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[macbill]

The world's oldest solar calendar may have been unearthed in Turkey​

At first glance, the V-shaped symbols carved onto the pillars at Gobekli Tepe — an archaeological site in southern Turkey — don’t look like much compared to the adjacent animal shapes depicting the cycles of the sun and the moon.

But according to researchers, the markings could be evidence of two big findings: The ancient pillar could be the world’s oldest lunisolar calendar, and it may serve as a memorial to a comet strike that hit Earth roughly 13,000 years ago and triggered a mini ice age.

 

[florduh]

Comet Impact Sparked a Massive Change on Earth 13,000 Years Ago

Imagine being a hunter-gatherer nearly 13 thousand years ago.

www.sciencealert.com

After that comet impact 13,000 years ago, humans moved from a mostly hunter-gatherer species, to mostly agricultural.

Prior to the impact, humans lived in a warm Garden of Eden. They could sustain themselves by hunting and gathering. Some studies show hunter gatherers only had to work 24 hours per week to sustain themselves.

After the impact, the climate suddenly became cold and more hostile. Humans had to move to agriculture, civilization, and jobs to sustain themselves.

 

[florduh]

Link: from Axios

Massive drop in violent crime across the nation, as the COVID era crime wave recedes. This is data coming from local law enforcement, not the FBI.

Miami and DC: 29% drop in violent crime

Philadelphia: 41% drop in homicides

Boston: 78% drop in homicides

Omaha: 30% drop in violent crime

Columbus: 41% drop in violent crime

There's no mystery to this. A once in a lifetime global pandemic combined with the weakest social safety nets in the modern world resulted in a temporary crime wave. That wave is now receding.

 

[macbill]

Chicago scientists develop revolutionary cartilage regeneration technology

 

[florduh]

A US Navy carrier strike group equipped with F-35 stealth fighters is rushing to the Middle East along with a submarine packed with Tomahawk missiles

The Pentagon moved additional US military assets to the Middle East amid soaring tensions between Israel and Iran.

www.businessinsider.com

Is US preparing for Israel-Iran war by deploying more ships to Middle East?

As the region anticipates what an Iranian response to Israeli assassinations will be, US moves forces to the region.

www.aljazeera.com

Democratic Voters: If you keep providing weapons to a régime led by a criminal who wants Trump to win, you're risking losing another layup election, destroying the global economy, and plunging the US into a horrific regional war.

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris:

 

[CANtalk]

 

[macbill]

Ha-Ha

Tina Peters found guilty in plot to breach Colorado’s election system to prove voter fraud

A jury has found Tina Peters guilty of seven counts related to a 2021 breach of the Mesa County election system.

coloradosun.com

 

[florduh]

UAW files federal labor complaint against Trump campaign over Elon Musk interview

Union launches assault against Trump campaign over his remarks on striking workers

www.independent.co.uk

People like Trump and Elon need to be reminded that allowing workers to go on strike is for the bosses' benefit. Otherwise, we can go back to the old alternative: workers burning the fucking factory down if the bosses don't meet their demands.

 

[macbill]

Peters vs. Peters: Divorced couple feud over home

Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters is the subject of yet another lawsuit, but this time it’s from her ex-husband, Thomas Peters.

www.gjsentinel.com

 

[florduh]

Capitalism breeds innovation.

The innovation:

My grocery store shopping outfit now:

 

[Cheebsy]

Why is Elon Musk's X struggling with technical problems?

The billionaire's interview with Donald Trump was delayed while the platform struggled with tech issues.

www.bbc.co.uk

Maybe this prick should focus on his platforms stability instead of the UK politics where he's just making a fucking fool of himself again!

 

[florduh]

'Is This a Joke?': Tlaib Blasts Blinken for Geneva Convention Remarks Amid Gaza Carnage | Common Dreams

U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib had harsh words for Secretary of State Antony Blinken as he attempted to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions while enabling what many experts consider to be Israel's genocide in Gaza.

www.commondreams.org

On the same day Antony Blinken celebrates the anniversary of the Geneva Conventions, he also approved $20 billion in weapons for a régime that is currently under investigation for war crimes.

US Approves $20 Billion Weapons Package For Israel

US President Joe Biden's administration on Tuesday approved more than $20 billion in new weapons sales to Israel, brushing aside pressure from rights activists to stop arms deliveries over the death toll in Gaza.

www.barrons.com

Earlier in the week, he also decided to start giving weapons to the 9/11 guys again.

US to resume sales of offensive weapons to Saudi Arabia

Arms supply had been halted over role in Yemen war, but move is sign of hope kingdom can help resolve Gaza conflict

www.theguardian.com

I got a question. Why aren't the IDF and the Saudis ever described as "US backed militants"? Because those two have killed more civilians than Iran or Hezbollah could ever dream of.

The Saudis used US weapons to kill 400,000 Yemenis, 70% of whom were under 5 years old.

 

[florduh]

J.K. Rowling and Elon Musk Named in Cyberbullying Lawsuit Filed by Algerian Boxer Imane Khelif After Olympic Win (EXCLUSIVE)

French authorities have launched an investigation into boxer Imane Khelif's cyberbullying complaint that names J.K. Rowling and Elon Musk.

variety.com

A few weeks ago, ALL of Conservative media on both sides of the Atlantic started attacking Algerian boxer Imane Khelif. Because they thought she was trans.

Why does every hog on Earth believe she's trans? A disgraced Russian boxing org said so. The Russian org had no problem with her competing for several years. Until she beat a Russian boxer. Then they maliciously spread a lie that she's a "biological male".

Like every Conservative moral panic, it only makes sense if you refuse to think about it for longer than 2 seconds. Imane is from a conservative Muslim country. If you believe the Algerian doctors who filled out her birth certificate 30 years ago were doing GENDER IDEOLOGY...you have shit for brains

I hope she fucking sues allllll of these people. Don't forget Pierce Morgan. Pretty sure the UK has some strict libel laws.

 

[macbill]

End Citizens United Files FEC Complaint Against Trump Campaign and X Over Illegal Corporate Contribution - End Citizens United | We the People, Not "We the Wealthy"

End Citizens United filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) today against Donald Trump, Donald J. Trump for President 2024, Inc., and X Corp. (formerly known as Twitter Inc.). The complaint states that the resources X Corp. owner Elon Musk dedicated to hosting Donald Trump...

endcitizensunited.org

 

[Radwin Bodnic]

"French Fox News" looses its broadcasting license over fake news and lack of pluralism during electoral time.

French broadcast regulator makes bold TV licensing decision — but more must be done

On 24 July 2024, French broadcast regulator ARCOM decided to exclude C8, a controversial TV channel owned by the Vivendi media conglomerate, from the list of channels that will receive or renew their broadcast licenses in January 2025. With this decision, ARCOM is curtailing the considerable...

rsf.org

 

[cybrguy]

So the Republicans are gonna now stop buying French fries, and we, the rest of us, need to embrace this example and try and force our government to act similarly in defense of American citizens. It's way past time America went back to recognizing that part of government's responsibility is protecting its citizens from lies and deceptions in the media, whether from politicians, or commercial product vendors making false claims, or from the media itself offering easily identifiable propaganda for its own benefit. Truth in advertising laws. Yeah, we used to have them along with requirements for the media to broadcast public service announcements and the Fairness Doctrine promising the sharing of alternative views.

Fairness Doctrine

Fairness Doctrine.

www.reaganlibrary.gov

 

[florduh]

So the Republicans are gonna now stop buying French fries, and we, the rest of us, need to embrace this example and try and force our government to act similarly in defense of American citizens. It's way past time America went back to recognizing that part of government's responsibility is protecting its citizens from lies and deceptions in the media, whether from politicians, or commercial product vendors making false claims, or from the media itself offering easily identifiable propaganda for its own benefit. Truth in advertising laws. Yeah, we used to have them along with requirements for the media to broadcast public service announcements and the Fairness Doctrine promising the sharing of alternative views.

Fairness Doctrine

Fairness Doctrine.

www.reaganlibrary.gov

I think we should bring back the fairness doctrine. But it won't solve the primary issue we're faced with in the era of 24 hour cable news: Millionaires are paid by billionaires to manufacture consent on behalf of the billionaire class 24/7.

 

[florduh]

Bibi wants Trump to win. There are two options. He either:

Pulls a Reagan 1980 and keeps the slaughter going until Trump wins so Donnie can look like a peacemaker.

Trump, Netanyahu discuss Gaza hostage, ceasefire deals in phone call - report

Washington, Israel's most important ally, has said that a ceasefire in Gaza will reduce the rising threat of a wider war in the Middle East.

www.jpost.com

Kamala supporting an arms embargo to force a permanent ceasefire wins over big percentages of voters in swing States. And loses her virtually no support.

Pledging arms embargo on Israel would help Harris gain more voter support: Poll

Harris' aides previously rejected outright that the vice president would agree to stop sending Israel weapons

www.middleeasteye.net

 

[GetLeft]

...along with requirements for the media to broadcast public service announcements...

The More You Xnow

 

[cybrguy]

The More You Xnow

Right, but no longer mandated and very, very rare. I have seen a couple over the last few years, but I used to see them daily. Those public service requirements put on radio and TV networks was the trade off the government made for letting the networks use the bandwidth for free. If they're not going to provide those services, I don't know why we aren't charging them for it. The networks and the cable companies are surely charging the consumers.

 

[Radwin Bodnic]

Hamas refuses ‘new’ Gaza ceasefire deal as Biden applauds progress

A senior Hamas official on Friday said the group rejected “new conditions” outlined in a Gaza ceasefire plan presented by the United States. US President Joe Biden took a different stance and applauded…

www.france24.com

 

[florduh]

This article is from 12 years ago.

Why Bibi Better Watch Himself

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has never worried much about what foreign dignitaries think of him. Barack Obama is certainly not the first...

slate.com

Bibi has been humiliating literally every Democratic President for my entire life. Though, none so thoroughly as Biden.

I got a question. If Israel is the "only democracy in the Middle East" and the most moral country in the universe, why has this one scumbag from Philly been ruling them for most of my life?

 

[cybrguy]

and the most moral country in the universe

Whoever said this? I can't imagine even Israelis would suggest this.

 

[Grass Yes]

Whoever said this? I can't imagine even Israelis would suggest this.

Israel Is The 'Most Moral Country In The World', UN Ambassador Claims In Dramatic Goodbye Speech

Israel is the "vanguard" of civilisation and "should be praised," Gilad Erdan said.

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

 

[florduh]

Israel Is The 'Most Moral Country In The World', UN Ambassador Claims In Dramatic Goodbye Speech

Israel is the "vanguard" of civilisation and "should be praised," Gilad Erdan said.

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

Gilad Erdan is a literal cartoon character. I can't believe he's a real person.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1823522791783547243

He's also the fucking weirdo who gave me one of my favorite pictures in recent memory: