Watch out for video claiming Hegseth was banned from family Christmas celebrations
The user who first shared the claim said the video was "just satire."
Reporter told Trump 'I ask questions, not permission'?
Widely shared posts claimed a CNBC reporter snapped back at Trump, saying, "Sir, you are the president, not God."
Is TSA checking passengers' cellphones for 5 apps? Here's what we know
In one popular YouTube video, an alleged flight attendant named Sophia warned passengers about TSA conducting "electronic device examinations."
No evidence Gavin Newsom donated $12M to feed children because Obama asked
The charity that supposedly received the donation from the California governor did not appear to exist.
Be wary of images showing Jimmy Kimmel's 'final monologue' after Trump criticism
"Jimmy Kimmel Live!" was temporarily suspended in September 2025 but returned to air.
Did Wyoming mountain really collapse? Rumor doesn't hold up
While real mountains can collapse in a similar fashion due to landslides, this particular story wasn't real.
Don't fall for this Trump post about bringing peace to 'Isle of Fifa'
The U.S. president did receive a FIFA Peace Prize, but the Truth Social post about the "Fifanian people" was not real.
This Beaverton ( /s ) piece is really on the nose
Is The Temporary Foreign Worker Program working? We asked 4 Tim Hortons franchise owners, and one slum landlord - The Beaverton
The Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) Program allows Canadian employers to hire foreign workers to fill temporary jobs when qualified Canadians are not available, and that's why it is completely uncontroversial and nobody has any issues with it.Ian MacIntyre (The Beaverton)
Stop de afbraak van de WIA en WW
Wel premie betalen, maar steeds minder ontvangen? Dat laten we niet gebeuren!www.fnv.nl
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Did Trump post 'the KING decides' what war crimes are? Here's the truth
Trump allegedly wrote, "When I say something is LEGAL, it's LEGAL. Very simple."
14 rumors about Ilhan Omar, investigated
As we have repeatedly reported, the claim that she married her brother lacks credible evidence.
FBI, DOJ paid nearly $1M in overtime to agents redacting Epstein files, documents show
Snopes reviewed the records Bloomberg reporter Jason Leopold obtained in a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the FBI and DOJ.
"The state we're all in is appalling," he said. "We're all too rich. We're consuming all these things in the world. And we can't. It's unsustainable."
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Photographer Martin Parr dies aged 73
Parr rose to prominence in the mid 1980s, his colourful images capturing British life.Noor Nanji (BBC News)
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New blog post, a bit of an addendum to my older microblogging protocols comparison post(s) until I do an updated version at some point. It mostly just goes over a handful of big events and shifts I've personally noticed since my last post in the summer of 2024.
#activitypub #fediverse #nostr #at #bluesky
This is Fine: an Interim Microblogging Protocols Update
As is customary on my microblogging posts, let’s get us started with an original meme. Also, if you’d like to read my previous Microblogging …nate.mecca1.net
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I quite like the first episode!
Quite an interesting doco to see how culture can be cancerous for silly reasons. Stuff to learn from it.
#documentary #documentaries #pbs
Originating in underground Black and gay clubs, disco had unseated rock as America’s most popular music by the late 1970s.
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#ThreeGoodThings for today :
A nice bike ride across the border ;
A very good lunch in a buckwheat pancake restaurant;
And a wonderful christmas market in the center of #tournai #belgium.
Back to home under the rain, soggy but happy.
Nursery Rhymes for Christmas
The following nursery rhymes all mention Christmas, and are taken from the book
THE NURSERY RHYMES OF ENGLAND:
Collected by
JAMES ORCHARD HALLIWELL.
which was first printed about 1854
On Christmas eve I turn'd the spit,
I burnt my fingers, I feel it yet;
The cock sparrow flew over the table;
The pot began to play with the ladle.
St. Thomas's-day is past and gone,
And Christmas is a-most a-come,
Maidens arise,
And make your pies,
And save poor tailor Bobby some.
Canadians: Sign Petition to ditch First Past the Post
Petition to end First Past the Post and pursue Proportional Representation, as already recommended by Special Committee.
Sign and pass it on if so inclined.
In the early days of the internet sometimes I let my naughty curiosity have some fun and I remember searching for rare animal encounters like a lion and a tiger, or whatever....was curious how these 2 predators react.
Do that now and you get loads of channels like this youtube.com/@Buzzbible/videos
Fake AI shit...and they are getting better and better. And they get so many thousands of views, if not millions. And they even make money out of it.
Yah, how can I not want to give up the internet game?! It is getting shittier and shittier.
The incentive is the issue, not the technology. When you have millions of humans who are poor, but also taught that making money and consuming is important, then they do their best to make money.
No regulation or law will work.
The solution? Maybe get people out of poverty, give everyone their basic needs at least so we dont have hungry hyenas everywhere trying to hunt everyone. This is a discussion that is lacking among those who complain about the state of the internet...
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Just watching the film The Railway Man and a quote by Colin Firth, which made me chuckle, was
'"if you think Warrington is interesting, wait until you get to Preston!"
Thank you to those who are helping TROM monthly! Our first goal is to reach 100 monthly donors to kickstart a new video series for TROM, bring back TROMnews and provide 20GB storage space for our Nextcloud install (TROM Files) for everyone.
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