Tootfinder

TIL that the original Mozilla dinosaur logo was designed by Shepard Fairey, later of Obama "HOPE" poster fame
https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/12/the-original-mozilla-dinosaur-logo-artwork/

Ezra Klein is moving from an opinion writer to a powerbroker, as sources say his partisan influence is raising concerns in the Democratic Party and the NYT (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/11/16/ezra-klein-power-play-democrats

How Ezra Klein's power play is guiding Democrats
The New York Times columnist, podcaster and author has helped shape the party's strategies and policies in President Trump's second term.

Russia is dehumanizing Europe – dangerous narratives of Kremlin propaganda: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/17/russia-is-dehumanizing-europe-dangerous.html

Guinee keert terug naar de democratische weg. Door Jürgen Klute.
#guinee

Guinee keert terug naar de democratische weg - Europa Blog
54

Wikimedia says Wikipedia is seeing a significant decline in human traffic, as more people access the site's information via AI chatbots without clicking through (Emanuel Maiberg/404 Media)
https://www.404media.co/wikipedia-says-ai-is-causing-a-…

Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors
“With fewer visits to Wikipedia, fewer volunteers may grow and enrich the content, and fewer individual donors may support this work.”

Thousands of dinosaur footprints dating back 210 million years have been found in a national park in northern Italy.
The footprints - some of which are up to 40cm (15in) in diameter - are aligned in parallel rows,
and many show clear traces of toes and claws.
It is thought the dinosaurs were prosauropods - herbivores with long necks, small heads and sharp claws.
"I never would have imagined I'd come across such a spectacular discovery in the region where I l…

Stelvio national park: Thousands of dinosaur footprints found on Italian mountain
The footprints date back some 210 million years and show traces of toes and claws.

Guinea kehrt auf den demokratischen Weg zurück. Von Jürgen Klute.
#Guinea

Guinea kehrt auf den demokratischen Weg zurück - Europa Blog
55

Two Democratic senators have announced that they will attempt to block any pending civilian nominations before the Senate
in response to what they describe as the Trump administration’s “failure to provide a briefing to lawmakers” on the release of the files related to Jeffrey Epstein.
Senators Jeff Merkley of Oregon and Ben Ray Lujšn of New Mexico, who both sponsored the Epstein Files Transparency Act,
said in a statement on Tuesday that “there can be no business as usual …

Four Republican lawmakers have signed onto
a Democratic-led discharge petition,
which aims to force a vote on a bill to restore tax credits for millions of Americans who receive health insurance through the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
Thot credits are set to expire at the end of this year, unless legislation can be passed to extend them.
Ordinarily, the speaker of the House of Representatives can block legislation from being considered.
But a discharge petition,…

4 House Republicans Join Democrats to Force Vote on ACA Tax Credits Extension
Millions of Americans' health insurance premiums could double if the credits aren't renewed by the end of this year.

Dozens of white clergy are signing up to run as Democrats in 2026,
as progressive faith leaders push back on the political dominance of the Christian right.
Democrats have a track record of Black clergy running for office, but
when white pastors have run, it's usually been as Republicans.
https://www.

"Shocking" number of white clergy run as Democrats in 2026
"We're tracking about 30 white clergy who are running for office as Democrats around the country."