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Colts eliminated from playoff contention with Chargers' loss to Texans https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6922183/2025/12/27/colts-eliminated-nfl-playoff-contention/

I have long felt that liberal/progressive messaging often tended towards not merely hyperbole, but hyperbole that carried far more than the intended message.
Consider the phrase "Defund the police". That carries a clear message that implies near elimination of police based law enforcement. Few of us want that. Police are an important element of an ordered society.
But pretty much all of us see that police are doing too much and that it is better to restructure police…

#30DayMapChallenge Day 24: Places and their names. Place name elements are always interesting (and fun) to map. Here the Old Norse 'by' and 'thorp' elements in #Norhamptonshire. Data from Digital Survey of English Place-Names

Trump’s Gaza peace plan leaves door ajar for Palestinian state
Some elements of the U.S. proposal are comically specific.
“Once all the hostages have been released,” it reads,
“Israel will release 250 life sentence prisoners plus 1,700 Gazans who were detained after October 7. …
For every Israeli hostage whose remains are released, Israel will release the remains of 15 deceased Gazans.”

The proposal says that “upon acceptance of this agreement,
full aid…

Trump’s Gaza peace plan leaves door ajar for Palestinian state
Trump’s 21-point peace plan includes Hamas disarmament, an international security force and a “Trump development plan” to rebuild the shattered enclave. But Israel might balk at some proposals.

I've been off and on watching The Fifth Element over the past few days... that movie still looks and feels awesome.

"Obwohl bereits vor über 100 Jahren als Fälschung entlarvt, sind "Die Protokolle der Weisen von Zion" bis heute zentrales Element im Antisemitismus. Unsere Doku zeigt die Entstehungsgeschichte der Lüge und wie ihre Hauptmotive Verschwörungsnarrative der Gegenwart prägen."
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Packers clinch spot in NFC playoffs following Lions' loss to Vikings; Detroit eliminated https://www.nfl.com/news/packers-clinch-spot-nfc-playoffs-lions-loss-vikings-detroit-eliminated

Wohoo, QGIS Arrow support has been merged: https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/pull/63749
Thanks @… & @…

Implement QgsArrowIterator to iterate over features as batches of ArrowArray by paleolimbot · Pull Request #63749 · qgis/QGIS
Description As encouraged by @nyalldawson! https://mastodon.social/@nyalld/115459416976982489 The motivation is to eliminate the need for per-feature iteration in Python to maintain the fidelity of...

Exasperation with the United States has been building in Vietnam.
Blow by blow, it has risen with the elimination of American aid for clean energy and H.I.V. prevention,
up-and-down tariffs,
indifference to requests for a leader-to-leader meeting,
a Trump family golf development near Hanoi that has enraged local residents,
and surprises like the new tax on U.S. imports of furniture
— one of Vietnam’s priority industries for growth.
It has been 50 ye…

Is the U.S. Losing in Vietnam? Russia, North Korea and China Are Gaining.
U.S. allies worry that American volatility and Russian outreach and arms sales, in particular, are driving Vietnam into a new phase.

Trump urged Republicans in the Senate to scrap the #filibuster,
saying it had become an obstacle to "effective governing" and removing it would prevent another government shutdown
and pave the way for his party to push through its legislative priorities.
“The filibuster is hurting the Republican Party,” Trump told Politico.
He called on Republican lawmakers to eliminat…