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So I've been talking to the mods as well as a handful of members I talk to in real life about the need and plan to draft rules for the community, as well as for specific sections. Likewise, we've also been discussing moderating protocols as a part of that. Anyhow, the community has seen steady growth, which is great. It ebbs and flows, but has been incrementally trending up since we relaunched it about two years ago or so. There's been a few spikes or exponential growth and there's a lot I'm trying to do outside the forum to build up budget to be able to take bigger steps with both the 12ozProphet brand and the forum. That being said, we're also li…
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Start this bad boy off with some boot licking good memes:
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gay marriage and contraception next
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This keeps getting uglier and uglier for these cops in Uvalde. Rushed in to get their own kids out. Barricaded the shooter in a classroom that had kids in it. Refused to go in after him and barred parents from attempting their own rescue when it was clear they weren't going to do anything. No words.
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Buffalo mass shooter referenced “political compass memes” radicalized him in his manifesto
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Is the political compass a radicalization tool I’m unaware of? I took that stupid test a few years back but remember immediately mentioning there wasn’t a single firearms question, so how did this test work? seems like it puts everyone in the bottom left quadrant. Dude a glowie?
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https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/paralysed-man-brain-implant-beer-b2044610.html#Echobox=1648137065
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Anybody really believe that Jeffrey Epstein killed himself? Murdered by the elite pedophile cabal?
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https://www.politico.eu/article/no-more-babies-expert-warns-that-hormone-altering-chemicals-threaten-human-procreation/ Pull out game = N/A once I hit my 60s
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General news stories of Police misconduct, and lack of accountability.
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https://www.ft.com/content/89dea1c0-0b01-42c5-82ce-e27ac3eb410d Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, an unpopular veteran leader who was appointed last week by his longtime rival Rajapaksa, said on Monday that the island was struggling to find dollars to replenish its dwindling fuel supplies. “It is a challenge for the Treasury to find $1mn,” he said in a televised address. “The next couple of months will be the most difficult of our lives. We must prepare ourselves to make sacrifices.”
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Whatever Elon is considering paying, it's totally worth it just to watch right wing Twitter pretend they're libertarians & for free markets again. Like they weren't tweeting support for the government to disregard individual property rights less than a month ago so the government they hate can micromanage social media policy. Almost as hypocritical as supporting trade wars & taxing/tariffs under Trump, then admitting the Russian sanctions won't work, and only hurt both sides economically. Literally trying to blame Biden for gas prices the moment he was elected after they started a trade war. Pretending to hate inflation now, but not a peep under Trump …
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I just read in the paper that South Dakota has passed a law making it illegal for any doctor in the state to perform an abortion unless it is to save the life of the pregnant woman (even illegal to abort in cases of rape or incest). As im not all that familiar with how the American Judiciary and legislature work, does this state law override Roe vs Wade or is it just symbolic of the south dakota senate's opposition to abortion? related link http://www.courant.com/news/nationworld/hc...nes-nationworld
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Media hype? End of the world? Legitimate threat? Forgotten in a week? What do the oontzers think?
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https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/03/tomb-raider-publisher-square-enix-to-sell-iconic-video-game-franchise.html The iconic Tomb Raider video game franchise is being sold by its Japanese publisher Square Enix as part of a $300 million deal. Square Enix said Monday it will offload three of its game development studios — Eidos Interactive, Crystal Dynamics and Square Enix Montreal — to Swedish firm Embracer Group. Embracer will also acquire the intellectual property for Tomb Raider and three other game series, including Deux Ex, Thief and Legacy of Kain. Square Enix said it is selling the assets to cut down on costs amid a challenging global …
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/drone-carrying-bag-of-handguns-from-united-states-to-canada-intercepted-by-tree-1.6438267 Police say they found 11 illegal guns inside a white shopping bag on the Canadian side of the border CBC News · Posted: May 02, 2022 3:21 PM ET | Last Updated: May 2 Ontario Provincial Police are trying to figure out who sent a shopping bag full of handguns across the Canada-U.S. border via drone -- and who was supposed to receive the illegal package. Police officers were contacted on Friday about a large drone stuck in a tree along the St. Clair River near Port Lambton, a small village on the Canadian side of the…
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https://www.caranddriver.com/features/a39714749/mercedes-benz-eqxx-621-mile-road-trip/ Mercedes-Benz is rightly glorying in the fact that it drove its Vision EQXX battery-electric concept over 621 miles (1000 kilometers) on a single charge. The feat took place on real roads from Stuttgart, Germany, to Cassis, France, in early spring weather ranging from 37 to 64 degrees Fahrenheit, at an average speed of 53 miles per hour. That middling speed was no hypermiling; the route included autobahn stints with extensive cruising at up to 87 mph, offset by Europe's congested urban traffic. *** The automaker believe…
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https://phys.org/news/2022-04-sci-fi-real-life-nasa-doctor.html The "holoportation", a word made from hologram and transportation, features a life-like visual and audio connection between the space center and those back on Earth. Dr. Josef Schmid and his crew were holoported to the ISS using the Microsoft Hololens Kinect camera and a personal computer with custom software Aexa, according to an April 8 release from NASA. Schmid had a virtual conversation with astronaut Thomas Pesquet as part of a 3D telemedicine visit. "We'll use this for our private medical conferences, private psychiatric conferences, private family conferences and to bri…
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https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-61013740
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Russia doesn’t want them in NATO because that would put NATO bases ~500 miles from Moscow?
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https://apnews.com/article/us-secret-service-956062f32e02854112b7c52794d202b2 WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors on Wednesday charged two men they say were posing as federal agents, giving free apartments and other gifts to U.S. Secret Service agents, including one who worked on the first lady’s security detail. The two men — Arian Taherzadeh, 40, and Haider Ali, 36 — were taken into custody as more than a dozen FBI agents charged into a luxury apartment building in Southeast Washington on Wednesday evening. Prosecutors allege Taherzadeh and Ali had falsely claimed to work for the Department of Homeland Security and work on a special ta…
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https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/09/tech/clearview-ai-mijente-lawsuit/index.html Clearview AI sued in California by immigrant rights groups, activists Clearview AI, the controversial firm behind facial-recognition software used by law enforcement, is being sued in California by two immigrants' rights groups to stop the company's surveillance technology from proliferating in the state. The complaint, which was filed Tuesday in California Superior Court in Alameda County, alleges Clearview AI's software is still used by state and federal law enforcement to identify individuals even though several California cities have banned government use of…
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https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/states-call-in-the-national-guard-to-mitigate-school-staffing-shortages?fbclid=IwAR112cOrtzrAHISLw6TtvoWBQ7MzVX3Pe5iwMb-wsxffj3Gm4sN2kDtMqfw This winter, New Mexico became the first state to activate the National Guard to help fill in and teach at schools. Even though the pandemic has eased considerably, there were more than 50 National Guard troops working as substitutes across 27 school districts in the state this week. *** Dr. Cindy Sims: Across the nation, not just in New Mexico, education systems are realizing a shortage of staffing. And it's been happening pre-COVID. And when we got our Na…
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Here is the paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abj6987 article: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/genome-human-sequencing-project-finished-decoded/ MARCH 31, 2022 / 2:55 PM / AP Scientists say they have finally assembled the full genetic blueprint for human life, adding the missing pieces to a puzzle nearly completed two decades ago. An international team described the first-ever sequencing of a complete human genome — the set of instructions to build and sustain a human being — in research published Thursday in the journal Science. The previous effort, celebrated across the world, wa…
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/elon-musk-sells-another-241-billion-in-tesla-shares-nearing-10-25-target/ar-AASdSra 12/28 Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has sold another 934,090 shares, or about $1.02 billion worth of his holdings, in his electric car and solar business according to financial filings published late Tuesday. ———— https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/30/tesla-recalls-475000-model-3-model-s-electric-cars-over-safety-issues.html 12/30 Tesla is recalling more than 475,000 of its Model 3 and Model S electric cars to address rearview camera and trunk issues that increase …
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https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2022/03/09/police-scene-suspected-murder-hawaii-loa-ridge-home/ In a stated of unrest on the island of oahu I hope I scope these two young adults and call crime stoppers on them. I know these parts like the back of my hand and believe I will fucking win and get the bounty. $5,000
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New Mexico to fund free college for more students this fall https://apnews.com/article/business-education-new-mexico-legislature-scholarships-4f6ece0f71915c52ee8aaf24d021e21b February 18, 2022 This week Democratic majorities in the Legislature approved one-time funding of $75 million for a year-long program intended to help residents return to college if they couldn’t finish in the past, start even if they’ve been out of high school for a while, and have more help covering costs of school like fees and living expenses in addition to tuition. If New Mexico can afford to keep paying for the program after the first year, people wo…
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https://www.mintpressnews.com/closer-scrutiny-reveals-close-state-power-sacha-baron-cohen-really/279355/?utm_campaign=later-linkinbio-mintpress&utm_content=later-23631497&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkin.bio More like: “Sacha Baden Cohen, the CIA tool used to push anti-Muslim sentiment” ... But it just doesn’t roll off the tongue as well.
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