Winter has not been in NYC for the solsttice since COVID (_Neither Winter)._ Both are now alive and well in New England.
And Winters' spirit has arrived in New York too. In the form of snow, if not his presence this year @ St. John the Divine.

Without further ado, a wonderful & complete (2'40") performance [2022]

HAPPY SOLSTICE / HAPPY WINTER! - Best wishes for the Holidays and coming New Year ☮︎ 🖤 🎶

Paul Winter Winter Solstice Concert 🎶 ❄

#PaulWinter #solstice #PaulWinterConsort #music #musica #musique #musik #winter #inierno

12-21-24 #Drawingaday #Mywork #Art​

Red-bellied Grackles (Hypopyrrhus pyrohypogaster), family Icteridae, endemic to Colombia

photograph by Libertus Polling

Tuberhead has no idea that Food Stamps IS farm assistance. It stabilizes commodity prices, avoiding feast/famine cycles.

♲ Servelan - 2024-12-22 00:06:00 GMT

Tuberville calls for farm bill focused on farmers, not food stamp supportthehill.com/homenews/senate/50…

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An LCD, Touch Sensor, USB-C, And A Microcontroller for a Buck

#microcontrollers #ch32v003 #cnlohr #lcd #usbc #hackaday
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An LCD, Touch Sensor, USB-C, And A Microcontroller For A Buck

[CNLohr] has been tinkering with some fun parts of late. He’d found out that ordinary LCD screens could be used as simple touch sensors, and he had to try it for himself. He ended up building…

Euphorbia cedrorum
Source: wiley-treehouse-gardens

Lesser mouse-deer Tragulus kanchil

Observed by mwbirdco, CC BY-NC

Common Dunnart (Sminthopsis murina), family Dasyuridae, order Dasyuromorphia, interior eastern Australia

photograph by Brother-Nature

#caturday

#Sunset 21/12/24 Happy Solstice! Didn't get much above 2c today with sun and lots of wind.
Ruby and I got a couple of long walk in. Total of about 11km.
Walked over to a local dog park, but alas there were no others willing to brave the 'cold' afternoon.
I can barely fill in for other canines to play tag.
#MyFhoto #AsSeenWalking #Solstice

Israeli Daleks

♲ DrALJONES - 2024-12-22 00:19:21 GMT

Interview: “Extermination & Acts of Genocide”: Human Rights Watch on Israel Deliberately Depriving Gaza of WaterHRW report details how Israel has cut off water & blocked fuel, food & humanitarian aid from entering Gaza; & deliberately destroyed or damaged water & sanitation infrastructure & water repair materials: "a clear state policy of depriving people in Gaza of water" - "a genocidal act".

democracynow.org/2024/12/19/hr…

#GazaGenocide #IsraeliCrimesAgainstHumanity #USPol #BDS #USEnablement .

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Party City files for bankruptcy and plans to shutter nationwide

Party City was once unmatched in its vast selection of affordable celebration goods. But over the years, competition stacked up at Walmart, Target, Spirit Halloween, and especially Amazon.

#news #npr #publicradio #usa
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Party City files for bankruptcy and plans to shutter nationwide

Party City was once unmatched in its vast selection of affordable celebration goods. But over the years, competition stacked up at Walmart, Target, Spirit Halloween, and especially Amazon.

#racism

#socialjustice

(https://www.syracuse.com/crime/2024/12/central-ny-judge-who-went-on-racially-offensive-tirade-at-high-school-graduation-party-has-resigned.html)

Central NY judge who went on ‘racially offensive’ tirade at high school graduation party has resigned

She's dropping her appeal of a state commission's call for her removal after she threatened and insulted a group of Black teens at the party in 2022.

#caturday