M'he cremat la llengua amb la infusió. MELDA.

Newsweek is a zombie publication, with nothing to do with the magazine once issued, and this bizarre article is a good reminder.

This story tells us that some people left their puppy with a sitter, and the dog didn't love it but it went fine. That’s it—that's the article. https://www.newsweek.com/owner-drops-dog-daycare-gets-update-three-days-later-1995485

Google is trying to jam "AI" into all of their products but an interesting element of the way they integrated it into Android Messages is "Gemini" shows up as a conversation, which means it is actually possible to block and report it to Google as spam

https://www.europesays.com/1703992/ ‘WTF’: Elon Musk Sparks Fresh Outrage After Endorsing German ‘Neo-Nazi Party’ #AnythingGoesNews #BreakingNews #GlobalNews #LatestNews #News #WorldNews

I just can’t laugh. #EatTheRich https://theonion.com/delighted-health-insurance-executives-gather-in-outdoor-1819576169/

You know how you get one of those "I Voted" stickers when you do your civic duty and vote.

I wish somebody would design a "Screw You, RFK Jr" sticker to hand out when people get their COVID vax.

https://www.europesays.com/1703988/ Thank you for morning laugh @matthandelsman #PoliticalHumor #PoliticalHumor #Politics #USPolitics

@pluralistic congrats on the great press, dude!
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/20/cory-doctorow-radicalized-novella-healthcare-ceo-killing

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A "grim update" on the future of James Bond films.

(In short: fuck Amazon & Jeff Bezos)

https://www.slashfilm.com/1744137/james-bond-26-update-drama-amazon/

Current* conditions near Traverse City, MI:

There are different accounts of the MAGA project and what it seeks to accomplish and control.

Today it’s about money and wealth. Other days it’s about opportunity. Still other days it’s about the body.

At the root of all this, though, it’s about knowledge. What counts as truth, who gets to arbitrate, what is “natural” and what is “alien.”

That’s the essence of all authoritarianism. Dominate the mind and the rest will follow.

Resist much, obey little.

#democracy #politics

Parked next to a cybertruck and realized my car is the antithesis of it

#ev #fiat500e

https://www.europesays.com/1703983/ Woman forced to swallow wedding ring before jealous husband beat her to death was “failed by two UK police forces” #News #UK #UkNews #uknews #UnitedKingdom

Takayama

Am I cleaning out the refrigerator? Or am I tradwifing? Hard to imagine, but the Internet has even ruined tedious household chores, and they weren’t great in the first place.

A Eurasian Magpie puts a ninja pose as it stretches its feathers out for all to see

#BirdsOfMastodon #Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature

The Berner Mind Meld is working. Yes, Josie, we'll go for a walk.
#BerneseMountainDog
#DogsOfMastodon
#DogWalking

The sun will rise in #SanJuan #PuertoRico tomorrow at 6:51, 29 seconds later than the day before.
It will set at 17:53, 28 seconds later than the day before.

I would like to start a commune. The only thing holding me back is the entire history of communes

https://www.europesays.com/1703973/ Karl-Anthony Towns’ return to Minnesota ‘wasn’t just another game’ #america #MinnesotaTimberwolves #nba #NewYorkKnicks #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #US #USNews #USA #USANews

Terrific idea. It's good for researchers, good for govt agencies, good for evidence-based govt policies, and good for boosting the likelihood that useful research will actually be picked up and used:

UK govt agencies may now register their "areas of research interest" (#ARIs) as #Octopus "research problems" — "making it much easier for researchers to identify potential opportunities for collaboration as they browse or search the [Octopus] platform for work relevant to their own areas of interest. Reciprocally, when a researcher publishes a piece of work linked to a governmental ARI ‘research problem’, they are given the option to pass their contact details on to the relevant department."
https://www.researchinformation.info/analysis-opinion/when-research-met-policy-a-perfect-match-online/

An independent Scottish republic?

A huge majority would support independence if it also meant removing the King as head of state.

A newly independent Scotland must be based on a foundation equality and democracy. These principles are simply incompatible with monarchy.

https://www.europesays.com/1703971/ ‘Never be cynical again’: A conversation with George Goehl #america #geopolitics #Politics #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #UnitedStatesPolitics #US #USPolitics #USA #UsaPolitics

https://www.europesays.com/1703969/ The Indian family that built a business empire in Hawaii from scratch #america #business #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #US #USA

https://www.europesays.com/1703969/ The Indian family that built a business empire in Hawaii from scratch #america #business #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #US #USA

Adams positioned himself to be in every photo, if that’s not narcissistic attention seeking then I don’t know what is.
https://kolektiva.social/@BetaCuck4Lyfe/113681277947390942

Who is David Sacks, Donald Trump’s pick for the US' new crypto and AI czar?
https://www.euronews.com/next/2024/12/06/who-is-david-sacks-meet-trumps-new-ai-and-crypto-czar?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Business @business-euronews

I love this story about how NORAD began tracking Santa. Operation North Pole https://youtu.be/rM07p0I1pvk?si=hUIt-yyw5JKHfnNw via @YouTube

https://www.europesays.com/1703967/ Heard Natural Science Museum provides nature oasis in McKinney #america #science #technology #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #US #USA

Es gilt bei #Magdeburg das Gleiche wie immer: Teilt keine Spekulationen, teilt keine Bilder von Opfern, überlegt, Inhaltswarnungen zu benutzen, wenn angebracht und meldet Menschen bzw. Posts, die sich dem widersetzen. #mastoadmin

Weiter transparente Kommunikation aus Stuttgart zur #Schulwegsicherheit

Die Stuttgarter Zeitung macht nachhaltig stabile Arbeit zu einem wichtigen Thema und die Stadtverwaltung geht transparent mit ihren Daten um.

Was ich noch vermisse sind klare Indikatoren für freie und befreite Wege. Erfasste Parkverstöße sagen noch nichts darüber aus, ob die Wege auch frei gemacht wurden und wo sie frei sind.
#Falschparker #Schulwegecheck

BILD: Padesátiletý státní příslušník Saúdské Arábie, který dnes večer vjel svým autem mezi dav lidí na vánočním trhu v Magdeburgu, žil v Německu od roku 2006 a byl lékařem na místní klinice. Nebyl žádným německým orgánům znám jako islámský extremista.

To samozřejmě dále pomůže AfD. Trochu mě děsí motiv. U lékaře. 20 let žijícího v Německu...

The thing about transphobia is it's 90% simple misogyny: trans women get treated like uppity women who need to be put in our place and trans men get treated as "damaged women" who need to be "protected" from their own choices.

Trans women are degendered or misgendered the same way Black women often are, too, mocking our appearance and describing us as "men" in a derogatory manner, an insult transphobes know only works on us because we are women.

'Hardly anything': Starbucks union to strike Friday in Seattle, Chicago and Los Angeles
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/12/20/starbucks-workers-union-strike/77100513007/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Money @money-USAToday