Once a refugee from Nicaragua, Maj Mariela Peña was once one of those 'tots' the Marine gave free gifts to. Now The Major heads up the Toys For Tots organization and she calls it the posting she is most proud of.

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2022/12/20/toys-for-tots-gave-a-toy-bunny-to-a-girl-in-need-she-became-a-marine/

#WinterSolstice

If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by the sudden addition of daunting new responsibilities at your workplace, please spare a care for #VolodymyrZelenskyy. #SlavaUkraini

Russia systematically targeted influential Ukrainians, nationally and locally, to neutralize resistance with detention, torture and executions, an AP investigation finds. The strategy appears to violate laws of war and could help build a case for genocide.

#Ukraine

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-europe-3ae1bccfb0ef34dbe363f7c289ce7934

Another wave of layoffs is coming at electric car maker Tesla in the next quarter, news website Electrek reported, citing a source familiar with the matter https://reut.rs/3WyjOep

CNN: US investigates how its technology ended up in Iranian drones used by Russia to attack Ukraine.

Biden's administration established a task force to investigate how Western technology, including US microelectronics, ended up in Iranian drones, CNN reported citing sources.

just a normal tourist day at the Capitol:

Secret Service confiscated a haul of weapons from the 28,000 spectators who did pass through the magnetometers: 242 cannisters of pepper spray, 269 knives or blades, 18 brass knuckles, 18 tasers, 6 pieces of body armor, 3 gas masks, 30 batons or blunt instruments, and 17 miscellaneous items like scissors, needles, or screwdrivers.

Do you know who wasn’t at the World Cup making shady deals with Jared Kushner & the Saudis?

Hunter Biden.

Space Karen is a free speech absolutist unless you track his plane using publicly available data and post it on Twitter.

"Man is not a rational animal, he is a rationalizing animal."

Robert Heinlein
#Quotes #EmotionalIntelligence

Thank you Georgia!!!

Imagine getting lost in this forest and running into the creatures that lived there!

“Discovered The Oldest Forest In The World, Dating Back 386 Million Years.”

#Archeology #IndianaJones #LostCivilizations #AncientCivilization #AncientCultures #AncientMysteries

https://www.thearchaeologist.org/blog/discovered-the-oldest-forest-in-the-world-dating-back-386-million-years

Oh my, I just did a quick drive through at the bird nest. What a depressing place. A lot of people I used to follow are no longer there, the ones that are seem to be waiting for the final death knell. There needs to be a new verb for such a tragic screw up. Musked. Exponentially worse than Fucked.

So I see the #ManChild who killed the Bluebird is saying he's "not suicidal" jic something happens to him? Wtf? Dude, you're the richest #ManChild in the world...you that concerned w your ALLOWED access to you?
Anyways. #RIP

Twitter has become a friggin asylum for the criminally insane. They should change the sign at the entrance to "Le Petomane's Memorial Gambling Casino for the Insane".

I can't even.
Now there are thousands of tweets accusing Latvia of "siding with Putin" because they pulled the license of a Russian TV "channel of the opposition" which was collecting funds for the Russian army. Latvia is siding with Putin, they say! AAAAA!!!

A Russian deserter stole a machine gun and wounded a few police officers, a man hunt announced across Rostov province.

Soon all across Russia, hopefully.
They deserve everything that's coming their way.

#RussiaIsATerroristState

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Proud boys (whose name derives from a show tune in Aladdin) with guns, protest...a drag show..by dancing...to ...YMCA? The irony screams ....the stupidity of the far Reich never ends.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/proud-boys-protest-ohio-drag-show-by-er-dancing-to-ymca/ar-AA14VteW