LifeOfBrian
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Married stay-at-home astronaut.
Happy Christmas everyone.
December 25, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Happy Christmas everyone.
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It all started in 1955 with a misprint in a Colorado newspaper and a call to Col. Harry Shoup's secret military hotline. Shoup played along with the tiny voice who called, and a tradition was born.
From the NPR archives.
From the NPR archives.
NORAD's Santa Tracker began with a typo and a good sport
It all started in 1955 with a misprint in a Colorado newspaper and a call to Col. Harry Shoup's secret military hotline. Shoup played along with the tiny voice who called, and a tradition was born.
n.pr
December 24, 2025 at 5:59 PM
It all started in 1955 with a misprint in a Colorado newspaper and a call to Col. Harry Shoup's secret military hotline. Shoup played along with the tiny voice who called, and a tradition was born.
From the NPR archives.
From the NPR archives.
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BBC News - Russell Brand charged with new rape and sexual assault offences
Russell Brand charged with new rape and sexual assault offences
Russell Brand will appear in court on 20 January 2026 over the new charges.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 4:51 PM
BBC News - Russell Brand charged with new rape and sexual assault offences
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This holiday season, give the gift of online privacy. Protect your loved ones from online tracking by helping them install Privacy Badger--a free browser extension from EFF. privacybadger.org/
Privacy Badger
privacybadger.org
December 23, 2025 at 2:57 PM
This holiday season, give the gift of online privacy. Protect your loved ones from online tracking by helping them install Privacy Badger--a free browser extension from EFF. privacybadger.org/
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Things are Terrible, but this isn't.
Be weird.
Be weird.
December 19, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Things are Terrible, but this isn't.
Be weird.
Be weird.
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The Brits are just going to let the hunger strikers die. Again.
The eight Palestine Action hunger strikers have now been held without trial for months, and three have been hospitalised. Here's a toolkit with 11 proposed actions you can take to support them.
Toolkit for UK Hunger Strikers
docs.google.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The Brits are just going to let the hunger strikers die. Again.
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Germany approves $3.1bn Israel arms deal - www.middleeasteye.net/news/germany...
December 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Germany approves $3.1bn Israel arms deal - www.middleeasteye.net/news/germany...
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"Weirdo makes robot who ends up hating him" is one of my favourite sci fi tropes.
December 19, 2025 at 9:14 AM
"Weirdo makes robot who ends up hating him" is one of my favourite sci fi tropes.
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On the left, this week at Bondi, refugee faces deportation after tackling the gunman and getting shot by police for his efforts
On the right, at Bondi last April, French guy given residency
On the right, at Bondi last April, French guy given residency
December 19, 2025 at 11:58 AM
On the left, this week at Bondi, refugee faces deportation after tackling the gunman and getting shot by police for his efforts
On the right, at Bondi last April, French guy given residency
On the right, at Bondi last April, French guy given residency
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responding to “what do you think of Adolph Hitler?” with “I’m in favor of a strong executive” is advanced conservatism. these kids have perfected the craft.
From a focus group of Gen Z Republicans. (www.city-journal.org/article/manh...)
Tell me again about how Zohran Mamdani is the big threat to Jewish thriving in the US today.
Tell me again about how Zohran Mamdani is the big threat to Jewish thriving in the US today.
December 19, 2025 at 6:41 PM
responding to “what do you think of Adolph Hitler?” with “I’m in favor of a strong executive” is advanced conservatism. these kids have perfected the craft.
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Hollywood has conspired to block distribution of this film.
You have to ask who in Hollywood, and why.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/o...
You have to ask who in Hollywood, and why.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/o...
Opinion | The Movie I Was Afraid to See
www.nytimes.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Hollywood has conspired to block distribution of this film.
You have to ask who in Hollywood, and why.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/o...
You have to ask who in Hollywood, and why.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/o...
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Absolutely devastating. What is lost is irreplaceable.
December 16, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Absolutely devastating. What is lost is irreplaceable.
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"He took every Advanced Placement class he could, earned a scholarship to Brown and worked at Wawa over the summer to make enough money to buy a laptop, according to his two sisters."
Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov, a freshman at Brown, had a condition as a child that required brain surgery. The experience created an unshakable ambition to become a brain surgeon, his sister said.
He died after being shot on campus on Saturday.
He died after being shot on campus on Saturday.
Brown shooting victim was pursuing dream of becoming brain surgeon
Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov, 18, was one of two people killed at Brown University on Saturday.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:56 PM
"He took every Advanced Placement class he could, earned a scholarship to Brown and worked at Wawa over the summer to make enough money to buy a laptop, according to his two sisters."
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These U.S. funders are exporting to Europe the same tactics that have for years helped AIPAC crush support for Palestinians.
Meet the U.S. Donors Funding ELNET, the AIPAC of Europe
These U.S. funders are exporting the same tactics that help AIPAC crush support for Palestinians to Europe.
interc.pt
December 15, 2025 at 3:03 PM
These U.S. funders are exporting to Europe the same tactics that have for years helped AIPAC crush support for Palestinians.
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“I learned that Eli Schlanger, a rabbi I had known for decades, was gunned down at a Hanukkah celebration he had organized in Sydney,” Zalman Rothschild writes. “He was killed doing the work he’d dreamed of”:
My Murdered Friend Eli
He was killed doing the work he’d dreamed of.
bit.ly
December 15, 2025 at 8:32 PM
“I learned that Eli Schlanger, a rabbi I had known for decades, was gunned down at a Hanukkah celebration he had organized in Sydney,” Zalman Rothschild writes. “He was killed doing the work he’d dreamed of”:
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Something for everyone at waterfordwhispers.shop
December 15, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Something for everyone at waterfordwhispers.shop
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Love Jack White’s response to Trump’s disgusting post about Rob Reiner and his wife Michelle
"Trump you disgusting, vile, egomaniac loser, child. Neither he nor any one of his followers can defend this vile, horrible insult to a beautiful artist who gave the world so much…."
"Trump you disgusting, vile, egomaniac loser, child. Neither he nor any one of his followers can defend this vile, horrible insult to a beautiful artist who gave the world so much…."
December 15, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Love Jack White’s response to Trump’s disgusting post about Rob Reiner and his wife Michelle
"Trump you disgusting, vile, egomaniac loser, child. Neither he nor any one of his followers can defend this vile, horrible insult to a beautiful artist who gave the world so much…."
"Trump you disgusting, vile, egomaniac loser, child. Neither he nor any one of his followers can defend this vile, horrible insult to a beautiful artist who gave the world so much…."
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U.S. plan to inspect Canadians’ social media overwhelmed by Peter Mansbridge thirst traps
U.S. plan to inspect Canadians’ social media overwhelmed by Peter Mansbridge thirst traps
NIAGARA FALLS - A recently U.S. proposal to demand 5 years of social media history from travellers has hit a snag, as American customs agents were wholly overwhelmed by the sheer volume of Peter Mansb...
www.thebeaverton.com
December 15, 2025 at 3:55 PM
U.S. plan to inspect Canadians’ social media overwhelmed by Peter Mansbridge thirst traps
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This entire weekend
December 15, 2025 at 3:58 AM
This entire weekend
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He's also responsible for raising all the money that paid for bringing Hollingsworth v. Perry & even more importantly Bostic v. Schaefer, which created the circuit split that forced SCOTUS to take on Obergefell v. Hodges. The role he played in American marriage equality cannot be overstated.
The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
December 15, 2025 at 3:59 AM
He's also responsible for raising all the money that paid for bringing Hollingsworth v. Perry & even more importantly Bostic v. Schaefer, which created the circuit split that forced SCOTUS to take on Obergefell v. Hodges. The role he played in American marriage equality cannot be overstated.
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At least two of the Brown University students who were on campus when a deadly shooting unfolded there on Saturday have survived school shootings before. “What I’ve been feeling most is just, like, how dare this country allow this to happen to someone like me twice?”
2 Students at Brown Witnessed School Shootings as Children
Both women said the shooting on Saturday had damaged a sense of security they had cultivated for years based on the notion that they were unlikely to witness two school shootings in one lifetime.
nyti.ms
December 14, 2025 at 4:28 PM
At least two of the Brown University students who were on campus when a deadly shooting unfolded there on Saturday have survived school shootings before. “What I’ve been feeling most is just, like, how dare this country allow this to happen to someone like me twice?”
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For those people who think the world started in October 2023, watch this.
This is Tony Benn in 2009 appealing for Gaza aid and speaking about the hypocrisy and bias of the BBC.
One of Tony Benn’s finest moments a man who spoke truth with heart.
This is Tony Benn in 2009 appealing for Gaza aid and speaking about the hypocrisy and bias of the BBC.
One of Tony Benn’s finest moments a man who spoke truth with heart.
December 13, 2025 at 9:11 PM
For those people who think the world started in October 2023, watch this.
This is Tony Benn in 2009 appealing for Gaza aid and speaking about the hypocrisy and bias of the BBC.
One of Tony Benn’s finest moments a man who spoke truth with heart.
This is Tony Benn in 2009 appealing for Gaza aid and speaking about the hypocrisy and bias of the BBC.
One of Tony Benn’s finest moments a man who spoke truth with heart.
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Don't get them wet.
Don't feed them after midnight.
Don't say "I'll be right back".
Don't be their friend, you know you'll only wake up outside a school in the morning...
Don't feed them after midnight.
Don't say "I'll be right back".
Don't be their friend, you know you'll only wake up outside a school in the morning...
October 29, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Don't get them wet.
Don't feed them after midnight.
Don't say "I'll be right back".
Don't be their friend, you know you'll only wake up outside a school in the morning...
Don't feed them after midnight.
Don't say "I'll be right back".
Don't be their friend, you know you'll only wake up outside a school in the morning...
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Ahmed Al Ahmed’s cousin: “He’s a hero. 100% a hero.”
December 14, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Ahmed Al Ahmed’s cousin: “He’s a hero. 100% a hero.”
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Even when Linehan is trying to make Ardal out to be a traitor or something, he still comes across as a kind, patient, and caring friend.
Graham Linehan has such little self-awareness he *really* doesn’t understand how totally unhinged he seems in his ‘woe is me’ batshit crazy ranting! 😬
He’s the ‘cautionary tale’ of what obsessive ‘gender critical’ transphobia leads to: no friends, no life, and spaghetti carbonara for one!
He’s the ‘cautionary tale’ of what obsessive ‘gender critical’ transphobia leads to: no friends, no life, and spaghetti carbonara for one!
December 13, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Even when Linehan is trying to make Ardal out to be a traitor or something, he still comes across as a kind, patient, and caring friend.