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I remember sitting around a campfire shortly after the Ukraine war had just started with some Ukrainian friends.
They shared that after they learned that Russian forces were jamming all communications they called Elon begging for Starlink support.
Elon and the Starlink team instantly dropped everything they were working on, loaded a private jet with as many Starlink terminals as they could (terminals were in short supply at the time), and started flying the jet eastward while writing code to make terminals work over Ukraine.
There was no contract or promise of payment for doing so, and no time to solve for that.
My Ukrainian friends believed this saved the nation of Ukraine, and that without this effort Ukraine would have lost the war nearly instantly.
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A politician in the UK filed a police report saying he was being maliciously harassed on the internet. The posts that hurt his feelings were jokes written by a 15-year-old boy.
Instead of laughing in the politician's face, the police took him seriously and arrested the boy.
Somehow — I don't know how — this is a true story.
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He used taxpayer funds in an attempt to ruin Helen Haines political career only a few weeks ago and on Monday night he called her ‘A beacon of light’ with ‘the highest integrity’. We all have been let down so badly. My god, no wonder Australia is tanking so hard.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has deflected questions about a reported ‘dirt sheet’ his office compiled on independent MP Helen Haines last month, instead praising her as a “good local member”.
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French students frantically search Christian Dior for school uniforms after their school reportedly ran out of blazers ahead of parents evening
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Ce magnifique édifice — un monument démocratique — n’existe plus après ce soir. Les barbares sont en train de l’emporter.
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This is stunning.
Electric vehicles seem to be winning outright everywhere except America.
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"He said he's a girl, therefore he's a girl."
This is why comedy is so necessary. A healthy society laughs at absurdity; a sick one takes it seriously.
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In 120 years we went from hanging horse thieves to "sorry this illegal alien r4ped and killed your daughter, but his IQ is too low to stand trial or know right from wrong."
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The US had all but nearly ended our independent space program to the ISS during the 2010s. For an entire decade, no crewed spacecraft launched from American soil. Every US astronaut who reached the ISS rode a Russian spacecraft. The price that the US paid for these seats on the Russian craft were $100M per seat.
But now, as I was watching @SpaceX bring home another crew from the ISS this morning, I felt deep emotion and pride for how this one company has completely turned that around for America. SpaceX has flown every NASA crew rotation for this decade. Crew-12 came home this morning. Their replacements, Crew-13, already docked just 7 days ago. That handoff is now ordinary.
THIS is how amazing SpaceX and their people truly are, they've turned around what was once a national embarrassment, into one of our greatest strengths. And this Marine is truly thankful for what you do everyday for our great country.
Thank you @SpaceX ❤️🇺🇸🫡
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The thing that never happens and could never happen and that only evil people predicted would happen has happened again.
A convicted child rapist is in custody after sexually assaulting multiple women in an "inclusive" female locker room at a Massachusetts Planet Fitness.
The franchise has previously defended its policies allowing males to enter the women's areas.
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The irony of @ABCmediawatch telling the public to “stick to the facts” about missing boy Gus Lamont while calling his grandfather, a prime suspect, “she” 🙄
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SpaceX! What a day!!!!
SpaceX Launched 3 Rockets to orbit on this day. This is a record for ANY country, let alone a single company!
SpaceX launched 1 Falcon 9 from California, 1 Falcon 9 from Florida, and a Falcon Heavy from Florida.
130 Satellites launched in California.
4 Astronauts launched from Florida and safely delivered to the ISS in 8 hours flat by a Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon
A secret cargo for the NROL by Falcon Heavy...and a 14th flight for Falcon Heavy with a perfect record of success
Four boosters returned to earth
All of this IN ONE DAY.
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You know the EU is already something of a mid-tech backwater when it comes up with something even worse than Microsoft Teams. In a way, it’s quite the achievement.
The European Commission has rolled out an alternative to Microsoft Teams.
But officials using it aren't impressed, with one describing the tool as “absolute shit.”
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