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  1. Iran’s 60% enrichment is too close to nuclear weapons capability for comfort. The Trump administration has called it a red line and hopes to get Russia and China on board with keeping Iran non-nuclear. The alternative? Trump's been clear: military strikes are on the table. But this is the interesting part: Iran's currently sitting on enough highly enriched uranium for 10 nuclear weapons, according to the latest IAEA report.
  2. One of the largest Hindu temples in North Texas is expanding into Frisco and hopes to bring with it the same spirit of community service it has promoted in the Dallas-Fort Worth area for decades. Over the weekend, members and volunteers from the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Irving commemorated the religious organization’s planned expansion to Frisco with a 3K charity walk to benefit two local organizations in the city. BAPS stands for Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha, a worldwide religious and civic organization within the Swaminarayan sect, a branch of Hinduism. In Texas, BAPS also has temples in Austin, San Antonio, Houston and Corpus Christi. With the continued growth of the South Asian community in the region, Patel said the organization recognized a need for a satellite temple in Frisco. Many in the congregation drive more than 45 minutes for weekly assemblies and prayers, Patel said. Last month, the temple got its certificate of occupancy to open its new location on the northeast corner of Preston Road and State Highway 121 in Frisco. The new satellite location will support more than a hundred families who live in northern portions of the Dallas-Fort Worth area and beyond, Patel said. https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2025/06/04/baps-mandir-frisco-new-hindu-temple-charity-event/
  3. Nothing is as bad as Quantimanium. Not even the Dr. Strange Horror movie.
  4. Likewise, somehow I had never seen Field of Dreams. Saw it last night. Pretty good stuff if a bit sappy. Love James Earl Jones.
  5. You got me curious and googled-- both FL and OK have the exact same legal status of weed; not legal recreationally but legal medicinally. And if "medicinal" status is anything like California where I can pay $50 to a yurt on Venice Beach (before it was recreationally legal) and get a medical card, we are good either way on that front!
  6. Why did everyone age up but Hank still looks the same from 20 years ago? Should be gray haired at least.
  7. Guys and Gals- I'm being relocated for work. It's either Florida or Oklahoma. The choice was obvious. Now do Oklahoma
  8. Anybody ever leave Texas for Florida? Seems like a "Texpatriate-lite" move, but at least you get real beaches (and more hurricanes, I guess too).
  9. French! But also TWITCH-esque. I once had a partner get positively offended when I characterized Cognizant (an obvious Indian heritage firm) as an Indian heritage firm with a "Sir, what do you MEAN? Our HQ is in Teaneck, New Jersey! We are as an American as Apple Pie"
  10. So 3 of the TWITCH? 90% of the Indians in my neighborhood are TWITCH.
  11. I actually didn't know that much about Weezer before starting this thread-- just the blue album from an eternity ago. Their Tiny Desk I just saw the other day was awesome. I did just recently learn that apparently the song on Pinkerton (and played below) "Across the Sea" almost or temporarily got him a ton of backlash for being a creep. The song is gas tho.
  12. Someone should tell him that if people "go back to not caring about the WNBA devoid of Caitlin Clark" the WNBA would take about 10 steps backwards and lose all the gains.
  13. Foo fighters suck and killers are cool but I want to hear you two debate weezer @ztejas@jimmyjazz
  14. Killers by a long shot. I don’t really like Foo Fighters.
  15. Spoilering this, it's long, but insightful: https://www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/ai-energy-demand
  16. I remember reading this is actually grossly misreported and misattributed. I'll find the write up and copy pasta it here from some climate journal I read it in a few months ago. Ironically I'll need to use an AI like perplexity to find the source, probably.
  17. Please take your medicines.
  18. Well they also complained that the asian person cast wasn't asian enough. So people will gripe about anything.
  19. but, but, but the rich men north of richmond!
  20. Maybe my all-time favorite gif.
  21. Haven't seen it but what press I did read about it was from a bunch of upset progressives about how it's normalizing indigenous people to give up their kids to the state or something weird like that.
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