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Save Standard Time
Save Standard Time • mastodon (AP)
Winter solstice (shortest daylight) is today (in the northern hemisphere)!

However, earliest sunset came about two weeks ago (evenings have already been brightening, no DST needed).

And latest sunrise is still about two weeks ahead (mornings have a little more darkening left).
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Europe Says
Europe Says • mastodon (AP)
https://www.europesays.com/1705681/ ANHA publishes names of the martyrs over Turkish drone attack on Al-Hol-Tal Brak road #Conflicts #geopolitics
ANHA publishes names of the martyrs over Turkish drone attack on Al-Hol-Tal Brak road
#Geopolitics #conflicts
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Andrew Hall
Andrew Hall • mastodon (AP)
Sharpe laying in wait in the basket, ready to swipe unsuspecting passerbys.

#BlackCat #CatsOfMastodon #Cats
A black cat in a basket with her paw resting on the edge of the basket.
#cats #catsOfMastodon #blackcat
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Shiba Every Hour
Shiba Every Hour • mastodon (AP)
a random shiba from shibes.lol
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Bloomberg
Bloomberg • unkn (AP)
China’s Nio Launches $108,000 EV to Take on Porsche, Mercedes
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-21/china-s-nio-launches-108-000-ev-to-take-on-porsche-mercedes?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Bloomberg Asia @bloomberg-asia-bloomberg
@bloomberg-asia-bloomberg
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Rick Thoman
Rick Thoman • mastodon (AP)
Downtown Fairbanks Saturday 615am: high clouds, slight breeze, -5F (-20.6C). Happy Solstice! #MyAlaskaWx
#myalaskawx
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Kevin Leecaster
Kevin Leecaster • mastodon (AP)
I would love to see congresspeople start to get elected running on a campaign to tax churches and other fake nonprofit organizations. I'm not sure if it's possible though and until that starts happening I worry that just calling for it to happen is one of those things that makes people think anything they think of is possible to happen if "Democrats just cared".
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Miss Gayle
Miss Gayle • mastodon (AP)
At the very least they should have to pay property taxes, or else pay annual subscription fees for fire, police, ambulance, and road repairs.
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lolgop
lolgop • mastodon (AP)
29 DAYS UNTIL THE INAUGURATION
100 DAYS UNTIL WISCONSIN'S SUPREME COURT ELECTION
317 DAYS UNTIL NOVEMBER'S ELECTIONS

Let's win the first elections of 2025 at https://www.erlywrm.com

One thing you can do for democracy

Find one way to support a candidate or cause you care about every day until the election
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lolgop
lolgop • mastodon (AP)
Special elections are coming up fast in Virginia.

If you've got time or money or both, we need your help.

Write postcards here: https://postcardstovoters.org/

Give here: https://www.grapevine.org/giving-circle/xBnCAWZ/Protecting-Virginia
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Stefan Müller :verified:
Stefan Müller :verified: • mastodon (AP)
=😀 Geteilt vom Präsident des Oberlandesgerichts Karlsruhe.

Ich denke ja, dass #X verboten werden sollte. So wie #Compact und #RussiaToday.

#Twitter #eXit
#Twitter #x #compact #RussiaToday #exit
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CGdoppelpunkt
CGdoppelpunkt • mastodon (AP)
Twitter is the opinion outlet of an US-American neofascist.
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Rick Thoman
Rick Thoman • mastodon (AP)
Winter solstice 2009. I **think** this was the last time we had a real tree.#Alaska
Interior of an Alaska cabin decorated for the holidays.
#Alaska
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SilverSalmonAK
SilverSalmonAK • mastodon (AP)
Pretty tree! And how 'bout dem books!?! I love a good home library.
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Rick Thoman
Rick Thoman • mastodon (AP)
@knapjack could well be. My wife bought that decades ago.
@knapjack
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taz
taz • mastodon (AP)
Der Magdeburger Linken-Politiker Robert Fietzke war bis kurz vor dem Anschlag auf dem Weihnachtsmarkt. Es sei „unfassbar“, dass nun Nazis aufmarschieren. https://taz.de/!6058119

Anschlag in Magdeburg: „Eine Schockstarre, die bis jetzt anhält“

Christian Jakob (taz)
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Frau Bruellen
Frau Bruellen • mastodon (AP)
Lol, ja, ne danke.
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p6
p6 • mastodon (AP)
das Zeug ist noch viel zu billig. Die Bescheuerten und Bekloppten können sich den Mist wohl leisten. Also Preise hoch
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Gerry McGovern
Gerry McGovern • mastodon (AP)
How Pacific resistance to seabed mining is growing amid neocolonial fears
https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2024/12/20/how-pacific-resistance-to-seabed-mining-is-growing-amid-neocolonial-fears/

It's not enough to destroy the land with mining. To get our precious "green" metals, they now want to wipe out life in the deep seas. How have we come to this?
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Adrian Roselli
Adrian Roselli • mastodon (AP)
It’s nice to see Tailwind (and React) slowly and begrudgingly accepting the web platform they used to want to replace:
https://thathtml.blog/2024/12/tailwind-4-a-mea-culpa-moment/

They are still each 2010-era technology in a 2022-era web (because backwards compat thanks to corporate browsers and old Apple devices).
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Mike-麥-Mai-v1.618 😎
Mike-麥-Mai-v1.618 😎 • mastodon (AP)
<section style="margin-block: var(--tw-spacing-5); color: var(--tw-color-violet-600)">
<h1 style="font-family: var(--tw-font-serif)">Pure Vanilla CSS, Baby!</h1>
</section>

This is the exact reason why I thought tailwind was pointless. CSS vars already existed.
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Heidi Li Feldman
Heidi Li Feldman • mastodon (AP)
Here’s an idea that’s gaining some momentum. This Inauguration Day, refuse. Don’t watch it, don’t watch the news, don’t shop, don’t travel. Read, spend time with friends and family, rest. #InaugurationStrike
Boycott America No gas, no shopping, no traveling, nothing at all. No Inauguration.
#inaugurationstrike
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Philip Cardella
Philip Cardella • mastodon (AP)
@Edelruth @pg1958 I have no intention of protesting the election. But I'm going to protest and resist the fascist who was legally (tragically) elected.

Will I do it at the inauguration? I'm not sure. My reservation is completely based on *why* I would protest him in the first place: they're going to take names at *minimum* of who is there.

If people go they should assume they'll be treated as a threat.
@Edelruth In The Wrong Timeline @PG1958 WILL NOT COMPLY
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H. Pettijohn
H. Pettijohn • mastodon (AP)
Aenocyon dirus skull (digital painting)
#paleoart
A digital illustration of a highly detailed dire wolf skull in profile facing left. The skull is a rich orange color with deep chocolate shadows and creamy highlights. A soft blue light shines across the bottom of the skull, staining the shadows of the skull's sharp, tan teeth. The skull is set against a soft gradient of orange to blue.
#paleoart
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Zack Labe
Zack Labe • mastodon (AP)
Friday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the *lowest* on record (JAXA data)...

• about 600,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,140,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 1,690,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,110,000 km² below the 1980s mean

Plots: https://zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-ice-extentconcentration/
Line graph time series of 2024's daily Arctic sea ice extent compared to decadal averages from the 1980s to the 2010s. The decadal averages are shown with different colored lines with white for the 1980s, green for the 1990s, blue for the 2000s, and purple for the 2010s. Thin white lines are also shown for each year from 2002 to 2022. 2024 is shown with a thick gold line. There is a long-term decreasing trend in ice extent for every day of the year shown on this graph between October and January by looking at the decadal average line positions.
#Arctic
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AI6YR Ben
AI6YR Ben • mastodon (AP)
Yay! (not).
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Final Round Player 😷🇪🇺🍸
Final Round Player 😷🇪🇺🍸 • mastodon (AP)
Not much ice in the peripheral seas, right?
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GertrudeZane
GertrudeZane • mastodon (AP)
Someone is getting very sleepy.

Good night to all our friends in the Fediverse!

#Pax #CatsOfMastodon #Tabby #Cats #CatsOfFediverse #Catstodon #Animals #FediCats #MastoCats #Pets #Kitty #Cute #Katzen #Chat #Gatos #Katze #AdoptDontShop
A one year old tabby cat with white markings is lying on a soft, fuzzy white blanket inside a compartment in a bookcase/entertainment center. Her sleepy eyes are almost closed. One white mitten on a striped foreleg is jutting out of the compartment.
#cats #cute #Katzen #chat #katze #animals #gatos #Kitty #pets #catsOfMastodon #mastocats #AdoptDontShop #catsOfFediverse #fedicats #catstodon #tabby #PAX
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Sharonbw
Sharonbw • mastodon (AP)
A pleasant evening and a good night to your whole family. Stay warm and dry! 💗 🐱 🐕 😴 💤 🌟
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GertrudeZane
GertrudeZane • mastodon (AP)
@Sharonbw
Thanks Sharon! Good night to you and your clan. Keep cozy!🌛💕
@Sharonbw
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Steve Faulkner
Steve Faulkner • mastodon (AP)
🤷🏼‍♂️ Why is it surprising that Web accessibility is a complex discipline? The web platform is complex, we all have to deal with it.

#HTML #CSS #JavaScript #ARIA #a11y
#javascript #a11y #HTML #css #aria
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Adrian Roselli
Adrian Roselli • mastodon (AP)
People are complex and the web platform is far too much of a simplification of needs and expectations. Of course it’s a shit-show when devs try to solve human needs with only technology.
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The Ten Grains of Christmas
The Ten Grains of Christmas • mastodon (AP)
Please Forgive Us For Intruding On Your Weekend…

...especially on National Don’t Make Your Bed Day (my checklist is complete), but we would be remiss if we did not alert you that our pal Burr Deming has posted his best-of-the-web links complete with wry commentary at the essential blog Red-State-Blues. Over at Scottie’s Playtime, Scottie will learn you-up on Peace and Justice History. The Psy of Life…

http://mockpaperscissors.com/2024/12/21/please-forgive-us-for-intruding-on-your-weekend-5/
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MostlyHarmless
MostlyHarmless • mastodon (AP)
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𝕕𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕖𝕒 🏳️‍⚧️🦋
𝕕𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕖𝕒 🏳️‍⚧️🦋 • diaspora
#USA voted for this
#USA
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seiyu
seiyu • diaspora
Parmi les deux, regardez qui a les mains les plus petites.
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Nina Kalinina
Nina Kalinina • mastodon (AP)
I am doing weird stuff again, and for this weird stuff I need a period-correct early 00s Linux desktop. Debian Woody won't let you down!
Welcome to Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 screen A screenshot of an old Linux desktop - colourful 1024x768 image with a huge debian logo. There are square icons all around the desktop (from a program called WindowMaker). The centre of the screen has a web browser Konqueror open, showing a welcome page with 3D effects and gradients
A screenshot of an xdm tool: it shows "login/password" field and Debian "red curls" logo
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Hank G ☑️
Hank G ☑️ • friendica (via ActivityPub)
I loved running AfterStep as my desktop environment in the 1990s. It was the closest I was going to get to running NeXT proper.
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WIST Quotations
WIST Quotations • diaspora
A quotation from Taleb, Nassim Nicholas
People are much less interested in what you are trying to show them than in what you are trying to hide.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb (b. 1960) Lebanese-American essayist, statistician, risk analyst, aphorist.
The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms, “Preludes” (2010)

#quote #quotes #quotation #discretion #equivocation #hiding #interest #showing #truthseeking
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#quote #Quotes #quotation #interest #showing #hiding #equivocation #discretion #truthseeking
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Linda Kaioh 🏁
Linda Kaioh 🏁 • unkn (AP)
Ужасающее преступление.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did😛lc:ryyitk5mcdq7kuim2hamovtm/post/3ldrvyyvfdc2i
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Ténno Seremélʹ
Ténno Seremélʹ • mastodon (AP)
Итс э батл оф бэнс, бэйби!
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Kim Perales
Kim Perales • mastodon (AP)
TX Rep Kay Granger, a long-serving Republican & influential figure in Congress, is facing questions about her ability to serve effectively amid allegations that she's been living in a memory care & assisted living facility since July -raises concerns about leadership transparency & accountability.

Critics argue that the lack of transparency undermines public trust.

If she were a Democrat, Republicans would be demanding her resignation.

#USPol https://www.econotimes.com/Texas-Rep-Kay-Grangers-Alleged-Memory-Care-Stay-Sparks-Debate-Over-Leadership-and-Transparency-1697555
#uspol
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Al
Al • mastodon (AP)
exactly what are the requirements for a republican representative.
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troy_friz_zell
troy_friz_zell • mastodon (AP)
You don't need to be in possession of your faculties if you're a Republican. It's not like they think.

You'd hope her family would intervene, but then, if she had a caring family, would she be a Republican?
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Thundaros 🧙‍♂️⚡⛤
Thundaros 🧙‍♂️⚡⛤ • friendica (via ActivityPub)
@Roberto :verified_gay: buen día
@Roberto :verified_gay:
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Roberto :verified_gay:
Roberto :verified_gay: • mastodon (AP)
buen día
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CatSalad🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :blobcatrainbow:
CatSalad🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :blobcatrainbow: • mastodon (AP)
*Livin' on the Edge by Aerosmith plays softly in the background*
Photo looking down at the some rather narrow stairs going at the end of a rather narrow hallway. It almost look more like stairs that were made for cats in the way it's been divided and turns back on itself without guard rails. Make sure to watch your step!
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CatSalad🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :blobcatrainbow:
CatSalad🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :blobcatrainbow: • mastodon (AP)
Sorry, let me just.. scootch on by you right here
A very strange photo that someone took from a bathroom that has a door at the level of the countertop by the sink. In the photo, the door is open and there are super narrow stairs behind it leading upward to another room.
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CatSalad🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :blobcatrainbow:
CatSalad🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :blobcatrainbow: • mastodon (AP)
Why are there so many bonker stair renovations out there?! Some poor souls are being paid to build these.
So photo of a red and white painted kitchen that has stairs integrated into the smooth countertop. You can see a fridge, a bar space, and an oven in the background lit up with track lighting. A bar stool sits next to the bottom part of the stairs, and a few plants have been placed on the stair (where you step) as decoration next to where you would stand by the kitchen sink... centimeters away.
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WIST Quotations
WIST Quotations • diaspora
A quotation from Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Sr.
I will tell you my rule. Talk about those subjects you have had long in your mind, and listen to what others say about subjects you have studied but recently. Knowledge and timber shouldn’t be much used till they are seasoned.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809-1894) American poet, essayist, scholar
Article (1858-04), “Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table,” Atlantic Monthly

#quote #quotes #quotation #conclusions #consideration #contemplation #discussion #familiarity #knowledge #topic
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#Discussion #quote #Quotes #knowledge #quotation #contemplation #topic #consideration #familiarity #conclusions
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Joyce Lionarons
Joyce Lionarons • hometown (AP)
Good morning!

We ended up with about an inch of snow on the grassy areas and the trees. The road and the sidewalks looked clear, so I decided to go out on my early-morning walk.

Mistake. The road and the walks had black ice. So I turned around and came back inside. I really can't risk a fall. The ice will melt wherever the sun hits it as the day goes on, even though the temperatures are not supposed to get above freezing. And then we go into the deep freeze for a couple of days. I probably won't be walking for a while.

The good news is that I'll have plenty of time to write and try to get my WIP in shape to send out to a reader for a Christmas present.

Happy solstice, everyone, and have a good one.
#Today
#today
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Sharonbw
Sharonbw • mastodon (AP)
Good morning! Thank goodness you realized there was black ice early on. That stuff is treacherous.

Now you have a few guilt-free days for staying nice and warm. Enjoy the hibernation! I'll be doing the same, but just because of the temperatures. Fortunately we didn't accumulate any black ice.
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fanta ✅️
fanta ✅️ • mastodon (AP)
¿Qué palabra que has conocido este año 2024 has tardado menos en querer utilizar de forma forzada?

  • Reply Guy (23%, 10 votes)
  • Woke (31%, 13 votes)
  • Alucinación de la IA (35%, 15 votes)
  • inquiokupa (9%, 4 votes)
42 voters. Poll end: 2 days ago

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Mireya Strife
Mireya Strife • mastodon (AP)
@xesfur @son_link comerse a la clase dominante, bien. Pero cambiarla por otro dictador que en vez de esvásticas usa estrellas, mal.
@Son Link :firedoge: 🐧 @Mon
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multifact
multifact • mastodon (AP)
baipás.
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𝕕𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕖𝕒 🏳️‍⚧️🦋
𝕕𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕖𝕒 🏳️‍⚧️🦋 • diaspora
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_flash
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Joyce Donahue
Joyce Donahue • diaspora

Well, the government will be open after all... for now


I am sure we will hear grumbling from the MAGA Congress members, as we always do when there is cooperation across the aisle.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-government-shutdown-deadline-speaker-johnson-budget-da117337aa0c0adab34a5626bb5816af

Government funding bill clears Congress, averting a shutdown

The Senate has rushed through final passage of a bipartisan plan to fund federal operations and prevent a government shutdown. It now goes to President Joe Biden, who is expected to quickly sign it into law.
LISA MASCARO (AP News)
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Bob Lai
Bob Lai • diaspora
It's three months. We'll be back here in March, and the Free Dumb Cockroaches will use it to skewer Johnson and replace him.
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Joyce Donahue
Joyce Donahue • diaspora
Hoping by then that Elon will be bored and have moved on from the idea of becoming Speaker.
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Youth for Climate Köln
Youth for Climate Köln • mastodon (AP)
My Voice, My Choice: For Safe And Accessible Abortion

Sign and share the EU petition!

We only need 30.000 signatures to reach the required 1 million. 💖✨

/via #LuisaNeubauer

https://eci.ec.europa.eu/044/public/#/screen/home

#Cologne #ClimateJustice #MyVoiceMyChoice #YouthForClimate
Sharepic saying that we only need 30.000 more signatures for the EU petition for safe snd accessible abortion
#Cologne #climatejustice #myvoicemychoice #LuisaNeubauer #youthforclimate
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Its Not A Hoax ☑️
Its Not A Hoax ☑️ • mastodon (AP)
Tell your Senators: Oppose Kennedy for Health and Human Services Secretary https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-your-senators-oppose-kennedy-for-health-and-human-services-secretary/?source=watchdog

Tell your Senators: Oppose Kennedy for Health and Human Services Secretary

Please contact Congress now!
actionnetwork.org
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Dave Troy :toad:
Dave Troy :toad: • mastodon (AP)
Wake up babe, new exposé of Putin’s sleeper agents in the West just dropped. 👀

https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/sleeper-agents-putin-global-hunt-a7978f84
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Samara
Samara • mastodon (AP)
#BirdFlu Kills Olympic Peninsula Cougars in Washington State

Typical first sign of infection in wild or domestic cats is #neurological disorder, staggering, twitching

http://www.chronline.com/stories/bird-flu-kills-olympic-peninsula-cougars-in-washington-state,370657

Bird flu kills Olympic Peninsula cougars in Washington state 

Two wild cougars on the Olympic Peninsula have been killed by bird flu, as the disease continues to spread to more species. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and Panthera, a global …
Lynda V. Mapes / The Seattle Times (TNS) (The Daily Chronicle)
#BirdFlu #neurological
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Europe Says
Europe Says • mastodon (AP)
https://www.europesays.com/1705677/ Israel-Gaza war: rocket from Yemen strikes Tel Aviv, injures 16 #AlAhliHospital #AntonioGuterres #BeitHanoun #Conflicts #DeirAlBalah #Gaza #GazaStrip #Hodeida #Houthi #HouthiRebels #Israel #KamalAdwan #Nuseirat #sanaa #StephaneDujarric #UNWorldFoodProgram
Israel-Gaza war: rocket from Yemen strikes Tel Aviv, injures 16

Israel-Gaza war: rocket from Yemen strikes Tel Aviv, injures 16 - EUROPE SAYS

A rocket fired from Yemen hit an area of Tel Aviv overnight, leaving 16 people slightly injured by
EUROPE SAYS (EUROPESAYS.COM)
#Gaza #Israel #Houthi #AntonioGuterres #gazastrip #BeitHanoun #conflicts #KamalAdwan #Nuseirat #Sanaa #deiralbalah #alahlihospital #hodeida #houthirebels #stephanedujarric #unworldfoodprogram
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bytebro
bytebro • mastodon (AP)

Content warning: Wordle

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Europe Says
Europe Says • mastodon (AP)
https://www.europesays.com/1705675/ Smoke and secrets: Inside the North Korean Embassy’s hasty flight from Damascus #Conflicts #ForeignRelations #MilitaryAffairs #NorthKorea
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#NorthKorea #ForeignRelations #conflicts #militaryaffairs
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