ceoln @ceoln@qoto.org

"I hold my face between my hands
to keep my loneliness warm —
two hands protecting,
two hands nourishing,
two hands to prevent
my soul from leaving me
in anger."

This is so wonderful, both a consolation and resolution https://t.co/3S8nTgpWgI

asked dalle3 "Please generate a simple Christmas nativity scene with each element clearly labeled in large capital letters for a child who is learning to read."

https://www.aiweirdness.com/your-ai-generated-guide-to-the-nativity/

Dec 22

"Please generate a simple indoor Christmas scene with each element clearly labeled in large capital letters for a child who is learning to read."

Things I have SEEN while shopping 2 days before #Christmas in a small #NewZealand city:

1. An elderly lady drawing willies wearing Santa hats on the walls of a public loo. She was emphatic that they "represent life's funny little ways"

2. A sweaty looking middle-aged guy in a discount garden centre bellowing "Darl, you like flowery shit, right?" at presumably the love of his life. Her profanity was audible and delightful for onlookers.

3. A woman in her twenties standing in the cheese section of the local supermarket, obviously completely overwhelmed. A sales assistant came up, put a hand on her shoulder and said "It's all gonna be okay, love. In five days it'll all just be indigestion. You'll do fine."

4. A dad giving his young son a very serious lecture about the importance of getting his mum the perfect watering can. The lecture went on for at least 5 minutes. I know this because I was waiting to grab one of the watering cans myself. It was lovely and worth it though.

5. A little girl excitedly collecting as many teaspoons as she could in a kitchen store, yelling at her dad that "Mum needs SPOONS!"

6. A woman in the Christmas markets, obviously on the edge of tears, standing in front of a house plant stall asking "But which one has the right energy for a large family dinner?" The lovely Canadian running the stall suggested a cactus. She is now my hero.

7. And finally, an elderly man yelling "YOU BASTARDS DON'T HAVE ANY CHRISTMAS SPIRIT" to a parking meter.

Many in Gaza are faced with difficult choices that aren’t choices at all. We know that the price of our survival is flight, and the loss of our homeland. When the world calls this displacement “voluntary,” it makes a mockery of the term.

https://mondoweiss.net/2023/12/the-cost-of-freedom/?utm_content=bufferdf184&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=buffer

#Palestine #Israel #Gaza

Y'ever think about how, like, someone could smash a window in your house, or key your car, or just TRIP you, and how people for the most part AREN'T assholes?
Or they're lazy. Either way, win

One of my students makes little “choo choo choo” mouth noises whenever she is happily using scissors to do some little craft project. It’s annoying but kind of cute. Unrelated* here is a graphic from “The Superorganism” illustrating how major workers stridulate as they cut leaves producing a sound landscape of tree dismantling for their sisters.

*it isn’t “unrelated” at all

#Garfield #music #HollabackGirl
#bot #lyrics

@DamienMarieAtHope Higgs never called it that. The author of the book "The God Particle" wanted to use "goddamned" but was overruled by the publisher

Black Santa Claus folks pass it on to all the racist so their heads can explode.🤣

The week got going and ended with major Trump legal news, in Colorado and DC.

Here’s my big look at all of this — and where we’re going — at Law Dork: https://www.lawdork.com/p/trump-cases-courts-and-accountability