ML2 @mathlover@qoto.org

A mere half inch of snow has brought all package deliveries to a halt in Portland.

I spent six years living in a falling apart hunting shack in northern Wisconsin with a living room window that overlooked Lake Superior.

One of my favorite things about being there was watching storms roll in across the lake.

Extremely lucky to get this shot by waiting for the lightning to start and repeatedly mashing the shutter button.

#photography #storm #lightning #longexposure #lakesuperior #wisconsin

The Intercept's Lee Fang worked with Elon Musk on a "Twitter Files" story and used the opportunity to launch his own personal Substack, knowing his colleague at The Intercept @micahflee is still banned by Elon Musk for his factual reporting on Musk.

If Lee Fang is going to boost his own personal substack at the expense of any kind of principled solidarity with his colleagues, why should I continue my recurring donation to The Intercept? I'd rather my money go directly to Micah and Robert Mackey than to indirectly fund Fang's work - let Fang raise money on his own substack.

J.R.R. Tolkien Sent Illustrated Letters from Father Christmas to His Kids Every Year (1920-1943)

https://www.openculture.com/2021/12/j-r-r-tolkien-sent-illustrated-letters-from-father-christmas-to-his-kids-every-year-1920-1943.html

As a Union Electrician I'm basically self employed. When our job is done we call the hall, get a dispatch and go work for another contractor. I've worked with hundreds. I've never received a Christmas bonus from any except today. Thank you K and B Electrical Contractors out of #Louisville Kentucky. #IBEW #Electrician

LastPass, by being breached and almost certainly deliberately not telling their customers about this until just before Christmas needs to be nuked from orbit.

a) Class action lawsuit time. Make it hurt, hurt hurt.

b) User instructions for recovery MUST focus on migrating to either Bitwarden, 1Password, iCloud Keychain (if mac-only), or Chrome password manager (if google-only).

Hey folks, taking some inspiration from another toot. Reminder during these colder seasons -- if it's cold for you, imagine what it must be like to not have a #home in the US. There are hundreds of thousands of people in one of the wealthy nations on the plant who are at risk of these weather issues.

Local shelters are often on short supply for things like socks, underwear, underclothing, feminie hygiene products. A few bucks from you could LITERALLY save someone's life.

You want change? That's how it starts. We grow from our beginnings.

Facebook posted overnight what would be “the largest [settlement] ever achieved in a data privacy lawsuit” and “the most Facebook has ever paid.” $725mil seems large but coupled with Zuck’s SEC deposition transcript just revealed this week, it protects Zuckerberg (again). 1/5

The Mark Meadows' texts with 34 Republicans re: overturning the 2020 election are a disturbing, hilarious, semi-literate, all-caps shrieking, hot mess. Yes, trying to overthrow an election is serious. But these bootlicking, keyboard-abusing Republicans are comedy gold. Hats off to Talking Points Memo for exposing this toxic drivel. Now, if Merrick Garland would just indict someone.

#MarkMeadows
#TalkingPointsMemo
@hunterw

So #Twitter has announced that Twitter Blue suckers can now upload videos up to an hour in length (up from 10 minutes). Given their almost nonexistent content moderation now, what could go wrong?

There's a "Share on Mastodon" button for Chrome now!

We're big time now. Bravo #Mastodon

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/mastodon-share-button/ancdcflaadlnnglelgjhhldpnihkdgim

NOTICE: CAMBRIAN EXPLOSION AHEAD

If Mastodon fails to innovate past where it is today, it is ok. We can migrate to new things without losing our social graph.

There are multiple variants of fediverse social media systems that are in the works and are API compatible with Mastodon.

This whole big messy business can grow and extend just like body morphology in the Cambrian explosion.

House passes bill requiring presidential tax audits after revelation Trump skirted scrutiny

The legislation, titled the Presidential Tax Filings and Audit Transparency Act, passed in a 222-201 vote. 5 Republicans joined Democrats in supporting it

#MOG

https://l.smartnews.com/htTAo/UclyP7

Oh, I have to hear that Elon Twitter spaces Tesla shareholders, meeting audio.