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This was a farel orange girl we brought in with the idea that we would tame her for adoption or she would become a barn cat. She had been through multiple fosters but her habit of destroying human flesh made us her last possible home.

It took a long time for her to chill even a little. Including a few months in my wife's bedroom by herself.

She has, despite her age, the cutest little kitten face. In the morning she will get on my wife's shoulder while my wife lets the ducks. geese and chickens out. She is free to come and go as she pleases (both my wife and Topaz) and after letting the birds out she will come and cuddle up with my wife as she drinks her coffee. Most of the time Topaz will end up upside down demanding belly rubs.

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You may have noticed that we have a surplus of orange girls. Only about 20% of orange cats are girls. Some put the number at about one in 3000 cats is an orange girl. Yet we have six of them.

I'm not sure but we probably have more orange girls than any household on the east coast of the United States. And we don't even keep each one we find. Some have wondered what is up with our area that results in so many orange girls. Just lucky I guess.

I'd love to have a male tortie but unlike orange girls those are ultra rare and I could never afford their vet bills.

Lucy won't come to you for attention. But you can always pick her up and make her purr.

Lucy's mom has a bob tail. Her sisters Charlie and Tasselhoff have bobtails. But Lucy is the odd one in the family with a full length tail. It doesn't seem to cause her any problems.

Donald Trump threatened on Sunday to withhold his signature from all bills until Congress passes a GOP-led voting bill that implements voter restrictions ahead of the November midterms.

“I, as President, will not sign other Bills until this is passed, AND NOT THE WATERED DOWN VERSION – GO FOR THE GOLD: MUST SHOW VOTER I.D. & PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP: NO MAIL-IN BALLOTS EXCEPT FOR MILITARY – ILLNESS, DISABILITY, TRAVEL,” Trump posted on his social media platform, Truth Social.

The bill, called the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, or SAVE America Act, requires individuals to show citizenship documents to register to vote and strict forms of photo ID to cast a ballot. If passed, the legislation would also administer criminal penalties for election officials who register anyone lacking the required documents.

As my colleague Ari Berman wrote in February, the bill would potentially block tens of millions of Americans from voting. Nine percent of American citizens, or approximately 21 million people, don’t have ready access to citizenship documents. The bill may impact millions of US citizens in other ways: tens of millions of women who took their partner’s last name, for example, may not have a birth certificate that matches their legal name could find it more difficult to register.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.bestiver.se/post/976569

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cross-posted from: https://news.abolish.capital/post/33746

The extremes to which the Republican Party will go to sway the 2026 elections in their favor was highlighted again on Sunday after US President Donald Trump said he will sign no other legislation into law this year until the SAVE Act—a bill that would deeply erode voting rights and threatens ballot access for tens of millions of Americans—is passed by Congress.

"It must be done immediately," Trump declared in a characteristically unhinged social media post on Sunday, referring to the SAVE Act, versions of which have passed the Republican-controlled House but so far stalled in the Senate.

"It supersedes everything else. MUST GO TO THE FRONT OF THE LINE," Trump continued in an all-caps tantrum. "I, as President, will not sign other Bills until this is passed, AND NOT THE WATERED DOWN VERSION - GO FOR THE GOLD: MUST SHOW VOTER I.D. & PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP: NO MAIL-IN BALLOTS EXCEPT FOR MILITARY - ILLNESS, DISABILITY, TRAVEL: NO MEN IN WOMEN’S SPORTS: NO TRANSGENDER MUTILIZATION FOR CHILDREN! DO NOT FAIL!!!"

Voting rights experts and Democratic lawmakers have denounced the SAVE Act as a dangerous threat to millions of eligible voters, calling it a clear effort by the GOP to tip the scales in their favor by depressing voter turnout in 2026 and beyond.

"In every form, the SAVE Act would require American citizens to show documents like a passport or birth certificate to register to vote. Our research shows that more than 21 million Americans lack ready access to those documents," warned Eliza Sweren-Becker and Owen Bacskai of the Brennan Center for Justice, which advocates for robust voting rights, in a blog post last week.

"Roughly half of Americans don’t even have a passport," Sweren-Becker and Bacskai continued. "Millions lack access to a paper copy of their birth certificate. The SAVE Act would disenfranchise Americans of all ages and races, but younger voters and voters of color would suffer disproportionately. Likewise, millions of women whose married names aren’t on their birth certificates or passports would face extra steps just to make their voices heard."

In response to Trump's threat on Sunday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) characterized the SAVE Act as "Jim Crow 2.0" as he condemned the president and his GOP allies.

"If Trump is saying he won’t sign any bills until the SAVE Act is passed, then so be it: there will be total gridlock in the Senate," said Schumer. "Senate Democrats will not help pass the SAVE Act under any circumstances."

Melanie D'Arrigo, executive director of the Campaign for New York Health, said Sunday that the SAVE Act—which Trump said last week must be passed "at the expense of everything else"—is not a voter ID bill, but rather "voter suppression" legislation bill masquerading as a solution to a problem that doesn't exist.

"If it was a voter ID bill, it would provide people with the proper IDs to vote, with no barriers — but it doesn’t," noted D'Arrigo. "The voter fraud rate is .0001%, and this bill would potentially prevent up to 69 million women, 40 million who don’t have access to their birth certificate, and 140 million without a passport, from voting."

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Starmer attempts to make up with the warmongering US president as tens of thousands protest against the bombing of Iran over the weekend

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Made this to tease a friend who recently got top surgery.

Technically this is a re-post, as this didn't seem to federate the first time around for some reason.

Edit: testing if an edit makes the post federate

cross-posted from: https://feddit.online/c/ecology/p/1511552/playing-sea-soundscapes-can-summon-thousands-of-baby-oysters-and-help-regrow-oyster-ree

In our new research published in the Journal of Applied Ecology, we amplified the natural sounds of the sea through underwater speakers. We were testing if sound cues would draw baby oysters to swim to the locations where we are trying to regrow oyster reefs. It worked better than we'd hoped. Many thousands more larvae swam to our locations than control areas and settled on the bare rocks.

1000pcs and, damn, amazing way to just zone out before bed.

I listened to an audiobook at the same time

I recently started using my Chromebook more and was struggling to find a way to make the video playback smoother when using mpv running on ChromeOS.

I quickly realized the default config doesn't use hardware accel on ChromeOS as it is disabled for crostini.

I wrote a guide on how to enable it and use a custom config to enhance the user experience.

GitHub repo is a fork modified to enable mpv hw accel support in crostini.

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Published on: 09/03/2026 | 00:00:00

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Authorities shut all public and private universities across the country from Monday. Recommended Stories list of 4 items list 1 of 4Oil soars past $100 a barrel. Stocks plunge as US-Israel war on Iran rages list 2 of 4Iran war threatens prolonged impact on energy markets. Authorities have not indicated how long the closures will remain in place. Institutions are expected to resume normal academic schedules after Eid holidays.

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Last week, Italian authorities issued expulsion orders for eight Chinese nationals from Schengen territory on national security grounds. According to news reports, three have been deported immediately, while four others had already left the Italian territory. One individual reportedly remains in custody on grounds of a pending asylum application.

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The decision comes after years of investigations into relentless surveillance, harassment and threats against prominent Chinese dissident and influencer Teacher Li.

Safeguard Defenders previously published a partial account of the ongoing transnational repression campaign against him. From online smears, doxxing, surveillance and threats against his parents, to mass questioning of his followers across China: much of the campaign is conducted (from) within China’s borders. But not all...

For over three years, physical efforts to locate, intimidate and pressure Teacher Li into giving up his activities and return to China also took place across the Italian territory.

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In response to the decision, Teacher Li states:

Over the past three years, my team and I have steadfastly upheld press freedom, documenting and disseminating social events within China that are censored domestically.

Simultaneously, we have endured prolonged transnational repression by the Chinese government. Myself, my team, and our families have faced persistent and comprehensive harassment, threats, and violations.

We are heartened to see the Italian government take action against China's overseas repression. This represents not only protection for us, but also the defense of fundamental democratic principles and the rule of law.

We sincerely thank the Italian government for all its efforts, and we also thank Safeguard Defenders for their sustained attention, documentation, and support throughout these incidents."

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The expulsion decision marks the first decisive action against the CCP’s ongoing transnational repression operations on Italian soil. In Fall 2022, our global reports on “Chinese overseas police service centers” showed how Italy was a prime target for the CCP’s [Chinese Communist Party's] transnational repression and foreign interference operations – at least in part due to its cooperation with China’s Ministry of Public Security through joint police patrols, readily execution of INTERPOL warrants requested by China and extraditions.

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