My mom wanted to play the Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer movie and apparently there's an extra with Donald Trump that she finds hilarious to force other people to watch
So I'm definitely not ever buying that movie, i guess
Ooh! On Friday, it's supposed to get into the high 40s! At 4am. While it's raining. And by the time it stops raining, it will already be at freezing. Thanks a lot, weather lords.
Roomba manufacturer iRobot filed for bankruptcy today, reports Bloomberg.
After 35 years, iRobot reached a "restructuring support agrement that will hand control of the consumer robot maker to Shenzhen PICEA Robotics Co, its main supplier and lend…
Consoles de mão de Nintendo, Lenovo, Asus e Valve aparecem com ótimas ofertas nos sites da Amazon e do Mercado Livre, em preços que variam de R$ 1.396 e R$ 6.045
“When autocracy takes hold in a country, everything goes on as before—police go on policing, landlords go on collecting rent, people go on showing up to work. The transition takes place so smoothly because all the elements necessary to fascism were present under democracy.” todon.eu/@CrimethInc/115714319…
When autocracy takes hold in a country, everything goes on as before—police go on policing, landlords go on collecting rent, people go on showing up to work. The transition takes place so smoothly because all the elements necessary to fascism were present under democracy.
People imagine fascism as the opposite of democratic governance. In fact, it employs the same police, courts, property rights, patriotic mythology, and habits of obedience as state democracy. Wherever there is a powerful state with a monopoly on violence, fascism is only an election away.
This is why resistance to authoritarianism must take place at all times, not simply when an army is invading under swastika flags. We must never conflate the smooth functioning of the state with freedom itself. Assuming that the "rule of law" is identical with self-determination gives aspiring despots a free hand.
"This pretentious ponderous collection of religious rock psalms is enough to prompt the question, 'What day did the Lord create Spinal Tap, and couldn't he have rested on that day too?'"
The Trump administration is taking aim at the Somali American community in Minnesota with an immigration crackdown, punctuated by President Trump on Tuesday calling Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Somali American herself, “garbage” along with the rest of her community. trib.al/YyinVxa
Stopped by the BLUF social in DC before heading out to the burbs. Got to sit for the official MAL Bootblack, Matt, who did a great job on my Heritage boots
“In Rio de Janeiro, several Talipot palm trees have begun the only flowering of their entire existence.Offering a spectacle as striking as it is ephemeral.” en.jardineriaon.com/The-talipo…
Why do so many (especially political) YouTube video preview images look like a digital rendition of a 1980s National Enquirer cover that got rejected for being too over-the-top?
I think I can safely assume that I'm losing very little by avoiding that service altogether.
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Surrounding them are numerous photographers capturing the moment using various types of cameras from that era, including film-based ones with large lenses and flashbulbs. The presence of multiple camera flashes illuminates a scene otherwise dimly lit by what seems to be natural or ambient light sources. Other attendees include men in suits, some wearing glasses, engaged in conversations or observing their surroundings.
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Surrounding them are numerous photographers capturing the moment using various types of cameras from that era, including film-based ones with large lenses and flashbulbs. The presence of multiple camera flashes illuminates a scene otherwise dimly lit by what seems to be natural or ambient light sources. Other attendees include men in suits, some wearing glasses, engaged in conversations or observing their surroundings.
The composition suggests the importance of the occasion as photographers focus on capturing images that likely will appear in newspapers and historical records. The image has an overlay with two black vertical lines dividing it into four quadrants; however, these are not part of the original photograph but a later addition to protect certain details when used for publication purposes.
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RPGs as Natural Disaster Prep Tools is at 4pm on Saturday Jan. 10, 2026!