@memeorandum@universeodon.com2025-11-30 17:30:25
Kristi Noem blames Biden Afghanistan 'abandonment' for National Guard shooting: Full interview (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/kristi-noem-blames-biden-afghanistan-abandonment-for-national-guard-shooting-full-interview-253308485652
http://www.memeorandum.com/251130/p29#a251130p29
@Techmeme@techhub.social2025-12-01 06:35:33
China's central bank reaffirmed its stance on crypto, calling virtual currency activity illegal and saying stablecoins fail KYC and anti-money-laundering rules (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boa<…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-01-31 07:20:17
More than 300 demonstrations are expected to take place across all 50 states and Washington DC, today,
in what organizers are calling
“ICE Out of Everywhere”.
Organizers, led by the national grassroots organization 50501,
say today’s protests are a response to a series of recent deaths involving federal immigration agents,
including the fatal shootings of Alex Prettiand Renee Good in Minneapolis earlier this month,
the homicide of Geraldo Campos in an immi…
@mgorny@social.treehouse.systems2026-01-01 11:25:31
When I see people arguing that fireworks are fine because it's "tradition" and "just one day a year" (yeah, sure), I feel like asking: if shooting people were a "tradition" and happened only "one day a year", would that be okay too? But then I recall that hunters do precisely that, and apparently "we can't" impose stricter regulations on them.
#Poland
@keithjgrant@front-end.social2025-12-01 18:46:02
The last few Christmases, I've idly daydreamed about setting up a siphon to make it easier to water the tree. This year I finally did it, and I love it.
I have a small bucket tucked under a branch between the tree and the wall with a flexible piece of clear tubing running into the tree stand. Now instead of awkwardly laying down and filling the stand, I can just pour water into the bucket, up to the fill line I drew with a sharpie.
@kubikpixel@chaos.social2026-01-30 11:35:06
@midtsveen@social.linux.pizza2025-12-01 18:39:38
I'm #ActuallyAutistic, and I love this woman deeply. I have been a huge fan of her music, especially my special interest in her song “Loin d’ici” (ESC Version) since May 14, 2016.
But now, watching Taylor Swift, Cœur de Pirate, and other artists slowly take her place feels like an unspoken farewell, like a song fading softly into the distance. It’s as if she herself is tell…
@blakes7bot@mas.torpidity.net2025-11-30 19:47:00
Series A, Episode 02 - Space Fall
LEYLAN: And the prisoners?
DAINER: We've killed six.
LEYLAN: Six?
DAINER: [Glancing at body] Seven. In the course of quelling a riot and protecting the ship, sir.
LEYLAN: Very well. Carry on.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/102/373 …
@villavelius@mastodon.online2025-12-01 08:39:54
Like financial transactions, barter transactions are treated as taxable supplies for VAT purposes as well in the EU.
Italy has considered that handing over personal details in exchange for services, as e.g. in the case of Facebook, is barter, and therefore VAT-able. If they succeed in making that work, other EU member states are bound to follow. Big tech platforms are worried, especially as the EU Commission agrees with the Italian stance. Interesting.
@mgorny@social.treehouse.systems2026-01-01 04:01:45
Surprisingly, this night wasn't so bad.
The neighbor's party was without loud music, just some random shouting after midnight.
Of course, people with premature explosion problem started firing in the late afternoon. Near 23 it became quiet enough for me to fall asleep finally. Then, between 23.45 and 1 AM you couldn't, and Ruh 🐱 started panicking. I managed to get her back to bed by half past midnight.
Nothing woke me up then — no "one more box, bro" after 3 AM. Perhaps the frost helped.