Notices by simsa02 (simsa02@mastodon.social), page 4

@stigatle Hopefully he didn't lose too many of his pics he's presumably taken.with his old phone.

@stigatle That's truly awful. I hope you could somwehat comfort your son. The double pain of losing the phone and then encounter the rude and inconsiderate act must have pained him a lot. And I guess the latter even more so than the first. It's difficult to react as a parent in this situation: How does one explain willful destruction of other people's possessions, esp. ones carrying so many memories Realizing that the world can be cruel must have been a major blow to him. I'm sorry for you all.

@andrej
Ja.

@fraunora
Also:
1) Reliefweb https://reliefweb.int/disasters
2) CATDAT https://www.kit.edu/kit/english/pi_2016_058_natural-disasters-since-1900-over-8-million-deaths-and-7-trillion-us-dollars-damage.php Access seems restricted.

@stigatle
My main bafflement with UFOs is that it's never explained why the aliens should have this seeming predilection to appear over the U.S., of all nations. If we had reports on sightings over Europe, Africa, Asia, or South America, I'd take it more seriously, but thus, it's rather a story that miraculosly matches the U.S.'s yearning for exceptionalism. But who knows? Would aliens be aliens if we could understand their fondness for the U.S.?

@fraunora
As we enter a year of El Niño, start here for general overview: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=El_Ni%C3%B1o&section=8#Regional_impacts

More details for 2020-2023, years of El Niña:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020%E2%80%932023_La_Ni%C3%B1a_event#Effects

I'd suggest for a chronology of disasters you skim the web for El Niño & El Niña related surveys.

@OpaHans
Ich würde seine Kritik an den Grünen keine Verteuflung nennen. Der Punkt ist halt, dass durch die Ausgrenzung der faschistischen AfD niemand mehr profitiert als die Grünen, die dadurch zum notwendigen Koalitionspartner in jeder Landesregierung werden. Und dadurch ihre in weiten Teilen fatale Politik durchsetzen können. Da nur wirtschaftliche Prosperität, nicht Händchenhalten Extremwähler zurückholt, wird jede Regierungsbeteiligung der Grünen Zahl & Furor der Extremwähler weiter erhöhen

@tinydoctor
Obviously, the "Rasputin stare" could have been the model for the "Kubrcik stare".

@cstross

@tinydoctor @cstross
I don't see similiarities or dissimilarities with "the Kubrick stare" but with Rasputin's.

@stigatle
According to https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66599733 the Wagner-linked channel "Grey Zone" talked about the crash of the plane with P. on the passenger manifest. But they also say (according to the BBC article):

«Grey Zone reports that a second business jet owned by Prigozhin landed safely in the Moscow region.»

So we'll see. Perhaps he was on that second plane or anywhere. I would be surprised to see him gone as till today I thought that an agreement between mafia bosses had been reached...

@stigatle
What channel, if I may ask? Just wondering.

@stigatle
It's not confirmed yet.

@williampietri
I doubt it's about misogyny. Nor would I bet on that anouncement either.

Not only did Musk already retract earlier anouncements, it would kick the Twitter/X app off the Google and Apple stores as both require of apps to contain a blocking feature. So Musk would lose that access.

W/o block, many people would leave Twitter/X which would hurt its ad business. But even more importantly, he needs to keep the user base in Twitter/X's transformation into a fintect/banking platform.

@stigatle
Happy birthday and a Happy New Year!

@stigatle
Wow! Wheelchair-gliding. I never heard about that. Wonderful idea!

@stigatle
That must have been awesome. I guess the boat pulled you both to a certain height, than the row was notched and you did your gliding. Was there some instructions regarding directing the parachute? Anyway, true holidays. I only wonder what you did with the kids and the pet. Uninterrrupted fun-time for both parents is hard to come by. So whom did you bribe?

@stigatle Indeed.

@stigatle
And you said you were looking forward to 4 weeks of holidays and quality time with the family. :-)

Detox, my friend, and run with the kids. :-)

The difference between Russia under Yeltsin and Russia under Putin can be depicted in the difference between Anna Politkovskaya and Margarita Simonyan.