Cladocera @daphsci@qoto.org

BTW, here's a little interesting fact. You may have noticed that cameras in the House the last few days are frequently focusing on groups of congresspersons and areas other than the front of the chamber. This is NOT typical. C-SPAN operates the cameras and feeds them out. Normally, House leadership controls where the cameras point, and that is virtually always to the front, avoiding any other areas or groups of persons in the chamber. But with the House leadership in limbo, C-SPAN has full control, and they're wisely making the most of it!

If you want to understand the real story behind skyrocketing prices, you have to look at monopoly power.

When an industry consists of just a handful of massive corporations who can coordinate price hikes, everyone gets shafted.

Extreme MAGA House Republicans are already achieving part of their goal — preventing the U.S. government from functioning.

One fascinating thing about the House Republican's self-immolation is how it is substanceless.

McCarthy's opponents have no specific complaints about McCarthy.

They just don't like him.

And McCarthy has no specific rationale for being Speaker.

He just wants power.

$ curl duck

Fine. I'll be House Speaker.

I've been struggling with this myself, so I thought I'd repeat it for other people that might be dealing with the same thing:

Not every hobby needs to be a project. Not everything needs to be a whole *thing* with a goal and an endpoint. It's okay to not finish something. It's okay to pick up something for a bit, explore it, start making something, and then drop it without making any "progress".

Productivity is capitalist bullshit that doesn't need to infect your free time too. Have some fun

Lynn Conway, electricial engineer and computer scientist, co-architect of the VLSI design revolution, and transgender activist, was born #OTD in 1938.

She invented Dynamic Instruction Scheduling at IBM, but IBM fired her when they learned she was transitioning.

Photo: Lynn Conway

Analysis: Which countries are historically responsible for #ClimateChange? #CarbonBrief

▶️ https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-which-countries-are-historically-responsible-for-climate-change/

#ClimateCrisis #EndFossilFuels

Winter juncos are such lovely companions.

I'm really disappointed in some Twitter media friends who decided to stick with Musk while he assaulted journalism.

The tone of this story seems like a departure for the New York Times. It doesn’t pretend Elise Stefanik is sincere (which she isn’t) and it doesn’t pretend she might be telling the truth (which she isn’t). It’s an excellent story about a dangerous fascist. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/31/us/politics/elise-stefanik.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Go f yourselves with your #fireworks and #firecrackers

Happy #newyear
#dogs #dog #dogsofmastodon #dachshund

Teachers can only write off $300 on their taxes for classroom expenses

Most Americans can write off zero dollars for business expenses

Trump writes off $130,000 in hush money he paid Stormy Daniels as a business expense

Sunset from Monday over the big lake. Vertical shot. If you haven't changed your image settings, you'll need to smash it to see the entire image.

One of the best sunsets of the year!

#Photography #LandscapePhotography #NaturePhotography #LakeSuperior #Minnesota

I love the variety played on #KEXP, an independent radio station in #Seattle. I donated today because I'm frequently streaming the station - at work and during my off time.

https://kexp.org/

Tomorrow is the last day of the year 2022 but the end of the month!

Until now we have profited from the energy prices for the server with #Hetzner since they produce their own green electric but from Jan 1st all server costs will increase with 10%(!!)

Within a few days a new server bill will present itself, please think about supporting if you can ❤️

https://paypal.me/stuxOS
https://patreon.com/mstdn
https://ko-fi.com/mstdn
https://liberapay.com/mstdn
https://opencollective.com/mstdn
https://bunq.me/stuxhost

IYKY-YoHo #midwest #YoHoShovels #minneapolis #minnesota