And here's your reward for slow-walking investigations and going easy on Schmuck l'Orange --

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Two time loser Kari Lake settles defamation suit brought by outgoing Maricopa County Recorder, Stephen Richer after the 2022 midterm elections in Arizona. Richer had the case literally won.

Kari Lake settles election defamation case brought by Arizona official

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/11/17/kari-lake-election-denial-lawsuit-settled/

#noaa

“ The average October temperature across the contiguous U.S. was 59.0 degrees F, 4.9 degrees above the 20th-century average, ranking as the second-warmest October — behind October 1963 — in NOAA’s 130-year U.S. climate record.

Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and Utah each saw their warmest October on record. California, Colorado, Montana and Wyoming each had their second-warmest October on record, with an additional 10 states experiencing their top-10 warmest.”

https://www.noaa.gov/news/us-had-its-2nd-warmest-october-on-record

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From 2020 but came up in my memories elsewhere

BBC:
Widowed penguins hug in award-winning photo

The lighter penguin is an elderly female whose partner died in 2020. The darker one is a younger male who lost his partner two years earlier. Biologists have followed them as they meet every night to comfort each other. They stand for hours together watching the lights. 💖

#Photography #Nature

https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-55416365

Today's food pic is my challah.
#CoSoBakes #CoSoFood

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Cr: Tatsuya
#cosoart

Tonight in 1978 — The STAR WARS Holiday Special debuted on CBS.

Among the (many) WTF moments: Bea Arthur as a singing space bartender!

#StarWarsHolidaySpecial #GoldenGirls #BeaArthur

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Okay folks, #Movienight tonight at 930PM Eastern.

'Raiders of the Lost Ark' (1981)

You do NOT need a PRO account for this showing. All welcome.

Movie will start automagically about 40 minutes from the time of this post.

Here's your link:

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Just sharing a happy memory from earlier days

The Circle of Life flashmob

a video I first encountered here

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https://youtu.be/wgSLxl1oAwA

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IKEA Christmas tree

Donald Trump has made it clear that he wants to punish protesters.
In May, he promised a group of donors that “any student that protests, I [will] throw them out of the country.” Trump hoped this would serve as a warning.
“You know, there are a lot of foreign students,” he continued. “As soon as they hear that, they’re going to behave.”
This is more than just bluster.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/11/trump-pro-palestine-protest-hr9495-israel-gaza-student-activists-dissent/

This song has been stuck in my head. It's almost 40 years old, and the kids who sang along are very unsexy grandparents. 😂

"Talking dirty" at our age might be perceived as pervy at the drive-in.

Or in the old mans Ford.

Anyway, I'm not a fan of the song or the band or nostalgia.

I just wanted you all to feel old too. 😜

Talk Dirty to Me https://g.co/kgs/pg2CdD7

One of these things is not like the other 🤔

#Movienight tonight - You guys decide:

It might seem counterintuitive to point them out, but your nearest app store has many reviews of CounterSocial that are unintended endorsements of this haven online.

They've all given us one star.

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