James H McLaren @JamesHMcLaren@qoto.org

Trump dines with a Holocaust denier and it doesn’t make the front page of the New York Times. That's an example of what I call "ethics norming”: Actions that would create big scandals in the past are considered routine now. Decent people hold onto their capacity for outrage, but mainstream media think indecency by major political figures isn't news if it happens a lot.

If you yell parkour loudly enough, no one will realize you tripped over a crack in the pavement, again

Caledonian Pines and peat bog.

The road through Rannoch Moor, heading towards Glen Coe. (Photo from a while back).

A small reminder that baby Puffins are called Pufflings! This toot is intended to bring some extra joy to your timelines today. As you were. 😊 #Toot #Puffins #Boost #Birds

♫ and she’s watching him with those fries

narrator: and what happened next surprised no one

New #introduction - I’m a geoscientist working for NGI in Oslo, Norway, modelling tsunami and landslides. I am a seismologist and follow earthquakes and other geophysical developments. Interested in astronomy, climate, life sciences, and science communication. Passionate about music from opera to minimalism to 70s rock. Go to concerts when time and money allow. Enjoy sharing moments from Norway and elsewhere. I try to do the right thing and am aware that I don’t always succeed. Wonderful family!

One of my pals told me my Twitter comments were as viscous as AOC and Nancy Pelosi. I though everyone’s were like that! I just got used to it. As much as you can. It’s nothing short of astounding to me that I can just post and engage on here and people respond in a way that seems normal and real. The Twitter comments world is distorted and dangerous. I don’t see how twitter can be fixed. We’re better off here. ❤️

Good evening dear friends

I refuse to accept an economic system in which school teachers pay a higher tax rate than billionaire investors.

#caturday #openscience

Person A: The glass is 1/2 empty
Person B: The glass is 1/2 full
Danielle Smith: You need to fundraise for your own glass and whatever you say is in it should be privatized immediately.

One notable change here.
Everyone appears to know when to use lose vs loose.
They’re, their, there etc
I love you all for that alone.

@Merlin I can't understand what is so hard about masking up. It saves lives and it couldn't be easier. I am tired of being looked at strangely for wearing one. I get stares, yet I am one of the few people I know who has stayed well!!

Apparently for some reason itis #TweetAFrog day? So here is the best drawing of a frog ever done, by Itō Jakucha in 1790, and my recreation of this magnificent beast as a pottery jug, WIP and complete.