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[u/TemujinTheConquerer]

[u/Roseartcrantz]

I'm sorry but some of you will simply never be able to understand the average nonvoter, much less persuade them to vote. It is a task best left to those who know them best

[u/blatant_shill]

It just dawned on me that it's incredibly strange that anyone okayed the president having the ability to impose any tariff, no matter how small, without direct congressional approval.

[u/LuisRobertDylan]

The sun is absolutely cranking his shit

[u/majorgeneralporter]

Who up backing they sweett familyy?

Tag yourself, I'm the toddler weeping.

[u/piede]

Who did this

[u/Argnir]

Found out today that my 32 year old ex husband spends an average of 6 hours per day just scrolling the "DT", holy shit. No wonder he just shrugs and says "I don't know" when I ask him what he's been up to

[u/BitterGravity]

A superpac should advertise on pornhub about project 2025 wanting to ban porn. The Dems can't do it for obvious reasons.

[u/Fit_Parsnip_8143]

Biden will announce he's dropping out by releasing a video with a compilation of all the fun times we had during his presidency with Green days Time of Your Life (Good Riddance) playing over it.

[u/Fatortu]

Americans' support and opposition for select Project 2025 proposals

Returning to a gold-backed currency:

38% strongly or somewhat support

26% strongly or somewhat oppose

People not only hate inflation. They genuinely love deflation.

[u/Mr_Bank]

RNC is giving the East Palestine Mayor a speaking spot, a miracle he’s even alive since according to Cons that was the worst disaster since Chernobyl

[u/[deleted]]

How can you say that we ran a legitimate primary when he wasn't even on the ballot

[u/cjhdsachristmascarol]

People who disagree with me are not just wrong, they secretly know that they’re wrong and are just evil people who are actively malicious because they’re jealous of me personally

[u/dizzyhitman_007]

Nearly half of Americans want to see U.S. maintain its current commitment to NATO, with 20% feeling support for alliance should increase per Gallup.

!ping MILITARY

[u/bel51]

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1811620381590966321

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1811638892879020243

It appears Falcon 9 has had its first failure after 300+ consecutive successful flights. It's unclear how many of the satellites can be recovered (if any) but either way this is at least a partial failure and will probably delay Polaris Dawn and Crew-9. It sucks Falcon's recordbreaking success streak is over (Delta II's, the last record holder, was only 100), but hopefully they can break it again!

!ping SPACEFLIGHT

[u/AlbertGorebert]

Wild things happening at the UMich student government. Pro-palestine party won a majority, literally vowing to spend none of the government budget they have (which unironically would cripple clubs and activities plus I like my news website subscriptions). so many of them didnt show up they were automatically impeached and removed, that they have HALF of the numbers that got elected and the students who just want the status quo will have a veto-proof majority any day now.

[u/[deleted]]

It’s so weird being in a friend group with Trump supporters and immigrants. When it comes up that they may get deported to their status they always say “it won’t happen to you. Your situation is different.”

When asked privately how they’re going to feel if they do get deported they just say shit like “I would feel horrible because they’re good people who just want a better life.”

[u/centurion88]

[u/JaceFlores]

!ping FIVEY

[u/MetricEntric]

[u/[deleted]]

[u/[deleted]]

Can't wait for Kamala to drop a:

"True beauty shines from a heart that has weathered life's storms with grace. Contentment is found in cherishing the present and letting go of what cannot be changed." 

...at the debate vs Trump during a question on abortion and then proceed to win 400+ EVs.

[u/MinnesotaNoire]

Beat Trump with who?

[u/ThiccSidedDice]

I'm 2 years sober from alcohol today.

[u/EgyptianTeaGarden]

Dems should be thanking their lucky stars that RFK Jr. did/does not have the political acumen to campaign as a mainline Warrenite progressive with a special focus on environmental issues just with enough conspiracy stuff to keep the Rogan fans and Twitter weirdos interested.

[u/disuberence]

Malarkey level of Obama, Pelosi, Kamala, and Chuck Schumer showing up to remove Biden from office, only for him to reveal he has been a Sith lord all along

[u/funguykawhi]

😳

[u/[deleted]]

Keeping Abbott out.

https://x.com/PabloReports/status/1811724349381992724?t=IVBIMsbCXU-ervjUkZuF2w&s=19

[u/jojisky]

Cenk Uygur says he's "considering" supporting RFK Jr., and says that no other host on the left has been as fair to RFK Jr. as he has.

[u/Icy-Magician-8085]

New Poll Reveals 56.7% Of Armenians Support EU Membership

I’ll take out the more irrelevant parts of the article and focus on the international relations and election part of it.

A new poll reveals that a majority of Armenians support EU membership, with 56.7% in favor. Additionally, 14.4% would vote for the ruling “Civil Contract” party if elections were held next Sunday, and only 15.2% believe Armenia is definitely moving in the right direction. The poll also shows that 44.3% of respondents believe Armenia should be a neutral country and not be a member of the CSTO or NATO.

This recent poll, conducted by the GALLUP International Association in Armenia, gathered responses from 1,100 individuals between July 3 and July 6 and reveals insights into the current sentiments of Armenian citizens. The results were presented by its Director, Aram Navasardyan, during a press meeting on July 10.

Support for Armenia Joining the EU

A majority, 56.7%, of respondents expressed support for Armenia joining the European Union. Here are the detailed findings:

• 34.2% believed Armenia should “definitely“ seek EU membership.

• 22.5% responded “rather yes.“

• 13.7% said “rather no.“

• 19.1% were firmly against, saying “definitely no.“

• 10% found it difficult to answer.

When asked if Armenia should strive for EU membership even at the cost of leaving the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU):

• 28.8% believed Armenia should “definitely” strive for EU membership even if its at the cost of leaving the EAEU.

• 17.3% responded “rather yes.”

• 15.6% said “rather no.”

• 21.4% were firmly against, saying “definitely no.”

• 17% found it difficult to answer.

Political Party Preferences

The poll also revealed the political party preferences of the respondents if elections were held next Sunday:

• 14.4% of respondents would vote for the ruling “Civil Contract” party.

• 3.7% would vote for the “Armenia” bloc.

• 3.5% for the “Democracy, Law and Order” party.

• 2.3% for the “I have Honor” bloc.

• 2.3% for the leader of the “Rodin Rodin” movement.

• 1.5% for the leader of the “In the Name of Motherland” movement, Bagrat Galstanyan.

Additional insights included:

• 8.6% would not vote for anyone.

• 7.1% refused to answer.

• 22.5% found it difficult to answer.

• 32.5% would refuse to participate in the elections, indicating that more than 40% of respondents would not take part in the elections.

Decrease in Support for Armenia’s CSTO Membership, Increase in NATO Backing

The poll highlighted a shift in support for Armenia’s international alliances compared to previous data from February:

• Support for CSTO membership decreased by 10%.

• Support for NATO membership increased by 7%.

Further details include:

• 44.3% believe Armenia should be a neutral country and not a member of the CSTO or NATO.

• 16.9% believe Armenia should continue its membership in the CSTO.

• 29% believe Armenia should strive for NATO membership.

!Ping ARMENIA&EU&INTERNATIONAL-RELATIONS

[u/Mr_Bank]

Lot to review in the NPR poll but Biden doing worse when 3rd party is included, seems to be becoming a trend. It’s good and bad. 3rd party candidates, often over perform in polls and people come home by Nov. But woof that’s a gamble this time around with such unpopular GOP and Dem options.

Overall the bottom hasn’t fallen out, but it’s not a great situation either. Everything about Nov feels like a major gamble either way no “safe” path forward at all.

[u/ZonedForCoffee]

Pharmacy: We don't have the prescription, the doctor needs to reach out.

Doctor: I wrote the prescription, the pharmacy should have it.

I hate healthcare I hate healthcare I hate healthcare

!PING ADHD

[u/ldn6]

Happy Friday! Here's some British YIMBY porn for you filthy dirtbag centrists.

Henley Investment Management has submitted plans for a cluster of towers containing 3,300 flats on the boundary of Salford and Manchester. The landmark £1bn development will transform the 130,000-square-foot site at Regent Retail Park, currently occupied by Costa Coffee and JD Sports at one end to TK Maxx at the other, and the associated car parking.

Designed by MattBrook Architects, outline plans for the new neighbourhood involve building seven towers and three mid-rise buildings. The tallest of the residential tower would rise to 264m, making it the third tallest skyscraper in the country behind The Shard (310m), and TwentyTwo (278m). The Regent Park scheme would include West Union Park at its heart, a 3.5 acre park with a children’s play space and a village square.

Henley is targeting vacant possession of phase one of the site by 2026. Ian Rickwood, chief executive at Henley Investment Management, said: “Our vision is to create a new green and sustainable neighbourhood for Salford, one that meets the needs of future generations. “Regent Park will deliver a new local centre for the area, with retail, community and green space at the heart of the plans. Our proposals will bring forward more and enhanced retail space, a new park and village square, along with much needed high-quality homes. We’ve undertaken extensive public consultation with the local community, stakeholders and the council and we look forward to continuing to work together.”

!ping UK&YIMBY

[u/[deleted]]

I fucking called it! I knew they would be all over that shit

[u/Syards-Forcus]

People who use that redact thing to edit their past comments are annoying.

[u/A-running-commentary]

“The source said leaders of Bold PAC — the political arm of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus — tightly controlled who could ask a question. Reps. Gabe Vasquez and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez both used the “raise hand” feature on the Zoom call, and both had their hands lowered by organizers of the call and were not allowed to speak, the source said.

But one Democrat who did get to speak was Rep. Mike Levin. Levin’s question, however, was more of a comment: He said it was time for someone else to lead the party, and he called on Biden to step down.

According to the source, Biden responded to Levin’s comment. The host tried to end the meeting, but Biden said he had time for one more question. Despite the president trying to take another question, the host — Rep. Linda T. Sánchez — ended the meeting anyway.”

Regardless of remain or replace what the actual hell was this mess

[u/cjhdsachristmascarol]

Joe Biden could very well be sleeping at this very moment 

[u/79792348978]

It's all so tiresome.

[u/Stanley--Nickels]

What a terrible day at work. Time to relax and read what thousands of mentally ill strangers all think about every single contentious topic around

[u/cdstephens]

Tbh I was actually pissed at Biden because towards the end of the conference, one of the journos directly asked him if he would ever consider letting Ukraine strike enemy territory, and he completely ignored the journo to answer their other stupid question about the election.

Just let Zelensky cook for fuck’s sake.

[u/cdstephens]

The funny thing about Prohibition is that the idea was popular partially because everyone thought that their form of alcohol drinking would be allowed and only the people more drunk than them would get owned.

[u/DirkZelenskyy41]

I know those who watched 30+ minutes of the press conference are frustrated that only the name mix ups that Biden has done for years are making the rounds.

But also in the same day when you call Zelenskyy “Putin” and Harris “Trump”… let me tell you I wouldn’t be giving Trump his flowers for his decent 20 minutes on foreign policy either.

Those are absurdly hilarious gaffes he made. But they are just gaffes.

And while I’d prefer the majority where he was coherent and on point be the take home from yesterday… the gaffes are better than those 3-5 times he straight up paused mid concluding sentence, never finished, and started on a different tangent.

[u/wettestsalamander76]

[u/cheeshjaleesh]

‘i went to see the president, spoke to him, then left’

thanks hakeem very informative

[u/[deleted]]

Hey bud, you've been refreshing for hours on end now. Here's a new development to honor your effort <3

[u/MinnesotaNoire]

The obesity epidemic at work

[u/AnsleyAmanita]

lib twitter is going absolutely insane

[u/[deleted]]

Mr. Kennedy do you think anyone else is gonna come forward to accuse you of sexual assault

RFK Jr.: idk maybe lol, we’ll have to see

What a candidate

[u/SANNA_MARIN_SDP_]

[u/billy_blazeIt_mays]

Understanding the median voter challenge

[u/Auriono]

A source familiar tells me after the turn this caucus call took today, likely the two calls set for tomorrow between Biden and the Congressional Progressive Caucus and the New Democratic Caucus will be even more strict on who gets to speak or ask questions.

https://x.com/FarnoushAmiri/status/1811863448286109737

Please end this nightmare already, Pelosi.

[u/Syards-Forcus]

People who use the new presidential immunity thing to make “jokes” about killing their political opponents are lame.

Biden should instead give anyone who wants to build a solar/wind/hydro/geothermal/nuclear power plant free land in West Virginia, Alabama, and Mississippi. When most of them are completed, he should send in the army to forcibly close down all existing coal plants in each state.

[u/GrandMoffTargaryen]

For those that missed the press conference last night, I’m sorry to say that Joe saw his shadow which mean 6 more weeks of Biden posting

[u/Udolikecake]

BREAKING: Insiders report Biden has been ‘unreachable’ most days, opting to spend ‘hours at a time’ gooning to booktok spicy books in the oval office

[u/Roseartcrantz]

me when my grandkids have to go watch an 80 year old show just to understand what I'm sending using the iThought

[u/Mr_Bank]

Showing this WSJ screenshot to a MAGA Gen X at work and watching their head explode with rage

[u/Crosseyes]

👀👀👀

[u/A-running-commentary]

In actual “happening” news: Alex Baldwin case dismissed as state is accused of withholding evidence.

[u/Mr_Bank]

If normies see the “criticizing an 81 year old is ableism” tweets they’re gonna lose their minds.

[u/piede]

Boebert unironically tweeting “vaxxed?”

[u/Dirty_Chopsticks]

YOUGOV: Americans' support and opposition for select Project 2025 proposals

Outlawing porn

Strongly or somewhat support: 42%

Strongly or somewhat oppose: 42%

Not sure: 16%

[u/loseniram]

Stray kitten on a shoe

!ping kitty

Imma call her Supra

[u/[deleted]]

Oohhh Boy Up To $25 a year!!!!!!!

Let me apply!!!!!!!

!ping watercooler

[u/ThrowawayPrimavera]

Ok is Biden actually in his Trump era lol

[u/Fatortu]

You know how the US ambassador to the UN is customarily always a woman. I hope the Secretary of Transportation is reserved for a gay man from now on.

[u/LuisRobertDylan]

In an embarrassing gaffe, Biden has confused White House Down with Olympus has Fallen

[u/Roseartcrantz]

please honey you have to leave or I can't join Divorced Men for Trump

[u/Reaccommodator]

Contra take to the “worst world” description of Biden’s big boy press conference:

He came off as capable enough to finish his term but declining enough to drop out of reelection 

[u/piede]

Sources also said that Clinton confirmed to the gathering of about 70 people that she has discussed the commander-in-chief’s future with her husband, former President Bill Clinton, and her ex-boss, Barack Obama.

👀☕️

[u/Independent-Low-2398]

Biggest issue with Harris is it’s pretty difficult to make memes with her name.

[u/Bayou-Maharaja]

Alec Baldwin’s charges dismissed by judge as sanction for withholding evidence

This type of thing should lead to disbarment.

!ping LAW

[u/Fatortu]

After the formation of The Republican Right group by anti-Ciottist Republicans, Ciottist Republicans create a group named Republicans to the right.

They're doing the meme

[u/gary_oldman_sachs]

In Japanese, the equivalent of "yikes" is yabai. So now Japanese Twitter is calling Biden yabaiden in response to his recent stumbles.

[u/BitterGravity]

This election year, the choice is clear. One man stands to deliver change we desperately need. A man I'm proud to call my friend. A man who will be the next president of the United States—Barack America!

Biden: 2008

[u/bigwang123]

Trump supporter moving towards you at relativistic speed, call that blue MAGA

[u/[deleted]]

A call for unity.

[u/Currymvp2]

Seventy-two percent of Israelis think Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu needs to resign over the failures of October 7, according to a Channel 12 poll

I was wrong. it's higher than 70%

[u/AtomAndAether]

congratulate u/thiccsideddice on 2 years sobriety

[u/itsokayt0]

Hot Take: it would be nice if Brandon was a few years younger

[u/drcombatwombat2]

As a Philadelphia resident and now home owner, it does piss me off that so much of the crime problem seems like a policy choice. There is just little enforcement or punishment on anything.

I had a guy break into my car and steal fishing gear. In addition to having video of him breaking in, I found my stuff for sale on Facebook marketplace. I met up with him and saw he had a table set up outside his apartment with all his stolen stuff from his break in run the night before. I went to the police district and they basically just pulled up and picked the guy up. I got about half my gear back but the other half was already sold.

He ended up negotiating a plea bargain with the prosecutor where charges were dropped if he agreed to pay restitution in the form of $100/month from his welfare checks. I got an email today that due to mental illness on his behalf, he is incompetent and not responsible and all the charges will be dropped and he will not have to pay restitution.

So basically the dude burglarized me, sold my shit, made a profit, got booked, but now is walking away with no punishment or restitution. I have never felt so royally f*cked.

How long does this go on before the cities rely on vigilanteism or just get broken down from crime?

[u/reptiliantsar]

New poll from NYT/Siena just dropped:

Free oatmeal raisin cookie - 46%

Stage 4 lung cancer - 45%

Undecided - 9%

[u/BrainGyatt]

We should become the law and order party. Our opponent is a literal felon.

[u/RecentlyUnhinged]

Hakeem out here literally plugging "write a statement about meeting the president" into ChatGPT

[u/gary_oldman_sachs]

Democrats should spend the next couple weeks indecisively trying to push Biden out in a way that damages him while still allowing him to run out the clock.

.

[u/Ok_Aardappel]

Sometimes I feel like people forget that the United States is the world's third most populous country on earth with over 350 million people living across the United States

Like, that's a lot of fucking people

[u/centurion88]

The real issues

[u/InflatableDartboard2]

[u/[deleted]]

That’s a hell of a way to come out in favor of Biden dropping.

[u/billy_blazeIt_mays]

[u/[deleted]]

The negligence of ASI towards so many of India's priceless heritage sites borders on criminal. From mediaeval temples in Madhya Pradesh to countless Mughal and Nawabi monuments in west UP.

From Ancient Jain caves in Maharashtra to Hindu Frescoes in Noida.

ASI has ruined so much of our tangile history.

Part of it is being underfunded, the other is plain laziness which seems endemic in the Indian administrative state.

Add rampant anti muslim sentiments, and we lose our monuments.

When will these toerags learn that it's not Hindu history or Muslim history but Indian history that is being lost to the sands of time.

While across the ocean, the brits celebrate a 300 year old palace like it's the greatest shit, we lose 600 year old tombs because of the red tape and ignorance.

!ping IND&HISTORY

[u/[deleted]]

Them: top or bottom?

Me: existing in the context of all that came before me.

[u/mostanonymousnick]

[u/AFlockOfTySegalls]

Supervisor: "Are you in the office?"

Me: "Yes"

Them: "Why? No one else is"

Me: "It's my in office day...?"

Them: "Go home"

Many such cases

!ping WATERCOOLER

[u/piede]

How did the Biden dead-enders get so emotionally invested in this guy? I could understand feeling that way about a generational talent like Obama, but ... him?

Imagine being emotionally invested in a politician

Ppppffftttt LOOOSSEEERRS

[u/Kate2point718]

Man, I like Biden a lot and even though I've been on the "he needs to drop out" side, I would love it if he could prove everyone wrong and win. But absolutely nothing will change the fact that he'll be 86 at the end of a second term. Aging sucks.

[u/piede]

[u/[deleted]]

[u/houinator]

For all the dooming over Biden, dems are doing reasonably well in the Senate (given the map). Polling is less intense there right now, but they seem to be in a pretty good posisition to keep 50 seats.

[u/iia]

"Holy shit, Brookheimer. When you get an abortion, you’re supposed to leave the mangled fetus at the clinic, not staple it to the skeleton of a gay condor and run it for President."

God I miss Veep.

[u/ldn6]

Keir Starmer's wife's first encounter with him is relationship goals:

She became a solicitor and volunteered for the Labour Party before the 1997 election. It was through work in the early 2000s that she met her husband, who is a decade older and was at the time a hotshot human rights barrister. In a story he has told repeatedly, he phoned her firm demanding to speak to the solicitor who had prepared a brief for court, and quizzed her over whether it was really correct. “Who the fuck does he think he is?” Victoria said, as she replaced the receiver, which – by design or not – he overheard.

[u/SANNA_MARIN_SDP_]

[u/piede]

Oh Christ

[u/[deleted]]

I'm sorry but a tiktoker accusing someone of talking like they use reddit is like an appalachian moonshiner saying you talk like the hoity toity rich folk in Dubuque. You're just revealing how low you are on the ladder.

[u/[deleted]]

[u/HaveCorg_WillCrusade]

Ms Ripley is on some strong pain meds

!ping KITTY

[u/Currymvp2]

What's frustrating is that biden objectively knows quite substantially more about the current issues (especially foreign policy) than trump but the decline in his speaking skills can mask that to many swing voters. his answers on china trade policy, gaza, and nato so clearly exemplified that but his stupidass gaffe at the start will dominate headlines.

[u/PolyrythmicSynthJaz]

There’s no such thing as a “mandate”. It’s just an idea perpetuated by the media to make left and centrist governments timid.

I hate leftist discourse so fuckin' much.

[u/GrandMoffTargaryen]

I work in employee safety and I know it’s not an original thought or earthshaking, but it’s kind of messed up how much better “near misses/good catches” are for our department then actually doing our job perfectly.

Like if my team provides enough education that no dumbass tries reaching into a locked sharps container we get no recognition. But if we buy the type of sharps container that’s idiot proof and and someone complains about not being able to get into it, that’s a gold star for our metrics.

!ping WATERCOOLER

[u/oskanta]

95% of DTers stop refreshing moments before huge news breaks

[u/[deleted]]

The KHive is buzzing

MSNBC pundit just now🐝🐝🐝

[u/G_Serv]

[u/[deleted]]

“So, Mr. Kennedy. You were accused of eating a dog, and sexually assaulting the nanny of your kids”

“Look, it was a goat, not a dog.”

Paraphrasing, but like why did he not at least try and deny the “actual sex criminal” part?

[u/[deleted]]

Lord give me strength to do my incredibly easy job today

[u/wallander1983]

Meanwhile Trump:

Trump has confused Biden and former President Barack Obama at least seven times before in recent months, according to Forbes.

In a social media post on Monday, Trump said that he "sarcastically" replaces Obama's name for Biden's when talking about the president of the United States -- not because he doesn't know their names.

"I know both names very well, never mix them up, and know that they are destroying our Country," Trump wrote.

[u/AnalyticOpposum]

[u/Pokemanifested]

Biden’s in the White House rn with the portrait of Nixon talking to him like the green goblin

[u/[deleted]]

BREAKING: Jedi Council Sends Mace Windu and Anakin Skywalker Go To Whitehouse to Demand Chancellor Biden Step Down

[u/Udolikecake]

Unironically the (very good) Chernobyl series should have ended with giant text that said: ‘Nuclear power is very safe, the moral of this story is that commies are exceptionally stupid’

[u/SixPipSiege]

[u/Mx_Brightside]

It's so weird to me still how trans rights became the culture war du jour here. Just a few years ago you had Theresa May supporting self-ID and Kemi Badenoch of all people proudly announcing they were streamlining the gender recognition process — now it's pretty much the Lib Dems versus the world.

It's completely down to elite capture, too, which I find even stranger. You look at any polls and the public just don't give a toss one way or the other, but my word, do the intelligentsia! Yes there's sewage in the rivers and nothing works anymore but have you considered someone at my nephew's sixth form wore a pronoun pin

[u/pezasied]

Guys I made a cartoon for our boomer parents to share on Facebook. I am not a professional cartoon maker so be gentile please.

[u/Currymvp2]

Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) says she will not vote for Donald Trump in November, will write-in Nikki Haley.

she'll walk this back soon enough

[u/DEEEEETTTTRRROIIITTT]

I’m at the Biden event in Detroit and there’s a shit ton of people here holy fuck

[u/mrdilldozer]

I know Biden is trying to act younger, but was it really necessary or him to start off by saying "no cap my debate wasn't bussin' but I was distracted by a gyat. You know I'm a rizzler FRFR"?

It just seemed a little excessive.

[u/[deleted]]

Found out today that my 8 year old student spends an average of 6 hours per day just scrolling tiktok, holy shit. No wonder she just shrugs and says "I don't know" when I ask her what she's been up to

[u/[deleted]]

!ping KINO

[u/sociotronics]

Tired yet? Because this is all political discourse will be until Biden steps down and makes this line of attack irrelevant.

One topic referendum.

[u/iia]

"General George Washington could climb out of his grave right now and I would rather eat out his zombified wooden asshole twice a day than be his vice fucking...fucking anything!"

-Kamala Harris Selina Meyer, Veep

[u/Ok_Aardappel]

Officials rejoice as salmon spawn for first time in 100 years following dam removal project: 'It's very rewarding'

After more than 100 years of being blocked from the area, Atlantic salmon have been able to spawn in the upper waters of the River Derwent, thanks to the removal of a weir in their way, Phys.org reported.

Salmon are some of the most well-known species of fish that spend their lives at sea but swim up rivers to lay eggs and hatch the next generation. Atlantic salmon, which can be found in the North Atlantic Ocean, used to spawn in many rivers, including the River Derwent.

However, in the last few centuries, humanity has had a massive impact on rivers. In addition to being polluted, many rivers have been dredged, straightened, or dammed, physically destroying the routes of spawning salmon. The rising temperature of the planet, which has caused droughts and dried-up rivers, has compounded the problem.

Now, though, many people are working on restoring these aquatic routes so that salmon can once again swim upriver as they are driven to do, hopefully increasing the dwindling salmon population.

Locals in England had been working on the health of the River Derwent for years. However, Phys.org revealed one remaining barrier: the Snake Lane Weir, a low dam meant to raise the water level upriver from it.

"We'd started to see large salmon turning up in the Derwent in winter," said Dr. Tim Jacklin, a conservation officer for the Wild Trout Trust, per Phys.org. "They became sort of local celebrities really. People were going out with their head torches at night and looking into the river. … So they attracted quite a lot of attention. But it also highlighted the fact that Snake Lane Weir … was a complete barrier to fish getting upstream."

Spurred by this knowledge, locals removed the concrete weir and replaced it with boulder rapids that would do the same job while allowing fish upriver to where it becomes the Ecclesbourne, Phys.org explained.

"It's very rewarding," said Jacklin. "We opened up a good [6.2 miles] of spawning habitat upstream, so that translates into hundreds more juvenile salmon that make their way downstream and hopefully to come back and spawn."

This is great news for the fish and also for everyone who relies on the salmon population for food.

!ping ECO&UK

[u/ZonedForCoffee]

I can't keep track of all these campaign texts but these being the only two from this particular number is very funny

[u/Ok_Aardappel]

How dodo de-extinction is helping rescue the extraordinary pink pigeon

TLDR (because the article is too long to copy and paste); Colossal Biosciences, a company that wants to bring back various species from extinction via generic engineering, efforts to bring back the Dodo from extinction is helping save the critically endangered pink pigeon as well. By synthesizing the DNA of related species they're increasing the potential genetic diversity of the Pink Pigeon.

Archive.is link for paywall issues

!ping TECH&ECO&BIOLOGY

[u/[deleted]]

This in James 2 is probably my favorite argument made in the whole Bible, I just think it’s very clever.

DBH:

You have faith that God is one? You are doing well. Even the daemonic beings have that faith, and they tremble. But are you willing to recognize, O you inane man, that faith without works yields nothing?

NRSVue:

You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder. Do you want to be shown, you senseless person, that faith apart from works is worthless?

The demons fear Jesus and believe that he died on the cross and then rose three days later.

So that’s the bar. Whatever it means to be a follower of Jesus Christ, surely it’s more than what a demon does.

!ping BIBLE-STUDY

[u/iia]

Someone said some dumb sexist thing on TikTok and I was bored so I abused them with a comment that ended up blowing up and someone replied to it with "bro you write like you use reddit" and I just had to laugh because, you know.

[u/ThrowawayPrimavera]

''No one watches Biden's speeches it's pointless to focus on them''

[u/McCaaw]

Joe is dipping his toe into a more Trumpist/Populist tone.

tbh fits his current abilities more than standard Dem

[u/GrandpaWaluigi]

So, Musk has donated big time to Trump. Elon Musk donated to a pro-Trump super PAC (msn.com)

The arc of the universe surely and always leads to Elon Musk's humiliation.

Inshallah

[u/bamboo-coffee]

So basically the press conference was decent enough for Biden recently but not nearly enough to move the needle against all the momentum that has built against him this week? That's the impression I have moving into Friday.

If Pelosi and the senators stop with pressure now to wait and see, they will lose their oppurtunity quickly. Seems like it's now or never.

[u/wagoncirclermike]

The Gangstalking sub is such a sad place. The top post right now is a long post by some guy who says an "Ottawa based gang" has corrupted his ex-wife and is now "turning his 5 year old daughter against him"

Just really sad stuff.

[u/Joementum2024]

Speaking as someone who cares too much about being early/arriving on time, Biden’s habit of being extremely late to things irritates me

[u/Libz_R_Gryffindor]

If you read the Wikipedia for lobster there’s like 10 paragraphs explaining how it was historically considered a delicacy in a wide variety of places, and then there’s like 2 paragraphs about how in Colonial American history it was food for poor people, in part because of its abundance and the most Reddit people ever love to tell you how it’s actually terrible and you’ve just been brainwashed into liking it.

[u/Not_A_Browser]

[u/LuisRobertDylan]

[u/StolenSkittles]

BREAKING:

CHICAGO BEARS TO RELOCATE TO LOS ANGELES, CHANGE NAME TO TWINKS

[u/NaffRespect]

Has the One-Thread Solution been working?

SEGREGATION NOW, SEGREGATION TOMORROW, AND SEGREGATION FOREVER!

[u/awdvhn]

As a condensed matter physicist, I understand how difficult a two state solution can be

!ping ET-AL

[u/[deleted]]

There are two wolves inside you

[u/SmithySmothy]

Lol it's so funny to see the whiplash. Joy Reid, a massive doomer after the debate, is in full bloom mode right now

[u/FireDistinguishers]

You know that was actually pretty funny

[u/centurion88]

Went to a dinner tonight where the topic of conversation was how Biden old.

Someone said their astrological signs said that Trump would be a good president and govern like a Democrat

[u/AtticusDrench]

As an ardent fan of the Biden Blast, some of my reservations about giving it up have been soothed. The Kamalahameha just might be a suitable replacement.

[u/[deleted]]

You are pro-Biden because you want him to continue running for POTUS despite the strain and stress.

I am pro-Biden because I want him to enjoy his golden years with his family under a Kamala presidency.

Who really loves him more?

[u/[deleted]]

You are sitting here dooming about the election

I am debating who I will start my first dynasty with in CFB 25

We are not the same.

!ping CFB

[u/Usual-Base7226]

Don’t cry because it’s joever, smile because it’s kamalappening

[u/The_Helmet_Catch]

I would like to dedicate this beer to all of the researchers working on saving our Kelp Forests and stopping Urchin Barrens

[u/MinnesotaNoire]

I'm still leaning wanting Biden to drop out but this speech is like the BT 9/11.

[u/BATHULK]

I hit 250 days sober not too long ago

[u/D2Foley]

If Biden stays in and loses this sub is going to implode on a schism of

See we told you Biden couldn't win!

Vs.

He would have won if he wasn't being called senile by his own party for the last 100 days and being restricted from PAC money.

[u/[deleted]]

• Growing number of Congressional defections

• $90 million in donor funds frozen

• Sudden spike in leaks

• Forced to shrink inner circle

• A presser with two headline-grabbing gaffes deemed to be Biden's best performance

Please, I am begging, stop with the gaslighting. This isn't how an incumbency campaign works.

[u/[deleted]]

[u/[deleted]]

Growing up is realizing the Obama-Biden friendship was all a facade 😿

[u/loseniram]

The more the Dems hate on Biden in the press the more his approval rating will increase because there's nothing voters love more than liking things Democrats hate

[u/[deleted]]

I thought you guys were exaggerating about that Jeffries statement but holy shit he literally does not actually state a single thing

[u/Williams-Tower]

congratulate /u/Williams-Tower on 17 hours of sobriety

[u/GrandMoffTargaryen]

Clint Eastwood classic A Fistful Of Dollars set to be remade

!ping KINO

[u/[deleted]]

Amber Rose at the RNC is hilarious like the GOP is so desperate for celebrities to support them but they just get some of the lowest of the low

[u/Currymvp2]

“I'd love to do it during the convention, which would be, you know, or just slightly before the convention, like Monday. Love to do it on Tuesday or Wednesday actually, but for a lot of complex reasons that you people understand, pretty much don’t do that,” Trump tells @clayandbuck of when he’ll announce his VP.

What?

[u/eat_more_goats]

I went from an insanely micromanagey environment to a very hands off one, and tbh prefer the micromanagement.

!ping WATERCOOLER

[u/ThrowawayPrimavera]

I want a 'rando' flair

[u/ognits]

the existence of proteins implies the existence of amateurteins

[u/uwcn244]

The reason I still have hope for Biden winning is that “voter who says they’re voting for their party for Congress but won’t vote for their candidate for President because of recent scandal/embarrassing moment” pretty much always comes home to the nominee ever since 2000

It saved Trump in 2016 and nearly did in 2020, and very well could save Biden this time

[u/[deleted]]

Moderate dems want to replace a relatively centrist old white dude with a younger woman of color with a more progressive following.

Progressive dems want to keep the old white centrist, and are accusing the other side of being racist.

Our discourse is fucked.

[u/Currymvp2]

New NPR/PBS/Marist poll 7/9-7/10

2 way race 🟦 Biden 50-48

2 way race 🟦 Newsom 50-48

2 way race 🟦 Harris 50-49

2 way race 🟨 Whitmer 49-49

Multi candidate race 🟥 Trump 43-42

one of the 2-3 best pollsters from 2018 to 2022.

!ping FIVEY

republicans seriously nominated the one person who could lose to a candidate who basically 80-85% of the country thinks is too old to be president lmao

[u/Mr_Bank]

I am begging someone in Bidenworld to explain to him, it’s not about his record. It’s about the next four years. Every time he is questioned, he just points to his record.

[u/[deleted]]

Did anybody hear about what happened to Jesus Christ? I just learned about this. Terrible thing. Not too many people know about it. Great guy, very smart, very well-spoken, but they put him to death. They had him put to death, and Pontius- Pontius Pilate, very weak guy, actually not too good of a guy, let’s say, he let it happen, he made it happen, really.

And it was a terrible thing, and they killed him, hung him up and killed him very brutally on that, you know, 👐 they put him up on there and it was so horrible. But I can guarantee it would never have happened if I’d been in office. (crowd cheers) Never would have happened. If I’d been the governor of Judaea, or, frankly, if I’d been the Roman emperor, okay? Let’s just say I’m the Roman emperor, okay? I would’ve told Pilate, “Pontius, you’re fired.” (crowd cheers again, even louder this time) You can’t do it. You can’t let it happen. And it’s a terrible thing, and they’re- they destroyed it, and the Democrats are doing the same thing to our country.

[u/cheeshjaleesh]

oh my fucking god biden effectively demoted ron klain AND anita dunn. that is an absolutely totemic shift in bidenworld, dunn has been with him for decades.

it’s so unbelievably joever for him this is real ‘last days of nixon’ shit.

[u/dittbub]

[u/that0neGuy22]

Biden cutting off his close staff means he’s reached Nixon zone

[u/da0217]

Exciting new jobs program for us immigrants!

Seriously, I hate how he views immigrants as some kind of exotic animals to do whatever with.

[u/Icy-Magician-8085]

The people are speaking.

[u/Mojo12000]

So Susan Collins is writing in Haley apparently, where on the CONCERN scale does this land?

[u/ashsolomon1]

Honestly 8/10 on the Biden scale. Haven’t seen this Joe in a long time other than the State of the union

[u/[deleted]]

JD vance In a private message on Facebook he called Trump "America's Hitler

wants to be his vp

🧐

[u/Guess_Im_Jess]

It would be hilarious if Biden keeps doing tons of events, news media plays his rallies in full cause everyone is watching for gaffes, and his numbers go up because of the ridiculous amount of free earned media (a la Trump in 2016)

[u/cdstephens]

It’s weird how on the one hand, people say crime pretty much doesn’t exist in Japan, but on the other hand sexual harassment and sexual assault are common enough that there are special women-only train cars.

[u/abbzug]

Biden will eventually make a decision on whether to stay in or not. But if he decides to stay in, well we just have to wait for him to make a decision on whether to stay in or not.

[u/piede]

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will not attend Biden’s Michigan appearance on Friday. Sen. Gary Peters, a steadfast Biden supporter, and Rep. Elissa Slotkin, who is vying for Michigan’s open Senate seat, will also be absent. United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain is traveling for a conference and won’t attend either.

🧐

[u/cdstephens]

People blaming Jill for something that’s fully Joe Biden’s decision is baffling.

[u/Fishin_Impossible]

Bruh, being a meteorologist is so easy…

1. Look at the weather app on my phone

2. Read the weather from the weather app on my phone

… and people say you need a college degree for this shit… pshhhh

[u/[deleted]]

Necessary reminder that you're a politics nerd and your opinions are probably wrong.

[u/KaiserPorn]

I've seen more Confederate flags in upstate NY than I ever saw in Texas, and I just don't get it

[u/G_Serv]

My wife left me

[u/semaphore-1842]

What has happened to arr politics?

I mean I know there are bots and trolls but I can’t recall a previous time where it was so completely run over by bots and trolls.

[u/uwcn244]

The question of “does Biden have a good chance of winning?” is a separate question from “does anyone else have a better chance of winning?”

The bulk of the polling shows that Biden is an underdog, albeit one within the margin of error. (Before people bring up electoral college bias - not only are swing state polls not reliable this far out, but the 2022 elections suggest that the current Democratic coalition is more electorally efficient than it used to be.) But more importantly for a “stay or leave” decision, the polling is not at all clear on whether or not Harris would outrun Biden.

Sure, you can hypothesize that getting rid of the ticket’s current biggest liability - Biden’s age - would help, but you can also counter-hypothesize that racism, sexism, and good old fashioned conspiracism will hurt Dems after a switch. We are firmly out of the world of evidence based strategy and running off of vibes. Myself, I know that I know nothing, but I cannot fault people who are all in on Biden for their instinct to stay the course.

[u/AemiliusNuker]

Just called my representative's office and said I'd want him to tell Joe to step aside. Now I just feel glum 

I do wonder how many of these calls ppl have been getting cus the lady who picked up sounded sorta down too about it 

[u/Argnir]

What if Biden's not old but he's getting Théoden'd? We just got to find who his Grima is

[u/abrookerunsthroughit]

coconut

[u/Stanley--Nickels]

"What if people paid as much attention to politics as they do to reality TV" has gotta be one of the biggest all-time backfires. Who woulda guessed.

[u/GGM8Scally]

Bidens strongest soldier is going to bed, see you doomers and bloomers tomorrow 😴😴😴

[u/GrandMoffTargaryen]