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Well, I guess these are gonna have to go. Don't want anyone getting confused out there.

NotTheOnion... or, well, actually The Onion.

The Onion is sold to new firm known as Global Tetrahedron

axios.com/2024/04/25/the-onion

The CEO said on Threads:
NEWS: My friends and I now own and run The Onion. I’ll be the CEO.
We’re keeping the entire staff, bringing back The Onion News Network, and share the wealth with staff.
Basically, we’re going to let them do whatever they want. Get excited.
threads.net/@oneunderscore__/p

We know her name. This is Weyzero Abebech.

When Fascist controlled Italy attacked Ethiopia without declaring war, Ethiopia fought back as best they could, with weapons left over from the last war they had had with Italy, and used runners as communication, because they had no radios. They had four tanks, while Italy brought close to 800 with them. So when the Ethiopian Emperor, Haile Selassie, ordered the oldest son of all families, they answered. But it wasn’t just the men who answered...

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Oceanside Pier in in Oceanside, California is on fire.

This is the longest pier on the West Coast of the United States at 1954 feet long.

Originally constructed in 1888 at the location now known as Wisconsin Avenue, the pier was demolished by winter storms in 1890.
nbcsandiego.com/news/local/fir

scientists have determined that the reason the Mayans disappeared after building a large stable civilization was they deforested too much of their land causing less water to evaporate to form clouds causing a drought that destroyed all their crops and they starved as their civilization collapsed. worst part, they knew what was happening. they absolutely knew they were causing it and kept doing it anyway. sound familiar?

@Bix

The Court is Corrupt. Say It With Me

Sure the Roberts Court is partisan, I thought. But there’s a threshold level belief in the rule of law.

talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/t

It sure would’ve been interesting if President Biden increased the number of justices on the Supreme Court.

Fishbone sans Fishers?

Hasn't really been the same since '96 but that's the way the funk/punk/ska bouillabaise cookie crumbles. 🤷‍♂️

qthemusic.com/p/fishbone-lineu

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REMINDER: When an institution or its leaders, on being criticized, reacts with something like "you don't know how any of this works", they are telling you that (a) they live in a bubble, and (b) they are incapable of processing input from outside of the bubble.

If the CIA was willing to overthrow democratically elected leaders in South America and other countries, can we be sure they can be counted on to never do the same here?

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Trey, Unscary in 5/4

CounterSocial is the first Social Network Platform to take a zero-tolerance stance to hostile nations, bot accounts and trolls who are weaponizing OUR social media platforms and freedoms to engage in influence operations against us. And we're here to counter it.