"Biden has steered the country out of a #recession and #pandemic, gotten through a slew of critical legislation (some bipartisan), avoided a default on the #debt, set the stage for about 14 million new #jobs and overseen a resurgence of manufacturing. Internationally, he has restored the #UnitedStates’ image and solidified and expanded #NATO in defense of #Ukraine.
Just finished watching Samsung Unpacked.
"A new era for Mobile AI!"
Ugh.
This is going to be a minor iterative year for Galaxy Fans. The hardware is only getting small changes. The major claims about AI mostly come from Google Gemini (which Google PAINSTAKINGLY kept reiterating would be on "android" phones, not just Galaxy phones).
And we glossed over a lot of the things that might impact folks daily use, like Exynos chips vs Qualcomm chips.
When pocket computers are THIS expensive, I think we need to see more than a handful of translation features and photo editing tools.
We did get a sneak peek at this new Galaxy Donut CG render though. So that was cool.
Murder was the leading cause of death among pregnant and postpartum people in the U.S. In 2022 alone, at least 17 #Texas women were killed while pregnant or shortly after giving birth.
The Russian military has turned to “mass recruitment” of women from prisons and detention facilities to fight in the Ukraine war.
The first group of 50 incarcerated women was sent to the front in January from a detention facility in the Luhansk “people’s republic”, according to Olga Romanova, founder of the Russia Behind Bars human rights organisation. #AureFreePress#Ukraine️ #Russia#Putin#EU#NATO#Zelensky#war#news#Moscow#USA
This is what a traitor to the United States looks like in 2024.
His name is Tucker Carlson.
He took a large amount of money from Vladimir Putin to interview him, give him a hyped up positive spin, and then blame President Biden for the war in Ukraine.
He wants control over the military.. He wants Putin to give him that control.
Putin may be in on this to get rid of Gerasimov and Shoigu without dirtying his hands... Call the troops back from Ukraine once they're gone.. And try to save his own ass by riding the coattails of Prigozhin...
It has been absolutely jam-packed #news-wise in #Singapore, so maybe I should give a rundown of what’s happened in just the month of July…
Ministerial statements on K Shanmugam (home affairs and law minister) and Vivian Balakrishnan (foreign affairs minister) living in huge state-owned properties. The Singapore Land Authority, who manages these properties, comes under the law ministry. But the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) cleared them of any wrongdoing.
In today's disgusting game news, "Atari" (whatever iteration of the company that it is now, which is NOT the original Atari) is trying to trademark the name Rogue with NFTs attached 🤮 as of January 12.
Russian President Vladimir Putin's appointment of a new defense minister, Andrey Belousov, is seen as an attempt to streamline Russia's economy and mobilize it for the war effort.
Russia's military has faced numerous supply and logistics problems that thwarted its all-out war against Ukraine from the get-go. Two years later, the problems of poor logistics and lack of strategic planning persist. #AureFreePress#News#press#headline#Ukraine#Russia#Putin
Saturday, #Austin witnessed the largest mobilization of the fascist hate group Patriot Front since their May 13 march in Washington, DC. With no warning of the event, antifascist groups were unable to stage any opposition.
After Donald J. Trump tallied victories in Texas, California and 12 other states, Nikki Haley was expected to drop out of the presidential race, according to people familiar with her plans. She was set to deliver remarks in Charleston, S.C., at 10 a.m. Eastern.
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Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz filed a resolution late Monday to oust Kevin McCarthy as speaker, setting up a likely showdown vote in the House in the days ahead.
Google has a mountain of behavior data on me, and probably knows how viciously anti-diamond I am. Yet these ads regularly pop up in my news feed.
Google charging a client for an ad hit that will never materialize into traffic for their company, and frustrating me to make more money on totally fake metrics.
Both consumers and advertisers are getting squeezed for a more enshittified experience.
Khrystyna and Svitlana were singing in the street in Zaporizhzhia an hour before a Russian missile strike on the city, and this video of them was filmed.
One of them died yesterday at the site of the strike. She was 19 years old. The other girl died in the ICU today. She was 21.
Live Updates: Haley Is Expected to Suspend Her Campaign (www.nytimes.com)
After Donald J. Trump tallied victories in Texas, California and 12 other states, Nikki Haley was expected to drop out of the presidential race, according to people familiar with her plans. She was set to deliver remarks in Charleston, S.C., at 10 a.m. Eastern.
I just found out that the people onboard the Titan submarine are dead. Is OceanGate in trouble?
Is OceanGate in trouble for not using a good submarine to see the Titanic?
[News] Trump Has Been Privately Encouraging G.O.P. Lawmakers to Impeach Biden (www.nytimes.com)
The former president has talked regularly with members of the House Freedom Caucus and other congressional Republicans who pushed for impeachment....