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  • Epstein files update: Bill Gates got STD from ‘Russian girls’; ex-wife Melinda, Musk in latest release

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  • Seems this might be the reference.

    The New Yorker story also implicated multi-billion dollar philanthropist Bill Gates. The emails between Ito and Epstein showed that Gates was “directed by Epstein” to donate $2 million to the research lab in October 2014, six years after Epstein was found guilty of soliciting prostitution from a minor.

  • Epstein files update: Bill Gates got STD from ‘Russian girls’; ex-wife Melinda, Musk in latest release

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  • Of age and consenting does not equal willingness or a lack of exploration. There was a victim who has done some interviews, she was of age, and one could argue she did consent. But she was heavily pressured. She found herself being brought to the island by a girl she was on a modeling shoot with. I can't remember all of the details but essentially she was made to feel like participation was expected and everyone just did it. Eventually this led to a relationship where she was trafficked to other men.

    Hearing her speak, she sounded like she felt obligated. And when she didn't return calls or other communications, they would escalate to harassment levels of contact.

    The women who were of age were still kids. I think about where I was at 25, I didn't know shit. An 18 y/o newly on her own, in a place she's never been, without close friends or family, could easily be exploited.

  • Rachel Maddow Alleged DHS Funding Bill to Permit Deportation of US Citizens

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  • The reporting from Maddow is that an amendment to the DHS funding bill that was passed out of committee was removed at the request of the Whitehouse. This amendment included language to prevent ICE from detaining and deporting citizens which is already illegal.

    What I cannot find (with some very lose and quick research) is the actual text of the amendment. Nothing was included in the bill that would make it legal for them to detain and deport a US citizen. ICE’s authority to arrest and detain under 8 U.S.C. § 1226 and § 1231 applies only to "aliens." Once an individual is confirmed to be a U.S. citizen, ICE loses its legal basis for custody.

    IMO it seems like an empty gesture without any sort of enforcement (remember I did not find the text of the removed amendment). We are already dealing with a militia that is operating outside the rule of law.

    Actually slowing this down or putting up a road block would require laws that actually address the detainment of US citizens, as the current laws only seem to address the authority of ICE in dealing with alien residents. The would also need to be an independent watchdog and actual codified consequences for detaining US citizens in these dragnet operations.

  • What are peoples thoughts on the Mecha Comet?

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  • Just leaned about this and backed it this morning. Probably an impulse buy I'll regret.

    The idea of a phone replacement crossed my mind as an after thought.

    Mostly going for it for novelty and I thought it could be nice to have a handheld to maybe do some development on. The keyboard will likely frustrate me and the screen will probably strain my aging eyes.

    Yeah I shouldn't be able to buy things before my first cup of coffee.

  • If the 2028 United States presidential election was held today, who would you vote for?

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  • Sharp Guillotine (they/them) and their running mate Three-in-one Oil

  • How is it in Germany?

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  • I'm an American with some outdated experience from about 25 years ago.

    I loved Germany and would love to return. I've even thought about migrating there, though I know this would not be simple.

    I was there for about 3 weeks. My last name is very Italian, but apparently the family i was starting with hoped it was Spanish and expressed this with shock when I corrected them.

    During my time there I witnessed quite a bit of racism directed at Italians and Turks. As it was explained to me, post WWII Germany encouraged migrants from Italy and Turkey to rebuild the workforce. What I witnessed was that Italians and Turks were looked down on and often held to lower jobs.

    It's been 25 years. I hope things have changed.

  • Both Ford and Mercedes own a /8 block of public IP addresses, that is 16 million public IPV4 addresses each

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  • My university had an entire /8 block and no real centralized IT. A number of departments ran NAT internally but the default was that every computer was assigned a public IP. This included connecting a laptop to the network in the library or in a dorm room. At some point they did require associating your MAC with a student or staff ID in order to acquire an IP.

    There was also a pretty robust collection of drives shared on the network. Some were intentional and slightly nefarious, some were accidental and the people didn't even realize they were sharing.

    This was over 25 years ago.

  • Is it gay to have pleasurable sex with your wife?

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  • Wait till they find out how the elite and powerful view them (and pretty much all of us).

  • The Men Who Stare at Goats

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  • Supreme Court issues emergency order to block full SNAP food aid payments

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  • At the very least to keep the status quo and mitigate irreversible harm. This seems like an order to push forward the agenda of their god king and barrel through with the harm.

    And now we have Democrats talking about bills to reopen with a vote in ACA in December. I doubt SNAP will even come back to fill strength if the government opens back up

  • Is the world actually worse than it was 25 years ago, or does it just feel that way because I'm now more aware of how dysfunctional and cruel everything seems?

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  • Through the 90s and visiting various areas of the US, those things were always there but not discussed in the open. People would say disgusting shit to people they thought they were safe saying those things to.

    We've come to the point where people will say they aren't racist but will still defend racist views and say racist shit but it's not all brown people, just certain ones.

    We're probably about 6 months from having these assholes walk around with armbands.

  • Texas National Guard arriving in Chicago

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  • Just start leaving hot dogs and Italian beefs laying around.

  • BREAKING: Israeli authorities have beaten Greta Thunberg, made her kiss Zionist flag

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  • Unfortunately we have seen many instances throughout history of ethno-religious supremacist ideology, specifically around abrahamic beliefs. Would removing such belief systems from society remove all hate and violence, of course not. But I'd argue that we would be in a better place as a society. Maybe if we weren't trying to prove whose god was more right or whose belief was more righteous we could have a more just, loving, and peaceful society.

  • Netanyahu accepts Trump proposal to end war in Gaza

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  • Allowed to return after Trump builds his resort and condos.

  • Devils Panties 09/25/2025

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  • I have a friend with a Subaru he didn't drive much. Battery kept dieing on him. He determined that with the car of there was a small drain on the battery. Took quite a bit to figure out that the issue was the old 3g connection for starlink. Even though he hadn't ever paid for the service, the car still kept trying to connect to the cell network. With 3g retired, it had nothing to connect to.

    I also have a Subaru with a 3g connection I never replaced, but it's a daily driver. From what I can tell on forums, this only became a problem once there was no longer a 3g network. Just curious that even without the subscription the car was connecting to something and now that there is no connection, it will continuously try to connect.

    There is a bypass module that can be purchased, because apparently if you just pull the fuse, you lose Bluetooth and the front speakers. You can keep Bluetooth by having an aftermarket headunit which bypasses the manufacturer Bluetooth.

  • 'The Bear' writer arrested on train after complaint from white woman

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  • Sounds like they created the violation in this case. They threatened arrest for disturbing the peace if he didn't comply and remove himself from the train. They are always able to manufacturer reason for detainment and threatening arrest.

  • 'The Bear' writer arrested on train after complaint from white woman

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  • Nah, we don't deport people anywhere they might have tires to.

  • WATCH: Democratic Congressional Candidate Kat Abughazaleh Slammed to the Ground by ICE

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  • Not that I would see one, but I dream of the day I get a resume with a gap in 2025 or they outright say they worked for the regime. I won't call them out, but I will happily shred that resume.

  • Mississippi declares infant deaths emergency as CDC program that could have helped is halted

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  • But those lives are workers and potential voters.

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    Wonder how long this new position will last

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    Killing taxes on tips sounds good, but experts say it doesn’t solve the real problem

    www.pbs.org /newshour/economy/trump-and-harris-say-theyll-kill-taxes-on-tips-how-would-that-work