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R. Bruce Dold, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist at the Chicago Tribune, where he became editor-in-chief and publisher, is dead at 70 (Trip Gabriel/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/us/politics/bruce-dold-dead.html

R. Bruce Dold, Chicago Tribune Publisher and Pulitzer Winner, Dies at 70
As head of the editorial page, he encouraged The Tribune’s support of Barack Obama, resulting in the paper’s first endorsement of a Democrat running for the White House.

My prediction:
The return half of many round trip tickets held by US citizens to locations outside of the US will not be used.
Why will they not be used?
Because the return trip home will be in a body bag.
In other words, I am predicting that given the US actions (not merely today's invasion de jour), that US overseas travelers will become popular and easy targets for those who chose to use violence in response to US acts.

Newsom uses AI picture of Trump as Marie Antoinette to blast his Mar-a-Lago trip (Erin Keller/The Independent)
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/gavin-newsom-donald-trump-marie-antoinette-b2861434.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251109/p3#a251109p3

Ukraine, US begin peace deal talks in Florida ahead of Witkoff's Moscow trip: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/30/ukraine-us-begin-peace-deal.html

She was allowed a phone call to her parents, who contacted a lawyer.
The next day, a federal judge issued an emergency order barring her removal from the US for at least 72 hours until her case could be reviewed.
But the next morning, she was shackled at her wrists, ankles and waist and deported to her native Honduras,
a country which she left at the age of seven and of which she has virtually no memory.

In the spirit of #FOSDEM2026 being sponsored by Google, I hope HackerTrain is brought to you by Ryanair.
#google #surveillanceCapitalism

I will be quite happy when the Big Sur highway is finally re-opened to end-to-end travel.
(It can be a scary trip, especially southbound, with tall cliffs going up on the inland side and sheer drops into the ocean on the other side.)
It has been said that the Big Sur area has the worst (as in none) cell phone signal in the entire US.
A drive on California highway 1 from Cambria on the south to and through the Mendocino coast on the north is something that is fairly special …

Highway 1 slide repairs continue to make strides along Big Sur coast
Crews continue to make headway on the only remaining choke point between Carmel and Cambria on the Big Sur coast along Highway 1 with an eye on the goal of having the roadway completely open by spr…

The continued racist policies of the USA government are immoral, illegal and unconstitutional.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/04/student-describes-horror-show-ice-deportation-to-honduras-at-thanksgiving

#caturday

I'm really not a happy camper today. I'm perfectly happy, but am not on a camping trip.

Justice Dept. Is Said to Be Investigating D.C. Mayor Over Foreign Trip (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/us/politics/trump-muriel-bowser-qatar-investigation.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251106/p129#a251106p129

Indiana governor Mike Braun announced today that he is calling a special session to consider redrawing congressional districts in the state, the latest Republican state to work on its maps ahead of 2026.
Indiana is one of several Republican-led states that the Trump administration has pressured to undertake mid-decade redistricting to favor Republicans,
-- which began with a push in Texas to redraw lines to add Republican seats.
“I am calling a special legislative session to…

Too late for this trip: I was looking for a USB charger with an EU (Type F) plug. Seems selection is limited for products that will ship to the US. Any suggestions?
I’ve had good luck with Anker products, and found a charger I liked in their EU store, but when I went to check out that product (and most in their EU store) were not eligible to ship to a US address.
I’ll pick something up in Munich, but it won’t be exactly what I want. Surely there has to be a way to buy online and …

College Student Is Deported During Trip Home for Thanksgiving (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/us/politics/college-student-deported-thanksgiving-texas.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251130/p46#a251130p46

Hegseth refuses to meet American troops with beards during South Korea trip: report (Joe Sommerlad/The Independent)
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/pete-hegseth-bearded-troops-south-korea-b2853601.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251028/p39#a251028p39

How Raiders owner Mark Davis developed the modern football hand warmer https://www.raiders.com/news/how-raiders-owner-mark-davis-developed-the-modern-football-hand-warmer

How Raiders owner Mark Davis developed the modern football hand warmer https://www.raiders.com/news/how-raiders-owner-mark-davis-developed-the-modern-football-hand-warmer