Ooof, Tesla driving at an extremely high rate of speed (100mph+) in rainy conditions rear ends some idiot driving without lights in this video from earlier this week. I guess they both got what they deserved?
Massacre of Jews at Bondi Beach Shocks Australia
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Festive Fedizens, Merry Mastonauts, and Cynical Cinephiles! The votes are in, and you’ve chosen Sunday, 14 December at 7pm EST (Midnight UST) for our #TheLionInWinter watch-along.
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It is available free on Kanopy for most US folx with their library card, otherwise… other sources 🏴☠️ are often an option if you don’t have a physical copy. 
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Wage Growth for Lowest-Paid UK Workers Is Cooling, Job Site Says
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i feel like the mitochondria being the powerhouse of the cell isn't just a meme because we all saw it, but also because we all stopped and said "wait what do you even mean by that" when we did.
The term "powerhouse" as a literal power station simply hasn't been used in many decades, and if you do look at it as analogous instead, then like, it's way too vague to convey meaningful information. In what way is it a powerhouse, what does it do that's so awesome?
I don't know whether the guy who wrote that part of the textbook was trying to sound cool, or was so old that he thought we still call power plants powerhouses, or what, but it's a clear early example of abrupt disconnect between the writer and the reader. That's what's so especially memorable, to me.
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This afternoon, an Amazon driver took a wrong turn down her long, steep, twisty driveway, and then got stuck because the rear wheel electric van couldn’t get back up the snow covered drive, which was unplowed since her plow guy never showed up. Two tow truck drivers took one look and said nope. Driver, who is so getting fired
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has been sitting in the truck all afternoon. My friend hobbles out every hour to bring him hot drinks and see if he’s ok, but he won’t come in (see flu sick kid). Dude must be losing their mind.
So, she doesn’t want any of us to come over and shovel. Amazon is apparently trying to find a plow guy. If not, they’ll abandon the truck and hopefully send someone for the driver and deal with it tomorrow. If your package didn’t get delivered in eastern Connecticut, at least it’s got a good story.
The insurance company for Amazon sent this latest flatbed tow truck. Now the owner of the towing company is on his way over. My friend, her neighbors , all our friends and y’all on Mastodon are all 🍿🍿🍿🍿totally invested.
Also 100% sure Amazon will refuse to ever again deliver anything (on purpose) to her house.
any chance of getting any pictures (assuming it can be done with no leak of privacy)?
would totally love to see a flatbed tow truck stuck in snow
This does not look like an amount of snow in which a Rivian truck should get stuck... Inexperienced driver? Worn down tires? Wrong drive mode? I'll ask some people at Rivian what they think.
yup.
suspect that some salt and kitty litter/sand in strategic places and someone more experienced and it will get out fine.
But!!!
Because when the driver was rescued, he took the keys and van is locked so there is some problem with getting the Amazon truck loaded.
Waiting now for someone else to come out with keys, a Star Trek transporter, or a portable blast furnace to melt the snow.
And now my friend is worried that this flat bd driver who told her he was from the insurance company might just be a dude who has the means to steal an Amazon truck and saw her post on Facebook.
I told her she has no duty to protect Amazon’s property and they are ALL trespassing since she didn’t invite any of them. Let him take the truck. She’s not responsible. (Putting that law degree to work.)
Performative reading?
Saw an article called the Curious Notoriety of "Performative Reading" and was curious. This quote sounds like how many people probably saw me from 1985 to today. I would read in public. It was kind of a stim, a way of regulation. Waiting in line? Read. Eating alone at a restaurant? Read. Walking next to a busy street? Read. On an exercise bike?
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Performative reading?
Saw an article called the Curious Notoriety of “Performative Reading” and was curious. This quote sounds like how many people probably saw me from 1985 to today. I would read in public.…Eazy AuDHD
Chiarini, Domenico - Lower Manhattan skyline and Brooklyn Bridge,
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Metropolitana V 🍎
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📷 Pentax MX
🎞️ Ilford Pan 100
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So i need some input.
I think to replace my unify gear for european / open source one.
And i heavily hesitate between an opensource router with opnsense (from eu).
Or a mikrotik router.
Can any #network or #mikrotik #opensense #pfsense user give me any input.
Also does the one you own provide update / system update to EU server (even as mirror).
i need multiple wifi AP that share the same network
Thanks
#question #fedihelp #network #internet #eu #buyeu @buyeuropean@feddit.uk @buyeuropean@mastodon.social @mikrotik
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Parfum de Runny Face.
Since I'm allergic to roses, it turns out I'm allergic to a *LOT* of perfumes as well.
Good luck not offending someone in any social situation when that little data point is uncovered.
Some folks like a lot of perfume so I'd like credit for not having shouted "It burns my eyes" since I was seven.
Maybe alcohol based? I really don't know. I should probably be better at recognizing them just to make my life easier but honestly, I'm enough of a shut-in these days that I rarely run into a problem with it.*
* Of course this morning we went for breakfast and sat very near a table of young women who were from the "if a little perfume is good, more is obviously better" camp.
So a few months back I found a study that tried to do the "mirror test for consciousness" on ants. I remember not being very impressed with the journal where it was published, though I found the topic fascinating.
Anton Petrov has now mentioned this study in one of his videos, which means it's going to spread more.
So... how do the ant people feel about this?
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i'm not sure that, even if you can come up with a mirror test that would work with an ant's sensorium, it would be testing conciousness.
i mean, what if ant conciousness rests more at the hive level? testing an individual ant would be unhelpful.
edit: that sounds a bit Experiment Four, but what i mean is, what if one ant is dumb but the colony working together is smarter?
“The suspect🚨in the Brown Univ shooting is a 24-yr-old white man from Wisconsin who, acc to his LinkedIn, is a US Army cyber warfare off. He was armed with a revolver & a Glock equipped with a laser sight.”
-S Watts
Will the #FBI, #Trump & Rs, continue to report on THIS #GunViolence, given that the shooter isn’t an immigrant or a POC, or will they say that we need more mental health svcs, but not deliver on the promise.
#Shooting #Guns #DomesticTerrorism #Protest #USPol
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I don’t know Jun from Jun & Tonic, but we have the same taste in food.
Murukku is my favorite snack and I would LOVE this. To make it even more opulent, I would use only the butter murukku I love from Grand Sweets (I get them in Sunnyvale at Madras Grocery).
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BAO-na-na
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Banana Bao (a.k.a. Baonana)
Looks like a banana, peels like a banana, but isn’t a banana!Jun (Jun & Tonic)
This recipe has also gotten me out of some dark times (it’s a chocolate style I love. I can only buy it here in San Jose which means never)
Ringgit’s Outperformance Set to Extend Next Year on AI Boost
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Taking Flight
Great Blue Heron at Malden Park in Windsor, Canada
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Robot Vacuum Roomba Maker Files for Bankruptcy After 35 Years
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Robot Vacuum Roomba Maker Files for Bankruptcy After 35 Years
iRobot Corp. filed for bankruptcy after reaching a restructuring support agreement that will hand control of the consumer robot maker to Shenzhen PICEA Robotics Co., its main supplier and lender, and Santrum Hong Kong Co.Reshmi Basu (Bloomberg)
China’s Dim Sum Bond Boom Extends in Boost to Currency Ambition
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-14/china-s-dim-sum-bond-boom-extends-in-boost-to-currency-ambition?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Reviewing Classic Christmas Stories As A Klingon:
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. A Ferenghi businessman is haunted by three spirits who attempt to remind him of his honor. The Ferenghi should have simply slain the demons who attacked him. 3/5 Christmas Bat'leths. Glory to Tiny Tim!
The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry. Two pathetic humans attempt a mating ceremony in which they sell their most prized possessions in order to purchase gifts for each other. Incomprehensible. Why does the female not simply bite the male to show her affection. 1/5 Christmas Bat'leths.
The Nutcracker by E.T.A. Hoffman. A child's toy comes to life and defeats the evil Rat King in glorious hand-to-hand combat. Then the toy's honor is memorialized in dance and song. A true warrior's tale! 5/5 Christmas Bat'leths.
A Charlie Brown Christmas by Charles M. Shulz. A young warrior struggles with internal demons of self-doubt and depression. While selecting a Christmas tree, he symbolically chooses one which reflects how he views himself - a weak tree, unable to support even a single ornament. He lashes out at those he considers his closest friends, attempting to remind them of their honor, and eventually gives up, believing his efforts were ultimately meaningless. But he is mistaken. His words were spoken with the heart of a true Klingon warrior, and his friends wrap the tree in their most prized possessions, giving it the strength to stand on its own, holding the weight of ornaments many times its own weight over. They gather around and sing songs of bravery and courage, and remind the young Klingon that he too will be welcomed into Sto-vo-Kor. Because sometimes the greatest battle a warrior will ever fight is the one inside his own mind and heart. 6/5 Christmas Bat'leths. Glory to the House of Brown.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr Seuss. A cautionary tale. A Klingon from a lowly house is shunned by his peers and forced to live without honor on the outskirts of town. Instead of seeking honor and glory on his own like a true Klingon, he instead sneaks around under cover of darkness and steals the town's presents with the help of his faithful targ. As punishment, Kah'less removes his warrior spirit and he is doomed to stay in the small town facing his dishonor every day. If he had the heart of a warrior, he would have done battle against Whoville and claimed the glory of Christmas for his own. 4/5 Christmas Bat'leths.
The Nightmare Before Christmas by Tim Burton. The King of Halloween Town assigns three children to kidnap the demon Sandy Claws because he is a coward who refuses to fight his own battles. They too fail, because none of them possess the heart of a warrior. 0/5 Christmas Bat'leths. Tim Burton has no honor.
Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer by Robert L. May. A young warrior is shunned by his peers due to a physical deformity. He leaves his family and house to seek his own glory. He returns after defeating a dentist, a filthy gold-loving Ferenghi prospector, and an abominable snowman. Recognizing his fearless warrior spirit, he is given the place of honor at the front of Santa's sleigh. 5/5 Christmas Bat'leths. Glory upon the House of Rudolph!
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The Real Price of a London Apartment Has Sunk 22% in the Last Decade
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When I pick up a pair of tongs,
#poll
- I click them twice to see if they work. (75%, 6 votes)
- Go straight to picking up whatever it is. (25%, 2 votes)
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Do you have someone impossible to buy for? how about one of my crazy Aqua Creatures. They are goofy and sure to delight and confuse. No Aquarium? How about using them for soap or tooth brushes in the bathroom; a spoon caddy on the stove or pens on a desk; they are amphibious and will be fine out of water.
Im pretty sure.
Here are Beelzebubbles, Minion, and Lucifish from the deep end of the pond. Find me on ebay!
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Dwelling in the scarcity of poverty, a can of tuna and some macaroni much more a summer lunch than a winters dinner, a bite to eat to say the least, the darker nights fill with colder air, a hearty soup or stew would do, but you see for someone like me, vegetables and meat fruits and cheese, simply are out of reach, years of lack no time left to pick up the slack, no farm nor ranch would feed me right, for as my years have long since past, the damage done is so very wrong, yet in this world of hunger and despair, nourishment is a fantasy, for healthy food priced like gold, while garbage and glue have to do, a life stuck on barrowed time should have never been neglected for so long;
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