#AfternoonUpdate #GreenBayPackers Packers attempting to continue their surge as they host the Saints on Monday night https://wausaupilotandreview.com/2024/12/21/packers-attempting-to-continue-their-surge-as-they-host-the-saints-on-monday-night/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

#AfternoonUpdate #Sports Kam Jones scores 20 points as No. 9 Marquette holds off Xavier 72-70 https://wausaupilotandreview.com/2024/12/21/kam-jones-scores-20-points-as-no-9-marquette-holds-off-xavier-72-70/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Anyone have suggestions for cataloging a vinyl record collection? Any self-hosted applications? I'd rather not use a spreadsheet but I'll go that route if I have to.

#AfternoonUpdate #AMUpdate Santa, maybe? Why we have different names for who ‘hurries down the chimney’ on Christmas https://wausaupilotandreview.com/2024/12/21/santa-maybe-why-we-have-different-names-for-who-hurries-down-the-chimney-on-christmas/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

There’s nothing better than telling someone about an animal they’ve never heard of and them being genuinely excited about it

I haven't had time to post an update on the new kitten Blaze, and I'll update in more detail later. But just to let you know he's doing very well. He's on medication for his respiratory and eyes condition. Though he will probably always have less than perfect vision, he obviously has enough vision that he's not having any noticeable problems at all. He'll be an indoor cat of course so he'll be fine. He is full of energy and has a veracious appetite -- I sometimes suspect he's actually a panther cub. Are there solid gray panthers? Doesn't matter. Though Blaze has had no contact with Leela so far, and won't
for a couple of weeks, Leela has been under stress (very common when a new kitten comes into a household, even when they are kept far apart) and I'm dealing with that now as well and have to stay on top of this. Blaze is little bundle of joy, and if there's one thing we need these days it's the increasingly difficult to attain joy.

Another weekend sorting and reprocessing some of my archives from Southeast Asia. I find this market scene from Bagan, #Burma / Myanmar very captivating. #Photography

“And to Colin, whom he states in a message he may not have had the best relationship with during his mortal years, hopes this will make up for following his passing, he leaves his original Picasso artwork…”

“Oh my god, oh my god…”

“…NFT collection.”

“FUCK!”

Tom Mulcair used to be the leader of Canada’s Official Opposition, and this is a good summary of everything about to go down in Canada.

Things are not pretty and they’re about to get worse. All this because Trudeau can’t walk away.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/tom-mulcair-prime-minister-justin-trudeau-s-train-wreck-of-a-final-act-1.7154855

Me/cfs ist gerade wieder sehr anstrengend. Einen Spaziergang mit dem Hund schaffe ich, das war es dann. Malen oder schreiben geht gar nicht, kochen auch nicht. Ab Nachmittag nur noch Sofa, jetzt bin ich schon im Bett.

#chronisch #welcometomylife

Is there a way to disable touchpad while typing in #OpenBSD ? wsmouse(4) doesn't seem to contain such option. I can think of disabling tapping, but that's not the best solution...

#Europa #Österreich #Wien #UBahnBauten

#Elterleinplatz #WähringerGürtel #Häuser

Österreich -

U5-Ausbau -

Initiative Denkmalschutz und Architekturrebellion Austria fordern Erhalt der Häuser Elterleinplatz und Währinger Gürtel:

https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/item/54899-oesterreich-u5-ausbau-initiative-denkmalschutz-und-architekturrebellion-austria-fordern-erhalt-der-haeuser-elterleinplatz-und-waehringer-guertel.html

Washington State prosecutors to police: Don’t use genAI to write police reports. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/10/prosecutors-washington-state-warn-police-dont-use-gen-ai-write-reports

Peck doesn't realize he's outgrown his kitten-sized cat tower. 😄

Happy #Caturday everyone!

#Peck #CatsOfMastodon #Cats #Cat #Catstodon #CatsOfFediverse #Animals #Pets #Cute #FediCats #MastoCats #Gatos #Katzen #Chat #AdoptDontShop

In case you were wondering what the endgame of mass incarceration is, here is its purest form:

"No state has a longer, more profit-driven history of contracting prisoners out to private companies than Alabama. With a sprawling labor system that dates back more than 150 years — including the brutal convict leasing era that replaced slavery — it has constructed a template for the commercialization of mass incarceration.

Best Western, Bama Budweiser and Burger King are among the more than 500 businesses to lease incarcerated workers from one of the most violent, overcrowded and unruly prison systems in the U.S. in the past five years alone, The Associated Press found as part of a two-year investigation into prison labor. The cheap, reliable labor force has generated more than $250 million for the state since 2000 through money garnished from prisoners’ paychecks."

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

#alabama #labor #prison #work #incarceration

I haven't hauled out my old D90 workhorse in years, but today seemed like a good day for it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VIOweFOXe8

Samuel Friedrich Capricornus was born on 21 December 1628

The controversial LNG plant is replacing 984 acres of wetlands northeast of Brownsville in the sensitive Laguna Madre area, a crucial habitat for migratory birds and ocelots separated from the Gulf by the Padre barrier island. https://www.texasobserver.org/brownsville-lng-pr-elected-officials/

#environment #ClimateChange #energy #OilAndGas #politics #USpol #Texas #news #GulfCoast

A 4th Century AD, Roman Glass Jug with a smaller glass jug inside; a so called joke jar that shows the skill of the glassmaker. Probably made in workshop in Cologne, found in burial in Stein am Rhein, Switzerland.

#archaeohistories #glass

https://www.europesays.com/1706386/ Tja, auf einmal kann man die Tat nicht mehr politisch ausschlachten #DeutscheMemes #Memes

Somewhere in this picture is our galaxy. Do you know where?

When I see images like this in relation to the Cosmos, it always makes me think of Carl Sagan’s beautiful words of “The Pale Blue Dot”. https://jouwbuis.nl/watch?v=-pvxKdvuwIw

We should do EVERYTHING in our power to protect Earth, this wonderful planet we have the good fortune to live on, the pale blue dot - where EVERYONE we have ever known has lived on!!!! https://mastodon.social/@pomarede/113691351988313468

Happy Winter Cat Solstice!

#Caturday

https://www.europesays.com/1706384/ ich🥺iel #DeutscheMemes #IchIel #Memes #SelbstiesDerSeele

https://www.europesays.com/1706372/ Home Alone’s Daniel Stern Says ‘Stepping Away’ from Hollywood Led to ‘Living My Real Life’ Creating Art on His Ranch #Entertainment #UnitedStates

https://www.europesays.com/1706374/ The Republican Party Is Out of Control | An ungovernable party is about to run the government. #Politics #U.S.Politics #UnitedStates

https://www.europesays.com/1706380/ Don’t Believe Putin’s Lies. Ukraine’s Economy Outperforms Russia’s in Almost Every Metric #Ukraine #UkraineConflict #Ukrainian #UkrainianConflict

https://www.europesays.com/1706382/ Ukraine drone hits Russian high-rise 1,000km from frontline #ConflictInUkraine #Ukraine #UkraineConflict #Ukrainian #UkrainianConflict

https://www.europesays.com/1706376/ Zelenskyy: We will continue strikes on Russian military facilities, increasingly relying on domestically produced weapons #News #WorldNews

Today I've upgraded all my #FreeBSD VMs running my Tor relay jails from 14.1 to 14.2, which only required running freebsd-update, rebooting, editing the fstabs of the bastille jails, and then running freebsd-update again with another reboot.

In the last 7 weeks, they have all relayed a total of 212TB, which is almost exactly 10MB/s of 24/7 traffic.

https://www.europesays.com/1706368/ Christophe Castaner travaille dorénavant avec Shein, entreprise textile chinoise controversée #Actualités #france #LActualitéAuQuotidien #L'actualitéAuQuotidien

https://www.europesays.com/1706370/ Countdown crowns first female champion in 26 years #CasualUK #UnitedKingdom

https://www.europesays.com/1706366/ C’est min langage d’amour. #france #Memes #rance

https://www.europesays.com/1706362/ Christmas sorted! #NorthernIreland #UnitedKingdom

https://www.europesays.com/1706364/ SNP warn of Labour’s festive ghosts | SNP MSP Stuart McMillan has warned of Labour’s ghosts of past, present and future this Christmas: “The Labour Party is nothing if not consistent — repeatedly letting down Scotland and acting against our best interests” #Scotland #UnitedKingdom

I’m wondering if I should care that every time I take a bath I’m soaking in my old dead skin.

Noticing how my family will respect the name changes of soulless corporations but not of their own fucking children,

I love being respected less than a fucking grocery store chain..

It's raining Zen ! ! ! #Hallelujah

#Europa #Deutschland #Brandenburg #Zug

#Taktverdichtung #PrignitzExpress #Velten

Brandenburg -

Zeitplan für Inbetriebnahme der Taktverdichtung Prignitz-Express Velten – Neuruppin soll eingehalten werden:

https://www.lok-report.de/news/deutschland/aus-den-laendern/item/54902-brandenburg-zeitplan-fuer-inbetriebnahme-der-taktverdichtung-prignitz-express-velten-neuruppin-soll-eingehalten-werden.html