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Meru
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Comics, Creative Producer, PnP, Writer, Creator. Gaming, Music, Sillyness. Podcast: https://lmy.de/VuCZs
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there was nothing unusual about it at all, we were simply travelimg via boat through the caribbean with our multiple nannies when we stopped off for lunch on a private island with a billionaire registered sex offender. completely innocuous and normal. an all-american family vacation
VAN HOLLEN: Did you in fact make the visit to Epstein's private island?

LUTNICK: I did have lunch w/ him as I was on a boat going across on a family vacation. My wife was with me as were my 4 children and nannies. We had lunch on the island. That's true. For an hour. We left with all of my children
February 10, 2026 at 5:41 PM
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Die Trump-Regierung beginnt nun mit der Finanzierung von Denkfabriken und "Wohltätigkeitsorganisationen" in Europa, um, wie in ihrer Sicherheitsstrategie vor einigen Wochen vermerkt, den politischen Wechsel zu fördern.

Nicht nur Putin ist unser Feind.
FT exclusive:

“The US state department is set to fund Maga-aligned think-tanks and charities across Europe to disseminate Washington’s policy positions and challenge perceived threats to free speech.”

via @annasophiegross.bsky.social and colleagues
February 6, 2026 at 7:32 AM
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Zum wiederholten Mal zahlten DAX-Konzerne 2025 Dividenden auf Rekordniveau, es gibt mehr Milliardäre und die werden immer reicher, obwohl die Wirtschaft schwächelt, aber dagegen sollen wir unsere Urlaubstage spenden oder mehr Überstunden arbeiten. Wehe, jemand spricht von Vermögenssteuer.
February 6, 2026 at 9:51 AM
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Faschismus, aber friedliebend. Einfach süß 🥹

Gratuliation, @zeit.de, alles, aber auch wirklich ALLES, falsch gemacht
Manchmal blicke ich komplett ratlos auf, na ja, alles.
February 8, 2026 at 8:47 AM
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Immer wieder taucht das Argument auf, man müsste AfD-Leute in Talkshows einladen, weil die ja gewählt seien und der öffentlich-rechtliche Rundfunk einen Grundversorgungsauftrag habe, der alle relevanten politischen Kräfte abbilden müsse. Lasst uns da mal kurz raufschauen. 🧵
February 8, 2026 at 9:42 AM
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Sozialstaat schleifen, AfD füttern, Energiewende abwürgen. Die CDU lässt nichts aus. Was diese Partei dem Land gerade antut, zerstört Gegenwart und Zukunft in einem Aufwasch. Wer so regiert, hat mit diesem Land nichts mehr vor. Dem ist alles egal, außer der eigenen Klientel.
February 9, 2026 at 7:38 PM
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Riot is cutting nearly 80 jobs on working on its recently-launched free-to-play fighting game, 2XKO.

Feels like such a brutal time to launch a live service game. If something's not an instant hit, drastic changes and cuts happen almost right away

www.theverge.com/games/876038...
Riot is already cutting staff on its new fighting game
About half of the game’s development team is affected.
www.theverge.com
February 9, 2026 at 9:17 PM
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SpaceX shifts focus from something that it will never do on Mars to something it will never do on the Moon.
February 9, 2026 at 3:32 AM
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“I’m mad I can’t understand Bad Bunny’s lyrics because they’re not in English”

my brother millions of metalheads around the world have been happily listening to incomprehensible Finnish shrieks and Japanese death grunts since we were teens, you’re just boring and racist
February 9, 2026 at 5:46 AM
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Neeee, Klimaschutz, Sozialstaat, ausreichend finanzierte Schulen, Klimaanpassung, können wir wegen Kosten leider alles nicht ordentlich machen, aber Olympische Spiele - was kostet die Welt!
February 8, 2026 at 9:10 AM
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go off jack white
February 6, 2026 at 7:24 PM
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Nike says an average worker at the foreign factories that make its goods earns almost twice the local minimum wage.

Workers in the company’s second-largest hub, Indonesia, say local wages remain chronically low.

With @oregonian.com
Nike Says Its Factory Workers Make Nearly Double the Minimum Wage. In Indonesia, Workers Say, “It’s Not True.”
An average worker at the foreign factories that make Nike’s goods earns 1.9 times the local minimum wage, the company says. None of the workers The Oregonian/OregonLive spoke with in Nike’s second-lar...
www.propublica.org
February 6, 2026 at 9:07 PM
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Ich kann das all nicht mehr
Over on X, the Everything App, serious conservative thinker Dinesh D'Souza shared a video of an AI-generated woman on a fake podcast he seemingly thought was real, telling the audience that young women should get with older men. Dude, wtf?
February 6, 2026 at 9:26 PM
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We found that Jeff Bezos paid *zero* taxes in 2007 and 2011.

In fact, he reported making so little in 2011 that he even claimed and received a $4,000 tax credit for his children.

This is how he did it (published 2021):
The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax
ProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, ev...
www.propublica.org
February 6, 2026 at 2:00 AM
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I may delete this because it’s a bit spicy but it shouldn’t be lost on us that games being turned into TV is essentially harvesting the stories written by those who don’t have union representation or healthcare with WGA by those that do. Our stories are good enough for TV but the writers aren’t?
February 6, 2026 at 1:59 AM
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Asylwerber stellen 0,1% der Bevölkerung. Kanzler will sie von Sozialversicherung ausschließen.

Warum das nichts mit "Gerechtigkeit" zu tun hat, menschenunwürdig, massiv kostenverursachend, ineffektiv und dumm ist: 👇 #asylfakt

www.moment.at/story/asylwe...
Weniger Gesundheitsleistungen für Asylwerber:innen?
Sollen Asylwerber:innen weniger Gesundheitsleistungen bekommen: Wie Kanzler Christian Stocker sich nicht um Fakten schert.
www.moment.at
February 6, 2026 at 7:04 AM
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What I learned about rich people, conspiracy, “genius,” Ghislaine, stand-up comedy, and evil from 2,000 phone calls.
I called everyone in Jeffrey Epstein's little black book.
What I learned about rich people, conspiracy, Ghislaine, stand-up comedy, and evil from 2,000 phone calls.
www.motherjones.com
February 5, 2026 at 10:27 PM
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again we do not really do a good job of explaining how wealthy people like Jeff Bezos are

his net worth is $253.2 billion.
so he could take one million dollars, and just light it on fire
and then do it again tomorrow
and again the day after that
and then do it every day for 693 years and 8 months
February 4, 2026 at 5:41 PM
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Valve’s Steam Machine has been delayed, and the RAM crisis will impact pricing
Valve’s Steam Machine has been delayed, and the RAM crisis will impact pricing
You’ll have to wait a little longer for Valve’s new hardware.
buff.ly
February 5, 2026 at 12:20 AM
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Bundestagspräsidentin Julia Klöckner wünscht sich vom öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunk eine häufigere Übertragung von Bundestagsdebatten.
Wenn es doch nur einen extra Sender gäbe, der mit diesen Inhalten wie ein Phoenix aus der Asche daherkommt!
February 2, 2026 at 10:27 AM
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AfD-Chef Chrupalla ordnet an, keine Remigrations-Treffen mit Sellner mehr abzuhalten, weil die vielen Treffen Belege für ein AfD-Verbot liefern.

Trump hat sich auch von "Project 2025" vor der Wahl distanziert und am Ende es 1:1 umgesetzt mit genau diesem Personal.
February 4, 2026 at 7:42 AM
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Der AfD-Politiker Julian Adrat, der für Aussagen verurteilt wurde, wie: er möchte den "Transgenderismus ausrotten", schreibt: „Mich interessiert nicht, wenn Milliardäre im Privatjet Sex mit Minderjährigen haben". Erstaunlich ehrlich.
February 3, 2026 at 8:53 AM
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Dieses Jahr sind durch die ICE-Truppen in den USA bisher neun Menschen ums Leben gekommen. Zwei Namen kennt Ihr: Alex Pretti und Renee Nicole Good. Die übrigen sieben waren schwarz.
January 29, 2026 at 8:39 PM
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Ich finde es spannend, wie man gegen Linksextremismus "mit aller Härte des Gesetzes" vorgehen muss, aber den Rechtsextremismus, den muss man mit "guter Politik wegregieren".
January 30, 2026 at 7:52 AM
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Saw this and was like "what the fuck -- we did?" and sure enough

www.thenational.scot/news/2580376...
January 28, 2026 at 7:13 PM