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Ukraine's government (at the time) passed a law in 2017 requiring all education passed the 5th grade to be done solely in Ukrainian. It was mainly targeted at the Russians but of course also impacted the Hungarians/Romanians/etc in the country as well.

archizzy posted...

It should be. Takes like two seconds to change it to twitter and leave a properly embedded link.

I wish someone would take the ~30 seconds it would to make the X links embed though

https://amendments-rules.house.gov/amendments/ethnic%20minorities%20amendment240418131602176.pdf

This was one her submitted amendments to the Ukraine aid bill that passed Congress:

Amendment to H.R. 8035 Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024
No funding shall be made available to Ukraine unless restrictions on ethnic minorities,
including Hungarians in Transcarpathia, right to use their native languages in schools are
lifted.

(To be clear the amendment was not passed/included).

Hungary's crazy far right party wants to reclaim that region and we all know how connected to Russia all these crazy far right parties are.

https://twitter.com/statmuse/status/1781880361967857740?s=46&t=srr76xwM9B51mxbMvCi5GA

https://twitter.com/katywinge/status/1781730368413954070?s=46&t=srr76xwM9B51mxbMvCi5GA

Not a sentence I ever imagined typing

https://twitter.com/lindseyhillll/status/1781111648947777677?s=46&t=srr76xwM9B51mxbMvCi5GA

https://twitter.com/lindseyhillll/status/1781114906353222047?s=46&t=srr76xwM9B51mxbMvCi5GA

What the hell lmao

Cartoon_Quoter posted...

Did I actually see that Phoenix is already back on the short list for the next group of expansion teams? I understand wanting that market, but maybe give everyone some time to reconsider the mistakes you made last time.

Yes, apparently Meruelo negotiated a clause into the terms of the sale that he has 5 years to "reactivate" the franchise, which includes requiring them to win a land auction and get an arena built.

https://twitter.com/friedgehnic/status/1781045418752716856?s=46

They are joining the Jazz in Salt Lake City.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-17/tesla-asks-shareholders-to-re-ratify-musk-s-56-billion-payout

Good lord

0 points on 0-10 shooting (0-6 from 3), 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 turnover, 2 personal fouls and -12 in 32 minutes

What the fuck my dudes

and still in last place in the AL East

Like my personal record for running is 11.5 km, I can't imagine running nearly another 10 km on top of that just to do a half marathon >_>

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/wayne/2024/04/09/dearborn-mayor-rejects-death-to-america-chants-at-protest/73254682007/

A group called Al Quds Committee Detroit held an April 5 protest outside the library along Michigan Avenue in support of Palestinians that featured several speakers. During the protest, some could be heard on a livestream of the rally chanting in Arabic "Al-mout li Amreeka," which means "Death to America," and also "Al-mout li Israel," or "Death to Israel." Such chants are sometimes used in Iran or by Iranian-backed groups to protest U.S. foreign policy. Protests held in Michigan over the years by the Al Quds Committee tend to feature speakers who praise Iran's leaders. It's unclear who uttered the chants Friday.

Totally normal people

Funkydog posted...

It could just be them hating Israeli's rather than Jewish people as a whole.

At this point, given their other actions as a group, they absolutely do not deserve the benefit of the doubt.

invertedlegdrop posted...

think i still have some old 261ers tagged as Iran simps...

A few of them definitely showed up in this topic lol

Tyranthraxus posted...

It just goes to show they don't really care about Palestine their primary purpose was just hating Jews the whole time.

Exactly.

And it's not even Iranians cheering this on either, because at this point the vast majority of Iran's diaspora, a significant chunk of Iran's remaining population, and Israel actually want the same thing!

https://twitter.com/CarymaRules/status/1779246864379826299

These people are absolute fucking lunatics

It's kind of funny that TWO volcano-related movies released a couple months apart in 1997.

Hollywood needs to go back to making natural disaster movies.

That's the only scene from that movie I actually remember.

Also Dante's Peak with the boat in the acid water.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNp2WwzqtAk

This motherfucker's really gonna do it lmao

Yeah the GI Joe end credits scene was the most hype part of the movie lmao

I'm confused as to exactly which "blue states" this is supposed to apply to.

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/39897887/sources-john-calipari-finalizing-5-year-deal-arkansas

Hasn't had a great last few years but this is pretty earth-shattering for Men's CBB

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I was going to say "He's the one with the n-word incident" but I don't know if that narrows it down enough.

https://www.tmz.com/2024/04/08/morgan-wallen-arrested-throw-chair-nashville-rooftop-bar/

Per legal docs, obtained by TMZ, detailing the alleged incident -- a chair came hurtling down 6 stories to the ground outside of Chiefs Bar Sunday evening ... which landed just a few feet away from some Nashville PD officers who happened to be standing outside.

As if we didn't have enough proof the guy is an absolute dumbass piece of shit

ssb_yunglink2 posted...

For a lot of families their kid getting a good scholarship is the only way theyre going to a good college.

Kids are also very competitive and want to be the best too. Im not saying that we should force kids to throw their arms off, but this is just the reality of becoming a top tier athlete in the modern day.

We're not talking about the same thing.

The families that are trying to turn their kid(s) into a sports phenom from a young age do not need their kids to get a "good scholarship" to go to a "good college". They can afford it, just like they can afford sending their kid(s) to all these camps and tournaments across the country year-round.

https://twitter.com/GinoHard_/status/1777102362538017029

Absolutely incredible

wackyteen posted...

hate to break it to you but the most common reason in history to have children was so you could have more hands on the farm

I mean that's a little different than spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to try and force your kid into becoming a sports phenom.

Iowa didn't even score a single point in the last what, 3.5 minutes of the game?

Ngl this game is closer than I expected

I don't know if this is a worse look for Toronto or Houston

And yet all the "purists" want to blame the pitch clock

The price drop on this game just a month after release is insanity

https://twitter.com/linzsports/status/1776630640936427636?s=46&t=srr76xwM9B51mxbMvCi5GA

Woah

Iowa's main problem is that they give up points to practically everyone. Their 71 PA/game was legitimately ranked 320th of 360 teams this year.

Meanwhile South Carolina was like 17th or something.

There's a strong possibility they may get absolutely boat raced.

Aloc posted...

There's a really good reason they aren't exactly the best.

Even when all they have is athletes.

Yes because Iowa is a shithole state and the University doesn't spend enough on athletics to make up for the fact that they are located in a shithole.

Aloc posted...

Eh that's all they have.

Athletes.

Yeah but Iowa when it comes to basketball (both men's and women's) and football is firmly in the upper mid-tier of sports programs.

Taking a team to two straight Finals appearances when they had never even made it to the Final Four prior to your arrival is pretty insane.

BlueTigerLion posted...

I wonder how Caitlin Clark college legacy would be impacted if she loses back to back finals.

I mean prior to Clark showing up Iowa's best finish in the last 30 years was getting BTFO'd by Baylor in the Elite Eight in 18-19. Their best finish ever was losing in the Elite Eight by 2 points in the 80s.

(Baylor won the tournament).

She's 100% elevated the program well beyond its historic performance, and people know that Iowa isn't some super team like South Carolina or LSU are. Losing two straight finals won't harm her at all.

BlueTigerLion posted...

There wasn't even a topic about the Iowa vs UConn game or how it ended.

I can't believe there's people legitimately upset that the refs actually called a blatant foul a blatant foul.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1933

January 30 Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany by President of Germany Paul von Hindenburg.
February 1 Adolf Hitler gives his "Proclamation to the German People" in Berlin.
February 3 Adolf Hitler gives a secret speech to his military leaders, outlining his plans to rearm Germany in defiance of the Treaty of Versailles and to adopt a policy of Lebensraum in eastern Europe.
March 23 Gleichschaltung: The Reichstag passes the Enabling Act, making Adolf Hitler effectively the dictator of Germany.
May 2 Gleichschaltung: Adolf Hitler prohibits trade unions.

Ah yes

The funniest thing is that "moving the team" is literally just moving them across the state line

darkace77450 posted...

Trump wants all of the money for himself. Not some of the money. Not most of the money. All of the money.

But there won't be any money.

ShadowMan033 posted...

I wish it wouldve been worse because when she heard there was a hit piece out on her last week we out scored middle Tennessee 5120 in the second half. Were only going to beat Iowa and the following team and the following team by like 20 points because this was nothing

lmao this post

I don't think the opening line works anymore <_<

https://fortune.com/2024/03/30/fidelity-x-stake-73-decline-since-elon-musk-twitter-takeover/

FidelitysBlue Chip Growth Fund cut the value of its position in X by 5.7% in February, implying a 73% decline in the former Twitter Inc. since Elon Musk bought the social-media company.

Fidelity, which gained a stake in X by helping Musk complete his $44 billion purchase in October 2022, valued the position at $5.28 million as of Feb. 29, according to a report posted Saturday listing the funds holdings. A month earlier, the value was $5.6 million.

The overall value of the Blue Chip Growth Funds X stake has fallen 73% since Musks purchase, suggesting a similar drop in the value of the company because the fund hasnt disclosed any change in its position in X.

X has been trying to lure back advertisers since Musks chaotic takeover. Last year, ad sales were estimated to be roughly $2.5 billion, falling short of the companys $3 billion target, Bloomberg reported.

Fidelity and X didnt immediately return emails seeking comment sent outside regular business hours.

Tyranthraxus posted...

I really don't remember him posting anything political. Any time he gets modded, it's always because he posted something explicit.

He showed up in a Project 2025-related topic recently and basically almost derailed the entire topic himself by demanding people explain to him what it was.