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kf 1 week ago • mastodon (AP)

EDIT: Found this bag a home! Thank you for the reposts! 💞

if you know someone who does doordash/uber eats in #pdx and could use a fancy backpack for pro bike couriers, hmu!

I have a chrome barrage pro backpack

80L, waterproof, comes with a stabilizer insert, has lots of zippers and straps to affix things to the outside:

https://chromeindustries.com/products/barrage-pro-backpack

it's used but in great condition! I don’t drive, was using it to carry home big purchases. I have a cargo bike now so do not need it.

Barrage Pro 80L Pack

The Barrage Pro 80L is our XL pack with a full-welded main compartment and adjustable cargo net. When the job's big, this pack gets bigger—street-tested by professional messengers around the world.

^{Chrome Industries}

#pdx

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Sara Joy :happy_pepper: 1 week ago • mastodon (AP)

The news is miserable. I've been walking through several Christmas markets in my city in the last few weeks. Enjoying the twinkly lights and people chatting and enjoying their Glühwein or Kinderpunsch. It's not fair.

Ethan Marcotte 1 week ago • mastodon (AP)

💜💜💜

Eugene McParland 🇺🇦 1 week ago • mastodon (AP)

putin’s Ukraine obsession began 20 years ago with the Orange Revolution

By Peter Dickinson

"putin’s desire to crush #Ukraine first began to take shape two decades ago as he watched the Ukrainian people defy their own authoritarian rulers and demand a democratic future."

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/putins-ukraine-obsession-began-20-years-ago-with-the-orange-revolution/

Putin’s Ukraine obsession began 20 years ago with the Orange Revolution - Atlantic Council

Vladimir Putin’s poisonous obsession with Ukraine first began to take root 20 years ago when millions of Ukrainians directly defied him during the Orange Revolution, writes Peter Dickinson.

^{Peter Dickinson (Atlantic Council)}

#Ukraine

Chuck 1 week ago • mastodon (AP)

So many folks miss this. Given the Russian self image as an empire, that Ukraine was not part of the empire was a 'temporary setback' until it the Orange Revolution showed that it was never coming back.

Tom Grzybow 1 week ago • diaspora

There's crazy people running all over town
There's a silver band just marching up and down
And the big boys are all spoiling for a fight
I want to see the bright lights tonight

Meet me at the station, don't be late
I need to spend some money and it just won't wait
Take me to the dance and hold me tight
I want to see the bright lights tonight

-- Richard Thompson

𝙹𝚎𝚗𝚗𝚢 𝟻 :catgirloid: 1 week ago • sharkey (AP)

A fine winter's NOPE!

bytebro 1 week ago • mastodon (AP)

OK, I have no wish to trigger the almost-sainted @JdeBP who re-lit my love of 'bard-core', but I listed to this just now and I love it so much.

Back when I did choir things we'd have to do this carol (English traditional, obvs) every year. Several times. It got 'old'.

But this just lit me up with a kind of 'I wonder if it ever actually sounded like that?!'

https://youtu.be/Ujf1-flrTm4

We Three Kings in Old English [Christmas Carol] - The Skaldic Bard

Here’s my translation, arrangement and performance of the Christmas carol “We Three Kings (of Orient Are)” / “The Quest of the Magi” in Old English. It was w...

^YouTube

@JdeBP

JdeBP 1 week ago • mastodon (AP)

They were not *that* far behind the times in Pennsylvania in 1857. (-:

That was rather fun, though.

#ChristmasCarols #AmericanChristmas

#christmasCarols #americanchristmas

Resolviendo la incógnita 🌐 1 week ago • mastodon (AP)

Las casuarinas (Casuarina) son engañosas, pues parecen coníferas, pero son angiospermas con finas hojas dispuestas en verticilos e infrutescencias similares a las piñas. 📷Eric Guinther #arboles #trees #plantas #plants

Planta con hojas cilíndricas y infrutescencia similar, de lejos, a una piña.

#plants #trees #plantas #arboles

Robert Sanscartier 1 week ago • mastodon (AP)

For example, women from Indigenous and local communities have used their traditional knowledge of tree species to lead sustainable forestry initiatives in Colombia; and in Bangladesh, during extreme floods, women relied on traditional rural cooking methods to provide food in remote affected areas

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-feminism-can-guide-climate-change-action/

#women #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #IrreversibleOverheating #GlobalBurning #ClimateDestruction #ClimateSuicide #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

How Feminism Can Guide Climate Change Action

Feminism gives us the analysis, tools and movement to create a better climate future for everyone. It’s time to embrace it

^{Scientific American}

#Climate #ClimateChange #environment #globalwarming #pollution #women #ecology #massextinction #globalburning #climatedestruction #climatesuicide #irreversibleoverheating

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Gail Waldby 1 week ago • mastodon (AP)

Immigrants commit fewer crimes. Not only are 86% of fentanyl smugglers U.S. citizens, but researchers found that counties along the Texas-Mexico border have less violent crime than major cities like Houston or Dallas.

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John A. Wojtowicz 1 week ago • mastodon (AP)

Thank you for your post.
Republicans have chosen to unfairly demonize immigrants, although many of the, I am certain hire them for slave wages in their businesses. If I'm not mistaken trump has been guilty of this.

Peace

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taz 1 week ago • mastodon (AP)

In den Siebzigern kam Ali als Vertragsarbeiter aus Algerien in die DDR und bekam dort einen Sohn. Jahrzehnte später trifft er ihn wieder. https://taz.de/!6052803

tagesschau 1 week ago • mastodon (AP)

Albanien sperrt die Social-Media-Plattform TikTok für ein Jahr

Die albanische Regierung hat beschlossen, den Zugang zu TikTok für ein Jahr zu sperren. Hintergrund war eine tödliche Messerstecherei zu der sich Jugendliche auf der Social-Media-Plattform verabredet hatten.

➡️ https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/europa/albanien-tiktok-verbot-100.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

#Albanien #TikTok #SocialMedia

#socialmedia #Tiktok #albanien

Dominik 🇪🇺🟥🟢 1 week ago • mastodon (AP)

müssen
wir
auch
machen
und X ebenfalls

Jayson1985 1 week ago • mastodon (AP)

##Europa #Deutschland #Dänemark #ÖPNV

#SchleswigHolstein #Dänemark #Bahnen

Schleswig-Holstein/Dänemark -

Pro Bahn begrüßt bessere Anschlüsse zwischen Syddanmark und Schleswig-Holstein:

https://www.lok-report.de/news/deutschland/aus-den-laendern/item/55099-schleswig-holstein-daenemark-pro-bahn-begruesst-bessere-anschluesse-zwischen-syddanmark-und-schleswig-holstein.html

LOK Report - Schleswig-Holstein/Dänemark: Pro Bahn begrüßt bessere Anschlüsse zwischen Syddanmark und Schleswig-Holstein

Der Fahrgastverband PRO BAHN begrüßt die mit dem Fahrplanwechsel am 15. Dezember vorgenommenen Verbesserungen im grenzüberschreitenden Fern- und Nahverkehr zwischen der Region Syddanmark und dem Land Schleswig-Holstein.

^{Super User (LOK Report)}

#europa #Deutschland #ÖPNV #SchleswigHolstein #Dänemark #Bahnen

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why-not @Heike 1 week ago • mastodon (AP)

#armut #köln #protest
Ich will nochmal kurz angeben mit unseren selbstgebackenen Plätzchen, die wir heute bei unserem Protest gegen Armut und für eine gerechte Gesellschaft an die, meist wohnungslosen, Menschen verschenken konnten. Gab auch Mandarinen und Kaffee und Tee.
Das ist was tolles, weil wir ja #armutsbetroffen sind und sonst bis auf Kaffee/Tee nicht zu verschenken haben.

Ein Tisch mit Thermoskannen, Tassen, Zucker, verpackten Keksen, einem Tablett mit verschiedenen Gebäcken und einer Person, die Gegenstände arrangiert

#Köln #protest #Armut #Armutsbetroffen

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M❍n❍t❍ne❍fBill™ 1 week ago • mastodon (AP)

I like to learn something new every day.

The Empire State Building has its own zip code of 10118.

Tuckers Nuts Resist😈! 1 week ago • mastodon (AP)

🥥 What's the zip code of the Empire Strikes Back Bulding, Bill? 🥥

Thijs Lucas 1 week ago • mastodon (AP)

Ihr würdet das Kind auf dem Laufrad und die Mutter, die es mit der Hand am Rücken unterstützt, doch auch viel besser sehen, wenn sie bunte Leuchtklamotten tragen würden und nicht einfach nur irgendwie rote und blaue Jacken?
#Falschparker #Kiel #freieWege

Ein Transporter steht in der Kreuzung. Der Fußweg dahinter ist vollkommen verdeckt. Die angesprochene Mutter mit Kind ist nicht sichtbar.

#Kiel #falschparker #freiewege

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Kampfteppich 1 week ago • mastodon (AP)

Heute morgen stand wieder ein Auto, Typ Sprinter, auf dem #Gehweg, wo jetzt die #Autogewalt mit dem #Warnblinker steht. Direkt dahinter ist der Weg zum Park rechts rein, der von vielen #Hundehalter genutzt wird. Alltägliche #Sichtbehinderung, welche ich schon so oft auf dem #wegli gebracht habe. @koeln ist so träge!
Der #Gehwegparker im Vordergrund ist Wiederholungstäter und steht zusätzlich in der Absenkung, sodass Rollatoropa oder Kinderwagen-Mutti ein Problem haben.

#autogewalt #Gehweg #wegli #Gehwegparker #warnblinker #Hundehalter #Sichtbehinderung @Stadt Köln

Siegfried. 1 week ago • mastodon (AP)

... und wo ist der Helm?!11! 🤡

Chris Trottier 1 week ago • pleroma (AP)

ChromeOS is exactly why you should approach tech industry hype with skepticism.

Because when it first came out, its entire value proposition was, “In the future you can do all your work in the cloud, and you won’t need apps on your hard drive.”

Turns out, people like apps on their hard drive because they’re more trustworthy. They don’t want to depend on websites that disappear over night or on SaaS plans that do an abrupt change with payment plans.

And what people definitely don’t want is more e-waste—because those Chromebooks were largely only useful for two years if you were lucky.

The nail in ChromeOS coffin? Stadia. That should have been the big argument that the cloud could take over even the most hardware intensive tasks.

Google lost that argument, putting Stadia in the graveyard. Now ChromeOS joins it too.

So much for Google’s vision of cloud computing!

NotImpressed 1 week ago • mastodon (AP)

#syria
#AlQaeda2.0
#US
@palestine

"The leader of HTS and former commander of Al-Qaeda and ISIS, Ahmad al-Sharaa, held a meeting with a senior US diplomatic delegation in Damascus"
Al-Sharaa (was al-Julani), a US lab grown terrorist now morphed into Syrian leader, was asked to implement "a transitional process incorporating inclusivity and respect for minority rights"
"Yet, incidents involving attacks on ethnic minorities and vandalism of holy sites have already begun"
https://thecradle.co/articles/top-us-diplomats-talk-vision-for-syria-with-ex-al-qaeda-chief

Top US diplomats talk 'vision' for Syria with ex-Al-Qaeda chief

Envoys from the White House also informed Syria's de facto new ruler that Washington will not continue to offer a $10 million reward for his capture

^thecradle.co

#US #Syria #alqaeda2 @palestine group

N. E. Felibata 👽 1 week ago • diaspora

headrift

2024-12-19 17:36:32

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Stewart 1 week ago • mastodon (AP)

Oh really? #abolishthemonarchy #parasites https://pubeurope.com/@europesays/113692520754183256

Europe Says

2024-12-21 19:43:12

https://www.europesays.com/1706180/ King Charles named second-hardest working royal of 2024; Know who is the first! #BritishRoyalFamily #charles #CharlesIII #KingCharles #KingCharlesCancerDiagnosis #KingCharlesRoyalEngagements #PrincessAnneSecondHardestWorkingRoyal #RoyalDutiesDuringCancerTreatment #RoyalFamilies #RoyalFamily #RoyalFamily2024Rankings

King Charles named second-hardest working royal of 2024; Know who is the first! - EUROPE SAYS
King Charles has been declared the second-hardest working royal of 2024, despite ongoing treatment for an undisclosed form
^{EUROPE SAYS (EUROPESAYS.COM)}

#parasites #AbolishTheMonarchy

Manuel 'HonkHase' Atug 1 week ago • mastodon (AP)

#KRITIS Sektor #Transport und #Verkehr

B101-Brücke in Großenhain: Abriss und sofortige Sperrung

"Das #Bauwerk könne nicht mehr für den Verkehr freigegeben werden, daher werde kurzfristig der Abriss der #Brücke vorbereitet, teilte das Landesamt für Straßenbau und Verkehr mit. Der Start ist bereits für Donnerstag geplant.

Betroffen ist von der #Vollsperrung auch die #Bahnverbindung Dresden-Berlin."
https://www.diesachsen.de/wirtschaft/b101-bruecke-in-grossenhain-abriss-und-sofortige-sperrung-2976111

#Verkehr #transport #KRITIS #Brücke #Bahnverbindung #bauwerk #vollsperrung

Tiggy 1 week ago • mastodon (AP)

"Key figures in the incoming administration follow Curtis Yarvin, who’s pushing for an autocratic takeover of the US"

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/21/curtis-yarvin-trump?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3OznoL_UjGvyb0SB-DEAsUpNb9PDez8wrgS_D9R3QXTqGh8YsC5DJJ3xA_aem_KdDIAIjwqooAtE7p68zGDA

#AntiDemocracy

He’s anti-democracy and pro-Trump: the obscure ‘dark enlightenment’ blogger influencing the next US administration

^{Jason Wilson (The Guardian)}

#antidemocracy

N. E. Felibata 👽 1 week ago • diaspora

headrift

2024-12-16 03:52:21

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Enjomineur D3 1 week ago • friendica

Ah, ça ira, ça ira, ça ira ..!

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Sebastian Weiermann 1 week ago • mastodon (AP)

Der rechte Aufmarsch in Magdeburg ist vorbei. Im Anschluss gab es schon mindestens zwei Angriffe durch Rechte.
An dem Aufmarsch sollen über 2000 Menschen teilgenommen haben. #md2112

#md2112

Benjamin Brinckmann 1 week ago • mastodon (AP)

Of all days in the year, this one I find most important. This is the day where in Scandinavia the word Jul (Yule) comes from. It used as "christmas", but it actually means "wheel". Because today is the Winter Solstice, the wheel has gone round, it is the start of the true new year. From now on the days will grow longer again. So have a good Yule everyone!

#Sun #solstice

#sun #solstice

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Andrew Pam 1 week ago • diaspora

𝕕𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕖𝕒 🏳️‍⚧️🦋

2024-12-21 01:22:56

mural of a whale created by artist Marcus Cuffi in Roseau, Dominica

Scientists discover sperm whale ‘phonetic alphabet’

Study reveals whale clicks make up building blocks of language, pointing to potential parallels with human society.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/8/scientists-discover-sperm-whale-phonetic-alphabet

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David 1 week ago • diaspora

A language's set of phonemes is not an alphabet. An alphabet is a group of written symbols that represent phonemes. There doesn't seem to be a word for the set of phonemes used by a particular language.

English, with about 44 phonemes (varies with variety of English), has more than most languages. Yes, you were write, those of you whose native language is not English, English is a difficult language...and not just phonetically.

BTW, not all languages use alphabets. Japanese uses syllabaries (hiragana and katakana), where each written symbol represents a syllable, sometimes one phoneme, sometimes three, but usually two. (Yes, Japanese also uses logograms, where each symbol represents a word or morpheme.)

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David 1 week ago • diaspora

Yes, you were write

Apparently my subconscious is punning.

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The Conversation U.S. 1 week ago • mastodon (AP)

Trust in U.S. media hit an all-time low in 2024 − a new survey shows Black midwesterners have found other trusted messengers of news https://theconversation.com/trust-in-u-s-media-hit-an-all-time-low-in-2024-a-new-survey-shows-black-midwesterners-have-found-other-trusted-messengers-of-news-244471 #news @blackmastodon #BlackMastodon

Trust in U.S. media hit an all-time low in 2024 − a new survey shows Black midwesterners have found other trusted messengers of news

Trust in media is low, and more Americans are avoiding traditional sources of news. Instead, they are turning to social media influencers and trusted messengers in their own community.

^{The Conversation}

#News #BlackMastodon @blackmastodon group

𝕕𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕖𝕒 🏳️‍⚧️🦋 1 week ago • diaspora

#books

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Tom Grzybow 1 week ago • diaspora

Alabama profits off prisoners who work without pay and deems them "too dangerous" for parole

https://apnews.com/article/prison-to-plate-inmate-labor-investigation-alabama-3b2c7e414c681ba545dc1d0ad30bfaf5

Slavery in Alabama.

Alabama has earned hundreds of millions of dollars from prison labor since 2000.

No state has a longer, more profit-driven history of contracting prisoners out to private companies than Alabama.

^{ROBIN MCDOWELL (AP News)}

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𝕕𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕖𝕒 🏳️‍⚧️🦋 1 week ago • diaspora

https://c18.masto.host/@SethRudy/113685880304141772

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Viking Chieftain 1 week ago • mastodon (AP)

Free hot shower for the Russians in this dugout.

Nazani 1 week ago • mastodon (AP)

My reservation about this is that now Russia will try to develop its own "pet dragon" drone.

Viking Chieftain 1 week ago • mastodon (AP)

@Nazani

I thought they did, but I haven't seen them in action. But on the other hand, the Russians love to burn down cities and blanket Ukrainian positions with their 122mm 9M22S Grad rockets.

https://cat-uxo.com/explosive-hazards/rockets/122mm-9m22s-grad-rocket

CAT-UXO - 122mm 9m22s grad rocket

Information about 122mm 9m22s grad rocket

^cat-uxo.com

@Nazani

Elon Musk's Jet 1 week ago • mastodon (AP)

Landed in Austin, Texas, United States. Apx. flt. time 2 h 22 min.

Elon Musk's Jet 1 week ago • mastodon (AP)

~ 1,191 gallons (4,510 liters).
~ 7,985 lbs (3,622 kg) of jet fuel used.
~ $6,672 cost of fuel.
~ 13 tons of CO2 emissions.

step :no2nd_earthl: :typ2: 1 week ago • mastodon (AP)

#weihnachtsgeschenke: man kommt nicht ganz umhin was zu schenken - aber was sinnvolles. Also #Bücher, welche mir in diesen Zeiten herandräuender #Tyrannei höchst sinnvoll erscheinen. Was sind eure Buchvorschläge?

Bücher von Timothy Snyder und Sebastian Haffner

#Bücher #Tyrannei #weihnachtsgeschenke

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Muse 1 week ago • diaspora

Cheese is certainly nice!

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𝕕𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕖𝕒 🏳️‍⚧️🦋 1 week ago • diaspora

I don't know the question, but cheese is the answer!🧀

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Bob Lai 1 week ago • diaspora

A friend loves cheese on his pasta, so when a server says, 'Say when ...' I often joke about it being 'arm day.'

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K.R. O'Connell 🇦🇺 ✅I❌ 1 week ago • mastodon (AP)

#Wordle 1,282 5/6

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#wordle

Doc Holliday 1 week ago • mastodon (AP)

Martin Short hosting SNL means it’s a good night to miss SNL (fortunately I’ll have Weekend Update anyways to watch tomorrow).

Doc Holliday 1 week ago • mastodon (AP)

The Secret Lives of Animals on Apple+ is fun to watch. No politics. No swearing. No sex (yet anyway).

You could watch with your Granny!

Was a little worried at the beginning (stupid seal left the nest when he wasn’t supposed to) but it all worked out in the end. ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ 💫

taz 1 week ago • mastodon (AP)

Mazan ist überall. 👉 https://taz.de/!6052764/

„Auf Telegram decken Journalist*innen ein internationales Netzwerk von Vergewaltigern auf. In der Gruppe sind knapp 73.000 Mitglieder, auch aus Deutschland. Man weiß also: Dominique Pelicot ist überall. Mazan ist überall.“
taz-Redakteurin Valérie Catil

Urteil im Pelicot-Prozess: Mazan ist überall

Der Aufsehen erregende Prozess gegen Gisèle Pelicots Vergewaltiger endete mit milderen Strafen als erhofft. Hoffnung geht von diesem Fall trotzdem aus.

^{Valérie Catil (taz)}

Quaap 1 week ago • mastodon (AP)

You've heard of elf on the shelf, but have you heard of putting down your fucking phone and just driving your fucking car?

Satori :Skye: 🌲❄️ 1 week ago • mastodon (AP)

Hoppy Winter Solstice, everybun!
Here’s Skye a year ago making a statement at Bun Henge, saying the darkness shall be conquered once again. 🩵 #WinterSolstice

#WinterSolstice