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CombatWombat

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  • What's your impression of a person who says they're Machiavellian?

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  • They send catty text messages after four glasses of wine to their friends to complain about their kids’ third grade teacher and think they’re being manipulative.

  • Do you enjoy arguing?

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  • Hypothetically, yes. Practically, no. Arguing is fun and engaging when you have a sparring partner who is sharp, engaged, and persuadable. If changing someone’s mind isn’t on the table, or if all you’re capable of doing is poorly repeating memes and headlines you’ve seen, I’m not interested.

  • i'm high rn, what do you want to ask me?

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  • What is the coolest, awesomest, most mind-bendingest thought you’ve thought while high?

  • What is a good age bracket for this pile of trash I found on my land?

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  • The boombox is the only concrete clue I can identify. It’s an am/fm cassette, but doesn’t seem to have a cd player, so I’m assuming it went out of style in the early aughts. Best guess, this trash is about 20 years old.

  • Teenage-Looking ICE Agents Spotted at LaGuardia Airport, Recruitment Practices Under Scrutiny

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  • oppa mar-a-lago style

  • The Treasury just declared the U.S. insolvent. The media missed it

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  • Insolvency can’t hurt me, I’m an MMTist.

  • What did people think dinosaur bones were before we officially recognised dinosaurs?

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  • The earliest known english-language account of a dinosaur bone is in Robert Plot’s 1677 The natural history of Oxford-shire: being an essay toward the natural history of England. This is how he explains what we now know as a megalosaurus thighbone:

    There happily came to Oxford while I was writing of this, a living Elephant to be shown publickly at the ACT, An. 1676, with whose Bones . I compared ours; and found those of the Elephant not only of a different Shape, but also incomparably different to ours, though the Beast were very young and not half grown. If then they are neither the Bones of Horses, Oxen, nor Elephants, as I am strongly persuaded they are not . It remains, that (notwithstanding their extravagant Magnitude) they must have been the bones of Men or Women: Nor doth any thing hinder but they may have been so, provided it be clearly made out, that there have been Men and Women of proportionable Stature in all Ages of the World, down even to our own Days

    The whole account is pretty interesting. He speculates about the origin of the bones and their medicinal uses and discusses the particulars of a few giants.

  • How do you feel about the current state of Lemmy?

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  • Eh. It only feels dead if you let it.

  • US to Only Allow Iran at World Cup Games If No Dangerous School Children on Team

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  • The World Cup hosting duties are being shared by three countries. You could remove the World Cup from the United States without canceling the tournament; FIFA would move the matches to Bmo field, BC Place, Estadio Akron, Estadio Monterrey and the Azteca — the Canadian and Mexican stadia already hosting matches.

  • LA28 Drops Schedule for Historic Olympic Women's Soccer Tournament

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  • Seem like a good weekend to be in SoCal:

    San Diego and LA will the split the women’s semifinals on Tuesday, July 25th, with San Diego hosting the bronze medal match on Friday, July 28th, before the gold medal final takes over the Rose Bowl on Saturday, July 29th — the 2028 Summer Games’ penultimate day of competition.

  • Olympics @sh.itjust.works
    CombatWombat @feddit.online

    LA28 Drops Schedule for Historic Olympic Women's Soccer Tournament

    justwomenssports.com /reads/la28-drops-schedule-for-historic-olympic-womens-soccer-tournament/

  • How Can Governments Pay Open Source Maintainers?

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  • So easy! If you wanna get paid, just already be getting paid et voila:

    The best defence against this is to have lot of paying sponsors!

  • Autumn Durald Arkapaw becomes first woman to win an Oscar for cinematography

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  • Good for her:

    “I’m so honored to be here and I really want all the women in the room to stand up because I feel like I don’t get here without you guys,” Arkapaw told the audience.

    Holding her Oscar, she said, “I have felt so much love from all the women on this whole campaign. I feel like moments like this happen because of people like you guys.”

  • Movies @lemmy.world
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    Autumn Durald Arkapaw becomes first woman to win an Oscar for cinematography

    apnews.com /article/best-cinematography-2026-oscars-6abf6bd6157d566be40e166fc40c6cbf

  • Jessie Buckley Wins Best Actress Oscar for ‘Hamnet’

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  • She acted her ass off:

    As Zhao told IndieWire late last year, Buckley was an early favorite for the role of Agnes. “I knew her work. I had a feeling that she wouldn’t be afraid. There was no vanity in her, which is what Fran McDormand had,” the filmmaker told our Anne Thompson. “I’m neurodivergent, and when there’s dissonance, I can’t function. I can’t look at the person. So I need that authenticity, and vanity is the number-one enemy of authenticity. Actors, their greatest blessing they can give to the world is their authenticity and their humanness.”

  • Movies @lemmy.world
    CombatWombat @feddit.online

    Jessie Buckley Wins Best Actress Oscar for ‘Hamnet’

    www.indiewire.com /awards/results/jessie-buckley-wins-oscar-best-actress-hamnet-1235183034/
  • Movies @lemmy.world
    CombatWombat @feddit.online

    Oscars 2026: KPop Demon Hunters’ “Golden” Wins Best Original Song

    pitchfork.com /news/oscars-2026-kpop-demon-hunters-golden-wins-best-original-song/

  • ‘One Battle After Another’ wins best picture at 2026 Oscars

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  • Sinners should have won but four Oscars is some comfort:

    In the best picture category, “One Battle After Another” defeated “Sinners” — which won four Oscars, including lead actor and original screenplay — “Hamnet,” “Sentimental Value,” “The Secret Agent,” “Bugonia,” “Marty Supreme,” “Frankenstein,” “F1” and “Train Dreams.”

  • Movies @lemmy.world
    CombatWombat @feddit.online

    ‘One Battle After Another’ wins best picture at 2026 Oscars

    www.latimes.com /entertainment-arts/awards/story/2026-03-15/one-battle-after-another-wins-best-picture-oscars-2026

  • Americans on vacation

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  • Do I have to? Ok, fine...

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  • Oh of course🤦‍♂️

    I was wondering when in the world that exchange rate would make sense. That’s definitely correct.

  • Americans on vacation

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  • lol. Those Americans have never left the country and don’t have a passport.

  • Do I have to? Ok, fine...

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  • If anyone’s curious what happened to the translation here, the original Russian is abbreviated — the full phrase would be «мороженое в ассортименте» (ice cream in assortment) — but they abbreviated assortment and Russian doesn’t have articles so they use them when you wouldn’t expect. Also, this is most likely eastern Ukraine because they quote the prices in both hryvnia and roubles.

  • Unemployment part 2 - Thailand

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  • It’s tough to say definitively because there are a bunch of dialects, but in mine (west coast USA), “on another continent” is correct and “in another continent” sounds a little off.

  • The Onion @midwest.social
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    Despite This Terrible War, We Must Never Lose Sight of the Value of Each and Every Precious Shipping Container

    www.mcsweeneys.net /articles/despite-this-terrible-war-we-must-never-lose-sight-of-the-value-of-each-and-every-precious-shipping-container
  • The Onion @midwest.social
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    A Couple Tries to Get a Mortgage Approval in an Equal Parts Plausible, Dystopian, and Not-So-Distant Future

    www.mcsweeneys.net /articles/a-couple-tries-to-get-a-mortgage-approval-in-an-equal-parts-plausible-dystopian-and-not-so-distant-future
  • The Onion @midwest.social
    CombatWombat @feddit.online

    The Void Would Very Much Like You to Stop Screaming Into It

    www.mcsweeneys.net /articles/the-void-would-very-much-like-you-to-stop-screaming-into-it
  • The Onion @midwest.social
    CombatWombat @feddit.online

    To Keep Americans Safe, the Press Must Only Publish Hot Photos of Me

    www.mcsweeneys.net /articles/to-keep-americans-safe-the-press-must-only-publish-hot-photos-of-me
  • Privacy @lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    From Flock to ICE, Here’s a Breakdown of How You’re Being Watched

    www.404media.co /flock-ice-surveillance-technology-reddit-ama/
  • The Onion @midwest.social
    CombatWombat @feddit.online

    US to Only Allow Iran at World Cup Games If No Dangerous School Children on Team

    theneedling.com /2026/02/07/us-to-only-allow-iran-at-world-cup-games-if-no-dangerous-school-children-on-team/
  • The Onion @midwest.social
    CombatWombat @feddit.online

    What the Thousand-Year Blood Reign Means for Gas Prices

    www.mcsweeneys.net /articles/what-the-thousand-year-blood-reign-means-for-gas-prices
  • Olympics @sh.itjust.works
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    Team USA's Oksana Masters Wins 20th Paralympic Medal with Biathlon Gold

    justwomenssports.com /reads/team-usas-oksana-masters-wins-20th-paralympic-medal-with-biathlon-gold/
  • Olympics @sh.itjust.works
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    Record 160 Women's Sports Athletes Set to Compete at 2026 Winter Paralympics

    justwomenssports.com /reads/record-160-women-compete-2026-winter-paralympics-milan-cortina/
  • The Onion @midwest.social
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    Capitol Hill Dick’s to Compete Against New McDonald’s with Even Stickier, Hairier Ball Pit

    theneedling.com /2026/03/06/capitol-hill-dicks-to-compete-against-new-mcdonalds-with-even-stickier-hairier-ball-pit/
  • Olympics @sh.itjust.works
    CombatWombat @feddit.online

    2026 Winter Paralympics: Oksana Masters Headlines Team USA Women's Roster in Milano-Cortina

    justwomenssports.com /reads/us-women-lead-team-usa-2026-winter-paralympics-milan-cortina/
  • The Onion @midwest.social
    CombatWombat @feddit.online

    A.I. Checks in After Bombing Iran to See If You Still Think Its Bubble Is Bursting

    www.mcsweeneys.net /articles/ai-checks-in-after-bombing-iran-to-see-if-you-still-think-its-bubble-is-bursting
  • The Onion @midwest.social
    CombatWombat @feddit.online

    Does Your Country Need Regime Change? A Quiz

    www.mcsweeneys.net /articles/does-your-country-need-regime-change-a-quiz
  • The Onion @midwest.social
    CombatWombat @feddit.online

    Kristi Noem Fired After Attempting to Buy, Wear Seattle Hat ‘n’ Boots

    theneedling.com /2026/03/05/kristi-noem-fired-after-attempting-to-buy-wear-seattle-hat-n-boots/
  • The Onion @midwest.social
    CombatWombat @feddit.online

    Emergence Of First Right Wing Soccer Club In The USA Has Major League Soccer Trumpeting Inter Miami As A New Benchmark

    www.thenutmegnews.com /current/2026/3/5/emergence-of-first-right-wing-soccer-club-in-the-usa-has-major-league-soccer-trumpeting-inter-miami-as-a-new-benchmark