Clara Listensprechen @ClaraListensprechen4@social.cleverlibre.org

Apparently the Supreme Court accepted Jack Smith's petition. Apparently, a lot of folks here are unaware of that.

https://www.lawdork.com/p/supreme-court-first-step-toward-trump-review

Google Fiber’s 20-gig service costs $250 per month https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/11/23997336/google-fiber-20-gbps-speed-early-access-2024?utm_content=bufferf7979&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bufferapp.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Epic vs. Google: Google Loses
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38607424
#hackernews #tech

Tropical Cyclone Jasper to become more severe, prompting Queensland weather warnings for floods, heavy winds https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/dec/12/tropical-cyclone-jasper-qld-queensland-severe-weather-warnings-floods-heavy-winds?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #worldnews #guardian

Coherent: The affordable Unix-like PC OS from over a decade before Linux 0.01

https://github.com/gspu/Coherent

Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://github.com/gspu/Coherent

#linux #unix

Tasmanian government a ‘shambles’ as push to suspend judge derailed by constitutional concerns https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/dec/12/tasmanian-government-a-shambles-as-push-to-suspend-judge-derailed-by-constitutional-concerns?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #worldnews #guardian

The House Intelligence Committee's Surveillance 'Reform' Bill Is a Farce

Link: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/12/section-702-needs-reform-and-oversight-not-expansion-congress-should-oppose-hpsci
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38607071

In Washington, President Zelensky met with the managing director of the IMF, Kristalina Georgieva.

We discussed very specific things, including the review of the long-term financing program for Ukraine and further cooperation for the sake of stability and strengthening of our country. An important decision to allocate a tranche of $900 million to Ukraine. USA.
#AureFreePress #Ukraine️ #Zelensky

Without comment ...

Donald Tusk elected as Polish prime minister.

Hope returns and fascism fails.
#Poland #EU
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67681940

The Mother Cat. 1856. #CatsOfYore #Cat #Cats #History #catsodon #catsofmastodon #catcontent #ilovecats #vintage https://www.meisterdrucke.ie/fine-art-prints/Ludwig-Knaus/684088/The-mother-cat.html

"Wind and solar are important new energy resources but, like all new sources, they have their own impact on our environment including the gas peaking units needed to back them up and the additional transmission facilities needed to deliver the electricity they produce."

PSE hasn't deployed a new wind turbine since 2012 but okay. However, they have built plenty of gas-fired power plants to replace the coal they're no longer burning.

‘Unprecedented mass #coralbleaching’ expected in 2024, says expert
2023 is first year of potential pair of #ElNino years and since 1997, every instance of these pairs has led to #coral mortality. Record-breaking land and sea #temperatures, driven by #climate breakdown, will probably cause “unprecedented mass coral bleaching and mortality” throughout 2024, according to a pioneering coral scientist. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/07/unprecedented-mass-coral-bleaching-expected-2024-professor-ove-hoegh-guldberg #climatechange #climatecrisis #cop28

Rishi, Rishi, Rishi!

Eastern phoebes are fun to watch. They are flycatchers, and they will quickly dart from their perch to catch their prey in the air. Similarly, they fly over and dip in the water to drink and bathe too. You can see that in this video. https://youtu.be/R8ixSpILch8?si=ND1WX_Y2I5gsjf4G #birds

If you wonder if there is anything after death, think of a compost pile...

After death, there is life.

I tend to apply a lot of pushback on nuanced sophistry because COVID-19 kind of taught me that if you dismiss seemingly harmless sophistry like "oh it's not like I'm against COVID-19 vaccines or vaccines in general, I'm just not for mandatory vaccination rules", it won't take long for it to mushroom into a full blown anti-vaxx movement in your family and neighbourhood. Even amongst medical colleagues! So yeah, I'm "rude" I guess 😑.

Witnessing a homeless ‘sweep’ makes me so angry and sad; I can’t imagine how much worse it is for the people getting ‘swept’.