Nordstahl @Nordstahl@qoto.org

Since it is Superb Owl Week, I'm throwing it back to when I was caretaker for Earl Gray, a magnificent Great Gray Owl. Earl had been hit by a car and could no longer fly, and I had the necessary permits to keep him and take him to schools and festivals. Later, it was discovered that he was a she, and so was renamed pEarl. #ThrowbackThursday #SuperbOwl #Owls

It's not chaos 😲

I thought I'd post a photo in black and white; this seems like a good candidate. These pigeons are doing their very best to ensure the bird seed doesn't spoil.

#photo #photography #photographer #birds #pigeons #dove

I feel so sorry for my dear Mastodon friends who are having to pick up and swap instances yet again. There but by the grace of the great catgirl goddess go I.

Just as I would IRL, I wish you security and stability at your new homes. 💖

Via the dark nursing humor group #2 I somehow belong to on Facebook.

Rep Cori Bush Takes Republicans To Task For Dismantling of Civil Rights Subcommittee https://www.theroot.com/rep-cori-bush-takes-republicans-to-task-for-dismantling-1850070874

Pfizer made a record $100 billion in 2022, almost $57 billion of which was from its #COVID-19 vaccine and Paxlovid.

Yet they still want to charge people $130 per dose, and refuse to share vaccines and treatments with the world.

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/31/the-covid-pandemic-drives-pfizers-2022-revenue-to-a-record-100-billion.html

#VaccineEquity

Republicans are too obsessed.

#politics

You don’t own your smart car. Hackers do.

The vulnerabilities are seemingly endless. And while fixes have been deployed, every evolution will bring new vulnerabilities with it.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/01/hackers-discover-that-vulnerabilities-are-rife-in-the-auto-industry/

#SmartCars #Automobiles #Cars #Technology #Hacking

@bookstodon Just finished reading Clytemnestra, by Costanza Casati, and I think it's one of the best books of 2023 so far. I read anything I can get my hands on having to do with Greek Mythology and yet, this story felt fresh and new for me. The author has completed intensive studies in ancient Greek, and ancient Greek literature. The narrative is rich with detail, the storytelling is smooth, and the unique perspective of Clytemnestra from her childhood all the way up to the Trojan War was fascinating. I recommend this for those of you who really dug Circe, The Song of Achilles, Elektra, Ariadne, A Thousand Ships, etc. I think you're gonna dig this one, too. Thanks to #NetGalley and Sourcebooks for this early copy for review. #books #bookstodon #bookreview

It has to start somewhere,
it has to start sometime,
what better place then here,
what better time than now

RATM - Guerrilla Radio

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rm1nCYOZB-s

#JukeboxFridayNight #Communication

Switzerland #photography #naturephotography #landscapephotography #alps #mountains

Twitter:

“Elon flips shit on an employee who politely told him that the views feature isn’t broken, he just doesn’t have enough clout.”

“This was me, my 6.5-year stint at Twitter comes to an end today. Proud of the work we did and have full confidence the three or four people left will be able to honor Elon’s requests to artificially inflate his view counts (and view counts for advertisers). Not me though 🫡”

#Twitter

@marcelias But only in two generations (1860s and now) has such a large proportion chosen racist treason instead.

My son wants to join the AF 🇺🇸

He’s plotted out his entire future based on the AF Academy — he’s only a freshman in HS 😆

Reminder: Raising the debt ceiling does not increase spending or the federal debt. It simply allows the government to pay bills it has already taken on. Know the truth.

Sleeping beauty.

#cats

Tweety: Beautiful sleeping Bodhisattva

Wrote a little Haiku, one of my favourite types of poetry. Paired it with a couple of my images. Hope you like it.

****
grief is a boulder
it doesn't get less heavy
your arms get stronger
****

#Poetry #Poem #Haiku #writer #writing

Just picked up my cat from surgery and they gave him better drugs than I got after delivering a baby.