Rooney’s old account @girls_can@qoto.org

I'm tired of living like it's the 1600s:

Can I afford eggs at the market?
Are my family going to die of the plague?
Puritans are coming for my sinful lifestyle.

I want modern problems.
Modern Problems.

ICYMI - 2022 was the hottest year on record for our oceans...

+ Study: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00376-023-2385-2
+ Summary: https://carbonbrief.org/state-of-the-climate-how-the-world-warmed-in-2022/

I don’t have much of a network on here, but hi, hello, I’m a front-end web developer and web accessibility specialist and I am looking for work

#Google could give EACH of the 12,000 employees it just laid off a $1,000,000 severance and still have $5 BILLION in profits left over from its last quarter alone (Q4 profits were $17B)

Instead, they just dumped 12,000 people onto the job market, which affects everyone, in a society in which such things as healthcare rely on employment.

When are we going to stop giving corporations that leech off us a free pass on civic responsibility?

#layoffs #googlelayoffs #capitalism #corporations #healthcare

Sand under a microscope is much more interesting. Only 250x magnification is required...

Jay Kuo writes,

"It has been more than four years since the Senate confirmed Justice Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court by a narrow vote of 50 to 48, despite credible accusations of sexual assault while Kavanaugh was at Yale. But the full extent of his criminal sexual acts has never truly been exposed. That is because, as the film explores, the FBI hid it from all of us on purpose."

#SupremeCourt #corruption #BrettKavanaugh #FBI

(1 of 2)

https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/the-kavanaugh-cover-up

UK minister admits 200 asylum-seeking children have gone missing
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/23/uk-minister-admits-200-asylum-seeking-children-missing-home-office?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Moonrise near #Winter #Harbour in #Maine #Photography #silentsunday #Waves #Beach #Sunset #Calm #Landscapes

Twilight in June (1950). Edwin Holgate was a member of the Beaver Hall Group in the 1920’s and was invited to work with the Group of Seven in the 1930’s. He is, perhaps, better known for his portraits but his landscapes, like this one, are beautiful. #CanadianArtist #painting #landscape #mastoart

I've been reading a lot recently on the major threat of #invasivespecies (transported by humans) on native #biodiversity.

This thought-provoking new piece in @theconversationau explores the potential for future #evolution or, at least adaptation, for some of the animals introduced to #Australia by humans. A sobering read on the impact of our own migration:

https://theconversation.com/could-feral-animals-in-australia-become-distinct-species-its-possible-and-were-seeing-some-early-signs-197522

They found a policing approach that works! Is it harsher enforcement? Zero tolerance? Throwing more people in jail? Bigger military-style weapons? More macho bullshit?

No.

https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/gvrs-data-gun-violence-data-west-baltimore-XITLPKVQXBAZPH7L3NWJJMJQDU/

I am annoyed at how much coverage of these recurring "Big Gorilla lays off around 10.000 people" is basically just a rehash of the company press release, with not a single journalist asking how it's possible that all of these big tech companies made the same exact mistake of hiring too many people, while simultaneously showing record profits.

Like, if a 'rigorous review' finds 12.000 redundancies, why does nobody question leadership about how this was allowed to happen?

Not one critical note.

Recovery of the conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD) system viewed from the Winch Control Room on RV Polarstern yesterday after a cast in Ronne Entrance, Bellingshausen Sea, #Antarctica during expedition #PS134

A candy floss #sunset at Wells-next-the-sea this evening #winter #coastal #photography

Ottawa Citizen👀​
"A military team monitored & collected information from people’s social media accounts in #Ontario, claiming such data-mining was needed to help troops who were to work in long-term care homes during the COVID-19 pandemic."
"That initiative involved collecting negative comments Ontarians made about Premier Doug #Ford & the failure of his government to take care of the elderly and then forwarded those on to the Ontario government."
https://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/canadian-military-finances-technology-to-collect-social-media-data-despite-claims-it-was-shutting-down-such-efforts
https://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/canadian-military-finances-technology-to-collect-social-media-data-despite-claims-it-was-shutting-down-such-efforts

What a fantastic defence at @UniBremen@twitter.com on #plastic pollution in the #Arctic, Dr. @CleDiver@twitter.com, well done ✨!
Super-proud #PhD mom 🤗

By the way, a tax of up to 5% on the world’s multi-millionaires and billionaires could raise $1.7 trillion/year.

That would be enough to lift 2 billion people out of poverty and fund a global plan to end hunger.

We can't afford NOT to tax the rich.