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Marilla Carruthers mastodon (AP)
#Art by Jana Heidersdorf
Art by Jana Heidersdorf

2 (two) pale figures close up in profile. There are white roses coming out of their mouths, the prickly thorns puncturing their lips, turning them red.
#art
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Remember the silly anti-mp3 ads: "You wouldn't download ..."?
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https://rvideos2.memedroid.com/videos/UPLOADED593/67653ccd46261.webm
11 sec video w/sound
#video #download #steak #lol


Bluey
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#cartoon by Glen Le Lievre #LeLievre

BBC, Disney announce Bluey feature film to premiere in 2027

https://apnews.com/article/congress-budget-trump-musk-johnson-5dc9fd8672f9807189032811d4ab0528?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share

Politics
Trump’s words of opposition stop a bipartisan budget deal in its tracks with Musk’s help

By CHRIS MEGERIAN
Updated 8:24 AM EST, December 19, 2024

Europe Says mastodon (AP)
https://www.europesays.com/1704049/ The Russians are hiding the presence of DPRK troops in the Kursk region. If it becomes clear that North Koreans are fighting for Putin instead of Russians, it’ll show that Putin can’t even take back his own territories with his own forces #Ukraine #UkraineConflict #Ukrainian #UkrainianConflict
The Russians are hiding the presence of DPRK troops in the Kursk region. If it becomes clear that North Koreans are fighting for Putin instead of Russians, it'll show that Putin can't even take back his own territories with his own forces

Mary Hilton mastodon (AP)
This is why everyone should have hearing tests-you might have hearing loss you weren't aware of.
Hearing aids (true hearing aids, not amplifiers) are an improvement!
https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/2024/dec/20/cookie-bite-hearing-loss

Europe Says mastodon (AP)
https://www.europesays.com/1704047/ Libyan PM Says Russia’s Syrian Weapons Not Welcome in Nation #RussiaUkraineWar #Ukraine #UkraineWar
Libyan PM Says Russia’s Syrian Weapons Not Welcome in Nation

Text Adventure mastodon (AP)
You enter a dark, grey room. There is a SWITCH near the door. You see a WAND here, on the door. There is a KRYPTONIAN PLUMBER here, compiling code.

Exits: SOUTH EAST
#bot
#bot
Mary Hilton mastodon (AP)
Flip the switch, grab the wand, smack the plumber over the head as you exit South East
Text Adventure mastodon (AP)
@fmhilton Better leave it there.

A year in radio: Some of the favorite stories from 2024


Some of the All Things Considered staff whose voices you don't always hear on air share their favorite stories that aired on the show in 2024.

#news #npr #publicradio #usa
posted by pod_feeder_v2

Europe Says mastodon (AP)
https://www.europesays.com/1704044/ Video of Ukraine’s Terra Unit using “ground drone” robot to place mines on a dangerous Frontline road – Without risking personel #Ukraine #UkraineWar #UkraineWarVideoReport
Video of Ukraine's Terra Unit using "ground drone" robot to place mines on a dangerous Frontline road - Without risking personel


fediverseobserver friendica (via ActivityPub)
Found 25 new servers and 34 servers died off since 7 hours ago.

22,917 servers checked. 14,756,970 Total Users with 1,069,805 Active Users today. Check out the stats!

New #fediverse servers found:

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sayakko.thruhere.net a #akkoma server from Germany
videos.nerdout.online a #peertube server from United States
exil.aufentha.lt a #akkoma server from Germany
social.iaysco.club a #gotosocial server from Private
yotsu.rocks a #sharkey server from Private
beta.argyle.social a #mastodon server from United States
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content.haacksnetworking.org a #peertube server from United States
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John Socks mastodon (AP)
I appreciate the Cybertruck lampoonery, but that feeling when you know the average driver laughing at him is doing less environmental good.

Dave Rahardja mastodon (AP)
NYPD looks weak as hell. Riot gear and automatic rifles just to march one single skinny boy with a bad back down a walkway.

This photo makes Luigi look like a superhero. https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/@glusnews_mirror/113686515797615808

Luigi Mangione perp walk: Did it garner more support for suspected killer?
Luigi Mangione's perp walk was orchestrated to send a message, but some questioned the theatrics of the spectacle and argued it only cast him in a more positive light.
#crime #justice #media #Trending #USNews #LuigiMangione
https://globalnews.ca/news/10927872/luigi-mangione-perp-walk-new-york/

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Defiance! mastodon (AP)
In case you missed it, this one is my favorite
“The Arrest of Christ, German artist, 1480-1495”

Picture of Luigi Mangioni in orange jumpsuit and handcuffs surrounded by NYPD 

Below is the painting mentioned in the headline

Europe Says mastodon (AP)
https://www.europesays.com/1704041/ Massive Explosion Near Russia’s Arctic Naval Base Sparks Theories #News #WorldNews
Massive Explosion Near Russia's Arctic Naval Base Sparks Theories

heads-up for this week's #monsterdon of Snowbeast (1977): the version on Tubi is extremely AI upscaled and also the wrong aspect ratio. Here it is against the Blu-ray and the version on Plex free streaming:
Tubi screencap, everything is extremely smooth and clean and the wrong aspect ratio Plex free streaming screencap, 4:3 and seems to be SD but at least not a headache-inducing sin against the human visual cortex
Blu-ray HD screencap, in 4:3 and looking fine

Scalzi mastodon (AP)
THIS JUST IN: Snow.
A bunch of really fluffy snowflakes falling in front of bare trees.
KMWool mastodon (AP)
snow what? I’m sorry, I just had to do it

Adrianna Tan mastodon (AP)
One time I talked to an acquaintance about why she hadn’t tried the best taco truck that I love that is literally next to her house. She was like ‘I’m from the Midwest, flavor is just not for me, I know I won’t appreciate it’ and I laughed so much and I appreciated her self-awareness.

I then interviewed her about her fear of flavor and grease in an ethnographic exercise. I told everyone back home about it, and it was like telling them about aliens.
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Adrianna Tan mastodon (AP)
She then told me about how her favorite taco restaurant is this place I would totally never go to, and I finally understood why those places exist. Something for everyone I guess.

She said ‘the lack of flavor is just very comforting for me’ and I was so amazed to hear that, because everyone I’d met til then is a flavor maximalist
Adrianna Tan mastodon (AP)
Sometimes my wife and I talk about how it must be weird to others that we sort of expect every single meal we eat (whether it’s food we cook or food we buy) to be incredible.

I know it sounds like an exhausting way to live, but where we are from (Singapore / Malaysia), eating poor quality food is seen as a waste of time, stomach space and soul
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Adrianna Tan mastodon (AP)
I think in that part of the world you have to go out of your way to find food that hasn’t been prepared with great care and love, and that tastes ‘bad’

Even the stuff I turn my nose down on when I’m in Singapore / Malaysia / Thailand is like, better than most fancy places ahaha
Adrianna Tan mastodon (AP)
One of the things my elders were exceptionally proud of me for: she knows how to select good fish, dried mushrooms, and she has great taste in food

People who don’t care about food are treated with extreme suspicion in my culture, almost like.. they are aliens you can’t communicate with.

I was surprised to learn that in other cultures, people who care too much about food are perceived to be odd
Adrianna Tan mastodon (AP)
One time I saw an internet discussion about ‘what are some things that cause your society to ostracize you?’

The Americans said ‘not liking dogs’

The Singaporeans said ‘not liking food’
M.S. Bellows, Jr. mastodon (AP)
This is why haggis exists. To fill this vacancy.
NilaJones mastodon (AP)
I know someone from Saskatchewan who, when he was his a kid, his mom did not use seasonings. Like not even the mildest of herbs

He's old now, but he still cooks that way. It's just what tastes good to him
Adrianna Tan mastodon (AP)
@NilaJones I would be fine with that if people also got the best ingredients!
NilaJones mastodon (AP)
Sadly, he does not

If I ever get the opportunity to visit him, I'm going to bring him some good meat!
M.S. Bellows, Jr. mastodon (AP)
@NilaJones One of the best foods I ever ate contained no spices – and was in Saskatchewan. Northern pike grilled an hour after being caught, on top of bread slathered in butter and strawberry jam, all topped with baked beans. That was 1975 and I can still taste it as if it were slightly burning my mouth right now.
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Lot⁴⁹ mastodon (AP)
Midwestern soul food. Take it from a boy who grew up in Chicago
Box of Rice Chex cereal
eestileib (she/hers) mastodon (AP)
@12thRITS
Surely Corn Chex is more Midwestern?
Lot⁴⁹ mastodon (AP)
@eestileib Yeah, but too tasty. The rice is blander.
acm mastodon (AP)
@12thRITS I think you misspelled "tuna noodle casserole," but maybe I'm showing my age. 😀

Europe Says mastodon (AP)
https://www.europesays.com/1704038/ Trump Is Desperately Trying to Shift Blame for Impending Shutdown – Donald Trump is realizing he messed up with the spending bill. #Politics #U.S.Politics #UnitedStates
Trump Is Desperately Trying to Shift Blame for Impending Shutdown - Donald Trump is realizing he messed up with the spending bill.

jan mastodon (AP)
Liebe #Gruene, wäre es an der Zeit die Frage zu stellen, ob es klug ist, dass #RobertHabeck auf #Twitter (X), #Musk's Sprachrohr, postet?

Alt Text: What to Write

https://www.nngroup.com/articles/write-alt-text/

Did you know that you should end your alt text with a period?

"End alt text with a period, even if it isn’t a full sentence. The period ensures that the screen reader pauses after reading the alt text."

#AltText
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Europe Says mastodon (AP)
https://www.europesays.com/1704036/ Conan O’Brien pays tribute to parents who died 3 days apart: ‘They were kindred spirits’ #Entertainment #UnitedStates
Conan O'Brien pays tribute to parents who died 3 days apart: 'They were kindred spirits'

unusual_whales mastodon (AP)
BREAKING: The spending bill to avert government shutdown passes the House.

#news #finance #economics #stocks #options

Hart mastodon (AP)
Ein Duell zwischen #merz und #habeck wäre eigentlich logisch
#teamhabeck💚
Grafik, 27% wollen Habeck als Kanzler...

Mary Hilton mastodon (AP)
A not-so-merry Christmas for the Party City employees:

"Staff were told they would not receive severance pay, and they were told their benefits would end as the company goes out of business, CNN reported."
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/dec/20/party-city-closes

And why do we put up with corporations?

Earthlingz mastodon (AP)
he's a good dad.
Cameron mastodon (AP)
🤣🤪

Dare Obasanjo mastodon (AP)
Users of Zelle have no recourse when there is fraud on their accounts compared to debit or credit card fraud. This is an egregious situation that’s cost consumers $870M since 2017.

The banks behind it are finally being sued by the CFTB, just in time for that agency to be defanged after the government transition.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/20/cfpb-sues-jpmorgan-chase-bank-of-america-wells-fargo-over-zelle-fraud.html

Europe Says mastodon (AP)
https://www.europesays.com/1704034/ He’s got multiple ankle monitors but comes bearing gifts, should I let him in? #CasualUK #UnitedKingdom
He's got multiple ankle monitors but comes bearing gifts, should I let him in?

AaronDavid mastodon (AP)
Spoiler alert
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Radley Balko unkn (AP)
TIL that before a 1978 World Cup qualifying match between Peru and host Argentina, Henry Kissinger and Argentinian dictator Jorge Videla visited the Peru team’s locker room to intimidate them into throwing the match. They lost 6-0, a shocker which allowed Argentina to qualify.

Argentina v Peru (1978 FIFA Wo...

God :verified: mastodon (AP)
If guns don’t kill people, I’m still waiting for the headline, 'Man Opens Fire on Mall Using Pure Determination'.
Hybrid 🐘 Elephant mastodon (AP)
i open fire on the mall using pure determination every time i go to the mall... it's the only thing that prevents me from using more drastic measures.
Pandanus mastodon (AP)
Did you get the spirit of Gene Wilder to sing that to the tune of Pure Imagination?

Coz that’s what I heard…

Europe Says mastodon (AP)
https://www.europesays.com/1704030/ Quelqu’un a rajouté ça alors que ce n’est pas dans la chanson de base, et depuis c’est resté pour tout le monde #france #Memes #rance
Quelqu'un a rajouté ça alors que ce n'est pas dans la chanson de base, et depuis c'est resté pour tout le monde

Charles Gaba mastodon (AP)
Thanks, POTUS Biden!

HHS announces cost savings for 64 prescription drugs thanks to the Medicare Drug Inflation Rebate Program established by the Biden-Harris Admin under the Inflation Reduction Act:

https://acasignups.net/24/12/20/hhs-announces-cost-savings-64-prescription-drugs-thanks-medicare-prescription-drug

Remembering the time I was contracted as a security consultant in 2002-ish to review network security, help with documention, and to harden company systems, when I was mansplained about... (wait for it)... security.

So I was sitting at my desk writing documentation in the very open office, when one of the programmers, I guess trying to brag or impress me, sits on the edge of my desk and says, "So, you know, I'm a hacker."

Me, who loves all things hacking and security related, replies, "Really? That's awesome!"

Him: "Yeah, so a computer hacker is someone who can [blah blah] and ..."

I quickly discover that he has zero clue I am the solo security consultant working at the place, and that I'm an actual hacker.

Me (thinking to myself): Okay, well everyone starts somewhere, and it looks like he the caught the hacker bug— Wait, is he... is he now explaining what a network is to me?

🧵
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Cut to my sister-in-law walking by with 10 different expressions on her face, from disbelief to humor, when she realized that our coworker (and a personal friend of hers) was mansplaining the definition of networking and computer security to me.

Realizing he is blissfully unaware that I touch computers on the daily, I decide to try an give him a subtle out.

So I slowly reach for my freshly bought Official (ISC)² Guide to the CISSP® CBK® book that was *checks notes* sitting between us on the desk next to my O'Reilly books.

I open it to the section titled "Domain 2: Telecommunications and Network Security" and continue to nod at his explanations.

You might have guessed it, but he did not notice.

🧵
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Mistress Remilia sharkey (AP)
there was one time where I had someone mansplain to me how my own code worked. My own. That I wrote. From scratch.

The best part is he was incorrect in how it worked.
@remilia Oh my gosh!! Lmao

That's like all the stories I hear where people who are subject matter experts get told they don't understand something and to refer to a book/artcle that they published. :blobcatfacepalm:
aeva mastodon (AP)
they should make a pheromone spray or something one can spritz on mansplainers to gently break them out of their reverie and make them serenely wander off
overflo mastodon (AP)
@aeva
Estradiol?
@aeva
Eniko Fox mastodon (AP)
did he eventually cotton on to what your role was and if so, how did he respond after that >_>
@eniko It took my sister-in-law telling him what I did here for him to discover he was putting his foot in his mouth.
Alien mastodon (AP)
@eniko reminds me of the several times male coworkers (not managers or bosses) asked me basic sec questions and I, naively believing they are really struggling to understand something, I explained it to them to just get a "ah I knew that, I was just testing out if you knew too" among other random crap.

Or the times I literally do a presentation on an event and someone raises his hand and proceed to explain the very same thing I just explained, to my own surprise.
overflo mastodon (AP)
@alien @eniko

"More of a remark than a question.."

....
🤨
Alien mastodon (AP)
@overflo @eniko my friends literally have a joke with this sentence, image how many times I was told so. 🫠
overflo mastodon (AP)
"Personal" is the german word for employee.

When i was a kid, i taught a "Personal Computer" is a computer for people working at the office..
Very different beasts compared to my Commodore64 that was clearly a "Funtime Computer".

Steve Herman mastodon (AP)
Police in Germany say at least two people are dead after a Saudi physician rammed a rented car into a Christmas market this evening in Magdeburg. https://www.dw.com/en/germany-car-driven-into-crowd-at-magdeburg-christmas-market/a-71127071
kaffando mastodon (AP)
A Saudi physician...wot?
Grandpa Beer mastodon (AP)
WTAF is wrong with people?

A quotation from Tuchman, Barbara
Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill.

Barbara W. Tuchman (1912-1989) American historian and author
Essay (1979-12-30), "Papyrus to Paperbacks: The World That Books Made," Washington Post

#quote #quotes #quotation #books #civilization #communication #history #literature #meme #science
Sourcing / notes: https://wist.info/tuchman-barbara/38418/

Nowhere Girl mastodon (AP)
So now we found out Biden wasn't all there even from January 2021 and had to be basically handheld by staffers, who never showed him critical articles or negative polls. That explains a lot.

https://www.removepaywall.com/search?url=https://www.wsj.com/politics/biden-white-house-age-function-diminished-3906a839
Nowhere Girl mastodon (AP)
It's not a huge surprise but yeah. I guess over the next couple of years we'll find out how much was actually Biden making decisions based on poor and incomplete information and how much was staffers running the country without him.
not staffers. billionaires; most pointedly, Bloomberg.

these past 4 years was a replay of Bloomberg’s fascists policies down to the violence unleashed during the StudentSpring and having a so-called Catholic commit heresy by going in front of the cameras and call himself a zionist.

Bloomberg & his “liberal” billionaires paid Clyburn and the whole southern network of party ops to block Warren & Sanders.

primaries aren’t covered by the VRA; only fed elections.

@gwynnion @Kalshann

Europe Says mastodon (AP)
https://www.europesays.com/1704028/ Someone has cut 3 wires on my Christmas decs, This is why we can’t have nice things. #England #UnitedKingdom
Someone has cut 3 wires on my Christmas decs, This is why we can’t have nice things.

Europe Says mastodon (AP)
https://www.europesays.com/1704026/ Scottish wilderness #Scotland #UnitedKingdom
Scottish wilderness
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