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“Humans are inherently selfish--" Then why do so many cultures value hospitality, to the point of dictating it in their religions? Why is it so common for hosts to offer their visitors their best food, and as much of it as they can? At some point, multiple cultures decided that they knew what it felt like to be alone and vulnerable, and promised each other to never let those who stay with them feel that way. That doesn't sound very "inherently selfish" to me.

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Don’t call it alligator Alcatraz. Call it alligator Auschwitz. That’s what it is

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Florida Democrats denied entry to ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ after Trump visit

A group of five Democratic state lawmakers in Florida said they were denied entry to “Alligator Alcatraz,” a new migrant detention facility, on Thursday due to “safety reasons,“ days after President Trump toured the facility alongside Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R). 

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5386305-florida-democrats-alligator-alcatraz/

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Which the BBB just shut down.

Greg Abbott taking credit for Joe Biden and Democrats' hard work is classic MAGA 'didn't earn it' projection.

Stealing credit. Stealing valor. Stealing earned benefits. Stealing freedom. Stealing citizenship. Stealing human rights. Stealing children.

Republicans have a serious problem with theft.

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i completely understand & agree with the backlash against students using chatgpt to get degrees but some of you are out here saying "getting a degree in xyz means pulling multiple consecutive all-nighters and writing essays through debilitating migraines and having severe back pain from constantly studying at your desk and chugging energy drinks until you get a kidney stone and waking up wishing you were dead every day, and that's just part of the natural process of learning!!!" and like. umm. i don't think that any of us should have had to endure that either. like maybe the solution for stopping students from using anti-learning software depends on college institutions making the process of learning actually sustainable on the human body & mind rather than a grueling health-destroying soul-crushing endeavor

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Better get engaged. This does not end by inaction.

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Bingo. Yes the lack of episodes is Disney’s fault but Davies didn’t capitalize on it at all. He was truly incompetent.

I've seen people solely blame Disney for the state of Doctor Who, but if I knew I only had a certain amount of episodes and two seasons, I would personally not write mystery box after mystery box, but that is just me.

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This may be harsh but in my view, the people saying things like "doctor who was never well written", "it was never good sci-fi", "it never had compelling mysteries and payoffs", "it never made any sense", were never true fans of the show.

Like sorry, no, it did use to have really good writing and sci-fi concepts and payoffs. It did make sense, not in an objective way but it had a lot of well explained internal logic which helped keep you invested in what's going on. Not always, but often.

Don't use your lack of appreciation for the show to justify the lack of quality of the current seasons.

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…………………….what? Since when has Doctor Who been that? It’s always pushing the envelope of sci-fi. It’s not been testosterone since well….Three era and that’s a maybe since he was rather campy as well. And with what the finale gave us….yeah he’s full of it. Besides Torchwood was far more masculine and more testosterone pumped.

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Jo, at the companion support group: It's been great, but I ought to be going in a few minutes. My ride will be here soon.

Ace: I've never asked - how do you manage to attend our meetings when you spend all your time trekking through the Amazon and are banned from most private airlines?

Jo: Oh, well, TARDISes make quick work of the Atlantis.

Mel: So he still comes back for you, after all this time?

Jo: I don't think he'd ever have the heart to abandon me. I suppose he misses when I worked at UNIT and saw him so much more often.

Liz: It was fun, being with him and UNIT, wasn't it?

Jo: Yes, it really was. I think he's quite a lot bark, but he never did have all that much of a bite.

Martha: Oh, your one had a bit of bark, did he?

Jo: Never at me, of course! He was always a charmer when it came to me.

Tegan: A charmer. Sweet. That lines up with how I remember him.

Jo: I know! But nobody ever took me seriously when I said so. Nobody at UNIT apart from me ever really saw the Master the way I did.

Every single companion: The wHAT?

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Over the weekend, torrential rains struck central Texas, causing the Guadalupe River to surge more than 20 feet in 90 minutes. Evacuation orders were issued, but too late. Flash floods killed at least 82 people, including 28 children, with dozens of girls still missing as of Sunday evening, many of them kids from Camp Mystic, a Christian summer camp.

State and local officials blamed federal weather forecasters for underestimating the amount of rainfall. The weather service predicted four to eight inches of rain; instead central Texas received more than 10 inches, and possibly up to 18 in some places.

Officials in Texas did not link their critique of federal forecasts directly to the administration of President Donald Trump. But many on social media and elsewhere have pointed out that Trump and the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have made drastic cuts to the National Weather Service (NWS) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Retired federal scientists warned that the cuts could hamstring forecasts and make extreme weather events less predictable and more dangerous.

The New York Times reported that “crucial positions at the local offices of the National Weather Service were unfilled as severe rainfall inundated parts of Central Texas … prompting some experts to question whether staffing shortages made it harder for the forecasting agency to coordinate with local emergency managers as floodwaters rose.”

Did Trump’s cuts cause excess deaths in Texas? It will probably be some time before we have a definitive answer to that question, if we ever do at all. We do know two things now, though.

First, Trump’s administration has worked to destroy the safety net, which makes all kinds of disasters — extreme weather, earthquakes, contagious disease, individual health events — much more likely to be much more deadly.

And, second, Trump has made these cuts in such a way that whenever there is a disaster, people are going to link the results to the policies of one Donald Trump.

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A friend of mine from around here who is Very Christian and has never had a Jewish friend before was asking me some stuff about antisemitism today, and it made me realize that the ways people talk about various types of bigotry and racism are so designed to stump people about the nature and purpose of systems of oppression. "Why do people hate the jews so much?" is such a common refrain and while there have been many books and articles written pulling apart all the important contextual and historical things that can help people understand antisemitism SPECIFICALLY, what I ended up saying to my friend was this:

"Something to understand about antisemitism is it isnt just ideological. The expulsion of jews from various countries was very often a method of "legally" seizing their wealth when the church needed money. It has been historically an incredibly convenient source of both a group of people to blame and also an easy way to just... Be able to steal from people, lmao. It has served very concrete material purposes for churches and governments throughout history. Sometimes you have to approach asking those questions from a different angle because it often isnt about the hatred so much as it is about ... Redirecting energy and attention, right, like upholding structures that benefit those in power. The hatred is convenient because it allows those in power to take actions that would not be tolerated if the group in question were not considered to be Exceptional in their inhumanity. Like the undocumented immigrants now, asking "why do they hate the immigrants so much" isnt always a productive avenue of thought because the hatred is usually just... Useful. Rather it is more helpful to ask "Who does it benefit for these people to be treated this way" -> "what do they need to make the general public believe about that group of people in order to justify this treatment". I think sometimes we are made to think hatred of jews is special and rooted in something different than other hatred... It's not. I mean all types of racism etc are unique. But it very much is about justifying actions that benefit a ruling class in all instances, imo."

And she like totally got it!!! She was like "OH I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT IT LIKE THAT BUT THAT MAKES SO MUCH SENSE THANK YOU" I am very proud of myself lol :')

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The Croatian singer Marko Perkovic, who is known for his far-right sympathies, led nearly half a million concertgoers in a pro-Nazi salute in Zagreb on Saturday night.

During the concert — billed as the largest in Croatia’s history — Perkovic played one of his most popular songs which begins with the pro-Nazi “For the homeland — Ready!” salute.

The salute is a remnant of the Ustaše regime, the Nazi puppet government formally known as the Independent State of Croatia. The brutal regime housed dozens of concentration camps during World War II and was responsible for the murder of hundreds of thousands of Serbs, Jews and Roma, as well as Croatians who opposed their rule.

In recent decades, Croatian nationalists have adopted the symbols of the Ustaše regime to promote their vision of Croatian ethnic identity. The symbols have become increasingly mainstream despite efforts by Croatian Jews to press for increased penalties for such displays.

In what some in Croatia interpreted as a lack of concern about promoting Ustaše sympathizers, Croatia’s prime minister, Andrej Plenković, attended Thompson’s rehearsal with his family.

While making the Ustaše salute is a misdemeanor in Croatia, courts have ruled that Perkovic — who performs under the name Thompson — can use it as part of his act. Perkovic has said both the song and the salute channel sentiments about the ethnic war against Serbia in the 1990s, after Croatia declared its independence from the former Yugoslavia.

As Perkovic came onto the stage, the singer told the crowd that “with this concert we will show our unity,” according to Euro News. He continued, “I want to send a message to all of Europe to return to its tradition, to its Christian roots.”

Croatian authorities said they could prosecute some in attendance for their displays. A Croatian handball star was dropped from his team after attending the concert, the Croatian state television station HRT reported.

The concert drew criticism from some Croatian officials, including former Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor, who accused the authorities and media of indulging the right-wing singer.

“Not only are the state and the city serving one man but the television stations are as well,” Kosor wrote on X. “There’s palpable excitement while in the centre of Zagreb, fans are already singing songs from the time of the criminal state. The media are not reporting on this.”

Croatian Ombudsperson Tena Simonovic Einwalter also condemned authorities for failing to publicly denounce the incidents, according to Balkan Insight.

“This indicates that, over the years, and even before this concert, a sufficiently clear message has not been sent that all expressions of hatred and glorification of the darkest periods of the past are unacceptable and illegal,” Simonovic Einwalter said.

And former Serbian liberal leader Boris Tadić also decried the concert in a post on X, saying that it was a “great shame for Croatia.”

“Thompson’s concert tonight in Zagreb is a great shame for Croatia, but also for the European Union. It is eerie that today in the 21st century concerts are being organized on the soil of Europe that glorify the Quisling fascist hordes and the killing of members of one nation – in this case Serbian,” the post read.

“It is especially devastating to see how many young people came to the concert of the man who greets the audience with the Ustasha salute and how many of them follow the black shirt iconography of the Ustasha movement from World War II,” the post continued.

During World War II, some 80% of Croatian Jews were murdered, one of the highest percentages of any country in Europe.

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choose your fav dancing bird

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