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Kamala Harris to appear with running mate at rally in Philadelphia on Tuesday in c/politics@lemmy.world
Who’s Afraid of Josh Shapiro? The Pennsylvania governor called Benjamin Netanyahu “one of the worst leaders of all time.” But anti-Israel activists don’t want him on the Democratic ticket. in c/politics@lemmy.world
Who’s Afraid of Josh Shapiro? The Pennsylvania governor called Benjamin Netanyahu “one of the worst leaders of all time.” But anti-Israel activists don’t want him on the Democratic ticket. in c/politics@lemmy.world
Who’s Afraid of Josh Shapiro? The Pennsylvania governor called Benjamin Netanyahu “one of the worst leaders of all time.” But anti-Israel activists don’t want him on the Democratic ticket. in c/politics@lemmy.world
Who’s Afraid of Josh Shapiro? The Pennsylvania governor called Benjamin Netanyahu “one of the worst leaders of all time.” But anti-Israel activists don’t want him on the Democratic ticket. in c/politics@lemmy.world
Who’s Afraid of Josh Shapiro? The Pennsylvania governor called Benjamin Netanyahu “one of the worst leaders of all time.” But anti-Israel activists don’t want him on the Democratic ticket. in c/politics@lemmy.world
Kamala Harris to appear with running mate at rally in Philadelphia on Tuesday in c/politics@lemmy.world
Leaked Audio: “I’m NOT Running Against You,” Cori Bush’s Primary Challenger Told Her Months Before Running Against Her in c/politics@lemmy.world
Leaked Audio: “I’m NOT Running Against You,” Cori Bush’s Primary Challenger Told Her Months Before Running Against Her in c/politics@lemmy.world
Leaked Audio: “I’m NOT Running Against You,” Cori Bush’s Primary Challenger Told Her Months Before Running Against Her in c/politics@lemmy.world
[–] retrospectology@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (5 children)

Citizens United is the cause of our lobby issues generally, yes, but the Democrats are still responsible for allowing their members to take AIPAC money.

They stopped members taking NRA money when the NRA was trying to play bothsides, they can do it with Israeli money too. Swearing off money from AIPAC and other Israeli groups should be a requirement to run in the party.

Leaked Audio: “I’m NOT Running Against You,” Cori Bush’s Primary Challenger Told Her Months Before Running Against Her in c/politics@lemmy.world
Musk Warns Against Nepotism: 'Kids Make You Happy But Don't Automatically Pass Your Business To Them' in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] retrospectology@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

In regards to Musk's businesses it might be considered a mercy for his kids to not inherit them...

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TIL That the entirety of Wikipedia is only ~100Gb and you can download it for offline use (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by retrospectology@lemmy.world to c/til@lemmy.world
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In light of the recent Crowdstrike crash revealing how weak points in IT infrastructure can have wide ranging effects, I figured this might be an interesting one.

The entirety of wikipedia is periodically uploaded here, along with many other useful wikis and How To websites (ex. iFixit tutorials and WikiHow): https://download.kiwix.org/zim

You select the archive you want, then the language and archive version (for example, you can get an archive with no pictures, to save on space). For the totality of the english wikipedia you'd select the "wikipedia_en_all_maxi_2024-01.zim"

The archives are packed as .zim files, which can be read with the Kiwix app completely offline.

I have several USBs I keep that have some of these archives along with the app installer. In the event of some major catastrophe I'd at least be able to access some potentially useful information. I have no stake in Kiwix, and don't know if there are other alternative apps and schemes, just thought it was neat.

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Maximum political side-eye (lemmy.world)
 
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