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the blame game Harris campaign advisor David Plouffe blames Biden for her loss — then zaps X account after swift backlash Carla Sinclair

News US Army objects as Republicans use fallen US soldiers as props Jason Weisberger

science fiction "Big Germs" — short fiction by Rudy Rucker Boing Boing

france Carved leaves made by soldiers in the trenches Natalie Dressed

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tattoo Tattooist to Victorian England's wealthiest patrons Natalie Dressed

Ukraine U.S. planned "rigorously" for Russia using nukes on battlefield in Ukraine Rob Beschizza

russia Russia's former president and current war cheerleader says it will nuke London, Washington D.C., Berlin and Kyiv if it loses war Rob Beschizza

politics Israel cabinet minister suggests it may destroy Gaza with the nuclear weapons it has never admitted owning Rob Beschizza

books "Bridge" is a dimension-hopping thriller about grief, motherhood, and parasitic worms Thom Dunn

idaho Ammon Bundy's hospital temper tantrum lands him a $52.5 million fine Mark Frauenfelder

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