some of you on here have never teleported to a waffle house and it shows

Rightwing dudes: "Women shouldn't be in leadership. Women shouldn't vote. They're not rational like men."

Also, somehow, rightwing dudes: "The hand of God teleported me to a Waffle House."

🩷 hope it was a peaceful day where you were!

Families flock to Mexican murder ranch, hoping for signs of loved ones A ranch used as a training camp by a Mexican drug cartel was littered with burned bodies and discarded possessions. The discovery has sparked calls for justice.

A ranch used as a training camp by a Mexican drug cartel was littered with burned bodies and discarded possessions. The discovery has sparked calls for justice.

U.K. to become first country to criminalise AI child abuse tools Britain introduces laws against AI tools for generating child sexual abuse images, punishable by prison time.

Britain will become the first country to introduce laws against AI tools used to generate sexual abuse images, the government announced late on Saturday.

www.thehindu.com/news/interna...

L.A. restaurants offering shelter, discounts and food to fire evacuees and first responders These L.A. restaurants and coffee shops are staying open to shelter evacuees, offering discounts and, in some cases, free food to evacuees and first responders to the numerous ongoing fires in Souther...

Here is an ongoing list of LA restaurants that are offering shelter, food, and support to first responders and evacuees:

bit.ly/LAaid

Great- cue classroom firefights between ( likely) untrained shooters, increasing casualties.
Because It’s The Guns

Jimmy Carter: An Extraordinary Life In Photos Former president Jimmy Carter passed away Sunday, around 3:45 p.m. ET, at home in Plains, Georgia, his son Chip told news outlets. He had turned 100 in October.

Jimmy Carter: An Extraordinary Life In Photos talkingpointsmemo.com/gallery/jimm...

Paul Westerberg Always in a Manger YouTube video by Blasty

your little known Paul Westerberg Christmas carol

m.youtube.com/watch?v=hCFf...

FDA raises recall alert to highest level on Costco eggs over risk of severe illness or death due to salmonella Regulators warned that eating these eggs could bring "serious adverse health consequences or death.”

Regulators warned that eating these eggs could bring "serious adverse health consequences or death.”

This!

World Aid's Day In 1997, I was living in the North County area of San Diego, but my favorite coffee shop was a 20-minute drive away in Hillcrest, a local LGQBT+ community hub. After hitting my favorite used bookstore...

www.linkedin.com/pulse/world-...

I feel seen

Indeed! 😅

I briefly had our dogs in new jackets today, until a discovery tumbling over that they were too big.
New jackets en route but I have the cute picture in the meantime.

While Trump crows about his great COVID record, remember this, from the COVID Crisis Group (a bipartisan collection of scientists and public health experts), in a study published last year.
Excerpt from The Death of Expertise, second edition.

I…so…um…

That was on the table?!?

Split Rock Lighthouse shines from its cliff top perch. Lake Superior is unusually calm in the foreground, with overcast skies behind.

Every year Split Rock Lighthouse is lit up on November 10th in honor of the 29 men who died on the SS Edmond Fitzgerald, and the thousands of others who have lost their lives on the Great Lakes. I was able to make it up and catch it this year, it was worth the drive.

Dutch Jews grapple with ‘weaponization’ of their fear following attack on Israelis Members of the small Jewish community in Amsterdam confronted the city’s deputy mayor Friday morning, demanding answers for its failure to prevent violent attacks on Israeli soccer fans the night befo...

Dutch Jews grapple with ‘weaponization’ of their fear following attack on Israelis

Many in the country’s small Jewish community say the incident was stripped of context, even as they worry about their own safety

forward.com/news/673303/...

look it's going to be a long four days and I don't think anybody needed to add an extra hour in there. read the room, standard time.

Jeri Taylor, sitting on the bridge of the Enterprise (NCC 1701-D)

Jeri Taylor was responsible, in large part, for changing my life. She was elegant, erudite, & fiercely opinionated. She wanted Kathryn Janeway to be a significant part of her legacy & there is no doubt that in that endeavor she succeeded.

I owe her a debt of gratitude.

May she rest in peace.

Mucci’s on Randolph?

Bright red, white and pale green northern lights fill a night sky. The black silhouettes of three cows look up at them

obsessed with this photo of cows watching the northern lights. it's the scene in a muppet movie that's so surprisingly touching you start to cry

(photographer: @ChrisReichert3 on twitter)

FTC Proposes Rule to Ban Noncompete Clauses, Which Hurt Workers and Harm Competition The Federal Trade Commission

The FTC is banning noncompete clauses across industries, for employees as well as freelance workers.

www.ftc.gov/news-events/...

I’m so tired of higher Ed claiming that sports are good because of the money they bring in.