https://www.europesays.com/1704654/ Israeli troops shoot Syrian protester as forces move beyond buffer zone | Syria #Conflicts #Syria

Got the 3D printer wiring swapped over to the new hotend
I had to lift the z axis limit switch to stop the nozzle hitting the bed
3 thicknesses of thin cardboard
and it is already to go
but it is too late in the day to deal with it if it fails
LOL
Tomorrow I will give it a test run

https://www.europesays.com/?p=1704652 US officials: Iran has ‘no role’ in Syria’s rebuilding efforts #BasharAssad #Conflicts #Iran #Syria #SyriaUS #UnitedStates

Hat on a Prat.
(Hat on a Tw*t is also permissible.)
#AltElfOnTheShelf 
#12DaysOfChristmas
#HashtagGames

Red One — Fun movie about rescuing Santa Claus. The best part? Santa is a beast … and a deity.

Esta noche fuimos a ver a Macha y El Bloque Depresivo al Chimkowe en Peñalolén. ¡Qué mal lugar para un concierto! Muy mala iluminación, sonido horrible, mala la organización. Al menos la banda puso la nota alta, como siempre.

Louisiana forbids public health workers from promoting COVID, flu and mpox shots : Shots - Health News : NPR

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2024/12/20/nx-s1-5223440/louisiana-ban-public-health-promoting-covid-flu-mpox-vaccines-landry-rfk-jr-anti-vaccine

Enemy Mine was released 39 years ago today.

A beautiful film by Wolfgang Petersen, a powerful story about overcoming prejudice and finding common ground with those we consider different. Watch it if you missed it.

Unbelievable. My community hall used $79 of natural gas last month. The cost of delivering it? $301.

The Alberta Advantage, folks.

#ableg #abpoli

The BSides family is absolutely amazing. We have an inquiry about starting a BSides in Baku, Azerbaijan, but we are struggling a bit with the language barrier. I put out a long shot request for help in a couple of our lists- only two minutes until the first offer of help.
Humbled to be part of it.
(why no, I do not speak Azerbaijani, or even Russian, which is also common there).

https://www.europesays.com/1704636/ Elon Musk Expresses Support for Far-Right Party in Germany’s Election #germany

Current* conditions near Muskegon, MI:

Me acuerdo del último libro que me bajé ilegal para leer en el ebook aquel que se derretía, se llamaba la rueda del tiempo, no sé por qué lo dejé, igual fue porque el ereader se estaba derritiendo (era de plástico malo malo)

Today, the quarterly “triple-witching” will see some $6.5 trillion worth of options tied to individual stocks, indexes and exchange-traded funds expire.

#news #finance #economics #stocks #options

📷 Cactus Flower/Poinsettias.

#FediversalPictures #Bloomscrolling #Flowers

shiny happy people steaming haaams

Time for the annual torturing of the hound. #DogsOfMastodon

Bought myself the perfect Christmas gift ...

I like to put the showerhead on the mist setting and pretend I'm a head of lettuce at the grocery store.

Don't do drugs, kids, you'll get so spaced out that you'll forget what you were doing and end up with "Faded" by souldecision in your head for no reason.

What I'm watching.

Kristen Schall Live at the Fillmore.

#Comedy #Humor #Humour

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nogaknurdfg&ab_channel=ComedyCentralStand-Up

Starts at 0900 UTC, 1000 CET, 1745 ACWST, 2000 AEDT, 2200 NZDT, 0100 PST.

https://party.radiofreefedi.net/

If you are using a second screen, you can download the programme at https://futzle.com/acwwdp.pdf

#AChristmasWastedWithDebPickett #Owncast #RadioFreeFedi

The month that brackets winter solstice is a brutal time for me. In California there isn't the snow and ice and sleet that made New Hampshire even worse, but the darkness and rain still drag me down.

What I didn't fully notice until this year is the opposite effect in the month that brackets summer solstice: high energy, creativity, productivity.

@gvwilson suggests I spend the winter solstice month in the southern hemisphere. Not really an option but it does sound appealing!

#solstice

A truly eye watering Xmas tree

OMG this is the worst possible timeline https://gizmodo.com/jared-leto-he-man-movie-skeletor-2000542065

America’s largest health insurers have raked in more than $371 billion in profits since the passage of the Affordable Care Act,
according to financial data reviewed by The Lever.

More than 40 percent of that net income went to UnitedHealth Group,
whose annual profits have skyrocketed by nearly 400 percent
as the company now reportedly denies nearly one in three medical claims from its policyholders.

Insurers garnered these profits as the average American families’ premiums have risen to nearly $26,000 a year.
https://www.levernews.com/health-insurers-371-billion-windfall/

I tried my best to listen to her podcast but it's become clear to me that I am not white enough nor milf enough to be a Kylie Kelce stan

#NotGonnaLie #KylieKelce

So, it seems #Substack is now "partnered" with "The Free Press", a right wing reactionary publication founded by Bari Weiss."

https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/substack-announcement-bari-weiss-free-press

"As one commenter put it: “Why on earth would you brag to your users that you've partnered with a bunch of protofascists? You want us all to leave or what?”

The real question is why are Timothy Snyder, Simon Rosenberg and a host of other progressive activists still are on Substack? Why is the courage of their convictions so difficult to muster?