http://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/huh-2

She normally likes to sleep on the shady rocks but today is unseasonably cool. She has decided to sleep on the raised planter. The plastic coated wire shelves are there to prevent chickens from destroying the garlic and other herbs.

More info: https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/mexico-is-officially-launching-universal-healthcare-this-week/

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Record asset seizure: Authorities confiscated $7.6 billion in holdings tied to Vadim Moshkovich, the largest nationalization in recent years.

The reality is that ICE has a long track record of abusing detainees. A *2022 survey of 85 clinicians* found that of the roughly 1,300 patients they had treated, all of them had experienced adverse health conditions related to their time in detention. This includes patients “with vaccine-preventable conditions acquired in detention,” “whose medication was taken away or denied access to” and “with chronic conditions that worsened during detention.”

The US Department of Defense has a lot of congressionally mandated homework to do every year involving hundreds of required reports on various national security topics. But Pentagon officials have been proudly describing a new shortcut—using generative AI tools to write such reports for Congress.

Linux-based phone still ‘runs 99% of Android apps’ so you can do more with it, if you wish.

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Brazil supreme court finds that Eduardo Bolsonaro – who resides in the US - tried to get sanctions put on judges trying ex-president over coup plot

cross-posted from : https://lemmy.zip/post/66281183

http://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/bunker

Nepal’s new government must ​tap China’s technological know-how and convince investors that the Himalayan country is open for business and will deliver on the ‌campaign promises that swept it to power, Foreign Minister Shishir Khanal told Reuters on Tuesday.

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/shit/p/1200024/it-doesn-t-get-easier

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/shit/p/1200017/sometimes-i-start-a-sentence-and-just-hope-it-ends-well

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-Commitments exceed $150 billion across five regions, says source -The investment fund vehicle contains no government money -New fund is separate from frozen asset talks, says source -Fund only becomes operational after a final U.S.-Iran deal is signed

The victim appeared before the court on Tuesday and asked for the maximum sentence, according to WBRZ. She spoke of the incident where Mystikal “choked her, pulled braids out of her hair and forcibly raped her.” After she spoke, the rapper told the courtroom, “If I did that to you, I deserve the max sentence.”

[The Netherlands]. A new NOS analysis based on shared photographs, video, and data suggests that a small but consistent group of activists regularly show up at local asylum protests across the Netherlands, regardless of the municipality. While these demonstrations are typically initiated by local residents, the analysis indicates that this group repeatedly joins in and, according to the findings, steers parts of the gatherings towards a more radical and violent agenda.

Fluxer v2 is out, mobile clients are open source, self-hosting is improving, and public development is moving back to GitHub.

Really enjoying roasting my own coffee these last several months. I got tired of inconsistent, too dark batches when I was ordering light and medium roasts from Fresh Roasted Coffee.

Behind the scenes of STVI: Undiscovered Country

Aldi has bronze extruded pasta like spaghetti, linguine and fettuccine for $2 a pound. That is a fraction of the normal price. They are in thicker plastic packaging. I know you hate that but it’s less likely to let pantry months in. So you don’t need to put it in another container like you do when it comes in cardboard packaging.