its platform (arstechnica.com)

Community iconc/technology@lemmy.world by
kinther@lemmy.world
a week ago
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Vienam Bans Unskippable Ads, Requires Skip Button to Appear After 5 Seconds - Saigoneer (saigoneer.com)

Community iconc/technology@lemmy.world by
ByteOnBikes@discuss.online
2 weeks ago

As Phụ Nữ reports, Vietnam recently announced Decree No. 342, which details a number of provisions to the national Advertising Law, due to take effect from February 15, 2026. The adjustments are expected to place stricter control on Vietnam’s online advertising activities to protect consumers and curb illegal ads.

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We all watched ICE walk up to her window, pulled out his gun and shot her point blank in the face

Community iconc/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works by
ByteOnBikes@discuss.online
a week ago

https://xcancel.com/queenie4rmnola/status/2009010922816483621#m

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we should

Community iconc/politicalhumor@lemmy.world by
Hofmaimaier@feddit.org
3 days ago
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Self-hosting in 2026 isn't about privacy anymore - it's about building resistance infrastructure

Community iconc/selfhosted@lemmy.world by
h333d@lemmy.world
a week ago

I used to self-host because I liked tinkering. I worked tech support for a municipal fiber network, I ran Arch, I enjoyed the control. The privacy stuff was a nice bonus but honestly it was mostly about having my own playground. That changed this week when I watched ICE murder a woman sitting in her car. Before you roll your eyes about this getting political - stay with me, because this is directly about the infrastructure we're all running in our homelabs. Here's what happened: A woman was reduced to a data point in a database - threat assessment score, deportation priority level, case number - and then she was killed. Not by some rogue actor, but by a system functioning exactly as designed. And that system? Built on infrastructure provided by the same tech companies most of us used to rely on before we started self-hosting. Every service you don't self-host is a data point feeding the machine. Google knows your location history, your contacts, your communications. Microsoft has your documents and your calendar. Apple has your photos and your biometrics. And when the government comes knocking - and they are knocking, right now, today - these companies will hand it over. They have to. It's baked into the infrastructure. Individual privacy is a losing game. You can't opt-out of surveillance when participation in society requires using their platforms. But here's what you can do: build parallel infrastructure that doesn't feed their systems at all. When you run Nextcloud, you're not just protecting your files from Google - you're creating a node in a network they can't access. When you run Vaultwarden, your passwords aren't sitting in a database that can be subpoenaed. When you run Jellyfin, your viewing habits aren't being sold to data brokers who sell to ICE. I watched my local municipal fiber network get acquired by TELUS. I watched a piece of community infrastructure get absorbed into the corporate extraction machine. That's when I realized: we can't rely on existing institutions to protect us. We have to build our own. This isn't about being a prepper or going off-grid. This is about building infrastructure that operates on fundamentally different principles:

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Turntable!

Community iconc/politicalhumor@lemmy.world by
Hofmaimaier@feddit.org
3 days ago
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ICE Shoots Minneapolis Observer in the head (mprnews.org)

Community iconc/news@lemmy.world by
BonkTheAnnoyed@lemmy.blahaj.zone
2 weeks ago

I don't even know what else to add to this headline. This is so fucked up and tragic scary and infuriating and it will in no way slow the resistance.

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Whistleblower drops 'largest ever' ICE leak to unmask agents: 'The last straw' (rawstory.com)

Community iconc/news@lemmy.world by
ByteOnBikes@discuss.online
a week ago

“It is a sign that people aren’t happy within the U.S. government, clearly. The shooting [of Good] was the last straw for many people," Dominick Skinner, ICE list founder, told The Beast.

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try it. just a little taste.

Community iconc/comicstrips@lemmy.world by
ComradeSharkfucker@lemmy.ml
a week ago

Trust me

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Windows 7

Community iconc/programmer_humor@programming.dev by
Maven (famous)@piefed.zip
a week ago
Windows 7
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It's a great day to delete your X account(s)

Community iconc/buyeuropean@feddit.uk by
Europellinore@europe.pub
a week ago

Also, don’t leave your account unused, delete it. User and follower numbers count.

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Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai are cowards - X’s deepfake porn feature clearly violates app store guidelines. Why won’t Apple and Google pull it? (theverge.com)

Community iconc/technology@lemmy.world by
Sahwa@reddthat.com
a week ago
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Weekend

Community iconc/comicstrips@lemmy.world by
MyCatIsDumb@lemmy.world
a week ago
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Getty photographer throwing his camera to another photographer while being tackled in Minneapolis (USA) to prevent confiscation.

Community iconc/pics@lemmy.world by
Novi Sad@feddit.org
4 days ago

Source

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Still no flying cars

Community iconc/comicstrips@lemmy.world by
prafeuriz@sh.itjust.works
2 weeks ago
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AOC Slams Operation To Capture Maduro: 'It's About Oil And Regime Change' (latintimes.com)

Community iconc/news@lemmy.world by
Sahwa@reddthat.com
2 weeks ago

"It's not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn't have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month. It's about oil and regime change. And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn't. Especially to distract from Epstein + skyrocketing healthcare costs," she claimed in a social media publication.

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Nearly all of Spotify has been scraped and is available via torrents (soundguys.com)

Community iconc/technology@lemmy.world by
commander@lemmy.world
3 weeks ago
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Rich people are a threat for democracy, Oxfam finds (euobserver.com)

Community iconc/world@lemmy.world by
schizoidman@lemmy.zip
2 days ago

cross-posted from : https://lemmy.zip/post/57305272

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We Need to Stick Together!

Community iconc/buyeuropean@feddit.uk by
Sunshine (she/her)@piefed.ca
2 weeks ago
The EU stands strong amongst the giants of the US and China
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Gov. Tim Walz encourages Minnesotans to film ICE agents for future prosecutions (minnesotareformer.com)

Community iconc/news@lemmy.world by
gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world
5 days ago

Archived at https://archive.ph/Qmuse

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Insider trading, but make it worse

Community iconc/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world by
andros_rex@lemmy.world
2 weeks ago
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Jeff Bezos said the quiet part out loud — hopes that you'll give up your PC to rent one from the cloud (windowscentral.com)

Community iconc/technology@lemmy.world by
mesa@piefed.social
a week ago

A few years ago, Amazon chairman Jeff Bezos revealed how he thinks of local PC hardware as antiquated, ready to be replaced by cloud options from companies like AWS and Azure.

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An old and obvious pattern

Community iconc/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works by
CaptDust@sh.itjust.works
2 weeks ago

Source: https://bsky.app/profile/petebuttigieg.bsky.social/post/3mbjvkcjyhs2i

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Renee Good Not an Activist, Had Just Dropped Son at School (mediaite.com)

Community iconc/news@lemmy.world by
Redditsux@lemmy.world
a week ago
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Disney deleted a Thread because people kept putting anti-fascist quotes from its movies in the replies (theverge.com)

Community iconc/nottheonion@lemmy.world by
ByteOnBikes@discuss.online
3 days ago

”Share a Disney quote that sums up how you’re feeling right now!”

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I just want healthcare

Community iconc/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works by
ByteOnBikes@discuss.online
2 weeks ago
73
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Killswitch Engineer

Community iconc/programmer_humor@programming.dev by
fubarx@lemmy.world
3 weeks ago
81
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More Shocking Footage Shows Federal Agents Raiding Minneapolis High School, Handcuffing Staff (commondreams.org)

Community iconc/news@lemmy.world by
floofloof@lemmy.ca
a week ago

cross-posted from: https://news.abolish.capital/post/18266

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Thomas rule

Community iconc/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone by
flamingos-cant (hopepunk arc)@feddit.uk
3 weeks ago
Screenshot of a Gamesradar article headline by Dustin Bailey, 'Modder who first put Thomas the Tank Engine into Skyrim flips the bird at the lawyers, does it again in Morrowind: "I fundamentally do not view toy company CEOs or media CEOs as people"'

Article

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Microsoft Office has been renamed to “Microsoft 365 Copilot app”

Community iconc/technology@lemmy.world by
fossilesque@mander.xyz
2 weeks ago

https://www.office.com/

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"Microslop" trends in backlash to Microsoft's AI obsession

"Microslop" trends in backlash to Microsoft's AI obsession (windowscentral.com)

Community iconc/technology@lemmy.world by
bwhough@fedia.io
2 weeks ago

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella penned an AI-heavy blog post to close out 2025, leading to widespread mockery and a brand new moniker for the big M.

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Volkswagen shifts back to physical buttons on dashboards (semafor.com)

Community iconc/world@lemmy.world by
HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works
2 weeks ago

Volkswagen will restore physical buttons to the dashboard in its latest compact car, part of a wider move away from touchscreens.

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Poor representation

Community iconc/comicstrips@lemmy.world by
The Picard Maneuver@piefed.world
6 days ago
94
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What if the Internet Goes Down? - 15 Jan, 7PM CET

Community iconc/technology@lemmy.world by
chobeat@lemmy.ml
a week ago
276
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Dropkick Murphys' Unveil Anti-ICE Song: "Too Scared to Join the Military, Too Dumb to Be a Cop" (consequence.net)

Community iconc/politics@lemmy.world by
return2ozma@lemmy.world
6 days ago
54
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Dell says the quiet part out loud: Consumers don't actually care about AI PCs — "AI probably confuses them more than it helps them" (windowscentral.com)

Community iconc/technology@lemmy.world by
Sahwa@reddthat.com
a week ago
134
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recycle

Community iconc/comicstrips@lemmy.world by
Deceptichum@quokk.au
3 weeks ago
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75% of Americans oppose US attempting to take control of Greenland, CNN poll finds (edition.cnn.com)

Community iconc/world@lemmy.world by
perestroika@slrpnk.net
4 days ago

Summary: Republicans are 50/50, everyone else is strongly opposed.

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‘I don’t think we should have billionaires’: mayor Zohran Mamdani in his own words (theguardian.com)

Community iconc/politics@lemmy.world by
Yawweee877h444@lemmy.world
2 weeks ago
109
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Jesus H. Christ

Community iconc/comicstrips@lemmy.world by
ComradeSharkfucker@lemmy.ml
4 days ago
130
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The Epstein files were heavily redacted.

Community iconc/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works by
ByteOnBikes@discuss.online
2 weeks ago

https://xcancel.com/AOC/status/2007472955882692798#m

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safe as fuck

Community iconc/programmer_humor@programming.dev by
Hofmaimaier@feddit.org
2 weeks ago
42
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a bit of advice

Community iconc/programmer_humor@programming.dev by
QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works
4 days ago
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American actor George Clooney and his family are granted French citizenship. Clooney previously said that 'his children have a better life in France than in the United States.' (apnews.com)

Community iconc/world@lemmy.world by
Puddinghelmet@lemmy.world
3 weeks ago

The Hollywood actor is a prominent donor to the Democratic Party in the United States. In recent years, that has regularly led to criticism from President Trump, who has called him a “second-rate movie star,” among other things. According to Clooney, it didn’t bother him much. “It’s not my job to keep the President of the United States happy.”

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PC Gamers Abandoning Windows 11 for Linux with Higher FPS & Fewer Interruptions (geeky-gadgets.com)

Community iconc/pcgaming@lemmy.ca by
alessandro@lemmy.ca
3 days ago
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1.0k
Ubisoft Closes Canadian Studio After It Unionizes

Ubisoft Closes Canadian Studio After It Unionizes (dualshockers.com)

Community iconc/games@lemmy.world by
Chloé 🥕@lemmy.blahaj.zone
2 weeks ago

Ubisoft's first North American union, located at their Halifax, Nova Scotia studio, was certified on December 18th, 2025. Now, not even a full 30 days later, Ubisoft Halifax is closing.

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China says it cannot accept countries acting as 'world judge' after US captures Maduro (reuters.com)

Community iconc/world@lemmy.world by
MicroWave@lemmy.world
2 weeks ago

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Beijing cannot accept any country acting as the "world's judge" after the United States captured Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro.

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YSK that no proof of United States citizenship, no matter how valid, guarantees protection when ICE decides you look like an immigrant. (twincities.com)

Community iconc/youshouldknow@lemmy.world by
destructdisc@lemmy.world
3 days ago
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The Rollercoaster

Community iconc/comicstrips@lemmy.world by
Laguriz@piefed.social
a week ago
32
993

Bedtime

Community iconc/cat@lemmy.world by
ickplant@lemmy.world
a week ago
79
987

1312

Community iconc/comicstrips@lemmy.world by
MyCatIsDumb@lemmy.world
a week ago
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Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney argues banning Twitter over its ability to AI-generate pornographic images of minors is just 'gatekeepers' attempting to 'censor all of their political opponents' (pcgamer.com)

Community iconc/technology@lemmy.world by
This is fine🔥🐶☕🔥@lemmy.world
a week ago
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As Minneapolis shooting stirs fears of state violence, several Black Panther Party members made their presence known in Philly (inquirer.com)

Community iconc/politics@lemmy.world by
slothrop@lemmy.ca
a week ago
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BREAKING: Death toll from US operation in Venezuela has risen to 80, according to New York Times report. (nytimes.com)

Community iconc/world@lemmy.world by
Clot@lemmy.zip
2 weeks ago
360
973

Linux Rules

Community iconc/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone by
Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone
2 weeks ago

Shamelessly stolen from you know where

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90's

Community iconc/comicstrips@lemmy.world by
lawrence@lemmy.world
a week ago

source: https://www.threads.com/@andybabbitz

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'Microslop' is heading for Edge – major browser redesign is inspired by Copilot, and it's already seriously unpopular (techradar.com)

Community iconc/technology@lemmy.world by
Sahwa@reddthat.com
2 weeks ago
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convicted murder

Community iconc/comicstrips@lemmy.world by
Hofmaimaier@feddit.org
3 weeks ago

Oglaf

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Grok backfiring is always so entertaining

Community iconc/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works by
ComradeSharkfucker@lemmy.ml
2 weeks ago
42
953

BentoPDF is a self hostable, privacy first PDF Toolkit

Community iconc/selfhosted@lemmy.world by
alam@lemmy.world
3 weeks ago

Hi folks!

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Wine 11 runs Windows apps in Linux and macOS better than ever (theregister.com)

Community iconc/technology@lemmy.world by
Lee Duna@lemmy.nz
5 days ago
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[@alexkrokus] Elders

Community iconc/comicstrips@lemmy.world by
Sine_Fine_Belli@lemmy.world
a week ago

cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/c/nonpolitical_comics/p/1654790/alexkrokus-elders

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ICE shooting comes after bombshell probe finds new recruits 'can barely read or write' (rawstory.com)

Community iconc/politics@lemmy.world by
Redditsux@lemmy.world
a week ago
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Woman killed by ICE agent in Minneapolis was a mother of 3, poet and new to the city (apnews.com)

Community iconc/news@lemmy.world by
MicroWave@lemmy.world
a week ago

The woman shot and killed by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis on Wednesday was Renee Nicole Macklin Good, a 37-year-old mother of three who had recently moved to Minnesota.

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Woman alarmed after being asked to leave Conservative town hall over T-shirt

Community iconc/shirtsthatgohard@lemmy.world by
slothrop@lemmy.ca
3 days ago

Woman alarmed after being asked to leave Conservative town hall over T-shirt

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Quick rule of thumb

Community iconc/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works by
Stamets@lemmy.dbzer0.com
3 weeks ago
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Murder-Hungry

Community iconc/comicstrips@lemmy.world by
bruzq@piefed.social
2 weeks ago
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US of A

Community iconc/comicstrips@lemmy.world by
TribblesBestFriend@startrek.website
2 weeks ago

Found on BlueSky

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is this real?

Community iconc/funny@sh.itjust.works by
ooli3@sopuli.xyz
3 weeks ago
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Microsoft CEO wants you to stop calling AI "slop" in 2026 (windowscentral.com)

Community iconc/nottheonion@lemmy.world by
ByteOnBikes@discuss.online
2 weeks ago
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TIL: People in Georgia (the country) have been protesting every day for over 400 days (bsky.app)

Community iconc/til@lemmy.world by
BoycottTwitter@lemmy.zip
a week ago

People in Georgia have been protesting everyday for over a year (406+ days) but for whatever reason it's not currently getting much media coverage likely because the media tends to not report on reoccurring protests.

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Nearly all Epstein files still unreleased a month after Congress deadline (theguardian.com)

Community iconc/news@lemmy.world by
HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works
2 days ago

The law was clear: Donald Trump’s Department of Justice was required to disclose all investigative files on Jeffrey Epstein by 19 December 2025, with rare exceptions.

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Justice Department Says Filming Immigration Raids Is 'Domestic Terrorism' (reason.com)

Community iconc/news@lemmy.world by
floofloof@lemmy.ca
3 weeks ago
140
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Black Panther watching their neighborhood in Philly

Community iconc/politicalhumor@lemmy.world by
Hofmaimaier@feddit.org
4 days ago
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Librarians Are Tired of Being Accused of Hiding Secret Books That Were Made Up by AI (gizmodo.com)

Community iconc/technology@lemmy.world by
jandoenermann@feddit.org
3 weeks ago
140
915
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This photo was taken at the White House Protest against the current American Venezuela War

Community iconc/pics@lemmy.world by
SineFineBelli@ani.social
2 weeks ago
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Free for all at ICE! No background checks!

Community iconc/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works by
ByteOnBikes@discuss.online
a week ago

Source: https://xcancel.com/JeremiahDJohns/status/2011122305439596723

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why?

Community iconc/comicstrips@lemmy.world by
Hofmaimaier@feddit.org
a week ago
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ICE officer who fatally shot woman in Minneapolis identified (ktvu.com)

Community iconc/news@lemmy.world by
Stamau123@lemmy.world
a week ago
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me_irl

c/me_irl@lemmy.world by
Hofmaimaier@feddit.org
3 weeks ago
60
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Peace prize

Community iconc/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works by
rabber@lemmy.ca
a day ago
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US justice department has released less than 1% of Epstein files, filing reveals (theguardian.com)

Community iconc/news@lemmy.world by
HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works
2 weeks ago

The Department of Justice has released less than 1% of the so-called Epstein files, a court filing has revealed, as Democrats step up criticism of the Trump administration’s “lawlessness” for keeping records under seal.

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Embarassing rule

Community iconc/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone by
Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
2 days ago
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Over 200,000 Danish citizens Sign Petition to ‘Buy’ California From U.S After Greenland Dispute (thedefensenews.com)

Community iconc/news@lemmy.world by
HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works
2 days ago

*UPDATE -- I found the original website and it's even better than we thought.*

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monrule doctrine

Community iconc/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone by
irelephant [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.com
2 weeks ago
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Tough economic times ahead

Community iconc/funny@sh.itjust.works by
ooli3@sopuli.xyz
3 weeks ago
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Payment

Community iconc/comicstrips@lemmy.world by
lawrence@lemmy.world
a week ago

source: https://www.puddlemunch.com/

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Chef's Surprise

Community iconc/comicstrips@lemmy.world by
obladee@sh.itjust.works
3 weeks ago
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After 40, we just don't sleep

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a week ago
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