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60 years ago tonight, the velvet underground at summit high school in new jersey, opening for the myddle class, both acts' 1st proper shows. sometimes called the VU's debut, rob norris’s classic scene report, “i was a velveteen” (from kicks #1) mentions they’d just been fired from cafe wha?, so maybe there was one earlier, too? some great local coverage, too!

The game based on Pokemon is launching a card game. What a world we live in.
https://meta.masto.host/@GamingNews/115882212116030221

Oh my
Paramount Pictures X Account Hacked to Read ‘Proud Arm of the Fascist Regime’
https://variety.com/2025/film/news/paramount-x-account-hacked-proud-arm-of-the-fascist-regime-1236604676/?mid=1#cid=3292744

Paramount X/Twitter Account Hacked to Read 'Proud Arm of the Fascist Regime'
The official account for Paramount Pictures on X was seemingly hacked, to alter the account's bio as "Proud arm of the fascist regime."

Weltraumteleskop James Webb bestätigt die bislang früheste Supernova
Dank ausreichender Vorwarnzeit konnte das Weltraumteleskop James Webb die mit Abstand früheste Supernova erforschen. Ein Gammablitz hatte sie angekündigt.
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Whiskey Pete lost a round.
‘Horsefeathers!’: Judge blasts Hegseth’s attempt to demote Sen. Kelly over video to U.S. troops - Democracy Docket
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/judge-blasts-hegseth-demotion-effort-senator-mark-kelly-unlawful-orders-video/

Pentagon did not conduct routine investigation on whether Hegseth damaged national security by sharing strike plans on Signal (CNN)
https://cnn.com/2025/12/11/politics/pentagon-did-not-conduct-hegseth-signal-investigation
http://www.memeorandum.com/251211/p42#a251211p42

Is it because they are eating less or because they can't afford food after buying Ozempic?
"According to new research, the medications are associated with meaningful reductions in how much households spend on food, both at the grocery store and at restaurants."
https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2025/12/ozempic-changing-foods-americans-buy

60 years ago today (maybe), the muir beach acid test, during which the grateful dead & owsley stanley encounter one another for the very first time & owsley promptly freaks out & drives his car into a ditch. muir beach photo from later in the '60s. (sometimes the palo alto acid test is placed on 12/11 & muir beach on 12/18, but rosie mcgee says she met phil lesh for the 1st time on 12/11 & attended palo alto the following week, which seems to settle the matter.) [1/4]…

I Asked the Pentagon About Pete Hegseth's Mentor. Then the Threats Started. (Dan Friedman/Mother Jones)
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/12/eric-geressy-goodreads-pentagon-dod-pete-hegseth-jack-posobiec-threat/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251211/p27#a251211p27

60 years ago tonight, the #GratefulDead (& bill graham's) 1st fillmore auditorium gig, at the #sanfrancisco mime troupe’s appeal II, maybe the 1st actual time the dead name was used. not in ads (“formerly the warlocks” was january), no tape.