Its once again time for everyone's favorite annual contest, Whamageddon!

The rules are simple

The Rules!
The 1st Rule

The objective is to go as long as possible without hearing WHAM's Christmas classic; "Last Christmas".

The 2nd Rule

The game starts on December 1st, and finishes at the end of December 24th.
Use your local timezone, if you'd like.

The 3rd Rule

Only the original version applies. Enjoy the ?#!$&%! out of remixes and covers.

The 4th Rule

You're out as soon as you recognise the song.

Bonus Rule

Post here with the #whamageddon hashtag when you get hit.

PvP?

While we can't stop you from deliberately sending your friends to Whamhalla, the intention is that this is a survival game. Not a Battle Royale. So ... don't be a dick, mkay?

#whamageddon2025

someone had to do it

At this point creating your own personal website, your own blog, your own music or even your own YouTube channel without any generative AI input is a revolutionary act against what is increasingly becoming a dangerous status quo of slop.

Urgent diplomatic international intervention is needed to demand immediate release: Palestinian peace activist Ayman Ghraieb kidnapped
On 17th November 2025, in al-Fasayil West Bank. Ayman is held by the Shin Bet. He is nonviolent activist, documenting settler violence against Palestinianas. Human rights defenders like Ayman are at heightened risk. His release is essential for protecting the ability of Palestinian activists to continue documenting and supporting threatened communities.

Today is the day: the 🇪🇺 summit is taking place.

Some members of the alliance will be there today to discuss our four demands.✨

Thank you all for your support so far. 👏

#euSummit25

#UN: From Gaza to Ukraine and beyond, conflict has caused widespread death and destruction, but it has also devastated natural resources such as water systems, farmland and forests. And, #ClimateChange exacerbates tensions and can contribute to conflict news.un.org/en/story/202...

Battlefields to wastelands: UN...

I am afraid @arjenlubach is right

@EUCommission is losing the car industry to #China because we keep holding on to past inventions that kill us on the spot..

Personally I don't care for cars but I do realize how important it is for #Europe

Did you know European car companies are paying Tesla over a BILLION per year so they can expel more toxic into our air?

Fucking crazy right?

It's time to take action @EUCommission

Meta, Meta, Meta. So Meta. This Reuters report is 🔥

"Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show"

"Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, documents seen by Reuters show. And the social media giant internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day. Among its responses to suspected rogue marketers: charging them a premium for ads – and issuing reports on ’Scammiest Scammers.’

https://www.reuters.com/investigations/meta-is-earning-fortune-deluge-fraudulent-ads-documents-show-2025-11-06/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

Keep Android Open
https://keepandroidopen.org/

This is important. We already have a basic duopoly in mobile operating systems, now Google is trying to lock down their platform even more. Nobody benefits from this other than Google's shareholders.

Whether you are a device owner, a developer, or a public institution, this affects you and should matter to you.

Everyone can meaningfully help to push back.

:boost_requested:

#FuckGoogle #Android #FOSS #Mobile

🚨🚨🥶I urgently need at least $100 to buy tent tarpaulins. We are now homeless and without a tent. All our belongings are ruined. Please help us in any way you can. 🥶🌧

https://gofund.me/d0cc0587

@digyoursoul

@AnnaLion

@moshidon
@aral
#Gaza #SaveGaza #Hope #Humanity #CeasefireNow
@riverbirchtree
@raphaellakay

Well done!

“Colombia will no longer approve new oil or large-scale mining projects in its Amazon biome, which covers 42% of the nation’s territory, according to a Nov. 13 statement by its environment ministry.”

https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/11/colombia-bans-all-new-oil-and-mining-projects-in-its-amazon/

#Amazon #Forest #Rainforest #Climate #Biodiversity #Goodnews #Environment #Climate #FossilFuels #COP30 #Colombia #SouthAmerica #LatinAmerica

Nu ook een verkorte online eindpresentatie van het Open Topstukkenproject van Maastricht & Radboud University Library - a.s. dinsdag 25 november om 10.00: https://library.maastrichtuniversity.nl/events/online-edition-final-presentation-of-the-open-topstukken-project/

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20251105-youtube-deletes-hundreds-of-videos-from-palestinian-rights-groups-report/

YouTube has quietly erased more than 700 videos and shut down the accounts of three major Palestinian human rights organizations, a report by The Intercept on Tuesday shows. The deleted accounts belonged to Al‑Haq, Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, and Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, all of which posted extensive footage alleging violations of international law by Israel in Gaza and the occupied West Bank....

How can this be counteracted? Propaganda campaigns funded with millions U.S. firms producing pro-Israel content — articles, videos, and curated messaging — targeting social media, students, and churchgoers. This is how narratives are manufactured and truth is reshaped.

Hey, quick heads-up! Remember that cool new law making big companies responsible for ending child labour and protecting nature? Turns out Manfred Weber (EPP leader in the EU Parliament) is trying to undo it, even teaming up with the far right. Crazy, right? Let's tell him no way! Can you send him a quick email? We can't let him get away with this. Together we can stop it! https://share.greens-efa.eu/s/btdJb01c

📱 On /e/OS, alternative app stores like F-Droid just work fine. But this freedom could disappear elsewhere.

Google is planning to restrict app installation outside its Play Store while many phone makers are locking bootloaders, making it harder to even try other options than Big Tech.

Act now! Tell the EU to enforce the Digital Markets Act: "Stop Google from blocking alternative app stores and free software."

📬 Contact here: https://digital-markets-act.ec.europa.eu/contact-dma-team_en

China’s greenhouse gas emissions potentially peaking right now:

Detailed sectoral analysis by CarbonBrief

https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chinas-co2-emissions-have-now-been-flat-or-falling-for-18-months/

#China #Climate #Energy #Renewables

Nederlanders met verslaving op DevOps Azure en AWS hebben dit nodig: https://lnkd.in/dZSNgN7W

Hoe Big Tech onze democratie beïnvloedt - en hoe we de regie terugpakken.
Onze samenleving draait op digitale technologie. Maar wie trekt eigenlijk aan de touwtjes?

Een middag vol kennis, reflectie en inspiratie - voor iedereen die zich inzet voor een betrouwbare, veerkrachtige en soevereine digitale toekomst.

Datum en locatie: vrijdag 30 januari 2026 van 13.00 tot 17.00 uur - Utrecht

very sick. Also the Meta telling there is no difference between an i phone and a recording glass with face recognition https://www.404media.co/metas-ray-ban-glasses-users-film-and-harass-massage-parlor-workers/

@aral @joynewacc @fabio

なので、「これからガザの人に寄付をしたいんだけど、誰に寄付していいのかわからない」という方は、まずここ↓

https://gaza.onl/campaigns/accounts?currency=USD

を覗いてみて、トップに上がっている人たちに寄付してみてはいかがでしょうか。

自分がこのサイトに深く感動するのは、ここを運用する人たちが、持てる能力の全てを注ぎ込んで、常にベターな方法を模索し続けていることです。
しかし、彼らの偉大さは、単なる運用面だけに限定されるものではなく、歴史的な射程を深く見据えていることに本領があります。

これから、ホームページのトップの文章の全文の翻訳を投稿します。
簡潔で事務的な表現の中に、強い危機感と使命感が満ち溢れています。
どうぞお読みください。