Friends of the #BSDCafe and the whole #Fediverse,
today is my birthday! 🥳

Here’s a photo of me on this very day in 1983. Who knows, maybe I was already dreaming of the BSD Cafe! 😊

#Birthday #CelebrateBirthday

Update: #FireYourBoss #IWW The CEO who illegally fired me and my coworker for organizing a union is "stepping down" from his role as CEO and going into semi-retirement.

In the culture of that company that is how executive level employees get fired. We didn't get out union, but we toppled the dictator.

Bé, em queden 15min de treball. Sería hora de preparar-me per sortir. Au.

Much Love Grows On Trees Handmade Art

Colorful hearts and flowers in an inspirational tree by artist Sharon Cummings. Perfect for nature lovers and anyone who wants happiness and joy in their life! Handmade art supports real people and true artists. Add some primary colors to home, office and for furnishings and accents. GET IT HERE!

https://sharoncummings.wordpress.com/2024/12/20/much-love-grows-on-trees-handmade-art/

El orinal, eh? que tiempos aquellos que se salpicaba en todos los sitios xD

So Hay’at Tahrir al Sham leader Ahmed al Sharaa (aka Mohammed Jolani) told a Turkish newspaper that Syria would develop a strategic relationship with Turkey going forward. “This victory is not only the victory of the Syrian people but also of the Turkish people,” he said.

This comes a few days after he stated that they do not intend on fighting Israel as they expand their settlements in occupied Syrian territory and destroy Syrias military infrastructure. This week al Sharaa also was in a photo with two Turkish-backed SNA leaders in Damascus: Abu Amsha (Suleiman Shah Bridge) and Abu Bakir (Hamza Division).

A few years ago there were popular protests demanding that Abu Amsha be held accountable for participation in murders, rapes, torture, and kidnapping. He got away due to his close ties to Turkish intelligence (MIT) who went as far as to threaten to cut off funding for the SNA's al-Jabha al-Shamiya faction due to their support of the protests. More here: https://rojavainformationcenter.org/2023/02/state-of-the-occupation-q1-q2-2022-lack-of-accountability-of-sna-crimes-hts-incursion-in-afrin-isis-in-turkish-occupied-territories/

Hamza Division is also accused of torturing and raping women in their prisons, beating and humiliating Kurdish captives, and conducting arbitrary arrests in Syria's Turkish-occupied regions.
More here: https://rojavainformationcenter.org/2022/07/the-syrian-national-army-the-turkish-proxy-militias-of-northern-syria/

Hamza has featured several known former ISIS members: commander Abu Rabea al Ansari who participated in ISIS' mass SAA execution at Tabqa Airbase. Also commander Mounir Khalil, who took part in several 2015 massacres in Homs such as al A'miriya and Palmyra, which killed more than 400 civilians.

Also this week, Sharaa/Jolani has appointed two Ahrar al Sham leaders, one current and one former, into positions of power. Ahrar al Sham leader Amir al Sheik appointed as Governor of Countryside of Damascus and former Ahrar al Sham leader Hassan Suffan appointed as Governor of Lattakia. There is a lot of information about ahrar al sham online too that’s easy to find.

A political spokesman, Obaida Arnaout, answered some questions to a reporter about what a new constitution under the leadership of the transitional government would look like recently. Upon being asked if women will have Ministerial representation, he stated that it is an issue for legal and constitutional specialists to decide and shamefully, that women should partake in roles that suit her "being and biological nature.” When asked about women being Judges and in security, military, law-realted roles? He said women have the right to study and teach any discipline, but regarding jurisdiction, this is for specialists to "assess.” He asserts that the biological nature and mental state of women doesn't for example allow them to hold a weapon or be present in spaces that go against their nature. When asked if they would implement gender segregation in education, he said that Syrian universities have great aspects/ behaviours but which need reinforcement and that they believe their separation is best. Regarding tourist sites and more liberal spaces like coastal Tartus and Latakia and women already having the freedom to wear whatever they want, he smiled and said “everything has a solution.”

World's oldest mammalian ancestor discovered in Mallorca
https://phys.org/news/2024-12-world-oldest-mammalian-ancestor-mallorca.html

Abandoned oil and gas wells in US bring fears of leak dangers, ABC News investigation finds

These methane pumps need to be capped.

https://news.yahoo.com/abandoned-oil-gas-wells-us-172056844.html

https://www.europesays.com/1703441/ Elon Musk Humiliated After Sparking Pre-Christmas Chaos in Congress, Now Lashing Out Over Defeat #AnythingGoesNews #BreakingNews #GlobalNews #LatestNews #News #WorldNews

Someone needs to send this to #DementiaDonRico #presidentmusk

Probably my overall fave song of the year is the opener (Urgrund) to Paysage d’Hiver’s album Die Berge. It’s close to 20mins long but it’s gone in a flash. The production, the riffs, the hypnotic coldness of it all. Love it.

#metalheadclubawards

https://paysagedhiver.bandcamp.com/track/urgrund

https://www.europesays.com/1703441/ Elon Musk Humiliated After Sparking Pre-Christmas Chaos in Congress, Now Lashing Out Over Defeat #AnythingGoesNews #BreakingNews #GlobalNews #LatestNews #News #WorldNews

Using fraudulent copyright claims on imagery of the person who shot your CEO so you can scrub the internet of the hostility your own company generates is some next-level barratry as a service.

https://www.404media.co/copyright-abuse-is-getting-luigi-mangione-merch-removed-from-the-internet/

https://www.europesays.com/1703439/ Bashar al-Assad Exploited Alawites’ Fear #GeopoliticalAnalysis #GeopoliticalNews #geopolitics #Politics

I have not researched Blu-rays enough before buying my first one. You can't even play one on Windows by default, and VLC and MPC both require following arcane instructions from user forums to make it work. That's the last time I bother. DVDs were the superior format.

https://www.europesays.com/1703437/ ‘Fine, here’s the report’ #PoliticalHumor #PoliticalHumor #Politics #USPolitics

https://www.europesays.com/1703429/ ‘Powerful consiglieri’ run von der Leyen’s Commission, EU transparency chief says – POLITICO #EmilyO'Reilly #EUConfidential #europe #industry #ireland #MEPS #parliament #portugal #Transparency #UrsulaVonDerLeyen

Out of the frying pan and into another frying pan at the old Irving School in #Roslindale?
https://www.universalhub.com/2024/out-frying-pan-and-another-frying-pan-irving

#Boston #schools

https://www.europesays.com/1703433/ Brothers charged over airport fight with police #News #UK #UkNews #uknews #UnitedKingdom

Propósito de año nuevo: Aprender #Vim

Esta es mi guía para que lo logres en poco tiempo:

https://victorhckinthefreeworld.com/aprender-vim/

The AfD's mission is to rehabilitate the image of the Nazi movement.

One leader's license plate is an open tribute to Hitler.

A top AfD official said about migrants, "We can always shoot them later...or gas them."

Another described Judaism as the "inner enemy" in Germany.

- Sen Chris Murphy

Wenn du keine Taschen hast, aber trotzdem den ganzen Snackvorrat mitnehmen willst
🥜😎💨
#ElsterLife #SnackProfi #DreifachGreifer

https://www.europesays.com/1703417/ Dolores Catania Reveals House Flipping Business Update with Frank #america #business #career #DoloresCatania #FrankCatania #InterviewOrReporting #News #PaulieConnell #TheRealHousewivesOfNewJersey #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #US #USA

https://www.europesays.com/1703415/ Canadian Nuclear Laboratories and Karlsruhe Institute of #america #CanadianNuclearLaboratories #science #technology #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #US #USA

https://www.europesays.com/1703413/ Baxter Health Welcomes Debra Wilhite, APRN, to Baxter Health Cardiovascular Clinic #america #Entertainment #health #sports #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #US #USA

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe completed its 17th close approach to the Sun yesterday Sept. 27, 2023 at 7:28 p.m. EDT. At perihelion, it was at a record distance of 7.26 million km from the solar surface, racing by at a record speed of 635,266 km/h.

The spacecraft will transmit science data from the encounter back to Earth from Oct 4 to Oct 19.

For comparison, the perihelion of planet Mercury is at 45.3 mil km.

https://blogs.nasa.gov/parkersolarprobe/2023/09/28/for-the-record-parker-solar-probe-sets-distance-speed-marks-on-17th-swing-by-the-sun/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_Orbiter
#Parker #ParkerSolarProbe
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Microsoft investigating 365 Office activation gremlin

Says it's not sure what the issue is but points at admins tweaking licensing options It's not just you, there is indeed an activation problem in Microsoft 365 Office triggered by administrators making changes at the licensing level.…
#theregister #IT
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/12/20/microsoft_office_activation_issue/

Tengo acceso anticipado a una app, DashcamES, que parece que es del agrado de la DGT, y que permite registrar y denunciar de manera sencilla infracciones de tráfico.

No me voy a emocionar, no me voy a emocionar...

Apple called on to ditch AI headline summaries after BBC debacle

'Facts can't be decided by a roll of the dice' Press freedom advocates are urgin Apple to ditch an "immature" generative AI system that incorrectly summarized a BBC news notification that incorrectly related that suspected UnitedHealthcare CEO shooter Luigi Mangione had killed himself.…
#theregister #IT
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/12/20/apple_ai_headline_summaries/

https://www.europesays.com/1703401/ Italy Fines OpenAI 15 Million Euros After ChatGPT Probe #AI #eu #italy #SYND #technology

Child sex abuse charity rejects Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby’s Christmas donation

The Children’s Society’s head said the charity ‘respectfully decided’ not to accept the donation as it was inconsistent with the group’s values

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/child-sex-abuse-charity-justin-welby-archbishop-of-canterbury-b2668022.html

Alt text by the comic’s author Theresa Scovil.

#ActuallyAutistic #autism