Israel Is Defending…Germany?!? – Zeihan on Geopolitics
Hey, all. Peter Zeihan here. Coming to you from Colorado, where it’s cold. The news today is that we’ve got a change in defense parameters in Europe. NotBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Really bad food poisoning today. No idea what from. I've had stuff coming out of both ends all night, and now sitting delicately as I contemplate an entire day of desperately hoping I make it to the toilet on time.
How are things with you?
#WritersLife #writing #blergh #illness #sick #WritingCommunity
"If progressives are serious about expanding power ... then we need to broaden our idea of what electability looks like. Electability should be defined by voters, ... [a]nd they should recognize that when Black women like #JasmineCrockett run, they are doing more than campaigning for office. They are challenging norms, expanding possibilities, and unsettling comfortable assumptions about who deserves to represent us."
theblackwallsttimes.com/2025/1…
Why Jasmine Crockett Makes White Progressives Nervous
In the midst of a critical Senate race in Texas, Representative Jasmine Crockett is not just running against Republicans. She is running against the internal skepticism of liberal spaces, too. What is striking is not the strategic debate itself.Nehemiah Frank (The Black Wall Street Times)
#Tech #Corruption
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In the past few days, I have shared:
✅ some essays on linguistics
✅ mastodon plushy photos
✅ a random selfie
✅ a music rec
✅ on woke activism
✅ unrelatable foreign language stuff in not-english
✅ and obscure gen z cultural trivia
I think I have earned one self-promo post without getting reported for being a porn bot for the bajillionth time
Three Americans killed by IS gunman in Syria, US military says
Two US soldiers and a US civilian interpreter have been killed in Syria in an ambush by an Islamic State (IS) gunman, the US Central Command has said.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
From Project Gutenberg:
Storia della decadenza e rovina dell'impero romano, volume 02
by Edward Gibbon
Get it at: gutenberg.org/ebooks/45216
Storia della decadenza e rovina dell'impero romano, volume 02 by Edward Gibbon
Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.Project Gutenberg
Four years after our wedding and after a LOT of planning we are finally leaving for our honeymoon in New Zealand!
Rochester has decided to remind us why this was a good idea by looking like this:
1 with Senate GOP Leader Anthony Bucco
It is the December race to pass new laws in New Jersey – but what about an increase to the sales tax? Senate Republican Leader Anthony Bucco joined the showBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Another wishlist plant checked off the never ending list ✨ - All For Gardening
Wanted a caramel marble for sooo long but I held out waiting for the price to come down..and when my go-to favorite local plant nursery got some in &Gardener (All For Gardening)
therevealer.org/what-we-can-le…
That Guardian article on decoupling. I managed to split the thread into two.
Part 1: mstdn.social/@degrowthuk/11570…
And part 2:
mstdn.social/@degrowthuk/11570…
But fear not, there's a short response article coming soon.
DegrowthUK (@degrowthuk@mstdn.social)
You can make your own analysis by downloading these 2 spreadsheets from the global carbon budget site (used in the new report), and then look at the scale of reduction in emissions for those countries claimed to be absolutely decoupliing (which btw a…DegrowthUK (Mastodon 🐘)
People will be asking about this article. Some comments follow in a thread.
Economic growth no longer linked to carbon emissions in most of the world, study finds | Fossil fuels | The Guardian theguardian.com/environment/20… (delete cookies)The #Guardian appears to have a po0icy of not linking the reports it cites. So here you are:
ca1-eci.edcdn.com/10YPP_Decoup…Economic growth no longer linked to carbon emissions in most of the world, study finds
Analysis marking 10 years since Paris climate agreement underscores effectiveness of strong government policiesJonathan Watts (The Guardian)
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Netflix Is Reinventing Its Business Again. Could the Stock Be Heading Higher?
Netflix has agreed to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, but Paramount Skyview is trying to ruin the party with a hostile bid.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
South Beach Civic Association hosts annual Christmas party 2025
https://www.silive.com/entertainment/2025/12/south-beach-civic-association-hosts-annual-christmas-party-2025.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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South Beach Civic Association hosts annual Christmas party 2025
The evening saw more than 200 high-spirited guests raise their glasses to toast the holiday season.Carol Ann Benanti | benanti@siadvance.com (silive)
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#foto #photo #photographie #Fotografie #Natur #Nature #Wasseramsel #olympus #omsystem #om-1 #myphoto #mywork #Singvögel
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#BrownUniversity says there is an #ActiveShooter on campus in #Providence #RhodeIsland
#Brown #SchoolShooting #LiberalCollege #BlueCity #BlueState #GunViolence #GunControl #GunLaws #RedFlagLaws #law #Republicans #NRA
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#Brown #ActiveShooter in custody
Police responded to an active shooter situation Saturday on campus at #BrownUniversity in #Providence, acc/to the school’s alert system. Officials said a suspect was in custody.
The #shooting was reported near the Barus & Holley building, a 7-story structure that houses the School of #Engineering & #Physics Dept.
#RhodeIsland #SchoolShooting #BlueCity #BlueState #GunViolence #GunControl #GunLaws #RedFlagLaws #law #Republicans
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Update
Law enforcement ofcls Monday urgently renewed their search for the gunman who killed 2 people at #BrownUniversity in #RhodeIsland over the weekend, after investigators released a person of interest because they could not find enough evidence connecting him to the shooting.
Mayor Brett Smiley of #Providence, RI, said Sunday night that officials had no way of knowing if the attacker, who killed at least 2 students & injured 9 on Saturday, was still in the city.
IPv4 was first published as a standalone spec in 1982, and IPv6 was published in 1995
did you catch it? that's right, the legacy situation we're all still trying to move on from was only entrenched for 13 years before the replacement came out.... now the replacement has been here for 30, and we're still not fully onto it
Evaluating Alkami Technology (ALKT) After a Steep Pullback and Recent Share Price Rebound
Alkami Technology (ALKT) has quietly rebounded this month, even after a tough stretch over the past 3 months and year. That mix of momentum and drawdown isBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
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