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Unpleasant AI-generated McDonald's ad depicts Christmas misery
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It's hard to believe it's real, and I'm not talking about the uncanny AI world of McDonalds' new Christmas ad, but the fact of its existence. The ad's theme is how terrible Christmas is, and it depicts various mishaps and accidents ruining the holiday. — Read the rest
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Congress will cut Hegseth's travel budget until he releases boat strike videos
Monday, 8 December 2025 22:22boingboing_feed
Congress is telling Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth: Show us what happened on September 2, or your trips get cut.
That's the day a U.S. strike hit an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean, followed by a second strike that killed two survivors. — Read the rest
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moar mommage
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julianOnce my mom got from the hospital to a rehab facility, she got a lot more There. (I mean, still has dementia, so not *that* there, but conscious and coherent.)
And, turns out, what actually actually happened, contrary to my last post, is that she sort of did have a stroke, but not really. A former stroke, in essence.
( Medical details and muttering, but nothing gross. )
My dad is like, "I don't need help myself! So why should the light housekeeping people come just for me!" so I'm going to call him tomorrow and basically go, "They can help arrange the house for when mom comes home," which is, after all, true. But they can also help 89-year-old *him*, too. Cough.
All in all, I dislike this phase of things.
And, turns out, what actually actually happened, contrary to my last post, is that she sort of did have a stroke, but not really. A former stroke, in essence.
( Medical details and muttering, but nothing gross. )
My dad is like, "I don't need help myself! So why should the light housekeeping people come just for me!" so I'm going to call him tomorrow and basically go, "They can help arrange the house for when mom comes home," which is, after all, true. But they can also help 89-year-old *him*, too. Cough.
All in all, I dislike this phase of things.
Master global markets with this AI analysis tool for under $60
Monday, 8 December 2025 22:00boingboing_feed
TL;DR: Monitor real-time exchanges from the likes of Nasdaq and NYSE with ease, all the while tracking your very own portfolio performance with Amsflow — now $59.99 (reg. $599.00).
Everyone is aware that building an investment portfolio is one of the soundest financial moves. — Read the rest
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Assault charge for man who blew snow on victim with snow blower
Monday, 8 December 2025 21:47boingboing_feed
After a brief manhunt Sunday, a 57-year-old man on the Canadian side of Sault Ste. Marie was arrested and charged with assault. His crime: he blew snow on someone with his snow blower.
From a press release posted by the Sault Ste. — Read the rest
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Xitter fined €120M, Musk demands end of Europe
Monday, 8 December 2025 20:53boingboing_feed
The world's richest and loudest crybaby let loose a full-blown rant demanding the European Union somehow be abolished for the crime of fining his dodgy business under the Digital Services Act.
The European Commission hit X with the ruling on Friday following a two-year investigation into the company under the Digital Services Act (DSA), which was adopted in 2022 to regulate online platforms.
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2565 / Fic - The Old Guard
Monday, 8 December 2025 17:29siriaHush
The Old Guard | Joe/Nicky | ~650 words | Missing scene from The Old Guard 2
(Also on AO3)
( 'I don't snore, Joe,' Nicky said. )
The Old Guard | Joe/Nicky | ~650 words | Missing scene from The Old Guard 2
(Also on AO3)
( 'I don't snore, Joe,' Nicky said. )
Rec-cember Day 8: ER
Monday, 8 December 2025 23:16falenaI'm pretty sure I don't have to tell anyone what this show is about, not least because the name is pretty much self-explanatory, lol.
If you haven't watched it at all, it's probably because medical dramas are not your thing or because you're very young and think that old television is not worth wasting your time over (your loss).
I grew up with ER, John Carter has been my first tv crush, I learnt English to be able to keep up with the show as it aired in the US...so I can't just be objective about it. Season 1 through 3 hold a very special place in my heart.
I honestly wish I had been in fandom back then, but I wasn't, so I'm sure I missed out on a lot of fic. Most of the fic I eventually read was in archives that are no longer online... Fannish life before the Ao3 came along was hard.
Through the Door by C.Midori. I can't believe I'm linking to FF.net! This story is 23 years old, guys. I remember loving it back then, I had it saved as a Word file on my computer, lolol. It's Abby/Carter, a ship I honestly don't remember much about and FF.net makes my eyes bleed so I haven't re-read it before reccing it, sorry. It does seem well-written. It was very angsty, this much I remember. Set around season 8, I think.
Two For The Show by jumpfall. 2.3K words. Gen. Set in the first season, I suppose. This is Carter!whump and H/C at its finest. I love found family stories. And true ensemble pieces like this, with excellent use of the medical setting.
three dates by cicak. 13.6K words.Cater/Benton. Set in season 2 or 3. Carter’s not sure exactly when he first learned about the patented Peter Benton Dating Algorithm, but it must have been early on, because he internalised it like it was any other scrap of information he’d gleaned and hoarded like a crazy person, like his GPA (3.8), his birthday (September 9th) or his blood type (B positive). Now, I personally don't see the Carter/Benton relationship as romantic. At. All.
cicak writes so well and still keeps Carter and Benton completely in character that they just made me buy it.
The Pitt
Like Brothers We Meet by Siria. 17.5k words. Gen. After a chance encounter, Robby finds out that he's got a half-brother he never knew about—an emergency physician from Chicago called John Carter. A fair number of stories that try to tie in/blend ER and The Pitt while explaining the uncanny similarity between Carter and Robby have naturally popped up. This is the best of them all. Totally believable, blends the two canon seamlessly. Robby is our viewpoint character here. Fascinating read, highly recommended.
Write every day: Day 8
Monday, 8 December 2025 20:12luzulaAlibi sentence, sigh. How about you?
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Day 7:badly_knitted, goddess47, garonne, sylvanwitch, trobadora, chanter1944, chestnut_pod, cornerofmadness, carenejeans, sanguinity, china_shop
Day 8:china_shop
Bonus farm news: We hosted a seed swap, which was fun! We've been learning about harvesting our own seed from vegetables during the year, and had some of our own to offer. And it was a good way to meet some new people in the area, too.
Tally:
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Day 7:
badly_knitted, goddess47, garonne, sylvanwitch, trobadora, chanter1944, chestnut_pod, cornerofmadness, carenejeans, sanguinity, china_shopDay 8:
china_shopBonus farm news: We hosted a seed swap, which was fun! We've been learning about harvesting our own seed from vegetables during the year, and had some of our own to offer. And it was a good way to meet some new people in the area, too.
Alina Habba resigns from imaginary job she never legally held
Monday, 8 December 2025 19:45boingboing_feed
Alina Habba, Donald Trump's ethically challenged TV lawyer and courtroom chaos goblin, has resigned from her brief stint cosplaying a U.S. attorney, a position a federal court recently ruled she never had the legal right to occupy in the first place. — Read the rest
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The submarine that died and came back: USS Squalus's terrifyingly true tale
Monday, 8 December 2025 18:44boingboing_feed
Leave it to a malfunctioning valve and terrible timing to turn a naval test dive into a horror story. In this Scary Interesting installment, the saga of the USS Squalus unfolds like a mashup of Das Boot and The Poseidon Adventure, with a side of 1930s military engineering optimism. — Read the rest
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Bundle of Holding: Forged 3
Monday, 8 December 2025 14:53james_davis_nicoll
The third array of recent standalone tabletop roleplaying games using the Forged in the Dark rules system based on John Harper's Blades in the Dark from One Seven Design Studio.
Bundle of Holding: Forged 3
Five Freshly Reprinted SFF Books and Series
Monday, 8 December 2025 14:08james_davis_nicoll
Did you miss these books the first time around? Good news!
Five Freshly Reprinted SFF Books and Series
Uber is selling your ride and food ordering data to advertisers for marketing insights
Monday, 8 December 2025 18:30boingboing_feed
Your 2 AM burrito run is someone else's business intelligence now.
Every time you order Thai food at 11 PM or take an Uber to that same bar every Friday, you're not just living your life —you're generating valuable marketing data. — Read the rest
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Trump's Monroe Doctrine Reboot 'strategy' is 19th-century cosplay with drones
Monday, 8 December 2025 18:24boingboing_feed
The Orange Menace's newly released "national security strategy" is a fever dream scribbled in Sharpie over a Risk board. In it, the convicted felon nee president's team rewrites global alliances, threatens South America with murderous boat strikes, and warns Europe that its real problem isn't war or inflation, it is their lack of manly vibes. — Read the rest
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Herbicide "safety" paper ghostwritten by Monsanto gets bounced 25 years too late
Monday, 8 December 2025 18:09boingboing_feed
That rock‑solid study that regulators leaned on for decades to claim glyphosate was harmless? It's gone. The journal formally retracted the 2000 paper after admitting it was ghostwritten by the chemical's maker, leaving a crater where public trust once stood.
Last week, the journal Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology retracted a paper published in 2000 that concluded the herbicide glyphosate, the main ingredient in Roundup, is safe for humans.
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DOJ tells prisons: Safeguarding trans prisoners now optional
Monday, 8 December 2025 18:00boingboing_feed
In a grotesque new memo, the Trump‑led DOJ has told prison inspectors to stop enforcing anti‑rape safeguards for trans and intersex inmates, basically turning any safety net into Swiss cheese overnight.
The memo, dated Dec. 2, takes aim at existing standards of the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) that the department says do not comport with the Trump administration's first-day executive order that, among other things, targeted protections for trans people behind bars.
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