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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Winter-Vegetable7792 on 2025-08-29 04:51:13+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that George Washington never actually served in the British Army. Though he sought a commission in the Army, which would have afforded him prestigious privileges and status, he only served in the Virginia Militia prior to the Revolutionary War.

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/OratioFidelis on 2025-08-29 04:22:33+00:00.

Original Title: TIL classical music composer Chevalier de Saint-Georges, controversially known as "Black Mozart", was also a master athlete described by John Adams as "the most accomplished Man in Europe in Riding, Running, Shooting, Fencing, Dancing, Musick"

Despite Elon Musk's exhaustive promotion of Tesla's FSD technology, U.S. consumers don't seem to want it.

Alexander "Skunder" Boghossian (July 22, 1937 – May 4, 2003) was an Ethiopian painter and art teacher. He spent much of his life living and working in the United States. He was one of the first, and by far the most acclaimed, contemporary Black artists from the African continent to gain international attention.

From the Smithsonian Institute.

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The original was posted on /r/atbge by /u/IiImissbustyy on 2025-08-28 19:27:32+00:00.

Serve un’AI europea, solo così le regole avranno senso. Parla il prof. Rotolo

L'articolo proviene da #StartMag e viene ricondiviso sulla comunità Lemmy @informatica
Usa e Cina fanno l’AI, l’Europa fa la regolamentazione sull’AI. Una battuta critica dell’approccio normativo europeo non del tutto onesto. Intervista al prof. Antonino Rotolo,

I just played the demo for Monsters Are Coming and it's a really fun game. It's a mix between tower defense and the Vampire Survivor style games.

#games #MonstersAreComing @games

“In places like Australia and the U.K., there is already a split happening between the internet that people who are willing to identify themselves or go through age verification can see and the rest of the internet. And that’s historically a very dangerous place for us to end up,” said Jason Kelley, activism director at the nonprofit digital rights group Electronic Frontier Foundation.

Artist: Yunimaru | pixiv | twitter | danbooru

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The vaccine’s rollout is also expected to save the NHS £15 million a year in costs for treating the illness

Archived version: https://archive.is/newest/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/chickenpox-vaccine-nhs-symptoms-signs-b2815964.html

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Original link: https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/459417/dairy-farm-deaths-cow-manure-osha-colorado

US-Funded Hunger Monitor Concurs With UN-Backed IPC That Famine Is Occurring in Gaza - Antiwar.com (2025-08-28)

https://news.antiwar.com/2025/08/28/us-funded-hunger-monitor-concurs-with-un-backed-ipc-that-famine-is-occurring-in-gaza/
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>> The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (#FEWS Net), which has historically been funded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID), issued a report on August 22, the same day as the #IPC report, stating that famine is ongoing in the Gaza Governorate, which includes Gaza City.

>> The FEWS Net report also made clear that Israel was responsible for the #famine in northern Gaza and cited the Israeli government’s own data to say that no food was allowed into the area from March to May…

>> FEWS Net was suspended by the Trump administration during its review of foreign aid, but was relaunched back in June. … and is now likely funded directly by the State Department …

#USPol
@palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine@a.gup.pe @israel

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Just look at all this other stuff - it will make you feel better about the conflagration outside your door

Talk amongst yourselves.

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The original was posted on /r/worldnews by /u/466rudy on 2025-08-29 04:12:35+00:00.

It might as well be my own hand on the madman’s lever—and yet, while I grieve for all innocents, my soul is at peace, insofar as it’s ever been at peace about anything.

Psychopath.