Missing Republican Congresswoman has been at a memory care and assisted living home “for some time”

UnitedHealthcare’s decades-long fight to block reform

Judge overseeing Luigi’s pre-trial hearings is married to a former Pfizer executive and holds hundreds of thousands of dollars in stock

Sweeps take what little homeless people own, and often don’t return it

Annual roll call of the homeless dead

Israeli troops burn Gaza hospital after forcibly removing staff and patients, officials say

Waffle House workers say owners pocket millions through wage theft

Man accused of attacking reporter, shouting ‘This is Trump’s America now’

Mass food poisoning event reported at party honoring best restaurants in Los Angeles

As the bird flu virus moved into cows and people, sluggish federal action, deference to industry and neglect for worker safety put the country at risk

Schools squander millions on ‘bullet-proof’ glass that doesn’t work

Middle school teacher gets $450,000 settlement after being disciplined for harassing trans students

Freedom from Religion Foundation faces backlash after publishing, then removing, anti-trans article

New York City sends legal threat to artist for telling people how to use traffic cams to take selfies

Spotify CEO becomes richer than any musician ever, while shutting down site exposing artist payouts

Alabama’s Attorney General is proud that his state leads nation in executions: “This has been a team effort”

Republicans investigate company that rates news sites’ credibility

Toyota kicks in $1-million for Trump’s inauguration

Trump is keeping tabs on who’s donating to his inauguration — and who hasn’t

Ford kicks in $1-million and a fleet of cars for Trump’s inauguration

OUR FRIENDS, THE DEMOCRATS

Food-crisis organization withdraws warning of famine in Gaza, at Biden administration’s request

Biden signs defense bill blocking health care for trans military children — first anti-LGBTQ+ federal law since ‘Defense of Marriage Act’

Donald Trump says he won’t debate trans bathroom use affecting ‘very small number of people’

Well, that’s nice, but Donald Trump says a lot of things, almost all of which are bullshit. What he’s said here isn’t grounds for optimism. He will still either endorse, encourage, or say nothing against all manner of cruelties toward LGBTs, and anyone else on the long list of people he hates.

This item is worth mentioning only because, in one throwaway lying line, Trump offered trans people more hope and support than the entire Democratic Party since the election.

MEDIA MALFEASANCE

Reuters declares war on porn

Listening to an “experienced child exploitation investigator,” Reuters did a deep-dig at OnlyFans and found 26 accounts featuring models who “appeared” to be underage.

26 ain’t many, “appeared underage” is an awfully low bar, OnlyFans requires models’ proof of age, which all the pages in question had on file, and the site took the pages down immediately anyway. I’m not seeing how OnlyFans could be more rigorous about this, except by getting out of the porn business.

This ‘news’ is only anti-porn hysteria, a gift to Republicans and righteous hypocrites.

Bill Clinton checks into a hospital for the sniffles

In no sense is it newsworthy when some rich fucker sneezes, but CNN was there. It was probably ‘breaking news’ on the constant crawling chyron.

GOOD NEWS

CFPB sues Walmart and Branch Messenger for illegally opening deposit accounts for more than one million delivery drivers

Employees must have a bank account, which charges fees. If you don’t have an account, one will be opened in your name, and you’ll pay the fees.

It’s a scam, and fighting shit like this is what government should be doing, which is why CFPB will be one of Trump’s first targets.

Costco is pushing back against the racist ‘anti-DEI’ movement

Hundreds of ski patrollers strike at Park City Mountain after 9 months of failed negotiations

Judge rules Arkansas law allowing criminal charges against librarians is unConstitutional

EYE ON AI

The great logical fallacy of the 21st century: I asked AI

AI-generated vinyl wrap ‘mural’ added to Toronto restaurant

AI-generated books and images are threatening the nearly 500-year-old art of lace making

‘Godfather of AI’ shortens odds of the technology wiping out humanity over next 30 years

Yeah, maybe your air fryer doesn’t need to collect your gender or location data

MY BROWSER HISTORY, MINUS THE PORN

How a Metro driver helped arrest the suspect in his co-worker’s killing

Once Seattle’s grocery darling, QFC in limbo after Kroger-Albertsons merger fails

QFC used to be the best grocery store around here. In “the old days,” before they were bought out, I’d shop at QFC for fresh produce and other mildly fancy items. The prices kept me from becoming a regular customer, but I always admired QFC’s selection and quality, and the friendly, helpful attitude of the staff.

Stopped at a QFC a month ago, and it was nothing but a grocery store — kinda grimy, kinda soviet, indistinguishable from any other chain on selection, staff, and cleanliness. QFC is already gone.

More than merely the introduction of Superman, Action Comics #1 is one of the greatest works of anti-fascist art ever made

Emmett Ashford – a rare personality

The Pink Floyd Archives

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And that’s the way it is,
Sunday, December 29, 2024.

Logo illustration by Jeff Meyer. Tip ‘o the hat to the Anderson Valley Advertiser, Bleepity-Bleep, Voenix Rising, and anywhere else I’ve stolen links, illustrations, or inspiration.

Special thanks to Linden Arden, Becky Jo, Wynn Bruce, Joey Jo Jo emeritus, Jeff Meyer, John the Basket, Dave S, Name Withheld, and always extra special thanks to my lovely late Stephanie, who gave me 21 years and proved that the world isn’t always shitty.

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