Reverse Watergate @reversalawaters@qoto.org

Live coverage of Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s struggle to clinch the House speakership has translated into bigger-than-usual ratings for C-SPAN and cable news. https://nyti.ms/3GgaDc0

We'll beat the 9 ballots for Speaker in the 1923 Congress and tie the 10 they required in 1833 in the next round.

If they don't do it on that round, then next up would be 11 ballots in 1839.

#politics #housevote

The world's oldest tree is a Great Basin bristlecone pine, growing in the Inyo National Forest in California. It is 4854 years old.

This tree germinated while the Old Kingdom of Ancient Egypt was flourishing, and predates most of written human history. It's older than the Olmec civilisation, older than the first Chinese writing, older than Stonehenge. By the time Sappho was writing her poems, it was already ancient.

#ThickTrunkTuesday

Kirkjufellfoss, #Iceland 🌈

I left Reykjavik early morning and headed 3 hours north to the Snæfellsnes Peninsula to shoot Kirkjufell.
We arrived at the famous peak. It was a downpour. My heart sank. Exhausted and still to early to go eat dinner, I took a nap in the car for “a few minutes.” A few minutes turned into an hour.
As I slept, the sun had come out behind me and woke me up. I turned and looked at Kirkjufell. My jaw dropped. Rainbow over Kirkjufell!
#Fotomontag #photography #rainbow

It has been passed on to me, that I shall pass on this wish:

>> Happy Fibonacci Day! 1 1 23

and I find this an excellent way to begin.