Bought myself the perfect Christmas gift ...

I like to put the showerhead on the mist setting and pretend I'm a head of lettuce at the grocery store.

Don't do drugs, kids, you'll get so spaced out that you'll forget what you were doing and end up with "Faded" by souldecision in your head for no reason.

What I'm watching.

Kristen Schall Live at the Fillmore.

#Comedy #Humor #Humour

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nogaknurdfg&ab_channel=ComedyCentralStand-Up

Starts at 0900 UTC, 1000 CET, 1745 ACWST, 2000 AEDT, 2200 NZDT, 0100 PST.

https://party.radiofreefedi.net/

If you are using a second screen, you can download the programme at https://futzle.com/acwwdp.pdf

#AChristmasWastedWithDebPickett #Owncast #RadioFreeFedi

The month that brackets winter solstice is a brutal time for me. In California there isn't the snow and ice and sleet that made New Hampshire even worse, but the darkness and rain still drag me down.

What I didn't fully notice until this year is the opposite effect in the month that brackets summer solstice: high energy, creativity, productivity.

@gvwilson suggests I spend the winter solstice month in the southern hemisphere. Not really an option but it does sound appealing!

#solstice

A truly eye watering Xmas tree

OMG this is the worst possible timeline https://gizmodo.com/jared-leto-he-man-movie-skeletor-2000542065

America’s largest health insurers have raked in more than $371 billion in profits since the passage of the Affordable Care Act,
according to financial data reviewed by The Lever.

More than 40 percent of that net income went to UnitedHealth Group,
whose annual profits have skyrocketed by nearly 400 percent
as the company now reportedly denies nearly one in three medical claims from its policyholders.

Insurers garnered these profits as the average American families’ premiums have risen to nearly $26,000 a year.
https://www.levernews.com/health-insurers-371-billion-windfall/

I tried my best to listen to her podcast but it's become clear to me that I am not white enough nor milf enough to be a Kylie Kelce stan

#NotGonnaLie #KylieKelce

So, it seems #Substack is now "partnered" with "The Free Press", a right wing reactionary publication founded by Bari Weiss."

https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/substack-announcement-bari-weiss-free-press

"As one commenter put it: “Why on earth would you brag to your users that you've partnered with a bunch of protofascists? You want us all to leave or what?”

The real question is why are Timothy Snyder, Simon Rosenberg and a host of other progressive activists still are on Substack? Why is the courage of their convictions so difficult to muster?

More twists in black plastic utensils story: The study overstated the potential exposure to flame retardants by an order of magnitude because of a math error, and now the whole journal has been de-listed from a science index for not meeting "quality criteria." arstechnica.com/health/2024/...

Journal that published faulty ...

Jeffries says Democrats 'fought for families' in passage of government spending bill

ICYMI: #AfternoonUpdate #Milestones Today in History: Today is Thursday, Dec. 19, the 354th day of 2024. https://wausaupilotandreview.com/2024/12/19/today-in-history-today-is-thursday-dec-19-the-354th-day-of-2024/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

ICYMI: #AfternoonUpdate #Sports No. 9 Marquette commits just 2 turnovers in 80-70 victory over Butler https://wausaupilotandreview.com/2024/12/19/no-9-marquette-commits-just-2-turnovers-in-80-70-victory-over-butler/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Here is a quote from incoming FBI head Kash Patel concerning anti-Trump journalists:

"We’re going to come after you, whether it’s criminally or civilly — we’ll figure that out"

Well, there is only one possible reply to that brazen threat: Make my fucking day, bring it on!

BREAKING: Missouri Governor Frees Eric DeValkenaere, the First White Cop in KC History Convicted for Lynching a Black Person https://kansascitydefender.com/justice/parson-frees-killer-cop-devalkenaere-execution-cameron-lamb/

Your next #COVID19 infection could be the one to leave you with chronic Long COVID symptoms like fatigue, brain fog, or exercise intolerance. The next infection you give someone could leave them with Long COVID.

Have a safe and health holiday season by taking some care, please.

https://www.europesays.com/1704594/ FT: Trump to Continue Military Aid to Ukraine #Ukraine

wann beginnen deutsche sicherheitsbehörden endlich damit, digitale radikalisierungsstrukturen wie x ernst zu nehmen und als die bedrohung zu behandeln, die sie für unser friedliches zusammenleben und die fdgo sind?

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Y7hn2zVj-6k&si=-Vd6HSd0_PWDRHfr
⚠️🇺🇦What’s happening in the Kursk Region? (Reporting From Ukraine VIDEO) #Ukraine #NukesForUkraine #SouthKorea #Japan #Press #Taiwan #Media #NukesOrNATO #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #News #UnitedStates #EuropeanUnion #UnitedKingdom #russiaUkraineWar #10yrInvasionofUkraine

Tschüss, #Youtube. Hallo, #Mediathek!

Current* conditions near Sheboygan, WI:

Well this Christmaskah is going to suck

https://youtube.com/watch?v=gdhrmjfqyjw&si=sGl1OQV6468ysb5Y
⚡️🇺🇦Nightly Address of President Volodymyr Zelensky At The End of Day 1031 of Russia’s Full-Scale Invasion of Ukraine | Day 3957 of Russia’s Invasion of Crimea (Dec 20) | with English Subtitles (Office of the President of Ukraine Official VIDEO) #Ukraine #NukesForUkraine #SouthKorea #Japan #Press #Taiwan #Media #NukesOrNATO #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #News #UnitedStates #EuropeanUnion #UnitedKingdom #russiaUkraineWar #10yrInvasionofUkraine

BREAKING: Rep Dan Crenshaw is denying that he is behind the push to increase Congress's pay .

But look at this.

This month, he said, "Ya don't let us trade stocks. Don't let us make any money either.... we haven't gotten a raise since 2008."

Since 2021, he beat the market.

#news #finance #economics #stocks #options

Netzfund
#merzkannesnicht

https://www.europesays.com/1704588/ ich iel #DeutscheMemes #IchIel #Memes #SelbstiesDerSeele

https://www.europesays.com/1704584/ Trump demands NATO members to spend 5% of its GDP on defense #Ukraine #UkraineConflict #Ukrainian #UkrainianConflict

https://www.europesays.com/1704582/ Chechnya’s Kadyrov Urges Russia to Remove Syrian Rebel Group From Terrorist List #RussiaUkraineWar #Ukraine #UkraineWar

https://www.europesays.com/1704580/ NSFW: Ukrainian marksman landed a headshot on a Russian soldier. Pokrovsk direction. December 2024 #Ukraine #UkraineWar #UkraineWarVideoReport

https://www.europesays.com/1704577/ After Damascus meeting, US drops $10 million terror bounty for new Syrian leader #News #WorldNews

Netzfund
#merzkannesnicht

WTF, ein Faschist.
Eher Utøya als Breitscheidplatz.

#Magdeburg

During my time in the tech startup sphere, I learned many lessons, some of them tough. A few of them:

• No one will tell you that your business plan sucks if its suckage means they get paid
• Sometimes that guy you think is a douche is the one dude who’ll have your back when things are tough
• Don’t do more work than you have to, especially when you feel guilty about not doing more work

More importantly: quit if it all becomes unfeasible.

Gruber on why Bezos should sell WaPo: “… Jeff Bezos would be portrayed by the actor who played the cowardly lawyer snatched on the can by the T-Rex in Jurassic Park”

https://daringfireball.net/2024/12/journalism_requires_owners_committed_to_the_cause

WaPo is dead unless Bezos leaves it.

#jgshare