David Rasmussen, aka Rasamoto @Bertrecords@qoto.org

Well it took me three years but I finally caught me a nice big case of the covids. It sucks rocks I tells ya. Cannot recommend.

In the latest issue of my OUR LAND newsletter, I explain why the corruption at Fox News
is much worse than you thought—from top (Rupert Murdoch) to bottom (the viewers) and in between (Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity, senior execs, and just about everybody else).

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I can’t bear to link to it, because the piece can only be meant as clickbait. The #NewYorkTimes has published an essay by Bret Stephens claiming that masks do nothing to reduce the spread of Covid. This is scientifically illiterate, intellectually dishonest, and actually dangerous.

Will there be a reckoning?

https://rtsports.com/labr-mixed-draft

Last night's mixed #LABR #fnatasybaseball draft. This is the 25th anniversary of the LABR draft sponsored by USA Todag and I look forward to the privilege of being in the AL auction March 4th down in West Palm Beach

Soren Stevenson is challenging Andrea Jenkins in Minneapolis Ward 8. Stevenson has worked in housing & lost his left eye after being shot by Mpls police during a racial justice protest. He was later awarded $2.4 million. I’ve met Soren and find him very credible. Having police shoot out his eye is a big part of his story but he’s knowledgeable about far more than that (having worked w/Our Streets & w/a grad degree from the U). Ward 8 is progressive & now gets a choice. https://sorenstevenson.org/?link_id=1&can_id=f63ab137eecfe32850046346060e2d90&source=email-my-name-is-soren-stevenson-im-running-for-city-council-in-ward-8&email_referrer=email_1824431&email_subject=my-name-is-soren-stevenson-im-running-for-city-council-in-ward-8

My partner just got over #COVID19. W/o locking ourselves in separate rooms, we avoided spreading it in our house while still be social (watching shows, conversations etc.). Through:
1. Masking
2. Testing
3. Upper room UV
4. Sleeping + eating in separate rooms
5. HEPAs everywhere
6. Ventilation
7. Being up to date on vaccines
I’m very struck by how if this happened in March 2020 we’d have used hand sanitizer but most likely infected both of us. #COVIDISAirborne #Covidisnotover #MaskUp

@historyofpunkrock my favourite joan jett story was when bratmobile broke up on stage and neumann and smith had stormed off, leaving wolfe in tears, alone, while five hundred people stared, jett muscled her way up onto the stage, said something to the effect of “buck up kiddo, i was in a band that had a shitty break up, too. it’ll be fine”, then drove wolfe back to dc from new york.

There were three otters on the ice in the Grand Marais, Minnesota, USA harbor this morning. It was fun to watch them play around.

It seems like when I see these things are on the mornings that I leave my long lens home.

#photography #FotoMontag #LakeSuperior #Minnesota #otter #WildLife

"America...just a nation of two hundred million used car salesmen with all the money we need to buy guns and no qualms about killing anybody else in the world who tries to make us uncomfortable."
~Hunter Stockton Thompson, who died this day in 2005.

#rip #hst #missyou #doc

This article on Jimmy #Carter's foreign policy is absolutely fascinating. Change USSR to #Russia and Afghanistan to #Ukraine and the parallels are stunning. https://theconversation.com/jimmy-carters-lasting-cold-war-legacy-human-rights-focus-helped-dismantle-the-soviet-union-113994

Feels like the right time to repost this lil video I made last year when that tophat dude got fired from Google's ai lab
https://youtu.be/dO-lAtQnwDY

Louisiana to Drop Lawsuits Against Katrina Survivors Over Recovery Grants
--
The state sued thousands of homeowners for not following the rules in how they spent post-Katrina recovery grants.

After a joint news investigation by The Times-Picayune | The Advocate, WWL-TV and ProPublica, the governor announced Thursday that the state will no longer try to collect the money.

#Louisiana #Hurricane #NewOrleans #HUD

https://www.propublica.org/article/louisiana-katrina-grants-lawsuits-dropped?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

I seem to have a "delete & redraft" button, but no "edit." Is that just how my instance rolls?

From under the bridge on Highway 61.

Cook County, Minnesota, USA

#Photography #LandscapePhotography #winter #LakeSuperior #Minnesota

Toot of the year IMHO and it's still only February

‘That could be one of our balloons’: Hobbyist says downed object may belong to amateur club

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/02/17/that-could-have-been-our-balloon-hobby-group-member-thinks-downed-object-may-have-been-theirs-00083462

By chance, I woke up around 12:45 am. and noticed that it seemed bright outside. So I went to the window and saw this nice display of northern lights. I guess shortly before this was taken, the display also had some vivid reds. I missed that part, but I'm so glad I was able to see this.

February 16th, 1:09 am, 13 degrees F

#aurora #northernlights #lakesuperior #minnesota #astrophotography #nightscapes #landscapes #landscapephotography #photography

Atlanta judge releases partial report of Trump 2020 election probe. Here's a direct link to the report. #Trump #Georgia #ElectionTampering

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23683658-ex-parte-order-of-the-judge-2-16-2023-report