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"Kristi Noem on Friday terminated the collective bargaining agreement covering 47,000 Transportation Security Administration officers.

The American Federation of Government Employees, which represents the airport screening officers, said it will file suit to challenge the decision."
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19 photos were released from the Epstein files. We unpack their significance
https://www.npr.org/2025/12/12/nx-s1-5642687/19-photos-were-released-from-the-epstein-files-we-unpack-their-significance?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Just imagine ......

Elon Musk was a benevolent philanthropist. Trump was a sophisticated, erudite world leader skilled in leading his country as a force good by example, determined to solve the problem of climate change

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I have a wild imagination and I have trouble with this visualization.

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I've got a large Furcraea (agave relative that's an agave lookalike) growing in a pot and it's far too big for my back yard now. I keep thinking about guerilla planting it somewhere out in the world, but I need to find a place where it will both be happy and not bothered by humans with landscaping or clearcutting tendencies

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They came over here with their so-called civilisation... #immigration #colonialism #UKPolitics
"The Roman Empire has an economic and a social system that means the difference between the rich and poor is getting greater through time."
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Roman occupation of Britain damaged the population’s health

Urban populations in southern Britain experienced a decline in health that lasted for generations after the Romans arrived
Chris Simms (New Scientist)
#immigration #colonialism #ukpolitics

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Armenia, Netherlands Hold Political Consultations byteseu.com/1622209/ #CaspianPost #Netherlands
Armenia, Netherlands Hold Political Consultations

Armenia, Netherlands Hold Political Consultations

Political consultations were held in Yerevan between the foreign ministries of Armenia and the Netherlands, led by Armenia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Vahan
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Listspinnen (Pisaura mirabilis) gehören zu den Raubspinnen (Pisauridae) und sind meiner Meinung nach eine der schönsten heimischen Spinnenarten.

#spiders #arachnidae #spider #Artenvielfalt #natur #nature #spinne #spinnen #Arachnida

Eine Listspinne sitzt auf rauer, von Flechten bewachsener Baumrinde. Die Spinne zeigt die charakteristischen Merkmale der Pisauridae-Familie: einen langgestreckten, hellbraun gestreiften Körper mit deutlichem Längsmuster, auffallend lange, dünn behaarte Beine und die typische flache Haltung mit seitlich ausgestreckten Vorderbeinen. Der schmale Körperbau und die Beinstellung sind typisch für diese Jagdspinnen, die keine Netze bauen, sondern aktiv auf Beute lauern. Die Rinde zeigt verschiedene Braun- und Grautöne mit strukturierter, verwitterter Oberfläche.
#nature #Natur #Artenvielfalt #spider #spiders #arachnida #Spinne #Spinnen #arachnidae

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Eisden Events Hall Boosts Tourism In Maasmechelen, Belgium: New Landmark Enhances Visit Limburg Experience! byteseu.com/1622207/ #Belgium #BelgiumTravelNews #EisdenEventsHall #Europe #EuropeanTravelNews #maasmechelen #TerhillsNationalPark #TourismNews #VisitLimburg
Eisden Events Hall Boosts Tourism In Maasmechelen, Belgium: New Landmark Enhances Visit Limburg Experience!

Eisden Events Hall Boosts Tourism In Maasmechelen, Belgium: New Landmark Enhances Visit Limburg Experience!

The town of Maasmechelen located in the Limburg province of Belgium is on its way to attracting more visitors after the announcement of the 9.3 million euro
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Daughter of the Sea Polynesian Beauty by Joan Stratton - paintingsbyjoan.com

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A celebration of island grace, ocean rhythm, and mythic femininity. She’s just stepped out of a story carried on the trade winds, her gaze calm, her adornments echoing the sea’s treasures. In Polynesian mythology, the ocean is a living ancestor, a force of creation, and connection. Women are often seen as carriers of this spirit: graceful, strong, and deeply attuned to nature’s pulse. Some legends speak of goddesses born from coral and shell, who guide the tides and whisper wisdom through waves. This piece captures that essence: a radiant Polynesian girl adorned in turquoise and gold, her dress shimmering with fish and seashell motifs, her jewellery echoing the treasures of the reef. A single frangipanni flower bloom in her hair, and behind her, a soft silhouette anchors her to myth and memory. It feels like sunlight on skin. Like the hush before a wave breaks. Like a story told in salt and song. Part of my DNA Ancestral Series - a visual homage to the women of my lineage, drawn from the regions etched in my genes. Available across fine art prints, canvases, puzzles, apparel, and home décor. Loaded without a background so you can choose your own colour on products :) Explore more expressive heritage portraits and mythic muses in my gallery at: https://joan-stratton.pixels.com/collections/women

Daughter of the Sea Polynesian Beauty by Joan Stratton

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Andy Dick reportedly thinks fentanyl (not crack cocaine) is to blame for his apparent overdose in Hollywood
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2025-12-12/andy-dick-apparent-overdose-fentanyl-crack-cocaine?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Andy Dick says fentanyl caused his overdose, not crack cocaine

Andy Dick explains he sneaked away from friends to do mystery drugs with a stranger before being captured on video unresponsive from an apparent overdose at a Hollywood strip mall.
Tracy Brown (Los Angeles Times)
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Floral Clock in Edinburgh, Scotland

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Zelensky’s Plea to US Shows Struggle to Survive Amid Russian Advances – Expert sputnikglobe.com/20251212/zele… “It’s perfectly normal for this colonial Ukrainian administration to turn to its masters in Washington, London or Brussels,” Ukrainian politics expert Alexander Dudchak told Sputnik after Volodymyr Zelensky asked the US to help secure the country in a future election. #news #press

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M-x mischief-mode should be a thing. #emacs
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Loops For You Feed is rolling out this weekend! 🚀

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Loops For You Feed. 12.13.25.
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Illinois' political tensions nothing compared to failed redistricting push in Indiana
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/12/12/illinois-redistricting-push-indiana-republicans-trump-rich-miller?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Illinois' political tensions nothing compared to failed redistricting push in Indiana

Indiana Republicans’ arguments against the bill were sound, not only because they were under so much pressure from D.C., but because it just wasn’t the right thing to do.
Rich Miller (Chicago Sun-Times)
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you cannot call it that
bottles labeled 'Santa's Milk'

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lol, I recently opened the fridge at my grandma's house to find a carton of "Milked Almonds."

I was like... "You... WHAT?!?"

Poor almonds. I just blend them with water. I don't even want to know how that stuff is made. 😂

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Via flickr flic.kr/p/1118zjqsr (Hal Trachtenberg)
#Fox #Bot
A red fox lying in the grass, turned its head around to look back at the viewer. It looks slightly annoyed from having its nap disturbed.

Fox in the grass

Explore Hal Trachtenberg's 5219 photos on Flickr!
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In icy stillness
lives beauty profoundly pure
soothing to the heart
when artifice is worthless
and Nature bears us witness.

#tanka #winter #solitude #stillness #nature #healing #poetry #poems #poetrycommunity #writer

Photo by Sergio Cerrato on Pixabay

Tree branch with berries covered in ice.
#nature #winter #Solitude #poetry #Writer #healing #poems #Stillness #poetrycommunity #tanka
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Going forward, public utilities throughout California should understand that they cannot disclose customers’ electricity data to law enforcement without any “evidence to support a suspicion” that a particular crime occurred. eff.org/deeplinks/2025/11/vict…

Victory! Court Ends Dragnet Electricity Surveillance Program in Sacramento

For more than a decade, the Sacramento Municipal Utility District coordinated with police to sift through the granular smart meter data of residents without suspicion to find evidence of cannabis growing.
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