Clara Listensprechen @ClaraListensprechen4@social.cleverlibre.org

There was a time in this country when redistricting happened once every ten years. Not in North Carolina since 2011. The latest batch of maps from the GOP coven dropped late Wednesday.
https://digbysblog.net/2023/10/20/redistricting-a-go-go/

https://open.substack.com/pub/nadinabbott/p/ukraine-updateconnections?r=9kta6&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post

https://nadinbrzezinski.medium.com/ukraine-update-connections-5fac3fdc4795

Either is fine.

Disinformation is a tool of war. And if you told me I would be doing image analysis two years ago, nuts. Now it’s a tool I use to do my job

#Fensterfreitag #WindowFriday
A glasshouse in the gardens at Heligan, SW England

Dammit. Now I have to buy a new dress.

#Fun #Funny #Humor #LOL #Humour #Aging

"Silent But Deadly" spoof ad against "natural" gas:

"What if the danger comes from inside the house?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuvUDNu5AzQ

More ads from #GasLeaks (even the name is brill).

https://www.gasleaks.org/the-methane-monster-revealing-the-horrors-of-natural-gas/

A billboard that said, “Hamas would chop your head off, too,” sparked more than 100 complaints and was taken down. The group that sponsored it, JewBelong, is known for defamatory ads that equate opposition to Zionism with antisemitism. https://www.nj.com/news/2023/10/anti-hamas-billboard-on-nj-highway-taken-down-after-multiple-complaints-to-police.html

Yes. This. Right now! #palestine
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/oct/20/labour-peer-alf-dubs-calls-for-resettlement-plan-for-palestinians

"As negotiator for my group, many of the organisations mentioned in the report, which call themselves child protection organisations or victims’ associations, also contacted me. But I had no idea that the pro-chat control campaign was being orchestrated and funded by a network of organisations linked to the tech industry and security services, drawing millions in funding from a US-led foundation and paying foreign consulting agencies to create lobbying strategies. I had previously only expected corporations to use such methods of ‘capturing legislation’."

Breyer on chat control investigative research: EU Commissioner as double agent of foreign interference – Patrick Breyer https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/breyer-on-chat-control-investigative-research-eu-commissioner-as-double-agent-of-foreign-interference/

The rain is bringing the mushrooms out! #fungi #FungiFriday

A hot take, but a real one - I’ve found that over the last week or two, Threads has become an essential tool for keeping up with both the crisis in the Middle East, as well as the US House speaker race.

Mastodon is great, and its both the first feed and the last feed I check during the day, but its just been missing the sources of news and commentary I’ve been looking for during these world events; I wish that weren’t the case, but it is. #meta

Katherine Clark: We Want to Make Our Own Health Decisions with Our Doctors, Not Jim Jordan https://www.politicususa.com/2023/10/20/katherine-clark-we-want-to-make-our-own-health-decisions-with-our-doctors-not-jim-jordan.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

False death cap or citron amanita, sulphur tuft and jelly rot #fungifriday

研究所楼下角落里的夏花和秋叶🌸🍂

I'm in the US, shopping for my holiday season "adopted" seniors, and could use some recommendations.

Can anyone point me to a socially responsible company for online purchases of good quality sheets and/or blankets? At a minimum I want a company that doesn't donate to Republicans and isn't known to be anti-union.

This is a limited quantity purchase, so price isn't really an issue.

#AskFedi #shopping #unions

And the day gets better...
Alex Jones can’t use bankruptcy to avoid Sandy Hook damages, judge rules
Infowars host must pay $1.5bn to families who sued over his conspiracy theories that 2012 massacre was a hoax
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/20/alex-jones-bankruptcy-sandy-hook-damages-judge-ruling

█ Detecten una misteriosa explosió d'ones de ràdio provinent d'una galàxia a 8.000 anys llum ▓▒░ Es tracta d'una ràfega ràpida de ràdio que va durar menys d'un mil·lisegon, però va alliberar l'equivalent a l'energia del sol en 30 anys #324cat #recercacientifica https://www.ccma.cat/324/detecten-una-misteriosa-explosio-dones-de-radio-provinent-duna-galaxia-a-8000-anys-llum/noticia/3256462/?ext=MASTODON_ONLINE

Brown/Black Chickpeas Curry (Kala chana masala) – Indian cuisine https://www.diningandcooking.com/994669/brown-black-chickpeas-curry-kala-chana-masala-indian-cuisine/

#Vegan #VeganRecipes

Does democratizing science necessitate public ownership of research infrastructure?

Thinking of eg cloud compute and code.

No one gets anywhere alone. Enough strangers have helped us along the way. The least we can do is to pay it forward.

Anyway, congrats to #JimJordan, the most powerful body of morally rudderless bullying pricks in America said "You're a bit too morally rudderless bullying and a lot bit too pricksome for us, thank you."