Phil Landmeier @shuttersparks@qoto.org

It just amazes me that people keep expecting me to fly all over the place for conferences and seminar lectures. I've gotten uninvited to 2 conferences in the last couple weeks by politely asking if I could give the invited talk remotely instead. This is dumb, we need to change.

That dog ain’t gonna hunt!

Newly leaked images, show the Russian navy Kilo class submarine Rostov-on-Don, which Ukraine has bombed to smithereens in their September 13 attack on the dry docks of Sevastopol.

Call the scrapyard, Vladimir, and good luck explaining this incident on Russian state tv.

The German Leopard 2 tank on Ukrainian roads.

That tank can MOVE!
#AureFreePress #Ukraine️ #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO #Zelensky #war #news #Moscow #USA #UK #Germany #Poland #France #Turkey

Raw Story:
Rudy Giuliani sued by his lawyer for $1.36 million in unpaid legal fees

...Rudy Giuliani is being sued by his lawyer, Robert Costello, for $1.36 million in unpaid legal fees, MSNBC legal analyst Lisa Rubin reported on Monday.

The lawsuit was filed in the Supreme Court of New York for Manhattan.
https://www.rawstory.com/rudy-giuliani-sued-legal-fees/

#News #Politics #Trump #Democracy #Democrats

PortsideBlog: Why Has a Useless Cold Medication Been Allowed on Shelves for Years?
https://portside.org/2023-09-18/why-has-useless-cold-medication-been-allowed-shelves-years

#Portside #Politics #OfInterest

Staggeringly bright sunset double #rainbow in #Berlin!

#photography #weather #atmosphericoptics

Former head of trust and safety at #Twitter: Trump Attacked Me. Then Musk Did. It Wasn’t an Accident. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/18/opinion/trump-elon-musk-twitter.html

Ask your Fox-watching friends if they’ve seen stories about Rep. Lauren Boebert publicly groping with her date and vaping at a public performance of Beetlejuice, all with kids present. Bet they’ll look at you blankly because Fox has simply not aired the story since it broke according to media watchers.
Fox knows Boebert is in a district she nearly lost in 2022, and that the road to the House majority might run through Colorado’s 3rd. The network isn’t “fair and balanced.” That’s a joke. Fox is warped and twisted, just like the party it services.
Pro-tip: change the content controls on home cable systems so technologically challenged folks can’t access Fox. You might just save them from being sucked in further.

New satellite picture of disturbance #95E in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Chances of tropical development within 48 hours are high at 80%. #Invest95E #weather #WX

My emissions haven't reduced, that's for sure,<checks notes> oh carbon

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/18/people-who-work-from-home-all-the-time-cut-emissions-by-54-against-those-in-office

RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE

Trump is but one spoke in Putin's wheel of influence.

On August 15, Great Britain arrested 3 Russian deep-cover spies who lived and in London suburbs for a decade. The espionage scandal brought back into the spotlight the hybrid warfare the Kremlin leads against other countries.
From spies and hacks to coups and hit jobs, its arsenal has been wide and sinister, making Putin’s regime a real threat not only to its neighbors but to all the world.
#AureFreePress #Trump

#Google removes official suggestion that content should be "written by people" -- so trash #AI content is now A-OK! - https://gizmodo.com/google-search-written-by-people-helpful-content-update-1850848956

GOOD GUYS GAIN!

Ukrainian troops successfully breached Russian defensive lines in the liberation of Andriivka and Klishchiivka in the Donetsk region. This achievement was confirmed by Oleksandr Syrskyi, the commander of the Ground Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Syrskyi reported that Ukrainian forces effectively neutralized the 72nd Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade, as well as the 31st and 83rd Separate Amphibious Assault Brigades, operating in the Bakhmut direction.

Alan Turing was a mathematician & cryptographer who was a leading code-breaker in the team that decrypted Nazi Germany’s Enigma machine during WWII. He inspired modern computing & what became AI.

Instead of being hailed as a genius & hero, Turing was convicted as a homosexual & forced to endure chemical castration. He died by suicide at 41 in 1954.

The British government didn’t apologize until 2009 & Queen Elizabeth II finally pardoned him in 2013. #history #science

Donald Trump's ominous warning to U.S. Jews sparks horror: "Full-on Nazi"

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-ominous-warning-jews-1827703

#DonaldTrumpWarning #USJews #FullOnNazi #Horror #Newsweek #Ominous #Politics #News

Do not underestimate my willingness to bounce out

Antiabortion religious fascists are a terrorist group.

They want to commit violence against women, and Republicans are fine with that.

THEY’RE ANNOUNCING IT.

#HandsOffOurHealthcare #ProtectTheFACEAct #Abortion

Post-Roe, anti-abortion groups target law protecting clinics from violence

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/16/face-act-anti-abortion-threaten-clinics?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Another racist fraud.👇

Thank you.

"#California lawmakers passed a bill known as Delete Act that would allow consumers, with a single request, to have every data broker delete their personal info. Data brokers incl a variety of businesses that gather & sell people’s personal info, such as their address, marital status & spending habits. Those companies incl credit reporting agencies, people-search sites & data analytic firms that work with political campaigns." https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2023-09-14/california-bill-delete-online-personal-data