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Europe Says mastodon (AP)
https://www.europesays.com/1703380/ Finland cuts biofuels mandate, eases penalties for higher targets #finland #Suomi #uutiset

Kim Perales mastodon (AP)
Trump is threatening to impose #tariffs on products from the EU unless they make a “large scale purchase of our oil & gas.” Making oil oligarchs more $Bs at the expense of American consumers & cos. Working class MAGA are sheep.

Trump's penchant for extortion is manifesting itself in the way he threatens tariffs.

This latest threat comes as the US govt is less than 24 hours away from a govt #shutdown -could see fed workers lose their paychecks during Christmas.

#USPol https://meidasnews.com/news/donald-trump-threatens-tariffs-against-european-union
Trump:
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Asbestos mastodon (AP)
@Badger_AF
It's so stupid, oil is a global commodity. Where you buy it from is irrelevant. Everyone involved knows this.
Urzl mastodon (AP)
They're switching to sustainables partially in response to Putin's bullshit.

If they're switching off fossil fuels entirely, they're less dependent on external commerce in general. Are the tariffs even a meaningful threat here?

Europe Says mastodon (AP)
https://www.europesays.com/1703381/ Sweden doubles aid to Gaza, but ends UNRWA funding #nyheter #Sverige #sweden

Europe Says mastodon (AP)
https://www.europesays.com/1703376/ Palestinian children arrive in Ireland to receive healthcare #ireland #IrishEntertainment #IrishNews #IrishCentral

Europe Says mastodon (AP)
https://www.europesays.com/1703373/ Movies, movies, movies / Article #Jaunumi #latvia #Latvija

Europe Says mastodon (AP)
https://www.europesays.com/1703369/ Poland Outraged Over Hungary’s Decision To Shelter Politician Wanted On Corruption Charges #Aktualności #hungary #News #poland #polska #TheRundownStories

Europe Says mastodon (AP)
https://www.europesays.com/1703362/ Berichte: Neuer Vorstand in Benkos Laura Privatstiftung #austria #Nachrichten #Österreich

Europe Says mastodon (AP)
https://www.europesays.com/1703340/ ‘How do we live in this terrible world?’ a reader asked me. Here’s the only answer I have | Jonathan Freedland #Ukraine
‘How do we live in this terrible world?’ a reader asked me. Here’s the only answer I have | Jonathan Freedland

Europe Says mastodon (AP)
https://www.europesays.com/1703338/ Syria has always been an Israeli obsession. Now it has unexpectedly given Netanyahu his coveted image of victory | Aluf Benn #Israel
Syria has always been an Israeli obsession. Now it has unexpectedly given Netanyahu his coveted image of victory | Aluf Benn


NASA (unofficial) friendica (via ActivityPub)
NASA completed the first maximum afterburner engine run test on its X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft on Dec. 12. The ground test, conducted at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California, marks a significant milestone as the X-59 team progresses toward flight. An afterburner is a component of some jet engines that generates additional […]

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#Mastodon #Statistics 2024-12-20 18:00 CET
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#Fediverse

Wir haben die Plattform von Herrn Musk verlassen und sind jetzt auf mastodon. Hier auf augsburg.social gibts ab jetzt Infos zu den jährlich stattfindenden Kültürtagen in Augsburg und unseren sonstigen Aktivitäten. Folgt uns 😀
#augsburg #kultur #festival
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Europe Says mastodon (AP)
https://www.europesays.com/1703315/ Russia bombards Kyiv with eight ballistic missiles day after Putin speech | Ukraine #Conflicts #Russia #RussiaUkraine #RussiaUkraineWar #RussianInvasionOfUkraine #RussoUkrainianWar #Ukraine
Russia bombards Kyiv with eight ballistic missiles day after Putin speech | Ukraine

Europe Says mastodon (AP)
https://www.europesays.com/1703322/ Winnebago Results Dragged by ‘Challenging’ Environment #Environment
Winnebago Results Dragged by 'Challenging' Environment

Laffy mastodon (AP)
“Party City is closing down all of its stores, ending nearly 40 years in business, CNN has learned.”

https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/20/business/party-city-shut-down?cid=ios_app

Ham on Wry mastodon (AP)
You may not have achieved much sitting on that bench for 45 minutes, but I’ll bet you put the gym WiFi through a hell of a workout.
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millennial falcon mastodon (AP)
bro the manager had to ask me to leave
scholar_farmer mastodon (AP)
in fairness, we rural folks have done this for years. Drive to town, go someplace heated, use the internet. It startled my kids when I actually worked out….



Europe Says mastodon (AP)
https://www.europesays.com/1703308/ Croatia stabbing: Girl, 7, killed and several injured in attack at elementary school #News #world #WorldNews #WorldTopics
Croatia stabbing: Girl, 7, killed and several injured in attack at elementary school

Europe Says mastodon (AP)
https://www.europesays.com/?p=1703306 Israel’s got a new neighbor: Turkey’s taking over Syria #AbuMohammedAlJulani #Conflicts #Israel #Syria #Turkey

Europe Says mastodon (AP)
https://www.europesays.com/1703298/ British Royal Family: Prince William And Kate Middleton Release Moving Christmas Card But Skip King Charles’ Annual Pre-Christmas Lunch At Buckingham Palace #ACTORS #ACTRESSES #celebrities #directors #Films #Hollywood #movies #News #royal #RoyalFamilies #RoyalFamily #royals #stars #television #tv
British Royal Family: Prince William And Kate Middleton Release Moving Christmas Card But Skip King Charles’ Annual Pre-Christmas Lunch At Buckingham Palace

M. Ní Sídach mastodon (AP)
Anyone directing to me, claims of children being manipulated with "trans ideology", pumped with drugs, and mutilated will be immediately blocked!

This includes attempts to conflate transgender identity as a sexual fetish to bolster accusations of grooming children.
#Trans
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Monkeymind diaspora

Zur Awechslung mal was zum Freuen und in den Kalender eintragen


Resist to Exist 2024 wird stattfinden!

#rte #rte2025
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Pit mastodon (AP)
Wer über die Feiertage doll Langeweile hat:
Finde die seit Jahren im Geäst hängende Pose! Wer sie findet, darf einen Petri Heil Kräuterschnaps inhalieren😂🎄😂
Baum an und über dem Bützow/Güstrow Kanal, Winterbild

The Daily Edge mastodon (AP)
Bible Banned in Texas Schools Over 'Sexually Explicit Material' https://www.newsweek.com/bible-banned-texas-schools-over-sexually-explicit-material-2004170

Do you have guests for the holidays who are allergic to your pets? I wrote up my efforts to de-dander my house and what worked (and didn't).

PRO-TIP: de-dander dipping!

Details here: https://susankayequinn.com/2024/12/de-dander-dipping-for-the-holidays.html

#cats #allergy
DE-DANDER DIPPING FOR THE HOLIDAYS!

Do you have family or friends coming for the holidays who are allergic to your pets? This post is for youl! Meet my geriatric and bothersome (but beloved!) cats, Ninja and Techy:

Picture of black cat looking out the window captioned "Ninja can't believe how long it took for me to get her a chair"

Picture of calico cat sitting on carpet staring at a spot on the wall "Techy settles in to watch a bug"
@ButchH11 Dog and cat dander are similar — biologically different, but they get into the air the same way.

So these things should work, if you can get your brothers to try them.

If it were me, I'd volunteer to bring my air purifier with me and run it while I was there, if nothing else.

If they were willing to do anything, you could tell them that HEPA vacuuming the couches/rooms that you'll be in would help.

There are also de-dander wipes that might help: https://stopmydogshedding.com/best-dog-dander-removers
thanks - now if I can get the one big dog to stop jumping up on me 😃

Victorhck mastodon (AP)
Pepper&Carrot by @davidrevoy

https://www.peppercarrot.com/es/

¡Un webcomic de cultura abierta y código libre apoyado directamente por sus patrocinadores para cambiar la industria del cómic!

CTD mastodon (AP)
Pre Solstice Mood

#CatsOfMastodon
Two cats are curled up sleeping together on a pink and white checkered chair cushion.

unusual_whales mastodon (AP)
Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau to face no confidence vote from NDP, Conservative, CPC coalition, per CBC

#news #finance #economics #stocks #options

Stacey Cornelius mastodon (AP)
He's watching, she's listening. #DailyCat December 20.

#CatsOfMastodon #Cats #Tabby #GingerCat
Tabby cat and ginger cat sleeping together on a pale grey faux fur comforter. The ginger is laying partially on top of the tabby, her head fully resting on his side, with her back to the camera. He has one eye partially open, with one front paw extended. Her ears are turned sideways, listening.

There exists an entire rich, flourishing world of computing outside the confines of the corporate tech industry. Another world is not simply possible, but it exists now, even if its form is imperfect and needs critique.

And yet, progressive commentary is stuck so deeply in capitalism that it seems impossible to even acknowledge that larger world exists, however imperfect.

https://tenforward.social/@noracodes/113680824026001100
I could blame the success of right-wing media narratives in shifting culture so far to the right that even the idea of common shared infrastructure is seen as verboten.

I could blame the ESRs of the world for infusing what could have been a humanistic and radically liberatory movement with weird "free market" rhetoric, as though markets are more deserving than people of being free.
I could blame every single person espousing free and open software ideals in the abstract, without recognizing or naming the political importance of shared human flourishing.

I could blame every single thought-leader and technologist on LinkedIn who has promoted technology in the abstract, without ever naming the power systems reinforced by that technology.
I could blame so, so, so many things.

But I think the way out of it *requires* those individuals with enough access and spare spoons to try out life in that larger world, replete with its imperfections, and to write passionately about its implications for progressive politics.

We cannot let the intellectual, emotional, and policy-wonky heart of progressivism continue to be captured by a corporate view of technology that survives on continual expansion and consumption.
Hell, I'm not even asking progressive commentators to *like* using Linux, to use it as a daily driver, to pretend that there aren't major problems. But please! Try out Firefox instead of Chrome, try out Linux for a little while and see what it's potential could be, try LibreOffice instead of sending all your drafts to MS for AI training.

Just live outside of the corporate tech world, just a little bit, just for a little while.
PixDeVl :ratJAM: mastodon (AP)
do you have any examples of not this? I like to yap about and advocate for FOSS stuff but would also definitely benefit from seeing what others have written in this regard to use as a base to ground my own arguments in a more political practical foundation then idealistic

Lisa Stranger diaspora
TL;DR go read this, it explains a lot

old article—mostly about Thiel (shiver) and Musk (gag), but also about other techies spawned by PayPal (most of whom I'd never heard of) and what they went on to do

the venture chart is interesting—mostly a graveyard, 17 years hence, but also some names still in our daily lives

I can't help noticing that none of the Mafia invested in Leon's projects (he gives a pseudo-explanation for that towards the end)

The PayPal Mafia | Fortune


https://archive.ph/Zid1W
Lisa Stranger diaspora
the article is conspicuously not circumspect about misogyny, as was customary at that time (and of course is silent about Thiel's then-closeted sexual preference, which may be related—and has gone from secret to scandal to WGAF—the latter, ironically, thanks to the progressives he hates, but I digress)

Great global photos from 2024: These images delighted us, touched us, dazzled us


People love looking at photos. (Just ask Instagram.) This year, we published a number of photo-driven posts that resonated deeply with our audience. Here are some of our favorites.

#news #npr #publicradio #usa
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Servelan mastodon (AP)
Biden cancels $4.28 bn more in student debt before leaving office - Raw Story

https://www.rawstory.com/biden-cancels-4-28-bn-more-in-student-debt-before-leaving-office/
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lizzzzard mastodon (AP)
#Gardening bubble, I need some tips. I'm thinking about creating a #wildflower #meadow with native plants in this part of the garden. Can I have some suggestions on what to prepare before sowing? Do I need to dig up the whole area? cover the area with fresh earth or #compost?

It's a pretty dark area: eastern side of the house, under a large gingko tree. The roots are close to the surface, so breaking up the whole soil will not be easy.

zone 7b, sandy soil, thin toplayer.

#gardenplanning
The area which I want to be something else than just struggling lawn. A tree trunk is visible in its center, and a bed with bushes is in the background. The same area, seen from the opposite side.
The same photo, but highlighted in green which part I'm talking about. To the right, there's a little path, though it's not visible under the cover of fallen leaves.

Alice McFlurry :bc: mastodon (AP)
Whenever I read the bio in a mastodon profile I’m like "oh they're so smart and accomplished!" and then I’m immediately like "wait, am I seriously the dumbest person on mastodon?"
Dan Neuman hometown (AP)
You can't prove comedic expertise in a bio. That's in your follower count.
Alice McFlurry :bc: mastodon (AP)
😂❣️🙌

Mori's reaction to me finally getting into bed and displacing him last night
My cream British Shorthair cat Mori curled up on the blanket on top of my bed. He appears to have been interrupted mid-wash, with one paw hovering in mid air and his face scrunched up, giving the appearance of scathing disapproval

We woke up to a winter wonderland this morning! Everything looks pretty and there is quite a bit of activity but I loved these quiet moments at the bird bath. Until the thirsty MoDo arrived, that is 😆 They always drink as if they have a hangover. (You see a Junco, a female Cardinal, a male Cardinal and a Mourning Dove.) Stay warm today!
(Music is a copyright-free clip called: A simple piano with a kindness like sunbeams filtering through foliage (1378519)) #birds #BirdsOfMastodon #Ostdrossel #snowday
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Sitting here with my coffee, glance to my left and see this. (Belly rubs were liberally applied.)
Sean, a grey and white fluffy cat, laying upside down on the floor with his chest and belly exposed.  His front paws are tucked up like furry t-rex arms, and his front fangs are poking out of his mouth a bit.
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