(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . 1/4/2024 GNR: The 11th Day of Christmas [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-01-04 Tomorrow will be Twelfth Night, the end of Christmas in the Gregorian calendar, and the prelude to Epiphany. Here are some Grecian ladies dancing for you, by a Russian painter in Spanish style. Take that, DEI-haters! And Happy New Year to you, no matter how much you hate that! Scream all you like, we’ll just do more of this and all the rest. Taylor Swift Shake it Off 2023 The Three Wise Men Happy News Year Don’t boo; organize. Barack Obama Diabetes: Regenerating Islet Cells; Food Research at Home We have yet another promising line of research for curing T1 Diabetes, even in people with no functioning islet cells left. The plan is to get other cells to differentiate into islet cells, and then to protect them from the immune system. Isn’t living in the future great? x Letter to editor “I suggest every reg voter in Florida make a New Year's resolution to vote in every local, state& federal election,& that those not reg to vote do so as soon as possible and to make their voice heard in the next elec-tion. 💪Stop allowing the minority to rule”✅ pic.twitter.com/J8xOqRgyvW — CathyNotToday2 (@Cathy2NotToday) January 3, 2024 x Same-sex couples able to marry in Estonia from New Year’s Day https://t.co/awIlmor71T — toomas ilves, ex-verif (@IlvesToomas) January 3, 2024 x New Yorkers: With the start of the new year, the minimum wage in NYC is now $16 an hour! All workers deserve a living wage, which is why I’ll keep fighting in Congress to #raisethewage nationwide. https://t.co/VNnEyjxbQL — Rep. Nadler (@RepJerryNadler) January 3, 2024 x ICYMI - The minimum wage increased January 1st for nearly half of all U.S. states: AK, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, HI, IL, ME, MD, MI, MN, MI, MO, NB, NJ, NY, OH, RI, SD, VT, WA, and Washington, DC! The minimum wage was designed to create a minimum standard of living to protect the… pic.twitter.com/6uiPciGsD1 — Democratic Coalition (@TheDemCoalition) January 3, 2024 x President Biden pardoned thousands of low-level cannabis offenses just before the new year. It’s a huge step for equal justice, as failed “War on Drugs” policies continue to disproportionately impact marginalized communities. We must right these wrongs. — Senator Dick Durbin (@SenatorDurbin) January 3, 2024 A new series, Boosting Biden, started on 1/1: Daily diaries, Monday through Friday at 7:30 am eastern . . Every diary: A Biden accomplishment. An invitation to donate. Action steps. From January 1st to the election. We welcome ideas and suggestions! Your favorite JB accomplishments? We need your support and ideas!: Rec and comment on these posts Follow Us. Broadcast diaries to your social media and let us know. Send a kosmail to GoodNewsRoundup with ideas for entries. x New Year 2024 Busan, South Korea pic.twitter.com/rgZWwvuLDY — Suhr Majesty ™ (@ULTRA_MAJESTY) January 3, 2024 There will be more of that when Chinese New Year gets here. x 2023 WIN: Thanks to @RoyCooperNC, 600,000 North Carolinians are now eligible for quality, affordable health care through Medicaid expansion. pic.twitter.com/KnTGdRjisK — Democratic Governors (@DemGovs) December 28, 2023 x I'm a gun owner, veteran, lifelong hunter, and dad. I know basic gun safety isn’t a threat to the Second Amendment. It’s about keeping guns out of the wrong hands for the safety of our kids. With our new red flag law, that’s exactly what we’re doing in Minnesota. pic.twitter.com/YH7LqErNP7 — Governor Tim Walz (@GovTimWalz) January 3, 2024 x While STEAMBOAT WILLIE is getting all the attention, did you know that 2 earlier films featuring Mickey Mouse also became public domain on Jan 1? PLANE CRAZY (1928), directed by Walt Disney & Ub Iwerks, features the first appearance of Mickey & Minnie https://t.co/vnNAPg2rF4 🧵 pic.twitter.com/mRvXbCMDBn — Internet Archive (@internetarchive) January 2, 2024 "O Mistris Mine" (from "Twelfth Night") - music from Thomas Morley's "Consort Lessons" (1599) x YouTube Video Self-Inflicted Bad News for Them I looked up MAGA news. I can’t include any of their vicious, vile vainglory here. x Pennsylvania voters are trying to disqualify Perry under the 14th Amendment Section 3 !!! However it’s unclear whether the lawsuit will succeed, but the lawsuit makes clear that voters has not forget the 1/6 and those who participated in Trump's coup. Perry is the only member… pic.twitter.com/oD9ub2Dgfq — Phoenix 🇺🇦 (@MacLinx) January 3, 2024 x A lawsuit has been filed to remove Congressman Scott Perry, the former chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, from the ballot for violating the 14th Amendment's insurrection clause. https://t.co/xUMKL461kZ — MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) January 2, 2024 x They're finally figuring out that the 14th Amendment bars members of Congress too. That GOP House majority is looking slimmer and slimmer — I Smoked Nikkki Haley (@BlackKnight10k) January 3, 2024 x Activist Groups are planning lawsuits to disqualify over 100 GOP members of congress under the Insurrection Clause of the 14th Amendment. — PoliticsVideoChannel (@politvidchannel) January 3, 2024 x Court Says Texas Can Ban Certain Emergency Abortions. What That Means - TIME https://t.co/1CflOGbeKi — deepr (@devreal) January 3, 2024 Time: Court Says Texas Can Ban Certain Emergency Abortions. What That Means The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, along with the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians & Gynecologists and Christian Medical and Dental Associations. The judges wrote in their opinion that the Biden Administration's guidance—which says hospitals receiving Medicare must provide abortions if they were a necessary medically stabilizing treatment—oversteps its authority and runs counter to state laws. x 🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨 As we step into 2024, all of our neighboring states have raced ahead of us in terms of minimum wage! This will make it harder for us to support our workforce and back our hardworking families! ⏰ The time for change is NOW! #RaiseTheWage #FairWageNow pic.twitter.com/ZyML1bShsG — Senator John Kane (@SenatorJohnKane) January 2, 2024 x Mike Johnson and over 60 House Republicans are going to the southern border today to attack President Biden to rile up their base. Republicans are just playing politics. Let's all remember in 2013 Senate Democrats passed a bipartisan immigration reform bill in the Senate.… pic.twitter.com/tFLzsdoK0i — Feisty is proud to be a Democrat! (@FeistyLibLady) January 3, 2024 x South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem Introduces Legislation To Prevent Illegal Immigrants From Voting In Federal Elections. Do you support this? pic.twitter.com/RxLFubVSzp — Mississippi Sambo (@MS_Sambo_) December 29, 2023 Science! Animals! Weirdness! x The Pandora Cluster by JWST This image is not of stars. Almost every point of light you see is a galaxy. And there are roughly 50,000 of them in this image. pic.twitter.com/CMgEYONlj0 — Physics + Astronomy (@astronomy24x7) January 3, 2024 Okapi calf takes first steps at local zoo with its mama nearby A baby okapi calf was spotted taking its first steps shortly after it was born at the Cincinnati Zoo on December 18. The calf was born to mother Kuvua, who had a 15-month gestation period. See the animal in motion! x Young elephant discovered its trunk.. 😅 pic.twitter.com/KPSzqaQJPP — Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) January 3, 2024 x Astronomy Picture of the Day was taken from Poolburn, New Zealand pic.twitter.com/6reT2G0eSa — Mark {Mac} Cassady🌊🍀💙🐳♒ (@EagleMacCassady) January 3, 2024 x #TheFirstThingIDidIn2024 Started in on the new year cookies! 🍪 pic.twitter.com/Eol3Kva24o — 🇺🇦 Max Vermin 🏳️‍🌈 (@uptnhrlmb) January 3, 2024 Twins! x Happy New Year! pic.twitter.com/72oKxfcZ1c — They Might Be Giants (@tmbg) January 3, 2024 x Because these guinea pigs wanted to wish you a Happy New Year, too By Beatrix Potter, c. 1890 pic.twitter.com/bT4GClFA5v — Emily Jane Rothwell 🖤🌸🖋 (@emjanerothwell) January 3, 2024 x We’re throwing ourselves into the New Year with a favourite clip of Eco & Mwitu (filmed 4 years ago). They are the offspring of orphans we rescued, raised, & rewilded. Thank you for being part of our herd, making joyous moments like this possible. https://t.co/tjJMQ7z3GJ pic.twitter.com/QLRQ4LSjRs — Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (@SheldrickTrust) January 3, 2024 Funny or Fuggedaboudit x #ProudBlue #DemVoice1 We all know Republicans are lying when they say they’re pro-life. They don’t give a damn about the child once it is born. Medical problems and no health insurance? Too bad! Hungry? Don’t really care! Guns in schools? Just buy more! Don’t have a roof over… pic.twitter.com/ybr6PqcoZB — Jaye T. (@JayeJaybird54) December 28, 2023 Twelfth Night 2013 - Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, Globe on Screen (3 hours) So there is this guy, an actor, who dresses as a woman in the play, a woman who dresses as a man, or more precisely a eunuch. Then she falls in love with the duke, while the fair lady falls in love with him, and various further hilarity ensues. 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