Good morning to you all from a sunny but chilly Tokyo. Hope you each had a great weekend. And that this week is starting well.
One of mine from my photowalk with Henrik on Saturday. His wife bought him a day out with me as a birthday present. To improve his eye and his photography.
Luv&peace
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CBS: VIDEO: State trooper pulls man from fiery Tesla during winter storm in Virginia
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Join us for a virtual Secret Santa gift exchange on Xmas day! Its all Virtual No Money No Malls No Mailing shopping so get creative!
To Enter; Like or Boost this post to be entered. On Xmas eve, I will send entrants the profile of another player to 'shop' for so think outside that wrapped box!
On Xmas day, we will share the image/video of what he got each other on Xmas day #SecretSanta so I hope to see you there!
Oil Holds Two-Month Low as Surplus Offsets Geopolitical Tensions
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-14/latest-oil-market-news-and-analysis-for-dec-15?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Ukraine's health supplies hit in series of Russian strikes on medical warehouses
Warehouses supplying the vast majority of Ukraine's pharmacies have been destroyed over recent months.Vitaly Shevchenko (BBC News)
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CEOS Plan to Spend More on AI in 2026 - Despite Spotty Returns - Slashdot
The Wall Street Journal reports that 68% of CEOs "plan to spend even more on AI in 2026, according to an annual survey of more than 350 public-company CEOs from advisory firm Teneo.it.slashdot.org
DoorDash driver faces felony charges after allegedly spraying customers’ food | TechCrunch
A woman is facing felony charges in Evansville, Indiana over a DoorDash delivery in which she allegedly sprayed the food with a substance that made the customers vomit.Anthony Ha (TechCrunch)
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
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2025-12-15/massacre-of-jews-at-bondi-beach-shocks-australia-video?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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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.
Link to event’s time conversion table: timeanddate.com/worldclock/fix…
Please remember to use the tag while we're watching so we're not flooding the timeline with the 1001 quotable sick clapbacks featured in this movie.
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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Event Time Announcer - #TheLionInWinter Watch-Along
Event Time Announcer shows time for #TheLionInWinter Watch-Along in locations all over the world. In New York it happens on dimanche 14 décembre 2025, 19 h 00 m 00.www.timeanddate.com
Wage Growth for Lowest-Paid UK Workers Is Cooling, Job Site Says
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-15/wage-growth-for-lowest-paid-uk-workers-is-cooling-job-site-says?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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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
yup.
suspect that some salt and kitty litter/sand in strategic places and someone more experienced and it will get out fine.
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,
#Chiarini #BrooklynBridge #NewYorkCitys #LowerManhattan #undefined
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Metropolitana V 🍎
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🎞️ Ilford Pan 100
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite #BlackAndWhitePhotography #Art #AnalogPhotography #中文 #中国 #看见中国 #China
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
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-15/ringgit-s-outperformance-set-to-extend-next-year-on-ai-boost?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Taking Flight
Great Blue Heron at Malden Park in Windsor, Canada
#photography #birds #heron #gbh #greatblueheron #bif #birdinflight
Robot Vacuum Roomba Maker Files for Bankruptcy After 35 Years
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-15/robot-vacuum-roomba-maker-files-for-bankruptcy-after-35-years?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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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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AI6YR Ben
in reply to AI6YR Ben • • •***That Tesla driver is lucky. Apparently could not open the doors because power out. Saved from certain incineration by a passing Virginia State Trooper!
Per story:
"The Tesla’s doors were locked and would not open when Page tried them. He said in his interview that he could hear the driver, Kanu, inside the car.
Henrico County home damaged after being hit by a car
Page proceeded to break open the window to get to Kanu. He then asked Kanu to sit back so he could cut the airbag. Once Page did so, he was able to reach Kanu and pull him out of the car."