Laura doing it again!

https://open.substack.com/pub/normalislandnews/p/media-deeply-confused-after-discovering

Today's revised goals: clear one whole shelf unit in the workshop so I can dismantle it and take it to the storage unit, which will then let me take a bunch of computers up there.

Stretch goal: mow the lawn.

Bonus extra points: roast potat

#NowPlaying - lavish/absurd 3-LP glastonbury fayre set, issued in '72. foldout pyramid stage! DIY dome/zome kits! bolan! bowie! townshend! live hawkwind! gong derailed by generator failure! fugs-inspired edgar broughton jam! but nothin' that tops the shimmering nova of the empire pool "dark star" on side A. @vinylrecords

Underrated: hot shower, brand new socks and brand new shoes.

Good morning tooters. It’s a beautiful day outside, still a little smoke haze hanging around but better than yesterday. It’s about 18c & will reach a comfortable 31c, so not too bad. #Weather
Wandering my garden this morning & I swear my cucumbers have tripled in size since I pointed them out to my granddaughter on Friday. They keep growing this fast I’ll have one or two on Christmas Day! The tomatoes don’t seem to be doing as well unfortunately. Not that much fruit on them 🤷🏼‍♀️. Second year running I haven’t had much success with them. There will be fruit, just not a bounty 🙁. #Garden
I did have one little treat that I spied outside on one of the outdoor blinds. A beautiful Australian Emperor Dragonfly, stunning against the grey of the blind with its shiny fragile wings - absolutely perfect, almost unreal. Made my morning #Insects.
Visiting my sister this morning & she has visitors, the former wife of her son & her family have arrived for Christmas & I’m looking forward to that catch up. Great people.
Wishing everyone a wonderful #Sunday. Stay cool 😎.

The #UK is one of the world leaders for locking up #protesters.

But I'd like the UK to lead in locking up politicians and billionaires.

Oh, that was actually a pretty good stream. This is one of those rare streams where I was "on" enough of the whole time that I think I'm gonna wind up promoting the VOD later lol

Having ourselves a gothy little Crowsmas this year

👁

“We have historically done things about oppressive corporate systems that are destroying people’s lives, and we’ve done them, if not in living memory, at least not that long ago,” @pluralistic says, speaking of the trust-busting movement to break up Standard Oil and other monopolies in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

“Corporate power was significantly more dystopian than it is today, and we figured out how to deal with it..."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/20/cory-doctorow-radicalized-novella-healthcare-ceo-killing

Al Jazeera journalist Hossam Shabat posted on X: “I am writing to you as the final appeal and this message is to the world from the north of the Gaza Strip:

Northern Gaza is being annihilated and Kamal Adwan Hospital is subjected to intense bombardment and shelling, as well as patients and medical staff being starved.

1/2

https://t.me/QudsNen/139923?single

#EndTheOccupation
#Gaza #WarCrimes #FreePalestine #IsraelApartheid #StopGenocideNow #CeaseFireNow #CeaseFireNowPermanently
#EndTheArmsTrade

Cal aprendre història, literatura, art, filosofia..., humanisme en una paraula, per tal que les xarxes socials no ens acabin fent creure que "els nostres" són ells (Abascal, Orriols, Meloni, Le Pen, Trump, Meloni...)

Antifeixistes ara i sempre!!!

is there a hashtag for birds looking directly at you? because

Little buddies hanging out on a cold Caturday. #Caturday #DogsOfMastodon

https://www.europesays.com/1706506/ Moldova in Newton is closing after 9 years in business #Moldova

From a titanium French press, to a handy screwdriver kit, here’s a great list of fun and affordable holiday gift ideas from @theverge:

https://flip.it/mfIAwH

#Tech #Gifts #Holidays #Christmas

https://www.europesays.com/1706504/ Greek authorities say boat capsizing victims and survivors were from Afghanistan. 2 Turks arrested #117022030 #Accidents #article #children #Drownings #GeneralNews #greece #WorldNews #Ελλάδα #νεα

https://www.europesays.com/1706502/ Former England winger Eastham dies aged 88 #malta

“My family is doing empathy and protecting themselves and others from disease spread, but I don’t want to do that because choosing to modify my behaviour to benefit strangers makes me uncomfy. Please agree with me that it is my family who has mental health issues so I can keep feigning ignorance about why everybody keeps getting sick all the time while maintaining my vibrant social life as a gossiping old biddy”

Gut, das wir aus dem #Musk-Sumpf raus sind ...
Die ganze #vhs-Welt sollte spätestens jetzt auswandern. Spread the word @volkshochschule​n!

#Xitter #Twitter #eXit #Volkshochschule

#Cupofteasocial
#mugshot
Good morning lovely people 💕💕
Solstice Saturday is here!
Christmas is now official, decorations are up, guests are coming for the weekend, so excited to see Ms DT and her fiancé, it seems like ages!
Sending love and hugs to you all 🥰🥰🤗🤗

https://www.europesays.com/1706500/ Albania bans TikTok for a year after killing of teenager #cyprus

#LFGoVols #TennesseeVols #CollegeFootball

#movies #armageddon #diehard2 #movie #dementia #brucewillis #cinema #film
After catching Armageddon and Die Hard 2 tonight, I was just thinking about Bruce Willis and how sad his illness is. He’s a seriously good guy who’s brought a lot of enjoyment to a lot of people. I hope he’s hanging in there.

https://www.europesays.com/1706498/ Russia, Ukraine exchange parcels, letters for POWs in Belarus #belarus

Does anybody using Openvibe know how to remove the fancy new nostr feed? I don't have an account. I'll never have an account. I don't want them spamming my feed.

https://www.europesays.com/1706496/ Orbán says Hungary in talks on gas supplies via Ukraine – Reuters #gas #hungary #orban #Russia #Ukraine

#Alabama profits off prisoners who work at #McDonald’s but deems them too dangerous for parole

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

Chocolate in Cambridge.

The public library is proof of humanity’s potential.

https://www.europesays.com/?p=1706494 Israel should strike Houthi leadership, anti-Houthi Yemeni figures say #assassination #Houthi #Israel #Yemen

#geordi #starTrek #meme #humor

https://www.europesays.com/1706492/ Custom Furniture Market Product Size Data 2024 to 2031: Analysis #advertising #Data #marketing #MediaRelease #NewsRelease #PR #PrMarketing #PrService #PrStrategy #PressesRelease #pressreleases #PublicRelations #publicity

People who put stickers on laptops:

Why?

I'm serious. I have a gallon bag of stickers from events and I have just never felt a compulsion to put them on my laptops. Macs, ThinkPads, EliteBooks. I just don't get it. Help me understand the madness.

Pilow Lava is only meant to be used for #38c3 and at max one (1) word. Not for many lines of text. Please study the style guide again. Use Space Grotesk for that two line long headline. Use Uncut Sans for text bodies.