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Right-Wingers Decry Possibility of a 'DEI Hire' to Be Next Pope


Is anyone actually surprised? Will we have two popes again?

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You can tell what their true "religion" is by the fact that they hope Donald Trump - who is not Catholic - applies pressure on the Catholic Church to appoint a white man as Pope.

You know who is Catholic? Joe Biden.




Trump Administration Wants To Ban Soda From Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program | HuffPost Latest News


Can't say I'm sure how I feel about this, I am kinda anti-soda, candy and junk food, there's too much of it, and it's unquestionably bad for us, but who gets to decide what's bad for us?

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#uspol

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JA Westenberg on Mastodon
There is no culture war. There is a resource war disguised as a vibe war to keep the internet busy while the extractive class finishes loading the truck.






Let's see how today goes


Busiest day of the week at work, nothing special there, except that I twisted my ankle yesterday. Real fun to hear/feel your ankle go pop, and came down hard enough to scrape a few of my knuckles as well. Good news is that my ankle seems to be mostly fine, no significant pain, carries weight fine, although it hurts on uneven ground. Was rather swollen last night, but I've been icing it since I got home yesterday. Big test will be how it holds up to the work load #today


Capital One Gets the Greenlight to Move Forward With Discover Acquisition - CNET


Interesting, not entirely happy with this as I like my Discover card as it is, but this could get interesting, as Mastercard and Visa have a near monopoly control over credit card transactions.

Right now, if'n you buy something, it doesn't matter the bank on the card, nor the payment gateway the store uses, if'n it's a Mastercard or Visa, the transaction goes through their network, which is why they can force websites to restrict content. Capital One is one of the biggest credit card banks out there, so them switching networks is going to have a notable impact on MC and Visa, after all, those companies make money by charging a fee on every transaction, so C1 switching to Discover is going to take a lot of money away, and save C1 money as they won't have to pay for processing. Also since they collect interest on each account, they have a motivation to allow you to buy what you want to buy, so this might break MC and Visa's censorship.

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Minor blogs problem


Seeing this across all the accounts here, new followers no longer show up in the notifications on my browser.
I don't think I've changed any settings, so is this new?
Is there somewhere I can look to make sure I didn't accidentally change something either at the user or admin level?
I do know that it shows up on #Fedilab on my devices.

#Friendica Support #friendica #help










Harlem Globetrotters Were Great Showmen! โ€“ @rainbowriderjt on Tumblr


Harlem Globe Trotters are a blast, even if'n the games aren't real. If you want real, or basketball isn't your thing, take a look at Banana Ball, the Savannah Bananas and the handful of teams that have sprung up to form the league.

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(13) In the โ€Everything happens twice: once as tragedy, once as farceโ€ depโ€™tโ€ฆ โ€“ @dduane on Tumblr


Of course its a Herblock cartoon, the man was a genius

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