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Vatican upholds excommunication of US deacon who resigned after son was molested by priest
Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
AKA the Inquisition
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Vatican upholds excommunication of US deacon who resigned after son was molested by priest
Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
AKA the Inquisition
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YOU HAVE NO POWER HERE
Because of this we have blind spots, one for each eye. They are not usually noticeable because 1) the blind spot of one eye can usually be seen by the other, and 2) the brain fills in the gap.
So with this I will perform a magic trick, I will make your thumb disappear: Close your left eye and with your right look at a spot in the background, make a thumbs up gesture and place the tip of your thumb on that spot, move your thumb to the the right continuing to look at the spot in the background, when your thumb moves about 15 cm your thumb should disappear.
You can use your left eye too, just switch the directions.
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The 2nd biggest religion in each state (US)
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We don't really. The largest group is obviously Christian. The second largest group in every state is those with no religion, but they are ignored here. And the remaining 1-13 percent is split among a number of minority groups, meaning that the second largest religion in each state is only about <1-6 percent of the population.
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The curse of Thoth
Θώθ has both upper case and lower case Greek characters, and a diacritic above the ω.
I suppose it would have been written ΘΩΘ.
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Massive Protests against American fascist paramilitary forces in the Olympics (Milan, Italy - 2026)
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That is in the video, although it is in Spanish.
Autoridades de EE. UU. anunciaron que ICE y otras agencias federales estarán en Milán durante el evento. Argumenten que protegerán a los estadounidenses visitantes y le delegación de su país.
US authorities announced that ICE and other federal agencies will be in Milan during the event. They argue that they will protect the American visitors and their country's delegation.
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Joe Rogan said this
Says the guy who was just in the Oval Office for a signing of an executive order.
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Homelessness
Brutalism was just a style of that time. It's not left wing architecture.
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Maroon
Brown is just dark orange.
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World's largest lithium deposit, valued at $1.5 trillion, lies under a supervolcano in the U.S.
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The volcano now is about 400 miles away, in Yellowstone, so there shouldn't be a problem with that. And no, the volcano did not move, the continent did.
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As if people wouldn't today
It was only a partial eclipse in Jerusalem.
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Maga influencer Laura Loomer reverses course on Ukraine after Kyiv visit
There's an election coming. Ukraine is popular. Trump has sent out his minions to make it seem like he also supports Ukraine in an attempt to prevent Republicans from losing too much in the election. He still doesn't support Ukraine.
It's just propaganda.
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Ah, so SHE was responsible for my low GPA!
What about Plato's Academy? It was an institution of higher learning, and it certainly existed long before the one in the meme. I'm not saying that the Academy was the first one either, it wouldn't surprise me if there were others before hand.
It seems to me like the claim "the oldest currently existing university" got converted to "the first university" and those are definitely not the same.
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Texas woman arrested after Facebook post over city's water concerns.
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It's not the same thing but it's not unrelated. It's owned by the same company that owns Fox News.
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[Combat] Russian soldier uses an RPG exhaust nozzle as a buttstock.
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He used it wrong. He placed the back of the rpg launcher against his shoulder as if it were a buttstock of a rifle.
It is kind of hard to see, though, since a branch is in the way.
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The US cities with the highest traffic fatalities. Daytona Beach, Florida, has 6.5 times the national rate of crash deaths per 100,000 residents
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21 of 25. Gary IN, Flint MI, Detroit MI, Hesperia CA
10 in Florida.
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Constitution Doesn’t Cover Right to Clean Water, Court Rules
I feel like the country has forgotten about the ninth amendment.
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
Just because it isn't explicit, doesn't mean that it isn't still a right.
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YOU HAVE NO POWER HERE
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I don't think you understand correctly. The cephalopod eye and the fish eye (which includes tetrapods) evolved independently.
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German is not the same as Germanic. Both German and English evolved from a common ancestor, which we call Proto-Germanic.
'Who' and 'Where' are '*hwaz' and '*hwar' in Proto-Germanic.
I would say that in this case German strayed more than English.
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Supreme Court says Trump global tariffs are illegal
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You won't be getting any money back. While you did ultimately pay since the companies that technically paid just raised their prices, that doesn't matter. You didn't technically pay any taxes, so you have no recourse to get it back. This has all just been a massive gift to companies.
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Well, I guess your thumb disappeared.
I can try another way the blind spot is about 15 cm at arms length to the right of the right eyes center of vision. So put your thumb there and it should disappear