Nordstahl @Nordstahl@social.cleverlibre.org

Russia shoots down four of its own missiles plus a Russian jet fighter killing the pilot. I guess they still count as kills for the Russian Air Defense Force.

29 Dec: Russian Air Defense FAILS & STARTS FRIENDLY FIRE | War in Ukrain... https://youtu.be/9gZyI8EUhqQ via @YouTube@twitter.com

9/11 victims' advocates are PISSED at George Santos for his apparent false claims that his mom died of a 9/11-related illness.

“He’s lying,” one said of Santos. “There’s a lot of people disgusted by this.”

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/george-santos-sept11-lies-congress-1234654199/

Which book has had the most significant influence on you?

I’ll go first: ‘The God Delusion’ by Richard Dawkins. Almost made me vanish in a puff of logic.

Federal prosecutors have opened an investigation into Rep.-elect George #Santos over his congressional campaign, a law enforcement source confirmed to NBC #News #legal

https://breaking.iavian.net/article/325617?load=1

Hello! I just migrated my account to the neuromatch server, time to reintroduce! #introduction

I'm Crystal, I'm a neuroscientist interested in visual development. I work for the NIH BRAIN Initiative. I enjoy exploring science and art through quilting, crafting, 3D printing. Once I 3D printed my own brain and it's white matter.

I can also be found in the woods with my two dogs, foraging for mushrooms.

A group of imposters operating out of a Ukrainian call center defrauded thousands of victims while pretending to be IT security employees at their banks and leading them to believe that attackers had gained access to their bank accounts.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ukraine-shuts-down-fraudulent-call-center-claiming-18-000-victims/

@rysiek Michal, I like your nuanced argument. And it's especially pertinent to historically marginalized communities like BIPOC.

#fediverse

#Twitter: where we used to go for breaking news.

#Mastodon: where we now go for news about Twitter breaking.

Autistic people seem to have a tendency to care about social justice. While neurotypical people value "getting on" as important. The problem with this is neurotypicals are more at risk in following and even embracing fascism if it is normalised.

#ActuallyAutistic

29 December 1923 | Hungarian Jewish woman Lily Ebert was born in Bonyhád.

In July 1944 she was deported to Auschwitz. She was then transferred to an ammunition factory near Leipzig where she was liberated.

Today she turns 99.

“I never thought I would survive Auschwitz and have another birthday. At 99, I celebrate to show that the Nazis did not win!”
(Lily Ebert)

Photo: courtesy of Dov Ebert

#Auschwitz #birthday #survivor #otd #people #woman #Hungary #Jews #99 #Remember #memory

Follow the money
George Santos worked-ish at a Florida Ponzi scheme called Harbor City Capital that fleeced customers of $17M. Not directly charged, he took his talents to New York/New Jersey where he created his Jew-ish persona and conned gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin and NY3 residents.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/12/george-santos- devolder-mystery-millions-lies/
#scam #Santos #gop #congress #fraud

The Roseate Spoonbill is one of the most unique and beautiful pink birds in the avian kingdom and their plumage is especially more vivid when in breeding plumage. This one was preening it’s colorful feathers when I happened by.

#roseatespoonbill #spoonbill #roseate #bird #birds #birdlovers #birdwatching #avian #birdart #mastoart #mastodonart #mastodonartists #fediart #art #artists #ArtMatters #AYearForArt

Smug Mode! 😀

If you are on centralised social media, it draws in other people and keeps them there. Have some community spirit and stop supporting/promoting the bad end of the internet.

#StopSupportingTwitter

Bring your followers to the #fediverse and a more certain, less toxic future.

#twitterdown

Scoop: White House to GOP congressmen: Sorry, but you have to restart your investigation demands.

👉It's the first major broadside in response to incoming House Republicans likely to spearhead aggressive oversight of the Biden administration.

https://politi.co/3I8WqjZ @politico@twitter.com

Alan Turing was a mathematician & cryptographer who was a leading code-breaker in the team that decrypted Nazi Germany’s Enigma machine during WWII. He inspired modern computing & what became artificial intelligence.

Instead of being hailed as a genius & hero, Turing was convicted as a homosexual & forced to endure chemical castration. He died by suicide at 41 in 1954.

The British government didn’t apologize until 2009 & Queen Elizabeth II finally pardoned him in 2013. #history #science

I know exactly who needs to hear this, so:

Hating LGBTQ+ people isnt bold or edgy or alt-anything. It’s one of the oldest hatreds out there, & almost every evil regime sharpens its claws on us

Precisely *because* we truly harm no one but make some deeply uncomfortable. Thus: an easy target enough will overlook, justify, or downplay.

I recently designed this whimsical greeting card for Groundhog Day showcasing my soft pastel animal portrait art. I think this critter looks like he has quite an attitude, so the card was designed with that in mind. The inside reads 'Got it? Then Happy Groundhog Day"

See this greeting card in my collection at https://www.greetingcarduniverse.com/holiday-cards/groundhog-day-cards/humor/groundhog-day-humor-furry-woodchuck-1748582?aid=412298
#GroundhogDay #GreetingCardDesiger #GreetingCards #FediGiftShop #ArtistsOnMastodon #MastoArt

Ratufa indica, or the Malabar giant squirrel, the species is one of four relatively hefty rodents in the squirrel family.Beautiful creature!

Your 1997 COMDEX report: IBM, Sun, and Netscape debut prototype talking car with built-in faxing capability.