OutsourcedMath Social Network

Kim Perales 5 days ago • mastodon (AP)

TX Rep Kay Granger, a long-serving Republican & influential figure in Congress, is facing questions about her ability to serve effectively amid allegations that she's been living in a memory care & assisted living facility since July -raises concerns about leadership transparency & accountability.

Critics argue that the lack of transparency undermines public trust.

If she were a Democrat, Republicans would be demanding her resignation.

#USPol https://www.econotimes.com/Texas-Rep-Kay-Grangers-Alleged-Memory-Care-Stay-Sparks-Debate-Over-Leadership-and-Transparency-1697555

#uspol

3 comments - Show more

Al 5 days ago • mastodon (AP)

exactly what are the requirements for a republican representative.

troy_friz_zell 5 days ago • mastodon (AP)

You don't need to be in possession of your faculties if you're a Republican. It's not like they think.

You'd hope her family would intervene, but then, if she had a caring family, would she be a Republican?

Thundaros 🧙‍♂️⚡⛤ 5 days ago • friendica (via ActivityPub)

@Roberto :verified_gay: buen día

@Roberto :verified_gay:

Roberto :verified_gay: 5 days ago • mastodon (AP)

buen día

CatSalad🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :blobcatrainbow: 5 days ago • mastodon (AP)

*Livin' on the Edge by Aerosmith plays softly in the background*

Photo looking down at the some rather narrow stairs going at the end of a rather narrow hallway. It almost look more like stairs that were made for cats in the way it's been divided and turns back on itself without guard rails. Make sure to watch your step!

Lot⁴⁹ reshared this.

3 comments - Show more

CatSalad🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :blobcatrainbow: 5 days ago • mastodon (AP)

Sorry, let me just.. scootch on by you right here

A very strange photo that someone took from a bathroom that has a door at the level of the countertop by the sink. In the photo, the door is open and there are super narrow stairs behind it leading upward to another room.

This entry was edited (5 days ago)

CatSalad🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :blobcatrainbow: 5 days ago • mastodon (AP)

Why are there so many bonker stair renovations out there?! Some poor souls are being paid to build these.

So photo of a red and white painted kitchen that has stairs integrated into the smooth countertop. You can see a fridge, a bar space, and an oven in the background lit up with track lighting. A bar stool sits next to the bottom part of the stairs, and a few plants have been placed on the stair (where you step) as decoration next to where you would stand by the kitchen sink... centimeters away.

WIST Quotations 5 days ago • diaspora

A quotation from Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Sr.

I will tell you my rule. Talk about those subjects you have had long in your mind, and listen to what others say about subjects you have studied but recently. Knowledge and timber shouldn’t be much used till they are seasoned.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809-1894) American poet, essayist, scholar
Article (1858-04), “Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table,” Atlantic Monthly

#quote #quotes #quotation #conclusions #consideration #contemplation #discussion #familiarity #knowledge #topic
Sourcing / notes: https://wist.info/holmes-sr-oliver-wendell/73545/

#Discussion #quote #Quotes #knowledge #quotation #contemplation #topic #consideration #familiarity #conclusions

3 people like this

Joyce Lionarons 5 days ago • hometown (AP)

Good morning!

We ended up with about an inch of snow on the grassy areas and the trees. The road and the sidewalks looked clear, so I decided to go out on my early-morning walk.

Mistake. The road and the walks had black ice. So I turned around and came back inside. I really can't risk a fall. The ice will melt wherever the sun hits it as the day goes on, even though the temperatures are not supposed to get above freezing. And then we go into the deep freeze for a couple of days. I probably won't be walking for a while.

The good news is that I'll have plenty of time to write and try to get my WIP in shape to send out to a reader for a Christmas present.

Happy solstice, everyone, and have a good one.
#Today

#today

Sharonbw 5 days ago • mastodon (AP)

Good morning! Thank goodness you realized there was black ice early on. That stuff is treacherous.

Now you have a few guilt-free days for staying nice and warm. Enjoy the hibernation! I'll be doing the same, but just because of the temperatures. Fortunately we didn't accumulate any black ice.

fanta ✅️ 5 days ago • mastodon (AP)

¿Qué palabra que has conocido este año 2024 has tardado menos en querer utilizar de forma forzada?

Reply Guy (23%, 10 votes)
Woke (31%, 13 votes)
Alucinación de la IA (35%, 15 votes)
inquiokupa (9%, 4 votes)

42 voters. Poll end: 4 days ago

8 comments - Show more

Mireya Strife 5 days ago • mastodon (AP)

@xesfur @son_link comerse a la clase dominante, bien. Pero cambiarla por otro dictador que en vez de esvásticas usa estrellas, mal.

@Son Link :firedoge: 🐧 @Mon

multifact 5 days ago • mastodon (AP)

baipás.

𝕕𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕖𝕒 🏳️‍⚧️🦋 5 days ago • diaspora

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_flash

9 people like this

Joyce Donahue 5 days ago • diaspora

Well, the government will be open after all... for now

I am sure we will hear grumbling from the MAGA Congress members, as we always do when there is cooperation across the aisle.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-government-shutdown-deadline-speaker-johnson-budget-da117337aa0c0adab34a5626bb5816af

Government funding bill clears Congress, averting a shutdown

The Senate has rushed through final passage of a bipartisan plan to fund federal operations and prevent a government shutdown. It now goes to President Joe Biden, who is expected to quickly sign it into law.

^{LISA MASCARO (AP News)}

3 people like this

3 comments - Show more

Bob Lai 5 days ago • diaspora

It's three months. We'll be back here in March, and the Free Dumb Cockroaches will use it to skewer Johnson and replace him.

Joyce Donahue likes this.

Joyce Donahue 5 days ago • diaspora

Hoping by then that Elon will be bored and have moved on from the idea of becoming Speaker.

Youth for Climate Köln 5 days ago • mastodon (AP)

My Voice, My Choice: For Safe And Accessible Abortion

Sign and share the EU petition!

We only need 30.000 signatures to reach the required 1 million. 💖✨

/via #LuisaNeubauer

https://eci.ec.europa.eu/044/public/#/screen/home

#Cologne #ClimateJustice #MyVoiceMyChoice #YouthForClimate

Sharepic saying that we only need 30.000 more signatures for the EU petition for safe snd accessible abortion

#Cologne #climatejustice #myvoicemychoice #LuisaNeubauer #youthforclimate

Its Not A Hoax ☑️ 5 days ago • mastodon (AP)

Tell your Senators: Oppose Kennedy for Health and Human Services Secretary https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-your-senators-oppose-kennedy-for-health-and-human-services-secretary/?source=watchdog

Tell your Senators: Oppose Kennedy for Health and Human Services Secretary

Please contact Congress now!

^{actionnetwork.org}

Dave Troy :toad: 5 days ago • mastodon (AP)

Wake up babe, new exposé of Putin’s sleeper agents in the West just dropped. 👀

https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/sleeper-agents-putin-global-hunt-a7978f84

Gail Waldby reshared this.

Samara 5 days ago • mastodon (AP)

#BirdFlu Kills Olympic Peninsula Cougars in Washington State

Typical first sign of infection in wild or domestic cats is #neurological disorder, staggering, twitching

http://www.chronline.com/stories/bird-flu-kills-olympic-peninsula-cougars-in-washington-state,370657

Bird flu kills Olympic Peninsula cougars in Washington state

Two wild cougars on the Olympic Peninsula have been killed by bird flu, as the disease continues to spread to more species. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and Panthera, a global …

^{Lynda V. Mapes / The Seattle Times (TNS) (The Daily Chronicle)}

#BirdFlu #neurological

Europe Says 5 days ago • mastodon (AP)

https://www.europesays.com/1705677/ Israel-Gaza war: rocket from Yemen strikes Tel Aviv, injures 16 #AlAhliHospital #AntonioGuterres #BeitHanoun #Conflicts #DeirAlBalah #Gaza #GazaStrip #Hodeida #Houthi #HouthiRebels #Israel #KamalAdwan #Nuseirat #sanaa #StephaneDujarric #UNWorldFoodProgram

Israel-Gaza war: rocket from Yemen strikes Tel Aviv, injures 16 - EUROPE SAYS

A rocket fired from Yemen hit an area of Tel Aviv overnight, leaving 16 people slightly injured by

^{EUROPE SAYS (EUROPESAYS.COM)}

#Gaza #Israel #Houthi #AntonioGuterres #gazastrip #BeitHanoun #conflicts #KamalAdwan #Nuseirat #Sanaa #deiralbalah #alahlihospital #hodeida #houthirebels #stephanedujarric #unworldfoodprogram

bytebro 5 days ago • mastodon (AP)

Content warning: Wordle

Europe Says 5 days ago • mastodon (AP)

https://www.europesays.com/1705675/ Smoke and secrets: Inside the North Korean Embassy’s hasty flight from Damascus #Conflicts #ForeignRelations #MilitaryAffairs #NorthKorea

#NorthKorea #ForeignRelations #conflicts #militaryaffairs

7B'JaJaDa 5 days ago • diaspora

Red-fan Parrot aka Hawk-headed Parrot (Deroptyus accipitrinus), family Psittacidae, order Psittaciformes, Brazil

photograph by Thiago Calil

5 people like this

7B'JaJaDa 5 days ago • diaspora

Anhingas aka American Darters (Anhinga anhinga), L - male and R - female, in breeding plumage, family Anhingidae, order Suliformes, Southeastern U.S.

Also known as the Snake Bird and the Water Turkey.

photograph by Mark Thomas

5 people like this

Sam 5 days ago • mastodon (AP)

I would like to automate the creation of these banners, but I'm quite happy with my little DIY start page. 😀

Banners acting as URLs to various internal services.
The header says "Private Services"
The banners include
Dash
SearXNG
Invidious
Music
Proxmox
Portainer
openmediavauilt
PiHole
Sync
Baikal
audiobookshelf

Sharonbw 5 days ago • mastodon (AP)

Happy #SlackerdaySaturday! I slept in this morning, so it's another slow start.

We're sliding into the deep freeze so I'll spend most of the day inside. Even the birds didn't come to the feeders until the sun shone directly on the food. Now they're making up for lost time.

There's not much I have to do today, so I may take some time out to watch one of my favorite Christmas movies, "Love Actually". It's regarded as comedy/romance but it always makes me a little sad as well.

#Today

#today #SlackerdaySaturday

Uncle Harvey 5 days ago • mastodon (AP)

Watching another Christmas movie is way down on my Honey-doin schedule anymore. I've seen so many already. But that's not really up to me. The wife sorta owns the remote for our movie viewing pickings. So, yeah.. probably another holiday movie will be making it into #myday #today anyway. 😏

At least I hope it is a good one. Like a re re-run of "Die Hard" or something. 🤞

#today #myday

7B'JaJaDa 5 days ago • diaspora

Carolina Wrens (Thryothorus ludovicianus), family Trogolodytidae, order Passeriformes, Louisiana, USA

photograph by Bonnie Barry

5 people like this

Joyce Donahue 5 days ago • diaspora

6 people like this

Europe Says 5 days ago • mastodon (AP)

https://www.europesays.com/1705673/ Government shutdown live updates: President Joe Biden to sign funding bill Saturday, White House says #15680852 #america #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #US #USNews #USTopics #USA #USANews

Government shutdown live updates: President Joe Biden to sign funding bill Saturday, White House says - EUROPE SAYS

'We are really grateful that tonight, in bipartisan fashion, with overwhelming majority of votes, we passed the American

^{EUROPE SAYS (EUROPESAYS.COM)}

#UnitedStates #USA #America #US #usnews #unitedstatesofamerica #usanews #ustopics

Adrian Roselli 5 days ago • mastodon (AP)

I appreciate these suggestions on how to fix #WordPress governance, but until Mullenweg hands over all control and is completely out, his bratty techbro petulance will always be a risk to the platform.
https://joost.blog/wordpress-leadership/

#wordpress

Simon R Jones 5 days ago • mastodon (AP)

I can’t see that happening, but I also can’t see the status quo staying as it is. Something has to change..

Adrian Roselli 5 days ago • mastodon (AP)

@simonrjones I expect something *will* change, but since it seems unlikely it will include excising him I doubt it will be a very effective change.

@Simon R Jones

Joyce Donahue 5 days ago • diaspora

4 people like this

Charlotte Walker 5 days ago • mastodon (AP)

I’m wearing my Christmas jumper today. Tom hates it but I love it. What do you think?

Me in the hallway taking a mirror selfie. You can’t see my face but you get a good view of my jumper which is white with a design of a plump black cat wearing a red Christmas jumper decorated with white snowflakes. She’s also wearing red reindeer antlers. The outfit goes well with her little red nose and white whiskers

8 comments - Show more

Sharonbw 5 days ago • mastodon (AP)

It’s perfect for #Caturday as well as Christmas. You should have gotten Tom a matching one. 😂

#caturday

Charlotte Walker 5 days ago • mastodon (AP)

@Sharonbw So many times I have wanted to buy Tom a Christmas jumper but he is a massive grinch about the whole concept!

@Sharonbw

Callalily 5 days ago • mastodon (AP)

@Sharonbw
My husband & I have a few matching shirts. Now he's into stitch stuff. I like stitch too. But he's obsessed right now. He has stitch everything.

@Sharonbw

Sharonbw 5 days ago • mastodon (AP)

Everyone deserves one!

Europe Says 5 days ago • mastodon (AP)

https://www.europesays.com/?p=1705671 Hamas, PIJ, PFLP unify in demand for ceasefire, hostage release #HamasHeadline #News #world #WorldNews #WorldTopics

#World #News #Worldnews #worldtopics #hamasheadline

Susan ✶✶✶✶ 5 days ago • diaspora

Bird flu kills 2 wild cougars in Washington state - oregonlive.com https://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/2024/12/bird-flu-kills-2-wild-cougars-in-washington-state.html

Bird flu kills 2 wild cougars in Washington state

The cougars died in the Olympic Peninsula. So far, there is no evidence of person-to-person transmission of bird flu in Washington.

^{Tribune News Service and The Associated Press (oregonlive)}

2 people like this

Andrew Pam reshared this.

Deb Zaccaro-Rojas 5 days ago • diaspora

Aw, the poor cougars!

2 people like this

smellsofbikes 5 days ago • diaspora

eeeeeeeek

2 people like this

Europe Says 5 days ago • mastodon (AP)

https://www.europesays.com/1705669/ US drops $10mn terrorism bounty offered for capture of Syrian rebel leader who ousted Assad #AustinTice #BasharAssad #BidenAdministration #Conflicts #HayatTahrirAlSham #Syria #SyrianRebelLeader

US drops $10mn terrorism bounty offered for capture of Syrian rebel leader who ousted Assad - EUROPE SAYS

The Biden administration said Friday it has decided not to pursue a $10 million reward it had offered

^{EUROPE SAYS (EUROPESAYS.COM)}

#Syria #Bidenadministration #conflicts #basharassad #hayattahriralsham #AustinTice #syrianrebelleader

Pacogens :cli: 5 days ago • mastodon (AP)

Creo que esta tarde me voy a meter toda la última temporada de Lo que hacemos en las sombras entre pecho y espalda

𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑯𝒂𝒓𝒑𝒆𝒓 5 days ago • mastodon (AP)

I woke up with a pinched nerve. To avoid a trip to urgent care or the ER, I'm trading my MIL a dozen bakery donuts for a few muscle relaxers. If I can get it to relax for a day or two, I'll be fine. Currently, I'm not my best, and I almost had to ask my wife for help using the bathroom. 🤦🏼‍♂️ Luckily, I managed to keep my dignity a little longer. I blame my work for this. The last week was stressful beyond the usual.

#today

#today

3 comments - Show more

𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑯𝒂𝒓𝒑𝒆𝒓 5 days ago • mastodon (AP)

@Sharonbw
Me too. It's hard to do the simplest tasks with pain. It's in my neck.

@Sharonbw

Sharonbw 5 days ago • mastodon (AP)

Ugh! At least you have a long vacation to relax, though I know you don't want to spend it in pain.

Flying_Donny for democracy 5 days ago • mastodon (AP)

Good morning, Mastodon friends! Winter Solstice will be a chilly one here, but the sunshine makes the outdoors look happy and bright. Even though Jan. and Feb. usually are the coldest and snowiest parts of the winter, my mood always improves once the days start getting longer instead of shorter!
My fun holiday project for the day is dehydrating mini marshmallows. I've never done it before, but supposedly they're great to eat by the handful or add to cereal or hot chocolate.
Have a good day!

Sharonbw reshared this.

Sharonbw 5 days ago • mastodon (AP)

I'd love to hear the results of your mini marshmallow dehydrating! That's something that would be useful here as we're big hot chocolate people.

Jenny 5 days ago • mastodon (AP)

ooh let us know how the marshmallow project turns out!

Europe Says 5 days ago • mastodon (AP)

https://www.europesays.com/1705667/ Iran becomes Türkiye’s second-largest source of tourism in November #Conflicts #ForeignArrivals #germany #Iran #Russia #Turkey

#Turkey #Iran #germany #russia #conflicts #foreignarrivals

GayDeceiver 5 days ago • mastodon (AP)

“Of course I married her! She’s a Christmas witch!”

Lake Michigan! Live! 5 days ago • mastodon (AP)

Current* conditions near Muskegon, MI:

View of Muskegon Channel piers jutting out into Lake Michigan. // Image captured at: 2024-12-21 14:50:01 UTC (about 13 min. prior to this post) // Current Temp in Muskegon: 24.08 F | -4.40 C // Precip: overcast clouds // Wind: NE at 4.004 mph | 6.44 kph // Humidity: 70%

jamais+37 phil 5 days ago • diaspora

#Attentat #Mastodon #bardella dit la chiasse droitière grand pote de l' #AfD
Nils Wilcke @paul_denton@mastodon.social

L'Allemagne se réveille sous le choc d'un nouvel attentat au marché de Noël de Magdebourg, à l'Est du pays. En France, Bardella s'est empressé de dénoncer un "attentat islamiste". Sauf que l'auteur présumé est un médecin originaire d’Arabie Saoudite, connu au contraire pour son activisme... anti-islam et il a posté des contenus de l'AfD, le parti d'extrême-droite allemand https://www1.wdr.de/nachrichten/anschlag-auf-weihnachtsmarkt-in-magdeburg-100.html

Gleich live: WDR aktuell berichtet von der Pressekonferenz zum Anschlag in Magdeburg

Bei einem Anschlag auf einen Weihnachtsmarkt in Magdeburg sind fünf Menschen getötet worden. Es gibt über 200 Verletzte.

^wdr.de

#Mastodon #AfD #Bardella #Attentat

Europe Says 5 days ago • mastodon (AP)

https://www.europesays.com/1705665/ Princess Kate ‘teaches Meghan Markle a vital lesson’ as Christmas cards compared | Royal | News #BritishRoyalFamily #catherine #CatherineMiddleton #KateMiddleton #MeghanMarkle #MeghanMarkleFashion #MeghanMarkleNews #PrinceOfWales #PrinceWilliam #PrincessKate #PrincessKateFashion #PrincessKateNews #PrincessOfWales #RoyalFamilies #RoyalFamily #William

Princess Kate 'teaches Meghan Markle a vital lesson' as Christmas cards compared | Royal | News - EUROPE SAYS

Princess Kate is 'teaching Meghan Markle a vital lesson' through their recently-released Christmas cards, it has been claimed.The

^{EUROPE SAYS (EUROPESAYS.COM)}

#william #royalfamily #royalfamilies #katemiddleton #PrincessKate #meghanmarkle #britishroyalfamily #princewilliam #princeofwales #princessofwales #catherine #catherinemiddleton #meghanmarklenews #meghanmarklefashion #princesskatefashion #princesskatenews

Weird Estate 6 days ago (Received 5 days ago) • mastodon (AP)

NOPE. Nope all the way down.

A bed on a platform right next to an open landing, there is only a very small bit of floor to stand on or you'd fall right down the stairs

Another view of the same bed on a very small platform

ADisorderlyFashion 5 days ago • mastodon (AP)

#TIL you can get out of accidentally soft locking yourself out of being able to reflash keyboad firmware via #qmk by holding the upper leftmost button as you plug it in

#TIL #qmk

Melissa Coates 5 days ago • mastodon (AP)

“Mama! I have far too much sniffing to do to be bothered with your silly sit-stay request. You know you have a million pictures of me already.”

#RigbyTheDog #Dogs #DogsOfMastodon

A small brown & white dog sits on grass, wearing a harness and leash, in front of brightly colored flowers and a marina with sailboats in the background under a clear blue sky.

#dogs #dogsofmastodon #rigbythedog