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בנימין (Alex)
בנימין (Alex) • mastodon (AP)
Join in the biweekly #AlternateFridayMusic by @MarkIngs tomorrow.

The word for Dec 20 is "Zen"

Post and tell us about a song with a title, lyric, theme or meaning related to the word.

Upcoming biweekly words are:
Jan 03 #Asylum
Jan 17 #Battery

Also, Join us next week for #FortnightFridayMusic

Upcoming biweekly words are:
Dec 27 #Answer
Jan 10 #Zoo

Pestering poke 😼:
@dgar @Bishopjoey @AqiDrago @alfvaen
At the top is the group: AlternateFridayMusic At the bottom is the date: Dec. 20 In the middle is the theme: Zen
#Battery #zoo #Asylum #Answer #fortnightfridaymusic #alternatefridaymusic @Bishop Joey (he/him) @MIngs🇦🇺 @Aaron V. Humphrey @Dgar @Aqi Drago
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Aaron V. Humphrey
Aaron V. Humphrey • mastodon (AP)
#AlternateFridayMusic for December 20 2024, the word is Zen

Artist: Ann Mortifee
Album: Born To Live (1983)
Song: Never Ending Search

I serve an unknown master in whom I don't believe
I wear a flaming eightfold wheel branded on my sleeve
I bow before a hidden throne I never will perceive
I seem to answer questions which I cannot conceive

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE0bucawXjM

Ann Mortifee was born in South Africa and moved to Canada, and she is a powerful soprano singer. One of the first artists I saw live, and I loved her "Born To Live" and Journey To Kairos" albums as a kid.

I'm not sure if this song's lyrics are zen, but they feel vaguely Buddhist, at least.

#music #AnnMortifee

Never Ending Search

Provided to YouTube by CDBabyNever Ending Search · Ann MortifeeBorn to Live℗ 1983 Jabula RecordsReleased on: 1983-01-01Auto-generated by YouTube.
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#music #alternatefridaymusic #annmortifee
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Lake Michigan! Live!
Lake Michigan! Live! • mastodon (AP)
Current* conditions near Chicago, IL:
View of Navy Pier in Chicago from William E. Dever Crib in Lake Michigan east of North Avenue. // Image captured at: 2024-12-21 03:00:01 UTC (about 3 min. prior to this post) // Current Temp in Chicago: 26.05 F | -3.31 C // Precip: overcast clouds // Wind: N at 12.996 mph | 20.91 kph // Humidity: 73%
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Free Leonard Peltier
Free Leonard Peltier • mastodon (AP)
Can we just deport #Musk and be done with it already? We do have an immigrant problem, and he's an illegal immigrant from South Africa and they can have him back, like yesterday? Pretty sure this is a widely held opinion.
#NoMoreElmo
#ElonSmukMuskGo
#MakeLikeaSmukandJustSneakOut??
#muskmelon
#Musk #muskmelon #nomoreelmo #elonsmukmuskgo #makelikeasmukandjustsneakout
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aburtch
aburtch • mastodon (AP)
@_L1vY_ Don’t worry, as soon as he gets more press for being the “President Musk”, Trump will tire of it and boot him out for stealing the limelight.
@Mother Bones
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Leather Cub Andrew Aû
Leather Cub Andrew Aû • mastodon (AP)
@aburtch you know... Kyle Kulinski from Secular Talk actually said something along the lines of never expecting to say it, but he wishes that Trump would fight Musk and kick him out

Who knows what will happen... but for now I think Trump is biding his time getting money from Musk for favors... what happens next, who knows... but there's still plenty of quid pro quo going on...

@goatrodeo @_L1vY_
@Mother Bones @aburtch @Free Leonard Peltier
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Ham on Wry
Ham on Wry • mastodon (AP)
Dominatrix Kitty in the litter box.

#AltElfOnTheShelf
#12DaysOfChristmas
#HashtagGames
#ai #aiart
Black cat in red corset.
#ai #aiart #HashtagGames #12daysofchristmas #altelfontheshelf
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Littles 😈 Verified by the Boss
Littles 😈 Verified by the Boss • mastodon (AP)
Did Mistress Kitty give you permission to say she is in the litter box?
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Sue Stone
Sue Stone • mastodon (AP)
Senate confirms 235th Joe Biden judge, surpasses Donald Trump record

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5051917-biden-judges-trump-record/
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DB
DB • mastodon (AP)
One positive piece of news
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unusual_whales
unusual_whales • mastodon (AP)
US November core PCE +2.8% y/y vs +2.9% expected

#news #finance #economics #stocks #options
#Finance #News #Stocks #Economics #options
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unusual_whales
unusual_whales • mastodon (AP)
The Commerce Department reported on Friday that the personal consumption expenditures (PCE) index rose 0.1% in November and 2.4% on a year-over-year basis.

Read more: https://t.co/v5noWPL7Ri

#news #finance #economics #stocks #options
#Finance #News #Stocks #Economics #options
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Sue Stone
Sue Stone • mastodon (AP)
Elon Musk is becoming a one-man rogue state – it’s time we reined him in | Alexander Hurst | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/dec/20/elon-musk-is-becoming-a-one-man-rogue-state-its-time-we-reined-him-in

Elon Musk is becoming a one-man rogue state – it’s time we reined him in

He has bankrolled elections, stoked riots and ignored laws. We mustn’t make the mistake of playing nice with the world’s richest bully, says Guardian Europe columnist Alexander Hurst
Alexander Hurst (The Guardian)
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Sam
Sam • mastodon (AP)
I'm looking to self-host an #RSS reader. What's a good solution for both podcasts and news? Is there an android app/webapp out there that handles both well?
#RSS
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Drikanis
Drikanis • mastodon (AP)
maybe not exactly what you are looking for, but I use FreshRSS and Audiobookshelf. Audiobookshelf provides RSS feeds for your subscriptions so you can add them in FreshRSS pretty easily, and the feed items have embedded players so you can play the podcast directly from the feed (though I prefer to use audiobookshelfs dedicated app on mobile instead).

I think there are android apps that work with FreshRSS through the Fever API, but I found that the web app works just fine on mobile as is.
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Sam
Sam • mastodon (AP)
@drikanis I think I'll likely end up doing something similar. Just finished setting up audiobookshelf and I quite like it so far.
@Drikanis
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Alex Markley :mbetv:
Alex Markley :mbetv: • mastodon (AP)
I haven’t tried it, but apparently you can directly follow RSS feeds using #friendica ? https://friendi.ca/
#Friendica
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Nonya Bidniss :CIAverified:
Nonya Bidniss :CIAverified: • mastodon (AP)

Content warning: Musk tweet

#scotus
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Sharon 🤦🏾‍♀️ Persists
Sharon 🤦🏾‍♀️ Persists • mastodon (AP)

Content warning: re: Musk tweet

@Mother Bones
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Eli Wallach's favorite Bass
Eli Wallach's favorite Bass • mastodon (AP)

Content warning: re: Musk tweet

@Mother Bones @Sharon 🤦🏾‍♀️ Persists
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Scott Williams 🐧
Scott Williams 🐧 • mastodon (AP)
The more you look at it, the worse it gets.

#programming #meme
#programming #meme
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Pomegranate County Irregulars
Pomegranate County Irregulars • mastodon (AP)
Egads!!!
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Jack Yan (甄爵恩)
Jack Yan (甄爵恩) • mastodon (AP)
Dad felt that Die Hard more accurately referred to Aleksandr Borisovich Godunov’s character given what he goes through here! #FridayThrillerClub
#fridaythrillerclub
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Clark W. Griswold #resist
Clark W. Griswold #resist • mastodon (AP)
My brother-in-law (and all the rest of our family) absolutely love #NationalLampoons #ChristmasVacation. His sister made him these cookies. They are art. Amazing. I’m totally jealous.
#baking #cookies #christmas
Photo of a spread of cookies each individually made in different shapes. The car, the RV, the bathing suit. And some of the funnier lines. Amazing
#cookies #Christmas #baking #nationallampoons #christmasvacation
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Clark W. Griswold #resist
Clark W. Griswold #resist • mastodon (AP)
@revndm @blogdiva @steggy has a T-shirt that says “Why is the floor all wet, Todd?” And my matching shirt says “I don’t know, Margo!”
@Katrine @your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦 @Rev NDM 🏳️‍🌈 Ⓥ 🧦☮️
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Bradley Scott
Bradley Scott • mastodon (AP)
#FridayThrillerClub My sister and her family went out to California a few years back. My brother in law sent me a picture of Nakatomi Tower when they were driving by it. It was so cool to see it like that.
#fridaythrillerclub
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Ray*mond Li*terally
Ray*mond Li*terally • mastodon (AP)
Carp on a harp

#AltElfOnTheShelf
#12DaysOfChristmas
#HashtagGames
#HashtagGames #12daysofchristmas #altelfontheshelf
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Sue Stone
Sue Stone • mastodon (AP)
US lifts $10m bounty on HTS leader after talks in Syrian capital | Syria | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/20/us-lifts-10m-bounty-on-hts-leader-ahmed-al-sharaa-syria-talks

US lifts $10m bounty on HTS leader after talks in Syrian capital

In face-to-face meeting, Ahmed al-Sharaa gave assurances IS would not be allowed to operate in Syria, US official says
Julian Borger (The Guardian)
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Ray*mond Li*terally
Ray*mond Li*terally • mastodon (AP)
Okie in the pokey

#AltElfOnTheShelf
#12DaysOfChristmas
#HashtagGames
#HashtagGames #12daysofchristmas #altelfontheshelf
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Pam Phillips
Pam Phillips • mastodon (AP)
Nameless horse
On the race course

#horsewithnoname
#AltElfOnTheShelf
#12DaysOfChristmas
#HashtagGames
#HashtagGames #12daysofchristmas #horsewithnoname #altelfontheshelf
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Laffy
Laffy • mastodon (AP)
NYT:

The #Biden administration will withdraw two unfinished student loan regulations that aimed to cancel debt for around 38 million people, an attempt to prevent the incoming #Trump administration from undermining the proposals in the future.
#Trump #Biden
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Darth Hideout 🏳️‍🌈
Darth Hideout 🏳️‍🌈 • mastodon (AP)
Mr Hankey in a blankie

#AltElfOnTheShelf #HashtagGames #12DaysOfChristmas
#HashtagGames #12daysofchristmas #altelfontheshelf
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okanogen TheEnemyFromWithin
okanogen TheEnemyFromWithin • mastodon (AP)
Exes in Texas

#AltElfOnTheShelf
#12DaysOfChristmas
#HashTagGames
#HashtagGames #12daysofchristmas #altelfontheshelf
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ManWithPez
ManWithPez • mastodon (AP)
The movie is showing me Alan Rickman about to take a header off Nakatomi Plaza.

The music is telling me that Hitler's twin is about to get crushed by a shipping container loosed by Martin Riggs.

#FridayThrillerClub
#fridaythrillerclub
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Ray*mond Li*terally
Ray*mond Li*terally • mastodon (AP)
Rocket in my pocket

#AltElfOnTheShelf
#12DaysOfChristmas
#HashtagGames
#HashtagGames #12daysofchristmas #altelfontheshelf
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Laffy
Laffy • mastodon (AP)
NYT:

The #Biden administration is considering extending protections for hundreds of thousands of immigrants whose status in the U.S. is set to expire in the first months of the #Trump administration, according to officials and documents viewed by The New York Times.
#Trump #Biden
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Stewart Moncure
Stewart Moncure • mastodon (AP)
#FridayThrillerClub Of course, that look on Hans’ face as he falls was because the director had him dropped a second earlier than they had planned for the stunt.
#fridaythrillerclub
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Ray*mond Li*terally
Ray*mond Li*terally • mastodon (AP)
Nude. In the mood.

#AltElfOnTheShelf
#12DaysOfChristmas
#HashtagGames
#HashtagGames #12daysofchristmas #altelfontheshelf
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Jason844
Jason844 • mastodon (AP)
Shelf on the 🤬 Elf

#AltElfOnTheShelf
#12DaysOfChristmas
#HashtagGames
#HashtagGames #12daysofchristmas #altelfontheshelf
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Sci Fi Brickyards 🚀
Sci Fi Brickyards 🚀 • mastodon (AP)
Doctor Who on a Portaloo

#altelfontheshelf #hashtaggames
#HashtagGames #altelfontheshelf
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Stewart Moncure
Stewart Moncure • mastodon (AP)
#FridayThrillerClub Oh hey, someone put an unused music cue from ALIENS to good use for Carl Winslow there!
#fridaythrillerclub
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Lambic
Lambic • mastodon (AP)
Devil on the breville

#AltElfOnTheShelf
#12DaysOfChristmas
#HashTagGames
#HashtagGames #12daysofchristmas #altelfontheshelf
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Sci Fi Brickyards 🚀
Sci Fi Brickyards 🚀 • mastodon (AP)
Pearl Jam on a Webcam

#AltElfontheShelf #HashtagGames
#HashtagGames #altelfontheshelf
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Laffy
Laffy • mastodon (AP)
Senate approves 235th judge of #Biden's term, beating #Trump's tally https://apnews.com/article/biden-235-judges-trump-courts-db2ac97d2852f0be212c05b8e674b1c0
#Trump #Biden
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your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦
your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦 • mastodon (AP)
❝ Hakeem Jeffries: GOP led by wealthy 'puppeteers' ❞

as if this nepobaby didn’t spend his days fluffing the balls of sundry NYC milliardaires.

hand-picked by the OG nepobaby corruptocrat Nancy Pelosi; this is the guy that has been primed for speakership because there’s never met a capitalist he didn’t love.

fuck Hakeem “dead eyes” Jeffries.
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cobalt
cobalt • mastodon (AP)
Agree with you.
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Camilo
Camilo • mastodon (AP)
ngl "dead eyes" sounds cool as hell that's like a black sheriff in a good western right there
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T. Thorn Coyle 🖤
T. Thorn Coyle 🖤 • mastodon (AP)
May your magic be strong.
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mandugar
mandugar • mastodon (AP)
Cuando piensas que es difícil que haya alguien más imbécil te encuentras con el ejemplo perfecto de que no tienes razón.

@_L1vY_ https://mstdn.social/@_L1vY_/113687567898235627

Mother Bones

2024-12-20 22:43:37


Via More Perfect Union
@MorePerfectUnion
Dec 20, 2024, 11:16 AM

"The newest online-only school approved by the Arizona charter schools board will have an academic curriculum taught entirely by AI.

The academic instruction will be just two hours. The rest of the day will be 'life-skills workshops.' "

https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/20/arizonas-getting-an-online-charter-school-taught-entirely-by-ai/

@Mother Bones
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mandugar
mandugar • mastodon (AP)
La Inteligencia Artificial está causando estragos en la docencia, tanto por el uso fraudulento por parte de los alumnos como por el abuso de los docentes de estas herramientas sin ningún tipo de control ni filtro.
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CandyK
CandyK • mastodon (AP)
ICON OF THE YEAR.

Vice President Kamala Harris.

Pass it on
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CandyK
CandyK • mastodon (AP)
A racist Missouri Governor pardoned a racist cop for killing a black man Cameron Lamb.
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Kevin C 🎬
Kevin C 🎬 • mastodon (AP)
#AllStarTrek It's a good thing when Picard broke the pain controller it didn't short and start frying him. 😖
#StarTrek #StarTrekTNG #ChainOfCommand
#startrek #StarTrekTNG #AllStarTrek #chainofcommand
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JNSLCT
JNSLCT • mastodon (AP)
#SiliconCurtain

Tinatin #Japaridze - #Maidan in #Tbilisi - How Close to Ending is Russian Dream of Controlling Georgia?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGt4ghT-xBw

#Georgia #GeorgiaWar #StandWithGeorgia
#Ukraine #UkraineWar #StandWithUkraine

Tinatin Japaridze - Maidan in Tbilisi - How Close to Ending is Russian Dream of Controlling Georgia?

Tinatin Japaridze specializes in the geopolitics and security of Eurasia, with a particular focus on the Russia-Ukraine war. She leads Eurasia Group’s covera...
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#Georgia #Ukraine #StandWithUkraine #UkraineWar #Maidan #tbilisi #siliconcurtain #standwithgeorgia #japaridze #georgiawar
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Oliphantom Menace
Oliphantom Menace • mastodon (AP)
I know some of you get down on the fedi, but a year or two ago, the Texas Observer was about to shut down and lay off a bunch of their staff, and the fediverse literally saved the publication.

Good journalism is hard to find these days, but is increasingly found on the more indie fringes, rather than produced by big media conglomerates.

I'm hoping they are still in the black today, but @TexasObserver is one of the few publishers that actually runs their own Mastodon instance, and has been a good citizen of the fedi, publishing several "truth to power" stories. And they've done good things since their new lease on life, justifying the support they've been given several times over.

Here's a few amazing stories, just for a sampler, and the output is consistently good:

https://www.texasobserver.org/trans-kids-youth-are-you-ok-photos/
https://www.texasobserver.org/revealed-operators-neo-nazi-x-accounts/
https://www.texasobserver.org/immigration-asylum-biden-order/

If you're looking to support good left-wing media that has consistently been on the right side of history, a bastion of truth-telling in the middle of a hotbed of right-wing scumfuckery, you could do a lot worse.

Donations are tax-deductible:

https://texasobserver.fundjournalism.org/donate/

#Journalism #TexasObserver

Revealed: the Operators Behind Four Major Neo-Nazi X Accounts

Anonymity has long been a tactic used by extremists to spread their ideology while avoiding social consequences, from Klansmen hoods to online pseudonyms.
Tristan Lee (The Texas Observer)
#journalism #texasobserver @Texas Observer
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Oliphantom Menace
Oliphantom Menace • mastodon (AP)

Content warning: for those who want to contact their followers, the fedi is a good bet for that, because of how sharing works here

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Ken M
Ken M • mastodon (AP)
Social movements have historically had a self-defense component. Many earlier left-wing political parties or organizations had a militant wing, in which members were trained as a defensive force https://buff.ly/4gsEIpO

A Return to Leftist Self-Defense

Communities targeted by escalating right-wing violence are learning from their own histories how to keep each other safe.
Shane Burley (YES! Magazine)
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