Barbara 🇺🇦 @babs_at_masto@qoto.org
Joined Nov 2022
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When one veteran oak tree becomes a bit of an obsession.
Here are four of the many photographs I've made of this tree in the last year.
#trees #forest #woodland #nature #treesofmastodon #landscapephotography #photography #wednesday #mastoart #fourseasons
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This headline is actually erroneous (I would tag @washingtonpost if I thought they were listening). The people indicted were not “pro-Trump electors”; they weren’t electors at all. They were pro-Trump people falsely pretending to be electors.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/12/06/nevada-fake-electors-indictment-trump/
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25 November 1894 | A Dutch Jew, Bob Hanf, was born in Amsterdam. A painter, writer, violinist & composer.
He was arrested on 23 April 1944 & incarcerated in Westerbork. From there he was later deported to Auschwitz where he perished in September 1944.
#Auschwitz #Birkenau #Holocaust #Shoah #Jews #history #histodons #Nazis #Germany #NeverForget #ww2 #Memorial #Remember #memory #otd #facts
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I was sceptical before, but after seeing his management skills in action, I think allowing Elon to oversee the migration of Earth’s wealthiest elites to Mars is a great idea.
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I expanded the discussion about the Colorado court's decision regarding Trump and the Fourteenth Amendment, and I added it to yesterday's blog post.
You can see it here:
https://terikanefield.com/parchment-barriers-and-the-dangers-of-hope/
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@Teri_Kanefield I hope you do stay; you're one of my favorite follows. You're interesting, knowledgeable, and calm. It actually gives me a lot of hope when I read what you write, even though I rarely comment.
Maybe you have lots of appreciative followers like me who don't comment? Maybe I should comment more often; I don't feel like I can add much to the conversation, but just an occasional word of appreciation.
I hope you'll keep posting.
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People following me for cybersecurity content: Chris Bing, one of the most distinguished reporters on this beat, recently joined the Fediverse. Chris has broken way too many stories to count and also has valuable insight into all things related to hacking. Please follow him.
And please boost for reach.
So they can charge more money for less candy and at the same time gaslight us all about it.
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Here we go, v editor in chief of TVRain - his comments as follows:
"A crowd seized #Makhachkala airport in search of #Jews. There are no police. The same goes for the valiant Russian Guards and FSB officers who conduct special operations to detain those who “discredit” the army. In the second year of the “special operation” for “denazification”. #Russia, 2023.
https://t.me/tdzyadko/3758
Makhachkala is the captain City of #Dagestan, Republic in #Russia's North #Caucasus
#Israel #Gaza #hamas
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And in case you didn't catch it last week, Paula @levihncoon published this guide to increasing the diversity of #plants in your #backyard, featuring beautiful #photography: https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-native-plant-tips/
I'm excited to be working with both these promising early career journos for the next several weeks.
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Rep Noah Arbit, a Jewish Dem from West Bloomfield Twsp, described #SamanthaWoll as the "kindest, most beautiful soul."
"I am shattered & broken & unable to move. There are no words. The kindest, most beautiful soul taken in the most evil, brutal way. Sam was committed to justice & equality. In her name we will never give up. Baruch Dayan Emet, Sam. You were so loved & cherished,”Arbit wrote.
Anyone with information is asked to call Detroit Police Department's Homicide Section at (313)596-2260
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Wildlife crossing built over the Trans-Canada Highway in Banff National Park.
Combined with fencing to keep the animals off the road, these structures have reduced animal-vehicle collisions in the area by more than 80%—and by more than 96% for elk and deer alone.
@uspolitics One Republican is worse than the next. A trashy party top to bottom.
@pluralistic Left that insane asylum almost a year ago, with 0 plans to return.
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Jack Smith Cites Trump Execution Remark on Milley in New Filing
#TrumpExecutionRemark #MarkMilleyAttack #JackSmithFiling #MilleyGagOrder #PoliticsNews #RollingStone #Politics #News
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This is possibly the funniest social insect study of all time. To keep them from eating all the food, female wasps stuff male wasps head-first into empty cells and threaten to sting them if they try to escape.
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A former physics teacher says America could lose its technological edge if it doesn’t do a better job of teaching quantum information science
https://theconversation.com/quantum-information-science-is-rarely-taught-in-high-school-heres-why-that-matters-210112
#education #science #stem #physics
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And the #OSIRISREX samples are on the ground. Here's our story about why that's important and what happens next: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02954-2
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We made a robot and landed it on a rock hurtling through space, took samples of that rock, and just this morning, landed the samples safely back on Earth. Scientists will study them for decades. Who knows what they'll learn, about the history of the solar system and the universe. All without endangering human crew or spending the resources needed to support them.
Congratulations to the OSIRIS-REx team and everyone at NASA who has to hear people complain that we don't do amazing things anymore.
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4/ IOW…
“Special counsel #JackSmith seeks 'narrowly tailored' gag order against Trump, citing 'disparaging and inflammatory attacks'
The court filing accuses Trump of engaging in a campaign of disinformation.” https://abcnews.go.com/US/special-counsel-seeks-narrowly-tailored-gag-order-trump/story?id=103197976
