DBD 10-10-2025: Autumn/Spring
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Peace prize does not go to Trump. instead it goes to someone who opposes a dictatorship
The Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, who built a powerful social movement and has been living in hiding since last year, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. The Norwegian Nobel Committee praised “her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.
Cute thing: Hamsters getting MRI
https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/1nzxvrp/hamsters_getting_an_mri/?mc_cid=355cfea29e&mc_eid=34ed9ebff0