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April 29, 2026

GAZA CITY, Gaza—Nahla Al-Majdob woke up in the middle of the night last week to her seven-year-old daughter, Aya, screaming in their tent. “I turned on my phone light but I didn’t see anything at first,” Al-Majdob told Drop Site News. “Then I noticed bite marks on Aya’s toe.” It was not the first time. “I’ve woken up many nights to find rats around our mattresses,” she said. “Sometimes they’re right next to us, sniffing.”

Like nearly all Palestinians in Gaza, Al-Majdob and her family were forced from their home by the war and have been living in a flimsy tent near what used to be the port on the shoreline of Gaza City. Compounding the hardships of displacement is a growing population of rodents menacing families across the enclave.

“The rats come out from the rubble and the garbage,” Al-Majdob said. “They crawl over our clothes and gather where we store food. If we leave anything out, it will be contaminated.”

Apr 29, 2026

Nearly 120 civil society groups on Wednesday urged US lawmakers to reject Republican-led efforts to fast-track approval of artificial intelligence and conventional data centers, including by slipping provisions for these facilities into permitting reform legislation or “must-pass” bills.

Fossil fuel companies “are pushing to fast-track data center build-outs while ignoring the impacts on communities and the environment,” the groups said in a letter to congressional leaders. “Proposals disguised as ‘commonsense’ reforms would weaken the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, and the Endangered Species Act, while also stripping residents of their right to participate in decisions affecting their health, water, and air.”

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I was in a sub yesterday dedicated to pro cannabis growing.

Floraflex is a major brand and has been out of a product called

1/4 gallon quickfills since November last year.

Somehow I got banned long with every account on my IP address in my house.

I said there is a sketchy website that when they answer has a heavy middle eastern accent and they claim to be in Denver. i posted the website name and spelled dot com so they would not be able to enjoy a backlink from my post.

They are using a virtual office service so they appear they are in Denver. Floraflex contacted me today and confirmed everyone is out of stock worldwide. Yet these guys are happy to take almost $7k from me for fake stock that will never arrive. My thanks for warning other pro growers was to get a permanent ban.

I have no idea how saying a sketch site with heavy middle eastern accents is hate and enough for permanent ban of a 15 year old account.

Defeating Trump and the Republicans in the midterm? Can't rely on those loser Democrats. Leave it to us.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/46623577

Apr 29, 2026

In an interview with Common Dreams shortly after the CPC unveiled its New Affordability Agenda, Rep. Greg Casar (D-Texas) said he believes American voters across the political spectrum are hungry for a concrete policy platform that takes aim at the corporate forces driving price increases across the economy, from the for-profit utility companies raking in huge profits off the backs of struggling families to oil titans reaping massive windfall gains thanks to war-driven oil price surges.

Casar stressed that the 10th and final plank of the New Affordability Agenda—“Getting Big Money Out of Politics”—is critical because “corporations being able to buy politicians and buy elections is a huge driver of what’s made things more expensive.”

cross-posted from: https://news.abolish.capital/post/46066

A new study led by University of British Columbia researchers has found that pet cats allowed to roam outside unsupervised carry infectious diseases at rates comparable to feral cats, even when they receive veterinary care, regular meals, and shelter.

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Thanks to everyone who replied to my prior post on Flock cameras at the entrance to my work.

I worked some emails to my union asking if I could see any contract between our company and Flock. The request was forwarded to the union president who replied to say that the union doesnt have that information and that they follow corporate policy. He asked if there was a specifc concern that is to be investigated.

I planned to follow up with the lawsuits section of the consumer rights wiki page on Flock (sorry links not working on my end) and possibly the video by Ben Jordan, although, i am hesitant to include any sensationalized and entertainment focused content as evidence to white collar proffesionals. That wouldnt be very substantial. I am looking for discrete and well documented evidence that the Flock cameras are recording and serving out more than license plate information.

Does anyone have anything they can share?

Apr 29, 2026

Nearly 120 civil society groups on Wednesday urged US lawmakers to reject Republican-led efforts to fast-track approval of artificial intelligence and conventional data centers, including by slipping provisions for these facilities into permitting reform legislation or “must-pass” bills.

Fossil fuel companies “are pushing to fast-track data center build-outs while ignoring the impacts on communities and the environment,” the groups said in a letter to congressional leaders. “Proposals disguised as ‘commonsense’ reforms would weaken the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, and the Endangered Species Act, while also stripping residents of their right to participate in decisions affecting their health, water, and air.”

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/46623883

Duration - 24:16

[a video about Cuba from the news collective Belly Of The Beast]

Belly of the Beast journalist Liz Oliva Fernández interviews British economist Emily Morris, who has specialized in studying the Cuban economy since the early 1990s. Emily compares the current crisis with the hardships of the Special Period, and explains the impact of U.S. policy.

Morris breaks down how Cuba’s economy functions — its dependence on foreign exchange, the role of tourism and remittances and the growing weight of the informal sector. She argues that while internal problems matter, external pressures have significantly shaped the country’s limited recovery.

At the center of the discussion is a broader question: what happens when a small economy is cut off from global finance, trade networks and investment flows in an increasingly interconnected world?

“If the U.S. were to lift sanctions, the Cuban economy, within five years would be prosperous,” Morris says.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/46623577

Apr 29, 2026

In an interview with Common Dreams shortly after the CPC unveiled its New Affordability Agenda, Rep. Greg Casar (D-Texas) said he believes American voters across the political spectrum are hungry for a concrete policy platform that takes aim at the corporate forces driving price increases across the economy, from the for-profit utility companies raking in huge profits off the backs of struggling families to oil titans reaping massive windfall gains thanks to war-driven oil price surges.

Casar stressed that the 10th and final plank of the New Affordability Agenda—“Getting Big Money Out of Politics”—is critical because “corporations being able to buy politicians and buy elections is a huge driver of what’s made things more expensive.”

So, SCOTUS just killed the Voting Rights Act. Greeat.

The NY Post, always good for laugh, has decided to devote its editors board opinion to showing how OP Mamdani is for not bending over backwards for a foreign Monarch. Their list of complaints:

• He does not throw a parade or welcome him in by boat as did past mayors
• The only welcome ceremony was at the 9/11 memorial -Mamdani’s calendar didn’t list the event
• Mamdani asked the king to return a stolen 104 carat gem in the British museum back to India

Fuck is with these conservative losers jumping on the kings dick like pathetic fangirls? I didn’t think American “values” were to hold Monarchs in reverence. Meanwhile Mamdani all dunk’n on this king like “cool you are here for a visit but uh you should give that stuff back your grandparents stole”

Duration - 24:16

[a video about Cuba from the news collective Belly Of The Beast]

Belly of the Beast journalist Liz Oliva Fernández interviews British economist Emily Morris, who has specialized in studying the Cuban economy since the early 1990s. Emily compares the current crisis with the hardships of the Special Period, and explains the impact of U.S. policy.

Morris breaks down how Cuba’s economy functions — its dependence on foreign exchange, the role of tourism and remittances and the growing weight of the informal sector. She argues that while internal problems matter, external pressures have significantly shaped the country’s limited recovery.

At the center of the discussion is a broader question: what happens when a small economy is cut off from global finance, trade networks and investment flows in an increasingly interconnected world?

“If the U.S. were to lift sanctions, the Cuban economy, within five years would be prosperous,” Morris says.

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TL;DW:
Due to various molecular configurations, currently known medicines accidentally becoming contaminated with a catalyst seed molecule/particle can irreversibly cause the same medicine that was mass manufactured to no longer be stable and be reproducible.

This system of contamination and reproduction acts in similar fashion to viral infections.

The threadiverse is small (compared to other major platforms) and I often see usernames that I recognize. How well do we notice each other around here?

I'll start... my name's "MrShankles" and I do be commenting/posting from time to time