#News #AbundantLifeChristianSchoolinMadison After shooting, Wisconsin school and church lean into Christmas message for comfort https://wausaupilotandreview.com/2024/12/21/after-shooting-wisconsin-school-and-church-lean-into-christmas-message-for-comfort/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

#AMUpdate #Weather Wausau weather for Saturday and Sunday https://wausaupilotandreview.com/2024/12/21/wausau-weather-for-saturday-and-sunday-53/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

#Sports #WausauEast Friday’s girls prep basketball scores https://wausaupilotandreview.com/2024/12/21/fridays-girls-prep-basketball-scores/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

#AfternoonUpdate #AMUpdate Last call: Send your letters to Santa https://wausaupilotandreview.com/2024/12/21/last-call-send-your-letters-to-santa/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

#AfternoonUpdate #AMUpdate D.C. Everest boys wrestling wins four titles, places second at Hodag Scramble https://wausaupilotandreview.com/2024/12/21/d-c-everest-boys-wrestling-wins-four-titles-places-second-at-hodag-scramble/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Happy Caturday!

As the rates electricity companies pay for power from rooftop solar panels fall, homeowners shrug. More likely to impact the rate of installations is a planned decrease from 1 January in government grants for the installation of panels.

https://dublininquirer.com/2024/12/18/as-the-rates-electricity-companies-pay-for-power-from-rooftop-solar-panels-fall-homeowners-shrug/

Happy #WinterSolstice y'all. Onward rolls the #WheelOfTime... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5pZQgK9SsA

It's a lovely day for a rooftop caña 🍺

It’s not the death fandango, it’s the Christmas Eve scramble.

NY Gov. Hochul signs bill recognizing North African, Middle Eastern populations
https://gothamist.com/news/ny-gov-hochul-signs-bill-recognizing-north-african-middle-eastern-populations?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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NY nurses say hospitals are not complying with state staffing law
https://gothamist.com/news/ny-nurses-say-hospitals-are-not-complying-with-state-staffing-law?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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NYC, NJ get snow on the first day of winter, arctic temps ahead of Christmas
https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-nj-get-snow-on-the-first-day-of-winter-arctic-temps-ahead-of-christmas?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Snowy day in NY. Conquered my final local #running weather challenge: trail running in the snow. That was the one weather type that forced me to skip running once last year. Not anymore; now I have proper shoes.

Managed to get some nice segments out of Prospect Park.

Also realized I've just done 2,500km for the year, for the first time. Yay!

NYPD's top uniformed cop out after report of sex abuse, commissioner shuffles leadership
https://gothamist.com/news/nypds-top-uniformed-cop-out-after-report-of-sex-abuse-commissioner-shuffles-leadership?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Gary Demichele - Art Of Art
#JazzDeVille #Jazz #NowPlaying #GaryDemichele

@joel 's blog posts about OmniOS (and SmartOS) are a great source of information.

Thank you!

#OmniOS #SmartOS #Illumos

"Welch launched an official memecoin based on her viral 'Hawk Tuah' catchphrase, $HAWK, on Dec. 4. As is the case with many celebrity and influencer backed #cryptocurrency projects, $HAWK was rug pulled. This typically means that a few insiders who held the majority of the #crypto tokens, likely via a pre-sale before the general public had access to the token, dumped their holdings shortly after the memecoin launched to the public."

Today in Tech Mashable https://www.yahoo.com/tech/haliey-welch-releases-first-statement-160808862.html

Harry Burton @HBtoons on #Christmas #ClimateAction – cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com

Es posible que en el próximo parche del ZZZ vuelva a poner a Ellen en el banner. Tengo casi 300 tiradas acumuladas para ella. @nikathesiren y @Ri_molamucho no son conscientes del destrozo que se puede hacer con ella

Someone on Twitter once called Bossk, the Trandoshan bounty hunter from The Empire Strikes Back, "a poor person's Gorn." 🤔

@allstartrek

#StarTrek #allstartrek #StarTrekTOS #Arena #StarWars #TheEmpireStrikesBack #ESB

Guten Tag ihr Lieben,
möget ihr alle etwas finden, was euch in diesen Tagen Halt gibt. Für alle, die es brauchen, eine liebe Umarmung.
Kommt gut durch den Tag und freut euch über die kleinen Glückssternchen an eurem Weg.
#stars

#TrumpOligarchy

I wish there was an episode where Gul Madred just sat there freebasing desegranine and crying softly at his own immense failure.

#AllStarTrek

A sheriff in Oregon says he has contacted the FBI and is increasingly concerned about a letter circulating in his rural, coastal community asking people to write down the license plate numbers of possible immigrants. https://apnews.com/article/immigration-undocumented-letters-lincoln-city-oregon-01d1f737e8e47f56014f25d6bfaf3a4c

ELoon blocked the Continuing Resolution earlier in the week mainly to block the new restrictions on investments in China.

I can't figure out if he succeeded in that goal with the new bill that was written.

Anyone else have a better idea on that?

🚨 🌊 Eine neue Studie des Geomar zeigt: Steigende Wassertemperaturen und anhaltende Nährstoffbelastung verschärfen den Sauerstoffmangel in der Ostsee, besonders in tieferen Schichten.

Trotz Fortschritten bei der Reduktion von Nährstoffen reichen die Maßnahmen nicht aus, um die Folgen der Klimakrise auszugleichen.

Forschende fordern insbesondere die Landwirtschaft zum Handeln auf, um das Ökosystem der Ostsee zu retten.

📝 https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/schleswig-holstein/Oekosystem-Ostsee-bedroht-Forscher-warnen-vor-Sauerstoffmangel,sauerstoffmangel100.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=NDR.de

#NDR #Ostsee #Naturschutz #Klimawandel

Biden’s antitrust crackdown on tech MAs may linger into Trump’s reign

Lina Khan’s tenure may end, but the regulatory hurdles she help built aren’t going anywhere Analysis When Donald Trump takes office for his second term on January 20, many expect sweeping changes across the board. But among tech players, when it comes to mergers and acquisitions, those hoping for looser regulations…
#theregister #IT
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/12/21/trump_tech_merger_acquisition/

Yarvin, “neoreactionary” thinker & far-R blogger, is emerging as a serious intellectual influence on key figures Trump’s coming admin, esp. over potential threats to democracy.

He considers liberal democracy as a decadent enemy to be dismantled, is intellectually influential on Vance & close to several proposed Trump appointees.

Actions/rhetoric from Trump/lieutenants, closely resemble Yarvin’s public proposals for taking autocratic power in America.

#Autocracy #USPol https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/21/curtis-yarvin-trump

Uh-oh. All we need is religion added to the volatile mixture in the powder keg.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/12/21/the-imagery-that-should-scare-the-wealthy/

When people finish holiday shopping

https://www.axios.com/2024/12/21/christmas-shopping-holidays

#Billionaires

Current* conditions near Muskegon, MI:

The EFF's Breachies of 2024 are out, and it's an absolute belter of a list. Extremely proud that TechCrunch's reporting from the security desk is featured so frequently throughout; we have covered a *lot* of data breaches this year!

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/12/breachies-2024-worst-weirdest-most-impactful-data-breaches-year

Ukraine-Liveblog: ++ Scholz will weiterhin mit Putin telefonieren ++

Kanzler Scholz hat bekräftigt, dass er trotz aller Kritik weiterhin mit dem russischen Präsidenten Putin telefonieren will. Deutschland und Estland haben mehr militärische Hilfe für die Ukraine gefordert. Die Entwicklungen im Liveblog.

➡️ https://www.tagesschau.de/newsticker/liveblog-ukraine-freitag-464.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

#Liveblog #Ukraine

Mastodon teeth found in couple's backyard may shed light on New York's Ice Age
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/mastodon-teeth-ny-1.7416491?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Chris Hayes Mocks Larry Kudlow Over Tax Cut Meltdown

https://www.mediaite.com/tv/chris-hayes-mocks-fox-host-who-melted-down-interviewing-republican-senators-no-no-no-no-we-need-tax-cuts-please/

"(AP) — The smooth economy that Donald #Trump was poised to inherit suddenly looks a bit rockier — with critics saying the president-elect is contributing to the uncertainty....'I guess Elon Musk is making the decisions now, because #Republicans in Congress are incapable of making decisions on their own,' DelBene said in an interview. 'They just wait for someone to tell them what to do.'"

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-poised-inherit-strong-economy-120023064.html?.tsrc=fin-notif #USPolitics

Amtrak board nominations passed the Senate very late this evening, including David Capozzi, Ronald Batory, Elaine Clegg, and Lanhee Chen. It was done after the vote on the continuing resolution.