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3h ago 15:23 'Europeans project weakness, US projects strength' US Treasury secretary Scott Bessent has been speaking to our US partner network NBC News after Donald Trump's tariff threat over Greenland. He's asked by NBC's Kristen Welker how any move that sees the US take Greenland by force would differ to Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014. "I believe that the Europeans will understand that this is best for Greenland, best for Europe and best for the United States," he replied.
Excerpt from a BBC news story: One trainer holds on to a flipper as the other stimulates the whale, who can be seen writhing about in the water. Wikie can be seen in an adjacent pool facing towards where her son is being held. Keeping them in separate pools permanently is considered harmful to their wellbeing as orcas are sociable animals. The footage was taken on 12 August and managers at Marineland tell BBC News the action was necessary as Keijo is reaching adolescence and has increasingly strong sexual urges. TideBreakers
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Screenshot from Wikipedia: In a 2024 op-ed in the Financial Times, Doctorow argued that "'enshittification' is coming for absolutely everything" with "enshittificatory" platforms leaving humanity in an "enshittocene".