Clara Listensprechen @ClaraListensprechen4@social.cleverlibre.org

A #gulfstream G650ER (Reg: N194WM) reportedly owned by #billgates has just been detected in flight at Mon Dec 04 2023 00:00:11 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time).

A #gulfstream G650ER (Reg: N68885) reportedly owned by #markzuckerberg has been detected in flight since Sun Dec 03 2023 23:30:17 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time). Since then it has emitted an estimated 2418 kg of #CO2. If owner had flown commercial, the predicted average #emissions would have been 125 kg. #CO2emissions

https://www.postandcourier.com/columbia/news/sc-college-graduate-brain-drain-is-real-data-confirms/article_627b94cc-51f7-11ee-af64-73e30522be3b.html

Corporate welfare schemes are destroying the State. $2.1 billion corporate welfare scheme for a single Scout Motors factory. It could have gone towards repealing the income tax and phasing the corporate tax. Where's the discussion about over-licensing and regulation? Depressing. South Carolina deserves better than this

I learned somwthing new today of importance
H/t @WahbAllat

The PLO blocked Hamas from holding elections in 2021:

Abbas delays Palestinian elections; Hamas slams ‘coup’

https://apnews.com/article/hamas-middle-east-elections-religion-government-and-politics-e88636bc919f8aab455e01fbbd4b4391

An Israeli raced to confront Palestinian attackers. He was then killed by an Israeli soldier https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20231204/p2g/00m/0in/004000c

World Wildlife Conservation Day

The 4th of December is World Wildlife Conservation Day. There are more than 150,300 species on The IUCN Red List, with more than 42,100 species threatened with extinction, including 41% of amphibians, 37% of sharks and rays, 36% of reef building corals, 34% of conifers, 27% of mammals and 13% of birds. Established in 1964, The International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species…

https://theorkneynews.scot/2023/12/04/world-wildlife-conservation-day/

Update: There have been 74 attacks on US troops stationed in the Middle East by #Iranian-backed proxies since Oct. 171. These attacks include #rocket attacks, attack #drones, and close-range #ballistic #missiles. The attacks have targeted US & coalition forces in Iraq & Syria, mostly at Al-Asad Airbase, Iraq, and al-Tanf Garrison, Syria. The US has responded with several airstrikes on facilities used by the #Iranian-backed Kataib #Hezbollah group in Iraq.

#Iran, backed by Russia, support the #Houthi. Houthi rebels in Yemen are mainly financed by Iran, which provides them with fuel, weapons, and funds through a complex international network of intermediaries. Iran’s support for the Houthis has been widely criticized by the international community and has prolonged the war in Yemen, & caused a humanitarian & economic crisis.The U.S. and its regional allies have imposed sanctions on individuals & entities involved in the Houthi finance network.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/u-s-navy-destroyer-and-multiple-commercial-ships-attacked-in-the-red-sea-pentagon-says

#RussiaIsATerroristState

The Best Of Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller 11-10-70

⚡️Russia shells 4 communities in Sumy Oblast.

Russian forces attacked four settlements in Sumy Oblast on Dec. 3, the local military administration reported on Telegram.

🔗 https://kyivindependent.com/russia-shells-4-communities-in-sumy-oblast-14/

When #Figs is playing in the morning, he needs to stay hydrated...here he is on a hydration break.
#RatsOfMastodon #RatsOfTheFediverse #PetRat #DailyRattie

A pair of Red Naped Sapsuckers are enjoying the Persimmon tree and the fruit. Haven’t managed to get a picture of them yet. We have enough to share with them. #birding #gardening

#Israel releases 180 #Palestinian prisoners, but arrests 168 #gaza #news

https://www.tiktok.com/@aljazeeraenglish/video/7307329147385285934

The long-tailed tit (Aegithalos caudatus), also named long-tailed bushtit, is a common bird found throughout Europe and the Palearctic.

📷 Nakatsuka, Hajime

https://www.europesays.com/934753/ The snow-capped Etna spews hot lava near Catania on the island of Sicily, Italy. One of Europe’s most active volcanoes erupted again last week. Photograph: Dario Lo Scavo #europe

Hubris will be the downfall of Alberta oil and gas

Oil execs know their business. I don't dispute that.

But they do not understand their newly risen competition, electricity and electric transportation.

Here they are wilfully blind.
https://energi.media/energi-notes/hubris-will-be-the-downfall-of-alberta-oil-and-gas/

When you get a failed 3d print from a solid large model, then try the hollowed one only to fail on the other side, "surgery" and some pending green stuff make for a paintable treant.

#3dprinting #alwayskeepyourfailedprints #treant

What a column Drew Magary: “ So it’s over for you, Elon Musk. You are a public failure of a man. You’ll still be rich, but you no longer matter. That’s all you really wanted out of this, wasn’t it? You bought Twitter because you thought that owning it would make you the most special person in the whole wide world, only to reveal yourself as an unremarkable s—thead with no good ideas. You drove everyone away.” #media https://www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/article/elon-musk-nyt-interview-18524602.php

“This thing is a real monster.” #Astronomy #JWST

Astronomers with the COSMOS-Web collaboration have identified a ghostly object AzTECC71 as a dusty star-forming galaxy. Or, in other words, a galaxy that’s busy forming many new stars but is shrouded in a dusty veil that’s hard to see through — from nearly 1 billion years after the Big Bang. These galaxies were once thought to be extremely rare in the early universe, but this discovery, plus more than a dozen additional…

https://theorkneynews.scot/2023/12/04/this-thing-is-a-real-monster-astronomy-jwst/

#SilentSunday

Man found dead as police investigate Detroit church bomb threat - CBS Detroit https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/man-found-dead-police-investigate-detroit-church-bomb-threat-unfounded-hartford-memorial-baptist-reverand-charles-g-adams/