UK to ban #bee-killing pesticides but highly toxic type could still be allowed - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/21/uk-ban-bee-killing-pesticides-highly-toxic-neonicotinoid-could-be-allowed "one teaspoon of the chemical is enough to kill 1.25 billion honeybees" selfish farmers strike again

Buruli ulcer: flesh-eating bacteria spreads in Melbourne suburb amid warning about rise in cases - https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/dec/21/buruli-ulcer-flesh-eating-bacteria-spreads-in-melbourne-suburb-amid-warning-about-rise-in-cases " those affected usually develop a painless lump or wound, which can initially be mistaken for an insect bite. Over time the lesion slowly develops into a destructive skin ulcer."

https://www.europesays.com/1705087/ ‘Superman’ Trailer Launches to ‘Over 250 Million Views,’ Says James Gunn: ‘The Most Viewed Trailer in the History of Both DC and Warner Bros.’ #Entertainment #UnitedStates

https://www.europesays.com/1705085/ Saturday thread – Are you almost ready for Christmas? What will you be doing today? #CasualUK #UnitedKingdom

Do I really have to go out in this and do a run, horrible I tell yee, but if one of us has to suffer, I'll take one for the team.

#MastodonRunning #TrailRunning #RunnersOfMastodon #Running #Sunrise

#Kazan, #Russia was hit by multiple drones this morning.

About 6 to 9 explosions were reported.

https://t.me/mash/60296

#Ukraine

🇺🇦 🇷🇺 Ukrainian drones attacked the Russian city of Kazan and the airport there was temporarily closed, Russian media and aviation authorities said on Saturday.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russias-kazan-airport-temporarily-halts-operations-aviation-watchdog-says-2024-12-21/

#ukraine #russia

Air raid sirens have been activated throughout Ukraine.

#Ukraine️ #UkraineRussiaWar #Russia

https://www.europesays.com/1705083/ Pédocriminalité. “Je demandais aux mamans d’écarter les jambes de leur enfant”. Retour sur le procès “extraordinaire” de Bouhalem Bouchiba #Actualités #france #LActualitéAuQuotidien #L'actualitéAuQuotidien

Loops.video will eventually support full account migration to other Loops servers (and other supported projects)

So don't feel like you are locked in

We're just getting started 🚀

#loops

🇺🇸🤔 House passes government spending package after Trump, Musk fueled chaos, - Politico

The package’s passage seemingly ends a chaotic 48 hours, after Elon Musk and President-elect Donald Trump worked to spike a previously-negotiated bipartisan funding agreement.

The package that passed the House includes more than $110 billion in disaster aid and a one-year farm bill extension but is stripped of Trump’s demand: a debt limit extension.

Russian losses 🔥

💥 Destruction of a rare Russian BMPT "Terminator" by soldiers of the 14th regiment. The cost is estimated from 1.5 to 5 million dollars.

I love the benefits provided by tree-sitter in #Emacs, but as things stand today the setup is way too complicated for most people https://www.masteringemacs.org/article/how-to-get-started-tree-sitter Such important functionality should ideally work-out-of-the-box.

🔥👀 Servicemen of the Russian 19th Division show the aftermath of attack by Ukrainian drone on one of their dugouts.

❗️"As a result of the strike, all equipment, documents and weapons were completely burned. Even the presence of electronic warfare does not save."

TOP NEWS TODAY👍

🇺🇸 The Biden administration will announce soon USAI $1.2 billion package that includes air defense and artillery munitions, - Reuters

🇩🇪 IRIS-T SLM was delivered to Ukraine today, - Scholz

🔥 A powerful strike on Rylsk in the Kursk region.

✈️ On December 12, An-72 military transport aircraft detonated at Ostafyevo airfield, Moscow region.

‼️ Russia attacked Kyiv with missiles and drones today.

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🇺🇦 Ukraine is hoping to slow Russia’s offensive and seize the initiative by the time Trump takes office, as senior officials believe proving they are “fighters” and “winners” will help convince the president-elect to stand by them, - FT

🇸🇰🤔 Slovak PM Fico: Mr. Zelensky returned to the topic of Russian gas and asked me whether I would vote for Ukraine's membership in NATO if he gave me 500 million euros from Russian assets. I, of course, answered: "never".

🤔 At night, groups of Russians tried to break through to Antonivskyi Bridge. They failed, AFU destroyed the Russians' stormtroopers.

🇳🇴 Norway will finance part of the military aid package to Ukraine. It includes, equipment for Navy and air defense, EW systems.

🚫 Ukraine will stop the transit of Russian gas to EU on January 1, — PM Shmyhal.

🦅 Aevex says it’s delivered over 5,000 Phoenix Ghost drones to Ukraine, - Forbes

🇺🇸 The new US administration plans to continue aid to Ukraine, - FT

🇩🇪 The alleged driver of the car that drove into a crowd of people in Magdeburg is a 50-year-old Saudi Arabian, - Welt

⚠️There was information about Syrian!

🙏 11 people killed in car crash in Magdeburg, - Bild

❗️The authorities have not yet officially confirmed these figures.

🔥👀 Today, several police cars were set on fire in Russia: Moscow, St. Petersburg and Tver.

🤡 Nebenzya: "Russia's response to the shelling of Rylsk by AFU will not take long to come."

Meanwhile, ammunition explodes 👀🔥

🇰🇵😳 North Korean military in the lenses of Ukrainian FPV drones in the Kursk region

🤬 Kharkiv. High-rise building after Shahed strike!

🔥 Destruction of Russian equipment that got stuck in the mud, - Khorne Group

🫡 Battle against the occupiers in the Kharkiv direction of the Belarusian Kalinovsky regiment.

💥👀 Rylsk in Russia is almost completely without electricity, and ammunition detonation have not yet been extinguished.

❗️88 residential buildings without heat supply, the city has problems with gas supply due to damage to a gas pipe.

What if russia wins in #Ukraine? We can already see the shadows of a dark 2025

By Timothy Garton Ash

Instability is growing, putin’s hybrid war in Europe is heating up and for fear of escalation we have encouraged global nuclear proliferation

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/dec/21/russia-win-ukraine-vladimir-putin-europe

🤬 Russian terrorists have released footage of two airstrikes on the Oncology Hospital building in Kherson…

To your health. Hours of Saint-Omer, France ca. 1320. BL, Add 36684, fol. 100r.
#medieval #MedievalArt

Overnight , the enemy launched an S-400 anti-aircraft guided missile (preliminarily without consequences), attacked #Ukraine with 113 Shahed type strike UAVs and drones of other types

As of 09:00, it was confirmed that 57 UAVs were shot down

56 drones were lost in location (without negative consequences)

https://www.europesays.com/1705079/ Highland baker Harry Gow dies #Scotland #UnitedKingdom

My favorite thing about the holidays is receiving spammy emails from companies so thirsty for Christmas cash that they are debasing themselves with cringey last minute gift ideas. No, Team Blink, nobody wants a subscription to your security cameras for Christmas, and shame on you for even proposing it

https://www.europesays.com/1705077/ Convicted paedophile hired by family steam train attraction #UnitedKingdom #Wales

omg it finally happened LMAO

https://www.europesays.com/1705075/ Thug who forced victim to flee topless to neighbours avoids Jail #NorthernIreland #UnitedKingdom

Let me put it this way: If you’re for a ban on abortion but against funding childhood cancer research, you are many things, but “pro-life” is not one of them.

Wonkette continues to provide context and reporting sorely lacking from other coverage of German politics and Musk’s endorsement of a Nazi party there. https://www.wonkette.com/p/elon-musk-boosting-german-fascists

“Musk’s politics have never been particularly mysterious, unless you are a political reporter for The New York Times.”