Felix The Martian
B.C. mother convicted of murdering her daughter dies in prison
Lisa Batstone was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 15 years in the death of her daughter Teagan following a second-degree murder conviction.
#globalnews #Crime #InmateDeath #LisaBatstone #LisaBatstonedeath
https://globalnews.ca/news/10201841/bc-mother-convicted-murder-daughter-prison-death/
The crow.
I was out for a walk with Ben and Charlie, when I noticed what looked like a large bird in a bare tree across a field. Initially, I didn't know what it was and hoped for a raptor of some sort. But it was an American crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos). This is kind of a minimalist photo; I like the way it looks.
#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #birds #birdsofmastodon #birdwatching #AmericanCrow
Rishi Sunak investigated by watchdog over 'barefaced lie' asylum backlog has been cleared https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/rishi-sunak-investigated-watchdog-over-31800547
It's hard to explain how wild this is until you read the criminal complaint and also start looking at state and local promotion of this tech. Tens of millions of dollars total spent across dozens of cities and towns, police promoting this company, governor proclamations, different towns crediting it for crime reductions.
And then it turns out part of this tech is Dahua cameras used to surveil Uyghur prison camps but with the Dahua logo removed
Sunak’s lie-a-day: he says the Tories are cutting taxes – but you’ll be paying more https://voxpoliticalonline.com/2024/01/03/sunaks-lie-a-day-he-says-the-tories-are-cutting-taxes-but-youll-be-paying-more/
The “Transfer” of Palestinians Out of Gaza Is Not a “Voluntary Migration” https://truthout.org/articles/the-transfer-of-palestinians-out-of-gaza-is-not-a-voluntary-migration/
“The Biden administration instituted a travel ban on extremist Jewish settlers who attack Palestinians [in the West Bank] but there is a glaring loophole for US citizens”
(Article from Dec. 15.)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/15/biden-extremist-jewish-settlers-travel-ban-loophole
https://www.europesays.com/984195/ Big oil ‘fully owned the villain role’ in 2023, the hottest year ever recorded #Climate
Blocking cookie banners is reason number million and change to use #Firefox as your primary browser!
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/cookie-banner-reduction
Emperor Shirakawa, 72nd Emperor of #Japan, abdicated the Chrysanthemum Throne OTD in 1087 https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/japan/ise/wedded-rocks.html?s=mb #travel #history
British university students give up hope of studying abroad due to ‘problematic’ Turing Scheme https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/education/british-university-students-give-up-hope-of-studying-abroad-due-to-problematic-turing-scheme-366189/
Good!
#health #medicine
Scientists hail new antibiotic that can kill drug-resistant bacteria https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/jan/03/scientists-new-class-antibiotic-kill-drug-resistant-bacteria?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Almost every town they visit in East Africa has an old Portoguese fort in it which is now serving as the town's jail. Kinda makes you think
Today in 1920, 104 years ago: in Mexico, several earthquakes and erupting volcanoes destroy towns and cause more than 7,000 victims.
House committee to begin impeachment of DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2024/01/03/House-impeachment-Homeleand-Security-Mayorkas/8001704307166/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
G+ refugee and simply want my instance to work reliably.