Nordstahl @Nordstahl@qoto.org

@FantasticalEconomics If someone isn't comfortable with Python scripts you can open the PDF in Inkscape and just delete the black squares.

Seems like a good day to remind everyone that Trump has sued over jokes, tweets, interviews, and news articles but not once over any of the countless accusations of child rape. — That silence says everything.

Stairway to glowing embers. With today's rain and grey sky I thought I would share another from yesterday's sunrise to hopefully brighten things up a bit.

Why does a Democratic hoax need to be redacted?
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

Retired 27-year FBI agent Brian Carroll, who specialized in managing exactly the type of cases like the Brown University shooting, explains all the ways in which Kash Patel just ain't it. Really great inside analysis: prospect.org/2025/12/23/k...

The Empty Suit - The American ...

Is anyone else sick of their governments just doing whatever the F they want??? #cdnpoli #abpoli

The DOJ is both acting like Trump’s personal attorney and protecting co-conspirators Bondi said didn’t exist

After killing the CECOT story in the USA, CBS goofed and aired it in Canada. Last night, as Canadians were uploading it to YouTube, CBS was filing copyright violations to block its further release.

But it's too late. Under Bari Weiss, CBS is state run media desperately cosplaying as legitimate journalism.

Watch the full CECOT episode CBS tried to ban: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F81WnOyDXD4&t=7s

JD Vance: You don't have to apologize for being white!

Neo Nazis: Heard you loud and clear VP! We're stepping up our operations big time!

But yeah, let's pretend it's hyperbolic to call Trump and his regime fascists and Nazis.

If you are having trouble finding a working link to the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT that Bari Weiss spiked, here’s one that works as of the time of this post. https://www.reddit.com/r/Trumpvirus/comments/1ptgexq/60_minutes_inside_cecot_bootlegged_episode_not/

📷 Home, safe and arrived to find Charlene sitting on the windowsill, soaking up the Sun. ❤️

In bed for an afternoon movie and nap.

Here's that 60 minutes segment - not the Canadian guy filming his TV (thank you), but a 1080p grab from a browser someone posted to Internet Archive.

That 1080p video is 1.4GB. This 720p version (crf:35) is under 40MB, which just happens to be the default / most common media size limit for mastodon instances.

NOTE: mastodon re-encoded the upload to 100MB so HERE'S THE 40MB version
👉 https://drive.proton.me/urls/XA5XYQV47M#VSGTMh8TpDEO

This is unconscionable, and must not be covered up. Apparently CNN is running "the story" now; those jackals just want the clicks.

share / download / re-post elsewhere, etc.

#60minutes #cecot #fascism

The people most obsessed with longevity are invariably the ones you’d least want to live forever.

It's not me: it's you!

No, I'm not giving you my phone number nor my email. Your mobile is chock full of apps that harvest every bit of personal data they find in it and keep them to themselves to do who knows what, sell it to the best bidder and even do things I can't imagine. You may not care about your #privacy but I do care about mine. So, you are not getting my phone number even if you want to have my contact on #Signal.

Want to stay in touch? I can give you my #XMPP address though.

The NY Times headline reads “Vance Refuses to Take Sides in G.O.P. Fight Over Bigotry."

This is false. He took a side: that of neo-Nazis and other assorted bigots and nuts.

I think he thinks it's strategic. An analysis.

https://www.salon.com/2025/12/23/jd-vances-2028-strategy-be-even-worse-than-trump/

Ukraine’s Air Force spokesman Yuriy Ihnat reports that F-16s played a key role in today’s defense, intercepting 34 out of 35 incoming Russian cruise missiles.

Pilots from Ukraine’s 81st Airmobile Brigade destroyed a Russian IFV carrying infantry near Serebryanka. They tried to break through a kill zone using heavy armored vehicles en route to Siversk, but were detected and eliminated.

Nicely written.