20 December 1929 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Rudi Tilly Speijer, was born in Amsterdam.

In January 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.

Oh Scotland.

#Photography #Scotland #Perthshire #Mountains #Winter #Nikon #Landscape

https://www.europesays.com/1705332/ Ah Oui, les oilettes #france #Memes #rance

@foo__ Bisous du train 😘😘😘😘

@Ju_ Bisous du train 😘😘😘😘

I agree with Ivan Kristev:

'The only way for liberal-minded Europeans to overcome their pessimism is to try to understand how & why they were betrayed by their own excessive optimism at the end of the cold war. Until they grasp just how misplaced this “end of history” triumphalism was, they will remain haunted by the spectre of things falling apart'!

The liberal-minded thought we no longer needed to work at politics; how wrong we were; those who did work at it are now winning

#politics
h/t FT

https://www.europesays.com/1705328/ Irish Language Activist Gearóid Ó Caireallain has Passed #NorthernIreland #UnitedKingdom

#Caturday #Chamedi #CatsOfMastodon #Fedicats #猫 🐱

Winter is coming

I don't know who made this, but I salute them 😘

It's 4:20 p.m. in Mezhdurechenskiy, Khanty-Mansia, Russia 🇷🇺 (UTC+5) 🌏 #its420somewhere

Life expectancy before vaccines
Lives saved by vaccines since 1974

#politics #news #vaccines #RFKJr

Which bread always wins at gaining weight?

Plumpernickel.

Should really go shopping now ASAP to get stuff so i don't have to do last second shopping on Monday. Need to prepare food so it's ready before xmas.

...but i REALLY don't want to spend time with too much people around me. Had enough yesterday with that phone idiot in the checkout line.

I'm liking #AudioBookShelf, but the way it handles downloads through the server and not the client is an interesting design choice.

Terror will verunsichern, Angst und Hass verursachen. Lasst euch nicht ein auf Spekulationen und Fake News.
Konzentriert euch auf eure Empathie für die Opfer. Wenn ihr könnt, helft vor Ort.
Mitgefühl und Menschlichkeit sind mächtiger als Terror.

Dragon Age 2 stream starting in about 10 minutes! Come join me!

https://m.twitch.tv/jouscribbles/home

https://www.europesays.com/1705326/ Poor Fernando #GreatBritish #GreatBritishMemes #Memes #UnitedKingdom

Just made a donation to the OpenBSD foundation to support the project

We need to reach that funding goal

OpenBSD support matters, keeping competition between open source operating systems is important for innovation and security

https://www.openbsdfoundation.org/campaign2024.html

https://www.openbsdfoundation.org/donations.html

#openbsd

In Kyiv region, DSNS sappers retrieved a decoy drone "Parody" stuck in a tree.

🇺🇦🦅 Wreckage of Ukrainian UAV in Kazan:

"How do you like Kyiv in 3 days?"

🙏 Zelensky: Terrorists used more than 550 guided aerial bombs, 550 strike drones and more than 20 missiles this week alone.

❗️This is Russian terror, which we are countering. I thank our partners who continue to support Ukraine and increase pressure on Russia.

🇪🇺🤔 Russian liquefied natural gas imports to the EU have reached a record high this year, - FT

❗️Europe imported a record 16.5mn tonnes of Russian LNG as of mid-December, above last year’s imports of 15.18mn tonnes. The amount is also higher than the last record of 15.21mn tonnes imported in 2022.

Yeah, of course 😅💥

🇪🇺🇺🇦 Kyiv’s European allies are seriously weighing the idea of deploying troops to Ukraine in the event of a deal with Russia to stop the war, - WP

❗️Some European officials, though, assess that a postwar force in Ukraine might not be a dealbreaker for Moscow — that it could be more acceptable than the question of NATO membership.

The Guardian reports that the Ukrainian General Staff may have ordered Air Force personnel, including Western-trained air defense operators, to be deployed as infantry at the front. This is info is not confirmed.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/21/ukraine-faces-difficult-decisions-over-acute-shortage-of-frontline-troops

🚁🇺🇦😍

Good morning ☀️

Due to internet issues and the dependence on only a mobile phone, there will be no sitrep of yesterday. I hope to be able to post another sitrep this evening! Apologies for the inconvenience.

🚫🇺🇦 Ukraine and Russia have failed to reach an agreement on a deal to continue exporting Russian gas to 🇪🇺Europe through Ukraine with the mediation of 🇦🇿Azerbaijan, - Reuters.

No surprise there #AiIsShit
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/12/19/media/apple-intelligence-news-bbc-headline/index.html

🗣️ German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has called for an increase in the country's defense budget, citing #Russia as a key reason, German outlet Spiegel reported on Dec. 21.

https://kyivindependent.com/if-putin-attacks-we-need-to-be-able-to-wage-war-german-defense-minister-says/

#germany

💔 The oncological dispensary in Kherson was hit by Russian guided bombs!

🇺🇦🤖 Ukraine carried out the first attack exclusively with the help of robotic systems, — ISW

❗️The attack was carried out near the village of Lyptsi, Kharkiv region. AFU used dozens of robotic systems, including UAVs equipped with machine guns, as well as drones to plant and neutralize mines on enemy positions.

✊ As a result of the operation, Russian positions were successfully destroyed.

Winter Solstice: When we all thank our local druids for following the rites to ensure that the Winter gods are satisfied and that the Sun will finally get a clue and start shinning more hours.

Thank your Druid today!

🇩🇪🇵🇱🤔 Scholz was furious over Duda's call to confiscate and spend €260 billion in frozen Russian assets on various types of financing for Ukraine, - Financial Times

Now playing on LABR: Pick & Mix 03 Dgar & Brother Soul! Tune in now at https://labr.online #labr #radio #fediradio #live #music #dj #mixes #house #hiphop #rnb #rock #dnb #nowPlaying #np

❗️🔥 Ukrainian drone attacks have caused serious damage to the Russian oil refining sector and budget, — Bloomberg

📉 In 2024, average daily seaborne deliveries of petroleum products from Russia amounted to about 2.2 million barrels, this is 9% lower than the volumes of 2023 and 10% lower than 2022.

https://www.europesays.com/1705320/ UK to ban bee-killing pesticides but highly toxic type could still be allowed #Environment

The US is totally screwed by bird flu now rampant in the dairy industry and the complete lack of adequate response at the local, state and federal levels. It looks like we have learned nothing from the epidemic spread of COVID-19.

https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/bird-flu-spread-cattle-poultry-pandemic-cdc/

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Drone operators from the 46th Separate Airmobile Brigade of the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces are eliminating Russian soldiers in the Kurakhove area.

Source: oaembr46

#Ukraine️ #UkraineRussiaWar #Russia #Donetsk