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1) if we buy a physical version, do we also get the digital file?
2) does the digital file grant us reprint rights for personal use?

These look amazing

10.03.2026 02:26 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Afghan allies, stranded at Qatar refugee camp, face 'hell' amid Iran war More than a thousand Afghan allies at a Qatar refugee camp face terror and confusion as Iranian missiles rain down.

Five years after fleeing the last U.S. war, 1,100 Afghan refugees who risked their lives are stranded in a Qatar refugee camp as missiles rain overhead.

150 people are family members of U.S. servicemembers.

Unconscionable.

www.usatoday.com/story/news/w...

09.03.2026 17:15 👍 441 🔁 119 💬 11 📌 4
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) stops to talk with reporters in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) stops to talk with reporters in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

Murphy: “I think it’s likely the U.S. carried out this attack on this school — I think it's unforgivable under any circumstances, but the fact that this was one of our 1st targeting decisions, that this mistake was made on the 1st day of war — I think speaks to the incompetence of our leadership”

09.03.2026 20:12 👍 2674 🔁 734 💬 113 📌 24
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The End of Aid Archives The U.S. Agency for International Development saved lives and promoted American interests around the globe. As the Trump administration abandons the decades-long approach to soft power, ProPublica inv...

6/ Secretary Marco Rubio has repeatedly said no one has died as a result of cuts to foreign aid. Our reporting proves that isn’t true.

Read our full series about the fallout of dismantling USAID here: www.propublica.org/series/the-e...

10.03.2026 00:15 👍 437 🔁 136 💬 3 📌 4
John Oliver (on right) gestures with his hands as he speaks. On left, a ProPublica headline from December 15, 2025 reads: “Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.” An article excerpt below says: "... turning rows red, yellow or green every few seconds, never asking a single question.”

John Oliver (on right) gestures with his hands as he speaks. On left, a ProPublica headline from December 15, 2025 reads: “Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.” An article excerpt below says: "... turning rows red, yellow or green every few seconds, never asking a single question.”

1/ On yesterday’s @lastweektonight.com about USAID, John Oliver cited several of our investigations.

First up was our reporting about how DOGE operatives had arbitrarily cut aid programs, in some cases by literally clicking through a spreadsheet: propub.li/4cCsSKP

10.03.2026 00:03 👍 1843 🔁 586 💬 17 📌 18

The article wasn't very long, either.

Here's a direct link to the two briefs referenced

Killer Mike, T.I., Young Thug, Fat Joe and N.O.R.E.:
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...

Travis Scott:
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...

09.03.2026 23:39 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Painting of Maine's Wharf Street Old Port at night.

Painting of Maine's Wharf Street Old Port at night.

This is still my favorite acrylic painting I've done. Portland, Maine's Wharf Street in the Old Port at night. Prints are available!
#acrylic #acrylicpainting #artist #artists #art #painting #originalart #traditionalart #Portland #Maine #Wharfstreet #cobblestone #fineart #oldport #city

09.03.2026 17:59 👍 660 🔁 48 💬 20 📌 1
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This is an escalation by DHS.

Six US Citizens and permanent residents are now home after being held over 30 hours at O’Hare, transferred to Broadview, and moved across state lines.

Community pressure got them home. So many more do not have that support.

09.03.2026 19:10 👍 6939 🔁 2495 💬 116 📌 74
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Windows Media Player’s ‘find album information’ functionality has been removed — you’ll have to find other software for playing and ripping CDs with relevant track information Even the new Media Player app in Windows 11 has the same issue as the Legacy version, with audio CDs.

🪦to the built-in "getting media info when ripping a CD"

www.tomshardware.com/software/win...

09.03.2026 22:18 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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No more moving on. These people need to pay for what they did. If not here then send them to another country to judge them and to imprison them. We need discipline again. Especially for the pathologically corrupt.

09.03.2026 00:49 👍 592 🔁 151 💬 64 📌 16
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Lindsey’s diplomacy working wonders in UAE.

09.03.2026 12:13 👍 18700 🔁 6458 💬 778 📌 416

People are passionate when they find out their foundation was built on sand when a hurricane comes through.

That's what code design & review is for.

09.03.2026 12:51 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
rockwell painting of a guy standing to engage in freedom of speech

rockwell painting of a guy standing to engage in freedom of speech

i think child rapists shouldn't be allowed to unilaterally declare war on random countries and mass murder innocent civilians.

08.03.2026 18:24 👍 553 🔁 114 💬 9 📌 5

It sucks living in a country whose entire culture is war and police

08.03.2026 17:03 👍 520 🔁 79 💬 19 📌 5

Tarrio is, quite literally, a pardoned terrorist.

08.03.2026 17:39 👍 10048 🔁 3498 💬 431 📌 118

Fidelity gives you credit right away, just can't sell it until cash settles (or risk a good faith strike)

08.03.2026 18:30 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Studio Ghibli does this with streamed video (no storage or shipping costs for the film).

Virtually free, like you said.

08.03.2026 15:40 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Continuing my sketchbook practice, tiny still life painted in gouache #sketchbook #gouache

07.03.2026 15:05 👍 269 🔁 28 💬 6 📌 0
9-days left countdown graphic to Election Day, March 17! 

The photo showcased is of Kat holding an ICE OUT! sign at a protest at Broadview, overlayed on the number 9. Full copy reads:

"9 days until the election!" with Kat For Illinois' logo.

9-days left countdown graphic to Election Day, March 17! The photo showcased is of Kat holding an ICE OUT! sign at a protest at Broadview, overlayed on the number 9. Full copy reads: "9 days until the election!" with Kat For Illinois' logo.

🚨 9 DAYS 🚨

Single digits. The finish line is in sight.

Help push us over it!

08.03.2026 14:11 👍 1496 🔁 271 💬 31 📌 6
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Every accusation is a confession...

07.03.2026 14:28 👍 5615 🔁 1800 💬 199 📌 98

It's not the same if the raise only comes when you resign. They aren't offering it, they're trying to save face because they already fired too many people and this was someone they thought wouldn't leave.

07.03.2026 13:49 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

every last one of these people need to be tried and jailed as the goons and criminals they are. No exceptions.

07.03.2026 13:08 👍 1065 🔁 206 💬 8 📌 7
Lovebird and budgies holding fruit and cheese.

Lovebird and budgies holding fruit and cheese.

Available painting round-up! 🐦

Birds with snacks
Acryla gouache on paper
$150 each (5.5x5.5")

Also I'm free for bird commissions if you want your own bird+snack painting!

DM to claim/inquire!

07.03.2026 01:20 👍 391 🔁 63 💬 7 📌 0
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He's 75. He's in a wheelchair. He didn't pull the trigger. But Alabama plans to execute him. | Alabama Reflector Getting granted clemency remains the final most likely path to spare Burton from the execution planned for next month by nitrogen gas.

Alabama is set to execute Sonny Burton on March 12, even though he never killed anyone and the state admits that.

Sonny has stayed on death row for 33 years while his health deteriorates. Governor Ivey must commute his sentence.

07.03.2026 00:52 👍 522 🔁 259 💬 29 📌 16

And after that they decided to add lead to gasoline

07.03.2026 01:39 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I'd grab the game Wingspan and have fun looking at all those bird cards! North & South American birds in the base game, then they have European and Australia/Asia expansions.

But orioles, purple martins, bluejays, ducklings would be cute. Vultures (CA), chickens, killdeer, goldfinches.

07.03.2026 01:30 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

If you use logic against these phonies, they can't defend themselves. They didn't know the material.

When skills atrophy and an outage occurs, it's really apparent who knows what they're doing.

07.03.2026 01:21 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

But most humans do NOT automate destroying databases like this. That's the ridiculous part here.

07.03.2026 01:04 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Each region has multiple zones that are different physical sites.

07.03.2026 01:03 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0