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This Basilica Has Been Rising Above Barcelona for 144 Years. With Its Central Tower Now Complete, Pope Leo XIV Prepares to Visit https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews-arts-culture/sagrada-familia-basilica-has-been-rising-above-barcelona-for-144-years-with-its-central-tower-now-complete-pope-leo-XIV-prepares-to-visit-180988906/ #science

This Basilica Has Been Rising Above Barcelona for 144 Years. With Its Central Tower Now Complete, Pope Leo XIV Prepares to Visit

When Antoni Gaudí dreamed up his ambitious vision for Sagrada Família, he knew he wouldn't live to see its completion. One hundred years after the architect's death, the tallest tower has reached its peak

Smithsonian Magazine

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Judith Beyer 23h ago

The ground is not “shifting somewhat”. You and your principles are. www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/myanmar... #Myanmar #Thailand #ASEAN

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Ars Technica 1d ago

S&P 500 blocks fast SpaceX entry, won’t waive rule for unprofitable AI firms

SpaceX won’t get easy access to billions of dollars from passive investors.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/06/sp-500-blocks-fast-spacex-entry-wont-waive-rule-for-unprofitable-ai-firms/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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SocProf 2d ago

Sexual Abuse in OALC Church Spans Generations in Wyoming, Minnesota, Washington — ProPublica https://www.propublica.org/article/old-apostolic-lutheran-church-generational-sexual-abuse "What’s more, the church teaches that once a perpetrator is forgiven, anyone who speaks about the wrongdoing — including the victim — can be accused of harboring an unforgiving heart. Those who have left the church, as well as some who are still with it, say this means the burden of sin shifts from the person who committed the act to the person who refuses to let the matter rest."

In This Church, Child Sexual Abuse Has Gone Unchecked for So Long That It Spans Generations

The church's culture of forgiving and forgetting sins has absolved abusers and silenced victims across the country.

ProPublica

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dansup 2d ago

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World Briefly 2d ago

Myanmar's junta pulls a classic 'we're the good guys now' move, releases Suu Kyi to house arrest

https://worldbriefly.news/myanmars-junta-pulls-a-classic-were-the-good-guys-now-move-releases-suu-kyi-to-h

#Myanmar #AungSanSuuKyi #MilitaryJunta

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Grapf 3d ago

Markt-Radleur*innen in Mandalay / Myanmar (2019)
zum ‚#Weltfahrradtag‘

#Fotovorschlag #streetphotography #travelphotography #bicycle #tandem #myanmar #urbanlife #mandalay #WorldBicycleDay

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Deborah Rose ❌👑3d ago

House passes resolution to end Iran War, challenging Trump
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5908560-iran-war-resolution-house/

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David on Formosa 3d ago

Chinese authorities have blocked the mothers of protesters killed during the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre from visiting the graves on the 37th anniversary of the massacre

"For years the Chinese authorities have sought to erase the public’s collective memory of the bloody events of 4 June 1989, but this latest prohibition is an attempt to stamp out even the personal memories of the victims’ families." - Sarah Brooks, Amnesty International

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2026/06/china-heartless-ban-on-tiananmen-mothers-visiting-cemetery-signals-escalating-repression/

#China #CCP #Tiananmen #HumanRights

China: ‘Heartless’ ban on Tiananmen Mothers visiting cemetery signals escalating repression

Responding to reports that Chinese authorities have barred the mothers of protesters killed in the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown from visiting their loved ones’ graves on this week’s anniversary of the atrocity, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director Sarah Brooks said: “Banning the relatives of people killed in the Tiananmen crackdown from visiting their loved ones’ graves […]

Amnesty International

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vga256 3d ago

this morning I came across this ad in a July 1989 issue of Compute magazine and it immediately brought me back to the summer of 89.

i was 12, and I worked an entire summer as a grocery store clerk for $3 / hr, cleaning toilets and stocking shelves just so I could buy Space Quest III at my local Radio Shack. i spent an entire month’s earnings on it. my father - a carpenter by trade - was absolutely shocked that anyone would drop that kind of dough on a computer game 😅

it paid off in the long run. SQ3 shaped my sense of humour towards the dark and scatological, and became the game i’d invite friends over to play just so they could watch the hilarious roger wilco death sequences.

i wrote the entire unabridged story of how I blew all of my summer job earnings on SQ3 in my book, Mages & Modems:
https://tomotama.itch.io/mages-modems

thank you to every one of you who took the time to read it. it has been an absolute joy hearing from you, and the memories it evoked in your own lives. i hope we get more memoirs about computing from everyday people.

#sierra #sierraOnline #adventureGames #books #bookstodon

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