Clara Listensprechen @ClaraListensprechen4@qoto.org

#China supports #moscovia. Is this great news? Of course not. Due to Moscow's aggression in #Ukraine, neither #Europe nor the #USA are becomming stronger.

#China has time to focus on making a stable business with "orcs" and in same time sell goods to #EU.

Yes, we are all posting eclipse shots. This has to happen. We'll get through it eventually.

Toronto was overcast because of course it was, but the sun came out briefly ten minutes after totality. Totality itself was impressively dark. #EclipseSolar2024 #Eclipse2024 #eclipse

#eclipse

oh no i can't upload large files. maybe 1080p will work?

Hong Kong customs said Monday it has made the biggest gold smuggling bust in its history, seizing 146 kilograms of the precious metal. https://hongkongfp.com/2024/04/09/hong-kong-seizes-hk84m-of-smuggled-gold-reshaped-into-air-compressor-parts

Like many Americans, Crowder and her family were unaware of the Medicaid Estate Recovery Program, which allows states to seize property from the heirs of Medicaid recipients, often robbing people of homes that have been in their family for generations: When the State Comes for Your Estate
https://www.typeinvestigations.org/investigation/2024/04/08/when-the-state-comes-for-your-estate/?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=when-the-state-comes-for-your-estate

Eclipse flights swarm airports: 'We had to close the runway to park planes' https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/08/solar-eclipse-flights-swarm-small-airports.html

The shot / the setup.

(Last eclipse, a nice random observer loaned me a sun filter. I learned nothing and shot this like a phony.)

and just now: Hamas has told Reuters they reject the ceasefire proposal out of Cairo.

An eclipse, but it’s just my pizza box temporarily blocking the refrigerator light.

View of the #eclipse from my window in Raleigh/NC. Captured with a #Pixel #Pixel7 phone, with my glasses from 2017.

Touched by his noodly appendage...

Finding ways to capture, store, and use carbon dioxide (#CO2 ) remains an urgent global problem. As temperatures continue to rise, keeping CO2 from entering the #atmosphere can help limit warming where carbon-based fuels are still needed.
#Chemistry #Environmental #ClimateChange #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2024/04/chm04082401.html

Overcast here, no breaks, darker than earlier. Just to add one more nail in it, its sprinkling. Look at that shadow.

Not quite the viewing conditions I'd hoped for