Jim Gilchrist picked his top Scottish jazz albums of the year.
The only one of these I don't have is Colin Steele's - I was waiting for the CD to come out but it's download only! I've listened and it's great.
And the others are brill too!
Original link: scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and…
Accessible link on the web archive: archive.is/AtYRp
Tommy Robinson takes legal action against Nigel Farage over 'defamatory claims'
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Tommy Robinson takes legal action against Nigel Farage over 'defamatory claims'
A far-right fall-out, you say? Tommy Robinson is pursuing a legal settlement from Nigel Farage following comments made in January.Tom (The London Economic)
Netanyahu blamed Australian government for Hanukkah attack at Bondi Beach. Said its recognition of the state of Palestine “pours fuel on the antisemitic fire, rewards Hamas terror, emboldens those who menace Australian Jews and encourages the Jew hatred now stalking your streets.”
Greece’s Two Interventions Targeting Water Shortage
Athens is moving forward with a €2.5 billion investment program to address one of the most severe water shortages the city has faced in three decades. TheBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ is precies dezelfde film als de vorige ‘Avatar’, maar nog drie minuten langer
Avatar: Fire and Ash biedt drie uur en een kwartier aan spektakel, maar voegt weinig toe aan de eerdere delen. Lees de recensie.NRC
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Doctors, Strikes and the Failures of Wes Streeting and Labour | naked capitalism
It appears Wes Streeting has channeled his inner Trump and is trying to bully NHS doctors when he does not hold good cards.Yves Smith (naked capitalism)
that bone might be stronger once it mends.
My mom was much stronger walking after her broken pelvis healed.
@kimlockhartga
S'truth. After the motorcycle accident in 2018 where I'd split my collar bone along its length, it healed up notably thicker than the one on my other shoulder.
Glad you're on the mend Eddie. 
How Much More Can America Take of "Trump Derangement Syndrome?"
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"History teaches us this lesson over and over. Democracies don’t usually collapse overnight, they erode. They rot from the inside when leaders convince people that hate is strength, that cruelty is honesty, and that only one man represents the nation and everyone else is suspect.
We’re seeing that erosion in real time today."
How Much More Can America Take of "Trump Derangement Syndrome?"
Trump calls it “Trump Derangement Syndrome” when we object to cruelty and division. The real story is what that hate is doing to America’s democracy, and when we finally push back…Thom Hartmann (The Hartmann Report)
I am looking for a girlfriend who is kind, caring, funny, ambitious, and who has at least 16GB of RAM.
Please respond, with a photo of the RAM.
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Labor market lost 41,000 jobs over October, November;
Unemployment rate is up
The October loss of more than 100,000 jobs was particularly striking,
-- the sharpest losses since the covid pandemic-era recession.
But economists expected losses in October
-- because the data reflected tens of thousands of federal workers who deferred resignation and officially parted ways with the federal government in October.
Federal government payrolls fell by 162,000 jobs in October, the agency reported.
November’s gains of 64,000 jobs exceeded expectations.
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We’ve invested another €1M to expand clean energy in emerging markets.
Ecosia is supporting space-efficient solar systems on industrial rooftops, empty fields and even human-made dams, generating clean power without using new land.
Since 2020, our partnership with Ecoligo has enabled projects across Kenya, Vietnam and Chile, helping us produce far more green energy than we consume.
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[Range] Multi-handle necessity and scalability guidelines (3+ Thumbs)
While dual-handle usage (min/max price filters) is the most common use case, the foundation of the API supports adding more than two handles. Community feedback provides specific, validated use cas...brechtDR (GitHub)
With a standout $1739.99 price tag, this packed CyberPower PC features both the Ryzen 7 9800X3D and Radeon RX 9070 XT for an amazing prebuilt gaming setup — beat the AI crunch with 32GB of DDR5 and a 2TB NVMe SSD
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