Russia's friends helping each other:
Germany’s far-right AfD invited to join Munich Security Conference 2026, on initiative by JD Vance
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/29/german…

NATO Is Having a Military Exercise.
The U.S., Its Largest Member, Won’t Be There.
The operation, Steadfast Dart, comes as Trump has been accused of undermining the alliance
It will be watched closely to see how well the allies manage without their most important partner

NATO to Hold Military Exercise Without U.S., Its Largest Member
The operation, Steadfast Dart, comes as President Trump has been accused of undermining the alliance and will be watched closely to see how well the allies manage without their most important partner.

Did Performance

Played two Loopy gigs

Just a tiny birthday party and in a camping field with friends.
This is probably about the target number really.
It's nice to play now and then but couldn't be monthly or anything even more frequent.
Didn't feel like either went great. Health issues affecting performance plus nerves
Just one with video of any kind.
Added a couple of great songs to the playlists, need to practise more really.
At the end of a Hoopla class and the end of
a self-organised group class.
They were good fun.
But having to book a course every eight weeks means constantly churning co-players and long gaps where I don't get around to it or it was all booked up.
Tried to get a more permanent group going...
Trying to get some sort of indie-group off
the group rather than just short runs of
classes with new people all the time.
We found a group an booked the room but didn't get most of the actual people to turn up. Need to presumably meet more people up for that sort of thing.
So there will be new improv class starting
in Jan.
A new show in March at least.

Selten hat der Song so gut gepasst, wie zu den jetzigen Zeiten.
"Greed and jealousy, each equal, all your days now dark"
"Monsters rule your world, are you too scared to understand?"
"We put our faith in maniacs, the triumph of the will
We kill for money, wealth and lust, for this we should be damned
We are disease upon the world, brotherhood of man"

"…the world needs to log off corporate-owned, centrally-controlled social media platforms & log on to a better way of being online. The world needs an open social web through the fediverse & Mastodon.
Calls for public institutions to invest in digital sovereignty are increasing across civil society. The term digital sovereignty means that an institution has autonomy & control over the critical digital infrastructure, data, & services that make up their online prese…

The world needs social sovereignty
The world needs to log off corporate-owned, centrally-controlled social media platforms and log on to a better way of being online. The world needs an open social web through the fediverse and Mastodon.

'Insane ...': Patrick Mahomes leads reactions to Belichick missing first-ballot HOF nod https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47747641/bill-belichick-hall-fame-first-ballot-reactions-sports-world-mahomes-watt

Expanding existing mines poses overlooked long-term environmental and social risks #environment

Expanding existing mines poses overlooked long-term environmental and social risks
Mining companies worldwide are expanding mineral extraction at existing mines, as the rate of opening new sites slows, to meet global demand driven mainly by the need for clean energy infrastructure.

Boiling oceans and compressional tectonics on emerging ocean worlds
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-025-02713-5

Boiling oceans and compressional tectonics on emerging ocean worlds - Nature Astronomy
Several moons in the outer Solar System have oceans encased beneath an ice shell. If the ice shell thins, ocean pressure decreases. Modelling shows that on Mimas, Enceladus, and Miranda, the ocean can boil. On larger bodies, instead, compressional forces form tectonic features.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #AfternoonShow
Everclear:
🎵 Santa Monica
#Everclear
https://djchrisdiablo.bandcamp.com/track/other-102bpm-everclear-santa-monica-watch-the-world-die-dj-chris-diablo-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/37EJtTS7jT5WUyXGZzrwnI

Ran the #Wrapstodon thing on this server.
"Oracle" for me again. 😒
Other than My most boosted post and a count of 1443 posts and 250 followers I don't think it means much on a tiny server. Everyone here is in the top 75% of users because there are two users. 😆
The categories are:

Oracle: “You created new posts more than replies, keeping Mastodon fresh and future‑facing.”

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Social butterfly (replier): You replied far more than posting originals.

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Cool‑hunter (booster): You mainly amplify others via boosts.

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Pollster: You created lots of polls compared to everything else.

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Lurker: You post and interact relatively little overall.
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