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Links not related to the antichrist:

1. Why Frozen Food Gets an Icy Reception in China (September 26) "Chinese consumers are wary of, and even resistant toward, pre-made food. Western consumers don’t mind the convenience of a frozen pizza, and Japanese convenience stores sell countless pre-made meals. So why China’s reticence?"

Yeah, this is definitely a thing. Chinese people going to the market every morning to get fresh vegetables. I mean, not everyone- if you have a full-time job, obviously you're not doing that. I didn't know that some people took it to the extremes that this article says... in contrast, it's also normal in China to have a bunch of meat in your freezer... frozen dumplings, etc... but maybe the point is that people expect restaurant food to be higher quality than what you would make at home, and frozen food is NOT seen as good enough for that.

This was a real issue during the 2022 Shanghai lockdown. People didn't have, like, a stash of canned/frozen food. The government was, on the fly, coming up with systems to distribute food to everyone locked down in their homes- and it was fresh food, so there were some cases where delays in the delivery meant all the food went bad.

2. Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time (September 24, via) "An emotional research team became tearful as they described how data shows the disease was slowed by 75% in patients."

3. Voddie Baucham, Jr., Preacher and Educator Who Courted Controversy, Dies at 56 (September 26)

4. Wyoming town erects new monument to violent, anti-immigrant history (September 28) I think the wording of this headline is very strange; it should say something more like "monument for the victims of its violent, anti-immigrant history." Anyway, it's about this: "After burning several blocks once made up of homes and shops, the mob killed 28 Chinese people and injured another 14, in what is one of the deadliest incidents of anti-Chinese violence in U.S. history."

5. “War Criminal”: Thousands Call to Arrest Netanyahu, March at U.N. Against Gaza Genocide (September 29) "Despite the fact that Netanyahu is wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes he has presided over in Gaza, he was able to travel to the U.N. without incident, as the United States says it does not recognize the jurisdiction of the ICC. We spoke to protesters demanding Netanyahu’s arrest and an end to Israel’s genocide in Gaza."

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Links related to the antichrist:

1. Jimmy Kimmel’s reinstatement shows the power of noncooperation (September 23, via) "No business can handle a large-scale consumer withdrawal, and no government agency can handle widespread worker withdrawal. So even though the Trump administration has been moving methodically to consolidate power, the people of this country have the power to make it an exercise in futility."

2. Trump Posts an Absolutely Bonkers AI Video in Which He Promotes a Magic ‘Med Bed’ That Can Cure Any Disease (September 28)

And more on that from CNN: Trump shares apparent AI video promoting ‘medbed’ conspiracy theory (September 29)

3. Hegseth says Wounded Knee massacre soldiers will keep Medals of Honor (September 26) "'Only an administration intent on committing war crimes in the present and future would stoop to calling Wounded Knee a ‘battle’ rather than what it truly was,' Columbia University history professor Karl Jacoby posted on Bluesky."

I saw a comment about this, where someone said they just couldn't understand why on earth Hegseth would do this. Here's why: It's because acknowledging the atrocities that the US committed against Native Americans is "woke." Everything was fine with the history that Hegseth learned in school, and now these Native American activists are saying something is wrong and the US should apologize, ugh how annoying, can they just stop? Hegseth's decision here has nothing to do with "did US soldiers massacre innocent people" and everything to do with "why would we bother talking about things that don't affect us regular [white] people?"

4. Lower Than Cowards (September 25) "Now we know most titans of industry won’t be fighting right-wing authoritarianism as fiercely as they would a tax hike on private equity."

5. 'I want his name to be known': Wife of immigrant injured at ICE facility shooting speaks out (September 27) "He's on life support after being critically injured on Wednesday in the shooting at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Dallas. He was being detained there after being arrested on Aug. 8 for driving under the influence. He is in the U.S. without legal status."

6. Hundreds protest at ICE building after Trump’s announcement of troop deployment to Portland (September 29) 

7. YouTube agrees to pay Trump $24 million to settle lawsuit over Jan. 6 suspension (September 29) "Law professor Goldman said but for 'an attempt to curry favor with the president,' there is 'absolutely no reason to believe Trump would have gotten anywhere with these suits.'"

8. Trump's new $100,000 visa fee sets off panic and confusion (September 21) "Tech companies and banks sent urgent memos advising employees not to leave the country. Bags were packed, tickets bought and families left behind as visa holders scrambled to beat what they believed was a looming deadline."

9. U.S. Revokes Visa for Colombian President Petro After He Joined Palestine Protest at U.N. (September 29, via) "After the U.S. revoked his visa, Petro wrote online, 'Revoking it for denouncing genocide shows the U.S. no longer respects international law.'"