Alastair Jenkins @AlastairJenkin3@qoto.org
@jon no chance of the 1993 (Suwałki-) Šeštokai/Vilnius-Riga-Tallinn service being resurrected ... ?
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Founder of #FreeDOS recounts the story so far, and the future.
https://www.theregister.com/2023/01/18/retro_tech_week_freedos/
@fulanigirl Unfortunately, the power-hungry also include women, for example the British interior minister https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/dec/19/asylum-seekers-rwanda-uk-plan-legal-high-court?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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Strongest Arctic cyclone on record led to surprising loss of sea ice
"The loss of sea ice in six days was the biggest change we could find in the historical observations since 1979, and the area of ice lost was 30% greater than the previous record,"
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/11/221129143824.htm
#ClimateEmergency #pollution #ecology #environment #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe
#ClimateChange #Climate #Arctic
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A small percentage of land and coastal waters provides most of the global population with the ecosystem services needed to support human well-being, and maintaining these areas can advance the United Nations’ development, climate and biodiversity conservation goals, according to an international team of researchers
#ClimateEmergency #pollution #ecology #environment #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe
#ClimateChange #Climate #COP15
A "progressive" result for "regressive" clients!
Under the moon (25% lower down), a fainter orangeish reflection in the water (a narrow horizontal ellipse). Water surface is invisible.
Summary: Rising red moon at 69°N
Background - black at bottom, very dark violet further up
Centre: Moon in last quarter, terminator 30° counter-clockwise from the vertical. Yellow in the top 25%, lower part covered by 3 RED wavy bands of cloud, top band darker than the rest. Image of moon surrounded by dark red halo.
#moonrise #red #69degrees #north
@fairyqueen91 Apologies: I neglected to look at the replies to the message, which give lots if useful guidelines!
@fairyqueen91 Are there specific guidelines available for describing images?
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So, I'd like to thank all the sighted people here on mastidon who take the time to describe pictures to us blindies. Most people on other social media sites wouldn't do that. I appreciate it so much #ThankYouForHavingPatience #ThisIsSoAwesome
@breadandcircuses That is a legitimate point of view, _not_ a censorable "strong opinion"
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Strong opinion
If you're not willing to give up your car, you're not serious about the #ClimateEmergency.
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Worst fall in #UK #LivingStandards since records began, says #OBR | #Economics | The Guardian
I will concede that international conditions and events have a large bearing on economic conditions but the #Tories are solely responsible for this situation through 12 years in power and driving through the worst possible form of #Brexit.
@Snoro They think they will go to paradise and leave the rest of us in the inferno
@Snoro The colonisers of Africa can do this by returning just a tiny fraction of the profits they extracted from their exploitation!
@mmehravard @georgetakei Straw man fallacy. The theocratic regime of Iran is hardly a leftist cause.
@dynako It appears that the Guardian list does not include any media organizations based in the petroleum producer, Norway 😞
