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And right now the Trump admin is killing fiber broadband investment and handing Elon Musk billions to provide the mediocre overpriced Starlink service people can already get, and which they'll still have to pay for.
Taxpayers will pay Musk for "capacity."
Taxpayers will pay Musk for "capacity."
A new study has found that Chattanooga, Tennessee's decision to build their own affordable community-owned fiber broadband network has driven $5.3 billion in economic benefits back to the community.
From my colleague and friend @seangon.bsky.social:
From my colleague and friend @seangon.bsky.social:
Chattanooga’s Municipal Fiber Network Has Delivered $5.3 Billion in Community Benefits, New Study Finds | Welcome to Community Networks
Since 2011, a new study finds that Chattanooga's city-owned fiber network has generated $5.3 billion in net community benefits for Hamilton County. Conducted by researchers at the University of Tennes...
communitynets.org
December 8, 2025 at 5:32 PM
And right now the Trump admin is killing fiber broadband investment and handing Elon Musk billions to provide the mediocre overpriced Starlink service people can already get, and which they'll still have to pay for.
Taxpayers will pay Musk for "capacity."
Taxpayers will pay Musk for "capacity."
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💙📘 NEW BOOK 📘💙
She was supposed to kill him. He's falling in love.
⚔️ stabby ancient lady
⚔️ the foolish lord who loves her
⚔️ and a cross-dressing body guard
⚔️ bisexual CHAOS
THE LIAR'S THRONE is available now! books2read.com/theliarsthrone
She was supposed to kill him. He's falling in love.
⚔️ stabby ancient lady
⚔️ the foolish lord who loves her
⚔️ and a cross-dressing body guard
⚔️ bisexual CHAOS
THE LIAR'S THRONE is available now! books2read.com/theliarsthrone
November 11, 2025 at 5:45 PM
💙📘 NEW BOOK 📘💙
She was supposed to kill him. He's falling in love.
⚔️ stabby ancient lady
⚔️ the foolish lord who loves her
⚔️ and a cross-dressing body guard
⚔️ bisexual CHAOS
THE LIAR'S THRONE is available now! books2read.com/theliarsthrone
She was supposed to kill him. He's falling in love.
⚔️ stabby ancient lady
⚔️ the foolish lord who loves her
⚔️ and a cross-dressing body guard
⚔️ bisexual CHAOS
THE LIAR'S THRONE is available now! books2read.com/theliarsthrone
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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Glad to see people talking about Penn Jillette. The 2024 interview was done by me. I found him to be a refreshingly reflective, self-critical individual who has remained curious and willing to evolve.
December 8, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Glad to see people talking about Penn Jillette. The 2024 interview was done by me. I found him to be a refreshingly reflective, self-critical individual who has remained curious and willing to evolve.
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My site, e-mail, and calendars are all down because I haven't been able to pay the bills. I'm recently disabled, recently unemployed, and these things are vitally necessary. I need $250 to get them functioning again. Can you please help? And please share around. Thank you!
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Go to paypal.me/joshcolletta and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.
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December 8, 2025 at 3:44 AM
My site, e-mail, and calendars are all down because I haven't been able to pay the bills. I'm recently disabled, recently unemployed, and these things are vitally necessary. I need $250 to get them functioning again. Can you please help? And please share around. Thank you!
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If I could give one food tip to folks it is this:
Buy a big thing of Tony Chachere's original Creole seasoning. It can make even the cheapest, blandest food taste pretty damn good. Only have plain white rice or beans? Maybe some eggs? Throw some on, done. Instantly delicious.
Buy a big thing of Tony Chachere's original Creole seasoning. It can make even the cheapest, blandest food taste pretty damn good. Only have plain white rice or beans? Maybe some eggs? Throw some on, done. Instantly delicious.
May 21, 2025 at 11:02 PM
If I could give one food tip to folks it is this:
Buy a big thing of Tony Chachere's original Creole seasoning. It can make even the cheapest, blandest food taste pretty damn good. Only have plain white rice or beans? Maybe some eggs? Throw some on, done. Instantly delicious.
Buy a big thing of Tony Chachere's original Creole seasoning. It can make even the cheapest, blandest food taste pretty damn good. Only have plain white rice or beans? Maybe some eggs? Throw some on, done. Instantly delicious.
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To be very clear: Kennedy's team is messing with a vaccine which has led to a 99 percent drop in the incidence of hepatitis B, which kills, early and painfully, 25 percent of the children who get it.
RFK’s Anti-Vax Team Readies Its Next Moves
“Their game is, let’s really destabilize trust in the vaccine, and make people really anxious about it.”
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
To be very clear: Kennedy's team is messing with a vaccine which has led to a 99 percent drop in the incidence of hepatitis B, which kills, early and painfully, 25 percent of the children who get it.
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if you're a WNBA or NWSL social media team you probably have mixed feelings about the growing popularity of Heated Rivalry because on the one hand a rising gay tide lifts all gay boats but on the other you've been grinding in the gay mines for years when these beefy fellas just waltzed in yesterday
December 7, 2025 at 7:42 PM
if you're a WNBA or NWSL social media team you probably have mixed feelings about the growing popularity of Heated Rivalry because on the one hand a rising gay tide lifts all gay boats but on the other you've been grinding in the gay mines for years when these beefy fellas just waltzed in yesterday
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The last time Indiana won an outright Big Ten title, 1945, the leading rusher was George Taliaferro.
The next spring, he was the first Black player to be drafted by an NFL team.
The next spring, he was the first Black player to be drafted by an NFL team.
December 7, 2025 at 4:37 AM
The last time Indiana won an outright Big Ten title, 1945, the leading rusher was George Taliaferro.
The next spring, he was the first Black player to be drafted by an NFL team.
The next spring, he was the first Black player to be drafted by an NFL team.
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human being don't make Slop because human beings have individual idiosyncrasies and sensibilities so what they make is inherently an expression of themselves. most people don't do oil paintings, they doodle. that is expression. the low brow is still personal when it's made by a person
December 7, 2025 at 5:10 AM
human being don't make Slop because human beings have individual idiosyncrasies and sensibilities so what they make is inherently an expression of themselves. most people don't do oil paintings, they doodle. that is expression. the low brow is still personal when it's made by a person
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I love love love that they hired a painter to do these portraits and then acknowledged her by name. Artists of all kinds supporting each other is so beautiful.
Our gorgeous #WakeUpDeadMan end credit portraits, painted from life by Isabella Watling. We’re still in theaters, see my pinned post for a theater finder!
December 7, 2025 at 3:31 AM
I love love love that they hired a painter to do these portraits and then acknowledged her by name. Artists of all kinds supporting each other is so beautiful.
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the happiest man in the world
December 7, 2025 at 4:26 AM
the happiest man in the world
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if i was an indiana fan i would snort 60 tons of cocaine and swordfight a cop probably
December 7, 2025 at 4:17 AM
if i was an indiana fan i would snort 60 tons of cocaine and swordfight a cop probably
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you can’t tell me what to do, you’re not the wandering spirit of a girl who was murdered several centuries ago who inhabited my body to use as a vessel for vengeance against the descendants of her killers
December 7, 2025 at 12:56 AM
you can’t tell me what to do, you’re not the wandering spirit of a girl who was murdered several centuries ago who inhabited my body to use as a vessel for vengeance against the descendants of her killers
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i got a black blanket if only to get pics of misfit like this
December 6, 2025 at 9:15 PM
i got a black blanket if only to get pics of misfit like this
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Hey! Looking to talk to someone in Austin who has allergies for a story I’m doing. Let me know if you are willing to chat!
December 7, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Hey! Looking to talk to someone in Austin who has allergies for a story I’m doing. Let me know if you are willing to chat!
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when a poor person uses food stamps for a steak or homeless person spends $5 on a beer, it’s seen as proof that all poor people are so bad with money that they shouldn’t be given any, ever, for any reason. $77 billion out the window, and zuck’s legacy as a safe government contract bet is secure.
Mark Zuckerberg’s gamble on the "Metaverse" has lost his company more than $77 billion.
December 6, 2025 at 5:41 PM
when a poor person uses food stamps for a steak or homeless person spends $5 on a beer, it’s seen as proof that all poor people are so bad with money that they shouldn’t be given any, ever, for any reason. $77 billion out the window, and zuck’s legacy as a safe government contract bet is secure.
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Elon does not fundamentally believe that any government or governing body should be allowed to constrain or regulate him in any way and he is deploying all of the vast resources at his command to make it so
governments should act accordingly
governments should act accordingly
Elon Musk is against the European Union being the European Union —he posted this after X (fka Twitter) was fined for violations of the EU’s Digital Services Act.
December 6, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Elon does not fundamentally believe that any government or governing body should be allowed to constrain or regulate him in any way and he is deploying all of the vast resources at his command to make it so
governments should act accordingly
governments should act accordingly
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This was a trans affirming protest, defending not only academic freedom but also the entire project of the university. I was so moved.
Around 250 people protested on OU's campus Friday in support of the graduate instructor who was suspended after giving Samantha Fulnecky a failing grade on her Bible-based essay.
Protestors show support for graduate instructor on leave after student claims discrimination for Bible-based essay
Chants in support of the graduate instructor who was placed on leave after psychology junior Samantha Fulneckly claimed discrimination over a failing grade rang through campus Friday afternoon.
www.oudaily.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:51 PM
This was a trans affirming protest, defending not only academic freedom but also the entire project of the university. I was so moved.
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Nebraska Lincoln is both the flagship and the land grant university for the state. You better believe the ignoramuses in charge will not stop there - and be prepared for it.
It's over.
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
BREAKING: ‘This hurts’: UNL eliminates 4 programs despite faculty, student pleas
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln eliminates the Earth and atmospheric sciences 8-0, educational administration 7-1, statistics 7-1, textiles, merchandising and fashion design 7-1 programs.
www.dailynebraskan.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Nebraska Lincoln is both the flagship and the land grant university for the state. You better believe the ignoramuses in charge will not stop there - and be prepared for it.
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Actually somewhat-massive news, COCONA, one of the members of the all-Japanese based-in-Korea group XG, has come out as non-binary transmasc and having had top surgery
Which for an active idol in either country is just unheard of, never mind one at such a big group. They look amazing!
Which for an active idol in either country is just unheard of, never mind one at such a big group. They look amazing!
XG’s Cocona Comes Out as Transmasculine, Nonbinary
The 20-year-old rapper announced the news in an Instagram post: “I was born and perceived as female, but that label never represented who I truly am. I live in a way that feels more masculine and true...
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Actually somewhat-massive news, COCONA, one of the members of the all-Japanese based-in-Korea group XG, has come out as non-binary transmasc and having had top surgery
Which for an active idol in either country is just unheard of, never mind one at such a big group. They look amazing!
Which for an active idol in either country is just unheard of, never mind one at such a big group. They look amazing!
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The hepatitis B vaccine had been recommended for all newborns since 1991.
From 1990-2019, acute hepatitis B infections reported among children and teens fell 99 percent. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/w...
From 1990-2019, acute hepatitis B infections reported among children and teens fell 99 percent. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/w...
Breaking: After contentious debates and three failed attempts at a vote, a federal vaccine committee decided on Friday to end the decades-long recommendation that all newborns be immunized at birth against hepatitis B.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
An End to Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The hepatitis B vaccine had been recommended for all newborns since 1991.
From 1990-2019, acute hepatitis B infections reported among children and teens fell 99 percent. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/w...
From 1990-2019, acute hepatitis B infections reported among children and teens fell 99 percent. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/w...
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1) legendary energy
2) you don't want to be passive aggressively chased through winter conditions by a Minnesotan, I hope they have nightmares 😂
2) you don't want to be passive aggressively chased through winter conditions by a Minnesotan, I hope they have nightmares 😂
December 6, 2025 at 1:36 AM
1) legendary energy
2) you don't want to be passive aggressively chased through winter conditions by a Minnesotan, I hope they have nightmares 😂
2) you don't want to be passive aggressively chased through winter conditions by a Minnesotan, I hope they have nightmares 😂
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I’m starting to suspect the Christmas tradition of the kids cleaning the house for Santa while the parents nap is just something my parents made up.
December 5, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I’m starting to suspect the Christmas tradition of the kids cleaning the house for Santa while the parents nap is just something my parents made up.