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@niftylinks.bsky.social
I like to share things and learn things. Hence Nifty Links.
Mostly on [Mastodon](https://federated.press/@NiftyLinks), bridging back and forth between here and there.
Mostly on [Mastodon](https://federated.press/@NiftyLinks), bridging back and forth between here and there.
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Oh FFS
“.. U.S. President Donald Trump's face is painted on a football ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2026 Draw in Washington D.C.”
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Oh FFS
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considering scrapping the exam and just playing this instead
December 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
considering scrapping the exam and just playing this instead
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Trump's national security strategy is out. It reads like something written by Vladimir Putin, just like the 28pt plan was. We learn that Europe is degenerate and is being racially adulterated through the in-migration of dark-skinned people, www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
December 5, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Trump's national security strategy is out. It reads like something written by Vladimir Putin, just like the 28pt plan was. We learn that Europe is degenerate and is being racially adulterated through the in-migration of dark-skinned people, www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
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It's REO Speedwagon performed by a band that ought to be better. And in so doing cast a shadow on its glorious history.
December 4, 2025 at 9:20 PM
It's REO Speedwagon performed by a band that ought to be better. And in so doing cast a shadow on its glorious history.
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It's time to talk to you about my cat.
Vital Cat Update
It’s time to talk about my cat. To which you might be saying, “Chuck, I didn’t know you had a cat!” and I’d respond with, “I didn’t know I had a cat either…
terribleminds.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:59 PM
It's time to talk to you about my cat.
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This seems a REALLY big deal:
"Military leaders told lawmakers that they assessed the survivors MIGHT 'look' for a radio, the person said. But it’s hard to see how they could after the first strike, the person said." (my emphasis)
1/2
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
"Military leaders told lawmakers that they assessed the survivors MIGHT 'look' for a radio, the person said. But it’s hard to see how they could after the first strike, the person said." (my emphasis)
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www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Video shows second strike hit before survivors could flip boat, lawmakers say
The footage was shown on Capitol Hill, where Adm. Frank M. Bradley, who oversaw a deadly attack on alleged drug smugglers, faced a day of difficult questions about the operation.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:45 PM
This seems a REALLY big deal:
"Military leaders told lawmakers that they assessed the survivors MIGHT 'look' for a radio, the person said. But it’s hard to see how they could after the first strike, the person said." (my emphasis)
1/2
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
"Military leaders told lawmakers that they assessed the survivors MIGHT 'look' for a radio, the person said. But it’s hard to see how they could after the first strike, the person said." (my emphasis)
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www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Renaming the Institute for Peace after yourself as you defend extrajudicial executions and prepare for war in Venezuela is really leaning into the mad dictator shtick.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
Trump Renames Institute of Peace for Himself
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Renaming the Institute for Peace after yourself as you defend extrajudicial executions and prepare for war in Venezuela is really leaning into the mad dictator shtick.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
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They even used the bad Judge Dredd.
DOJ's newest recruitment ad features Judge Dredd, the comic satire about the dangers of lawless policing and authoritarian power
December 5, 2025 at 12:16 AM
They even used the bad Judge Dredd.
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For the first time I can remember, Don Garber doesn’t explicitly rule out promotion/relegation for MLS down the road. Says it would depend on several factors, primarily ownership concerns as well as the state of the lower divisions in North America.
“Who knows? Never say never.”
“Who knows? Never say never.”
December 5, 2025 at 12:15 AM
For the first time I can remember, Don Garber doesn’t explicitly rule out promotion/relegation for MLS down the road. Says it would depend on several factors, primarily ownership concerns as well as the state of the lower divisions in North America.
“Who knows? Never say never.”
“Who knows? Never say never.”
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It’s all transparently bullshit and immune to rationality, but if struggling to stabilize half a burning boat to avoid drowning is “getting back in the fight,” what they’re really saying is there’s nothing the survivors could have done to avoid being killed. And that definitely isn’t the law.
there is no more shared reality. www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/p...
December 5, 2025 at 4:05 AM
It’s all transparently bullshit and immune to rationality, but if struggling to stabilize half a burning boat to avoid drowning is “getting back in the fight,” what they’re really saying is there’s nothing the survivors could have done to avoid being killed. And that definitely isn’t the law.
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Whiff Rate by Pitch Speed, since 2008
Fastballs only
(excludes pitchers-as-batters, except Ohtani)
The averages in the Grand Total are the simple averages
There's been a turn since 2020 where the whiff rates are progressively going down (after controlling for pitch speed)
Fastballs only
(excludes pitchers-as-batters, except Ohtani)
The averages in the Grand Total are the simple averages
There's been a turn since 2020 where the whiff rates are progressively going down (after controlling for pitch speed)
December 5, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Whiff Rate by Pitch Speed, since 2008
Fastballs only
(excludes pitchers-as-batters, except Ohtani)
The averages in the Grand Total are the simple averages
There's been a turn since 2020 where the whiff rates are progressively going down (after controlling for pitch speed)
Fastballs only
(excludes pitchers-as-batters, except Ohtani)
The averages in the Grand Total are the simple averages
There's been a turn since 2020 where the whiff rates are progressively going down (after controlling for pitch speed)
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I give it six months before he’s donning a military uniform and giving four-hour speeches from balconies.
"The Donald Trump administration has changed which holidays qualify for free entrance to national parks, removing two holidays celebrating Black people and adding the president’s birthday."
National parks change prioritizes Trump birthday over days honoring Black people
Free entrance days at national parks no longer include MLK Day and Juneteenth.
www.sfgate.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:17 AM
I give it six months before he’s donning a military uniform and giving four-hour speeches from balconies.
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It means not white, as spoken who are fundamentally too cowardly to just say that
December 5, 2025 at 4:18 AM
It means not white, as spoken who are fundamentally too cowardly to just say that
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From the Department of Cringe.
Naming buildings to glorify a sitting president is a sign of impending autocrocy.
The length to which officials in this country are willing to go to kiss the ring of the Orange King is a disgrace and an embarrassment.
Naming buildings to glorify a sitting president is a sign of impending autocrocy.
The length to which officials in this country are willing to go to kiss the ring of the Orange King is a disgrace and an embarrassment.
December 5, 2025 at 1:04 PM
From the Department of Cringe.
Naming buildings to glorify a sitting president is a sign of impending autocrocy.
The length to which officials in this country are willing to go to kiss the ring of the Orange King is a disgrace and an embarrassment.
Naming buildings to glorify a sitting president is a sign of impending autocrocy.
The length to which officials in this country are willing to go to kiss the ring of the Orange King is a disgrace and an embarrassment.
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I posted this directly to the first post as well, but here's a video on these bombs that discusses many of the same issues. youtu.be/FMx00v4nOf4?...
Nuclear Sideshows: The Most Powerful Atomic Bombs
YouTube video by RojoFern
youtu.be
December 4, 2025 at 1:37 AM
I posted this directly to the first post as well, but here's a video on these bombs that discusses many of the same issues. youtu.be/FMx00v4nOf4?...
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Well this all went about as you'd expect. In 1958-59, a the retaining bung on a bomb was accidentally removed, and 6500 ball bearings spilled onto the hangar floor.
HILARIOUS.
HILARIOUS.
December 3, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Well this all went about as you'd expect. In 1958-59, a the retaining bung on a bomb was accidentally removed, and 6500 ball bearings spilled onto the hangar floor.
HILARIOUS.
HILARIOUS.
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Fill the bomb with stainless steel ball bearings!
So perfect. Now the bomb can't possibly explode. Oh it's also 454 kg heavier so you gotta take those ball bearings out before flight.
(again source: www.nuclear-weapons.info/vw.htm#Viole...)
So perfect. Now the bomb can't possibly explode. Oh it's also 454 kg heavier so you gotta take those ball bearings out before flight.
(again source: www.nuclear-weapons.info/vw.htm#Viole...)
December 3, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Fill the bomb with stainless steel ball bearings!
So perfect. Now the bomb can't possibly explode. Oh it's also 454 kg heavier so you gotta take those ball bearings out before flight.
(again source: www.nuclear-weapons.info/vw.htm#Viole...)
So perfect. Now the bomb can't possibly explode. Oh it's also 454 kg heavier so you gotta take those ball bearings out before flight.
(again source: www.nuclear-weapons.info/vw.htm#Viole...)
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Quick side bar, a lot of this is coming from a little known post on Violet Club by British nuclear historian Brian Burnell (who according to LinkedIn anyway worked in the British complex at the time. It's a great read: www.nuclear-weapons.info/vw.htm#Viole...
nuclear-weapons.infoCentered fixed width test
www.nuclear-weapons.info
December 3, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Quick side bar, a lot of this is coming from a little known post on Violet Club by British nuclear historian Brian Burnell (who according to LinkedIn anyway worked in the British complex at the time. It's a great read: www.nuclear-weapons.info/vw.htm#Viole...
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Last night I learned about Violet Club, the UK's "Megaton" (more like 400 KT) FISSION (not thermonuclear) bomb.
HFS guys, this thing was the worst idea ever.
I can't believe I didn't know about it, and now I'm SO curious about it....
HFS guys, this thing was the worst idea ever.
I can't believe I didn't know about it, and now I'm SO curious about it....
December 3, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Last night I learned about Violet Club, the UK's "Megaton" (more like 400 KT) FISSION (not thermonuclear) bomb.
HFS guys, this thing was the worst idea ever.
I can't believe I didn't know about it, and now I'm SO curious about it....
HFS guys, this thing was the worst idea ever.
I can't believe I didn't know about it, and now I'm SO curious about it....
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They physically threw the employees and leadership out of the building with the help of DC police officers, and stole the building of this congressionally established independent agency. Everything about it was illegal and welp, they got away with it.
December 3, 2025 at 9:33 PM
They physically threw the employees and leadership out of the building with the help of DC police officers, and stole the building of this congressionally established independent agency. Everything about it was illegal and welp, they got away with it.
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Scenes from a personalist regime
SCOOP: Sources tell me Donald Trump's name was added to the exterior of the US Institute of Peace building ahead of Thursday's peace agreement signing between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which will be held inside the building. Confirming if it's been officially renamed.
December 3, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Scenes from a personalist regime
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Imagine throwing your career away and going to prison for Pete M'fing Hegseth.
Hegseth is scum for throwing Bradley under the bust. But if he was willing to interpret any ambiguity in Hegseth's instructions in the direction of maximum war criminality, then he deserves to be maximally "scrutinized" and maximally punished. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
After Decades in Combat, a SEAL Suddenly Comes Under Scrutiny
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Imagine throwing your career away and going to prison for Pete M'fing Hegseth.
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oh man, absolute legend. His stuff for Stax was just the best.
Farewell to the great Steve Cropper, the guitarist for the M.G.'s who were the house band for Stax Records at its 1960s peak. variety.com/2025/music/n...
Steve Cropper, Legendary Guitarist for Booker T. & the MG’s, Otis Redding and the Blues Brothers, Dies at 84
Steve Cropper, guitarist for Booker T. & the MG's, Otis Redding, the Blues Brothers and many more, has died. He was 84.
variety.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:24 PM
oh man, absolute legend. His stuff for Stax was just the best.
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IMLS announces "upon further review" that it is reinstating all federal grants to libraries. It leaves out that it's doing this because a federal court told them a few weeks ago that the Trump admin's decision to destroy libraries was not legal.
www.imls.gov/news/stateme...
www.imls.gov/news/stateme...
Statement of Agency’s Reinstatement of Terminated IMLS Grants
Statement of Agency’s Reinstatement of Terminated IMLS Grants Washington, DC– Upon further review, the Institute of Museum and Library Services has reinstated all federal grants. This action supersede...
www.imls.gov
December 3, 2025 at 10:25 PM
IMLS announces "upon further review" that it is reinstating all federal grants to libraries. It leaves out that it's doing this because a federal court told them a few weeks ago that the Trump admin's decision to destroy libraries was not legal.
www.imls.gov/news/stateme...
www.imls.gov/news/stateme...