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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 that’s 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?



The online information war is raging, and the advent of AI is only accelerating the chaos. DemCast overpowers this noise by sheer force of volume.

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JOIN THE LARGEST DIGITAL FIELD TEAM ON EARTH

Access our toolkits, subscribe to our daily newsletter, join our text list and/or become a part of our community on Reach!

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Access An Epic, Massive, Pro-Blue Content Library
Share memes, videos & graphics straight to your social media feed in seconds!

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Build community, ask questions, discuss political news, strategize about online messaging.

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Click to Join the Digital Field Team
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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
As a 501(c)4 non-profit advocacy organization, ‘we the people’ are at the core of DemCast’s mission. Digital persuasion is here to stay, and every single voice matters. Will you use yours and join the chorus for change?

Contributions or membership payments to DemCast are not tax-deductible.

Much more at the link:
https://demcast.com/ https://demcast.com/amplify/




If anyone can’t be bothered to convert their persistent outrage into positive action then I can’t 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

📣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


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

Push Trump Off A Cliff

https://pushtrumpoffacliffagain.com/

You're welcome.

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December 3, 2024

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, it’s actually quite different. It’s an open network.

The app’s simplicity is intentional because user experience matters. In reality, you won’t need to know about the “open network” to use the app, in the same way that people who browse the Internet don’t need to know that it’s 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

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


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December 1, 2024

The Really Dark Truth About Bots

"Misinformation is an attack on you."


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November 30, 2024

FULL INTERVIEW with Yuri Bezmenov: The Four Stages of ldeological Subversion (1984)

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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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November 10, 2024

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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About littlemissmartypants

I'm offering chill pills for attitudes. And breakfasts of coffee and donuts to go. And by that I mean to another galaxy just after "full" ignoring all those "take out" orders. If you don't like me, please block me. Like my beloved Granny used to say, "I don't have time for foolishness." I love my friend sheltie lover. You should, too. Sheltie if you are reading this, I saw what happened and it was wrong. I know that it hurt you. I miss(ed) you. Thank you so much for being so kind to me. I hope that you're doing okay. I'm so glad you're back. Mean people suck.
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