Rose Rudd @roseannerudd@qoto.org

Hello friends

Lake Louise

#silentsunday
#LakeLouise #Banff #Canada #naturephotography #landscapephotography #photography #nature #travel

"I had stopped leaving my bed. I had stopped eating. I was dropping weight," Sen. Fetterman says in CBS interview. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sen-john-fetterman-on-depression-recovery-and-making-up-any-lost-time/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab8c&linkId=208098716

I know mastodon.social sometimes takes some hell for spammers/bad actors, but I have to recognize the great work the moderators have been doing lately. It’s a tough job on that large of an instance.

@mafeesh
There are many who are monitoring the fascists surfacing worldwide. They're all playing off of each other while we're still busy trying to get the American press to notice.
I'm convinced we're going to have to spread our message ourselves. No more waiting for the press to spread the word.
We're fighting for democracy. That's a battle we can't afford to lose.
A fucking big deal.

My friend Evan #Gershkovich is no spy. Just a brave reporter jailed in moscow

by Pjotr Sauer

Extract
As the immediate media storm following his arrest passes, it will be of paramount importance to keep Evan in the spotlight and to push for his immediate release.

For years, Evan did everything he could to tell the story of modern russia. It is now our turn to keep the light shining on him. I want to have my friend back.

Read it here🔗 https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/apr/02/friend-evan-gershkovich-no-spy-just-brave-friend-jailed-moscow

#Ukraine 🇺🇦 #journalists

Wait a minute! No one mentioned #Asstodon to me? Nor #Saturbray ? Pulling this one from the files. A days-old Allie excited about her new life. #LifeOnTheFarm #Donkey

Sprained my ankle a couple days ago while walking dogs in the woods. Tripped over a stupid rock, ruptured one or two ligaments, and ate dirt. Farm hands were off at the bar, and I was in a cellular dead zone, so nobody could hear my pitiful calls for help. Ended up hobbling a mile back to the bunkhouse on pure chutzpah (and the fact that I knew there was a bottle of champagne on ice in the kitchen). My takeaway is this: always have a bottle of champagne chilling in your kitchen. You never know when it might save your life.

All of Evan Gershkovich’s reporting is now free to read on The #WSJ

He was arrested in russia while on a reporting trip and accused of spying, making him the first #American #journalist detained in russia on espionage charges since the Cold War.

His last article was

russia’s Economy Is Starting to Come Undone

Investment is down, labor is scarce, budget is squeezed. Oligarch: ‘There will be no money next year’

Read them here 🔗 https://www.wsj.com/news/author/evan-gershkovich

#Ukraine 🇺🇦 #SlavaUkraine

The IRS already has all your income tax data – so why do Americans still have to file their taxes? @TheConversationUS

https://theconversation.com/the-irs-already-has-all-your-income-tax-data-so-why-do-americans-still-have-to-file-their-taxes-175777

A breathless world waits to find out whether Donald Trump can spell “indictment.”

Get your mail-in ballots in today, Wisconsin!

"The size and age of the Cosmos are beyond ordinary human understanding. Lost somewhere between immensity and eternity is our tiny planetary home."
— Carl Sagan

The Milky Way over La Silla Observatory. Credit: ESO/S. Brunier

This is super bad. This reckless ruling strikes down ALL US Preventive Services Task Force recommendations, which under ACA make them free without cost sharing for millions of Americans. https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/texas-judge-blocks-obamacare-coverage-mandate-prep-cancer-screening-2023-03-30/?fbclid=IwAR3cy8psx7qTdsLZBvndMIh96EDXbiwyQ9YUUUrVQMHljM7IDyrSfl9K194

And culture war stories? Mostly, they fall apart on a local level.

It's harder to villainize your neighbors when they have the chance to tell their own stories.

It's one thing to read about trans people in Time Magazine, as a nebulous and far away concept, and another entirely to read a profile of the trans man who works at the coffee shop you visit every day, and who you've spoken kindly to every day for the last 4 years, talking about the death threats he receives from members of the church you attend.

An excellent hotel keycard (click for full image).

One wonders if the scale insects get nervous when one of their neighbors suddenly collapses into a bloom of zombie fungus.

#Ophiocordyceps #Fungus #ScaleInsects #Death

#WTF #FARA #Florida #RussianRon #DeSantis #Pushaw #DOJ

Samoa PM urges world to save Pacific people from climate crisis obliteration:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/19/samoa-pm-fiame-naomi-mataafa-urges-world-to-save-pacific-people-from-climate-crisis-obliteration
#ClimateDiary

Tonight, I’m thinking of all those working in the U.S. Treasury Department. Many will work through the night to get a handle on how #CreditSuisse difficulties will affect U.S. banks. #banks #banking