Clara Listensprechen @ClaraListensprechen4@social.cleverlibre.org

If it has six segments on the abdomen it is a female (males have eight)...at least that is what I have read. Mid-December in Valencia, but you can still see them in the park where I usually go. There is a three day difference between the two photos, but I think it is the same specimen.
iPhone 15 Pro main camera + the lens of binoculars used as reading glasses for close focusing.
Late October in Valencia.
My other macros in:
https://www.instagram.com/mymacrominitips/

Si tiene seis segmentos en el abdomen es una hembra (los machos tienen ocho)…al menos es lo que he leído. Mediados de diciembre en Valencia, pero aún se las puede ver en el parque al que suelo ir. Hay una diferencia de tres días entre ambas fotos, pero creo que es el mismo ejemplar.

Wenn sie sechs Segmente am Bauch hat, ist sie ein Weibchen (Männchen haben acht)... zumindest habe ich das gelesen. Es ist Mitte Dezember in Valencia, aber man kann sie immer noch in dem Park sehen, in den ich normalerweise gehe. Zwischen den beiden Bildern besteht ein Unterschied von drei Tagen, aber ich glaube, dass es sich um dasselbe Exemplar handelt.

#macro #macrophotography
#insects #animals #nature
#shotonmobile #shotoniphone
#mantis

Face recognition technology “can turn into a way for the government or businesses to track us as we move about the world,” EFF’s @Adam_D_Schwartz warns in the @washingtonpost. https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2023/12/20/clear-facial-recognition-technology-airport-security/

The bird feeder...

#birds #hawks #birdsofprey

Exclusive: Greenstein arrested by anti-terror cops – for one tweet

Brighton-based Jewish human rights activist targeted for standing against genocide

https://skwawkbox.org/2023/12/20/exclusive-greenstein-arrested-by-anti-terror-cops-for-one-tweet/

One of the local Used Food Stores* is shutting down. I'm going to pay a last visit.

*Google it.

its cool how republicans experiment with psychedelics and other esp shit for the like the dumbest purposes.

Irony? Karma? Both? No water, no tar.

"The combined effects of the strong climate warming signals and the small increases in precipitation annual amounts generally detected.. suggest that drier conditions may become severe and frequent in the Alberta oil sands region...in 2010, the Alberta oil and gas industry required 74.5% of the total surface water licensed allocations in the Athabasca River basin..."

#AlbertaTarSands
#MordorParched
#ClimateChange

https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/hydr/25/1/JHM-D-23-0051.1.xml

One Surreal Christmas Day in 1977: When Bing Crosby Met David Bowie https://fanfare.pub/one-surreal-christmas-day-in-1977-when-bing-crosby-met-david-bowie-6f385dcab42e

Putin’s puppets have the task to scare the West. They try to discourage even those who support the Ukrainian fight for freedom. It is part of disinfo. So best is to send more weapons and ammunition. More ammunition and weapons…
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🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/RebHarms/status/1737574953531125991#m

[2023-12-20 20:45 UTC]

Like a #celestial beacon, distant #quasars make the brightest light in the #universe. They emit more light than our entire Milky Way #galaxy. The light comes from matter ripped apart as it is swallowed by a supermassive black hole. #Quasar light reveals clues about the large-scale structure of the universe
#Astronomy #SpaceScience #ComputerScience #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2023/12/astr12202301.html

I'm old enough to remember when Paramount and Warner fought to merge with Time Inc. (I launched Entertainment Weekly in the midst of it.) Many bad mergers followed. Here's another one:
Scoop: Warner Bros. Discovery in talks to merge with Paramount Global https://www.axios.com/2023/12/20/warner-bros-paramount-merger-discovery-streaming

“There is no safe place in Gaza.” Al Jazeera correspondent, Hani Mahmoud reports as a missile strike hits behind him in Rafah. He continued to report as peop...#AlJazeera #AlJazeeraEnglish #alJazeera #aljazeeraEnglish #aljazeeralive #aljazeeravideo #aljazeeraEnglish #aljazeeralatest #aljazeeralive #aljazeeralivenews #latestnews #newsheadlines
Israeli strike hits during live report near hospital in Rafah | Al Jazeera Newsfeed

CEOs of Warner Bros Discovery, Paramount Global discuss possible merger, report says.

#news #media

https://thedesk.net/2023/12/warner-bros-paramount-merger-talks-axios/

Giuliani was just held accountable for his BS election fraud claims, now it's Lake's turn. It would be nice to see even more MAGA election fraud lies exposed and sanctioned in court.

Herbert Alford Sues Hertz Over Receipt Proving His Innocence : NPR

https://www.npr.org/2021/03/11/976185483/eight-miles-a-time-stamped-receipt-and-an-overturned-conviction-lead-to-a-lawsui

US, Venezuela swap prisoners as tensions ease
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/us-venezuela-swap-prisoners-tensions-ease-4002911

Democratic lawmakers demand answers on assistance to Israel in its war in the Gaza Strip - The Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/12/20/israel-gaza-crow-letter-haines/

Hmm ... Warner Bros. Discovery merging with Paramount https://www.axios.com/2023/12/20/warner-bros-paramount-merger-discovery-streaming?stream=top&utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alerts_all

Great to see Wordpress join the #Fediverse. I just flipped the switch on my little blog that has been hosted on Wordpress.com for many years. Maybe this will motivate me to update it more often.
Http//richcasey.wordpress.com