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florduh
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Sinn Fein eyes historic win in Northern Ireland election
The Irish nationalist party Sinn Fein may be headed for a historic victory in Northern Ireland, which has been led by British unionist parties since it was founded as a state a century ago.
florduh
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Bernie Takes Aim At Microchip Company Giveaways
Sen. Bernie Sanders (Ind.-Vt.) has given his Senate colleagues and President Joe Biden an ultimatum on a proposed $53 billion giveaway [https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4521] to microchip companies: hold a vote on amendments requiring the companies receiving the subsidies...
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Sanders proposed an amendment that would forbid tech companies receiving 53 billion in federal subsidies from union busting or outsourcing jobs overseas. Seems pretty reasonable if they're taking public money. Let's see how the vote went in the Senate today.
Who said bipartisanship is dead in America?
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“Russian ship, GO FUCK YOURSELF"
The Ukrainian military has created an application to show users live updates of just how many Russian soldiers are dying in Ukraine.
The name of the app? “Russian ship, go fuck yourself,” an homage to the famous soldier who said the words to a Russian officer shortly before getting captured.
The app, which the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine created in concert with Alty, a Ukrainian tech company, can be downloaded by looking up Русский корабль иди нах@й, or Ркин, in the app store. The app also includes information about Russian equipment, the military said.
Leonid Goriev, the CEO of Alty, said the company created the app to help bring Ukraine a victory sooner.
“We were inspired by the daily work of the specialists of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, who diligently formulated information on the damage of enemy personnel and the Russian Federation technology in their infographics,” Gorev said in a statement shared by the Ukrainian military. “Therefore, on a volunteer basis, we created a handy app with a set of beautiful widgets to track the occupant's losses and bring our victory closer.”
A spokesperson for Alty confirmed to The Daily Beast the company made the app.
The cheeky app includes instructions for users on how to make the app’s information and latest stats appear on the iPhone’s “Today View” (the side screen with multiple widgets users can access by swiping all the way to the right on the Home Screen) so users don’t even have to click into the app to get the latest information on just how poorly Russia’s military is doing.
The casualties for Russia have been staggering. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization estimated in March that up to 40,000 Russians were killed, captured, missing, or suffering from wounds during just the first months of the war. Overall, approximately 24,700 Russian troops have died since the beginning of the war, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said Thursday.
Although Russian forces have been committing atrocities throughout Ukraine, the Russian military hasn’t been performing very well from an operational standpoint. They’ve been having trouble coordinating plans from the top-down. Russian forces weren’t able to capture Kyiv at the outset of the invasion as planned, and instead were stuck outside the capital without proper sustainment supplies. Eventually, they had to just up and leave because they couldn’t get the job done.
The Ukrainian military has created an application to show users live updates of just how many Russian soldiers are dying in Ukraine.
The name of the app? “Russian ship, go fuck yourself,” an homage to the famous soldier who said the words to a Russian officer shortly before getting captured.
The app, which the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine created in concert with Alty, a Ukrainian tech company, can be downloaded by looking up Русский корабль иди нах@й, or Ркин, in the app store. The app also includes information about Russian equipment, the military said.
Leonid Goriev, the CEO of Alty, said the company created the app to help bring Ukraine a victory sooner.
“We were inspired by the daily work of the specialists of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, who diligently formulated information on the damage of enemy personnel and the Russian Federation technology in their infographics,” Gorev said in a statement shared by the Ukrainian military. “Therefore, on a volunteer basis, we created a handy app with a set of beautiful widgets to track the occupant's losses and bring our victory closer.”
A spokesperson for Alty confirmed to The Daily Beast the company made the app.
The cheeky app includes instructions for users on how to make the app’s information and latest stats appear on the iPhone’s “Today View” (the side screen with multiple widgets users can access by swiping all the way to the right on the Home Screen) so users don’t even have to click into the app to get the latest information on just how poorly Russia’s military is doing.
The casualties for Russia have been staggering. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization estimated in March that up to 40,000 Russians were killed, captured, missing, or suffering from wounds during just the first months of the war. Overall, approximately 24,700 Russian troops have died since the beginning of the war, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said Thursday.
Although Russian forces have been committing atrocities throughout Ukraine, the Russian military hasn’t been performing very well from an operational standpoint. They’ve been having trouble coordinating plans from the top-down. Russian forces weren’t able to capture Kyiv at the outset of the invasion as planned, and instead were stuck outside the capital without proper sustainment supplies. Eventually, they had to just up and leave because they couldn’t get the job done.
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Man who received landmark pig heart transplant may have died of pig virus
Surgeon of David Bennett, who died two months after surgery, revealed that the pig’s heart was infected with porcine virus
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Elon Musk and Twitter hit with lawsuit from shareholder to delay $44bn takeover
Orlando Police Pension Fund filed lawsuit on Friday in Delaware
florduh
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Elon Musk and Twitter hit with lawsuit from shareholder to delay $44bn takeover
Orlando Police Pension Fund filed lawsuit on Friday in Delawarefinance.yahoo.com
Wait the fuckin Orlando Police Department is behind this?! LOL. LMAO. Oh man. I used to live in downtown Orlando. The cops were absolute cunts. Not a week went by without me walking by a pack of them beating the fuck out of a homeless guy. They'd also arrest people for feeding the homeless.
Then again, Musk himself is also a massive union busting shitbag. I haven't followed this Twitter thng closely, but I'm skeptical that he actually wants this deal to move forward. It's probably just another one of his schemes to break SEC rules and pump his grossly overpriced Tesla stock.
Looking at what his plans are for Twitter, I am personally rooting for him to take control. Because it will almost certainly bankrupt the company. Which is probably why shareholders are suing him. But if Elon manages to raze Twitter to the ground, I'll take back every bad thing I've ever said about him.
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‘I Simply Refuse’: Wiretaps Catch Putin’s Troops Breaking Own Tanks in Sabotage Scheme
In one regiment, one Russian soldier allegedly said they’ve been pouring sand into the tanks’ fuel systems to clog them up.
“I don't follow stupid orders, I simply refuse,” one fighter can be heard telling a comrade.
“The motherf*cker sent me to tanks, motherf*cking piece of shit. I f*cked it up and that's it.”
When the fellow Russian soldier on the other end of the line heard the unit wasn’t punished for the insubordination, he indicated he might repeat the tactic later in his own unit.
‘I Simply Refuse’: Wiretaps Catch Putin’s Troops Breaking Own Tanks in Sabotage Scheme
Russian troops have begun sharing tips with one another on how to deliberately damage Russian tanks and disobey orders, according to Ukrainian intelligence.www.thedailybeast.com
The strange business of hole-in-one insurance
When golf tournaments promise big cash prizes for holes-in-one, they turn to niche insurers to protect against a stroke of luck.
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florduh
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I have very few nice things to say about the current administration, but having a NLRB with teeth is nice.
www.cnbc.com
Starbucks hit with sweeping labor complaint including over 200 alleged violations
The NLRB says Starbucks interfered with, restrained and coerced employees seeking to unionize in various ways.
www.cnbc.com
florduh
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I'll never say a bad word about them again if they can whip enough votes in the Senate to pass the PRO Act...
Amazon Labor Union tells White House and Senate: Pass the PRO Act
WASHINGTON (PAI)—Organizing, union wins, and corporate greed were the top topics of both workers and labor leaders in a whirlwind round of a White House meeting and a Senate hearing on Capitol Hill. And Amazon, both how to beat it and what to do about it, was a top topic of the sessions on May 5.
www.peoplesworld.org
It would correct one of Obama's greatest failures: not passing Card Check. If they need tips on how to get their Senators in line, I suggest looking at what the Republicans are doing to that wheelchair kid for blowing the whistle on their cocaine orgies.
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Nude video latest scandal turning Republicans against U.S. Rep. Cawthorn
A grainy 28-second video showing a naked young man gyrating against someone in bed amid squeals and laughter was the latest in a string of episodes that has turned Republicans against one of their own: the brash U.S. Representative Madison Cawthorn of North Carolina.
CrazyDiamond
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Слава Україні, вільна Україна, на хуй Путін! (Slava Ukrayini, vilʹna Ukrayina, na khuy Putin!)
I will admit to shedding some tears watching this.
I will admit to shedding some tears watching this.
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florduh
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Absolutely insane weather for the first week of May.
It's gonna be in the 90's in Chicago this week. Massive W for Floridians who get asked by family up north "how can you LIVE there?! It's so hot!"
Florida never has days as cold as Chicago in the winter.
Texas toast: Heat crushed records Saturday and will swell northward
It's gonna be in the 90's in Chicago this week. Massive W for Floridians who get asked by family up north "how can you LIVE there?! It's so hot!"
Florida never has days as cold as Chicago in the winter.
Babylon Drifter
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Absolutely insane weather for the first week of May.
Texas toast: Heat crushed records Saturday and will swell northward
It's gonna be in the 90's in Chicago this week. Massive W for Floridians who get asked by family up north "how can you LIVE there?! It's so hot!"
Florida never has days as cold as Chicago in the winter.
Floridians with family up North...
Old Southern saying, if the cat has kittens in the oven it doesn't make them biscuits.
The Russian Oligarch Who Croaked
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Ramahs
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Absolutely insane weather for the first week of May.
Texas toast: Heat crushed records Saturday and will swell northward
It's gonna be in the 90's in Chicago this week. Massive W for Floridians who get asked by family up north "how can you LIVE there?! It's so hot!"
Florida never has days as cold as Chicago in the winter.
Just another reason I'm happy that I escaped Texas a few months ago.
The high today is 54F where I'm at right now, and it's sooo comfortable
The high where I used to live in Texas was 97F yesterday, lol
florduh
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Just another reason I'm happy that I escaped Texas a few months ago.
The high today is 54F where I'm at right now, and it's sooo comfortable
The high where I used to live in Texas was 97F yesterday, lol
The PNW is always where I've wanted to bounce once the heat gets unbearable here. Although that freakish 100+ heatwave last year freaked me out a little.
This is mostly of interest to gamers...
...but I also gotta wonder, how long before we don't need to actually film movies or hire actors anymore? This is wild.
Edit: Looks like actors are still safe for a few more years, but still...
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‘Ten Years Ago This Was Science Fiction’: The Rise of Weedkilling Robots
The makers of robot weeders say the machines can reduce pesticide use and be part of a more sustainable food system
florduh
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If you invested $1,000 after Matt Damon's "Fortune Favors the Bold" Super Bowl commercial aired, you'd now have about $500.
www.cnbc.com
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Bitcoin investors are panicking as a controversial crypto experiment unravels
Investors in bitcoin are in panic mode as the controversial terraUSD stablecoin slips further from its intended $1 peg.
40% of bitcoin investors are now underwater, new data shows
Bitcoin is off nearly 55% from its November peak, and 40% of holders are now underwater on their investments, according to new data from Glassnode.
