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  • The Louvre’s spontaneous strike erupted during a routine internal meeting, as gallery attendants, ticket agents and security personnel refused to take up their posts in protest over unmanageable crowds, chronic understaffing and what one union called “untenable” working conditions.

    It’s rare for the Louvre to close its doors. It has happened during war, during the pandemic, and in a handful of strikes — including spontaneous walkouts over overcrowding in 2019 and safety fears in 2013. But seldom has it happened so suddenly, without warning, and in full view of the crowds.

  • "As Trump moves to expand military deployments, possibly using protests in L.A. as a pretext for more broadly silencing free speech or even imposing martial law, I'll be reintroducing reforms to the Insurrection Act that check potential abuse or overreach," Blumenthal posted to X, formerly Twitter, late Monday.

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  • TIL. Seems to be a rigid scope, so:

    Rigid cystoscope: These cystoscopes don’t bend. Your provider may pass instruments through the tube to perform biopsies or remove tumors. This cystoscope is usually only used with sedation or general anesthesia.

    Doesn't explain the other hand though.

  • TIL.

    [T]he fungi can mate with nearly every individual of their species they meet. [...] 23,000 different sexual identities, a result of widespread differentiation in the genetic locations that govern its sexual behavior.

    Why is it useful to call them sexual identities then? Are exact matches not able to mate?

  • — European countries: 54% — Asia-Pacific: 23% — Arab countries that have normalized ties with Israel under the Trump-brokered Abraham Accords: 12% — North America: 9% — Latin America: 1% — Africa: 1%

    Nearly half the deals were for missiles, rockets and air defense systems, Israel's defense ministry said.

    Kinda shocked not to see the US higher up. Still, 9% should be 0% and sanctions / human rights abuse trials.

  • I'll recommend "The Warmth of Other Suns" if you want a beautifully written history of racial history across the families / time periods in the US. Definitely helped me personalize & put together a lot of pieces left out of my education.

  • Vemuri wore a Keffiyeh during the speech, and called out MIT for having research ties with the Israel army and "aiding and abetting" the country with its "assault on the Palestinian people."

    "MIT supports free expression but stands by its decision, which was in response to the individual deliberately and repeatedly misleading Commencement organizers and leading a protest from the stage, disrupting an important Institute ceremony."

    I've definitely heard that line before: We are not retaliation for your criticism, just leveling major penalties for your minor infraction of an unwritten beaurocratic rule.

    About Google:

    The sackings followed a demonstration at Google's San Francisco office on Friday, attended by more than 200 Google employees. Two of the four fired employees [...] spoke at the protest. [...] Google's Security and Investigations team said the employees were routinely accessing information about other projects and employees inappropriately.

  • It was like overcrowded, literally maybe a dozen plus, 14, 15 people were lying on the floor and there was no space for me. That's why they put me in a TV room. The TV would be on for 21 hours in a day. It will turn off between 2 a.m. and 5 a.m.”

    The cruelty is the point.

    Also, we hear and Badar Khan Suri, about Rümeysa Öztürk, but there are dozens of people in these gulags who we're not hearing about. They need (obviously) to be shut down entirely.

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    Picture frame with splines, to conceal temperature sensor

    homelab @lemmy.ml

    Unifi AP radiation patterns

    Boost For Lemmy @lemmy.world

    Request: "next page" link/button

    A community about FPV drones/wings/planes, freestyle, racing, etc. @lemmy.ml

    Wood analog VRx mount for Walksnail Goggles X

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    Worth restoring this step stool?

    Boston, MA @lemmy.world

    Have any Eversource customers had their gas meters fully removed? Just finished electirication, would like to free up space and break ties to fossil fuel.

    [Dormant] Electric Vehicles (Moved to !electricvehicles@slrpnk.net) @lemmy.world

    Tesla charger access for Volvos via Volvo app "public charging" live Nov 18th

    Home Automation @lemmy.world

    Advice for making entryway light motion sensing? 3-way switch and two ceiling fixtures.

    Woodworking @lemmy.ca

    Getting the hang of sharpening & setting up my inherited plane

    Woodworking @lemmy.ca

    Box joint jig (no dado) and demo box

    Gardening @lemmy.world

    Growing asparagus for the first time

    Woodworking @lemmy.ca

    Bench dogs are awesome. Front vise busy and I need to hand saw something? No problem!

    Home Automation @lemmy.world

    Temperature trace from inside lava cake and oven via custom Tasmota device

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    Phishing text posing as voter confirmation?

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    How to attach miter saw to flip top worktable?

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    The squirrel that has been digging up our garden is trying to stay cool.

    Woodworking @lemmy.ca

    Refinished the little table I found on the curb

    Woodworking @lemmy.ca

    Refinishing this little table/desk for my young kid. What will yield a fine-not-perfect result?

    Woodworking @lemmy.ca

    What kind of wood is this? Solid wood table was getting thrown out, scavenged for scrap wood.

    Woodworking @lemmy.ca

    Crumb-catching oak cutting board