https://www.europesays.com/1706218/ THE ECONOMIST: The long-term outlook for the Texas economy #Economy #Energy #gas #markets #oil #RayPerryman

#NowPlaying - NRBQ's "christmas wish" is a christmas album. am i doing this right? EDIT: oops, apparently i *am* doing it wrong. this is supposed to be playing at 45 though sounds awesome at 33 1/3, which i guess means it's technically just a christmas EP. @vinylrecords

Do you bake for the holidays?

#EvanPoll #poll

• Strong yes (25%, 77 votes)
• Qualified yes (27%, 83 votes)
• Qualified no (21%, 65 votes)
• Strong no (25%, 75 votes)

300 voters. Poll end: 1 week ago

A bit of liquid courage makes it easier to face your fate... I guess.

https://www.europesays.com/1706216/ Government predicts data centers to consume more electricity #Energy

Veinte minutos llevo del programa de #CarneCruda del otro día sobre IA y todavía no han mencionado ni el robo de propiedad intelectual ni el desastre ecológico que supone 🙃

[Duh] James Bond Producer Slams Amazon As 'F**king Idiots': Report

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/james-bond-barbara-broccoli-amazon-idiots_n_6765d57be4b09e10a4365455

Dialog boxes I do not like

Guyliner? More like Semper Fi-liner! Check out our line of 48 hour Eye Enhancement Pens. “If it’s good enough for JD, it’s good enough for you and me!”

#EagleTactical

Update on this horrific German tragedy. Nine-year-old child among five killed and 200 injured in German Christmas market attack.

As the number of casualties keeps rising, the German interior minister has revealed the suspect is Islamophobic. Meanwhile, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says he's "very worried" about the serious condition of 40 of the more than 200 people injured.

https://news.sky.com/story/germany-latest-man-arrested-after-car-driven-into-people-at-christmas-market-in-magdeburg-13277329

WGAF? #abolishthemonarchy #parasites https://pubeurope.com/@europesays/113692544635011568

The SDF Plan 9 Boot Camp Winter 2024 kicks off with a key note Sunday December 22nd at 10:30AM PT. Join the Boot Camp and learn Plan 9 in a fun and friendly communal environment.

https://sdf.org/plan9

#plan9 #unix #hacking #community

https://www.europesays.com/1706210/ Warming, thawing Arctic presents problems for everyone #Environment

#abolishthemonarchy #parasites https://pubeurope.com/@europesays/113692547793808524

Got a load of towels on to wash ... Sucking back a joint ... Making sure I have all I need for this shopping adventure ... What a life !

Hugz & xXx

I just put in overtime at the factory and I probably could have gone even longer, but the manager forced me to leave citing concerns about running out of cheesecake.

The 3 USGS seismic detectors at the Westport Observatory detected another earthquake off the coast of Pacific island nation Vanuatu 8,480 miles away. This time it was a 6.1 mag temblor. Interesting to see it give a good shake up/down and east/west when it arrived in Westport. https://ow.ly/eLHe50Uvvm2

#USGS #WestportObservatory #Earthquake #Vanuatu #Temblor #WestportCT

https://www.europesays.com/1706208/ For Lease: Office/medical space in Wyndmoor #space

Aussies: Come to Australia @hacks4pancakes, everything will be fine.

Australia: Fire evacuations, floods and possible snow: Australia’s wild weather in the lead-up to Christmas https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/dec/21/fire-evacuations-floods-and-possible-snow-australias-wild-weather-in-the-lead-up-to-christmas

#Europa #Deutschland #BadenWürttemberg

#RegioSBahnOrtenau #SWEGZüge #SBahn

Baden-Württemberg -

SWEG-Züge in der Ortenau fahren nun unter dem Namen "Regio S-Bahn Ortenau":

https://www.lok-report.de/news/deutschland/aus-den-laendern/item/55105-baden-wuerttemberg-sweg-zuege-in-der-ortenau-fahren-nun-unter-dem-namen-regio-s-bahn-ortenau.html

Graffiti in an abandoned public school

View the gallery at https://www.abandonedamerica.us/william-penn-high-school

Verified signups, folks.

It’s how you keep me from defederating for spam.

And about to get in the bus

Hugz & xXx

Mit Euch Zusammen konnten wir wieder einiges bewegen und sind stolz darauf, das bereits erreichte gemeinsam so kontinuierlich aufrecht zu erhalten. Wir freuen uns auf die künftige Zusammenarbeit und viele spannende Aktivitäten!
(Kudos an foodsharingbruchsal für den "Baum")
#foodsharing

https://www.europesays.com/1706207/ Trump has claimed his victory was a mandate. Washington’s realities are already challenging that #Politics

Looking for something to read while you’re cozying up next to those chestnuts roasting on an open fire? Look no further than The Big Picture! https://buff.ly/3H8DiRF

#Caturday Palate Cleanser

http://mockpaperscissors.com/2024/12/21/caturday-palate-cleanser-25/

Wait what? I thought lampshade dude died. #KungFuSat

Economical Druthers

A local volunteer community encourages people to donate knitted or crocheted squares that can be made into blankets. Those blankets are then given to people who need them, often to people in shelters and temporary housing.



As someone who likes to crochet while watching TV, I saw this as a beneficial use of both my time and miscellaneous leftover yarn. Accordingly, last winter I donated a couple of blankets I had made and I also put together squares that others had made.

This winter I happened upon some very inexpensive yarn at a thrift store and used it to make squares that I hoped would one day become a blanket. I also used up my remaining supply of leftover yarn and these together created 68 squares.

As I looked at the instructions I had received from the volunteer group, I realized I didn’t have enough squares for a queen-size blanket which was their preference. A queen size requires 90 eight-inch squares and a twin size requires 54. When I first asked about this, my assumption was that they would need more twin-size blankets but it seems that there are more families in need than single individuals. So, the polite suggestion was that the larger blanket would be of more use.



My dilemma, then, was what to do with my inadequate supply of squares. Should I make more squares or donate what I had? I decided to donate what I had, but when I got to the volunteer centre I was told that they no longer accepted donations of squares! They already had lots of squares in storage and, instead, needed volunteers to put squares together. I said I would be happy to do that and they said they would be in touch when they had taken a batch out of the storage facility. They also said that they no longer had a supply of yarn that they could give me; the yarn fund had been exhausted.



My 68 squares, which were not quite enough for a blanket, still needed additional squares so I visited a couple of local thrift stores to see if they had any yarn I could use to finish the project. Unfortunately, I was surprised to find that the price of the donated skeins was quite high. It was too high to be a bargain and almost as much as I would pay for yarn on sale at a local department store. I was torn. I wanted to finish the blanket and I wanted to support the thrift store, but I didn’t want to pay so much for miscellaneous yarn. I would rather pay a little more and choose the texture, weight, and colour than I preferred.

I went online to find out the sale prices for yarn at the local craft stores and I also checked out Amazon. My preference is to shop local when possible, but when you are trying to put together a blanket out of leftover yarn, you lean towards the least expensive option. I ended up ordering from Amazon, even though I would much rather have bought from a local charity or craft store.

Sometimes, your druthers are just not economical.

#blanket #blankets #charity #community #crochet #druthers #economical #grannySquare #knitting #thriftStore #volunteer #yarn

https://www.europesays.com/1706205/ 5 killed in strike amid campaign targeting Kurdish forces – Firstpost #Conflicts #geopolitics #SyriaNews #SyriaTurkeyKurdistan #SyriaTurkeyNews #TurkeyKurdishCampaign #TurkeyKurdistan #TurkeySyriaDroneStrike

Oh, man, someone misspelled "because of," as "d-e-s-p-i-t-e."

Oh, jolly good show, I’m simply astounded by this unexpected turn of events.

Google is killing ChromeOS and migrating all those Chromebooks to Android. Not much outrage here because ChromeOS was absolute garbage. And I know, I used Chromebooks for years.

People chastise Google for all the products in its graveyard and they deserve it. But in ChromeOS’ case—good riddance.

But I don’t have much confidence in Android as a desktop OS either because one thing you want when buying a laptop is confidence it will last you for five years. And I don’t think Google has the cojones to do that.

https://www.androidpolice.com/google-not-good-os-ui-chromeos-to-android-editorial/

Wow - strong words from Scientific American on #birdflu

“…Experts say they have lost faith in the government’s ability to contain the outbreak.

“We are in a terrible situation and going into a worse situation," said Angela Rasmussen, a virologist at the University of Saskatchewan in Canada. “I don’t know if the bird flu will become a #pandemic, but if it does, we are screwed…”
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bird-flu-has-spread-out-of-control-after-mistakes-by-u-s-government-and/

#solstice in Southern California (on the LA River)

#Solstice #LichenSubscribe #Mosstodon

https://www.europesays.com/1706203/ Ukrainian drones smash into skyscraper in deep Russia #Conflicts #DroneAttack #drones #Russia #RussiaUkraine #RussiaUkraineWar #RussianInvasionOfUkraine #RussoUkrainianWar #Ukraine

Albanien schaltet Tiktok für mindestens ein Jahr ab

"Vor einigen Wochen war in Tirana ein 14-Jähriger bei einem Streit zwischen Schülern getötet worden – davor war offenbar ein Streit zwischen ihnen auf Social Media eskaliert."

https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/albanien-schaltet-tiktok-fuer-mindestens-ein-jahr-ab-100.html

#TikTok

https://www.europesays.com/1706199/ North Korea friendly fire disaster as Kim’s troops turn guns on each other | World | News #autoplay_video #Conflicts #ctp_video #drones #KimJongUn #kursk #NorthKorea #Putin #Russia #RussiaNorthKoreanSoldiers #Ukraine

https://www.europesays.com/1706197/ Despite missing deadline, Congress avoids government shutdown by passing spending bill without Trump's debt ceiling raise – Fortune #america #congress #DebtCeiling #DonaldTrump #GovernmentShutdown #JanetYellen #RepublicanParty #U.S.GovernmentShutdown #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #US #USNews #USTopics #USA #USANews