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Russia appears to have destroyed a UNESCO heritage site in Crimea and turned it into a theatre, shipping some of the items back to Russia:
Tavrian Chersonesus:
New outdoor theatre:
It was an ancient Greek colony in Ukraine, founded around 600 BC.
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Росіяни знищили античний Херсонес і поставили на його місці новобуд
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What's the tl;dr: on Bolivia? I am inexcusably ignorant of South American affairs beyond maybe Brazil and Venezuela.
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Supreme Court says state officials can engage in a little corruption - Vox
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Snyder v. US is the Republican justices’ latest decision weakening anti-corruption laws.QuoteOn a 6-3 party-line vote, the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that state officials may accept "gratuities" from people who wish to reward them for their official actions, despite a federal anti-corruption statute that appears to ban such rewards.
QuoteThe case involves James Snyder, a former mayor who accepted a $13,000 gratuity from a truck company after the city purchased five trash trucks from that company for $1.1 million. Snyder claims that the money was a consulting fee, but federal prosecutors nonetheless charged him with violating an anti-corruption statute.
Snyder turns on a distinction between "bribes" and "gratuities." As Kavanaugh writes, "bribes are payments made or agreed to before an official act in order to influence the official with respect to that future official act." Gratuities, by contrast, "are typically payments made to an official after an official act as a token of appreciation."
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Sounds like North Korea is going to send "advisors/engineers" to Ukraine to help Russia. An engineering and advising team, of some sort, into occupied Donetsk. Precursor to further troop help?
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Biden administration moving towards allowing American military contractors to deploy to Ukraine | CNN Politics
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The Biden administration is moving towards lifting a de facto ban on American military contractors deploying to Ukraine, four US officials familiar with the matter told CNN, to help the country’s military maintain and repair US-provided weapons systems.To be clear, these are traditional contractors (who repair stuff), not mercenaries.
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Unrelated to the election, but funny UK news:
Far-right anti-immigrant man arrested for immigration offenses in different country:
Tommy Robinson arrested in Canada on suspicion of immigration offences
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Robinson, real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, says he has had his passport seized-
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Unconfirmed chatter in Russian channels that they shot down a US drone over the Black Sea that was helping the Ukrainians target ATACMS strikes. Big grain of salt, as that would be a very stupid move.
EDIT - Doesn't seem to be true.
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Death toll from heat at hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia passes 900
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Temperatures hit 51.8°C in Mecca, Islam's holiest city, on Monday, as 1.8 million people took part in the annual pilgrimage.QuoteAn Arab diplomat told Agence France-Presse (AFP) that deaths among Egyptians alone had jumped to "at least 600," from more than 300 a day earlier, mostly from the unforgiving heat. That figure brought the total reported dead so far to 922, according to an AFP tally of figures released by various countries.
QuoteAbout 1.8 million people from all over the world, many old and infirm, took part in the days-long, mostly outdoor pilgrimage, held this year during the oven-like Saudi summer.
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Terrorist attacks today in the Dagestan region of Russia. Two Orthodox churches burnt down, at least one priest killed, and also a synagogue burnt down. 6 police killed and more injured. Terrorists (presumably local nationalist/separatist Islamic) had advanced weapons.
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Elon Musk's Starlink Satellites Could Deplete Earth's Ozone Layer, Study Warns
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The ozone layer in the Earth's atmosphere absorbs harmful ultraviolet radiation from the Sun, which can cause skin cancer on exposure and even disrupt crop yields and food production. -
For consumers, I think Windows 11 on ARM is already fine. The big hurdle, however, is that ARM is still not supported for Enterprise deployment/applications. Until/unless that transition happens, I think it's effectively dead.
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Netherlands and an unnamed country are donating another full Patriot system to Ukraine:
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Ukraine has continued to strike an oil facility or two every few days with long-range drones, usually in the 150-300km range of the border. Last week an oil facility was burning for 3 days straight, and it was thought to have been fuel trucks. Turns out the actual oil storage facility of the port was taken out. So that's one less oil export port for the Azov/Black Seas.
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Russian telegram sources on the front line are complaining that Ukraine now has a 6:1 advantage in FPV drones, mainly because Ukrainian commercial society has shifted to supplying the army, while in Russia it hasn't.
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How much of a prequel is it? Because if it goes back further than when Kirk was born, then wouldn't it also technically be in the "prime" universe?
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US signals that it has expanded policy to allow Ukraine to counterstrike into Russia | CNN Politics
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The US appears to have expanded its agreement with Ukraine to strike over the border inside Russian territory wherever Russian forces are engaging in cross-border attacks into Ukraine, not just in the Kharkiv region as was previously determined.Ukraine may now be able to strike anywhere in Russia as long as Russia is using that area/forces to attack Ukraine.
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Donald Sutherland Dies: Revered Actor In ‘Klute’, ‘Ordinary People’, ‘Hunger Games’ & Scores Of Others Was 88
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Donald Sutherland, the revered actor who starred in scores of films and TV shows, died June 20 in Miami after a long illness. He was 88.QuoteBorn on July 17, 1935, in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, Donald Sutherland amassed some 200 film and TV credits spanning more than 60 years, from guesting on episodes of 1960s series including Suspense, The Avengers, Court Martial and The Odd Man to last year's Paramount+ drama Bass Reeves. His big break in movies came with Robert Aldrich's star-packed 1967 World War II drama The Dirty Dozen, playing Vernon Pinkley opposite Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, George Kennedy, Telly Savalas and others. A hit in theaters, it remains a seminal American war movie.
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Viewing labour as a fluid commodity that can be increased and decreased on a whim for quarterly expenses is a belief rooted in evil.
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18 minutes ago, marioandsonic said:
Yeah.
Shit. Are they providing decent severance? How long have you been with them?
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6 minutes ago, marioandsonic said:
I just found out I'm getting laid off.
I wanna die.
Oh no. Company-wide layoffs?
Favorite BERRY?!?!?!
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Saskatoon Berry, nothing else comes close. In the US it's also sometimes called the Juneberry or Pacific Serviceberry. It's purple and grows in the wild in brush areas on the plains (and in forests), and looks kind of like a Blueberry. But it has a sweeter, mellower flavour that is quite distinct.