Please tell your friends about federated social media site that speaks several fediverse protocols thus serving as a hub uniting them, hubzilla.eskimo.com, also check out friendica.eskimo.com, federated
macroblogging social media site, mastodon.eskimo.com a federated microblogging site, and yacy.eskimo.com an uncensored federated search engine. All Free!
The European messaging service Zivver – which is used for confidential communication by governments and hospitals in the EU and the U.K. – has been sold to Kiteworks, an American company with strong links to Israeli intelligence.
DJI Pushes a Final Clear Out on Mini Drones, the Mini 5 Pro Fly More Combo Plus With RC 2 Hits an All-Time Low
Right now, you can save nearly 20% on the DJI Mini 5 Pro Fly More Combo Plus at Amazon. The post DJI Pushes a Final Clear Out on Mini Drones, the Mini 5 Pro Fly More Combo Plus With RC 2 Hits an All-Time Low appeared first on Kotaku.
In the West Bank village of Umm al-Khair, 24-year-old Hanady Hathaleen is raising three children alone after her husband Awdah was shot dead by an Israeli settler. Now the family faces demolition orders on their home theferret.scot/awdah-hathaleen…
The residents of Umm al-Khair in the West Bank were already reeling from the loss of community leader and English teacher Awdah Hathaleen. Now they are fighting a mass demolition order on their homes.
⭕Des enfants de colons attaquent des villages #Palestiniens avec le soutien et la protection d'adultes armés et des autorités de l’occupation #Israélienne.
We’re just days away from the end of our year-end fundraiser. Your donation today helps keep independent journalism alive in 2026. If our work matters to you, now’s the moment to support it. mondoweiss.net/donate?source=s…
Happy third Sunday of Advent fellow NAS Catholics! On this Sunday, which the church calls “Gaudette Sunday” which means rejoice or praise, we light the pink candle to represent “Joy” (pink is the liturgical color that symbolizes joy) with the first two purple candles.
The pink candle, is called the “Shepherd’s Candle”. This week our joy grows, and takes us back to the joyful anticipation of the shepherds who travelled to see the Christ Child in the town of Bethlehem.
The #Bondi Beach incident has been declared a terror attack. "The fact that it is the first day of Hannukah, the types of weapons... some of the other items we found at the scene - as I said, we have found the improvised explosive device in a car which is linked to the deceased offender," Commissioner Lanyon says.
Premier of NSW Minns pays tribute to the man who was filmed wrestling with one of the attackers, taking their gun and forcing their retreat.
"That man is a genuine hero, and I've got no doubt there are many, many people alive tonight as a result of his bravery." Check it here: bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c62l00q1…
EU High Rep for Foreign Affairs Kaja Kallas posted: "I am deeply shocked by the distressing images from the shooting at the Hanukkah celebrations at Bondi Beach in Australia.
This appalling act of violence against the Jewish community must be unequivocally condemned. My thoughts are with all those affected, their families, and the first responders who acted with courage."
Israeli President Isaac Herzog has now responded to the #Bondi attack:
"Our sisters and brothers in Sydney have been attacked by vile terrorists in a very cruel attack on Jews who went to light the first candle of #Hanukkah on Bondi Beach," Herzog says.
Someone should make low-budget full-80s-stereotype movie adaptation of Bad Dudes vs Dragon Ninja. And the tagline should be, "Only a Bad Dude can stop bad dudes."
A wicked judge recently proved that the next step from toxic empathy is pure evil as the third branch of government continues to sabotage the Trump Administration.
Germany's Merz says Putin seeks to restore USSR and will not stop at Ukraine
@ correct, also the current us krasnov administration seeks to separate italy austria poland and hungary from the eu to make the eu more vulnerable and to exit all us troops from europe before 2027 (possibly may mean an exit from nato as well from the part of the us)
poland and hungary may be the next with baltic states and finland ... putin and krasnow planning a holy eu cruisade ... @
A relative of the hero who risked his life to grab the weapon off one of the gunman has spoken, revealing he was shot twice.Speaking outside hospital to 7NEW...
Must parents control young kids (e.g, with rewards or punitive "consequences") so they can function independently later? No. Research shows that what actually promotes self-regulation (and, with it, school achievement) is a parenting style with toddlers that’s flexible and follows kids’ lead: selfdeterminationtheory.org/wp…
Lindberg Bros playing with dads toy day before Christmas. Driving around in the SnowMonster that papa Lars Erik Lindberg build couple years ago. Made in Swed...
Twenty-four aid workers in Greece are being tried on trumped-up smuggling charges after they gave blankets and water to migrants. Some have been in pretrial detention for months in a case highlighting the EU’s authoritarian clampdown on migrant rescue. jacobin.com/2025/12/greece-aid…
Moar noticing 🍻 If you consider that at least some neighboring countries are under Israeli control it certainly changes how one looks at things quora.com/Wasnt-the-Arab-Sprin…
BREAKING🚨: Police announce a "person of interest" is now in custody following the deadly mass shooting at Brown University that killed 2 students and wounded 9 others.
🚨PSA: Whenever you hear a law enforcement official thanking their “federal partners”—using words like “collaboration” “spaces” and “places” they’re full of shit—using liberal buzz words to spew word salads.
Why do schools have dances? Why do many high schools host parties, sometimes inter-school parties at the school?
A school isn't just a machine that puts knowledge into people's brains, it's an organization of people. And those people will want to celebrate together from time to time. This WILL happen. "official" events can be more inclusive.
But also for young people it's a part of social education, providing some baseline for how you interact with other people.
Schools dances, office holiday parties can be kind of corny and boring. So many people have input on what can and cannot be done that you might end up with a very limited and boring event.
But, these things are still very important (the office parties less so, I think)-- they have an "educational purpose"
And this is why schools need to come to grips with running social media intranets.
Right now teens go off into the wild to find a place on social media and adults are rightly alarmed. Companies like Facebook, Instagram, X etc. have no interest in "modeling a healthy online environment" or "teaching young people to use social media constructively" -- instead everyone is acting like simply banning kids from using phones and scanning IDs will make social media go away.
No one is asking or answering the question: How and when will young people learn to use social media?
You could have a server for a school with mastodon, but not connected to the rest of the fedi, you could network with similar schools. Just like at the school dance the teachers are around so there are limits to how it's used.
Teens could post about their soccer games, advertise their clubs, make jokes, practice using the medium wisely.
When teens post to social media they care about their friends at school seeing the post most. 4/
I've had people hear this idea scoff saying "teens will never use it" I don't think this is true. They ALL come to the dances, even though they are "so boring" -- and I think at some level they would feel better having a safer place to express themselves in photos, videos and writing for each other without every creep on the internet looking in on it.
Will some teens still find internet "after parties" Yes.
But right now we are basically saying you can go to the afterparty or NOTHING.
What is more true is the adults don't want to bother to set it up.
Just like no one really wants to chaperone the dance.
But we have figured out that NOT having the dance is worse.
It will leave some kids locked out socially, others will create events that are too adult or unsafe.
We need to show them how it could work. Part of the obstacle to doing this is how few *adults* know how to use social media in a constructive way. So maybe we all need lessons.
OK, I don’t work with kids (I teach at a university), so I have no real expertise here—but this sounds *excellent* to me. Provide a well-moderated, nontoxic space, because if we don’t they’ll just go elsewhere and be less safe.
I agree, but imagine the tech team and the moderation needed. There may be legal implications too. Much easier for schools and local education authorities to outsource the need and the risk.
"But imagine the tech team and the moderation needed"
They already use email, put up fliers, and do many things with communication that schools have ways to manage.
"Moderation" starts in the classroom. My students know how I expect them to treat each other. If anything it would be easier than some of the "she said x" but I didn't HEAR her say it so it's harder to be fair I deal with already.
But, mostly, the social media will just reflect the existing school culture.
A friend had a very intelligent way of doing this, I thought:
Starting with texting, he made clear (and followed through) that he would be able to see and review every text sent/received from first receipt of phone (end of elementary school) to age 16. Same with social media. They had a regular time to review and discuss.
It also gave them a language and space to talk about pretty much any growing up topics, too.
This is a very good idea. I know that teachers and school administrators will likely recoil in horror with cries of "how will we police it!" but your point that kids face a participate in social media that have not standards instead on point. A school of 500 students or so could support an extra support person to monitor the interactions and keep things civil. I suspect that the result would be the benefits of social media with fewer of the down-sides.
also explains why my middle-to-high school experience did not have dances or socials or anything: it was a religious school that mostly would have disapproved and also, if pressed, would have seen the job of modeling appropriate behavior as one that our churches were to do.
When it's just one teacher saying "set up this thing" it just sounds like more work.
You need to get the admins on board.
Make it the place where the scores from the sports teams are announced, where the vote totals from the elections are posted, that is make it part of the school and they'll care about it.
My students love the idea, it's the admins and other teachers who I can't get excited.
The disgraceful statement from Australia PM never mentioned it was jihadist attack on Jews on first day of Hanukkah. Hope he’s ashamed of antisemitic statements past year. t.co/g4i7Dq8Z33— Ambassador Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) December 14, 2025
The European messaging service Zivver – which is used for confidential communication by governments and hospitals in the EU and the U.K. – has been sold to Kiteworks, an American company with strong links to Israeli intelligence.
England F NAO MAO F NTH SUP NWY F NWY SUP F NTH F ENG SUP F NTH
France A BRE HOLD
Germany F BAL PRU F DEN S F BAL A BER MUN A KIE S A BER MUN A BUR S A BER MUN A BEL HOLD A HOL S A BEL HOLD A PAR S A BUR A SPA HOLD
Italy F LYO - SPA A MAR S F LYO - SPA A PIE S MAR F ADR - ALB
Russia F BOT-STP F SWE S F NWY A PRU-BER A SIL S A MUN A VIE-TYR
Turkey A Bud S Tri A Bul - Gre F EAS - ION F ION - Tun F Nap H F Rom H A Tri S Ven A Ven H
Conflictos: -Turquía captura Tunez sin resistencia -Italia, en un ataque conjunto con sus tropas en Marsella y el mediterraneo, logra expulsar al ejercito Alemán en España -Fracasa el ataque Aleman sobre Brest -El ataque Alemán desde Berlín sobre Munich, con apoyo de sus ejercitos, hace retroceder a las tropas rusas, que abandonan la ciudad. -Rusia captura ahora un Berlín indefenso.
A new report by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says Israeli settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank reached record levels this year, the highest since the United Nations began systematically monitoring such activity in 2017.
can't really do much with -20 degree weather
Zennblack
in reply to YoungBlood • • •