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Fri, 15/05/2026 - 12:22
This article was originially published at The Conversation on May 7 and is replublished here under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Kate Lycett, Deakin University; Georgie Frykberg, Deakin University, and Warwick Smith, The University of Melbourne This … Continue reading
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Fri, 15/05/2026 - 07:24

As reports emerge of direct Gulf involvement in strikes on Iran, Bahrain is escalating a sweeping anti-Shia crackdown — arresting clerics, revoking citizenships, and threatening dissidents with death sentences.

The post From Bahrain to the UAE: Gulf States Expand Anti-Shia Crackdowns During Direct Strikes on Iran appeared first on MintPress News.

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Fri, 15/05/2026 - 05:24

From destroying hundreds of Israeli Merkava tanks to Iron Dome systems, Hezbollah’s $50 FPV drones are inflicting massive losses on Israel using weapons so cheap and simple that military analysts now fear they are changing warfare forever.

The post Hezbollah’s Cheap FPV Drones Are Making Israel’s High-Tech Military Obsolete appeared first on MintPress News.

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Fri, 15/05/2026 - 03:00

Oh, I see you are reading this on a device. Perhaps you need to top off your battery? Do you need a cable for that? A USB cable? Because I have an assortment.

I have somehow accumulated several lifetimes’ worth of USB cables, and I cannot get rid of them.

How about a 1.0, 2.0, type A, A to B, B to C, or a micro to macro? Because somewhere in this plastic spaghetti, I have them. I have them all. Would you like one? Please, take a cable. I have too many, and it has become a burden, decades in the making. Please. Take a whole shoebox.

I have USB cables from before the year 2000. Vintage cables that barely did anything, transferring JPGs pixel by pixel from one drive to another. Sometimes, not all the data made it. That’s called the Angelfire’s share.

Actually, this one might not be a data cable. It might only be a charging cable. They don’t really tell you. You only find out five minutes before you need to present a PowerPoint to your entire company. Rest assured, we can find the right cable, though.

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Thu, 14/05/2026 - 22:00

Dua Lipa
I have two lips.

Elvis Presley
Someone has flattened the elves.

Elton John
Where’s the bathroom?

Cher
I want it all.

Ed Sheeran
My eyebrows itch.

Bad Bunny
I am going to consume this carrot, and you are powerless to stop me.

John Denver
The bathroom is in Colorado.

John Cougar
The bathroom is a litter box.

John Legend
The bathroom doesn’t actually exist.

Lorde
Dear God, please help me learn to spell.

Johnny Rotten
The toilet smells bad.

Flo Rida
Meet my girlfriend, Ida Ho.

Johnny Cash
Got change for the pay toilet?

Eddie Money
Yes, I do.

Jon Bon Jovi
Party in the outhouse!

Carrie Underwood
The pallbearers have fallen.

Keith Richards
The keys are too expensive.