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Already got made fun of by some teenagers with more fragile egos and less expendable income than me.

Could've just asked and I would've let them try!

Axial SCX24 Base Camp for those interested.

But wait - there's more! I also had a paintbrush wrapped in plastic for over 2 weeks because I was too lazy to clean it but yesterday I needed to do a little more painting with the same color so I was able to use the already saturated brush.

What I learned from this? That I'm already performing at the highest level and nothing needs improvement.

The Dutch cabinet is preparing a ban on goods from illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, but enforcing it will be far harder than announcing it.

The problem boils down to the humble labels on imports, which currently give customs officers almost nothing to work with.

An investigation by the legal non-profit Global Echo analysed nearly 6,000 shipments of citrus, dates and tahini sent from Israel to Europe between 2017 and 2026.

Roughly one in five consignments arriving in the EU turned out to be grown in illegal settlements, despite carrying a “Product of Israel” label.

According to NU.nl, less than you might assume. The measure the cabinet announced covers agricultural goods such as citrus, sesame, dates, avocados and pomegranates.

However, Israel’s heavyweight exports to Europe are medical equipment, weapons, chips, and services like software, cybersecurity and cloud computing. Those are almost entirely made inside Israel proper, so they’re untouched.

Thomas van Gool, spokesperson for the peace organisation PAX, tells NU.nl the ban is good, but won’t cause much harm.

“Physical agricultural products are only a small part of the trade between Israel and Europe,” he tells the outlet. “But even so, any form of trade is enough to keep a settlement economically afloat. However small, it contributes to its viability.”

“I’m saying it right now,” Homan said. “There’s still going to be more bloodshed unless they shut their mouth and let ICE enforce the laws that they enacted.”

DHS has acknowledged that neither of the men who have been shot in recent weeks was the target of the ICE operations that led to their deaths.

A witness reported that Guerrero shouted, “I tried to stop” after being shot by an agent while his vehicle moved forward slowly.

The current freak-out by Donald Trump, J. D. Vance, Marco Rubio, Stephen Miller, and other right-wingers about democratic socialism is quite rational. In socialism, they see a formidable foe.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/49717026

🐍 Not shocked by #Meta or the kind of people they put in charge of their “digital experiences for kids”¹.

Exactly the kind of person to entrust with social media #ageverification (calls, live videos, photographs etc.).

I mean they already love scanning messages for child sexual abuse material via #ChatControl².

☑️ Entrust children's data to the people literally caught exploiting them, all under the banner of protecting kids?

¹ https://cybernews.com/cybercrime/meta-engineering-manager-caught-sexting-teen

² https://www.techspot.com/news/113062-eu-revived-law-meta-google-scan-messages-critics.html

Archive: https://archive.ph/9FwUX

ACLU Surveilllance Discovery Project: https://www.aclum.org/campaigns-initiatives/surveillance-discovery-project/

woke up but went back to sleep again. so sleepy,,..., :P

feel like I've been posting a lot more recently... the HRT is just really, really sculpting me and I love it :3 (heehherehe I gotta big butt now... a little shy to post an angle like that so it stays private... tho maybe... >/////<)

I have taken so many photos of myself huhrhhehehhrhhhh Ilovmeyselfsomuch eevrery angle is perfect.,..

💥13 залізничних мостів. Операція ССО "Кондуктор"

Логістичні артерії ворога.

Деталі згодом…

https://t.me/ukr_sof/3101

“The X-Files” Lego set includes a detailed replica of FBI Agent Fox Mulder’s office, along with a forest clearing scene and a hovering UFO. Minifigures include Fox Mulder, Dana Scully, Walter Skinner, Mr. X, Alex Krycek, Carl Busch, The Flukeman and a grey alien.

Gillian Anderson participated in a promo film featuring a nod to Scully as she embarks on an investigation that leads her to the Lego set. Watch below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhHKsgH39XI

Lego Insiders Early Access members will get first crack at purchasing the set (retail price $199.99) starting Aug. 1; the set will then be available to the general public starting Aug. 4. For those who purchase the set between Aug. 1 and Aug. 10, Lego will also include “‘The X-Files’: Scully’s Lab” as a bonus gift while supplies last.