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[saywhat-politics]

Justice Department approves Paramount Skydance’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery

The Justice Department said it determined that the massive merger was “not likely to result in harm to competition or American consumers.”

The Justice Department said it determined that the massive merger was “not likely to result in harm to competition or American consumers.”

June 12, 2026, 1:50 PM MST / Updated June 12, 2026, 3:37 PM MST

By Steve Kopack, Ryan J. Reilly and Daniel Arkin

The Justice Department has signed off on Paramount Skydance’s $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, clearing the way for a merger that will unite two historic Hollywood studios and reshape the American entertainment industry.

In a statement, the department said it determined that the massive merger was “not likely to result in harm to competition or American consumers.”

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[saywhat-politics]

Arizona budget deal includes 3-year pause on data center tax exemptions

State leaders reached compromise on issue that was a big topic during budget negotiations

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — State leaders announced Tuesday that they reached a budget deal, ending months of negotiations three weeks ahead of their deadline.

The agreement includes a moratorium on data center tax exemptions.

The two sides agreed on a three-year pause on tax exemptions for new data centers. The tax exemption has stood for more than a decade and was a major point in the budget fight. It is viewed as a major reason data centers have proliferated across the state.

Data center growth in Arizona

Arizona is home to more than 150 data centers, according to the research tool Data Center Map.

Arizona budget deal includes 3-year pause on data center tax exemptions

Arizona leaders say they have a budget deal that includes a key compromise that puts new data center tax breaks on hold for three years.

[farenmaddox]

I have just found. the COOLEST website???

Lost Kitchen Scrolls

It has a huge variety of historical recipes from different regions, taken from manuscripts, transcribed and translated, and a whole section of notes about the context for the recipe. It's really fun and I AM going to try a couple of these recipes.

Look at how this lamb recipe is presented:

This is just such a fun way to learn more about historical foodways and discover traditional cuisine.

Look at all the filters you can use:

Maybe if I can forage some good blackberries this year, I can make a 300 year old recipe for blackberry wine!

Anyway. Check out Lost Kitchen Scrolls.

[happyheidi]

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This is Charles. He wants to go on a journey around tumblr. could you show him around?

[saintessinthegutter]

Sleeping habits on the road.

[us-enviro-comments]

The Public Comment Process (+ how to write effective public comments)

The US federal rule-making process is founded around the right to comment: the public's opportunity to publicly address the agency responsible for a decision. This right is enshrined by the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) of 1946 and reinforced by the National Environmental Policy Act of 1970, which both require that citizens be able to take part in pre-decision communication with a federal agency.

Public comments are important for a number of reasons:

Agencies must consider all new information received during the comment period and address that new information before publishing the final rule; this includes revising the proposed rule.

A good comment can be the basis for a court challenge. If the agency does not adequately address the new information in the comment, they can then be sued and the rule placed on hold until the issues raised by the new information are resolved.

Advocacy groups and journalists often scour public comments to get ideas for their own comments and campaigns, and to contextualize proposed rules.

Submitting a public comment on proposed federal rules and regulations is not like commenting on social media, though. Substantive comments that require agency response are those that contain information pertinent to the actions proposed in the regulation, such as community impacts, scientific evidence, or other data. Non-substantive comments ("I don't like this!") don't require any response beyond maybe a "Comment noted."

Here's a brief set of tips from the Public Comment Project:

“The most valuable public comments are unique, fact-based, and succinct. The agency will have to sort through many identical form letters and expressions of personal opinion.  

Your comment can report on scientific evidence that opposes or supports the theory behind the regulation. Providing additional supporting evidence helps strengthen the agency's position by creating a stronger scientific foundation for their action.

Use an opening sentence to establish your credibility. State who you are and summarize any of your experiences that are relevant to the topic of the proposal.

You do not have to come to a conclusion or judgement regarding the entirety of the regulation, but you do have to clearly communicate the implications of the research you present. Avoid leaving it up to the agency to infer how research or data relates to the regulation. 

Check out the agency's mission statement and any statutes relevant to the regulation. Federal agencies' actions are driven by their mission and held to the standards dictated by statutes, so make your comment stronger by explaining how your information contributes to their mission.”

You can also find templates here: https://publiccommentproject.org/comment-templates

Sources:

The Public Comment Project https://publiccommentproject.org

Democracy in Practice: Public Participation in Environmental Decisions, Beierle and Cayford 2002

Union of Concerned Scientists https://www.ucs.org/resources/participating-federal-rulemaking

[faunlord]

I’ve seen a couple people compare Julien hating thjazi to Bolaire hating thjazi, and also how Matt is playing it vs how Taliesin is. And they’re bringing up some valid points, but no one is talking about something that feels fairly obvious to me?

Which is that Julien hates Thjazi because he hurt Aranessa, and because he rebelled against the sundered houses. Julien talks a big game about how his station makes him better than others (how much he actually fully has internalized that is up for debate, but it’s an easy way for him to feel superior when he needs to), so Thjazi challenging that felt like a personal attack on him, even though we know it was the right thing to do. Also, my read on whatever the hell happened when Julien “took him down” is that thjazi let him do it? For whatever reason. And a lot of his hatred for Thjazi seems to be from a place of misdirected issues he has with himself. Julien isn’t aware of that thought process, but Matt obviously is.

Meanwhile, Thjazi pretty clearly did not see Bolaire as a full person. Now, his treatment of Bolaire was based on the knowledge that he is a freaky manipulative object who took over and killed at least one member of the Torn Banner so I don’t exactly blame him for that. And we only have Bolaires side of the story to go off of, since Hal got those two nat one insights, so it’s definitely a more complex situation than he’s leading us to believe. But Bolaire does have a unique insight into how Thjazi treated people who he didn’t respect or see as people. His anger towards Thjazi is based on actual ways he was shitty to him personally.

So of course when everyone else is talking about Thjazi as a charming rogue and a thief with a heart of gold who played fast and loose with the rules but always made the right choice for the Greater Good, Taliesin is going to push against that. Because Thjazi being flawed is more interesting to the story! And he’s kind of the only character who is in a position to speak up in a way that doesn’t come across as projection.

[heatherwitch]

My resolution last year was to do one thing before bed that would make my morning feel easier, and that’s become a daily habit that I’m carrying into this new year.

Some nights even filling up the kettle and setting an empty mug out for my morning tea felt hard. But I was always thankful for it in the morning.

Other nights, one thing would lead to another, and I’d wake up in a clean house with everything ready to go.

And, on a rare few nights, the one thing that I could do to make my morning easier was going straight to bed and allowing myself to rest.

What stayed the same each day is that I would take a moment to think of what I could do for my future self and do it, even after a hard day. And I would wake up knowing that I had done my best and any effort—no matter how small—was a kindness to myself.

[one-bite-is-undercover]

I’ve been doing a lot of “a treat for future me” moments lately.

[heatherwitch]

That’s a great way to look at it, and I love this artist! (Anna-Laura: instagram / website)

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[masterqwertster]

Actually, now that we know the Panto have a mental walkie-talkie system of sorts, I need a bunch of Bolaire going:

Termina. Termina, pick up the goddamn phone. I know you can here me. We need to talk about why killing them before they become gods is the better plan.

And he's just getting, like, the screams of the doomed Lady Cormoray in response. (probably upset she doesn't get to be a god for a little bit before Termina tries to really kill her)

[verbrannt74]

Choose your gender

Choose Your Gender

Judging Seagull

Desperate Pigeon

Hopeful Sandpiper

Remaining time: 2 days 12 hours

[verbrannt74]

Go desperate pigeons go

[fillianore-moved]

so metropolitan museum of art has a register of books they’ve published that are out of print and that you can download for free! they’re mostly books on art, archeology, architecture, fashion and history and i just think that’s super useful and interesting so i wanted to share! you can find all of the books available here!

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[softservecanine]

You’re completely correct. Out of my way, able-bodied losers. Fuck you.

[aetherograph]

It's called an EZRide+ and you can learn where to find them here. They're about $1100 US as of June 2026, but you might need to buy additional parts to attach them to your chair, depending on the style of chair.

Remember to put links to products like this, they're usually hard to find and a lot of people need to know they exist.

[saywhat-politics]

'Trillionaires Shouldn't Exist': Obscene Musk Milestone Spurs Calls for Aggressive Wealth Tax | Common Dreams

"The level of wealth that Mr. Musk has reached requires human exploitation, wage theft, wage suppression, anti-competitive markets, monopoli

“The level of wealth that Mr. Musk has reached requires human exploitation, wage theft, wage suppression, anti-competitive markets, monopolistic control, price collusion, inadequate tax systems, and corruption.”

Elon Musk’s net worth surged past $1 trillion on Friday as SpaceX—the rocket company he founded and controls—made its debut on the public market, prompting global revulsion and calls for an aggressive wealth tax to rein in out-of-control inequality.

“Musk became the world’s first trillionaire because our tax system shields the wealth of the ultra-wealthy from taxation while requiring working to people pay taxes on every paycheck,” said Igor Volsky, director of the Tax the Greedy Billionaires Campaign. “Today’s milestone should serve as a wake-up call to us all.”

[ritahayworrth]

happy fourth of july to the philippines ONLY

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link to article

[cassiterite-tenring]

hi, filipino here. just want to say that our independence day is june 12, not july 4. july 4 is when the united states government decided that they would recognize our freedom, specifically because it is your independence day and they wanted to cement their cultural hegemony over our country. and because of their influence on our country this was recognized for a time as our independence day. we still commemorate it, but i hope you can understand why we don’t want our independence day to be associated so closely with our former colonizer. it wasn’t even a work holiday for us.

june 12 is the day that we filipinos declared our own independence for ourselves, and that is what we celebrate as independence day

[houseofglass]

happy june 12 to you