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  Both California and Indiana have introduced social media minimum age laws, citing Australia as an example. Good step forward, IMO. https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/article314732891.html

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  Just a suggestion: Networks should not air their required monthly "emergency broadcast test" when there's a possible chemical disaster to the south, and a huge fire to the north, 5 minutes after broadcasting an Amber Alert.

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  Smith returned about two hours later, Waldorf recalled, and told her she had two options: She could remain under observation at the hospital, or she could get into her car and drive nearly four hours to Kansas, a state with no abortion ban, where doctors could induce her. The hospital would not authorize a transfer or arrange to send her in an ambulance, and it offered no explanation for why. https://www.propublica.org/article/arkansas-abortion-ban-miscarriage-care

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  One of the Obama era's 4th of July shows headlined Barry Manilow. I did not think more cringe was possible. Um.... Milli Vanilli is playing at Trump's wrestling fest.

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  We paid reparations after the Mexico American war but at least we got territory. We're paying Iran $300 billion, and they get the Strait of Hormuz.

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  (Some people never do listen to the lyrics) McBride’s Hit Song Is Not About The 4th Of July If you listen to the rest of the lyrics, you will quickly find out that the song is actually about a mother who her alcoholic husband is abusing. The narrator is just eight years old when she decides to get out of the way of her parents fighting, and heads to the county fair. There, she heard whispers from her neighbors about how her dad was a “dangerous man,” but no one did anything to help her or her...

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  https://x.com/CatsShelf/status/2060723303346500003

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  Is anyone surprised any more? JFC, this story is creepy. Rush, 49, is also accused of forging his educational and military credentials. He worked for the CIA for 17 years, and held a senior role in the agency’s Directorate of Science and Technology, which utilizes cutting-edge technology in intelligence investigations. Rush had a years-long professional relationship with the current Deputy Defense Secretary Steve Feinberg, the billionaire Trump backer who founded private equity behemoth Cerber...

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  @taylan@fedi.feministwiki.org "The Black Panther Party's emphasis on survival and survival programs is very meaningful to a biologist like myself who appreciates that the ultimate way that living creatures are measured is their ability to survive and reproduce," Trivers said in an interview in The Black Panther. https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1979/7/6/sociobiology-pioneer-joins-black-panthers-probert/