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nixCraft 🐧 3 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

the oldest trick in the book 😅

The meme features a character with a sly expression. The text says, "It's NOT vendor lock-in" about Secure Boot and then suggests saying, "It's for security reasons!" This implies that Secure Boot, a technology that restricts what operating systems can run on a device, is being used to lock users into a specific vendor despite claims that it's for security. The character's sly look hints that certain evil corporations are doing this deceptively and on purpose.

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Desdinova 3 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

Meanwhile, in the real world, Debian has a strongly worded article about how UEFI and Secure Boot actually are for security reasons and that, on a Linux only system, you can wipe the default keys and install keys from that Linux distro.

UEFI is close to 20 years old at this point, and Secure Boot is part of the spec. If Microsoft was going to do something nefarious, they'd have done it by now. Instead, they require OEMs to have unlockable firmware.

https://wiki.debian.org/SecureBoot

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Saupreiss #Präparat500 3 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

Secure Boot is an important tool and I am glad to have it. In an open source context, by the way.

Jason Lefkowitz 3 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

Notes on climate change, 2024. It was not until December 21 that I felt compelled to put aside my summer hat for my winter hat

Europe Says 3 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

https://www.europesays.com/1706816/ Man neergeschoten in Rotterdam-IJsselmonde, slachtoffer naar ziekenhuis – RTV Rijnmond #112 #Nederland #netherlands #Nieuws #Rotterdam

#Netherlands #Rotterdam #nederland #nieuws

Apiary 3 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

This isn’t a road. This is the minuteman bike path in Arlington today.

A snowy bike path is lined with cars. One is driving down the middle of the path.

Chris Trottier 3 weeks ago • pleroma (AP)

Hey Koreans, why are you hiding your video game masterpieces from the rest of the world – as though they’re prized kimchi recipes?! Seriously, what gives? You can’t keep Jang Pung 3 for the SEGA Master System locked up forever – the world deserves to know about the greatest 8-bit fighting game of all time. Yeah, I said it. Not just “pretty good” or “surprisingly decent.” The greatest.

And yet, this gem is so obscure it makes Bigfoot look overexposed. Despite being mostly in English, it never left South Korea, possibly because it dropped in 1994, when the Master System was practically a fossil. By then, North Americans were too busy trying to make CD-ROMs a thing to notice, and consequently, most emulators today still choke on this game. Let me repeat: this wasn’t some basement-dweller homebrew – this was a legit release! What gives?!

“But wait!” You might be thinking, “I thought that Koreans were all about PC gaming, not console games!” Well, sure. But back in the day, Samsung did their part to “Koreanize” the Master System, rebranding it as the Samsung Gam-Boy (with a better controller, no less – ergonomic and classy). Few Korean games made it to consoles, but Jang Pun 3 stands tall among them. As for Jang Pung 1 and 2? Yeah, good luck finding those. They’re either myths or the world most committed inside joke. This might be the only real Jang Pung game.

And what a game it is. The plot? Completely bonkers. Here’s the literal intro text from the beginning of the game:

Nazi followers have decided to conquer the world, and constructed a horrendous machine for that goal: a cyborg named Sell. To defeat him, the best fighters from different countries of the world hold a tournament that will determine which one of them should venture to Leipzig and destroy Sell in a one-on-one battle.

Yes, you read that right. Nazis? Cyborgs? Leipzig? Sure, why not. This is the kind of Cold War fever dream I live for – so I’m eating this up.

The gameplay itself? Unbelievably good. You won’t find any guides or special move instructions on the Internet because this game is barely known at all – so you’ll have to discover them by trial and error. But things are smooth, and it largely helps that the Master System controller only has two action buttons: one for punch, and one for kick.

Just looking at this screenshot, the level of detail in both sprites and backgrounds is astounding. This isn’t something the NES or C64 could pull off – at least not without an enhancement chip. In terms of looks, you might even mistake this for a 16-bit game. Sure, there’s some flicker here and there, but let’s cut the Master System’s poor CPU some slack. It’s doing God’s work.

Sound is excellent as well. Okay, it doesn’t support FM audio (a missed opportunity), but the SN76489 chip pulls off some insanely catchy tunes that’ll lodge themselves into your brain. The sound effects? Crunchy, punchy, and exactly what you’d want in a fighting game.

Open Production developed Jang Pung 3. Between 1993-97, they made seven games, four of them for the Master System. This includes Toto World 3 and Dallyeora Piguwang, both which I’m dying to check out.

So yeah, if you’ve got a working Master System (or Gam-Boy for you lucky Koreans), track this down. Jang Pung 3 is no mere fighting game – it’s a technical miracle and a piece of forgotten history. Now, can sommeone tell me why the rest of us had to wait decades to find out about it? Seriously, Koreans. Share the love.

Toto World 3 (1993) - MobyGames

Toto World 3 is a Korean-made platformer where the player controls a caveman kid who must traverse prehistoric landscapes and defeat the predominantly animal-shaped enemies standing on his way.

^MobyGames

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Europe Says 3 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

https://www.europesays.com/1706814/ Rome ouvre la cause de béatification du roi Baudouin de Belgique #België #belgien #Belgique #belgium #Nachrichten #Nieuws #Nouvelles

Rome ouvre la cause de béatification du roi Baudouin de Belgique - EUROPE SAYS

Le dicastère pour les Causes des saints a lancé la cause de béatification et de canonisation de l'ancien

^{EUROPE SAYS (EUROPESAYS.COM)}

#Belgium #nachrichten #Belgique #belgië #nouvelles #Belgien #nieuws

Kailee ♾️ Voting Midterms God 3 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

The Global Hunt for Putin’s ‘Sleeper Agents’ Once a soviet spy, and public toilet robber always a ruska kurwa.

Remember, Putin kurwa is kgb.

The Kremlin called these foot soldiers Vladimir Putin’s “invisible front,” an army of agents living false lives on foreign passports and second languages. Identifying one, American spy catchers would complain, was like finding a needle hiding in a needle stack. Few would prove as well-concealed as Kadivnik’s target.

🔗 https://archive.md/TIBXS#selection-2463.0-2463.317

#usa #Ukraine #EU #Europe #Nato

WSJ Special Report

The Global Hunt for Putin’s ‘Sleeper Agents’ & * A quiet suburban mom, a hard-drinking war correspondent and an Arctic researcher were hiding in plain sight, championed by the Kremlin’s No. 1 fan of spy fiction MI6 had a secret so sensitive that Slovenia’s spy chief needed to fly to London to hear it in person. Somewhere in his tiny Alpine nation, a pair of elite Russian spies were hiding under deep cover. But the British intelligence agency couldn’t—or wouldn’t—tell him their names.

The CIA had heard about them just days earlier. Josko Kadivnik, director of Slovenia’s intelligence service Sova, meaning Owl, felt his stomach sink. In its three decades of independence, Slovenia had never arrested such a spy. Now, just weeks after Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, he was being tasked with a mission that went far beyond Slovenia’s borders to the heart of a New Cold War: His small team of officers needed to capture two Russian sleeper agents.

#USA #EU #europe #Ukraine #NATO

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Ericbomb 3 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

I feel like I'm in the rough part of my Computer science degree. Last 2-3 terms I've gotten nothing but classes I have no interest in because of their system limiting what classes you are able to grab each term. It's online classes while I work full time so my life doesn't revolve around it, but it's frustrating working, then having the two classes I got for a particular term be busy work classes.

AkaSci 🛰️ 3 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

The House is voting now on the 3rd version of the spending bill that would avert a government shutdown.

The bill does not include lifting the debt ceiling.

Democrats seem to support the bill. Apparently, so does president-elect musk.

Draft of the revised bill at https://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20241216/ARA%2012.20.pdf
Webcast at https://www.c-span.org/event/us-house-of-representatives/us-house-of-representatives/429757
Live coverage at https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/20/government-shutdown-bill-house-trump-musk/
1/n

U.S. House of Representatives

The House returns for legislative business. A vote on a temporary spending bill to fund the government past tonight's midnight government funding deadline is possible.

^C-SPAN

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AkaSci 🛰️ 3 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

This spending bill HR 10545 will pass.
Shutdown averted.
The nation wins.
musk and trump lose.
Unfortunately, they will be back after Jan 20. With a vengeance.
2/n

screenshot of webcast by CSPAN showing current vote count.

AkaSci 🛰️ 3 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

The bill currently has way more than the 2/3rd votes needed.

'Tis done.
Members are headed home.
The Senate vote will be next.
The nation can breathe again.
Thanks Democrats!

3/n

sccreenshot of webcast showing vote count

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AkaSci 🛰️ 3 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

Not all is well and good with the spending bill that just passed.

From https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/20/government-shutdown-bill-house-trump-musk/#link-Y33F64R4INH4NPTGJIMUWXYLUM
8 policies stripped from GOP bill after Trump, Musk rebellion —

1. A fix for stolen food stamp funds
2. Pharmacy benefit overhaul
3. RFK Stadium transfer
4. Pay raises for members of Congress
5. Targeting ‘junk fees’
6. Childhood cancer research
7. Criminalizing some ‘deepfake’ images
8. Restrictions on investment in China

For Democrats, it is an opportunity lost.

4/n

AkaSci 🛰️ 3 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

It looks like the pediatric cancer research provision will be funded, thanks to Democrats in the the Senate, who passed it as a separate bill.

Let's make sure the electorate understands what republicans and musk did to satisfy the donor class and what Democrats did for the People.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/20/government-shutdown-bill-house-trump-musk/#link-LHOKPOJIBFCF5OL2VINDV7CZK4
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Snip of new from the WaPo.

The Senate just passed legislation by a simple voice vote to fund pediatric cancer research, a provision that House Republicans stripped from the government funding extension.

The House passed the bill in a bipartisan vote in March, so the legislation now heads to President Joe Biden’s desk to be signed into law.

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AkaSci 🛰️ 3 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

Good. Hide the ketchup.
6/n

Post by Burgess Everett, Congressional bureau chief at Semafor. Former Politico -
Trump is NOT happy that the spending deal doesn't include the debt ceiling, according to person who spoke with him this p.m. Not clear he'll publicly try to stop the bill in the Senate but Trump's the bill doesn't contain his main ask

AkaSci 🛰️ 3 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

Well done Senate Democrats!

"Congress has passed legislation giving D.C. control of RFK Stadium and allowing the city to redevelop more than 170 acres of federal property surrounding it.

The U.S. Senate passed the RFK Memorial Stadium Campus Revitalization Act by unanimous consent at about 1:15 a.m. Saturday — a Hail Mary action that required the support of all senators present without objection. The bill cleared the House in February on a broad bipartisan basis."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/12/21/rfk-stadium-deal-dc-bowser-congress/
7/n

nixCraft 🐧 3 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

Hold up! Is that a SunOS?! This bad boy's been working alone for 25 years running some critical app?! Those ancient 36GB SCSI drives are practically museum artifacts! And with only 4GB of RAM? My Android phone has more memory! 😂 This thing makes a Raspberry Pi look like a supercomputer. They sure don't build 'em like they used to...I must admit, Sun Microsystems had some serious engineering and reliability back in the day. I guess it will still work for another decade or so ☺️

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Paul_IPv6 3 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

well, as long as you never power down and spin down that disk 😀

but yeah, i miss the pre-oracle sun kit. started using it in the sun/3 sunos days.

Alan K. Martinez 3 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

If it's legit official SUN hardware and software shouldn't have a support contract associated with it?

I could be wrong but the investment bank that I used to work at had SUN hardware and we needed support for an issue and it cost us like hundreds of dollars just to have the tech walk through the door...

Wonder what that contract costs now...

nixCraft 🐧 3 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

@akmartinez Nobody's buying them anymore because of Oracle. They ruined a truly iconic brand, and even if you could get a contract now, it'd cost a small fortune. Just MBA types doing their thing, I guess.

@Alan K. Martinez

krolden 3 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

I'm sure they teach this in business schools

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Bonkers 3 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

if you dare to reboot it, it may not come up because the CMOS battery is dead.

I haven't seen an original Sun box in a couple decades already...

krolden 3 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

yeah but the chassis were a lot cooler

Cedric ISSALY 3 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

i have a sun blade 1000 with 2x1.2GHz ultra SPARC 3. I have no idea about performance comparison with a rpi. Do you have some clue?

keith 3 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

wait... 36GB drives aren't that old! i mean, anything measured in GB isn't that old, damnit!

Europe Says 3 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

https://www.europesays.com/1706813/ Wie reagiert Luxemburg auf die Attacke in Magdeburg? #Lëtzebuerg #luxembourg #Luxemburg

#Luxemburg #Luxembourg #letzebuerg

God :verified: 3 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

Radical idea: instead of a plutocracy, maybe you try a government for the people, by the people? Anyone ever try that?

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David W. Jones 3 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

That's what they're doing now! They're just defining the word "people" to mean "those whose net worth exceeds US$1 billion".
@Firlefanz

@Hannah Steenbock

Let sleeping dogs lie? 3 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

Try these follks https://www.pbs.org/native-america/blog/how-the-iroquois-great-law-of-peace-shaped-us-democracy

How the Iroquois Great Law of Peace Shaped U.S. Democracy

Season 2 of Native America is a groundbreaking portrait of contemporary Indian Country. Building on the success of the first season, this four-part Native directed series reveals the beauty and power of today’s Indigenous world.

^PBS

Cassandra Granade 🏳️‍⚧️ 3 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

I don't know how to feel about learning that Linus Tech Tips sells both bikinis and bidets.

Festive Stu <Xmas intensifies> 3 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

amused?

&mut selves Qyriad 3 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

I too do not know how to feel about this o.o

𝕕𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕖𝕒 🏳️‍⚧️🦋 3 weeks ago • diaspora

#caturday #caturdayeveryday #doggo

#caturday #doggo #caturdayeveryday

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Adam Hunt 3 weeks ago • diaspora

Chomp...

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nixCraft 🐧 3 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

How can I be a happy chap in IT? Let me tell you about it:

* The RAID is a backup fallacy: RAID is for redundancy, NOT backups! (Seriously, people!)

* Neglecting backups: Data loss is tragic. Back up your precious files.

* Blind faith in backups: Test them! Know how long it takes to restore. Otherwise get ready for Schrödinger's backup 😉

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gab 3 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

qd ya zero merde et que les élèves peuvent travailler, un détail les raids

SpaceLifeForm 3 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

I would add:

Hardware RAID is a single point of failure.

David Blume 3 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

Hope it's not bad form for me to say I'm very happy with https://rsync.net/. I backup there from macOS, Windows, and Linux, and set my custom zfs snapshot cadence, and have successfully restored from them. No issues and I've been with them for years.

pebcak 3 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

noone wants backup, everyone wants restore.

Mathias 3 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

In my experience, the RAID-fallacy has been replaced by the cloud-fallacy in most organisations these days.

HankB 3 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

I got to test my backups just this week. I was working on some scripts to try to provoke a ZFS bug and was developing on the target host (a Raspberry Pi.) I had put my development directory in the pool and without much forethought, destroyed the pool. 😬 Luckily for me, part of the testing involved sending the pool to another host so I just recovered the project from the backup host. 😀

God :verified: 3 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

Crazy thought, but what if nobody governed by tweet? Remember that? When tweets were just dumb thoughts that didn’t affect the entire country?

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Draken BlackKnight 3 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

But then some idiot game show host with multiple bankruptcies kept demanding the birth certificate of a sitting President be released.

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sortius 3 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

journalists started huffing their own farts, and elevated the tweet from throw away 140 character post to the most important thing in news and, therefore, politics

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Just Bob 🇺🇲♒🐧🪖 3 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

Now, your talking about the Fediverse 😂

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Alakest 3 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

Dumb thoughts have often governed the country.

It's just that now media technology is such that non-aristocracy people get to have their dumbness spread and persist the way only a few rich people took for granted.

You think Trump and Elon are the elite?

Ha!

The aristocracy had only one plausible way to have justified the privilege they enjoyed - taking up the spot where *more* exploitive tyrants may have ruled from.

Successively you'd arrive at a "more perfect nation", right?

RiaResists 3 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

I missed the good ol’ days of the bird.
I enjoyed Facebook for a few years.

Aral Balkan 3 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

@media_dept I guess it makes sense God is American.

@IDK Media

Democracy Matters :verified: 3 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

Mark Burnett deserves prison.

'The Apprentice' creator tapped as Trump's United Kingdom envoy
https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/5052405-mark-burnett-trump-adminsitration-the-apprentice/

#PresidentMusk #DonaldChump #RepublicansDidThis #GOPKakistocracy #ResistFascism #GOPWeirdos #RacistGOP #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol

#uspol #racistgop #resistfascism #norepublicanseveragain #gopweirdos #presidentmusk #gopkakistocracy #republicansdidthis #donaldchump

sjglass 🇨🇦🇺🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 3 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

Shout out to my Marantz receiver that turned 52 on December 18th. Works perfectly. Use it daily. #Marantz #Analogue #Vinyl

A black and white photo of a Marantz 2215 receiver.

#Vinyl #analogue #marantz

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Kim Perales 3 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

“Elon Musk used misinformation to fuel a government shutdown.”

News outlets & many people who post on X & other social media about Musk, give him a pass. Musk spews #disinformation on X, he lies & intentionally misleads his followers, as do many of his allies & Trump.

#USPol #Musk
https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-misinformation-government-shutdown-bill-budget-trump-musk-1235b15b425856bf902d0c8133eec222

Elon Musk used misinformation to fuel a government shutdown

President Donald Trump’s billionaire ally Elon Musk used his outsize influence on X to help kill a bipartisan funding proposal that would have prevented a government shutdown, spreading multiple false claims in the process.

^{MELISSA GOLDIN (AP News)}

#disinformation #Musk #uspol

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GuitarGirl 3 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

He’s a danger to the world. Hopefully someone will have the courage to stand up to this narcissistic freak show.

10tothe22 3 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

@Pineywoozle

@@pineywoozle (s) for HARRIS

FunHouse Radio 3 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

► https://FunHouseRadio.com <-- TUNE IN
Now Playing offbeat Holiday music!
#Hanukkah #cartoon #comics #memes

FunHouse Radio

Parodies, Novelty Records, Outsider Music, Trite Dance Music, Oddities, Memes, Mashups, Comedy, & Cringe

^{FunHouse Radio}

#comics #cartoon #memes #Hanukkah

RealJournalism 3 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

And then the right wonders why so many women get abortions. https://www.theguardian.com/education/2024/dec/21/we-need-a-total-culture-change-the-uk-teacher-told-to-work-60-hour-week-or-leave-after-having-baby #WarOnWomen

#waronwomen

WhistlerInTheDarkAges 3 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

I hear the Red Line has been redirected to Elon’s cell.

Europe Says 3 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

https://www.europesays.com/1706811/ PHOTOS: Brookwood vs. Denmark Boys Basketball | Prep #basketball_boys #brookwood #Danmark #denmark #MULTIMEDIA #prep #schools #slideshows #Sport #sports

PHOTOS: Brookwood vs. Denmark Boys Basketball | Prep - EUROPE SAYS

State AlabamaAlaskaArizonaArkansasCaliforniaColoradoConnecticutDelawareFloridaGeorgiaHawaiiIdahoIllinoisIndianaIowaKansasKentuckyLouisianaMaineMarylandMassachusettsMichiganMinnesotaMississippiMissouriMontanaNebraskaNevadaNew HampshireNew JerseyNew Me…

^{EUROPE SAYS (EUROPESAYS.COM)}

#denmark #sport #Multimedia #sports #schools #danmark #prep #basketball_boys #brookwood #slideshows

The Japan Times 3 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

The Saudi suspect in Germany's deadly car-ramming attack on a Christmas market held strongly anti-Islam views and was angry with Germany's migrant and asylum policy, officials said Saturday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/22/world/german-christmas-market-attack-islam/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #germany #immigration

#germany #Immigration #Worldnews

Europe Says 3 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

https://www.europesays.com/1706809/ Alexander Sørloth tok Atlético Madrid til tabelltoppen: – Karrierens største scoring #AlexanderSørloth #AtleticoMadrid #LaLiga #Noreg #Norge #norway #nyheter

#norway #norge #noreg #laliga #nyheter #atleticomadrid #alexandersorloth

Rich Stein (he/him) 4 weeks ago (Received 3 weeks ago) • mastodon (AP)

Actions have consequences — eventually:

"The United States Congress faces a Friday deadline to pass a budget for the 2025 fiscal year, or else face the shuttering of nonessential government functions."

"trump and his allies have pressured Republicans in the United States to ditch a short-term spending bill designed to avert a government shutdown."
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/19/facing-government-shutdown-trump-and-republican-allies-scuttle-budget-bill
#USpol #USpolitics #USelections #election #Republicans #Congress #budget #Budget2025 #GovernmentShutDown #DOGE

Facing government shutdown, Trump and Republican allies scuttle budget bill

Trump was one of several prominent Republicans in the incoming administration to denounce the bill on social media.

^{Al Jazeera Staff (Al Jazeera)}

#election #Republicans #budget #Congress #USPolitics #uspol #doge #uselections #governmentshutdown #budget2025

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Rich Stein (he/him) 3 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

Somewhat speculative but a good overview of what the impact of a US Government shutdown might be, as well as some history of shutdowns. https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2024/why-is-the-government-shutting-down/ v @Poynter
#USpol #USpolitics #Republicans #USelections #Congress #budget #Budget2025 #GovernmentShutDown #DOGE

#Republicans #budget #Congress #USPolitics #uspol #doge #uselections #governmentshutdown #budget2025 @Poynter

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Rich Stein (he/him) 3 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

Shocked (not) — Musk helped kill that congressional spending bill, but much of what he spread was misinformation
https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-misinformation-government-shutdown-bill-budget-trump-musk-1235b15b425856bf902d0c8133eec222
#USpol #USpolitics #Republicans #USelections #Congress #budget #Budget2025 #GovernmentShutDown #DOGE #musk #misinformation

Elon Musk used misinformation to fuel a government shutdown

President Donald Trump’s billionaire ally Elon Musk used his outsize influence on X to help kill a bipartisan funding proposal that would have prevented a government shutdown, spreading multiple false claims in the process.

^{MELISSA GOLDIN (AP News)}

#misinformation #Republicans #budget #Congress #Musk #USPolitics #uspol #doge #uselections #governmentshutdown #budget2025

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Susan ✶✶✶✶ 3 weeks ago • diaspora

When Salvador Dalí Created Christmas Cards That Were Too Avant Garde for Hallmark (1960) | Open Culture https://www.openculture.com/2019/12/when-salvador-dali-created-christmas-cards-that-were-too-avant-garde-for-hallmark-1960.html

When Salvador Dalí Created Christmas Cards That Were Too Avant Garde for Hallmark (1960)

The nature of marketing in the nearly-over 2010s, with all its unexpected brand crossovers and collaborations, gave rise to many strange commercial bedfellows.

^{Colin Marshall (Openculture.com)}

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Europe Says 3 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

https://www.europesays.com/1706807/ “Allt för Sverige” avgjort – Så gick det för Lönnebergaättlingen #nyheter #Sverige #sweden

#sweden #sverige #nyheter

Camember La Ratona 3 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

@irisvankirsten Hoy estabas en Monte Nublo. Y cuando te saludé, hiciste un baile cuqui y yo aplaudí

Foto de no muy buena calidad de parte de la pantalla de la tablet, tomada con mi móvil.

Se ve a mi personaje de espaldas. Llevo un kimono rojo con adorno de gatos, una bufanda y un gorro de Papá Noel. Sujeto una taza de café con la mano derecha.

Frente a mí está Iris, que lleva dos moños, gafas azuladas y un pantalón con chaqueta y unas botitas de nieve.

Mi ayudante personal, Camember, nos mira de espaldas a la cámara. Es anaranjado y tiene dos enormes orejas. Se ve la parte trasera de su chaqueta de pirata, que es lo que lleva puesto.

@irisvank

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The Women of Eden 3 weeks ago • diaspora

If The Dog Ate Them, I'd Be More Concerned About My Hygiene

https://ah-goldendaffodils.blogspot.com/2024/11/tell-me-something-dirty-29.html

#ahostofgoldendaffodils #tellmesomethingdirty #dirtyhumor #dirtymemes #sexymemes #dankmemes #relatablememes #memesdaily

#dankmemes #tellmesomethingdirty #dirtyhumor #dirtymemes #sexymemes #relatablememes #memesdaily #ahostofgoldendaffodils

Europe Says 3 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

https://www.europesays.com/1706803/ Iceland’s Historic Leadership: A New Era of Women in Power #coalition #EUMembership #Government #iceland #Inflation #InterestRates #island #KristrunFrostadottir #referendum #reform #WomenLeaders

#Inflation #Iceland #Government #island #referéndum #Reform #InterestRates #coalition #EUmembership #kristrunfrostadottir #womenleaders

K.R. O'Connell 🇦🇺 ✅I❌ 3 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

China’s Agibot eyes 1,000-strong humanoid robot army to beat Elon Musk’s Optimus

A war with soldiers like that?

https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/china-agibot-humanoid-robot-beat-elon-musk

China’s Agibot eyes 1,000-humanoid robot army to beat Elon Musk’s Tesla

Chinese robotics firm Agibot mass-produces humanoid robots, aiming for 1,000 units by year-end, while Tesla plans 2026 launch.

^{Jijo Malayil (Interesting Engineering)}

Europe Says 3 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

https://www.europesays.com/1706801/ Ireland — December 22, 2024 #ireland

Ireland — December 22, 2024 - EUROPE SAYS

The week in pictures: Ireland — December 22, 2024 , The Sunday TimesBarry Keoghan and Cillian Murphy share

^{EUROPE SAYS (EUROPESAYS.COM)}

#ireland

Sue Stone 3 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

Team presents first demonstration of quantum teleportation over busy internet cables

https://phys.org/news/2024-12-team-quantum-teleportation-busy-internet.html

Mojo ♻️ 4 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

#brilliant #msm #MurdochGutterMedia

Newspaper is merely the opinion of a billionaire owner…

#MSM #brilliant #MurdochGutterMedia

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Europe Says 3 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

https://www.europesays.com/1706799/ UK’s military presence in Estonia shows ‘unshakeable commitment’ to Nato – The Irish News #defence #Eesti #estonia #InternationalRelations #JohnHealey #MilitaryOperations #nato #Politics #TapaMilitaryBase #UK #Uudised

UK’s military presence in Estonia shows ‘unshakeable commitment’ to Nato – The Irish News - EUROPE SAYS

British troops serving on Nato’s eastern flank over Christmas are sending a “powerful message” to Vladimir Putin about

^{EUROPE SAYS (EUROPESAYS.COM)}

#uk #Politics #NATO #estonia #defence #internationalrelations #eesti #militaryoperations #uudised #JohnHealey #tapamilitarybase

kcǃ 3 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

Jesse James the #cat decided he wanted a regal side-portrait for #Caturday this week to show off his brilliant whiskers and iridescent heart medallion. He hopes you are having the best day possible and wishes you a very happy holidays! 😻

#cat #caturday

Europe Says 3 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

https://www.europesays.com/1706797/ Lithuania court finds law restricting same-sex content for minors unconstitutional – JURIST #Lietuva #lithuania #naujienos

UN expert urges Poland to address discrimination and violence against LGBT community - JURIST

#lithuania #lietuva #naujienos

Europe Says 3 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

https://www.europesays.com/1706798/ Sikora scores twice as Czechia levels Latvia 5-1 in world junior warm-up #Jaunumi #latvia #Latvija

#latvia #latvija #jaunumi

Europe Says 3 weeks ago • mastodon (AP)

https://www.europesays.com/1706795/ Five bids revealed for Poland’s longest rail tunnel #Aktualności #poland #polska

#Poland #polska #aktualnosci

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