Cladocera @daphsci@qoto.org

How we beat back the corporate takeover of America:

1. Break up corporate monopolies

2. Continue building union power

3. End Citizens United and get big money out of politics

Let’s keep working to unrig the system in the year ahead.

Cloudscape With Birds. © Copyright 2022 G Dan Mitchell.

Migratory birds fill the winter sky against a backdrop of clearing storm clouds.

Yes, it is a little bit difficult to see the birds in this photograph. (If you have the option, you may want to view it larger.) But in a way, that is kind of the point — to set the... (continued: https://gdanmitchell.com/2023/01/07/cloudscape-with-birds)

#birds #flight #clouds #sky #winter #nature #naturephotography #landscape #landscapephotography #photography #newyearsday #newyears2023

Nancy Pelosi, one of the strongest Speakers in recent history, is today back representing the 11th district of California in the House. She’s been replaced as Speaker by Kevin McCarthy from the 20th district of California, who will be one of the weakest Speakers in history.

Sometimes I miss Twitter, but then you find out how Elon Musk reinstated traitor Flynn on the 2 year Anniversary of the Jan 6 insurrection & you are reminded why you can't be a part of it anymore.

Surprise Sunrise at Mink. Vertical shot, so you may have to smash it to see the entire image. As they say, "Smash it, boost it and follow."

This was from August 2022. I'm trying to pick my favorite photo from that month. This was one of the four finalists. It lost out because I'm more emotionally connected to the winner. My wife is paddling a canoe in the winning shot, and I'm a sucker for any photograph with a canoe in it. 😀 It was really hard to pick in August. The finalists were so good.

i once had this happy accident taking pictures with my phone. i don't remember what i was trying to do, only that i was fiddling with settings when the train pulled in. somehow this happened.

#queens #nyc #photography #architecture #subway

Newly elected Minnesota state Sen. Nathan Wesenberg suggested Gov. Tim Walz should be jailed and called COVID-19 vaccines a “death shot” https://minnesotareformer.com/2023/01/06/new-minnesota-senator-calls-covid-19-vaccines-a-death-shot-at-capitol-rally/

"#Water is the messenger delivering the bad news of #ClimateChange to people around the world."

I think the most satisfying part of this whole sad spectacle is that not even the New York Times can find a way to blame the Democrats for it.

New, extremely careful research suggests:

Fully 1/3 of effect of growing up in a poor #neighborhood on children's #CognitiveDevelopment is due to #AirPollution

"Although most prior research about the effects of concentrated poverty focuses on older children and posits mechanisms involving differences in socialization or institutional resources, we provide evidence that the etiology of neighborhood effects lies earlier [...] and is rooted in environmental
inequalities"

https://www.science.org/doi/epdf/10.1126/sciadv.add0285

Snow blanket
#michigan Jan 2021
#nature #photography #snow

White-Fronted Geese in Flight. © Copyright 2022 G Dan Mitchell.

A flock of white-fronted geese in fllight abainst a blue winter sky.

We were recently out photographing migratory (and other) birds in California’s Central Valley, squeezing a visit in between the series of recent and continuing winter storms. I describe these visits as being about “bird... (continues: https://gdanmitchell.com/2023/01/06/white-fronted-geese-in-flight-3)

#birds #bif #wildlife #migratory #geese #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #photography #flight

#minneapolis

(From jasonltnx on IG)

‘It never stops’: killings by US police reach record high in 2022 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/06/us-police-killings-record-number-2022

2 years ago Capitol was attacked. Man who incited it is now running unopposed for Republican nomination for President. His co-conspirators in Congress are now deciding on next Speaker and on what terms. None have been prosecuted.

Satyendranath Bose was a brilliant theoretical physicist born this week in 1894 in East Bengal (now Bangladesh).

In 1924, while on faculty at the University of Dacca, he wrote a short paper to Albert Einstein about indistinguishable particles related to quantum theory.

Einstein immediately recognized Bose’ genius, translated the work into German & made sure it was published. Bose ideas led to Bose-Einstein statistics which continue to be studied in quantum mechanics. #science #history

"Daddy, how big is infinity?"

"Real big. About 14,000 pounds big, son."