Wif Stenger
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I’m totally lost. I thought we were invading Venezuela. And now allies with Russia. So the friend of my “friend”
is…?
is…?
"The Russian President expressed solidarity with the Venezuelan people and confirmed his support for [the Maduro] government's course in defense of the country's sovereignty."
December 11, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I’m totally lost. I thought we were invading Venezuela. And now allies with Russia. So the friend of my “friend”
is…?
is…?
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Richest 1/1000th of world’s population controls 3 times more wealth than the poorest 50%. "The global wealth gap has become so staggering, and its impact on economies & democratic institutions so corrosive, that policymakers should treat it as an emergency..." www.commondreams.org/news/world-i...
Richest 0.001% Now Own Three Times More Wealth Than Poorest Half of Humanity Combined | Common Dreams
A landmark report on global inequality shows that
the chasm between the richest slice of humanity and everyone else
continued to expand this year
www.commondreams.org
December 11, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Richest 1/1000th of world’s population controls 3 times more wealth than the poorest 50%. "The global wealth gap has become so staggering, and its impact on economies & democratic institutions so corrosive, that policymakers should treat it as an emergency..." www.commondreams.org/news/world-i...
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Congratulations to Democrats in Miami & Georgia! 🗳 💙
Eileen Higgins wins Miami mayoral race, breaking a nearly 30-year GOP hold. She's also the first female to become their mayor!
AND
Georgia Democrat, Eric Gisler, flips a GA state House seat in a district Trump won by 12 points! 🥳
Eileen Higgins wins Miami mayoral race, breaking a nearly 30-year GOP hold. She's also the first female to become their mayor!
AND
Georgia Democrat, Eric Gisler, flips a GA state House seat in a district Trump won by 12 points! 🥳
December 10, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Congratulations to Democrats in Miami & Georgia! 🗳 💙
Eileen Higgins wins Miami mayoral race, breaking a nearly 30-year GOP hold. She's also the first female to become their mayor!
AND
Georgia Democrat, Eric Gisler, flips a GA state House seat in a district Trump won by 12 points! 🥳
Eileen Higgins wins Miami mayoral race, breaking a nearly 30-year GOP hold. She's also the first female to become their mayor!
AND
Georgia Democrat, Eric Gisler, flips a GA state House seat in a district Trump won by 12 points! 🥳
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Sunshine durations so far in December. Zero hours almost everywhere in Finland. No wonder if it's felt dark recently.
December 9, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Sunshine durations so far in December. Zero hours almost everywhere in Finland. No wonder if it's felt dark recently.
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Big news: Deutsche Welle has launched DW Access, an Android app that delivers independent news where it's needed most: in regions under information lockdown.
Key features:
➡️ No app store needed (share via link, messenger, bluetooth)
➡️ Offline mode
➡️ Built-in VPN protection
➡️ Zero […]
Key features:
➡️ No app store needed (share via link, messenger, bluetooth)
➡️ Offline mode
➡️ Built-in VPN protection
➡️ Zero […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
December 8, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Big news: Deutsche Welle has launched DW Access, an Android app that delivers independent news where it's needed most: in regions under information lockdown.
Key features:
➡️ No app store needed (share via link, messenger, bluetooth)
➡️ Offline mode
➡️ Built-in VPN protection
➡️ Zero […]
Key features:
➡️ No app store needed (share via link, messenger, bluetooth)
➡️ Offline mode
➡️ Built-in VPN protection
➡️ Zero […]
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Always read @willbunch.bsky.social.
This one in particular gave me chills, the good kind, despite what’s going on.
Thank you Bell for the gift link.
This one in particular gave me chills, the good kind, despite what’s going on.
Thank you Bell for the gift link.
December 8, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Always read @willbunch.bsky.social.
This one in particular gave me chills, the good kind, despite what’s going on.
Thank you Bell for the gift link.
This one in particular gave me chills, the good kind, despite what’s going on.
Thank you Bell for the gift link.
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Russia's favourite party in the UK, now polling #1
December 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Russia's favourite party in the UK, now polling #1
aja monet, Muriel Grossmann, and Tom Skinner: a wild sleighride at the We Jazz Festival in #Helsinki
#jazz #musicfestival #ajamonet #murielgrossmann #tomskinner #finland
www.jazzwise.com/review/artic...
#jazz #musicfestival #ajamonet #murielgrossmann #tomskinner #finland
www.jazzwise.com/review/artic...
aja monet, Muriel Grossmann, and Tom Skinner among the highlights at Helsinki’s We Jazz Festival
Spoken word fireworks, meditative ambient and no-holds-barred free improv on the final night of the Finnish collective’s winter extravaganza
www.jazzwise.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:33 AM
aja monet, Muriel Grossmann, and Tom Skinner: a wild sleighride at the We Jazz Festival in #Helsinki
#jazz #musicfestival #ajamonet #murielgrossmann #tomskinner #finland
www.jazzwise.com/review/artic...
#jazz #musicfestival #ajamonet #murielgrossmann #tomskinner #finland
www.jazzwise.com/review/artic...
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That's a monkfish not a tasseled wobbegong.
> The photograph does not show a tasseled wobbegong. Rather, it depicts a goosefish, which is also known as a monkfish or American angler.
> The photograph does not show a tasseled wobbegong. Rather, it depicts a goosefish, which is also known as a monkfish or American angler.
Does This Pic Show a Real Animal Called a 'Carpet Shark'?
The so-called “carpet shark,” or tasseled wobbegong, is said to inhabit shallow coral reefs near northern Australia.
www.snopes.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:28 PM
That's a monkfish not a tasseled wobbegong.
> The photograph does not show a tasseled wobbegong. Rather, it depicts a goosefish, which is also known as a monkfish or American angler.
> The photograph does not show a tasseled wobbegong. Rather, it depicts a goosefish, which is also known as a monkfish or American angler.
Some good news for a change: The cost of #batteries has dropped by 90% over the last 15 years so we don't need fossil-powered peaker plants anymore
#renewables #electricity #grid #chile
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/b...
#renewables #electricity #grid #chile
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/b...
Once a Gamble in the Desert, Electric Grid Batteries Are Everywhere
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Some good news for a change: The cost of #batteries has dropped by 90% over the last 15 years so we don't need fossil-powered peaker plants anymore
#renewables #electricity #grid #chile
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/b...
#renewables #electricity #grid #chile
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/b...
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The fines were due to the platform's misleading use of blue check marks to identify verified users and a lack of transparency over ads and data access for researchers. n.pr/3KutCpG
EU hits Elon Musk's X with $140 million fine over business practices
The fines were due to the platform's misleading use of blue check marks to identify verified users and a lack of transparency over ads and data access for researchers.
n.pr
December 6, 2025 at 4:56 AM
The fines were due to the platform's misleading use of blue check marks to identify verified users and a lack of transparency over ads and data access for researchers. n.pr/3KutCpG
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Aleksi Perälä (a.k.a. Ovuca) - Grace 14 (APMU134, 5 December 2025).
96K 24BIT WAV. 61 minutes.
aleksiperala.bandcamp.com/album/grace-14
#AleksiPerälä #IDM #ambient #techno #breakbeat #Braindance #electronic #Colundi #ColundiFrequencies #additivesynthesis #Ovuca #AleksiPerala #Pakaa #Finland
96K 24BIT WAV. 61 minutes.
aleksiperala.bandcamp.com/album/grace-14
#AleksiPerälä #IDM #ambient #techno #breakbeat #Braindance #electronic #Colundi #ColundiFrequencies #additivesynthesis #Ovuca #AleksiPerala #Pakaa #Finland
December 6, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Aleksi Perälä (a.k.a. Ovuca) - Grace 14 (APMU134, 5 December 2025).
96K 24BIT WAV. 61 minutes.
aleksiperala.bandcamp.com/album/grace-14
#AleksiPerälä #IDM #ambient #techno #breakbeat #Braindance #electronic #Colundi #ColundiFrequencies #additivesynthesis #Ovuca #AleksiPerala #Pakaa #Finland
96K 24BIT WAV. 61 minutes.
aleksiperala.bandcamp.com/album/grace-14
#AleksiPerälä #IDM #ambient #techno #breakbeat #Braindance #electronic #Colundi #ColundiFrequencies #additivesynthesis #Ovuca #AleksiPerala #Pakaa #Finland
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Putin is a far more successful manipulator of Western psychology than he is a conqueror of Ukrainian defensive positions share.google/t4tDq7zXBj7o...
December 4, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Putin is a far more successful manipulator of Western psychology than he is a conqueror of Ukrainian defensive positions share.google/t4tDq7zXBj7o...
Wonder if #tfa levels are lower in #organic cereals and bread?
#chemicals
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#chemicals
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
High levels of ‘forever chemical’ found in cereal products across Europe – study
Pesticide Action Network Europe study finds average concentrations 100 times higher than in tap water
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Wonder if #tfa levels are lower in #organic cereals and bread?
#chemicals
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#chemicals
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
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It's both hilarious and pathetic that Marco is praising the guy sleeping next to him as the guy who "will end this war."
HE'S ASLEEP.
HE'S ASLEEP.
Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
December 2, 2025 at 6:48 PM
It's both hilarious and pathetic that Marco is praising the guy sleeping next to him as the guy who "will end this war."
HE'S ASLEEP.
HE'S ASLEEP.
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When blue states like New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts & California send in their taxes to pay for healthcare, education and food for families in red states like Mississippi, Alabama, Kentucky & West Virginia…
That's Democratic Socialism.
www.moneygeek.com/resources/st... @demsabroad.bsky.social
That's Democratic Socialism.
www.moneygeek.com/resources/st... @demsabroad.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 10:51 PM
When blue states like New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts & California send in their taxes to pay for healthcare, education and food for families in red states like Mississippi, Alabama, Kentucky & West Virginia…
That's Democratic Socialism.
www.moneygeek.com/resources/st... @demsabroad.bsky.social
That's Democratic Socialism.
www.moneygeek.com/resources/st... @demsabroad.bsky.social
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Ukraine carried out a record number of strikes on Russian oil refineries in November, Bloomberg reported.
As a result, according to estimates by Kpler, Russia’s average daily oil refining volume has fallen to around 5 million barrels, with risks of further decline.
As a result, according to estimates by Kpler, Russia’s average daily oil refining volume has fallen to around 5 million barrels, with risks of further decline.
December 2, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Ukraine carried out a record number of strikes on Russian oil refineries in November, Bloomberg reported.
As a result, according to estimates by Kpler, Russia’s average daily oil refining volume has fallen to around 5 million barrels, with risks of further decline.
As a result, according to estimates by Kpler, Russia’s average daily oil refining volume has fallen to around 5 million barrels, with risks of further decline.
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#Moon at roughly 88% full tonight from the backyard in #SantaBarbara.
#MoonPhotography #MoonPhotos #MoonShots #Photography #SantaBarbara
Camera settings:
Canon T5i
Sigma 150mm x 600mm
Focal length: 600mm
F-stop: f/10
Exposure time: 1/1250
ISO: 800
Moon Phase: Waxing 88%
#MoonPhotography #MoonPhotos #MoonShots #Photography #SantaBarbara
Camera settings:
Canon T5i
Sigma 150mm x 600mm
Focal length: 600mm
F-stop: f/10
Exposure time: 1/1250
ISO: 800
Moon Phase: Waxing 88%
December 2, 2025 at 3:50 AM
#Moon at roughly 88% full tonight from the backyard in #SantaBarbara.
#MoonPhotography #MoonPhotos #MoonShots #Photography #SantaBarbara
Camera settings:
Canon T5i
Sigma 150mm x 600mm
Focal length: 600mm
F-stop: f/10
Exposure time: 1/1250
ISO: 800
Moon Phase: Waxing 88%
#MoonPhotography #MoonPhotos #MoonShots #Photography #SantaBarbara
Camera settings:
Canon T5i
Sigma 150mm x 600mm
Focal length: 600mm
F-stop: f/10
Exposure time: 1/1250
ISO: 800
Moon Phase: Waxing 88%
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My leader this week on COP www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
December 1, 2025 at 10:31 AM
My leader this week on COP www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
