James H McLaren @JamesHMcLaren@qoto.org

No, skepticism of crypto doesn't "stem from lack of understanding".

Skepticism of crypto stems from it being an endless barrage of fraud, scams and the worst of human greed and criminality.

These are *NOT* birds

They may look like birds, but they are flowers called Magnolia Liliflora.

>>>>Nature ROCKS!<<<< 🙃

#nature #flowers #birds #zen #beauty #beautiful #awesome #photography #arts #art

So what are our Twitter-Mastodon strategies people?

Which one best describes you?...

Please re-share for larger numbers.

Imagine how shitty you have to be to get booed by people who are still willing to pay money to go see Dave Chapelle

COVID-19 has erased two decades of life expectancy growth in the US. Yet, leaders are still trying to gaslight us into believing that the US had one of the best responses to the pandemic.

https://healthsystemtracker.org/chart-collection/u-s-life-expectancy-compare-countries/#Life%20expectancy%20at%20birth%20in%20years,%201980-2021

#COVID #COVID19 #PublicHealth

I wonder what 2022 would have been like if russia hadn't invaded us

I also wonder what 2023 will be like after we destroy the russian military forever and declare eternal victory over the parasitic infection that happens to be our neighbor

Watching The Grinch as a child:
You’re a mean one Mr. Grinch!

Watching The Grinch as an adult:
This dude realising that people are terrible and wanting to live his life in peace alone with his dog is 100% relatable.

@damienowens @JamesHMcLaren “what’s wrong? I’m applying binary search to get the correct answer as efficiently as possible”

Tesla stock is down 4.6% today, 10% on the month, 57% on the year

I do love my neighbourhood when it snows. It's like I'm in a Dickens novel.

What I really want to know about Hunter Biden is why the Saudis gave Jared Kushner two billion dollars.

Even if he hadn’t written three of the most-loved #DoctorWho stories, Chris Boucher would be a legend for just this line:

"You know, the very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. They don't alter their views to fit the facts. They alter the facts to fit their views, which can be uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that needs altering."

RIP Chris 💙💙

Disappointing to see people I respect "take the party" from Twitter to another centralized, for-profit service funded by a right-winger. The power of FOMO is profound.

Tonight's walk home.

In dense fog I took the single track from Upware to Reach and was rewarded with this scene.

What the hell kind of event is going on in here ?

"In my homeland, the entirety of Belarus is in a prison. Journalists, political scientists, trade union leaders are in jail, there are many of my acquaintances and friends among them… The courts work like a conveyor belt, convicts are transported to penal colonies, and new waves of political prisoners take their place…"

Ales Bialiatski,
Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech.

How do you *predominantly* access the Fediverse?

Please reshare for a wider sampling.

Feel free to add comments, of course. Just trying to get a sense of balance of interfaces to this place.

Ever wondered what it looks like at night?

This had quite a large moon so in usual fashion you cant expose for it and the MW at once, so superimposed a bit more detail with a secondary shot.

This was a 7 shot vertical panoramic (cropped later) with a 14mm lens

#photography #nature #naturephotography #landscapephotography #longexposure #NewZealand #PhotoMonday #astro #astrophotography