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The Naked Gun review – Liam Neeson deadpans impeccably in outrageously amusing spoof reboot

theguardian.com/film/2025/jul/

Neeson plays the son of Leslie Nielsens Lt Frank Drebin, appearing opposite Pamela Anderson in this enjoyable, at times very bizarre, spoof of 80s LA action movies

#TheGuardian #News VIA #MPAQ #English #USA Jul 30, 2025

The Guardian · The Naked Gun review – Liam Neeson deadpans impeccably in outrageously amusing spoof rebootBy Peter Bradshaw

Safeway, unions reach deal that avoids strike

rwcpulse.com/food/2025/07/30/s

Over the weekend, a tentative agreement was reached between Safeway and local chapters of the United Food and Commercial Workers union, narrowly avoiding a strike that would have affected hundreds of stores across Northern California, including those in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties.

#RedwoodCityPulse #News VIA #MPAQ #English #Redwood #California Jul 30, 2025

Redwood City Pulse · Safeway, unions reach deal that avoids strikeBy Chasity Hale

Now That Theyre Free

propublica.org/article/venezue

Venezuelan men deported by the Trump administration say they endured months of physical and mental abuse inside a Salvadoran prison. Though happy to be home, they say the fact that they were released is proof of how senseless their detentions were.

#ProPublica #News VIA #MPAQ #English #Illinois Jul 30, 2025

ProPublicaNow That They’re Free, Venezuelan Men Want the World to Know What They Endured in CECOT
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Now at #ICLA2025, the special session "Celebrating Han Kang's Nobel Prize Award" in the Grand Ballroom.

Sadly, a missed opportunity for the international visibility of the session and its hero: talks appear to be in #Korean with just the first lines of the abstract in #English shown on the screen. That's quite reductive, I can only suppose. And I have read the abstracts already.

Infos: conftool.pro/icla2025/index.ph

Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_Kang

This is a Ficaria verna (formerly Ranunculus ficaria L.), or lesser celandine or pilewort (as per Wikipedia and other sites).

I have tested gemma 3 4b-it-q4_0 multimodal vision model for a while: it is not accurate, and can't be trusted.
For instance, it thinks it is a Ranunculus acris (it isn't). It's really hit and miss with this model. I guess it could still be useful to provide some clues or vocabulary.

07-29-2025
Israel again intercepts Gaza bound aid vessel

Jul 29, 2025 - From Counter Vortex - The Israeli military on July 27 intercepted a civilian vessel, detaining 21 international activists and journalists who were aiming to break Israels naval blockade of Gaza. In a statement, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, an international grassroots network of human rights and civil society organizations...

anarchistfederation.net/israel

#AnarchistFederation #StreetPapers VIA #MPAQ #English

Anarchist Federation · Israel again intercepts Gaza-bound aid vesselBy Counter Vortex

07-29-2025
Pour one out for a real one. Original antifa Octavio Alberola has passed away at the age of 97. Via...

Jul 29, 2025 - From Antifa International - ALTPour one out for a real one. Original antifa Octavio Alberola has passed away at the age of 97. Via Marcolino Jeremais: Born into a deeply anarchist and rationalist family his father was a teacher at the Ferrer i Guardia Modern School Octavio experienced the horrors of the Civil War and exile...

anarchistfederation.net/pour-o

#AnarchistFederation #StreetPapers VIA #MPAQ #English

Anarchist Federation · Pour one out for a real one. Original antifa Octavio Alberola has passed away at the age of 97. Via…By Antifa International

07-29-2025
San Mateo County left with one Planned Parenthood clinic

Planned Parenthood Mar Monte permanently closed five of its clinics in Northern California on Thursday, July 24, as a result of President Donald Trumps funding bill. The closure of two clinics in South San Francisco and San Mateo, leaves only one remaining in San Mateo County - in Redwood City.

rwcpulse.com/san-mateo-county/

#RedwoodCityPulse #StreetPapers VIA #MPAQ #English #Redwood #California

Redwood City Pulse · San Mateo County left with one Planned Parenthood clinicBy Jennifer Yoshikoshi

07-29-2025
A Las Vegas Festival Promised Ways to Cheat Death. Two Attendees Left Fighting for Their Lives.

Authorities are investigating why two women fell ill at the Revolution Against Aging and Death Festival. They both received peptide injections, an alternative therapy promoted by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as a way to fight aging and chronic disease.

propublica.org/article/peptide

#ProPublica #StreetPapers VIA #MPAQ #English #Illinois

ProPublicaA Las Vegas Festival Promised Ways to Cheat Death. Two Attendees Left Fighting for Their Lives.
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Message in a bottle time again #GetFediHired (not a peep from anyone yet).

Growing desperate in search for (remote) software developer work in the #Ottawa #Montreal areas. #C C# #Erlang #Java #NodeJS #Shell #SQL #BSD #Linux #English #French and more. Very versatile, adaptable, experienced.

snert.com/resume/

Hey! If its remote, its possible to work world wide too!

www.snert.comAnthony C Howe - Snert - Curriculum VitaeCurriculum Vitae for Anthony C Howe, Software Developer