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Long write-up on the kid in Pennsylvania who tried to assassinate Trump. A New York Times examination of the last years of the young man’s life found that he went through a gradual and largely hidden transformation, from a meek engineering student critical of political polarization to a focused killer who tried to build bombs. For months he operated in secret, using aliases and encrypted networks, all while showing hints of a mental illness that may have caused his mind to unravel to an extent not previously reported. This account offers the fullest picture yet of Mr. Crooks’s life. Although many aspects of his background and mental health are still unknown, The Times’s reporting is based on thousands of pages of his school assignments, emails and logs of his internet activity, as well as text messages, government reports and interviews with dozens of people who knew him or were familiar with the case. Gift link: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/08/us/thomas-crooks-trump-shooter-butler-rally.html?unlocked_article_code=1.NU8.VtyA.YP-DFV-ItvbU&smid=url-share
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This is some interesting reading. An internal FSB report reveals many of the suspicions and worries the Russians have regarding China, including espionage and revanchist territorial claims that China might have eastern Siberia. It's too long for a standard copy/paste job, so here's a gift link: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/07/world/europe/china-russia-spies-documents-putin-war.html?unlocked_article_code=1.NU8.2cOn.6Ht_OrjXCSuO&smid=url-share
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Wordle 1,450 2/6 🟨🟨🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #728 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟩🟪 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🙂 Daily Quordle 1231 7️⃣4️⃣ 5️⃣6️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Wordle 1,448 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟩🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #726 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🙂 Daily Quordle 1229 6️⃣5️⃣ 7️⃣4️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
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Waiting for the sky to fall (Catch all tornado thread)
bolverk replied to Royalfan5's topic in Daily Texan
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Hesitant to respond because I'm on vacation with my daughter and will be mostly out of pocket for the rest of the week and will be delayed in getting back to anyone who cares to reply, but I'll answer your "Free Palestine" question on my part only. That phrase (again, only speaking for myself) means ending the illegal occupation of all the West Bank and Gazan territories, the return of illegally annexed lands (essentially Israel reverting back to its internationally recognized 1967 borders with a little wiggle room for negotiating equitable land swaps), and an acknowledgement by Israel's government that Palestine has the right to exist, including a formal recognition of the State of Palestine like most of the world currently does. Now, I fully acknowledge that others are more expansive and would like all of the former Palestinian Mandate to be returned, just as the current Israeli government seeks to take all Palestinian land (along with chunks of Syria and Lebanon). I reject both maximalist groups as they seek to genocide/ethnically cleanse one another based on ethnicity/religion. Items on my wish list include: 1) the return of the 1000's of Palestinian men, women, and adolescents held without charges (hostages, if you will) in Israeli prisons who are suffering all sorts of physical and psychological abuse, (e.g., sexual assault and torture), as has been thoroughly documented and 2) bringing Israeli war criminals to justice. The same obviously goes for Hamas's leaders. You didn't ask about expectations for Palestinians, but I'll go ahead and state without hesitation that all Israeli hostages or their remains must be returned and a future Palestinian government must acknowledge Israel's right to exist within its internationally recognized borders, working tirelessly to stop any potential terrorists from attacking Israel. Reparations of some sort would be nice, but that would open a whole 'another can of worms. None of the above is likely to happen, but as someone who is sympathetic to "the cause," I thought I'd speak up. Thanks for listening to my Ted Talk.
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Wordle 1,445 5/6 ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ ⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛ 🟩⬛⬛🟨⬛ 🟩⬛🟨⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #723 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🙂 Daily Quordle 1226 8️⃣4️⃣ 9️⃣6️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩🟩🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
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Weird spacing because I played on the phone, I guess. Wordle 1,444 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 ⬛⬛🟨🟩🟨 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #722 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🙂 Daily Quordle 1225 6️⃣7️⃣ 4️⃣8️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Measuring distance on Google Maps, that base is 1,164 miles from the closest piece of Ukrainian dirt, far to the south. That is some seriously impressive range. Edit: Of course, the Ukrainians may have also been able to sneak over and launch drones from a closer point, I suppose.
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Wordle 1,443 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #721 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🙂 Daily Quordle 1224 5️⃣4️⃣ 7️⃣6️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
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Wordle 1,441 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Totally fumbled this one. Connections Puzzle #719 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟦 🟨🟨🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟦🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🙂 Daily Quordle 1222 8️⃣4️⃣ 6️⃣5️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
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No hail at my place; just heavy rain. But it got pretty hairy with the rotatng clouds for a bit.
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This is definitely a 'them' not 'us' issue. Look at what's happened to Republican support in the last three years. Click Gallup article heading for more. Record Party Divide 10 Years After Same-Sex Marriage Ruling Republican support has dropped 14 points since 2022 WASHINGTON, D.C. — A decade after the Supreme Court’s milestone Obergefell v. Hodges ruling declared same-sex marriage a national right in the U.S., a steady 68% of Americans support it. Since 2021, the percentage of U.S. adults who think marriages between same-sex couples should be recognized with the same rights as traditional marriages has ranged from 68% to 71% (the trend high in 2022 and 2023). Yet, this stability in Americans’ backing for same-sex marriage masks shifts in partisans’ views over the same period. Democrats’ support has risen to 88%, the record high for this group by one percentage point. Independents’ backing for same-sex marriage has been relatively stable in recent years and currently stands at 76%, one point shy of the record high. At the same time, Republicans’ support, which peaked at 55% in 2021 and 2022, has gradually edged down to 41%, the lowest point since 2016 after the Obergefell decision. The current 47-point gap between Republicans and Democrats is the largest since Gallup first began tracking this measure 29 years ago.
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I absolutely agree. But the fact of the matter is that the entire thing has become so fucking toxic and conspiracy filled, primarily due to the previous chaotic bungling with uncredentialed “doctors”, scammers, snakeoil salesmen, and various other ne’er-do-wells who “do their own research” filling the void, that the powers-that-be are/have been treating the topic as the proverbial hot potato that no one has the balls to handle. Or, alternatively, they are diligently working against it. In my opinion, the entire notion of pandemic planning, preparedness, and response (utilizing the best tools we have at our disposal, including vaccines) has been fundamentally undermined for the foreseeable future. Simply put, what you’re correctly asking for is a nominally functioning society in which smart people who study and know things can help guide us through crises. What we have is decidedly not that right now. Twenty years ago, that wasn’t the case. Or, at the very least, we kept up appearances and muddled through with generally good intentions for promoting the general welfare, in principle. I can only hope and pray it gets better someday.
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The Leopards Eating Faces and Unlubed Dildo of Consequences Thread
bolverk replied to Horn Dog's topic in Cloak Room
I'm old enough to remember seeing TV ads as a kid for companies that stated they were equal opportunity employers, without much of a stink. It's pretty plainly stated and, hell, there's a whole federal commission that's supposed to enforce related laws. Is it the fact that organizations/companies that incorporate proactive employment opportunity policies (DEI) in hiring and internal advancement a bridge too far for these people? Take Greaser Bob, for example. As a self-professed employment lawyer, he should be familiar with EEO laws; however, his judgment appears muddled when it comes to actually encouraging equal opportunities for all rather than simply passively requiring them. Or maybe I'm being too charitable and he's actually opposed to equal opportunities to all, after all. -
I would've liked to see how the National Security Council's previously prepared pandemic playbook, which was scrapped, would've panned out. Instead, we got all kinds of conflicting and confusing messages from the powers that be while they were making up shit on the fly and pitting states against one another from the outset. In hindsight, it'd be a bit easier to prepare the next one if we could see what actually happened and worked (or didn't) and tinker with that existing plan.
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If you ever find yourself In a place/situation/group Where leadership/peer pressure/propaganda are focused on Separating/isolating you from the influence of other groups/external influences To make you fear other groups/the outside world You might be in a cult and should consider getting the fuck out or fighting back and changing that place/situation/group, because the point of that reinforced isolation is to control you and take advantage of you.
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I can think of no better use for Kyle Field.
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Russian asset and dumbest American president in history is maybe, perhaps, starting to figure shit out after at least 10 years that he’s being played like the stupid, fat fiddle he is. Photo below cracks me up. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/us/politics/trump-putin.html
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Wordle 1,440 4/6 🟨⬛🟩⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🙂 Daily Quordle 1221 5️⃣4️⃣ 6️⃣8️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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I might be up for that in the aftertime, but it currently hits too close to home.
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The Leopards Eating Faces and Unlubed Dildo of Consequences Thread
bolverk replied to Horn Dog's topic in Cloak Room
Seems they've really taken the isolate part of isolationism to heart.
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