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It's unclear how the planet avoided its star's bloated red giant stage.

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Henri Matisse, Jeannette (V), Issy-les-Moulineaux, summer 1916 #museumofmodernart #museumarchive

One would think the Iran war, which was spiraling out of control, would be the Department of Defense's Pete Hegseth's most important function right now. If you thought that, you'd be wrong. Whiskey Pete is getting upset that his no-beards and fat-troops edicts are not being...

Above, David Bowie performs, Space Oddity, which he released on this date in 1969, just nine days before Apollo 11 landed on the moon. We once did amazing things, we can again someday, just not today.

Penzey's (the spice company) writes a letter to Republicans. Now THAT is spicy!

Michael in Norfolk says MAGA's birthright meltdown is in full effect.

Shay's Cogitations writes about the aftermath of Graham Platner.

String in a Maze says that the Atlantic's Thomas Chatterton Williams is buying what the white supremacists are selling.

Bonus Track: How companies act when you own physical media.

Round-up by Tengrain who blogs at Mock, Paper, Scissors. You can follow Tengrain on the Fediverse, or on BlueSky. Send tips, requests, and suggestions to mbru@crooksandliars.com (with For MBRU in the subject line).

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Some weeks the news writes its own punchlines, and this was one of them. David Shuster is back with the Top 5 political satire clips of the week, and we are not going to spoil a single one for you here—because half the fun is not knowing what is coming next. What we will te...

For the first time since 1995, the Bureau of Land Management is rewriting its grazing regulations.

Google has told the European Commission that pirate site blocking causes "significant harm" and should not target DNS resolvers, VPNs or shared IPs. The submission was filed days before a U.S. congressional hearing signaled that American site blocking legislation is closer than ever to introduction. Early drafts of the American plans included DNS blocking, which makes Google's EU comments even more relevant.

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