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7d1747 No.20632893
>>20632873
never read that before
hate to be a "sauce" guy but, you got any on that?
Clearly I'm correct and sauced but maybe that too
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57b9d9 No.20632895
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b49dde No.20632896
Is Jay Z next on the chopping block?
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0a6570 No.20632897
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waukesha_Christmas_parade_attack
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7ed4d7 No.20632898
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3d09af No.20632899
>>20632858
>>20632858
>>20632858
JFC! These sick fucks gotta hang! Every last damn one!
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973e2e No.20632900
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794f51 No.20632901
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7ed4d7 No.20632903
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7d1747 No.20632904
>>20632882
LOTS of info online about frank's sign but maybe he just sleeps on his left side
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a22456 No.20632905
>>20632291
>Feb 23, 2023 : "A bridge will collapse and be in your news
dude mufugga bitch dayumnotable
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0d91b4 No.20632906
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23b6c7 No.20632907
>>20632876
TQ.
Because phone fagging so I just used the phone one.
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45456a No.20632908
>>20632882
Ehat my Autist mind sees …
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134cf1 No.20632909
>>20632898
archive_pepe_warehouse.jpg
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4e0746 No.20632910
https://x.com/mattwallace888/status/1772747420226445774
This century needs a long shower.
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74cdff No.20632911
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9fe421 No.20632913
>>20632392
> recipe for cooking short ribs?
On a forum that is patrolled by vicious trolls, rabid researchers, paid shills, bots, AI, Karens, every alphabet agency on the planet and everyone drops what they're doing to offer a rib recipe.
Is that a singularity? A miracle? A sign?
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23b6c7 No.20632914
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3d6cc2 No.20632915
>>20632162 pb
she spoke about "the anons" on Bannon
Not sure what she said though
Bad connection
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0a6570 No.20632917
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0d91b4 No.20632918
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973e2e No.20632919
>>20632877
Wow Look at him Genocide!
That's right team, the UN, US and EU can go fuck themselves when there's Palestinians to kill.
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ab0b05 No.20632920
>>20632901
One degree of DiCaprio?
Who are the adult male costars of the adolescent Leonardo?
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5562a9 No.20632921
>>20632821
No electronic system, you mean? Or they can't toggle the steering system(s) on and off? My knowledge of ship control is admittedly limited kek. I was just assuming there's an autopilot function and some form of onboard computer.
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5a7bb9 No.20632922
no no it was really just an unexpected accident though
it's not like the city has been trying to get a bunch of money to fund new infrastructure projects and "racial injustice" or anything like that
https://www.npr.org/2020/12/08/943853734/baltimores-new-progressive-mayor-is-ready-to-tackle-the-citys-biggest-problems
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/maryland-bridge-collapse-francis-scott-key-bridge-boat-baltimore-rcna145047
what do they call a black swan event? it's an "unthinkable" event
>mayor brandon scott: "This is an unthinkable tragedy," Scott said.
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d849dd No.20632923
Fuck I hate clockfags. Not as much as jews, but pretty damn close.
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0a6570 No.20632924
>>20632897
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxwell_Street_Klezmer_Band
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ab3622 No.20632925
>>20632681
They call it pizza, but it's snot.
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973e2e No.20632926
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cb31ec No.20632927
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7d1747 No.20632928
>>20632901
deniro the queero
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3d6cc2 No.20632929
>>20632872
soros or zelinski?
who knew?
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14ec52 No.20632930
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8f4272 No.20632931
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d849dd No.20632932
>>20632924
jesus christ niggers are ridiculous
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b982c6 No.20632933
>>20632872
https://www.businessinsider.com/heirs-and-heiresses-inheriting-money-2011-11
>>20632929
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8f4272 No.20632934
BREAD LOCK NOW
please MIGRATE
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0fd1d9 No.20632935
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0a6570 No.20632936
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0d91b4 No.20632937
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4e0746 No.20632938
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d80509 No.20632939
>>20632893
two sauces:
Relationship between the earlobe crease and brain white matter abnormalities in apparently healthy subjects*
A total of 350 individuals examined from January 2016 to July 2016 were screened. Patients with known demyelinating white matter disease, neurodegenerative disorders, cerebrovascular event history, or brain tumors were excluded from the study. Finally, 285 cases were included in the study. The four-point cerebral intensity classification system of Fazekas was used in the evaluation of the brain. The ELC was evaluated by inspection.
Results
A total of 285 patients were enrolled consecutively. The incidence of WMI was significantly higher in patients with ELC than the others. Age (95% CI: 1.105–1.213, P < 0.001) and ELC (95% CI: 0.098–0.783, P = 0.015) were found as an independent determinants of abnormal WMI. ELC predicted abnormal WMIs with 89% specificity and 62% sensitivity.
Conclusion
The presence of an ELC may provide predictive information in terms of detecting abnormal WMIs with prognostic impact in apparently healthy subjects.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7018362/
Diagonal Earlobe Crease is a Visible Sign for Cerebral Small Vessel Disease and Amyloid-β
We investigated the frequency and clinical significance of diagonal earlobe crease (DELC) in cognitively impaired patients using imaging biomarkers, such as white matter hyperintensities (WMH) on MRI and amyloid-β (Aβ) PET. A total of 471 cognitively impaired patients and 243 cognitively normal (CN) individuals were included in this study. Compared with CN individuals, cognitively impaired patients had a greater frequency of DELC (OR 1.6, 95% CI 1.1–2.2, P = 0.007). This relationship was more prominent in patients with dementia (OR 1.8, 95% CI 1.2–2.7, P = 0.002) and subcortical vascular cognitive impairment (OR 2.4, 95% CI 1.6–3.6, P < 0.001). Compared with Aβ-negative cognitively impaired patients with minimal WMH, Aβ-positive patients with moderate to severe WMH were significantly more likely to exhibit DELC (OR 7.3, 95% CI 3.4–16.0, P < 0.001). We suggest that DELC can serve as a useful supportive sign, not only for the presence of cognitive impairment, but also for cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD) and Aβ-positivity. The relationship between DELC and Aβ-positivity might be explained by the causative role of CSVD in Aβ accumulation.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-13370-8
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bcc2f7 No.20632940
https://qanon.news/
4am talking points.
>>20632311
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23b6c7 No.20632941
>>20632913
Because here is where the real frens are.
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89f6e9 No.20633037
>>20632921
Merchant ships have these wonderful Consolidated Helm Consoles. Gone are the Engine Order Telegraphs. Newer ones can indeed have onboard LAN systems but the closest thing to internet connections they have is a satellite system to automatically report position (that's the AIS boatfags like myself rely on) check weather forecasts, and limited capability to communicate with their management company. Those LAN systems help with administrative functions like keeping track of the ship's food supplies, maintenance schedules (basically who is chipping and painting, who is lubricating the winches, i.e who is getting the overtime) and which containers are getting off at the next port.
I was Navy, served on three different types of ships, but at one time was looking towards my Merchant License so I talked with those sailors quite a bit.
What I suspect is failure in the Main Switchboard or the Load Centers for the electric power. Watching the video I saw the lights go out twice. Like the first failure kicked in the auxiliary power distribution system but something else failed.
The bunch of black smoke tells me things kicked in long enough for Engineering to set All Back Emergency.
Keep in mind, a ship operating propulsion astern means the water is kicking back at the rounded ass end and the rudder is far less effective
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89f6e9 No.20633054
>>20632923
Trying out the combo shilling again? How quaint
Same playbook:
Attack Jim W if and when possible, when that fails
Attack BO, when that fails
Attack BVs, when that fails
Attack Bakers, when that fails
Attack anons in general, when that fails
Attack specific anon, when that fails←You Are Here
Back to top
Attacking Clockfags is on the schedule for at least once a month while the muh joo is a daily constant
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89f6e9 No.20633146
>>20632311
The Notables are what your masters fear the most, thus why the slides and bullshit tactics to waste bread to push things into the Previously Collected section. promotes duplication between shifts and uses anons against ourselves as the breads march on and the memory holing sets in. Great stuff has gone into the archives
#25074
>>20438532 Eritrean African immigrants burn down The Hague, Netherlands
>>20438690 'Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence' drag queen arrested over child porn allegations in Wisconsin
>>20438992 Blackrock also signing off the Climate Action 100+ agenda
#25075
>>20439635 Non-Citizens Have Been Voting Since 2008
>>20439703 FOIA: corrupt gov’t made sure that Dominion Voting System was in battle grounds states for 2020 election
>>20440106 Biological man pretends to be woman, breastfeeds baby. All done with intention of normalizing pedophilia
>>20440117, >>20440120, >>20440175, >>20440277 Largest Covid Vaccine Study Yet Finds Links to Health Conditions
#25076
>>20440772 Warehouse storing lithium batteries goes up in flames
>>20441083 Marine One spotted in San Fran?
#25077
>>20441340 MSNBC Says The Quiet Part Out Loud About MAGA's Threat To Globalism
>>20441421 Mike Benz: How Globalism And The Administrative State Broke Down America's Middle Class
>>20441555 COVID Vaccine Shedding Is 'Real', FDA & Pfizer Documents Are Proof
>>20441579 Kristi Noem stays silent as South Dakota GOP cedes property rights
>>20441596 @MarcoPolo501c3 is chronicling every fed that had involvement with the Biden "investigation," a blatant miscarriage of justice
>>20441599 The unbelievable saga of PA Judge Sonya McKnight
>>20441694 CBP sources tell FOX 20,000+ Chinese have been encountered just since October 1st
>>20441773 Biden Working on Providing Ukraine with Long-Range Ballistic Missiles
>>20441780 PR Firm celebrates efforts to remove Trump from Colorado ballot
>>20441839 Fani Willis Is Daring You To Call Her ‘Angry’ Because Race Baiting Is All She Has Left
>>20441948 DC_Draino: The Supreme Court will be handing down the most transformational rulings in decades for 1A free speech rights by this July
>>20442058 Not seeking re-election so far
>>20442118 (2020) How CIA's Brennan Overruled Dissenting Analysts Who Concluded Russia Favored Hillary
#25078
>>20442271 America First Legal Releases Documents from Litigation Against CISA
>>20442653 New York Migrants Receiving Cash Welfare Payments After Quiet Rule Change
>>20442616 New Book Contains 939 Endnotes; Leaked Docs from FBI, DHS, DOJ; Restricted Chinese Military Documents; No Unnamed Sources
>>20442626 Republicans ask why 9 boxes of Biden records were omitted in Special Counsel report
>>20442647 Ex-DIA Director Lt. Gen. Flynn said Biden's doc gatekeeper Chung, cited for mishandling secrets yet allowed to keep DoD job
>>20442669 Missing Classified Docs On Obama Launching Trump-Russia Allegations Could Have Been Reason For FBI Mar-a-Lago Raid
>>20442690 Media Admit Joe Biden Involved in Lucrative ‘Americore’ Deal with Brother James
>>20442696 Over Half of Fani Willis’ Campaign Contributions Allegedly Tied to Illegal Money Laundering, New Complaint Claims
>>20442712 O'Keefe: Board meeting about our “No Mas Muertes” video - they received 400K from the Universalist Church of Tucson
>>20442980, >>20442683, >>20442558 Huge Line of Illegals “As Far as the Eye Can See” Crossing Into San Diego
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89f6e9 No.20633161
>>20633146 (me)
Some stuff must be buried quickly
General Research #23075 >>18802004
TIKTOK: CHINESE “TROJAN HORSE” IS RUN BY STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS
https://www.mintpressnews.com/tiktok-chinese-trojan-horse-run-by-state-department-officials/284353/
Amid a national hysteria claiming the popular video-sharing app is a Chinese Trojan Horse, a MintPress News investigation has found dozens of ex-U.S. State Department officials working in key positions at TikTok. Many more individuals with backgrounds in the FBI, CIA and other departments of the national security state also hold influential posts at the social media giant, affecting the content that over one billion users see.
While American politicians demand the app be banned on national security grounds, try to force through an internet surveillance act that would turn the country into an Orwellian state, make clueless statements about how TikTok is dangerous because it connects to your Wi-Fi, it is possible that TikTok is already much closer to Washington than it is to Beijing.
STATE DEPARTMENT-AFFILIATED MEDIA
Must not be spread around
Canada #42 >>18757856
Sudanese Militants Seize US-Funded BioLab in Khartoum Containing Dangerous Samples of Measles, Cholera, Other Pathogens
By Jim Hoft Apil 26, 2023
The World Health Organization warned of the potential of a “high risk” event after Sudanese militants seized control of dangerous bio lab in Khartoum as fighting continues in the capital city.
Dr. Fauci was behind funding of several international biolabs as NIAID Director from 1984 to 2022.
Natalie Winters at The War Room reported that the US is funding the biolabs in Sudan.
Sudan’s National Public Health Laboratory – whose recent seizure by militants has prompted warnings of causing a “huge biological risk” – received financial and personnel support from U.S. government bodies including the Department of Defense, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Dr. Anthony Fauci’s National Institutes of Health agency, War Room can reveal.
The stunning revelation follows Nima Saeed Abid, the World Health Organization (WHO) representative in Sudan, admitting the situation was “extremely dangerous” because “we have polio isolates in the lab, we have measles isolates in the lab, we have cholera isolates in the lab.” U.S. federal funding has directly supported research conducted by researchers from the high-risk laboratory into cholera.
“There is a huge biological risk associated with the occupation of the central public health lab in Khartoum by one of the fighting parties,” he added.
The lab, which is based in the country’s capital Khartoum, is a recipient of support from a variety U.S. government agencies including the Department of Defense (DOD), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC), and United States Agency for International Development (USAID). During Dr. Fauci’s tenure as a National Institutes of Health (NIH) agency leader, he also allocated funds to support research involving scientists from the controversial laboratory.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/04/sudanese-militants-seize-us-funded-biolab-in-khartoum-containing-dangerous-samples-of-measles-cholera-other-pathogens/
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89f6e9 No.20633165
>>20633161 (me again)
Archive Offline
General Research #23833 >>19406790
Building a digital army: UN peacekeepers fight deadly disinformation
With smartphones, editing apps, and innovative approaches, some UN peacekeeping operations across the world are building a “digital army” aimed at combating mis- and disinformation on social media networks and beyond.
Designing ways to fight back against falsehoods that can trigger tensions, violence, or even death, the UN has been monitoring how mis- and disinformation and hate speech can attack health, security, stability as well as progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
“It has become clear that business as usual is not an option,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in a policy brief launched in June on information integrity on digital platforms.
“The ability to disseminate large-scale disinformation to undermine scientifically established facts poses an existential risk to humanity and endangers democratic institutions and fundamental human rights,” he wrote in the brief.
Disinformation can be dangerous in other ways. Several UN missions have reported social media campaigns in recent years targeting their peacekeeping work.
In 2019, the UN mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), known by its French acronym MONUSCO, raised grave concerns about social media disinformation campaigns calling for violence against peacekeepers during an Ebola epidemic and following a deadly attack by an armed group in the restive eastern region.
By 2022, the Security Council had adjusted the mandates of its four largest peacekeeping operations – DRC, Central African Republic (CAR), Mali, and South Sudan – and added the task of preventing disinformation campaigns aimed at undermining a mission’s credibility
“This is a war that is going on through social media, the radio, and traditional news outlets,” said Bintou Keita, who heads MONUSCO. Fighting deadly disinformation has been a “painful curve” to learn of this new battlefield, but the mission has now become proactive on social and other media platforms, to help stop its spread, she added.
To fight back against disinformation, UN peacekeepers are putting new tools into the hands of civilians of all ages, including 15-year-old Blessing Kasasi in DRC.
An activist advocating for the rights of women and children, Ms. Kasasi readily joined a workshop in the capital city of Kinshasa, with 30 young people who learned about detecting “fake news” and countering it with the most effective weapon: the truth.
Guillaume Kingh-Farel, one of the workshop trainers, said disinformation is “used as a weapon of war to undermine MONUSCO’s peace efforts in the DRC”.
As such, the MONUSCO-supported workshop to train “a digital army capable of detecting false information” by producing content with the help of a smartphone and editing software and simultaneously spreading objective, credible information through “relay clubs” that disseminate these messages through their networks.
“From a smartphone, I will produce videos to echo good information,” Ms. Kasasi said after the workshop.
For UN peace operations, some communities they engage are welcoming the new approaches this summer.
In Mali, where a transitional Government has been in power since a coup in 2021, the UN mission, MINUSMA, hosted the first of its kind blogger festival, attracting nearly 400 participants in Mopti in early June.
“With the advance of technology, digital media is increasingly being used to spread misinformation,” said a popular local blogger who attended the event. “A festival to combat misinformation is an innovative approach to overcome this challenge, a useful means for deconstructing hate speech and fake news.”
By the end of June, at the Malian Government’s request, the UN Security Council terminated the mission, which is slated for a complete withdrawal from the country by 1 January 2024.
Other efforts are unfolding elsewhere. In early August, in Abyei, a contested zone straddling Sudan and South Sudan, the UN mission there, UNISFA, launched Voice of Peace, an internet radio station aimed at countering hate speech, and fake news.
Meanwhile, in DR Congo, MONUSCO’s initiatives continue to reach communities plagued by disinformation-triggered tensions. This includes recruiting digital experts, building multimedia products, and reaching out to communities, especially social media savvy youth, mission chief Ms. Keita said.
With these tools, she said MONUSCO has been trying to “beef up our capacity to monitor and to be present on digital platforms in such a way that we are not going to always be in a reactive mode, but in an anticipatory mode”.
https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/08/1139682
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