Cladocera @daphsci@qoto.org

The tone of this story seems like a departure for the New York Times. It doesn’t pretend Elise Stefanik is sincere (which she isn’t) and it doesn’t pretend she might be telling the truth (which she isn’t). It’s an excellent story about a dangerous fascist. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/31/us/politics/elise-stefanik.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Go f yourselves with your #fireworks and #firecrackers

Happy #newyear
#dogs #dog #dogsofmastodon #dachshund

Teachers can only write off $300 on their taxes for classroom expenses

Most Americans can write off zero dollars for business expenses

Trump writes off $130,000 in hush money he paid Stormy Daniels as a business expense

Sunset from Monday over the big lake. Vertical shot. If you haven't changed your image settings, you'll need to smash it to see the entire image.

One of the best sunsets of the year!

#Photography #LandscapePhotography #NaturePhotography #LakeSuperior #Minnesota

I love the variety played on #KEXP, an independent radio station in #Seattle. I donated today because I'm frequently streaming the station - at work and during my off time.

https://kexp.org/

Tomorrow is the last day of the year 2022 but the end of the month!

Until now we have profited from the energy prices for the server with #Hetzner since they produce their own green electric but from Jan 1st all server costs will increase with 10%(!!)

Within a few days a new server bill will present itself, please think about supporting if you can ❤️

https://paypal.me/stuxOS
https://patreon.com/mstdn
https://ko-fi.com/mstdn
https://liberapay.com/mstdn
https://opencollective.com/mstdn
https://bunq.me/stuxhost

IYKY-YoHo #midwest #YoHoShovels #minneapolis #minnesota

To celebrate the 200th anniversary of Gregor Mendel’s 1822 birth, scientists exhumed his body and sequenced his DNA. But what would Mendel think about that?
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/12/30/1142202365/gregor-mendel-genetics-dna-analyzed #genetics #dna #MolecularBiology #anthropology

I cannot keep this to myself. There is a website (radio.garden) where you can listen to radio stations all over the world for free. No log in. No email address. Nothing.

When the site loads, you are looking at the globe. Slide the little white circle over the green dots (each green dot is a radio station) until you find one you like.

I have been listening to this station in the Netherlands and it absolutely slaps. I have no idea what they're saying but the music is fantastic.

Aliens out for a walk at Battery Park, Ontario on Boxing Day
Blizzard Photos by Ralph T.T. Yeung
https://www.rttyeung.com/updates/holiday-blizzard

Wall Street has consolidated into 5 giant banks.

Airlines have merged from 12 carriers in 1980 to 4 today.

A handful of drug companies control the pharmaceutical industry.

Four giants control over 80% of meat processing.

The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.

Caring for others: the core of civilization.

This one is worth reading.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/27/us/buffalo-woman-saves-man-frostbite-facebook/index.html

Short rant.

Southwest Air has cancelled ~70% of its flights in an epic meltdown this holiday season.

Remember, Southwest took $3.7B in federal aid from 2020-21.

It’s CEO got a pay raise to a $9.1M package in 2022.

Yet Southwest employees are working 16 hour shifts & threatened w/termination if they refuse overtime or call in sick.

Socialism for the wealthy. Capitalism for workers.

Stop trusting billionaires. Start holding them accountable. And start protecting workers.

End Rant.

Three multibillionaires now own more wealth than the bottom half of America – 160 million Americans.

Don’t tell us we can’t afford a wealth tax on the super-rich.

it's my birthday can I get some boosts

28 U.S. Code § 455 requires that “any justice, judge, or magistrate judge of the United States shall disqualify himself in any proceeding in which his impartiality might reasonably be questioned.”

If Thomas fails to recuse himself from Moore v Harper, he'll be breaking that law.