The US has become the latest country to impose mandatory #Covid tests on Chinese tourists, after China announced it would reopen its borders next week. @BBC

I've worked with many soldiers over the years who suffer from PTSD. Not only is it terrorizing to pets and nature it's incredibly traumatizing to those who have been in war or victims of mass shootings. Instead of fireworks please donate to your local animal or veterans charity.

( i will just live this here)

The Worthless Billionaires of 2022

by John Scalzi

https://whatever.scalzi.com/2022/12/27/the-worthless-billionaires-of-2022/

The eyes of pain
The eyes of suffering
The eyes that have witnessed the horror of war
Eyes which have seen children raped and murdered
Eyes which have seen grandparents laying dead on the street

These are the eyes of forty thousand Ukrainian women who serve in the Ukrainian Armed Forces, five thousand of them on the front lines killing Russians

These are the eyes of your mother, your sister, your daughter, your best friend.

These are the eyes of #Ukraine

It’s true. Setting boundaries is healthy and necessary and a form of self care. ❤️

The network showed the national costume of Viktoriia Apanasenko for the Miss Universe

Miss #Ukraine #WarriorOfLight

https://odessa-journal.com/the-network-showed-the-national-costume-of-victoria-apanasenko-for-the-miss-universe/

#CoSoMagazines

For Everybody here:

Sometimes on weekends.

I try and upload some magazines. For your reading pleasure. At the moment I am only doing the 7, I read most often. I set them to expire after a month. So grab them now.

(weekly)

The Economist
Science Magazine
New Scientist
Science Advances
The New Yorker

(monthly)

Scientific American
The Atlantic

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#CoSoMagazines

Magazines:

The Economist
2022-12-24
https://share.counter.social/s/f459fb

Science
2022-12-23
https://share.counter.social/s/940f22

Science Advances
2022-12-23
https://share.counter.social/s/32fffc

New Scientist
2022-12-24
https://share.counter.social/s/2e9773

The New Yorker
2022-12-26
https://share.counter.social/s/9c5a4a

Scientific American
2023-January
https://share.counter.social/s/964f8b

The Atlantic
2023- January/February
https://share.counter.social/s/a2e4ac

Twitter Foreign Investors

• Prince Alwaleed bin Talal al Saud
- $2 billion
• The Qatar Investment Authority
- $375 million
• Binance
- $500 million

“As part of the deal, anyone who invested $250 million or more gets special access to confidential company information.”

So, yeah, if you are on Twitter, you are being datamined by foreign companies with some dodgy cred.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/12/24/elon-musk-twitter-funders/

I have no idea why I didn’t think to post this earlier.

Bookmark this

Fairly comprehensive list.
But check you local city or county

National warming shelters

https://www.hud.gov/findshelter

This is the first year I have been on CoSo. From literally the first day, I realized it was something completely different. I can jump on firehose and find new friends. Check my friends feed, listen to some CoSo music or even check politics. I love the diversity and how everyone is friendly. That is how I know that anyone who is homebound these next few days, only has to hop on and do the same. A different kind of SM. Thanks everybody for our little community. Happy Holidays!
#gatherhere

@ItsjustJules Merry Christmas, sis! Wishing you and your kids a magical Holiday!🎄

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@Eviestorm Good morning!
#CatsOfCoSo

Meanwhile someone isn't happy...

#catsofCoSo

Chief Rabbi of Ukraine Moshe Reuven Azman shares his photo with Ukraine’s Commander-in-Chief Valery Zaluzhny.

Patch now: Serious Linux kernel #security hole uncovered https://zd.net/3VlOIpm#ftag=COS-05-10aaa0j by @sjvn

If you're running the 5.15 #Linux kernel, which is used in the
#Ubuntu family, Deepin Linux, Slackware, and others, your systems may be at risk.

#politics #Hawaii #Christmas 🎄

This is how my Senator (Brian Schatz) does Christmas.
🙏🏽💙🎁