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Wrote a long thread on twitter about the state of affairs in NE and SE Ukraine. A follower suggested i toot a copy of thread reader on here, so I'm giving it a try:
threadreaderapp.com/thread/159

Looks like Xi Jinping and the CCP have a lot on their hands. Protests continue to spread to other cities. The Zero policy is being blamed on the deaths of more than 10 people trapped in an apartment building.

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THE LORDโ€™S PRAYER 5.0:
Our Father on Mastodon,
Harold be thy name.
Thy follows come,
Thy toots be done,
On the Fediverse as it is in Heaven.
Give us this day our daily boosts,
And forgive us our replies as we also have forgiven those who have replied against us,
Lead us not into Twitter,
But deliver us from the evil one, Elon Musk.
For the kingdom, the power and the favorites are yours forever,
Amen ๐Ÿ™

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A small reminder that baby Puffins are called Pufflings! This toot is intended to bring some extra joy to your timelines today. As you were. ๐Ÿ˜Š #Toot #Puffins #Boost #Birds

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Elon Musk is now LITERALLY welcoming the Neo Nazis from The Daily Stormer back on Twitter who threatened to kill me. I sued these Neo Nazis in court and won $4.1 million dollars in damages (on paper.) Musk is a scumbag to allow these people on Twitter. nbcnews.com/news/all/neo-nazi-

Mark Rober, the ultimate nerd and former NASA engineer turned YouTuber, takes the typical engineering student's challenge to the next level - how to drop an egg from a certain height without breaking it. This time from space.

youtube.com/watch?v=BYVZh5kqaF

Obviously, his video's screen shot is photoshopped. But the video is entertaining anyway.

Once I recovered from the brief shock of this Kazakh eagle hunter deciding to plant himself next to me as I photographed the other eagle hunters, he let me take a few photos and this video. Yes, I got a selfie.

This was taken during the at the base of the Altai Mountains, just outside Bayan-Ulgii, , about 100 miles/160 km from the nearly intersecting borders of , Kazakhstan, Russia, and China. October 8, 2019

I spent an afternoon at an eagle hunter ger camp. The lead/elder hunter told me that they capture their eagles in the surrounding mountains, care, feed and train them to hunt small game. Each eagle is released back to the wild after five years of captivity.

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@EricCarroll The only thing Iโ€™m missing about Twitter right now are all the epidemiologists I followed who kept me up to date on more scientifically-accurate pandemic news. That, and the wonderful community built up around my dogโ€™s twitter. That Iโ€™ll miss.
But addicted? Nope. Happy & excited to build something new here.

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Reposting my (long) since Iโ€™ve migrated to a new instance.

My career at BJC HealthCare / BJH included ; ; ; ; ; ; research; lots of administrative stuff.

Former editor BJH Tool Book on the platform.

Still doing human research review with the and studies review with the at .

In addition to science, I believe in democracy, the important role of journalism, and a round Earth.

My language learning journey started in jr. high school with , attempting to self-learn it from a public library book and short-wave radio. My and are passable. My and are fading. Still a beginner at . is a slow death for me, but / budo and culture keeps me engaged. Putinโ€™s war crimes convinced me to start learning .

Russian sparked my interest in history and to volunteer for the St. Louis-Samara Committee, for which Iโ€™ve hosted Russian medical and cultural delegates in my home.

In 2010, my language and Cold War interests combined with my hospitalโ€™s changing ETO retention policy got me to travel more internationally. In 2015, I completed my original travel goal of going to the last 5 Communist countries. In order of visit: , , , , .

My country count so far is only 33. Hoping to grow that during retirement. My 3 most remote places: Pyongyang and the DMZ, ; the Eastern Highlands of ; and Bayan-Ulgii, . Still need to visit 2 more continents - Antarctica and Africa. Iโ€™ve been to 42 US states, including AK and HI.

I became a photographer early in my travels. My kit is a 5DM3, EF 16-35 mm; f2.8, and EF 70-200 mm f2.8 and 14 Pro Max.

Currently, drawn to international . Iโ€™ve hauled my heavy glass to photograph the Sing Sing (PNG); Kazakh golden eagle hunters (Mongolia), Aboriginal singers at the Festival (Alice Springs, ) and Yabusame / mounted archers (Nikko, ).

If you got this far, thanks for reading all of this. Here to learn, be social and feed my wide variety of interests.

Photo:

This hunter surprised the hell out of me by standing next to me as I photographed the competitors at the 20th anniversary of the Golden Eagle Festival. Taken at the base of the Altai Mountains, just outside Bayan-Ulgii, Mongolia, about 100 miles/160 km from the nearly intersecting borders of Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Russia, and China. October 8, 2019

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