RE: mamot.fr/@pluralistic/11574114…

If we have 97% of our money tied up in gambling, I am going to go ahead and believe we are post-scarcity.


Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: A perfect distillation of the social uselessness of finance; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2025/12/18/sel…

#Pluralistic

(This is the last edition of Pluralistic for the year - see you in 2026!)

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Tottenham vs Liverpool: Premier League – teams, start time, lineups
https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2025/12/18/tottenham-vs-liverpool-premier-league-teams-start-time-lineups?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Europe News @europe-news-AlJazeera

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“I want the money to go to the PEOPLE.”

Trump’s speech was the flag set on the high point.

He’s prepared to and has engaged the Democrats in the matter of people’s individual bottom line.

This is going to be savagery.

Trump has bypassed the media and the swamp. He’s negotiating directly with the American people.

He’s put a deal on the table and promises more to come.

It's too bad I can't just tell my Jaws to renew early. I have the funds and freedom scientific has been poking me, so why they insist on waiting until next week and won't let me just go ahead and take care of it is beyond me. Also, if you are no longer using my Jaws, please let me know so I can get that slot back
in reply to Munchkinbear

@munchkinbear it's not there. I'm supposed to be getting charged on Tuesday and there is no darn renew button anywhere in my interface. Also, before I have one more person yelling at me for violating terms of service, I only said what I said publicly because I have no way to track down one of the people I know I helped. With the amount of instance moving and impersonation that has been going on around here, combined with the fact that I no longer have a working iPhone, I can't get a hold of them.

China has successfully built a functional prototype of an EUV lithography machine for making advanced chips. Constructed in a Shenzhen lab by former ASML engineers, the machine is operational and generating EUV light but has not yet produced working chips. The project, a national priority coordinated by Huawei, aims for chip-making independence by 2028-2030.

reuters.com/world/china/how-ch…

#china #technology #chips

READ: Since mid-October, Israel has carried out an assassination campaign in Gaza targeting resistance leaders. Contacts within the resistance say Israel is trying to lure them back into direct confrontation to avoid fulfilling its ceasefire obligations. mondoweiss.net/2025/12/israel-…

Retired NASCAR driver among seven killed in North Carolina plane crash
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/18/retired-nascar-driver-among-seven-killed-in-north-carolina-plane-crash?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into US & Canada News @us-canada-news-AlJazeera

@Kletskous try to convince yourself. This man is just a shit for all the aspects of his life. But he is also a fanatic zionist. And this is it, you like him or not.
Ps. Nonsense is what this piece of shit said.
Ps1. Really proud for stopping his concert. amoskeppler.substack.com/p/the…

It’s time for today’s #30DaysOfChristmasSongs song, and today I have selected a traditional song of the season performed by Australian pop group, Human Nature. They did a Christmas album in 2013, interestingly enough titled “The Christmas Album”. And while I would generally stay away from man-banders, I gave it a chance, and it’s not too bad. Here is Winter Wonderland by Human Nature.

youtu.be/Ao_c-MS7aWY

The focus for us at @Vivaldi has always been to do what our users want us to do. So we have spent time on things like:

- Work spaces and tab stacks
- Tab tiling
- Mouse gestures
- Customizable keyboard shortcuts
- Tracker and ad blocker
- Panels and Web panels
- Cross platform, encrypted sync function
- Advanced bookmarking function with speed dials
- Customizable dashboard
- Massive customization options in general.
- Notes functionality

We have also added stuff like this in our desktop browser

- Mail client
. Calendar
- Feed reader
- Proton VPN integration

Not everyone uses everything we make, but that is also the point. The fact that we listen to special requests is IMHO a feature and not a bug. We value power users as well.

On the other hand, we have stayed away from certain things. Things like:

- Blockchain / Crypto currencies
- AI

You can find us on Windows, MacOS, Linux, Android and iOS. You can even find us in many cars running Android Automotive.

We are not the largest browser company in the world, but we are dedicated and we are growing. More and more are giving us a try. Have you?

#Windows #Macos #Linux #Android #ios #Browser #Vivaldi #AI #Technology #Computing

vivaldi.com

1,605 tonnes of munitions passing through Spain to Israel

ontheditch.com/largest-shipmen…

Biggest shipment of ammunitions and weapons since October 2023. Next port of call is Herakleion.

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Kühe quälen für den Klimaschutz – Medikamente auch für den Menschen gefährlich?


Kühe gelten wegen ihres #Methan-Ausstoßes als schlimme #Klimaschädlinge. Da man sie nicht einfach verbieten kann, sollten #Kühe mit einem methanmindernden Medikament zwangsgefüttert werden. Doch die teilweise extremen #Nebenwirkungen für Kühe und Menschen wurden nie untersucht. Notizen aus dem #Klima-Irrenhaus.

achgut.com/artikel/kuehe_quael…

Günter reshared this.

RE: noauthority.social/@zephyrotv/…

Reminder: you only have two weeks to get your lists in. So far I have lists from @rory, @fuknukl and @RadarR1der


2026 Celebrity Dead Pool Rules

1. Pick 13 celebrities (Lucky 13) plus 3 alternates, that you predict will die in the upcoming year, 2026. If any of your selections pass away, you score 100 points minus their age at death (see Rule #7 below). The only stipulation for your 13 selections is that a minimum of one MUST be 50 years old, or younger. Whoever has the most points at the end of the year…wins.

It’s rather simple.


The allies had footage of the D-Day invasion, shot by an OSS operative from the German lines. No one knows what happened to the films, but it is thought to be with thousands of other unlabeled film canisters of WWII footage in the national archives.

latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-19…

🚀 Gitea 1.25.3 is out!

This release includes important security fixes, multiple bug fixes, and overall stability improvements.
Gitea has been upgraded to Go 1.25.5, addressing two crypto/x509 vulnerabilities (GO-2025-4175, GO-2025-4155).

🔐 We strongly recommend all users upgrade.

👉 Release notes: blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.25…

Huge thanks to our amazing community for 23 merged PRs! ❤️
#Gitea #OpenSource #Git

> Micah 3:5-6 📖

This is what the Lord says:

“The prophets who mislead my people are as good as dead.
If someone gives them enough to eat, they offer an oracle of peace.
But if someone does not give them food, they are ready to declare war on him.

Therefore night will fall, and you will receive no visions;
it will grow dark, and you will no longer be able to read the omens.
The sun will set on these prophets,
and the daylight will turn to darkness over their heads.

#bible

Developer Voices: Designing The Lustre Web Framework

(web framework for the Gleam programming language)

m.youtube.com/watch?v=4n5fFMLV…

#gleamlang
#programming

in reply to Kevin Beaumont

The funny thing about Arc is that I find my propensity to die from Arc/get killed from PVP on solo runs is inversely proportionate to the value of my gear.

I've been rocking blue Loot, light shield and lvl 3 ferror and rattler for about 25 runs now and almost despite my best efforts I haven't been killed.

Or could be I run around with flute going; probably all think "oh if he's calling attention to himself hes got nothing / has serious badass gear to kill me instantly so beware"

The irony is that snow plows can't dump ice into the harbor for environmental reasons.

thegatewaypundit.com/2025/12/w…

There are places deep in the earth where the water is crystal clear or it would be, if there were any light. All of the sediment, all of the dust has settled long ago. All of the gasses have escaped. These hidden volumes of water, like houses. Like the space between bridges. The space between you and the sky. Huge empty spaces that are not empty. Frozen glass. The water is still. The water is silent. The water is transparent as the mountain air on a starless, moonless, windless night.

EU’s New Digital Package Proposal Promises Red Tape Cuts but Guts GDPR Privacy Rights.

Read here for a complete breakdown:

eff.org/deeplinks/2025/12/eus-…

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Dec 18, 2025 @ 16:40 Good evening family & friends❣️ Well today wasn't much of a day, once I shared my morning update I went back to bed and slept for about 4 more hours...got up, did my health update, worked on my sites/ate/recorded, now am finishing up so I can go back to bed. Ahhh, the excitement of retirement! It was supposed to get up in the 50s today, not sure if it did, but we did get some rain so what's left of our snow is pretty pathetic looking. Not sure if we will be getting more before Christmas or not? It would be nice! Anyway, I will see you in the morning, sleep well, good night❣️🥱🤕🙏🛌

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