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@stefanusog @PopBase It's because the old one is of the day side. The new one is of the night side, it's high ISO long exposure lit by moonlight. That's also why you can see the stars in the new picture but not in the old one.
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@AxelTalksFilm The film one is of the day side, the digital one is of the night side lit by moon light.
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probably the most simplistic example in history of why film is superior to digital
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NASA shares 1972 vs 2026 photos of Earth.
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@dohaallach @galopujacy_jez Buran was a massive mistake it didn't reuse the engines, it was basically a capsule with wings just designed to look like The Shuttle. The Energia rocket that launched it was awesome however, had they gone with a regular capsule design Energia could have launched Moon missions.
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@galopujacy_jez The Buran was ahead of its time in comparison with the Spaceshuttle. It’s a shame we'll never know its true potential!
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@Moonlight_myths Unless it's a date, it's just weird to expect someone else to pay at a restaurant.
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Yesterday I went to dinner with my wife and her friend.
When the bill came, I paid for myself and my wife.
Her friend paid for herself. No one said anything, it just happened naturally.
Later that day I found out they had an argument about it.
Her friend thought it was strange that I didn't cover her bill too.
I thought about it for a bit,
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@HQNewsNow Added them all together and that's approximately $0.094 trillion. He will have to do alot more cutting.
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Trump is seeking to pay for his new $1.5 trillion military budget by cutting the following:
$510 million - Grants for farmers and agricultural research
$82 million - Loans for rural small businesses (Fully eliminated)
$61 million - Support for farmers and food markets (Fully eliminated)
$240 million - School meals and food education for children abroad (Fully eliminated)
$659 million - Community building grants
$47 million - Support for minority-owned businesses (Fully eliminated)
$449 million - Economic development grants for communities
$1.6 billion - Weather forecasting, fisheries, and coastal protection (NOAA)
$993 million - Scientific research and technology standards
$150 million - Support for American exports and trade
$2.2 billion - Broadband and internet access programs
$8.5 billion - Funding for public schools
$1.5 billion - Vocational training and adult education (Fully eliminated)
$2.7 billion - College access and higher education support
$15.2 billion - Roads, bridges, and infrastructure projects
$1.1 billion - Home energy efficiency and clean energy programs (Fully eliminated)
$1.1 billion - Scientific research funding
$386 million - Environmental cleanup programs
$150 million - Cutting-edge clean energy research
$4 billion - Help paying home heating and cooling bills for low-income families (Fully eliminated)
$768 million - Refugee resettlement assistance
$819 million - Care and shelter for migrant children
$775 million - Local anti-poverty programs (Fully eliminated)
$5 billion - Public health programs, mental health services, and disease prevention
$5 billion - Medical research (NIH)
$129 million - Healthcare quality and safety research
$356 million - Emergency preparedness and disaster response
$1.3 billion - FEMA community disaster preparedness grants
$707 million - Cybersecurity protection for critical infrastructure
$52 million - Airport and transportation security
$40 million - Protection against chemical and biological weapons threats
$53 million - Funding for homeland security operations
$3.3 billion - Community development block grants for local neighborhoods (Fully eliminated)
$1.3 billion - Affordable housing construction grants (Fully eliminated)
$393 million - Programs to reduce homelessness
$529 million - Housing assistance for people living with HIV/AIDS (Fully eliminated)
$489 million - Housing and services for Native American communities
$50 million - Grants to help communities build more housing (Fully eliminated)
$60 million - Enforcement of fair housing and anti-discrimination laws
$58 million - Homebuyer and renter counseling services (Fully eliminated)
$45 million - Renewable energy development programs (Fully eliminated)
$1.7 billion - Grants for local law enforcement and public safety
$20 million - Civil rights mediation and legal access programs (Fully eliminated)
$1.6 billion - Job training for at-risk youth (Fully eliminated)
$395 million - Jobs program for low-income seniors (Fully eliminated)
$234 million - Worker safety and labor protection programs
$101 million - Enforcement of equal pay and workplace anti-discrimination laws
$46 million - Programs to combat child labor and forced labor abroad
$2 billion - International humanitarian aid
$1.2 billion - Food aid for hungry families abroad (Fully eliminated)
$4.3 billion - Global health and disease prevention programs
$2.7 billion - Funding for the United Nations and international partnerships
$642 million - International economic and treasury programs
$315 million - Democracy and anti-corruption programs abroad
$486 million - Grants for public transit projects
$4.2 billion - Electric vehicle charging infrastructure
$372 million - Airline service for rural and small communities
$145 million - Grants for sustainable and equitable infrastructure
$204 million - Loans and investment for underserved communities
$1.4 billion - IRS taxpayer services and enforcement
$100 million - Air pollution monitoring and reduction programs (Fully eliminated)
$1 billion - EPA grants to states for environmental protection
$2.5 billion - Clean drinking water and wastewater infrastructure funds
$90 million - Grants to reduce diesel pollution (Fully eliminated)
$3.4 billion - NASA space and earth science research
$297 million - NASA technology innovation programs
$1.1 billion - International Space Station operations
$143 million - STEM education programs
$309 million - Small business development and entrepreneurship programs
$170 million - Small Business Administration operations
$158 million - Loans for small businesses


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@QuantumGuard17 There should be factor ten on the punishment for each time you comitt a crime. First time you get the regular sentence, if you're convicted of another crime you get 10x a third 100x and so on.
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🚨#BREAKING: Father of 22-year-old Logan Federico is screaming at Democrats in Congress after his daughter was dragged from bed, forced on her knees, and executed...
...by a man arrested 39 TIMES with 25 FELONIES!!!
We need to hold judges & DAs responsible for releasing vicious murderers on innocent victims.
Everyone who let this demon walk freely, should be in prison.
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@BorisJohnson No you can't. Because it really isn't or war, so it's not pretending. The one we should stop pretending isn't ours, is the Ukrainian war because it really is ours, Russia is invading Europe.
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We can’t pretend the Iran war is not our war too
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@RealPostFolder No, none of them will see all four funerals.
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@chico_ray Oh and on top of that Europe had threatened to invade Alaska just months earlier.
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@chico_ray If Mexico had invaded US and fought a brutal war for several years murdering millions of Americans. Would you be on board with sending the US military to fight Argentina in a war Europe started without consulting the US? That's the situation from a European perspective.
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European leaders frustrate me to no end.
So do many anti-Trump, pro Ukraine commentators—when it comes to the war in Iran.
Listen, I understand the Trump hate. I share many of the frustrations, especially where Ukraine is involved.
But it seems to me a lot of these people are more focused on hating Trump, than they are getting rid of a very real threat—the Islamic regime.
A threat that would only grow in strength as time goes on, if nothing was done.
Yes, a threat to Europe and the rest of the world.
Love Trump, hate him, that makes no difference.
He is still the president of the United States, with the most powerful military at his beck and call.
And right now, that military—alongside Israel—is systematically degrading this fanatical regimes capabilities.
They are doing something every President and country has been too afraid to do for 47 years.
This is possibly the only chance the world has to get rid of this unhinged regime.
One that butchers its own people, and sponsors terror across the globe.
Instead of using this golden opportunity to rid the world of a destabilising force, and extract concessions from Trump—many European leaders would rather do nothing.
They want to “deescalate”, or make side deals with the regime.
Others are actively preventing the US from using airbases, and such.
Some think this is the right time to “get back” at the US. It’s not.
It’s so incredibly stupid and short-sighted. Getting rid of the Islamic republic helps Ukraine. It helps Europe.
Getting involved militarily (even in limited ways) is a chance to show strength.
Geopolitically, that’s a golden opportunity. Especially when it’s done under the umbrella of America and Israel.
To the anti-Trump, pro Ukraine commentators, like I said, I understand.
But when every post about the war in Iran is highly negative (because Trump!) and even leans into regime propaganda—you lose me.
Your hate is blinding your mind from seeing the cold necessity of what’s taking place.
We should be pushing our leaders to get involved, and get shit done, instead of having endless meetings and phone calls.
The Islamic regime is not a friend to Europe.
It’s not a friend to Ukraine.
It’s a bad actor, that must be removed.
Hate Trump, but he’s the president and he won’t be in office forever.
Don’t lose sight of that.
Europe is not strong enough without America yet, so pushing the idea that it is—no matter how nice it feels—is simply not reality.
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@AriFleischer Nato was effectively over when Trump threatened to invade a Nato country. European nations actually prepared to defend Greenland against US and sent military weapons and equipment to do so. While there still is a threaty on paper there isn't one in reality. US is the enemy now.
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When this is over, the western part of NATO will never be the same. Spain, England, France and Italy have sold us out, as they too often have a history of doing. Eastern European nations are the heart of NATO. They spend money on defense, know how to fight and love the US.
France particularly deserves fault and blame. From supporting China and Russia at the UN to denying Americans overflight rights, they’re doing what they’ve always done - showing weakness, while cutting deals with terrorists. (The reason the US has a Marine Corps and Navy is unlike France, we refused to pay a ransom to the Barbary Pirates. France is always happy to cut a deal.)
Wars have unintended consequences as nations show their true colors.
NATO will never be the same, and Western European weakness and acquiescence is the cause.
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@DanBiancoNYC @Oksii33 I check the avokados, to check the rest have never entered my mind and has never been a problem. Where do you shop if they are selling expired milk and cracked eggs? You should switch to another store.
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@Oksii33 How do men reach adulthood without picking up some of the most basic life skills? Does he not check the expiration date of milk? Does he not palpate his avocados?!!
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@SlimBooter @MbarkCherguia I sitt all day and I have bigger calves than they guy at the bottom, it's mostly genetics.
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@MbarkCherguia I train my legs everyday. It's called standing/walking on them for 10+ hours a day.
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@visionergeo That seems very sexist, does this mean feminism and equality is over now.
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🇩🇪BREAKING | Starting January 1, 2026, all men aged 17 to 45 must obtain permission from a Bundeswehr career center if they plan to leave Germany for more than three months — whether for studying abroad, work, or extended travel — Berliner Zeitung.
This requirement is now in effect on a permanent basis and is no longer limited to periods of heightened tension or a state of defense, meaning a specific military threat.
See the latest updates with us: @visionergeo
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@DrTallinger Det mest skrämmande är att någon som är dum nog att gå på det kan stjäla miljontals kronor från en kommun och inte bli upptäckt på flera år. Kommunen måste haft noll kontroll på ekonomin.
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@ohhanxiety Supervulcano, then astroids and comets. Supervulcanos is worst because they are inevitable and we can't do anything about them. Astroids is also bad and likely but we could possibly stop them. Comets would be harder to stop but are less likely so it's third.
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