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Excellent! Climate scientists fired by Trump start their own website to relay trusted climate information! 👏👏👏 yahoo.com/news/science/a…

Police secretly call ICE on U.S. citizen during traffic stop—for having a suspicious "dark-skinned" passenger. Officer told woman to drive to secluded highway exit—then ICE agents surround car guns drawn. "You can hear an agent yell 'gun!'" she said. "They wanted to kill us." "We have no weapons, not even a small knife." Agents then take her phone out of her hands and throw it away—while threatening more violence. Police claim the woman driving had a suspended license—and told her she had to exit the highway and park. Incident occurred at exit 26 off the I-10 in Salome, Arizona. D. Quintana doesn't have an account on this platform—so posting first credited video here to help her raise awareness.

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If you want to understand how much of the world views Africa, compare the content of IShowSpeed and MrBeast. MrBeast often appears as a benefactor, with many of his Africa videos focusing on poverty and people in need of help. IShowSpeed, on the other hand, spends time with locals, explores the culture, enjoys the food, dances, visits nature, and shows that Africa is also home to thriving communities and rich traditions. The issue is when that's almost the only story people see. Africa is far more diverse than a single narrative. Mr. Beast was what Karl Marx warned us about...

A 39 year old Newark man is facing felony charges after he beat a 70 year old black man with a 2x4 after harassing him for weeks with his daughter present for no apparent reason. He broke the man’s eye socket among other injuries and was arrested.

🚨 Cops Smash Woman's Teeth Out After She Asked Them To Not Park in Her Driveway.

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Then Jesus said unto the sick, “you better have insurance.” Then Jesus said unto the stranger, “are you here legally?” Then Jesus said unto the hungry, “my taxes better not be paying for these loaves and fishes.” Then Jesus said unto the poor, “this is your own fault.”

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As a DRep, I decided to vote YES on the proposal: Eternl: Path to Sustainability - v2. My rationale: Eternl is one of the most used wallets in the Cardano ecosystem, next to Yoroi, now SecondFi. The recent SecondFi wallet-drain incident shows that wallet security is not an abstract concern. When a wallet fails, users can lose real funds, and trust in the whole ecosystem is damaged. This is exactly why Cardano needs several mature, reliable, and actively maintained wallets. The ecosystem should not depend on one dominant wallet or assume that historically popular wallets will always remain safe and trusted. Wallet diversity is part of ecosystem resilience. I consider Eternl important infrastructure. Wallets are the interface through which users hold funds, stake, vote, interact with dApps, and participate in governance. If users lose trust in wallets, they lose trust in the ecosystem. For this reason, I believe important wallets need sufficient resources to maintain security and reliability. I expect wallet teams that receive Treasury support to take security extremely seriously. This should include strong internal review, responsible handling of dependencies, hardware wallet support, careful transaction-building logic, and ideally independent technical security audits of critical wallet components. In my view, technical security audits of wallet software should become a normal expectation for Treasury-funded wallet infrastructure. Eternl has an acceptable price per FTE, namely $70,000. In the context of other teams in the ecosystem, which often ask for much higher rates, this is a fair offer. I would like to see other teams reduce their development costs, because the Treasury cannot afford to cover excessively high development costs in the long term. I appreciate the effort to introduce the Pro plan for personal and company use. This is the correct path to long-term sustainability. Wallets should move in this direction. Treasury can support important infrastructure for a limited period, but mature products must eventually be commercialized and not rely on recurring Treasury funding. With dwindling Treasury resources, this is absolutely necessary. It is also important that Eternl plans to open source some libraries. I would prefer stronger open-source commitments, especially for Treasury-funded software, but this is a positive step. Open source should become a much stronger standard for projects receiving public ecosystem funds. After TapTools went out of business despite generous funding and without a meaningful willingness to open source, I am much less willing to support closed-source projects unless they show a credible path to sustainability, transparency, and public benefit. I also appreciate that the Eternl DRep abstained from voting on its own proposal. This is the right standard. Conflicts of interest undermine trust in governance. Projects, DReps, and Founding Entities should avoid voting on their own funding whenever possible. For these reasons, I vote YES. This vote should not be interpreted as support for permanent Treasury subsidies. I expect Eternl to use this period to launch its Pro model, strengthen sustainability, continue improving wallet security, and reduce dependence on Treasury funding in the future. If you would like to support my work, consider delegating to the MANDA pool and backing me as a DRep. Your support helps me dedicate more time to governance. MANDA Pool ID: pool1c3fjkls7d2aujud8y5xy5e0azu0ueatwn34u7jy3ql85ze3xya8 My DRep ID: drep1y2m0g4r66pyaw3p7u454wc0p4f0ygm8ueaev0mgd3tvwm7sskqwqp

Help us locate missing Mikayla Lewis. If you know her whereabouts, please call the Olympic Garden Police or the nearest police station. #AnandaAlert #Missing

Is crypto property or just information? This case in the High Court of Australia will determine just that. Poulton vs Conrad The court ruling on property will help define crypto in Australia. If they rule as information, it could unwind our tax laws around crypto.

You arrested a student for writing a column in her school newspaper.

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11 hours ago

Freedom of speech. Freedom of worship. Freedom to pursue opportunity. These freedoms endure because the rule of law endures. As America approaches its 250th birthday, the Justice Department remains committed to protecting the rights and liberties that define our nation.

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