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Saucy Food Prep Experiment

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Could The International Criminal Court (ICC) Arrest The Prime Minister Of Israel 🇮🇱‽

Image Credit: Avi Ohayon / Government Press Office of Israel 🇮🇱 There is an interesting debate happening in the Fediverse in which Jan Wildeboer (@jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net) initiates a discussion regarding the potential arrest of the Prime Minister of Israel 🇮🇱 that is being reported in the news. Government source says The Hague focusing on allegations that Israel ‘deliberately starved’…

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Corporate Travel Buddies (Save Money & Protect Yourself)

These are sites & services that I use when traveling internationally (I am posting this here as people offline keep asking which companies I use). Google Flights: locate inexpensive tickets (alternative is Skyscanner) Airfordable: make layaway payments on airline tickets months in advance Booking & Airbnb: secure a reasonable hotel or rental home at a reasonable price. Trip Advisor & Airbnb…

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Ruh Roh: Robert Kennedy On Michigan Ballot, Could Spoil Election For Biden Or Trump

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Russia 🇷🇺: Putin Splits Up Wagner Mercenary Group

After Vladimir Putin allegedly assassinated Yevgeny Prigoshin after Prigoshin led an insurrection against the Russian 🇷🇺 Federation, it appears that Putin has already divided & conquered the mercenary group that embarrassed him on the international stage months ago. The thousands of the former Wagner forces have splintered into at least four groups, according to two U.S. officials granted…

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Fediverse Chat: I messaged President Biden & Vice President Harris Phone Numbers…

…to see if they would consider adding more governmental accounts to the Fediverse. Since the public campaign phone numbers of President Biden & Vice President Harris are displayed publicly on Threads, I messaged both & asked if they would activate ActivityPub on more government Threads accounts, & government websites powered by WordPress. Me asking Joe Biden to activate ActivityPub on more…

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Happy Independence Day Sierra Leone 🇸🇱!!!

Me posing in front of a statue honoring the soldiers who sacrificed their lives defending the country of Sierra Leone 🇸🇱 The nation of Sierra Leone 🇸🇱 is very precious to me for three reasons: According to an African Ancestry DNA 🧬 test, I am related to the Mende & Temne tribes on my Mother’s side, who are located in present day Sierra Leone 🇸🇱. Based upon my DNA 🧬 results, I was granted…

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Too Many Emails!!!

Gmail Icon Due to my foolishness of accepting: Email subscriptions from various news agencies Promos from companies I did business with (just once) Vacation deals I signed up for while seeking travel destinations Random Substack emails from people who somehow add me as a subscriber …I am now receiving hundreds of emails a day! As in every day! Those are the emails that make it to my various…

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Stronger Together: Life Lessons From The Water Buffalo 🐃 (Battle At Kruger)

This is probably one of my favorite videos of wildlife in South Africa 🇿🇦! Buffalo 🐃 verses lions 🦁 & crocodiles 🐊 at Kruger National Park, South Africa 🇿🇦 After lions 🦁 stole a baby water buffalo 🐃 away from its parents, the baby buffalo 🐃 had to endure being fought over by the big cats & crocodiles 🐊. Surprisingly to the onlookers (although unsurprising to parents of any species worldwide),…

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Nigeria 🇳🇬 May Introduce State Police 👮🏾‍♂️ To Help Thwart Kidnappings

Several weeks ago, the Nigerian 🇳🇬 military successfully rescued over 100 children whom bandits took hostage. Military celebrating rescue of children from bandits; 131 were unharmed while 6 were hospitalized The Nigerian 🇳🇬 military should be rightfully praised for rescuing these children, who were stolen without reason by unreasonable men. However, many communities in northern Nigeria 🇳🇬 need…

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Botswana 🇧🇼 Has Too Many Elephants 🐘

Botswana 🇧🇼 & Germany 🇩🇪 in a dispute over elephant 🐘 hunting licenses Botswana 🇧🇼 is overrun with elephants 🐘, as the country claims to have too many of these animals living within their borders. According to [Botswana’s 🇧🇼 President Mokgweetsi] Masisi, Botswana has seen its elephant population grow to some 130,000. […] Botswana’s president argued that conservation efforts have led to an…

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All of these scientific facts debunking pseudo scientific myths were surprising. I was completely wrong regarding 5 out of 6 myths that I thought were fact.

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Robert Ingersoll: The Supreme Test

Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. Robert G. Ingersoll (discovered via Reuters, image from Britannica) A memorable quote from a not so memorable man.

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It’s fascinating how popular the hexagon shape is in nature. Everything from honey 🍯 to the eyes of bees 🐝 to snow flakes ❄️ to even Saturn’s 🪐 North Pole.

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So all I need to do to remove a ring 💍 from a swelled finger is some thread 🧵 & tape‽ Awesome!

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Peter Zeihan’s Thoughts: French 🇫🇷 Troops, Ukraine 🇺🇦 & The European Union’s 🇪🇺 Future

Peter Zeihan discusses France 🇫🇷 discussing sending troops to Ukraine 🇺🇦 & why it makes sense. Also thoughts about the European Union 🇪🇺. Peter Zeihan offers his unfiltered thoughts about France 🇫🇷 proposal to send troops to Ukraine 🇺🇦. Interesting points he makes: French 🇫🇷 troops could defend Ukrainian 🇺🇦 borders along Belarus 🇧🇾 & Moldova 🇲🇩 (along the renegade Transnistria region) France…

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This is very funny! Yes, the state flags in America are mostly awful, but I am not surprised my former home of Texas was considered an S-tier flag!