General Urko

Worship Nothing.

[Stephen King @StephenKing]

Nobody is vandalizing the Reflecting Pool, and Trump knows it. This is a visible example of his corruption--a no-bid contract to some crony followed by sky-high cost overruns, and shoddy construction to boot. Classic Trump: I didn't fuck up, it was my enemies.

[Fernando Haddad @Haddad_Fernando]

Tarcísio fez péssimo negócio ao privatizar a Sabesp. Era uma empresa bem organizada e lucrativa e foi vendida abaixo do valor que valia. O serviço está piorando e a tarifa, subindo. Alguém chama isso de bom negócio? Lá na 25 de Março, onde eu fui criado atrás de um balcão, esse negócio é para fechar a loja. O patrimônio dos paulistas não pode ser tratado dessa maneira. #HaddadNaBand

[Mohamad Safa @mhdksafa]

Turned out the Epstein files are full of billionaires and trillionaires, not immigrants.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Pretty intuitive animation explaining seasons, equinox, solstice, length of day and night.

Today marks the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere.

[🎞️ German Valencia Garcia]

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

A plausible explanation of why they want to ban cash.

[Der Postillon 📯 @Der_Postillon]

Studie: Geringere Lebenserwartung von Männern wird mit eingesparter Zeit in Toilettenschlangen exakt ausgeglichen https://t.co/L804IqJPhA

[Andrea Junker @Strandjunker]

This Juneteenth, we should remind ourselves of two facts:

1. Those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
2. Those who prevent history from being taught are plotting to repeat it.

It’s as simple as that.

[ItsPyr13l @ItsPyr13l]

Bürgergeld kürzen wollen, aber gleichzeitig Spahn mit dem Maskendeal ungestraft davonkommen lassen.

Scheiß Union.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

After 15 years, Indonesia’s rare Rafflesia bloomed, the world’s largest parasitic flower that smells like rotting meat, has no leaves, and lasts just 5 to 7 days.

[g1 @g1]

Tarifaço de Trump: empresas dos EUA afirmam que Brasil é insubstituível e tentam barrar taxa de 25% https://t.co/oNoe0aitjJ #g1

[Melanie D'Arrigo @DarrigoMelanie]

It was actually the multiple Nazi salutes, constant use of Nazi rhetoric, and vocal support for Germany’s far-Right political party which includes Nazis.

[Melodies & Masterpieces @SVG__Collection]

First time seeing this footage. Hendrix was operating on another planet.

[DJ P.R. 🙄 @djpr]

Wohngeld kürzen, ein Drittel der Haushalte rauswerfen, Familien und Rentner treffen – und sich dann wundern, warum die AfD profitiert.

Die Regierung legt ein Konjunkturprogramm nach dem anderen für Rechtsaußen auf, nur damit große Vermögen unangetastet bleiben. Unfassbar.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Belgian researchers Marie-Claire Cammaerts and Roger Cammaerts tested three species of ants (Myrmica rubra, Myrmica ruginodis, and Myrmica sabuleti) using a version of the mirror self-recognition (MSR) test (also called the mark test), which is the same method used for animals like chimpanzees, elephants, dolphins, and some birds

Researchers marked some ants with a small blue dot on their head (a spot they couldn't normally see without a mirror).

When placed in front of a mirror, most of the marked ants (e.g., 23 out of 24 in some reports) tried to clean or remove the dot by grooming themselves.

Control conditions showed this didn't happen without the mirror, when the dot was the same color as the ant's body (invisible in the reflection), or when ants saw other ants through clear glass instead of a mirror.

The ants also showed exploratory behaviors toward the mirror itself (slow movements, antenna waving, touching it), different from how they interact with nestmates.

[Cammaerts, M.-C., & Cammaerts, R. (2015). Are ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) capable of self recognition? Journal of Science, 5, 521–532]

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

Reminder that banning elected officials from trading stock is a total no brainer.

They can use privileged information to make money on the stock market, while they’re supposed to be working for you.

Make no mistake — it’s legalized corruption.

[Reuters @Reuters]

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT
Palestinians in Gaza City say a ceasefire failed after an Israeli strike hit a civilian’s home, with health officials reporting multiple deaths and injuries https://t.co/p6FBWVDLM8

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

An Iraqi soccer player was detained for hours when he arrived here for the World Cup.

A Somali referee was outright denied entry.

Iran's team is not allowed to stay in the U.S.

The World Cup is supposed to bring the world together. Instead, Trump is using it as an excuse to be racist and cruel.

[James Tate @JamesTate121]

This is not The Onion. This is not AI. This is not even Idiocracy.
This...is John Cafaro, the guy who got the no-bid contract to re-do the defecting pool's circulation and filtering system.
He's Trump's Florida neighbor, he's a Trump donor, and he's been linked to bribery scandals.
The name of his company? Greenwater Services.
You cannot make this stuff up

[𐌁𐌉Ᏽ 𐌕𐌉𐌌𐌉 @OrevaZSN]

Jeff Bezos claiming humans are consuming too much water and not leaving enough for AI data centers is INSANE.

[Jason Hickel @jasonhickel]

It's wild that the term "Free World" emerged in Western discourse in the 1940s, at a time when the Western European powers exercised authoritarian control over the colonised territories and the US was an apartheid regime with institutionalised racial segregation.