tobychev @tobychev@qoto.org

Alexey Navalny’s family and associates have so far been unable to find the politician’s body, and the authorities have been tight-lipped about the circumstances surrounding his death. Here’s what’s actually supposed to happen when a Russia prisoner dies:
https://t.co/vBc3N63S2t

Biden indicates that the “devastating consequences” he threatened three years ago in the event of Navalny’s death in prison are already in motion in Ukraine. In other words, don’t expect anything new now. https://www.youtube.com/live/cvqMXRooFCo?si=ga-desMpaxEaaIoQ

(Generally, if your major demographic trend shows a 700% increase in 10 years, double-check the data.) #demography

Another interesting element is the news media showing up on Mastodon.

I have a Google alert set up for my name, in case I’ve written anything stupid online - it went quiet for months, but nowadays it’s constantly triggering, and mostly foreign language articles due to European journalists branching out.

Decades before today’s migrants boarded small boats to Europe to ‘take their jobs’, European fishing ships were trawling West African waters, taking food and jobs from the locals. And they still are. https://bit.ly/3HXfeBu

American officials assess that, without replenishment, Ukraine has enough air defenses to last until only next month. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/09/world/europe/ukraine-oleksandr-syrsky-war-russia.html

looks like a transit of Phobos across the Sun as seen from Perseverance has just occured

Images acquired on Feb. 8, 2024 (Sol 1056)
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU
https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/multimedia/raw-images/ZL7_1056_0760664095_632EBY_N0501254ZCAM01538_1100LMJ

More insights on the transit of Phobos: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transit_of_Phobos_from_Mars

#mars #phobos #sun #transit #perseverance #rover #nasa #planet #planets #moon #moons #astonomy #astrodon #space #science #research #photography

Earth has more livestock than humans, wild mammals & birds combined.

Visualizing the Biomass of Life by scientific illustrator Mark Belan ⬇️ #science #art

Like, yes, more racists will hear a Chapman song now. But isn't enjoying her music without having to confront black excellence kind of the whole white supremacy aesthetic in miniature? For the ones who go on to find her work and engage with it--wonderful! But when white artists make it possible for racists to take pleasure in black artists without any immediate acknowledgment of black genius, that isn't something Chapman has to perform gratitude for.

Kudos to @BleepingComputer for doing actual journalism.

Fortinet also declined to comment to me.

It's a completely made up story, which is now being circulated as Russian propaganda.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-unlikely-3-million-electric-toothbrush-ddos-attack/

I learned from a beekeeper friend last night that they didn't get a honey harvest last fall because of the unusually high humidity all summer. The bees fanned & fanned & fanned, trying to evaporate the nectar to concentrate it into honey & they couldn't do it against all that moisture in the air.

Immediate thought when reading this passage of Slaughterhouse 5 now: Yeah, ending war seems further away than ever in my lifetime to me, but ending glaciers, not so much.

Today marks the 125th anniversary of the start of the Philippine–American War, which is the United States‘ biggest conflict in the period between the Spanish–American War and World War I. The Americans‘ victory over the Filipinos cemented the United States‘ reputation as an imperial power with colonies across the Pacific from Manila to San Juan, Puerto Rico.

What I find really sad is that most Americans don’t even know about this war, which is glossed over in American history school books.

First reactions to the Senate bill text, released this evening, with historic restrictions on the right to seek asylum:

- People will be harmed.
- Except for initial months, migration won't drop.
- Dems' efforts to soften it are worthy—yet GOP hardliners will demand more red meat and could still kill it.

https://adamisacson.com/first-look-at-the-senate-negotiators-asylum-limits-for-ukraine-aid-bill-language/

Democrats tried to soften the awful blow to asylum seekers, so that maybe they might sleep at night—and MAGA is seizing on that to kill the bill.

Re: the 5,000 in this twt: all 5,000 could be deported or detained—not "accepted"—and they'd still trigger expulsions. He doesn't know what he's talking about.

Around median age 41 you get more people over age 65 than under 15. There are 10 large (20mil) countries past that point: Japan, Italy, Germany, Spain, Ukraine, Korea, France, Canada, Poland, UK. #demography #aging