#daily beast

[gamer2002]

https://x.com/thedailybeast/status/1782169236657357193?s=09

Her mom doesn't earn enough to buy her food? Father can't chip in? Doesn't she have an uncle?

[mysharona1987]

[gaykarstaagforever]

So is Israel paying for this or is this just a grassroots conspiracy?

The reason the far-right always accuses everyone of false-flag operations is because they are totally amoral and do them and naturally assume everyone else is like that.

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

J.D.Crowe

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The Opus Dei court's unmistakable message to college students: you don't share our politics, so screw you. The Supreme Court on Friday struck down President Joe Biden’s signature initiative to cancel student loan debt for more than 40 million Americans. The Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Student Act of 2003 (HEROES) program would have forgiven eligible borrowers of up to $20,000 each, costing some $400 billion overall, but it was blocked by an appeals court in October. The justices were split on the decision 6-3, with the conservative majority saying the president—and his secretary of education—do not have the authority to unilaterally act without congressional approval. “The Secretary asserts that the HEROES Act grants him the authority to cancel $430 billion of student loan principal,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in his majority opinion. “It does not. We hold today that the Act allows the Secretary to ‘waive or modify’ existing statutory or regulatory provisions applicable to financial assistance programs under the Education Act, not to rewrite that statute from the ground up.”

In making his case, Roberts cited former House speaker Nancy Pelosi, noting that the California Democrat said in July 2021 that people “think that the President of the United States has the power for debt forgiveness. He does not. He can postpone. He can delay. But he does not have that power. That has to be an act of Congress.” The case hinged on one’s particular reading of the HEROES Act, with Republicans largely interpreting the version of the act passed by Congress as not allowing for Biden’s debt relief plan. The majority of Democrats, however, argued that the act clearly gave Biden all the leeway he needed to cancel student debt. “Congress authorized the forgiveness plan (among many other actions); the Secretary put it in place; and the President would have been accountable for its success or failure,” Justice Elena Kagan wrote in her dissent for the court’s liberal wing. “But this Court today decides that some 40 million Americans will not receive the benefits the plan provides, because (so says the Court) that assistance is too ‘significant.’” Indeed, Kagan argued, “The Court’s first overreach in this case is deciding it at all.” She also noted that there was “nothing personal in the dispute here.”

[The Daily Beast]

[transpondster]

We’ve all seen some version of the image of a polar bear stranded in the middle of the sea on a piece of floating ice—a stark illustration of the effects of climate change as hotter temperatures ravage the Arctic. But some new research wants to remind us to not forget the penguins. The iconic birds are having a rough go of things as well—perhaps worse than we thought. 

 A study published Thursday in Nature Communications Earth & Environment reveals that the loss of Antarctic ice is causing emperor penguin colonies to collapse due to unprecedented breeding failure. In the central and eastern Bellingshausen Sea, a region where there was total sea ice loss in 2022, researchers observed that there was a high probability no chicks had survived from four of the five known emperor penguin colonies in that area.

[thoughtportal]

Asked whether he had any kind of concrete evidence like photos or old documents lying around that attest to the Zambian emerald mines, he replied: “To try and compare this to business in Europe or the USA is so laughable that I would not try to attempt it.”

“Think of the early Wild West, except add jungle, wild animals (and wild humans), and many many things that can kill you,” he added.

Finding anyone from northern Zambia who could attest to Errol’s tales is tricky. Mineralogical maps and satellite imagery could not locate the mine, and long-shot attempts to track down any living officials from the mining ministry in the 1980s were unsuccessful, but Errol’s anecdotes are consistent with the situation on the ground at the time, according to an expert.

[love-the-last-of-us]

The reviews are in.

Stream the first episode of The Last of Us now on HBO Max.

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[laurastudarus]

The Carnegie Library of Reims is an undeniable, art deco dream. But it’s also incredibly easy to miss. Located right across the square from the Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Reims, the building is literally dwarfed by its ostentatious neighbor, a UNESCO World Heritage site that traditionally served as the location for the coronation of French kings. During World War I, the church was also notable as a safe haven, with a red cross flag marking the structure off-limits as a military target. Perhaps it’s fitting, or at least low-key poetic, that post-World War I, the library next door was built to offer a different kind of refuge, making it an unexpected entry in The Daily Beast’s “The World’s Most Beautiful Libraries”.

(via A Beautiful Art Deco Library is Hiding in the Shadow of a World-Famous Cathedral)

[cynicalclassicist]

I don't want to say that Trump certainly murdered Epstein, there were a lot of powerful people who had a motive.

But Trump was certainly closely linked to Epstein.

Trump and Epstein were close associates.

Epstein had dirt on Trump. Trump molested and raped children. Trump had Epstein murdered while in custody.

Occam's razor. #PredatorsOfAFeather

[petnews2day]

an ax-waving boss, dog pee on the carpet and Barry Diller 'scurrying around'

New Post has been published on https://petn.ws/nEsPc

an ax-waving boss, dog pee on the carpet and Barry Diller 'scurrying around'

Media exclusive By Alexandra Steigrad Published April 18, 2024, 6:50 p.m. ET Daily Beast staffers are bracing for the worst as the tabloid news site mounts a turnaround — fearing that their new boss is already sharpening the ax, even as she issues bizarre demands for staffing and stories, The Post has learned. Former Hearst […]

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[msclaritea]

I now watch far more YouTube than I do regular Streaming. Why? Too much goddamn propaganda, baked into everything! I love YouTube and say that, unabashedly. I learn so much there.

[gaykarstaagforever]

Daily Beast post about how SNL's Wario loves the Vitamin K.

...Which could explain a whole lot of that, now that I think about it.

Also, if any of this is true, he is apparently having a big sulk in a dark room because he is bad at running businesses, actually, and everyone hates him.

Here is an observation from one of his unnamed "colleagues":

Far be it from me to tease a depressed drug-addict who may be on the spectrum, but...

No, he's a billionaire and an asshole and almost certainly racist and sexist.

I'm not making fun of him for the real personal issues he has. But I will certainly continue to make fun of him for all his general awfulness.

Step back and get help, Elon. You stupid piece of shit.

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Dark Brandon, wearing aviators, standing in front of St Michael's Golden Domed Monastery (Михайлівський золотоверхий монастир) in Kyiv this morning. Photo: AP (Feb 20, 2023)  ::   [Scott Horton]

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Kennedy and then Reagan in Berlin. Now Biden in Kyiv. Periodically during the past sixty years, American presidents have stood up at the Eastern edge of Europe and looked to Russia to say, “We stand with our allies. Our resolve is unshakeable.”

Kennedy said, “Ich bin ein Berliner.” Reagan said, “Mr. Gorbachev tear down that wall.” Biden, on his surprise President’s Day visit to Kyiv said, “One year later, Kyiv stands. And Ukraine strands. Democracy stands.”

Stirringly, just days ahead of the one year anniversary of Russia’s brutal offensive against Ukraine, Biden walked through the streets of Kyiv, paid his respects to those who had fallen in defense of Ukraine, and said, “Freedom is priceless. It’s worth fighting for, for as long as it takes.”

Biden also movingly invoked the conversation he had with Zelensky last February as Russia’s massive escalation of its nine-year-old war of unprovoked aggression against Ukraine. He recalled with Zelensky at his side, “You said you didn’t know when we’d be able to speak again. That dark night…the world was literally bracing for the fall of Kyiv…perhaps even the end of Ukraine.”

Of course, the symbolism of the American president standing alongside Zelensky, walking through the Ukrainian capital even as air raid sirens sounded, carried many other messages as well. To those fighting for Ukraine, it was a vitally important message of solidarity that came with further commitments from Biden of military support for Ukraine. To Vladimir Putin, it was Biden’s way of saying, “I am here in Kyiv and you are not. You not only did not take Kyiv in days as some predicted, but your attack was rebuffed. Your army suffered a humiliating defeat from which it has not recovered.” 

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and U.S. President Joe Biden walk inside the Mariinskyi Palace, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine February 20, 2023.Biden emphasized this point in the official White House statement about the trip saying, “Putin thought Ukraine was weak and the West was divided. He thought he could outlast us. But he was dead wrong.”

Importantly, it was a comment that was underscored in recent days by the significant Congressional delegation that attended the Munich Security Conference to make it very clear, support for Ukraine continues strong in the U.S. and it is bipartisan.

The official White House statement also underscored that Biden’s surprise visit to Ukraine was part of a larger mission, one of solidarity and leadership among America’s European allies. Biden, in the statement said, “I also look forward to traveling on to Poland to meet President Duda and the leaders of our Eastern Flank Allies, as well as deliver remarks on how the United States will continue to rally the world to support the people of Ukraine and the core values of human rights and dignity in the UN Charter that unites us worldwide.” The reference to the UN Charter as well as Biden’s visit also had the effect of supporting statements made by Secretary of State Blinken in the wake of conversations with his Chinese counterpart on the edges of the Munich conference. Blinken stated that China was “considering providing lethal support” to Russia to aid in its invasion of Ukraine and warned that such action would have serious consequences.

[Daily Beast]

[transpondster]

The story is terrible so I’m not including the link but the headline is very Internet-era, and the photo credit [simply: “Tumblr”] hits a nerve.

[r-aindr0p]

Mr. Hunt's sweet true lies