But you can be mad and still love someone.

Hi, I'm Fyn. Sound engineer in Portland, OR. Into retro computing (mostly 80s home computers), mechanical keyboards, and climbing. I've been around the fediverse a while now (Mastodon - @fyn@mstdn.party) and wanted a home on the forum side of things. Nice to meet you all, and happy to answer any questions.

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/69659577

Protonmail.uservoice.com is supposedly "The Voice of the Proton Community". Well last week I was tracking a post that was rising rapidly to the top-most voted in the "general ideas" category. And this morning when I went to check if it was at the top yet, it's just gone without a trace. No sign that it was ever there.

[From GPUS email]

A grassroots revolution just broke through in Hawaii and it is reshaping what is possible for our movement nationwide.

Pāʻele Kiakona didn't just run; he shattered the status quo and won Hawaii House District 14! Kiakona was raised in Lahaina taro patches and majored in environmental studies. He became a leader in the Lahaina Strong initiative after the 2023 wildfire, camping on Kāʻanapali Beach for almost six months, taking a stand for long-term housing for displaced fire survivors. Pāʻele Kiakona’s election victory demonstrates that when you show up for your community, your community will show up for you

Hawaii Public Radio

GENEVA (AP) — People may have been getting high off cannabis earlier than previously thought — at least 2,800 years ago, a new study suggests.

Archaeologists who led a dig at a monumental tomb in Siberia said they turned up evidence of the earliest known use of cannabis for psychoactive purposes.

The findings point to cannabis consumption at least 300 years earlier than previously known use in neighboring China.

Ancient drug use has long intrigued scholars. The Greek historian Herodotus wrote about inhabitants of Central Asia smoking cannabis around 440 B.C., and recent archaeologists have found the seeds in tombs across its highlands.

The team from Germany, Russia, Sweden and Switzerland said analysis of hair in the royal tomb where cannabis seeds turned up sheds new light on the plant’s role in ancient societies.

TOS s1e4 "The Naked Time" and DS9 s5e6 "Trials and Tribble-ations"

With Democrats poised to take over both chambers of the US Congress next year, a majority of progressive organizers are calling for the party to seek new leadership.

A survey of over 4,300 progressive activists released by Our Revolution on Monday shows that there is strong demand among organizers for replacing Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Minority Leadere Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), who are seeking the majority leader and speaker roles.

In total, the survey finds that 72% of activists want a different leader than Schumer, compared to just 5% who say they support him and 22% who say they're willing to see what he delivers.

Support for Jeffries was stronger than for Schumer, although 52% of respondents said they wanted a different leader, with 18% offering full support and 29% taking a wait-and-see approach.

Our Revolution has been calling for "open, competitive leadership elections" for the new Democratic Congress, and is urging prospective candidates to "publicly explain how they would use the new majority to challenge corporate influence, lower costs, and deliver for working people."

Schumer and Jeffries have given no indication that they plan to step back from their ambitions to lead Democrats in Congress, and the two put out a joint statement on Monday outlining their priorities.

"The American people have forcefully rejected MAGA extremism and are demanding dramatic change in their lives," Schumer and Jeffries said. "House and Senate Democrats have been given a clear mandate to aggressively address the affordability crisis, stop the reckless war of choice in Iran, meaningfully expand access to affordable healthcare, and hold the crooks accountable who have unleashed unprecedented corruption on the country."

“A new day is coming on January 3rd," they added. "Democrats are united and ready to lead."

So far, no other Democrats have stepped forward to officially challenge either Schumer or Jeffries. According to a Monday report in Punchbowl News, Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) is opening to challenging Schumer for Senate leadership after receiving "received an outpouring of calls" urging him to do so.

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Hamat, in the Batroun district north of Beirut, is a Lebanese Air Force base that also hosts U.S. personnel working with the Lebanese military. The United States is the Lebanese army’s largest foreign backer and has supplied it with aircraft, vehicles and training for years, including a possible $462 million A-29 Super Tucano sale to Lebanon approved earlier.

also see https://en.defence-ua.com/news/us_air_force_mothballs_all_three_a_29_super_tucanos_at_edwards_could_free_aircraft_go_to_an_ally-20365.html

LINK https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117587105833579030

Guess what? 'Twas me the whole time! Miisha! I was flirting with you telepathically!
Enjoy your temporary dopamine rush :3

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) reintroduced a resolution to impeach US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, whom the Trump administration calls the secretary of war, as the Pentagon chief is coming under pressure following the Republican defeat in the midterm elections, which was seen as a referendum on the Iran war. Massie first introduced the resolution […]

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