@medley56 @futurebird Painting ants is hard but my heart goes out to the researchers who had to *shave* ants. World’s smallest brazilian. Poor ants. Poor grad students. So unfortunate.
https://news.sky.com/story/amp/scientists-strap-down-ants-and-shave-them-10242191
I’ve no sympathy or respect for the movie industry. Thieves and greedy bastards. Their blame is pathetic.
I’m sick of corporate whining that they aren’t recouping every cent for themselves. STFU.
You're looking at the work of artist Mary Blair. Seem familiar? Blair was a concept artist and artistic director for some of Disney's most iconic films in the Golden Era. Learn more about this invisible woman and how she shaped the world of animation at our next Feminist Lecture. 6.30, 8th April online https://www.outsavvy.com/event/18575/feminist-lecture-program-collab-the-animation-of-mary-blair-a-feminist-guide-to-disney
Long chat with a neighbor, who was high ranking govnt personnel working in war zones, now retired. We discussed Gaza and Biden’s military support for Israel. S/he conveyed that we can’t expect Biden to abandon Israel over possible war crimes because they backed us in the Iraq war - and they know our hands were not clean under Bush/Cheney. S/he basically suggested that because of Bush II’s war in the ME, the US cannot demand a cease fire without risking exposure of our own closeted skeletons.
Russian, Republican, and Chinese disinformation campaigns rely heavily on "futility messaging" to suppress voter turnout.
It relies heavily on "protest" votes to nonviable 3rd parties, "both sides are the same", "don't bother voting, nothing changes" and feelings of impotence & false-flag or ghost candidates like Sinema.
After all, it worked in 2016.
All it took to get a Trump was 77,000 votes in 3 swing states - all accomplished by telling folks not to bother to vote.
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