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U.S. was only country in a worldwide survey to say most fellow citizens are bad people A new Pew survey shows that other countries’ citizens tend to look more favorably on their neighbors.

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He’s Deeply Religious and a Democrat. He Might Be the Next Big Thing in Texas Politics. James Talarico confounds Fox News hosts, fights the culture wars by quoting scripture, and has fellow Democrats talking about his statewide future.

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"he died, maybe, maybe not, in a big way. Very big way. Anyway these drapes"

And then you find out your soldier loved one died trying to blow up a kindergarten Claude identified as a bunker due to sucking up Warhammer discussions on 2012 reddit

America is recommitting itself to fossil fuel vehicles, meanwhile Chinese cars will soon be able to recharge in the same time it takes to fill up at a gas station

Just got word from @patrickbrosset.com that the Edge Top Developer Needs dashboard has been updated for 2026:

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This follows from the launch of Interop '26, and plugs gaps the selection process leaves due to silent, unaccountable vetoes.

SHOULD THE U.S BLOT OUT THE SUN AND USHER IN AN AGE OF ETERNAL DARKNESS? - Gallup 2/20/26-3/5/26

NO - 41%
YES - 38%
UNSURE - 21%

Ken Paxton Is No Stranger to Controversy. Here’s a Timeline of Nearly 20 Years of Scandals & Headlines. We’ve compiled every serious scandal the Texas Attorney General has faced during his political ascendancy.

We’ve compiled every serious scandal the Attorney General has faced during his political ascendancy, and somehow managed to emerge unscathed from.

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Slurs Filled a Chat Created by a Republican Party Official in Florida

“Slurs Filled a Chat” as if by magic! Who can say how those slurs teleported into that chat! www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/u...

Do not miss your chance to blow this opportunity. 🤔

'Stand your butt up': GOP Sen. Mullin challenges Teamsters boss to fight at Senate hearing YouTube video by CNBC Television

That time when new DHS Secretary, current Sen. Mullin challenged a witness to a fight during a hearing
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Didn't help, but kinda neat anyway.

<snicker>

It doesn't take much to prevent a vote.

Security Product Efficacy I’ve written about security products previously, laying out the framing that security products combine sensors and throttles with threat intelligence to provide protection against threats. As…

It’s very hard to keep selling fire extinguishers when they periodically burst into flame and burn down the building where they’re deployed.
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Deliciously evil

As an engineer, your job is to find the right place on the Quick/Dirty and Slow/Quality spectrum.

As a VP, your job is to pretend like the continuum doesn't exist and insist upon Quick/Quality.

Did they actually remove the ability to turn off incoming video on Teams?

To be clear - this means 7.6 million more of our neighbors, our friends, our coworkers, our parishioners, our community that will not be able to get the medical care they need. This does not mean that magically they’re making more money and don’t qualify anymore

There's some great stuff out there.

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you might be able to play bowlers coming at you at 100mph but you never faced an opponent like me, son

This just in: The Editor of the National Review has opinions about a Democrat.

I think it's super that the GOP has dispatched its dullest and dimmest senators, like Mullin and Tuberville, to make the unintelligible case for an unpopular unplanned war. Go get 'em, boys.

Dan Crenshaw lost his primary, yay! 🥳

New guy is, of course, worse. 😢

Iran has (had?) three Kilo class submarines?!?

It'd kinda hard to imagine that they're gonna stop...