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True But Useless Knowledge: James Bond`s car had three different license plates in Goldfinger

So was the wild potato, for that matter. Andean natives knew how to deal with both.
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Georgian Parliament passes "foreign agents" law in the second reading. 83 MPs supported the bill, 23 voted against. There were also physical altercations among the deputies during the discussion of the bill. Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze stated that the bill will be put to a final vote in two weeks. #Georgia #ForeignAgentsLaw

it's pretty fucking hilarious that Trump had no plans to attend Barron's graduation and was just using it to bitch about how "unfair" he's treated but now he has to

Protesting has always been dangerous. It’s a constitutional right. But if one person crosses the line, cops use it as an excuse to brutalize everyone present.

Protect yourself. @CrimethInc has you covered (pun intended). Here’s a handy guide on how to stay safe in the streets.

Don’t get caught, stay safe, and smash the state!
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crimethinc.com/2008/10/11/fash

#Protest #Protests #FirstAmendment #FreedomOfAssembly #Democracy

Justices Told Error Admission Merits Respect In Capital Case
Attorneys general from across the country implored the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to give the "utmost" deference to Oklahoma's confession that prosecutorial misconduct led to the wrongful conviction of a death row inmate and to overturn a state court ruling that rebuffed the admission and upheld the conviction. [via email from Law360] #US #SupremeCourt #deathpenalty

Today in 2006, 18 years ago: the Great American Strike takes place. Millions of Latino immigrants go on strike, joining in a labor boycott both in that country and throughout Latin America and marches against immigration laws with the aim of recognizing their right as persons, to work, to the education of their children and to medical services and legalizing them through comprehensive immigration reform in the country.

#OnThisDay

Turns out that #Microsoft a big customer of #Azure #HPC. This is a great example of that; Surface laptops are engineered in Azure.

The fact that the public can also use some of that HPC capability (Genoa-X, InfiniBand, etc) is incidental in some ways.

azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog

"“During Vietnam there were ‘antiwar’ and ‘peace’ protesters, not ‘pro-Vietnam’ & ‘anti-US’ protesters.”"

theguardian.com/commentisfree/

This article was illuminating. I too will stop using the term “pro-Palestinian” and “pro-Israel.” You're either an advocate for peace for all or an agitator of war.

Pro- #Palestine protests and encampments have popped up at dozens of universities across the US this month.

Pro-Palestinian protesters are, by-and-large, asking their universities to divest from companies with ties to #Israel . Their calls come amid Israel’s offensive in #Gaza , which is believed to have killed more than 34,000 Palestinians.

independent.co.uk/news/world/a

Ugh, ads to make paving over a previously protected greenbelt habitat seem like a great thing. I hate developers and I hate the politicians in their pockets. :(

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