strixus
@strixus.bsky.social
Gaming, Philosophy, Tentacles, Medical Devices, Biologics, Textile Historian, Podcaster, Angry Inner City Girl. Opinions my own. [email protected] and tumblr.com/strixus
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Spain hits back: Masks are mandatory again
Spain’s Health Ministry warns of rising flu and COVID this winter and mandates masks in hospitals, primary care, long term care, and elderly facilities in high-risk areas to protect at risk people, prioritizing nursing homes and immunocompromised patients.
Spain’s Health Ministry warns of rising flu and COVID this winter and mandates masks in hospitals, primary care, long term care, and elderly facilities in high-risk areas to protect at risk people, prioritizing nursing homes and immunocompromised patients.
Spain hits back: Masks are mandatory again
Spain’s Ministry of Health has issued a warning over rising flu cases as winter approaches, preparing to require masks in hospitals, health centres, and elderly-care facilities…
euroweeklynews.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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Tis the season for this all-timer
December 3, 2023 at 7:33 PM
Tis the season for this all-timer
Good early night my friends.
I took today off work to get some rest, and I am very glad I did.
Love yourself enough to take care of yourself. I love you, and you deserve it.
Be safe, take care, and I'll see you tomorrow.
I took today off work to get some rest, and I am very glad I did.
Love yourself enough to take care of yourself. I love you, and you deserve it.
Be safe, take care, and I'll see you tomorrow.
December 3, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Good early night my friends.
I took today off work to get some rest, and I am very glad I did.
Love yourself enough to take care of yourself. I love you, and you deserve it.
Be safe, take care, and I'll see you tomorrow.
I took today off work to get some rest, and I am very glad I did.
Love yourself enough to take care of yourself. I love you, and you deserve it.
Be safe, take care, and I'll see you tomorrow.
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"An @atlantaciviccircle.org investigation in May revealed that Dickens’ office had been using over 75% of the dedicated fund for housing-related debt service and payroll..."
Atlantans will get what they voted for as their tax $$s get funneled into slush funds while the city continues its collapse
Atlantans will get what they voted for as their tax $$s get funneled into slush funds while the city continues its collapse
Mayor Andre Dickens’ administration successfully gutted legislation to restrict how the city can spend its Affordable Housing Trust Fund.
“I feel like we’ve moved in the opposite direction of what this was intended to do,” Councilmember Alex Wan said.
For @atlantaciviccircle.org:
“I feel like we’ve moved in the opposite direction of what this was intended to do,” Councilmember Alex Wan said.
For @atlantaciviccircle.org:
Atlanta City Council approves mayor’s scaled-back Housing Trust Fund restrictions
“I feel like we’ve moved in the opposite direction of what this was intended to do,” Councilmember Alex Wan said.
atlantaciviccircle.org
December 2, 2025 at 9:41 PM
"An @atlantaciviccircle.org investigation in May revealed that Dickens’ office had been using over 75% of the dedicated fund for housing-related debt service and payroll..."
Atlantans will get what they voted for as their tax $$s get funneled into slush funds while the city continues its collapse
Atlantans will get what they voted for as their tax $$s get funneled into slush funds while the city continues its collapse
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😻😻😻CLEANSING THERMONUCLEAR FIRE IS CANCELED FOR THE EARLY AFTERNOON!
MURDER KITTENS!😻😻😻
MURDER KITTENS!😻😻😻
Amirah at the Detroit Zoo, a 9 year old lioness, gave birth to three cubs yesterday!!!
December 2, 2025 at 8:24 PM
😻😻😻CLEANSING THERMONUCLEAR FIRE IS CANCELED FOR THE EARLY AFTERNOON!
MURDER KITTENS!😻😻😻
MURDER KITTENS!😻😻😻
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it's advent you know what that means
December 1, 2025 at 8:04 AM
it's advent you know what that means
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Attn: Games User Research/UX Research folks!
If you work in the games industry performing research then WE NEED YOUR HELP!
The annual GUR Salary Survey for '25/'26 has gone live and your *fully anonymous* participation is immeasurably helpful for our whole field.
gamesursalarysurvey.com
If you work in the games industry performing research then WE NEED YOUR HELP!
The annual GUR Salary Survey for '25/'26 has gone live and your *fully anonymous* participation is immeasurably helpful for our whole field.
gamesursalarysurvey.com
GamesUR Salary Survey 2025/2026
gamesursalarysurvey.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Attn: Games User Research/UX Research folks!
If you work in the games industry performing research then WE NEED YOUR HELP!
The annual GUR Salary Survey for '25/'26 has gone live and your *fully anonymous* participation is immeasurably helpful for our whole field.
gamesursalarysurvey.com
If you work in the games industry performing research then WE NEED YOUR HELP!
The annual GUR Salary Survey for '25/'26 has gone live and your *fully anonymous* participation is immeasurably helpful for our whole field.
gamesursalarysurvey.com
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Automated license plate readers at the US-Mexico border come in a variety of shapes, sizes and disguises. Here's our guide to identifying them. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
How to Identify Automated License Plate Readers at the U.S.-Mexico
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and scores of state and local law enforcement agencies have installed a massive dragnet of automated license plate
www.eff.org
December 2, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Automated license plate readers at the US-Mexico border come in a variety of shapes, sizes and disguises. Here's our guide to identifying them. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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For years, PAD has offered an alternative approach to public safety. We spent a time with their community care navigators to offer a look into how they take care of Atlanta residents most impacted by the growing economic crisis.
A look inside PAD, Atlanta's alternative approach to public safety
PAD Atlanta is a crucial part of the city's public safety strategy, providing alternatives to policing. Take a look inside PAD's operations.
atlpresscollective.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:45 PM
For years, PAD has offered an alternative approach to public safety. We spent a time with their community care navigators to offer a look into how they take care of Atlanta residents most impacted by the growing economic crisis.
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GOOD NEWS! Researchers have discovered a powerful antibody, known as 04_A06, that is able to neutralize 98.5% of MORE THAN 300 different HIV strains AND permanently reduce HIV viral load to undetectable levels, making it one of the broadest-acting antibodies against HIV identified to date.
December 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
GOOD NEWS! Researchers have discovered a powerful antibody, known as 04_A06, that is able to neutralize 98.5% of MORE THAN 300 different HIV strains AND permanently reduce HIV viral load to undetectable levels, making it one of the broadest-acting antibodies against HIV identified to date.
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Started working on a tiny version of my Gate Crushers series, starting with the flag bearer.
Those epic scale minis are sooooo tiny, a real challenge to paint. Even had to use a magnifier to do my tiniest edge highlights and smallest glazes ever.
Anyway, hope you like that start, more to come ^^
Those epic scale minis are sooooo tiny, a real challenge to paint. Even had to use a magnifier to do my tiniest edge highlights and smallest glazes ever.
Anyway, hope you like that start, more to come ^^
December 2, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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I was recently blocked by someone who, by all accounts, wears their disdain for AI on their sleeve.
Which makes me wonder if they thought I was pro-AI???
Even though I've literally written soatok.blog/2025/05/04/t... before?????
Some of y'all are wild.
Which makes me wonder if they thought I was pro-AI???
Even though I've literally written soatok.blog/2025/05/04/t... before?????
Some of y'all are wild.
Tech Companies Apparently Do Not Understand Why We Dislike AI - Dhole Moments
It’s becoming increasingly apparent that one of the reasons why tech companies are so enthusiastic about shoving AI into every product and service is that they fundamentally do not understand…
soatok.blog
December 2, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I was recently blocked by someone who, by all accounts, wears their disdain for AI on their sleeve.
Which makes me wonder if they thought I was pro-AI???
Even though I've literally written soatok.blog/2025/05/04/t... before?????
Some of y'all are wild.
Which makes me wonder if they thought I was pro-AI???
Even though I've literally written soatok.blog/2025/05/04/t... before?????
Some of y'all are wild.
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This has been a great year for the engine, but there are still a lot of things we would love to do.
If each person visiting our website donated €5, we could hire 5 more developers to work on Godot full-time.
👉 fund.godotengine.org
If each person visiting our website donated €5, we could hire 5 more developers to work on Godot full-time.
👉 fund.godotengine.org
December 2, 2025 at 5:17 PM
This has been a great year for the engine, but there are still a lot of things we would love to do.
If each person visiting our website donated €5, we could hire 5 more developers to work on Godot full-time.
👉 fund.godotengine.org
If each person visiting our website donated €5, we could hire 5 more developers to work on Godot full-time.
👉 fund.godotengine.org
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Join Will's stream to watch him answer respectable, professional questions about voice acting and the game industry (if I try hard enough.)
Streaming of Rogue Trader continues tomorrow at 2pm GMT
Apparently people feel comfortable asking me questions while I'm trying to finish the game before 2029. *cough* @hazelmonforton.com *cough*
So come and do that if you're interested!
www.twitch.tv/willvoiceit/...
Apparently people feel comfortable asking me questions while I'm trying to finish the game before 2029. *cough* @hazelmonforton.com *cough*
So come and do that if you're interested!
www.twitch.tv/willvoiceit/...
Twitch
Twitch is the world
www.twitch.tv
December 2, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Join Will's stream to watch him answer respectable, professional questions about voice acting and the game industry (if I try hard enough.)
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Frog knocked at Toad’s door. “Toad, wake up,” he cried. “Come out and see how wonderful the winter is!”
“I will not,” said Toad. “I am in my warm bed.”
“I will not,” said Toad. “I am in my warm bed.”
December 2, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Frog knocked at Toad’s door. “Toad, wake up,” he cried. “Come out and see how wonderful the winter is!”
“I will not,” said Toad. “I am in my warm bed.”
“I will not,” said Toad. “I am in my warm bed.”
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Middle-aged dudes are indeed my primary sales demographic (a fact I am untroubled by, being a middle-aged dude myself), but recent books, particularly Starter Villain, have skewed my readership younger and more genderly-diverse. Behold the power of a cat on the cover!
My kids know that I have your entire collected works and have an autograph from when I met you in person. They have expressed ZERO interest in reading any of your works.
You are definitely my children's dad's favorite!
You are definitely my children's dad's favorite!
December 2, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Middle-aged dudes are indeed my primary sales demographic (a fact I am untroubled by, being a middle-aged dude myself), but recent books, particularly Starter Villain, have skewed my readership younger and more genderly-diverse. Behold the power of a cat on the cover!
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Just imagining how much better it would be if ALL news stories about vaccine-preventable illnesses were illustrated with pictures of people with the disease, not pictures of needle injections. If you must show something that people will find scary & unpleasant, make it the disease, not the cure.
I'm so tired of measles.
I'm also tired of people using needle shots on stories like this.
Show what measles looks like.
I'm also tired of people using needle shots on stories like this.
Show what measles looks like.
Gallatin Co. reports 2nd measles case, warns of exposure sites nbcmontana.com/news/local/g...
December 2, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Just imagining how much better it would be if ALL news stories about vaccine-preventable illnesses were illustrated with pictures of people with the disease, not pictures of needle injections. If you must show something that people will find scary & unpleasant, make it the disease, not the cure.
Good night my friends.
I am so very grateful, day after day, to be here with you.
Even on days I can't spend much time talking, I love seeing you all sharing and being here.
Thank you for staying with me, just one more day.
I am so very grateful, day after day, to be here with you.
Even on days I can't spend much time talking, I love seeing you all sharing and being here.
Thank you for staying with me, just one more day.
December 2, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Good night my friends.
I am so very grateful, day after day, to be here with you.
Even on days I can't spend much time talking, I love seeing you all sharing and being here.
Thank you for staying with me, just one more day.
I am so very grateful, day after day, to be here with you.
Even on days I can't spend much time talking, I love seeing you all sharing and being here.
Thank you for staying with me, just one more day.
It is that time once again…
Thanks to @lackofcontent.com we present #Strixmas2025 - Dec 24th - Dec 30th!
Your lack of Strixmas is almost at an end
Thanks to @lackofcontent.com we present #Strixmas2025 - Dec 24th - Dec 30th!
Your lack of Strixmas is almost at an end
December 2, 2025 at 4:34 AM
It is that time once again…
Thanks to @lackofcontent.com we present #Strixmas2025 - Dec 24th - Dec 30th!
Your lack of Strixmas is almost at an end
Thanks to @lackofcontent.com we present #Strixmas2025 - Dec 24th - Dec 30th!
Your lack of Strixmas is almost at an end
Honestly no one really knows enough about what I do outside of my area of my industry for this to be a problem.
As a historian it was always "Oh so you study the silk road?" and I had to explain that no, I studied what happened when that fell apart.
As a historian it was always "Oh so you study the silk road?" and I had to explain that no, I studied what happened when that fell apart.
What’s the worst question someone can ask after you tell them your profession? For linguists, it’s definitely “how many languages do you speak?”, but I’m curious what else is happening to the rest of y’all out there?!
December 1, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Honestly no one really knows enough about what I do outside of my area of my industry for this to be a problem.
As a historian it was always "Oh so you study the silk road?" and I had to explain that no, I studied what happened when that fell apart.
As a historian it was always "Oh so you study the silk road?" and I had to explain that no, I studied what happened when that fell apart.
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Pass legislation requiring that no one earning less than $100k a year be audited or pursued for tax debt while corporatons use arcane loopholes to avoid paying any tax at all.
My bipartisan IRS MATH Act with Senator Bill Cassidy is now law.
Now, if you mess up your taxes, the IRS has to tell you where you made a mistake and how to fix it.
No more spending a fortune on lawyers or hours to find errors.
That means fewer headaches and more money in your pocket.
Now, if you mess up your taxes, the IRS has to tell you where you made a mistake and how to fix it.
No more spending a fortune on lawyers or hours to find errors.
That means fewer headaches and more money in your pocket.
December 1, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Pass legislation requiring that no one earning less than $100k a year be audited or pursued for tax debt while corporatons use arcane loopholes to avoid paying any tax at all.
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Bianca Garcia, District 1 constituent, voices her opposition to the TAD extension.
Garcia says she was unaware until recently that funding for TADs diverts funds from public services and schools.
"These TADs have not proven to reduce poverty or help our lower-income neighbors," Garcia says.
Garcia says she was unaware until recently that funding for TADs diverts funds from public services and schools.
"These TADs have not proven to reduce poverty or help our lower-income neighbors," Garcia says.
December 1, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Bianca Garcia, District 1 constituent, voices her opposition to the TAD extension.
Garcia says she was unaware until recently that funding for TADs diverts funds from public services and schools.
"These TADs have not proven to reduce poverty or help our lower-income neighbors," Garcia says.
Garcia says she was unaware until recently that funding for TADs diverts funds from public services and schools.
"These TADs have not proven to reduce poverty or help our lower-income neighbors," Garcia says.
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Imle says the city should divert funding from policing to pay for the things the city actually needs.
He ends by voicing his support for the proposed abolition of parking minimums in the city zoning code.
He ends by voicing his support for the proposed abolition of parking minimums in the city zoning code.
December 1, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Imle says the city should divert funding from policing to pay for the things the city actually needs.
He ends by voicing his support for the proposed abolition of parking minimums in the city zoning code.
He ends by voicing his support for the proposed abolition of parking minimums in the city zoning code.
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Margie McLeod says the 2 Peachtree, intended to be a "one-stop shop" for affordable housing, has no one working there to assist people in need of housing. She says a security guard working at the building had to tell people where they could go.
December 1, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Margie McLeod says the 2 Peachtree, intended to be a "one-stop shop" for affordable housing, has no one working there to assist people in need of housing. She says a security guard working at the building had to tell people where they could go.
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"Writing a blank check to the mayor and Invest Atlanta means you as council members will lose oversight over those funds," Knauf says.
Instead of TADs, he adds, the city could tax commercial properties and increase revenue.
Instead of TADs, he adds, the city could tax commercial properties and increase revenue.
December 1, 2025 at 9:21 PM
"Writing a blank check to the mayor and Invest Atlanta means you as council members will lose oversight over those funds," Knauf says.
Instead of TADs, he adds, the city could tax commercial properties and increase revenue.
Instead of TADs, he adds, the city could tax commercial properties and increase revenue.