Here’s Tim Walz: The reaction to that: The choice couldn’t be more clear. If American democracy produces a result that puts that freak Stephen Miller in power we’re probably doomed anyway.
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Their reasons are not all meritless On the topic of the sort of “Hey, watch this!” idiots who’d run off when told to join the new Confederacy, The Bulwark cautions: WHEN 23-YEAR-OLD GAMER ADIN ROSS presented Donald Trump with a Rolex watch in a first-of-its-kind livestreamed interview on the platform Kick Monday, a tiny subset of the internet descended into blows over whether it was a campaign finance violation or not. The rest of the approximately 600,000 people watching thought it was hilarious and cool. And that, unfortunately, is a major problem for Democrats—the majority of whom were likely oblivious to the whole episode. Ross, who boasts 1.3 million followers, is part of a cohort of young hyperonline men who promote an unapologetically MAGA aesthetic and culture. He is a sycophant of the legendary king of the manosphere, Andrew Tate, known equally for his overt misogyny and the charges he faces for rape and human trafficking. These clowns are heirs to Gamergate, dubbed the “Barstool Sports generation” by Harvard youth pollster John Della Volpe.
The Pentagon is in the midst of a massive $2 trillion multiyear plan to build a new generation of nuclear-armed missiles, bombers, and submarines. A large chunk of that funding will go to major nuclear weapons contractors like Bechtel, General Dynamics, Honeywell, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman. And they will do everything in their power to keep that money flowing. This January, a review of the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) program under the Nunn-McCurdy Act — a congressional provision designed to rein in cost overruns of Pentagon weapons programs — found that the missile, the crown jewel of the nuclear overhaul plan involving 450 missile-holding silos spread across five states, is already 81% over its original budget. It is now estimated... Read more
For 14 years, the Conservatives and their friends in the media whipped up racism and Islamophobia. These riots are the result. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 6th August 2024 “Fight, fight, fight,” senior Tories urged for years. Now they express shock, and condemn the results, when people prove stupid enough to have taken […]
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Drupal Starshot aims to attract mid-market marketers by offering out-of-the-box marketing best practices, user-friendly tools, AI-driven site building features, all while maintaining the many advantages of Drupal Core.
I'm excited to share the first version of Drupal Starshot's product strategy, a document that aims to guide the development and marketing of Drupal Starshot. To read it, download the full Drupal Starshot strategy document as a PDF (8 MB).
This blog has been re-posted and edited with permission from Dries Buytaert's blog.
Drupal Starshot aims to attract mid-market marketers by offering out-of-the-box marketing best practices, user-friendly tools, AI-driven site building features, all while maintaining the many advantages of Drupal Core.
I'm excited to share the first version of Drupal Starshot's product strategy, a document that aims to guide the development and marketing of Drupal Starshot. To read it, download the full Drupal Starshot strategy document as a PDF (8 MB).
Others would sign up to be cannon fodder The spouse the other day blurted out (re: the MAGA cult), “What are they so angry about? What about their lives in this country is so terrible?” It’s a fair question. These MAGA people’s lives look pretty un-terrible. What does a rig like that truck at the top cost? How oppressed are you if you can afford to own and operate vehicles like that (and these below), accessorized as they are? “Fully 83% of the arrestees resided in areas with an average annual per capita income between $20K and $50K,” reports one study of January 6 arrestees. Just a guess, but the boat parade and truck parade people are not likely to have family incomes as low as $50k. Nor the Texas women who chartered a private jet to attend the Stop the Steal rally on January 6, 2021. They aren’t that worried about the price of gas. You can call them many things, but just don’t call these adults weird. Nothing weird about adults wearing diapers (outside their clothes). The clip below speaks for itself, as does the former celebrity. Or these totally non-weird people.
Tax the billionaires or their oppressive power will only grow. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 31st July 2024 Who is government for? It’s a question we should never stop asking. The answer that keeps coming back is “not the majority”. For example, the first phase of the Covid-19 pandemic produced remarkably consistent polling […]
We must be honest about the fact that it is not only fringe rabble-rousers who have engaged in this damaging rhetoric, writes Adeeb Ayton
Scientists largely agree that Earth is in the midst of a sixth mass extinction, so we will be called upon to say goodbye to animals with increasing frequency. Unfortunately, the average American knows pitifully few ways to do so. If you ask anyone on the street, their list will likely stop short after just two: “In a while, crocodile” and “See you later, alligator.” In light of this, we offer the following non-exhaustive list of animal farewells:
Take care, Polar Bear
It’s been real, Hawaiian Monk Seal
See ya mañana, Marine Iguana
Sorry we’ve been so negligent, Sumatran Elephant
It was nice to meet ya, Vaquita
Gotta bounce, Greater Sage-Grouse
Have a great day, Giant Manta Ray
Kick rocks, Arctic Fox
Sorry for revvin’ our engines, Galápagos Penguins
Wouldn’t you agree highways are fine though, Greater One-Horned Rhino?
So long, Dugong
Our bad on the grievous damage to your corpus, Yangtze Finless Porpoise
Take a hike, San Clemente Loggerhead Shrike
A federal judge ruled Google violated antitrust laws to maintain its search-engine monopoly — what happens now?
On Lever Time, we unpack the career of Tim Walz, Kamala Harris’ choice for running mate, and explore how he managed to win over a divided Democratic Party.
The Government must urgently put in place greater security measures for those targeted by far-right hate
Steve Cortes’s right-wing populist group has no members, a secret board, and ties to dark money and “pink slime” websites.
The post The “League of American Workers” Consists of One Guy: A Former Trump Spokesperson appeared first on The Intercept.
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The poorest regions in England have seen living standards plummet as inequality widened
They claim the council was negligent in pursuing a care order and breached their human rights
UK arms export licences to Bangladesh totalled £270 million from January 2020 to the end of 2023
You shouldn’t miss two must-visit destinations — Skogskyrkogården and Millesgården. Skogskyrkogården — a UNESCO World Heritage site — is one of the most unique cemeteries in the world. Designed by renowned architects Gunnar Asplund and Sigurd Lewerentz, it combines nature and architecture in a harmonious and serene setting. Millesgården — located on Lidingö island — […]
With all the news and activities happening around Starshot, you may have missed this, but the Drupal Association has launched the Starshot Contribution Credits. This consists of credits granted to a series contributions, in particular:
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contributions to any modules, themes, etc that are designated as part of Starshot,
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50 credits per week for each FTE (full time employee) equivalent dedicated to starshot,
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1 credit per $100 invested for financial contributions and finally,
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Special credit bounties for individual issues of exceptional importance.
You can read more about the contribution bonuses https://www.drupal.org/about/starshot/contribution-credit
The last point, special credit bounties, opens the door to a contribution coming from the Bounty Program.
David Glanville and Arif Merali Short term interest rate (STIR) futures are the bedrock of interest rate markets, used to price expectations of central bank policy rates and other UK rate derivative markets such as swaps and options (see Figure 1). They are key for the transmission of monetary policy and provide an avenue for … Continue reading Caring for the ‘future’