herid @herid@social.cleverlibre.org

"...Elon Musk issued an edict to the journalism community. Obey me ... or you will be banned from posting on Twitter."

"This should have been a pivotal moment in media history — an inflection point when journalists realized how dangerous it is to put their fates in the hands of people who claim to revere free speech but use their power to control it...thanks to a combination of journalistic cowardice, inertia and calculation, business as usual prevailed." --@dangillmor
https://www.techdirt.com/2023/01/04/journalists-and-others-should-leave-twitter-heres-how-they-can-get-started/

https://t.me/liveukraine_eng/4087 ‼️🇩🇪Germany to join the US in supplying Patriot missile systems to Ukraine - CGTN America & Reuters.
The transfer of Marder infantry fighting vehicles, was also approved. #Ukraine #Germany #News #War #Russia

2022 ended with a shiver, but the start of 2023 broke a sweat. 🥶🥵

This weather whiplash may have been caused by changes in the polar vortex, the band of strong westerly winds over the Arctic. Details: https://go.nasa.gov/3XaD4iK
#NASAEarth

Top Russia analyst @Stanovaya@twitter.com: ‘Putin’s Christmas ceasefire fits into Putin’s twisted logic where he is the ‘good guy.’ … But this is partly a consequence of NYE Makiivka attack that killed dozens of Russian mobilized troops. He doesn’t want something like that for Christmas.’

https://t.me/liveukraine_eng/4065 ⚠️🇩🇪Germany has provided Ukraine with another military aid package, according to an updated list on the government's website.
It was sent to Ukraine:
📍20 missile systems of 70 mm caliber on pickup trucks with missiles;
📍30 drone detection systems;
📍8 reconnaissance drones;
📍7 tracked and remotely operated infantry vehicles for support missions;
📍63 pickup trucks;
(More) #Ukraine #News #War #Russia

Critical under-the-radar item in the Ford #Conservative government's 2022/23 budget:

👉​ Ontario projects ZERO spending on Covid-19 after March 31, 2023.

Blog credit: #ClusterFord author Robert Lee.
https://behindexposeddoors.wordpress.com/

#malfeasance #Ontario #CovidIsNotOverEvenIfGovtSaysSO

You’ve heard about city administrators forcing city workers to vote for regime candidates (the central pillar of Russian “democracy”), but here’s a new spin: on Dec. 30, a district head outside Moscow made teachers leave work to go test a new bridge… to see if it would hold up.

Finally! #Ukraine will get US tanks!!

U.S. edges closer to sending armored weaponry to Ukraine https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/01/04/ukraine-bradley-fighting-vehicle/

The Sailors Hornpipe

https://youtu.be/wFn4KGYNfV4

#FavoriteMusic 49/

As much as it’s fun watching McCarthy spin, it’s worth remembering that this is a microcosm of the larger Republican game—of a tiny minority holding a majority hostage in order to impose their own extreme agenda. Take no comfort in this mess.

The number of active Mastodon users — those who've logged in in the last 30 days — has fallen to 1.8 million from a high of 2.6 million. This reflects the fact that while there's a wave of new users after each Musk tantrum, the majority aren't sticking around. Even the 1.8M figure is inflated by new accounts, so I expect a further drop.

Still, the number of active users is over 4 times what it used to be before the Twitter takeover.

Source: https://api.joinmastodon.org/statistics (and Wayback machine).

1. The Bills' Damar Hamlin is reportedly showing "signs of improvement" after collapsing on the field Monday night.

Hopefully, he makes a full recovery.

And no, the NFL will never be safe.

But hopefully, the NFL takes this opportunity to make it safer.

🧵

3. The incentive to play hurt is amplified when you consider that the average NFL career is THREE YEARS.

And about three years after retirement, most NFL players are broke.

On January 4, 1643 [N.S.] (25 Dec 1642 [O.S.]), Sir Isaac Newton, famous physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, and alchemist was born. With his Principia Newton laid the foundation of modern classical mechanics. Besides he constructed the very first reflecting telescope and independent of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz developed differential and integral calculus.

http://scihi.org/isaac-newton/

#physics #mathematics #astronomy #alchemy #historyofscience #otd