While the #US has become an authoritarian state that tramples on the rights and freedoms of people around the world, EU member states want to grant US authorities direct and far-reaching access to #biometric data stored in European #police databases. 😠

https://www.heise.de/en/news/Biometrics-Deal-EU-Council-Paves-Way-for-US-Data-Exchange-11120427.html

#HumanRights #DigitalRights #privacy

I just woke up this morning to an email saying my BuyMeACoffee (aka Stripe) account was suspended for adult content.

Merry Christmas.

I'm going to appeal it. I've never taken payment for any adult content, nor have I posted any, or made reference to any on my BuyMeACoffee page.

Yay puritanical capitalism!

Update: started a GoFundMe at folx suggestion: https://gofund.me/bd5f770fd

Remember when DOGE cut all those adobe pro licenses?

You know what feature that contains?

PDF redactions.

#USPol

Researchers, using the JWST, have confirmed that a black hole, first detected in 2023 by the same team, is indeed a supersonic Runaway Supermassive Black Hole, ejected by and racing away from its host galaxy at 3.43 million km/h 😮

RBH-1 contains ~20 million solar masses and has left behind a 200,000-light-year-long "contrail" of newborn stars, twice the diameter of our Milky Way galaxy, as it plows ahead into the circumgalactic medium (CGM).

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2512.04166
https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/hubble-sees-possible-runaway-black-hole-creating-a-trail-of-stars/
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Dear Santa,

All I want for Christmas this year is a profitable USPS 😬

This German meme was just brought to my attention and I feel obligated to reshare it here

Frohe Weihnachten

Today's elected and appointed Republicans are all criminals.

Top DOJ official shut down crypto enforcement while holding more than $150K in crypto investments
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/12/25/2359917/-Top-DOJ-official-shut-down-crypto-enforcement-while-holding-more-than-150K-in-crypto-investments

#TrumpDidThis #RepublicansDidThis #GOPKakistocracy #Project2025 #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol