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December 25, 2024
Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and Happy Holidays, Loners! & 51 Things To Do On Christmas, Alone!
How are you enjoying your holidays? Or not?
If you're alone and want to touch base, I'm here to chat.
How about an As Me Anything?
Who wants to share a holiday recipe?
Or maybe a special holiday tradition?
Or a story? Or a joke? A song? Or a meme?
Or just maybe just ...?
Not up for any of that? That's OK. I'm here to listen if you want to chat. Lurkers are also welcome here. After all this is the Loners Group.
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51 Things To Do On Christmas Alone!
by Aletheia · Updated: Sep 6, 2024
https://lonerwolf.com/51-things-christmas-alone/
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Many of us wind up feeling lonely, isolated, and disillusioned because of our lack of close friendships or family members. And so we spend Christmas alone.
For those of us who have undergone some kind of spiritual awakening or existential crisis, Christmas time can be particularly painful. And thats what I plan to cover in this article.
Table of contents
Christmas and Spiritual Awakening
The Joy of Spending Christmas Alone
51 Things to Do Alone on Christmas
What to Do if You Decide to (or Have to) Spend Christmas With Others
Snip...much more at the link:
https://lonerwolf.com/51-things-christmas-alone/
by Aletheia · Updated: Sep 6, 2024
https://lonerwolf.com/51-things-christmas-alone/
Snip...
Many of us wind up feeling lonely, isolated, and disillusioned because of our lack of close friendships or family members. And so we spend Christmas alone.
For those of us who have undergone some kind of spiritual awakening or existential crisis, Christmas time can be particularly painful. And thats what I plan to cover in this article.
Table of contents
Christmas and Spiritual Awakening
The Joy of Spending Christmas Alone
51 Things to Do Alone on Christmas
What to Do if You Decide to (or Have to) Spend Christmas With Others
Snip...much more at the link:
https://lonerwolf.com/51-things-christmas-alone/
December 17, 2024
What is Demcast?
What is Demcast?
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We work with groups that conduct message testing, repackaging their insights and produced media into social media toolkits for mass distribution by our network.
DemCast
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Much more at the link:
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If anyone cant be bothered to convert their persistent outrage into positive action then I cant be expected to care.Two words that move the agenda forward:
1. Why wait?
2. What's next?
3. What else?
4. Do it.
Whiners and contrarians are boring & will find no sympathy here.
Life is short.
Do you really want to waste it kicking your own ass?
Lead, follow or get out of the way.
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December 15, 2024
Don Reed - Kung Fu Theatre
Don Reed - Kung Fu Theatre
Run time 00:02:31
1.2K Likes
85,608 Views
May 7, 2009
"He won't let me get rice cakes... for FATHER!" This is a clip of Don Reed from Robert Townsend and His Partners In Crime HBO Special.
If we don't actively seek out opportunities to laugh, it's going to be a long four years.
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December 10, 2024
Placed on the calendar for 12/11
https://library.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/S382/False
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Reference posts:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/106912753
https://www.democraticunderground.com/106912752
📣Good news! SB 382 can be stopped!
Good news! SB 382 can be stopped!
3 Republicans voted NO!
Lets encourage them to vote NO on veto override!
Rep. Mike Clampitt
(919) 715-3005
Mike.Clampitt@ncleg.gov
Rep. Karl E. Gillespie
(919) 733-5859
Karl.Gillespie@ncleg.gov
Rep. Mark Pless
(919) 733-5732
Mark.Pless@ncleg.gov
#NCPOL
Hat Tip
https://bsky.app/profile/thehometownholler.bsky.social/post/3lbi6vhktds2l
3 Republicans voted NO!
Lets encourage them to vote NO on veto override!
Rep. Mike Clampitt
(919) 715-3005
Mike.Clampitt@ncleg.gov
Rep. Karl E. Gillespie
(919) 733-5859
Karl.Gillespie@ncleg.gov
Rep. Mark Pless
(919) 733-5732
Mark.Pless@ncleg.gov
#NCPOL
Hat Tip
https://bsky.app/profile/thehometownholler.bsky.social/post/3lbi6vhktds2l
Placed on the calendar for 12/11
https://library.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/S382/False
Please, make those calls DUers!! Let's Stop the GOP Power Grab!!
Thank you!
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Reference posts:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/106912753
https://www.democraticunderground.com/106912752
December 3, 2024
You're welcome.
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Push Trump Off A Cliff
https://pushtrumpoffacliffagain.com/You're welcome.
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December 3, 2024
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While Bluesky looks like other social apps, it's actually quite different. It's an open network.
Benefits of an open network
Nov 24, 2024
While Bluesky looks like other social apps, its actually quite different. Its an open network.
The apps simplicity is intentional because user experience matters. In reality, you wont need to know about the open network to use the app, in the same way that people who browse the Internet dont need to know that its a series of tubes.
This blog post is intended for non-engineers. You can find technical docs for the AT Protocol here.
Bluesky as a browser
Perhaps you're using Google Chrome. Maybe you have some extensions installed: AdBlock, a password manager, a to-do list. There's a whole marketplace of extensions that are built by independent developers who do not work at Google. This is a win-win across the board: users can customize their browsing experience, independent developers have a way to distribute their apps, and Chrome is more likely to retain users by providing a useful service.
Snip...more...https://emilyliu.me/blog/open-network
Follow the author at Bluesky here:
https://bsky.app/profile/emilyliu.me
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December 2, 2024
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Losing your mind looking at memes? The dictionary has a word for that
Losing your mind looking at memes? The dictionary has a word for that
Photo Credit: Getty Images
12 hours ago
Yasmin Rufo
BBC News
Are you spending hours scrolling mindlessly on Instagram reels and TikTok? If so, you might be suffering from brain rot, which has become the Oxford word of the year.
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What is brain rot?
Brain rot is defined as the supposed deterioration of a person's mental or intellectual state, especially viewed as the result of overconsumption of material considered to be trivial or unchallenging,
The first recorded use of brain rot dates much before the creation of the internet - it was written down in 1854 by Henry David Thoreau in his book Walden.
He criticises society's tendency to devalue complex ideas and how this is part of a general decline in mental and intellectual effort.
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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2n2r695nzo
Photo Credit: Getty Images
12 hours ago
Yasmin Rufo
BBC News
Are you spending hours scrolling mindlessly on Instagram reels and TikTok? If so, you might be suffering from brain rot, which has become the Oxford word of the year.
Snip...
What is brain rot?
Brain rot is defined as the supposed deterioration of a person's mental or intellectual state, especially viewed as the result of overconsumption of material considered to be trivial or unchallenging,
The first recorded use of brain rot dates much before the creation of the internet - it was written down in 1854 by Henry David Thoreau in his book Walden.
He criticises society's tendency to devalue complex ideas and how this is part of a general decline in mental and intellectual effort.
Snip...more...
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2n2r695nzo
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December 1, 2024
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November 30, 2024
Yuri Bezmenov is a name few Americans seem familiar with today. Mr. Bezmenov was a Soviet informant and KGB operative who defected to the United States in the early 70s. In an increasingly difficult to find 1984 interview with G. Edward Griffin titled "Deception Was My Job", he laid out the four stages of ideological subversion" created by radical Marxists to indoctrinate and w ..more
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FULL INTERVIEW with Yuri Bezmenov: The Four Stages of ldeological Subversion (1984)
?feature=sharedYuri Bezmenov is a name few Americans seem familiar with today. Mr. Bezmenov was a Soviet informant and KGB operative who defected to the United States in the early 70s. In an increasingly difficult to find 1984 interview with G. Edward Griffin titled "Deception Was My Job", he laid out the four stages of ideological subversion" created by radical Marxists to indoctrinate and w ..more
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November 10, 2024
https://x.com/SimonFRCox/status/1855174755260760377
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* pronunciation guide: X = sh
Tips for moving to bluesky from Xitter*...
https://x.com/SimonFRCox/status/1855174755260760377
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* pronunciation guide: X = sh
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