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Louis Armstrong:
🎵 'Zat You, Santa Claus? (The Heavy remix)
#LouisArmstrong
https://moochinaboutltd.bandcamp.com/track/cool-yule
https://open.spotify.com/track/4Kh0X8pMk2yIFf4jnGXrTZ
If you encounter kidnappers, stay safe and take note of these things about them, and then share the information with ICIRR.
Download a PDF to print and carry with you, I have put this at https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/ice-watch-card-s-a-l-u-t…
Tying housing costs to homelessness rates, researchers have identified inflection points:
🔸When rents in a community exceed about a third of the median income, homelessness escalates.
🔸“As the share of low-income households with severe rent burdens grows, so does their risk of homelessness,”
said Thomas Byrne of Boston College, an author of the study.
Gregg Colburn, a housing expert at the University of Washington, found that
Seattle and San Francisco, with so…
xkcd: Geologic Core Sample
https://xkcd.com/3171/
The year 2025 was the year I finally fulfilled my destiny and became a bureacrat — I couldn't be happier! White shirt, red tie, brown belt, mechanical in my approach to things. I love spreadsheets, files, book-keeping, accounting, finances.
Most of what I do in a day is read E-Mails, fill out forms, write documents, read documents, call and text people. I have a desk, a printer, get a tea in the morning.
All this with the added spice that I often write press releases, get cuttin…
This came out of the blue a bit: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/579884/serious-shake-up-of-local-government-imminent 🤔 wondering why this Coalition Government thinks they have a mandate to do this. Because they don't. I suspect the Coali…
Is “Resonant Computing” malleable software with a positive ideology applied?
I still haven’t found an umbrella term that captures Causal Islands, Ink & Switch, and similar vibes.
Shades of DWeb principles too.
I’ll keep hosting events that point us in this direction.
Mike Masnick https://
Alex Pretti's Sig handgun has history of accidentally firing -- offering possible clue to why Border agent shot him (Anthony Blair/New York Post)
https://nypost.com/2026/01/25/us-news/alex-prettis-sig-p320-may-have-gone-off-accidentally-experts-suggest/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260125/p22#a260125p22
#CommonplaceNotes https://lbj20.blogspot.com/2025/12/commonplace-book-supply-chains-hope-cool.html supply chains, hope, cool. thanks
After the Devastation of Trump’s First Year,
Popular Rebellions Offer Hope
Elections,
labor,
mutual aid, and
local organizing wins in 2025
point to strategies that can work in the coming year.
In 2026, we the people can build power
and we can win significant victories if we:
🔸Show up for the most vulnerable in the face of federal government attacks and neglect;
🔸Push back on racism and misogyny, and support inclusivity;
🔸Call …