Bits & Bytes

COMMUNITY NOTES: Under Elon, X allows users to post additional context directly to a post, rather than in a comment most people will never see. For Thanksgiving, PETA posted the cartoon above with “We’re lucky turkeys would never do this to us—you don’t have to do it to them, either.” Community Notes helpfully informed us that not only are turkeys omnivorous who will eat mice and lizards if they can get them, but even worse, they will cannibalize themselves and other turkeys both in captivity and in the wild.

Some guy posted, “You really thought you done something with this didn’t you” with lots of laughing emojis. PETA replied, “Yep” and showed their post had received 30 million views. But right next to the 30M, it showed that only 10K had give it a heart, which is the very definition of “ratioed” – i.e., a post that has gotten a lot of views because it is so bad. LOL

But my personal favorite comment was this: “Turkeys pray before their meal. You could learn from them, you atheist scum.” ROFL

• https://notthebee.com/article/lets-all-give-it-up-for-peta-for-getting-the-greatest-twitter-community-note-of-all-time
• https://extensionpublications.unl.edu/assets/html/g1670/build/g1670.htm#:~:text=Outbreaks%20of%20cannibalism%20occur%20in,are%20crowded%20or%20feed%2Drestricted
• https://ipm.ucanr.edu/home-and-landscape/wild-turkeys/pest-notes/

ISRAEL vs. HAMAS: On Friday morning, Israel and Hamas began a four-day ceasefire and exchange of hostages and prisoners. Israel’s military agreed to temporarily stop its airstrikes and ground invasion of Gaza. Hamas agreed to release dozens of hostages as Israel releases Palestinian prisoners.

• https://www.foxnews.com/world/israel-hamas-start-4-day-cease-firegaza-war-ahead-hostage-prisoner-swap-exchange

PSA: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXrF61LAm9I [3:19] to hear an ENT doctor explain how to safely and effectively use Q-tips.

STUPID IS AS STUPID DOES: No need to understand the issues or master a tedious bunch of facts when you can simply consult Joe and Kamala’s talking points. Or, as I like to call it, “Accuse your opponents of doing everything you are doing” which is extra creepy when you consider what the guide claims Trump will do if he’s re-elected, like “shooting people at will.”

• https://www.foxnews.com/media/biden-campaign-released-guide-respond-crazy-maga-nonsense-relatives-holidays
• See the talking points @ https://twitter.com/BidenHQ/status/1727688106629824520

TEMU: After I posted my PSA about avoiding this ChiCom nightmare, my cousin texted me, “I bought from Temu once (did not give them my phone number) and yes, their stuff was so poor I gave it away. But they would then send me messages for months saying, ‘Thank you for your order of $$$’ when I had not purchased anything from them. But this practice of theirs caused me to check my credit card and go to their website to view my cart which they loaded with stuff, but they did not check out or charge. They bombarded me with ads for a long time. I have successfully detached myself from them and warn everybody I know of their deceptive practices.”

GRAMMY NOTES: A while back, Buzz dumped out both of these jigsaws into a pile on the floor. Mama decided today was a good day to sort the pieces and assemble the puzzles. Dearest and I did a 600 piece puzzle on Thanksgiving. It was such a fun and relaxing time, I am already shopping for a new one to do on Christmas.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/uFlnkk4L1bM to see 2 dogs play Pac Man in the snow.