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…life expectancy have changed for the worse..

Hardcore tribalism/cultism at work. A similar percentage to the remaining support for Trump in the US.

Have a read of wikipedia. That way you get the facts, and can judge for yourself, without outsourcing to ai. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jubilee_(biblical) “The periodic land redistribution mandated by the Jubilee was aimed at preventing excessive wealth …

Gah! And now I noticed the dog doubled up on the first link! https://bsky.app/profile/thetnholler.bsky.social/post/3mwc33yqlvs27 .

With this very major difference. Morales from 2005 renationalised the gas industry, raising the govt share ‘of the revenues from the two giant fields from 50 percent to 82 percent, while taking only a 60 percent share at Bolivia’s minor deposits.’ Morales …

Not quite a collapse. Berlin has 3.7 mi people, while Saxony-Anhalt and Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania have around 3.6 mi combined, out of a total population of 86 mi. Map size isn’t everything. And there was a messy breakdown of the previous Centre-Green …

Nice smirk on Netanyahu’s face. https://bsky.app/profile/thetnholler.bsky.social/post/3mwc33yqlvs27https://bsky.app/profile/thetnholler.bsky.social/post/3mwc33yqlvs27 More US Jews approve of Mamdani than Netanyahu. https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/07/08/ …

A third of the UN walked out on a leader with a warrant out for war crimes from the ICJ. Israel has apparently spent a billion dollars in the past few years buying US Senators and Congress members. So up to his elbows in US politics that Netanyahu …

Anyone know if NZ walked out on Netanyahu’s speech? I’m guessing we didn’t. https://swedenherald.com/article/abbas-tells-un-israels-policies-threaten-palestinian-existence

Backgrounder on the east-west Saudi pipeline. ‘Fully regaining the pipeline’s nameplate capacity of seven million barrels per day could take as long as six weeks because three damaged pumping stations will have to be restored. The remaining eight stations …

And all that “data” is worse than useless because it’s a list and not a summary. Your data just clogs the reading brain. Who cares if it was Slovakia or Oz, or if the tax was later repealed? Your whole comment boils down to: many oecd countries have levied …

Evie at Dangerously Informed has done a great backgrounder on the ADf in Germany and its lesbian leader married to Sri Lankan Swiss woman. There’s also a bonus in the comments with extra info from @playeronthebeat.

Here’s an interview they did with Family First. Looks like a chap previously at Free Speech Union involved. ‘So things like digital surveillance, digital id, facial recognition, technology number, plate scanning, a lot of these more modern threats to our …

Do you employ them, or they employ you?

I wrote the other day about mandatory testosterone testing in the US for male defense personnel. Women get to be tested too. ‘For women, the guidance…calls for screening for fatigue and disrupted menstrual cycles that can be associated ​with hormonal …