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  • How Jeffrey Epstein Ingratiated Himself With Top Microsoft Executives

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  • Unless the goal is to help Peter Thiel demolish the remainder of the free press, paying those men millions in libel lawsuit money would be more stupid than brave.

  • Trump Mocks U.S. Women's Hockey Team After Gold Medal

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  • Mastodon is testing easier ways to get you started in the fediverse

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  • Scroll down. Archive.today can archive things other services can't. That's why Wikipedia was in a panic about the verifiability crisis removing their 700 000 links would cause. Most can't be replaced.

    Okay, I'm just gonna explain where I'm at with this right now and why.

    This isn't a huge issue for this community but for our hard news discussion communities, abandoning archive.today would instantly make a large amount of news inaccessible (probably 1/3 or more, but that's just a guess) to the vast majority. It could limit being fully informed to those with means. That would suck. It's a real harm.

    We're in agreement that archive.today is problematic. We really need a working alternative. The ddos attack is shitty and immature. It's a betrayal of trust. However, the victim stated in the Ars article you linked to that this hasn't really had any discernible impact on them. So for now it's a theoretical harm (and an abhorrent practice) vs a real harm.

    For me, as it stands now, I'll use alternatives where I can and use archive.today where I can't because I care a lot about that harm. I'll be ecstatic when a real alternative emerges. Like Wikipedia fell into different camps, we're probably similar. I respect that you come down on this differently, but that's where I'm at with this.

  • Mastodon is testing easier ways to get you started in the fediverse

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  • You know that's not a real alternative. I wish it was -- it'd make all of this a hell of a lot easier to navigate. But it just isn't.

  • Trump Mulls a North American Trade Pact Without Canada

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  • Thanks!

  • Mastodon is testing easier ways to get you started in the fediverse

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  • I'd take an alternative if you've got one. Otherwise, unless there's a serious change for the worse, I'm probably going to keep posting them. Sorry!

  • Trump Mulls a North American Trade Pact Without Canada

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  • I wasn't attacking you. You took issue with the language used and I didn't understand why. Still don't -- it seems like a common way to describe a common occurrence to me -- but you don't have to explain it if you don't want to.

  • Mastodon is testing easier ways to get you started in the fediverse

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  • Trump Mulls a North American Trade Pact Without Canada

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  • I dunno, seems like a perfectly fine way to describe what he was doing. What's your issue with it?

    He wasn't diversifying trade in his speech at Davos, even if that was ultimately his goal.

  • Canada @lemmy.ca
    breakfastmtn @lemmy.ca

    Trump Mulls a North American Trade Pact Without Canada

    www.nytimes.com /2026/02/19/business/economy/trump-canada-mexico-usmca-trade.html
  • World News @lemmy.world
    breakfastmtn @lemmy.ca

    Trump Mulls a North American Trade Pact Without Canada

    www.nytimes.com /2026/02/19/business/economy/trump-canada-mexico-usmca-trade.html
  • News @lemmy.world
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    Epstein Built Ties to U.S. Customs Officers, Prompting Criminal Investigation

    www.nytimes.com /2026/02/19/us/epstein-customs-officers-usvi.html
  • World News @lemmy.world
    breakfastmtn @lemmy.ca

    U.S. Military Moves Into Place for Possible Strikes in Iran

    www.nytimes.com /2026/02/18/us/politics/us-military-iran.html

  • Grand Juries Tend to Defer to Prosecutors. Not in This Justice Dept. Case

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  • The craziest thing, that isn't actually mentioned in the article, is that not a single person out of 23 voted to indict. Not one.

  • [QUESTION] What is the best way to learn to cook and improve?

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  • Soups are really forgiving. You just need a stock pot. When I'd worry about a soup I was making, a chef friend of mine used to say, "it's a soup- you could put your butt in it and it would turn out fine!" I wouldn't take that as advice though.

    Just buy stock/broth. Some benefits are:

    • super nutritious
    • very easy to make a lot to eat over time
    • you don't need to do a ton of fine knife work
    • water limits your cooking temp to 100C, so it's much harder to mess it up through overcooking/burning
    • easy to start simple and add complexity as you level up. It'll still be super tasty at every stage.

  • September update shortens Pixel battery life for many

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  • Conspiracy Theories Only Flourish With More Epstein Evidence

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  • The case of the posthumous video games:

    https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/epstein-fortnite/

    The official @FortniteStatus X account, responding to another user, posted (archived) on Feb. 6 that a user changed their name to littlestjeff1 after the name surfaced in the Epstein files, saying in part, "Hey Official Fortnite here - this was a ruse by a Fortnite player. A few days ago, an existing Fortnite account owner changed their username from something totally unrelated to littlestjeff1, following the revelation of littlestjeff1 as a name on YouTube."

    The post also said none of Epstein's email addresses listed in the public-facing case files exist in the game's account system.

    The case of the day-before-email:

    https://www.snopes.com/news/2026/02/10/epstein-press-release-aug-10/

    From a DOJ spokesperson:

    Official statements regarding the death of Jeffrey Epstein were edited and circulated over several email chains within the Southern District of New York beginning August 10, 2019. While initial drafts of the statement list the previous date, this was merely an unfortunate typo that was later updated to reflect the correct date before being publicized. Any suggestion that the Department drafted a statement in advance of Jeffrey Epstein's death is false.

    Also:

    Searches for the Aug. 10 news release revealed correspondence between FBI staff on Aug. 10 about what appeared to be the finished news release that Biase sent. Searches of the DOJ's database did not reveal records of DOJ, U.S. attorney's office or FBI staff discussing the versions of the news release dated Aug. 9, suggesting it wasn't circulated internally or externally in the DOJ before Epstein's death.

  • Poll shows most Canadians support arrival of more Chinese EVs; result reflects broad public support for Canada’s China policy shift: expert

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  • We shouldn't downplay it by calling it a Chinese outlet like it's news. It's Chinese state propaganda.

    We should use the good source you cited instead of letting this Trojan horse through the gate.

  • Trump Says His Unpredictable Style Gives Him Leverage. But It Has a Cost.

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  • BOOOOOOORRRRRING

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    If you think about politics in the shower, you consume too much media or you're a politician.

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  • Get thee to mildly infuriating, you scoundrel!

  • Judge in Minnesota Says ICE Has Violated Nearly 100 Court Orders

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  • Zelensky blasts Europe's inaction, reveals Jan. 23 talks with US and Russia in UAE

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  • This is some serious mission creep from the 'slam' weirdo community.

  • Trump drops tariff threats over Greenland after meeting with NATO chief.

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  • Probably nothing. What could he promise?

    Given Denmark and Greenland seem to not have any idea what he's talking about, this is most likely Trump caving and still trying to get a "Victory!" headline.