EuroMillions winning ticket worth €17m was sold in Ireland – The Irish Times
The winning ticket from Friday’s Euromillions draw was sold in Ireland, the National Lottery has confirmed.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
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Investor pleads guilty in criminal case that felled hedge fund, damaged B. Riley
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-12-12/investor-pleads-guilty-in-criminal-case-that-felled-hedge-fund?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Investor pleads guilty in criminal case that felled hedge fund
Brian Kahn has pleaded guilty in a case that brought down a hedge fund, helped lead to the bankruptcy of a retailer and damaged West L.A. investment bank B. Riley Financial.Laurence Darmiento (Los Angeles Times)
Estonian MPs’ Dalai Lama visit marred by awkward drinking incident | News
Two Eesti 200 MPs and a minister's adviser drank too much during a visit to meet the Dalai Lama in India, prompting a polite warning from their hosts,BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
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Mary stands nearby outside the Lake Street Church in Evanston, Illinois, wearing a plastic gas mask and flanked by Roman soldiers in tactical vests labeled “ICE.”
In another Chicago suburb, not far from an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility that has drawn protests over detentions, a sign at the manger outside the Urban Village Church says
“Due to ICE activity in our community the Holy Family is in hiding.”
And more than a thousand miles away, the Christ child went missing from a Nativity scene at St. Susanna Parish in Dedham, Massachusetts,
replaced by a hand-painted sign: “ICE was here.”
apnews.com/article/immigration…
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(Especially Matthew 25.)
Rīga-Tartu rail service to launch on January 12th / Article
Three Elron two-car Stadler Flirt diesel trains will operate on the line between Tartu and Latvian capital.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Thorold, Ont., city hall lobby filled as vigil mourns teen denied traditional Muslim burial
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/vigil-thorold-denied-muslim-burial-request-9.7012344?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Resetting up my Tesco's app:
We need to verify you're you, send an SMS or scan your clubcard?
Me: SMS please.
*No SMS seems to arrive*
Me: well I don't have a physical clubcard now because I use the app. So can I order one?
Tesco: to cut back on plastic why not go digital?
Loop in a cycle.
“Envelope culture” still holds in Lithuanian medicine
Almost a fifth of Lithuanians admit that they have given money or some other reward in exchange for medical services in recent years.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Writers: Registration ends TONIGHT 12/12 for a welcoming, approachable small conference with wildly robust programming. Full programming schedule just dropped: wholeheartedwriters.beehiiv.co…
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Is there a good contact for reaching out to possibly give a presentation maybe next time? I am a holistic author coach who loves to work with neurodivergent authors to create their systems of creative care. 20+ years as a published author as well.
Looks like a great conference! Thanks.
Mastodon/fediverse peeps who come across Bluesky accounts that are bridged (i.e. using Bridgy Fed), how do you feel about them and their posts?
Please boost widely, I’m trying to get input from more than just my followers. 🙏
#Mastodon #fediverse #Bluesky #ATproto #ActivityPub
- Great! (8%, 30 votes)
- Fine, but prefer native accounts/posts (48%, 166 votes)
- Better than nothing (21%, 75 votes)
- Actively bad (21%, 74 votes)
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Apple loses its appeal of a scathing contempt ruling in iOS payments case
But Sweeney warns iOS devs are still afraid of “totally illegal” retaliation by Apple.Kyle Orland (Ars Technica)
American-owned consortium assumes control of Canada’s premier nuclear research facility
American-owned consortium assumes control of Canada’s premier nuclear research facility
Nuclear Laboratory Partners of Canada Inc. will also be responsible for cleaning up the federal government’s inventory of radioactive wasteMatthew McClearn (The Globe and Mail)
Leak claim: Trump team eyed Italy, Hungary, Poland and Austria to pull out of the EU
Defence One reported on 9 December that it had reviewed a fuller version of the strategy, circulating before the White House released an unclassified documentBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
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