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In 2024, her estate donated the house to the local nonprofit Literary Arts, which is in the process of converting it into the Ursula K. Le Guin Writers Residency. locusmag.com/2026/08/ursula-k-…









German court rules comparing Israel to Nazi Germany constitutes protected speech

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Russian banks run out of money to cover budget deficit


#Russian #banks currently have no free rouble liquidity to buy federal loan bonds, which #Russia's Ministry of Finance uses to cover the budget #deficit.

Banks' #money is urgently needed by the budget, which ended the first half of the year with a deficit of RUB 5.7 trillion (US$72 billion) and faced overspending on the #war in #Ukraine.

Today, banks only have funds to lend to clients – that is their core business. Federal loan bonds can be bought when you have free liquidity and are confident in it, especially if there is no significant premium. Today, the situation is the opposite

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Great article on Mel Brooks' use of shock humor to target fascism


And it's not just "Springtime for Hitler." It's also the anti-racism of Blazing Saddles. Mel IS a genius. He's also one of us.

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Reform council chief threatens to report cafΓ© owner who fed kids for free to police - The Mirror


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But 86-47 is a death threat


Madison County Board Chairman Slusser defends Fauci hanging post as 'rhetorical hyperbole'

Madison County Board Chairman Chris Slusser said Friday that a comment he made on Facebook calling for the β€œpublic hanging” of Dr. Anthony Fauci was β€œrhetorical hyperbole.”

Slusser’s comments were posted in the replies to a post that appears to have since been deleted. Slusser, from his personal account, made the comment around 1:30 p.m. Wednesday.

β€œHe should receive a public hanging,” Slusser wrote of Fauci.

On Friday, Slusser pushed back against criticism of the post.

β€œAnyone with common sense knows the remark wasn't a literal call for public execution,” Slusser wrote in a Facebook post. β€œIt was obvious rhetorical hyperbole β€” the kind of exaggerated language people use every day. It was a call for more public scrutiny. If certain people are going to be offended by every figure of speech, they’ll never stop being offended.”...
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Search Engines That Find Things Google Deliberately Hides - YouTube


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