Fire in Victoria's Grampians grows 10 times bigger in a day
By Laura Mayers

Properties have come under threat near Victoria's Grampians National Park after a bushfire ripped through more than 5,000 hectares of land in just 24 hours.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-19/grampians-national-park-fire-grows-ten-times-in-size/104744650

#Bushfires #EmergencyEvacuation #DisasterandEmergencyResponse #LauraMayers

Russia targets Ukrainian capital with missile salvo
https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2024/12/20/russia-targets-ukrainian-capital-with-missile-salvo?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Europe News @europe-news-AlJazeera

For profit healthcare system working as designed.

Health insurers limit coverage of prosthetic limbs, questioning their medical necessity

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/health-insurance-coverage-prosthetic-joint-replacement/

Chris Murphy criticizes Elon Musk's 'neo-Nazi' AfD endorsement

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5050938-musk-afd-endorsement-criticism/

Das Problem bei der Umsetzung der vermeintlichen #Pflegeprofessionalisierung , ist dass Ideen in Projekten und Konzepten verschwinden und dass Qualitätsüberprüfung lediglich Aktenüberprüfung ist.
#Pflegewissenschaft kann nicht lebendig werden, wenn man unter Wissenschaft schöne SOPs im Intranet versteht.
#Pflegewissen geht darüber hinaus.

Current* conditions near Muskegon, MI:

"On July 31, 87-year-old Karl Meyer decided to break the law.

He grabbed a blanket and drop cloth and headed to the Tennessee State Capitol, where he planned to risk a felony charge for sleeping on state property, calling his action a 24-hour peace vigil."

"The next morning, Aug. 1, state troopers arrested him for sleeping on the Capitol lawn overnight."

Nashvillian of the Year: Karl Meyer
#NashvilleScene #Nashville

https://www.nashvillescene.com/news/coverstory/nashvillian-of-the-year-karl-meyer/article_f26d4450-bbd6-11ef-bd38-977fa33e53f5.html

Die Prinzipienlosigkeit der Rechten:

Trump fordert die Aufhebung der amerikanischen Schuldenbremse.

Auf der ganzen Welt tragen rechte Parteien ihren heiligen Kreuzzug gegen Staatsschulden aus, um die sogenannte "Generationengerechtigkeit" zu wahren. Doch kaum ist Trump wieder kurz vor den Hebeln der weltgrößten Volkswirtschaft, interessiert es nicht mehr. Hauptsache, alle Grenzen zum Durchregieren werden abgeschafft.

(Die Schuldenbremse ist natürlich trotzdem Unsinn.)

https://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2024-12/usa-haushaltsstreit-donald-trump-schuldenobergrenze

#trump #schuldenbremse #usa #rechte

Gisele Pelicot’s ex husband sentenced to twenty years in prison - and all fifty of the men tried with him have been found guilty and will serve jail time. Shame HAS changed sides.

I’m incredibly grateful for what Gisele has accomplished. She flipped the narrative. She gave up her right to privacy and anonymity so that the whole world could see what these monsters did to her. She refused to be made into a victim, refused to be blamed or shamed for what they did to her.

I wrote an article about her story - the role medical misogyny played in what happened to her and why ‘Not All Men’ rings hollow to us right now.

I expressly said that now is NOT the time to yell ‘Not All Men’ at us - because in this particular case - it was a great many men. Men from all ages, backgrounds and walks of life.

It was her own husband of fifty years. Her neighbour. Fathers and husbands. It was too many men.

The men who were approached by her husband and declined to assault Gisele? They didn’t go to the police. They didn’t get her help. They patted themselves on the back for being ‘good men’ for simply not raping an unconscious woman.

The worst part? We may never know how many of them there were.

I was scared to share this article. I was afraid of blowback from people who are unwilling and/or unable to accept just how bad rape culture is. How deep the rot of patriarchy goes.

One of the first comments I got was a man telling me to stop painting all men as rapists. That most men are ‘very fond’ of women. That he ‘likes them a lot’ and that I shouldn’t worry so much because he’s sending me a hug.

He literally commented with ‘not all men’ on an article pleading with men to stop yelling over us. And he saw absolutely nothing wrong with this. In fact - he went on to say that this case is an anomaly and it’s what prisons are for - but most men are good and I need to recognize that.

Let me say this one more time - the ONLY thing about this case that’s an anomaly is the sheer scope and horror of it.

Rape is not an anomaly. It’s almost never perpetrated by a stranger. The vast majority of rapes are committed by someone the woman knew and trusted and believed to be a ‘good man.’

You don’t know until it’s too late - and that’s exactly why we’re asking you to stop saying ‘Not All Men.’

Please - listen to us. Learn. Speak up FOR us instead of OVER us. Be an ally and condemn these acts instead of trying to act like they’re the outliers. They aren’t.

This happens too damn much, we are fed up, and we won’t be silent any longer.

Shame IS changing sides and it will be because we won’t back down.

https://www.disabledginger.com/p/gisele-pelicot-medical-misogyny-and

#giselepelicot #abuse #sexualassault #notallmen #misogyny #patriarchy #rapeculture

How would a federal shutdown affect FEMA's response to Hurricane Helene?

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5050995-government-shutdown-fema-hurricane-helene/

@Maaarbol

I went to high school in an area with a lot of unions and one thing that was impressed upon the kids was to never cross a picket line and to honour strikes. We even learned about the history of the local unions. People didn't cross them; if they did, their neighbours wouldn't forget.

There is a good reason and solidarity with the working class is important to everyone, except the exploitation class.

Don't cross picket lines, and that includes buying from business with striking workers.

That bill Elon is killing? Has the Rural Broadband Protection Act, which presumably threatens Starlink profits.

And an anti-deepfake porn bill.

#congress

‘Not My Fault,’ The Big Loser Whined

And right on cue: worked Friday morning to foist the blame for any potential government shutdown onto the current White House, insisting that the funding fight on Capitol Hill “is a Biden problem to solve.” Lawmakers had seemed on track earlier this week to fund the government with time to spare, settling on a bipartisan stopgap spending bill, known as a continuing resolution or CR, that would extend government spending into March…

http://mockpaperscissors.com/2024/12/20/not-my-fault-the-big-loser-whined/

Pentagon warns that a shutdown will cost troops their pay | AP News

https://apnews.com/article/shutdown-trump-musk-military-troop-pay-adcc3bd728ec2e406cb8f3be9d1a890a

Ancient genomes reveal Avar-Hungarian transformations in the 9th-10th centuries CE Carpathian Basin | Science Advances

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adq5864

"Trump is all about tariffs as he leads a party that used to be all about free trade
"

https://www.npr.org/2024/12/20/g-s1-39118/trump-tariffs-free-trade-republicans-gop-ideology-china-europe

NOW officially snowing in NYC on the @Earthcam! #nyc #nycwx

https://www.earthcam.com/usa/newyork/heraldsquare/?cam=heraldsquare_nyc Happy Holidays!

https://www.europesays.com/1703461/ Even NASA can’t explain the alarming surge in global heat we’re seeing #Climate

#MonsterdonAlert

Sunday, Dec 22, 2024, 8PM CT (2AM Monday UTC) ❄️ 🎄

IT'S #MONSTERDON

we will be watching

Snowbeast (1977) ⛄ 👿

"A Colorado ski resort is besieged by a sub-human beast that commits brutal murders on the slopes."

it's streaming free on tubi, crackle, plex and elsewhere

please watch and live post it with us!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mn-OZddW7Ts

Prosecutors overreached by charging Luigi Mangione with terrorism, jeopardizing a straightforward murder case. The added complexity risks juror nullification or acquittal, as his targeted assassination lacks the intent to "sow terror." DA Alvin Bragg's approach turns the trial into political theater, inviting sympathy for Mangione's anti-healthcare system stance.
https://www.rawstory.com/luigi-mangione-2670650848/

I've posted 6,400+ times on Mastodon. Plenty of those have been left of center, some way left of center. I've never been called a libtard, a liar, told to do my research or to stop watching CNN - all of which I've been told on Threads today for a post about the guy whose company makes EVs.

Starbucks workers say they will begin a strike in 3 cities on Friday : NPR

https://www.npr.org/2024/12/20/nx-s1-5235133/starbucks-christmas-eve-strike

Police treat First Nations as trash, inferiors and the enemy. It’s how these officers were raised. It needs to be weeded out. Their racist behaviors towards First Nations is a sport among them. “Under review” is a way of saying: “We’re trying to sweep this under the rug.”
https://apple.news/AW9DytBT0SaqRTIb6OFJYYg

Can't load YouTube videos thanks to new anti-adblock rules. However, you can bypass it by using private/incognito window. Genius.

Probably relevant life and body positivity tip from a sewist, pattern drafter and seamstress:
The clothes are the problem. Please try to remember that you are not the wrong shape, size or dimensions. If the shirt doesn't button closed the shirt is too narrow, you're not too wide. If the dress sags at the back it's the dress pattern, not your ass. Absolutely nobody makes clothes that are Actually Your Size unless you custom order or make them yourself. Even then fitting is a skill and an art!

You're not the problem, the clothes are.

World's biggest iceberg, A23a, breaks free : NPR

https://www.npr.org/2024/12/20/nx-s1-5234100/worlds-largest-iceberg-a23a-antarctica-breaks-free-floating

What to know about Amazon workers strike at multiple delivery hubs
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/what-to-know-about-amazon-workers-strike-at-multiple-delivery-hubs?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Nation @nation-PBSNewsHour

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#oldgal #youngpups I was so sure I got it in 3. But nope… enjoy your day. #Wordle 1,280 4/6*

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https://www.europesays.com/1703506/ Ukraine retrieves bodies of 503 fallen soldiers #Ukraine

Cybersecurity experts, who work with at-risk populations like human rights defenders and journalists, agree that Apple is doing the right thing by alerting victims of government spyware — and at the same time refusing to forensically analyze the devices.

Instead, Apple recommends victims reach out to a digital security lab run by Access Now, which helps analyze victim phones to confirm spyware infections.

@lorenzofb has more: https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/20/why-apple-sends-spyware-victims-to-this-nonprofit-security-lab/

Belgian girl in Valley https://tessa.lapl.org/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/67540