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  As a European, I can sometimes access American pharmacy websites, but they’re usually geo-blocked. However, if I do manage to get round the geo-block, I can see the prices Americans have to pay for their medicines. And holy phfuc! American citizens are really being ripped off, aren’t they? Lovely, isn’t it, that it all goes to the state and the rich folk’s pockets. Right? Anyway, you chose it yourself, or you didn’t do anything to prevent it. So I suppose it’s all right then.

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  Palestinian UN delegation turned away by the Americans. This clearly indicates that, as far as the Americans are concerned, the Palestinians have already been wiped out.

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  It’s going to be scorching hot in the Netherlands. A high of 35 degrees Celsius. Out of the wind and in direct sun, it’ll quickly hit 38 degrees Celsius, and on my south-facing balcony, it’ll definitely reach 40 degrees. Who needs a sunny vacation when you’re already burning up inside? Anyway, moo-moo, not me, office is calling...

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  One person has been killed and several others injured at the Pride parade in Berlin following a terrorist attack where a van was driven into the crowd. A massive manhunt is underway for two suspected terrorists.

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  Two Wildberries distribution centers in Russia were bombed by Ukrainian drones. According to Ukrainian intelligence, Wildberries—A Russian EBay founded at the beginning of this century and hugely popular in Russia, its vassal states, and former satellite states—transports military goods and supplies the Russian army with components for drones and electronic warfare. This makes it a legitimate military target. Seven civilians were killed and 48 were injured.

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  Norwegian residential neighborhood goes up in flames. The fire broke out yesterday afternoon around 3:30 p.m. It started in a townhouse and, due to the dry and warm weather, quickly spread to nearby buildings. Due in part to the dense development, the dry vegetation, and the shifting wind direction, the fire was difficult to control. More than a hundred homes were destroyed in the blaze. --mmw: Russia is going to impose polution tariffs too...

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  Leiden, the Netherlands, is older than previously thought. The discovery of wooden foundation piles—from which a large tree was felled in the year 650—shows that Leiden is older than previously thought. Leiden is believed to have been founded in the 12th century. Because the Rhine River regularly changed its course, it is suspected that Leiden was flooded between the years 650 and 1200 and was rebuilt in the 12th century.

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  Since 1970, the level of CO2 in the air has risen from 336 ppm to 428 ppm. Over 56 years, that’s an increase of 92 ppm—or 1.64 ppm per year compared to the previous year. At 1,000 ppm, reduced cognitive performance, drowsiness, headaches, and difficulty concentrating begin to occur. If we extrapolate linearly, in 348 years you won’t be able to breathe properly anymore, and in just 104 years, you’ll start to feel like it’s just as stuffy outside as in a poorly ventilated room.

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  The Netherlands will soon stop allowing products from Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Europe is still not unanimously convinced. But even if the ban is implemented, it will be difficult to identify an orange as a settlement product. --Meh, Full block on all Made in Israel products.

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  Albedo is the portion of incoming sunlight that a surface or planet reflects back to where it came from. A high albedo—whether caused by white roofs or ice-covered seas—keeps things cool. But here we are, rushing in with our roofs and fields full of solar panels—which actually require a low albedo and thus contribute to the warming of the Earth’s surface. The irony is, you can’t paint them white because then they won’t work anymore. --The Albedo paradox...

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  I always lick my fingers before playing bass... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPqDIN4zWOI

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  ¡Olé! Spain is the world champion. Although vilified and politically attacked by Trump and Argentine dignitaries in the media, the players paid no heed to the political polarization, and the Spanish team swept the Argentines off the field with a 1-0 victory. --And now I’m looking for my boy in the celebrating crowd. Come on, I want to go home, be romantic, and sleep!

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  The negative press coverage about Argentina and racist remarks by fans are piling up. The Argentines have lost on two counts: in soccer and in human dignity. --Oh, yeah, three! That politically motivated little thing about the Falklands. You can shove that up your ass, too.

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  JD Vance on his conversion to Catholicism: God is great, but the Church is greater—and Usha even more so. --There sure are a lot of confused Nazis in America...

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  Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar plans to nominate the “Queen of Chess,” Judit Polgár, as the country’s president. In a Facebook post, he writes that he will meet with her on Monday and ask her to serve in the office until a new constitution is adopted. --Trump must be so bummed. He lost his Nazi supporters, and now a woman is in power! It’s just a ceremonial role, but we won’t tell him that. Hah… He should’ve gone to school. Loser.

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  Fifty years ago, the Americans landed the first Mars lander on Mars. I’m holding my breath as that moron Musk gets himself crowned Emperor Madcap of Mars. That is, if he manages to be the first to pollute the Red Planet. No doubt that will lead to a planetary war and other “fun” activities around the Christmas tree.

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  The European Commission is imposing a fine of 550 million euros on the Chinese online retailer AliExpress because the company is not doing enough to prevent the sale of illegal products. The maximum fine the European Commission can impose is 6 percent of annual revenue, which means the fine could have been as high as nearly 8 billion euros.

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  Zionism is ripe for the “dustbin of history,” according to Holocaust scholar Omer Bartov. In his view, the homeland of Israeli Holocaust scholar Omer Bartov is rapidly turning into an “autocratic apartheid state.” He also believes that even moderate circles in Israel are “complicit in the genocide in Gaza.”

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  The hunger shames. Iran should allow fertiliser to pass through the Strait of Hormuz; America should not blockade urea shipments from Iran. Tragically, neither shows any inclination to do so. High petrol prices make biofuel more attractive to farmers, not less. And rich countries are in a selfish mood. Failure to act thus looks baked in. In the face of an avoidable disaster, that is shameful. --The Economist

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  Today it's one year I didn't order anything online. I went to the shops. I like shopping. Except shopping for pizza. It makes your car stink.

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  If you were to become a bassist(a) what would you choose if you didn't know anything about it ?

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  RE: https://mas.to/@Ask_aubry/116564974737436638 W.t.f. Like “Please put hygiene products in the bin.” Was too hard to come up with without ChatGPT?

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  There are better song festivals in Europe where I'm not constantly annoyed by the high level of propaganda...

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  Operation “Sledgehammer”... So who are you going to destroy, you orange fatso? Yourself?

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  May old greedy bastards die hard...

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  Alligator Alcatraz, the brainchild of Florida’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, has cost nearly $1 billion since it opened last July and is now being closed. --Perhaps they could throw DeSantis to the alligators as the final act in this inhumane project...

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  The result of a synchrotron scanner, a machine that sends X-rays through tissue, a clitoris, using radiation energy of approximately 2.5 gray, travelling through a 150-metre-long tunnel to a detector. Judith Huirne, professor of gynaecology at Amsterdam UMC, produced the first scan showing exactly how the nerves in the organ run and how they branch out; “The neuroanatomy is truly beautiful, and no, the clitoris is not just a small penis.” #amsterdamumc #gynaecology #judithhuirne

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  Wishful thinking. Trump had predicted beforehand that Xi would greet him with a “big, fat hug”. --Nobody wants to give Trump a "big, fat hug"... Ew.

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  Fruitful or scorched earth? The accounts of the talks provided by the Chinese and US governments differ considerably, suggesting that although some minor trade successes have been ‘achieved’, the two countries remain miles apart when it comes to their respective political positions. It remains to be seen whether this state visit can truly be described as leading to more fruitful cooperation between the two countries. It certainly won’t be easy.