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Round 3 photo dump!

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Round 2 2/2

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Round 2 over! 1/2

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Round 2 getting started!

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End of R1! Great pieces up for auction.

If you had a Canadian grandparent, you may be eligible to apply for Canadian citizenship — these are new rules as of December 2025.

You might be surprised how many Americans have Canadian roots somewhere:

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Art Battle at Capital Ballroom tonight. Hoping my goblin-spouse gets the wildcard slot in Round 2!
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On the 21st of August 1971, the popular socialist president of Bolivia, Juan José Torres, was deposed in a US-backed coup following his move to convene a People's Parliament of workers and peasants. He was replaced by a violent right-wing military dictatorship, with Nixon's support.

Bluesky now platform of choice for science community It’s not just you. Survey says: “Twitter sucks now and all the cool kids are moving to Bluesky”…

All hail the dead platform

Bluesky now platform of choice for science community - Ars Technica

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Unfortunately, Bluesky is unavailable in Mississippi right now, due to a new state law that requires age verification for all users.

While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.

Oh hey, Taco Bell is expensive now. I thought the whole point was garbage at garbage prices.

A Google alert announces Chappell Roan concert tickets, but the image is of Weird Al

You sure about this, Google?

Yep. I've a record player due to arrive next week, and am thinking of getting a small CD player.

I no longer sub to any video streaming services, and instead put that money into getting a VPN and a 5TB external drive. I now do most of my TV and film watching via a Jellyfin media server.

Exclusive: The high costs and thin margins threatening AI coding startups Coding assistant startups are highly unprofitable, says a source familiar with Windsurf financials.

The fact TechCrunch is running a piece like this highly suggests it is, in fact, Joever
techcrunch.com/2025/08/07/t...

Multiple people posting "I wouldn't even notice if someone stole my post as their own, you people need hobbies."

Hackers Hijacked Google’s Gemini AI With a Poisoned Calendar Invite to Take Over a Smart Home For likely the first time ever, security researchers have shown how AI can be hacked to create real world havoc, allowing them to turn off lights, open smart shutters, and more.

NEW: In a likely first, security researchers have shown how generative AI agents can be hijacked to cause physical consequences.

They tricked Google's Gemini AI into turning off smart home lights, opening windows, and turning on a boiler.

They hid instructions to the AI in a *calendar invitation*

MADDENING!

Not only did no Canadian companies bid but they also dont have capacity, according to this latest

I couldn't finish reading to see if they gave any suggestions as to how square this circle because MADDENING

What the women stationed in a base in Antartica told Kim Stanley Robinson when he asked them about the possibility of relationships with men there: “The odds are good — but the goods are odd.”

Knights of the Old Republic, Mechwarrior 2, X-wing

Stephen Colbert is going SCORCHED EARTH right now. To RFK Jr: “Fuck you, you roid-addled nepo carnie! Fuck you, you roadkill-munching Luddite human slim jim!”

For ICE, US activists need to look back to the Panthers. Form a response team. Have a team lead that is an attorney or with a law degree to talk with ICE on the scene. The rest of the team should wear masks like ICE, be armed to the teeth and stand behind the speaker. Make illegal arrests have risk.

On Vaccines, Kennedy Has Broken Sharply With the Mainstream

The mainstream, the slipstream, the upstream and downstream

Certainly the datastream

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The Simpsons. Krusty the Clown. “They drove a dump truck full of money to my house.”

Whenever an actor signed to a Harry Potter project issues a statement