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Mary Hilton 1 month ago • mastodon (AP)

Just for the record, the Auschwitz Museum organization has a presence on Mastodon, and any mention of Elon Musk should be given a link to some place that he obviously wants to bring back.

This is what he is endorsing:

https://www.auschwitz.org/en/

FORMER GERMAN NAZI
CONCENTRATION AND EXTERMINATION CAMP

"KL Auschwitz was the largest of the German Nazi concentration camps and extermination centers. Over 1.1 million men, women and children lost their lives here."

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climate voter/eco leftist 1 month ago • mastodon (AP)

This man has billions of dollars of sensitive government contracts. Biden has time to terminate. If does not do so, he is complicit.

Europe Says 1 month ago • mastodon (AP)

https://www.europesays.com/1703859/ Haunting moment North Korean soldier shoots his own comrade dead as he desperately tries to ward off kamikaze drone #Conflicts #drones #KimJongUn #NorthKorea #Russia #Section:News:WorldNews #Ukraine #UkraineWar #VladimirPutin

Haunting moment North Korean soldier shoots his own comrade dead as he desperately tries to ward off kamikaze drone - EUROPE SAYS

THIS is the haunting moment a North Korean soldier shoots his own comrade dead as he desperately tries

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#russia #NorthKorea #Ukraine #drones #VladimirPutin #UkraineWar #section #kimjongun #conflicts

HeavenlyPossum 1 month ago • mastodon (AP)

I’ve watched this a dozen times already. What an absolutely incredible moment in history.

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/12/11/world/video/syrian-prisoner-freed-clarissa-ward-digvid

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Mike Breedlove 1 month ago • hometown (AP)

This report deserves some sort of prize. Holy shit.

Future Hellfutures🏴💀🦇 1 month ago • mastodon (AP)

and cranks win again: CNN didn’t fact check because it was so eager to run the emotional story. The inmate (if he ever was) is a former Syrian intelligence officer and involved in a dispute over divvying up corruption earnings. Our world sucks so bad…

There’s a correction posted to the top of the story now.

mhoye 1 month ago • mastodon (AP)

Everyone's on here this week saying, don't push to prod on a Friday, don't push to prod before holidays, don't push to prod because something or something else or tomorrow is special but tomorrow is always special for someone somewhere, if going to prod is an anxiety spigot any day it's an anxiety spigot every day, fix _that_.

I wonder how long this industry's idea of "engineering" is going to be "test the happy path and plan B is superstition". FFS grow up and talk to the aviation people.

A google search for the phrase "practical rollback strategies" returning zero results.

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AaronDavid 1 month ago • mastodon (AP)

maniajack 1 month ago • mastodon (AP)

Oof tough but true statement: "Best case scenario is we get absolutely nothing done in the next 4 years" #uspolitics

#USPolitics

Kevin Leecaster 1 month ago • mastodon (AP)

We shouldn't give up on being able to accomplish something good after the midterms though imo.

billy joe bowers - hates nazis 1 month ago • mastodon (AP)

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https://24Petconnect.com/DetailsMain/PIMA/A853703

#tucson #dogs #AdoptDontShop #adopt #fosterssavelives #pacc

Twra Sun 1 month ago • mastodon (AP)

↪️ 🔁

#Magdeburg #Anschlag #MD2012

#Magdeburg #Anschlag #md2012

Europe Says 1 month ago • mastodon (AP)

https://www.europesays.com/1703858/ Government shutdown live updates: Johnson vows no shutdown, says GOP is 'unified' – ABC News #america #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #US #USNews #USTopics #USA #USANews

Switzerland to close 9 centers for asylum-seekers as fewer people arrive than expected

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

Cassandra Granade 🏳️‍⚧️ 1 month ago • mastodon (AP)

Sonic 3 is a good, fun movie*. I genuinely believe that the more weird lore shit they embrace, the more fun and the less generic superhero-y it comes out.

Also, there's so many great easter eggs, but it never goes full Ready Player One by making those references plot-critical — they're there to make fans laugh, and that's about it.

(*with the caveat that Jim Carrey is still a terrible human being who arguably is complicit in the deaths of hundreds of thousands)

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/home/ghpancardo 1 month ago • mastodon (AP)

I have always thought Jim is an awful actor with no comedic talent. He's the only thing I dislike from Sonic, he's less talented than the average mall clown.

Cassandra Granade 🏳️‍⚧️ 1 month ago • mastodon (AP)

@ghpancardo Totally with you on that. I did like that in Sonic 3, he seems to be given a lot tighter direction and a lot less room to just play himself. A couple of the best one-liners in the movie, imho, were Eggman moments... given what a hack Carrey is, that's one hell of an accomplishment in direction.

@/home/ghpancardo

Cassandra Granade 🏳️‍⚧️ 1 month ago • mastodon (AP)

The human characters added in the first Sonic movie are, thankfully, given much less screen time and plot focus. They're still there, but in ways that aren't as grating as before. Both Idris Elba and Keanu Reeves completely sell Knuckles and Shadow, respectively.

The fight choreography is really amazing, as expected, and gets a lot of mileage out of just how *weird* Sonic and Shadow are as characters.

SnoopJ 1 month ago • mastodon (AP)

I'm glad to hear it. My nephew is a fan and I was thinking it'd be fun to take all the niblings for a showing over the holiday (gods know their parents will appreciate some time to themselves!)

Didn't see the second one, but I'm pretty sure I can fill in whatever gaps there might be, the lore only gets so complicated in that universe

Cassandra Granade 🏳️‍⚧️ 1 month ago • mastodon (AP)

@SnoopJ It's definitely a lot more fun than your average action movie, I think, as long as you're willing to just let it be its own weird thing. The lore may not be that complex (at least, outside of the Archie comics), but it is strange. The first Sonic movie tried to flatten that out and turn Sonic into a Marvel character, but they seem to have learned their lesson on that.

@SnoopJ

SnoopJ 1 month ago • mastodon (AP)

oh, nice. I remember being underwhelmed by what advantage they took of him in the first one, but if they leaned into the inherently-goofy nature of the series in the sequels then I may like them more!

Cassandra Granade 🏳️‍⚧️ 1 month ago • mastodon (AP)

@SnoopJ Sonic 2 went full Super Sonic vs Death Egg, and was glorious for it. I won't spoil the third movie any more than to say that they bring in some great Crush 40 riffs at *exactly* the right plot beats.

@SnoopJ

Cassandra Granade 🏳️‍⚧️ 1 month ago • mastodon (AP)

@SnoopJ But like the thing I think I've always loved about the games is that they're emotionally earnest and genuine even when the stuff happening on screen is goofy and ridiculous as all shit. They take themselves seriously at an emotional level, and at precisely zero other levels.

I think the newest movie has finally started to hone in on that strength. Like nothing about the plot makes any damn sense, and in all the best ways, but it feels genuine anyway.

@SnoopJ

SnoopJ 1 month ago • mastodon (AP)

yea, it took me a long time to round the corner from "Sonic is cringe" into "Sonic is cringe and that rocks" and I think you hit the nail on the head: the emotional tones are the consistent thing that everything else in the "narrative" portion of that universe orbits around

(although I guess you can argue that even the original game has emotional overtones if you ponder what's going on, Sonic's motivations for doing what he's doing, blah blah, but maybe that's hindsight)

Cassandra Granade 🏳️‍⚧️ 1 month ago • mastodon (AP)

@SnoopJ I may have to steal "Sonic is cringe and that rocks," it's a perfect summary, really. Anyway, I do think that even from the first Genesis games (and absolutely Sonic CD), they tried to have some kind of emotional storytelling. Sky Sanctuary Zone from S3&K is a really cool early experiment in video game narratives, I'd argue.

It's never tried to be coherent as a plot, but as you say, the *vibes* are always there and matter.

@SnoopJ

David August 1 month ago • unkn (AP)

A nice presidential portrait.

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Europe Says 1 month ago • mastodon (AP)

https://www.europesays.com/1703856/ At least one dead and dozens injured after car plows into German Christmas market, authorities say #News #world #WorldNews #WorldTopics

At least one dead and dozens injured after car plows into German Christmas market, authorities say - EUROPE SAYS

Berlin CNN — At least one person has died and dozens are injured after a car plowed into

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#World #News #Worldnews #worldtopics

Shiba Every Hour 1 month ago • mastodon (AP)

The Sleight Doctor 🃏 1 month ago • mastodon (AP)

Today I visited a tiny public library in the main local authority building of a city in the East Midlands, England. I haven't rearranged any of the books, nor are these shelves specifically devoted to equality and diversity; it's just the non-fiction section.

If you have any friends in Florida or any of those other book-purging states, maybe show them this post. A library isn't supposed to contain only what you know (or think you know) already. It's supposed to challenge, enlighten and inspire.

Library shelf full of books on racism, Black history, life as a migrant, and also a critique of the USA among other titles.

Library self with many books on LGBTQ+ issues and history.

Peter Relph 1 month ago • mastodon (AP)

I think that Dewey might have had a small hand in it 😀

The Sleight Doctor 🃏 1 month ago • mastodon (AP)

@peterrelph I was waiting for that comment!

Yes, of course. But the section was simply labelled "non-fiction" - and it is a very small library. Regardless of Dewey's system it is always a choice which books to stock and display, so all things considered this is an impressive commitment to representing marginalized groups.

@Peter Relph

Its Not A Hoax ☑️ 1 month ago • mastodon (AP)

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/jack-smith-trump-evidence-jan-6-election-case-rcna175265

What's in Jack Smith's newly released evidence against Trump

Here's what you need to know about what's in the appendix of special counsel Jack Smith's superseding indictment of former President Donald Trump.

^{Lisa Rubin (MSNBC)}

AaronDavid 1 month ago • mastodon (AP)

Europe Says 1 month ago • mastodon (AP)

https://www.europesays.com/1703854/ Syria: Missing persons and other human rights concerns [EN/AR] – Syrian Arab Republic #Conflicts #Syria

Syria: Missing persons and other human rights concerns [EN/AR] - Syrian Arab Republic - EUROPE SAYS

Attachments From Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Thameen Al-Kheetan Location Geneva As you may

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#Syria #conflicts

Jay Kuo 1 month ago • mastodon (AP)

The clown show in the House got a new ringmaster with Elon Musk, who stole the spotlight from Trump, forced him into a losing fight, and brought us to the brink of yet another government shutdown. All this and more in today’s write-up: https://open.substack.com/pub/statuskuo/p/showdown-smackdownshutdown?r=1zr8b&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

Showdown, Smackdown…Shutdown?

A battle within the GOP leads once again to a defeat for Trump and paralysis within the House.

^{open.substack.com}

Jcmacomber 1 month ago • mastodon (AP)

I like this.

#TOLKIEN

#tolkien

Europe Says 1 month ago • mastodon (AP)

https://www.europesays.com/1703852/ After Iran, Pakistan’s nuclear programme could be targeted by…, warns Pakistani expert, says 2025… #america #BallisticMissile #China #China–PakistanEconomicCorridor #Conflicts #CPEC #Gwadar #India #Iran #Islamabad #Israel #NajamSethi #NuclearProgramme #pakistan #PakistanCricketBoard #PakistanNuclearWeapons #PCB #Russia #USA

Iran, Pakistan, nuclear programme, USA, ballistic missile, Najam Sethi, Islamabad, Pakistan Cricket Board, PCB, America, India, Russia, China, Gwadar, China–Pakistan Economic Corridor, CPEC, Israel

After Iran, Pakistan’s nuclear programme could be targeted by…, warns Pakistani expert, says 2025… - EUROPE SAYS

Home NewsAfter Iran, Pakistan’s nuclear programme could be targeted by…, warns Pakistani expert, says 2025… China has been

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#USA #Iran #America #India #china #Israel #Pakistan #russia #pcb #Islamabad #ballisticmissile #conflicts #cpec #gwadar #najamsethi #nuclearprogramme #pakistancricketboard #pakistannuclearweapons

Chris Rowan 1 month ago • mastodon (AP)

Enjoyed reading about the Parker Solar Probe as it prepares to skim the sun’s atmosphere - at a respectable (for humans) fraction of the speed of light - on Christmas Eve. Surviving that requires some amazing materials science!

https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/12/were-about-to-fly-a-spacecraft-into-the-sun-for-the-first-time/

Text Shot: The science instruments had to be hardened as well. As the probe flies into the Sun there's an instrument known as a Faraday cup that hangs out to measure ion and electron fluxes from the solar wind. Unique technologies were needed. The cup itself is made from sheets of Titanium-Zirconium-Molybdenum, with a melting point of about 4,260° Fahrenheit (2,349° C). Another challenge came from the electronic wiring, as normal cables would melt. So, the team at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory and NASA grew sapphire crystal tubes to suspend the wiring and made the wires from niobium.

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Adam Shostack :donor: :rebelverified: 1 month ago • mastodon (AP)

@AkaSci I'm gonna be honest, I RT'd without reading because I trust Ars and the summary had some pretty cool materials science. I had no idea we could build things that get that hot without melting.

Nice to see an APL that applies physics to things staying together rather than coming apart. ;)

@AkaSci 🛰️

Chris Rowan 1 month ago • mastodon (AP)

@adamshostack @AkaSci As it was Ars, the rather wooly description of orbital mechanics was called out fairly early in the comments section!

@AkaSci 🛰️ @Adam Shostack :donor: :rebelverified:

Chris Trottier 1 month ago • pleroma (AP)

In Canada, an appeals court upheld that a thumb’s up emoji 👍 can legally bind you to a contract.

This is why lawyers are the most critical aspect of any functioning business.

https://regina.ctvnews.ca/appeal-dismissed-in-sask-thumbs-up-emoji-case-1.7152055

Appeal dismissed in Sask. 'thumbs up' emoji case

An appeal to a legal case that made international headlines has been dismissed by Saskatchewan's highest court.

^Regina

Europe Says 1 month ago • mastodon (AP)

https://www.europesays.com/1703850/ How Duchess Sophie Stepped Up to Aid Kate Middleton in 2024 #BritishRoyalFamily #catherine #CatherineMiddleton #KateMiddleton #PrinceOfWales #PrinceWilliam #PrincessOfWales #RoyalFamilies #RoyalFamily #William

#william #royalfamily #royalfamilies #katemiddleton #britishroyalfamily #princewilliam #princeofwales #princessofwales #catherine #catherinemiddleton

AaronDavid 1 month ago • mastodon (AP)

Europe Says 1 month ago • mastodon (AP)

https://www.europesays.com/1703848/ Meghan Markle Best Footwear Moments in 2024 So Far [Photos] #Aquazzura #BritishRoyalFamily #DuchessOfSussex #DukeOfSussex #Harry #Meghan #MeghanMarkle #PrinceHarry #RoyalFamilies #RoyalFamily #StyleEvolution

Meghan Markle Best Footwear Moments in 2024 So Far [Photos] - EUROPE SAYS

Meghan Markle Best Footwear Moments in 2024 So Far ad

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#royalfamily #harry #PrinceHarry #royalfamilies #meghanmarkle #britishroyalfamily #meghan #duchessofsussex #dukeofsussex #aquazzura #styleevolution

Its Not A Hoax ☑️ 1 month ago • mastodon (AP)

Europe Says 1 month ago • mastodon (AP)

https://www.europesays.com/1703843/ Princess Eugenie promises to ‘share’ more of her ‘world’ in heartwarming post leaving royal fans gushing #Andrew #beatrice #BritishRoyalFamily #dailymail #DukeOfYork #Eugenie #femail #London #PrinceAndrew #PrincessBeatrice #PrincessEugenie #RoyalFamilies #RoyalFamily

Princess Eugenie has been promised fans that she will 'share more' of her love of art next year in a heartwarming post

#london #dailymail #princeAndrew #royalfamily #beatrice #andrew #royalfamilies #britishroyalfamily #princessbeatrice #femail #princesseugenie #dukeofyork #eugenie

Jim Stormdancer 1 month ago • mastodon (AP)

Just invented a guy, it's the guy who orders a patty for your pooch for himself

A cropped photo of a restaurant menu, showing an icon of a dog and the item "Order a patty for your pooch, $4.99"

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Jim Stormdancer 1 month ago • mastodon (AP)

Don't mind if I do!

mcc 1 month ago • mastodon (AP)

I wish I could just go out and buy… a hamburger…

Kevin Leecaster 1 month ago • mastodon (AP)

This solar powered streetlight looks nice.

They used flexible PV to wrap the top part of the pole rather than like the ones that put a panel up there.

Ramesh #NotGoingBack 1 month ago • mastodon (AP)

⬆️ @GreenFire

>> They used flexible PV to wrap the top part of the pole rather than like the ones that put a panel up there.

Looks like form over function — The curvature would make it inefficient, no?

@Kevin Leecaster

Kevin Leecaster 1 month ago • mastodon (AP)

@rameshgupta
It might actually make it collect more power throughout the day and seasons to charge the batteries.

Plus, remember that efficiency is not what matters in a use case like that. It just has to collect enough energy to charge the batteries enough to power the light when it should be lit.

Anyways, we're in early stages and the best designs will prove themselves out is my opinion.

@Ramesh #NotGoingBack

Axel Gutmann 1 month ago • mastodon (AP)

🤪 #LordOfTheKurpfalz

#Mannheim #Ludwigshafen #Kaiserslautern #LotR #LordOfTheRings

#Mannheim #LOTR #LordOfTheRings #ludwigshafen #kaiserslautern #lordofthekurpfalz

Yvan-Raphaël 1 month ago • diaspora

Henri le Sidaner - le canal au clair de lune, Gisors 1901.

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Yvan-Raphaël 1 month ago • diaspora

Irena Burazewicz.

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Yvan-Raphaël 1 month ago • diaspora

HU Art Sound (2) likes this.

Punktesammler 1 month ago • mastodon (AP)

Was um mich geschieht
halte ich aus in der Welt
die in mir leuchtet

#haiku #haikuliebe #poesie

Kommt gut durch die Nacht und ins Wochenende 🩶

#photography

Am unteren Bildrand die Silhouetten von Bäumen (mittig rechts und rechts je eines größeren Baumes), Sträuchern und Dächern. Von mittig unten links verteilt sich das letzte Licht der untergehenden Sonne, die selbst mittig links verschwommen hervorlugt. Das Licht sendet golden orange Farben über den gesamten Himmels. Der Himmel ist sanft zart schleirig bewölkt.

#photography #Haiku #Poesie #haikuliebe

Elsa & Balou 1 month ago • mastodon (AP)

Du auch, lieber Punktesammler! 🧡 💫 ✨

Punktesammler 1 month ago • mastodon (AP)

@Elsa 🌟🧡

@Elsa & Balou

Marion Donnelly 1 month ago • mastodon (AP)

A thoughtful faced Maggie Smith, chin in hand.

Europe Says 1 month ago • mastodon (AP)

https://www.europesays.com/1703839/ Car drives into group of people at Christmas market in Magdeburg, driver arrested. #europe

Car drives into group of people at Christmas market in Magdeburg, driver arrested. - EUROPE SAYS

Car drives into group of people at Christmas market in Magdeburg, driver arrested.https://www.euronews.com/2024/12/20/car-drives-into-group-of-people-at-christmas-market-in-magdeburg-driver-arrestedby FabioSxO

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#europe

Heidi Li Feldman 1 month ago • mastodon (AP)

Musk is now outright supporting the Nazi party seeking power in Germany. https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/elon-musk-alternative-for-germany-election-far-right-nazi-past-rcna185018

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Estarriol, WU Dragon 1 month ago • mastodon (AP)

blood emerald apartheid boy is a nazi, is not news really.

Europe Says 1 month ago • mastodon (AP)

https://www.europesays.com/1703841/ King Charles III Hosts Christmas for 45 Guests at Sandringham, Excluding Prince Harry #BritishRoyalFamily #charles #CharlesIII #KingCharles #RoyalFamilies #RoyalFamily

#Charles #royalfamily #kingcharles #charlesiii #royalfamilies #britishroyalfamily

Katherine Bond 1 month ago • diaspora

Looks like a perfect place to snuggle down for “a long winter’s nap”

#cozynook

#cozynook

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Katherine Bond 1 month ago • diaspora

It feels cozy to me @Donna McClure. The olden style beds that had doors around them, now that would be claustrophobic.

@Donna McClure

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Donna McClure 1 month ago • diaspora

I've seen beds from long ago with curtains around them.. I would not like that but that was long before central heating & probably only for the wealthy. I feel a need for air around me @Katherine Bond.

@Katherine Bond