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The image is a political cartoon depicting a scene with several elements. In the foreground, a character resembling Donald Trump, dressed in a blue suit and red tie, is holding a torch and pointing towards the Statue of Liberty. He is shouting, "SHE'S A WITCH...!" The Statue of Liberty is shown bound with ropes, with a baseball bat strapped to its back, and the pedestal labeled "DEMOCRACY." In the background, a group of people, some wearing red caps, are marching with torches, suggesting a protest or rally. The cartoon uses symbolism to convey a message about political figures and democracy.

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The cleaning continues


So when cleaning my husband's desks (work and home) and bag, I've been finding some money...

Yeah, coins, paper, foreign as well as US, savings bonds, gift cards and certificates, and credit/bank cards. Need to figure out if'n there's anything valuable here and what to do with the foreign currency, any ideas? Paper currency's current stack is over $200, plus what I have in my wallet, and what little bit I've spent so far.

I also really need help sorting here, I've collected 9 collapsible cube storage bins worth of stuff that needs further sorting, and I'm not done yet, though I am running out of places to put stuff. Anyone in #STL up for a sorting party, especially someone who wants to take a lead on figuring out how best to further sort this stuff? I'll pay for the pizza, and within reason, anyone what helps can take what they want.

I've got help to deal with the comics, I've made 3 short boxes from his desks so far, and I think I've found all the loose ones, but there's still this downstairs:

Some stuff has already been set aside to figure out what to do with it, like his collection of fountain pens and ink, I've given a shout on Messenger to the STL Pen Show in hopes that they can help me figure out what to do with those. Craft stuff I'm giving his family first dibs. Ditto for clothes, after that...

Anyone in the furry community want to help with that side of things? We've got prints around here as well as MFM memorabilia, and possibly other stuff.

#STL #Mo #missouri #help #fountainpen

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The image shows a cluttered desk with various items. In the foreground, there is a stack of US dollar bills, some coins organized into small piles, and a check for $25.00 with the number 104326 visible. A wallet with a Visa card is also present. The background includes a fidget spinner, a red and white box, and some scattered papers. A black computer mouse is visible on the left side, and a trash bin is on the right. The desk has a light wood finish with drawers, and the overall scene suggests a busy workspace.

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Generally good, but a few painful points in it.

Like his explanation of why we use command line...

it's not "because legacy" and such. However he phrased that gist.

It's because (among many reasons), it's easier to share help how to do something as a command, than a sequence of steps to go through with a gui, that may not even be a very universally used gui.

And easier to follow the help as a command (... generally can merely copy & paste).

And from having the command, you are then given more avenues to explore deeper understanding of what it's doing more up front (e.g. can run man, or tldr, or info, or whereis, or whatis, or apropos, and so on, on the command(s) and its(/their) various parts, or even try a -h or --help option after the command... reading the fun manual is good).

With Command Line Interface (cli), rather than Graphical User Interface (gui), the distance to being empowered and learning more, is far shorter, with far fewer hurdles in the way. I know it seems like the gui's the easier way, but it's only easy at the initial shallow front it offers, and it's surprisingly not faster ... "but i click, it does it, just one click, no typing" ha! how many clicks can you do, how much nuance of control is there in your click... only what the gui provides? no depth of potential to create whatever possibilities the linguistic nature of stringing commands together. And how much resources are used~ is the gui always responsive, like the command line is?

[If you were to] Try to get to a similar level of depth of capability and competence with a gui as availed in the command line, then you're going the hard long way around, having to reprogram your gui (probably in something like C, or maybe rust, and needing to know about all kinds of graphical toolkits, libraries and whatever system inner workings doodads and things). Which would indeed be great. Do that. Build and adapt guis to your liking and share them. Great contribution, great learning experience. But I'll carry on taking the easier, more expedient path, and keep using the command line. ;)

Little by little it grows, and before you know it, you're quite proficient with the command line, and no longer even want to do things through the gui, because you can do it faster and easier on the command line.

Even more so when using a shell like fish, or have run "oh-my-zsh" or "oh-my-bash" to spruce up your zsh or bash shell configurations, to have all kinds of pleasant auto-completion wonders to really expedite completing commands, way faster than typing, even faster than mere tab-completion... the wonders in store for the newcomers... they just dont know, yet. :)

Why do we tend towards cli preference over gui?

"Text is a universal interface" -- Doug McIlroy (paraphrased reduction), as part of the unix philosophy.

... Call that "because legacy" if you like, I think the "because" of it has nothing to do with legacy, and [the philosophy] is true, new, today, as it was then. "Do one thing well", too.

Not that everything need follow this philosophy, and of course many things don't, and that's the beauty of freedom. But it is very nice when there's that deep interoperability. :)




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The image shows two tweets from a user named Michael Kofi A., with the handle [@]MikeKofiA. The tweets are displayed on a black background with white text.

The first tweet reads: "Fun Fact: The founders of this country had no intention of letting anybody outside of their class vote. White men who did not own land could not participate in the democratic process until 1856." It includes a profile picture of a man, a flag emoji, and engagement metrics showing 22 comments, 497 retweets, and 2,850 likes.

The second tweet states: "The revolution was not a war of liberation it was a change in management from the British aristocracy to the American bourgeoisie." It also includes a profile picture, a flag emoji, and engagement metrics showing 0 comments, 0 retweets, and 0 likes.

Both tweets are attributed to the same user, and the profile picture is consistent across both tweets.

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The image features a man in a suit holding a yellow cup, presumably of coffee, with steam rising from it. He is smiling and looking directly at the viewer. The background is a plain, light color, possibly beige or cream. The text in the image is in bold, black font and reads: "WHENEVER THERE'S A BIG STORY IN THE MEDIA, LOOK FOR THE STORY THEY'RE TRYING TO DISTRACT YOU FROM." The text is positioned to the right of the man, with the words aligned to the left. The overall style of the image is reminiscent of vintage advertisements or editorial cartoons.

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Some CharacTaur commissions!  People seem to really like the dragon-themed ones. – @deesketchs on Tumblr


tumblr.com/deesketchs/68952121…

#taur

#taur

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@Tattered Unquestionably the US, we have a real problem over here, and while I don't have a source for this, I feel like I've read this somewhere already.


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The image is a cartoon featuring two characters. The larger character, depicted with a serious expression, is holding a smaller character by the collar. The larger character is wearing a dark blue suit with a white shirt and a pink tie. The smaller character, depicted with a comical expression, is wearing a blue suit with a red tie. The larger character is speaking, with the text in a speech bubble that reads, "LITTLE MAN, KEEP MY NAME OUT OF YOUR MOUTH." The title of the cartoon is "Little Big Man," written at the top of the image. The background is a simple gradient, transitioning from light to dark blue. The artist's signature, "Daniel Gros," is visible in the bottom right corner.

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Over half of MPs suspected by NABU backed law curbing anti-corruption agency's independence


More than half of the #Ukrainian lawmakers named in #corruption probes by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) voted in favor of a controversial law dismantling the #independence of the bureau, ZN.UA reported on July 23.

Civil society groups, opposition lawmakers, and international partners have condemned the move, calling it a threat to Ukraine's #anti-corruption gains and #EU integration path.

According to public records:

  • 31 sitting or former members of the current parliament are suspected of corruption by NABU
  • Of those:
    -- 18 voted in favor of the law
    -- 2 abstained or did not vote
    -- 5 were absent or removed their cards before the vote.

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The image is a two-panel political cartoon comparing the policies and actions of two political figures, labeled "BIDEN" and "TRUMP." The left panel, titled "BIDEN," shows a man in a suit holding a large scroll with the titles of various acts and plans, including the "CHIPS AND SCIENCE ACT," "AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN," "INFLATION REDUCTION ACT," "CHILD TAX CREDIT," "PACT ACT," and "BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE BILL." The background is a simple blue sky, and the text below reads "WORKED FOR THE GREATER GOOD."

The right panel, titled "TRUMP," depicts a man in a suit holding several large bags labeled with various financial activities, such as "REAL ESTATE DEALS," "TARIFF SCAMS," "MERCH SALES," "PARDONS $$$," "MEME COINS $$$," "GOLDEN VISAS $$$," "Bribes $$$," and "LEGAL AND MEDIA SHAKEDOWNS $$$." The background transitions from red to orange, and the text below reads "WORKS FOR THE GREATER GRIFT."

The cartoon uses contrasting imagery and text to suggest differing impacts of the two figures' actions, with Biden's actions portrayed as beneficial and Trump's as self-serving. The source of the image is credited to "RAGINGPENCILS.COM" and the artist is "MIKE STANFILL."

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Dropkick Murphys exit Punk in the Park festival over founder's Trump campaign donations


Always like the band, but this makes me like them more

nbcnews.com/pop-culture/music/…

#dropkickmurphys #Music #punk

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La imagen es una tira cómica de tres paneles, titulada "Thursday July 24, 2025", creada por "B.C." y publicada en JohnHartman.com. En el primer panel, una mujer con cabello rubio y una toalla en la cabeza habla con un hombre con cabello marrón, ambos en trajes de baño. Ella dice, "How come this means yes...". En el segundo panel, el hombre sostiene un objeto que parece ser una aguja, y la mujer dice, "And this means no?". En el tercer panel, ambos personajes se miran con expresiones de confusión. La tira cómica juega con la ambigüedad de las señales no verbales, utilizando un contexto de playa para crear humor.

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The image features a white background with a black border. At the top, the text "HATE IS NOT SEXY." is prominently displayed in bold, black capital letters. Below this, there is a red circle with a diagonal line crossing through a black swastika symbol, indicating prohibition. The text "AGAINST FASCISM, RACISM, SEXISM AND HOMOPHOBIA." is written in bold, black capital letters, aligned to the left. The overall design is simple and direct, conveying a strong anti-hate message.

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