"Thanks to the Free Speech Union’s (FSU’s) intervention, a public sector employee who was sacked for “supporting far-right activity” on Facebook has now been reinstated. Their supposed offence? Liking a video posted by a local campaigner in the wake of the Southport stabbings, which raised concerns about unchecked illegal immigration and called for peaceful, democratic engagement with local councillors and police."
https://freespeechunion.org/employee-sacked-for-liking-facebook-video-reinstated-after-fsu-intervention/#:~:text=Thanks%20to%20the,councillors%20and%20police.
https://freespeechunion.org/employee-sacked-for-liking-facebook-video-reinstated-after-fsu-intervention/#:~:text=Thanks%20to%20the,councillors%20and%20police.
The Free Speech Union
Employee sacked for liking Facebook video reinstated after FSU intervention
Thanks to the Free Speech Union’s (FSU’s) intervention, a public sector employee who was sacked for “supporting far-right activity” on
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YouTube
Why we put spiders on soccer balls
How jumping spiders reveal an entire secret world of colors.
"In Tolkien’s books, the Ring does not just tempt; it damns. It does not merely whisper; it deforms the world. To wear the Ring is to exist out of phase with the created order. That is why it draws the Nazgûl and why it torments Frodo more the longer he bears it, enacting a slow warping of the soul.
"But Late Modern minds don’t have a category for that kind of evil. And so the Ring gets projected through whatever lens the critic already favors.
"Are you an academic enamored of Foucault? The Ring is hegemonic power. Are you a 1960s hippie posturing against the Cold War? The Ring is nuclear deterrence. Are you a Libertarian? The Ring is the state. That’s not literary interpretation; it’s projection.
"Tolkien understood that tendency and rejected it. That’s why he refused to let allegory reduce his story to a tract. He didn’t want the reader to "decode" the story. He wanted the reader to inhabit it.
"The Ring’s primary function is not to represent power but to test the soul. That is why it tempts each character differently. For Boromir, it’s military victory. For Galadriel, forcibly halting the fading of the Eldar. For Gollum, a grotesque self-love indistinguishable from self-hatred."
https://open.substack.com/pub/brianniemeier/p/the-ring-is-not-what-you-think?r=lp6h7&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
Substack
The Ring Is Not What You Think
There are few better examples of post-Ground Zero clutural illiteracy than popular commentators’ and literary critics’ hamfisted interpretations of the One Ring.
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It is always nice to hear States coming to their senses about this stupidity. https://restoration-news.com/maine-house-votes-to-withdraw-from-national-popular-vote-compact
Restoration News
Maine House Votes to Withdraw from National Popular Vote Compact
Maine could be the first state to withdraw from the compact aimed at abolishing the Electoral College.
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October 1 Europe imposing biometric surveillance in all entry points and within EU
The European Entry/Exit System (EES) is an automated IT system designed to register non-EU nationals each time they cross the external borders of any European country using the system.
The EES is expected to start in October 2025. When it is introduced, travelers will need to create a digital record on their first visit to the Schengen area at the port or airport on arrival. This involves submitting fingerprints and having a photo taken at dedicated booths. The system will store information including name, date of birth, fingerprints, and biometrics for a facial recognition system, as well as locations and times of border crossings in a database of the European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS).
https://travel-europe.europa.eu/ees/what-ees_en
The European Entry/Exit System (EES) is an automated IT system designed to register non-EU nationals each time they cross the external borders of any European country using the system.
The EES is expected to start in October 2025. When it is introduced, travelers will need to create a digital record on their first visit to the Schengen area at the port or airport on arrival. This involves submitting fingerprints and having a photo taken at dedicated booths. The system will store information including name, date of birth, fingerprints, and biometrics for a facial recognition system, as well as locations and times of border crossings in a database of the European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS).
https://travel-europe.europa.eu/ees/what-ees_en
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Media is too big
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NOW: Rioters set fire to self-driving Waymo car after tagging it with anti-ICE graffiti in LA.
‘Summer of Love’ part two?
The chaos in downtown Los Angeles just escalated—fast.
Violent rioters have begun torching vehicles after vandalizing them with anti-ICE slogans.
One self-driving Waymo Jaguar was spray-painted with “F*CK ICE” and had its windows smashed before being set ablaze.
Multiple Waymo cars have now been hit.
Graffiti. Flames. Total lawlessness.
And if any network tells you that these are “peaceful protests”? They’re lying to you.
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More Stories: VigilantFox.com
‘Summer of Love’ part two?
The chaos in downtown Los Angeles just escalated—fast.
Violent rioters have begun torching vehicles after vandalizing them with anti-ICE slogans.
One self-driving Waymo Jaguar was spray-painted with “F*CK ICE” and had its windows smashed before being set ablaze.
Multiple Waymo cars have now been hit.
Graffiti. Flames. Total lawlessness.
And if any network tells you that these are “peaceful protests”? They’re lying to you.
Follow @VigilantFox 🦊
More Stories: VigilantFox.com
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Forwarded from 𝕀𝕟𝕗𝕠 addict
A US gun crew from Regimental Headquarters Company, 23rd Infantry, firing a 37mm gun during an advance against German entrenched positions, WWI, 1918
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Forwarded from Geopolitics & Empire
A Mexican activist working with a lawyer explains the scam of the "mandatory" vehicle emissions test recently brought in, a few years ago, by the outgoing governor in the state of Jalisco. He states it is an Agenda 2030 scam to take away our vehicles as well as to make money. A foreign company runs the emissions scam, and they have signed a deal with a German company to junk the cars declared illegal for not passing the test. There have been reports of workers at emissions sites even damaging newer vehicles so that they don't pass the test. https://news.1rj.ru/str/AmparoPasaporteCovidJalisco/444
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Amparo Vs Pasaporte COVID Jalisco
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"Builder-ai Collapses: $1.5bn 'AI' Startup Exposed as 'Actually Indians' Pretending to Be Bots" - Vinay Patel, IBT, 02JUN2025
>Builder-ai, the British no-code AI startup that once garnered acclaim for its partnership with Microsoft and secured a $250 million investment led by the Qatar Investment Authority, declared Tuesday that it is initiating bankruptcy protection.
>The company's dramatic decline occurred after a key lender, Viola Credit, withdrew $37 million from its accounts, leaving a mere $5 million in restricted funds and effectively paralysing operations in five nations.
>Bloomberg notes that these allegations initiated a cascade of investor apprehension, internal changes, and an eventual erosion of confidence. Adding to the troubles, Linas Beliūnas, Director of the financial company Zero Hash, recently exposed that Builder-ai lacked true AI, instead utilising a group of Indian developers who were merely pretending to be bots writing code.
https://archive.ph/GiGyX
(Tech L)
>Builder-ai, the British no-code AI startup that once garnered acclaim for its partnership with Microsoft and secured a $250 million investment led by the Qatar Investment Authority, declared Tuesday that it is initiating bankruptcy protection.
>The company's dramatic decline occurred after a key lender, Viola Credit, withdrew $37 million from its accounts, leaving a mere $5 million in restricted funds and effectively paralysing operations in five nations.
>Bloomberg notes that these allegations initiated a cascade of investor apprehension, internal changes, and an eventual erosion of confidence. Adding to the troubles, Linas Beliūnas, Director of the financial company Zero Hash, recently exposed that Builder-ai lacked true AI, instead utilising a group of Indian developers who were merely pretending to be bots writing code.
https://archive.ph/GiGyX
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Forwarded from Today I Learned
TIL Queen Victoria and her husband Prince Albert were first cousins. Albert's father and Victoria's mother were brother and sister.
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From the todayilearned community on Reddit: TIL Queen Victoria and her husband Prince Albert were first cousins. Albert's father…
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Forwarded from Vox Day
The Next Domino Falls
Russian forces have already entered Dnepropetrovsk, the second of the five additional provinces that Russia can be expected to take before new borders are finalized: Russia’s recent advance into Ukraine’s Dnepropetrovsk Region is part of the push by Moscow to establish a “buffer zone” on the front line, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said. On […]
https://voxday.net/2025/06/09/the-next-domino-falls/
Russian forces have already entered Dnepropetrovsk, the second of the five additional provinces that Russia can be expected to take before new borders are finalized: Russia’s recent advance into Ukraine’s Dnepropetrovsk Region is part of the push by Moscow to establish a “buffer zone” on the front line, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said. On […]
https://voxday.net/2025/06/09/the-next-domino-falls/
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#BREAKING | US Marine Corps AH-1Z Attack Helicopter Spotted Over Downtown Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA – Moments ago, a United States Marine Corps (USMC) AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter was filmed flying low through the skyscrapers of downtown Los Angeles, sparking widespread speculation about a possible military deployment in the city.
Eyewitness footage captured the heavily armed helicopter, which appeared to be equipped with either HYDRA 70 rockets or TOW missiles on its pylons, both capable of carrying anti-personnel munitions.
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Los Angeles, CA – Moments ago, a United States Marine Corps (USMC) AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter was filmed flying low through the skyscrapers of downtown Los Angeles, sparking widespread speculation about a possible military deployment in the city.
Eyewitness footage captured the heavily armed helicopter, which appeared to be equipped with either HYDRA 70 rockets or TOW missiles on its pylons, both capable of carrying anti-personnel munitions.
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George R.R. Martin actually finished Winds of Winter years ago? An amazing scoop; congrats to Jon del Arroz and the Fandom Pulse team.
"However, an insider told Fandom Pulse the thirteen-years-late book actually was finished in 2016 during the filming of season 6 of A Game Of Thrones. The insider, who we confirmed worked in the publishing industry at big companies, said that they have spoken with editors at both Spectra and Voyager, who are Martin’s publishers in the United Kingdom and the United States, to confirm this, with both having a similar story.
According to the source, Martin was forced by Warner Bros. to give HBO producers D. B. Weiss and David Benioff the ending to the show as early as season 4’s pre-production, which they needed to be able to foreshadow and work on the ending for the TV show iteration.
Apparently, the producers thought the ending was not a satisfying one, which led to a falling out between Martin and them. As much as fans blame the producers for moving from the source material for the last couple of seasons for the ending, it may have been the ending Martin intended for the book series all along."
https://fandompulse.substack.com/p/rumor-the-winds-of-winter-was-finished#:~:text=However%2C%20an%20insider,series%20all%20along.
"However, an insider told Fandom Pulse the thirteen-years-late book actually was finished in 2016 during the filming of season 6 of A Game Of Thrones. The insider, who we confirmed worked in the publishing industry at big companies, said that they have spoken with editors at both Spectra and Voyager, who are Martin’s publishers in the United Kingdom and the United States, to confirm this, with both having a similar story.
According to the source, Martin was forced by Warner Bros. to give HBO producers D. B. Weiss and David Benioff the ending to the show as early as season 4’s pre-production, which they needed to be able to foreshadow and work on the ending for the TV show iteration.
Apparently, the producers thought the ending was not a satisfying one, which led to a falling out between Martin and them. As much as fans blame the producers for moving from the source material for the last couple of seasons for the ending, it may have been the ending Martin intended for the book series all along."
https://fandompulse.substack.com/p/rumor-the-winds-of-winter-was-finished#:~:text=However%2C%20an%20insider,series%20all%20along.
Substack
RUMOR: The Winds Of Winter Was Finished Before Season 6 Of The TV Show Version Of A Game Of Thrones
Geroge R.R.
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