Clara Listensprechen @ClaraListensprechen4@social.cleverlibre.org

Roky Erickson's "Starry Eyes" is the best Buddy Holly song not by Buddy Holly

Summer and I went outside on the deck to watch the sunset, and it took about three minutes to convince us that wasn't the place to be.
We jetted for the door right before the wind driven sideways rain came for us.
I got one quick photo before our mad dash. The little bit of sun shining through the distant break in the clouds was too bright for my phone, but it's all we got.
Summer and I are sharing a blanket on the sofa, hoping all our Mastodon friends are warm and dry.

Prior to the Hardtmuth company chose to create a high quality type of pencil and to enhance its beauty and perfection most pencils were natural of green.

The company decided to use a golden yellow, a regal and transparent colour. The new product was called Koh-I-Noor, like the famous diamond and the success was so great that it became the new name of the company.

Hence the association between high-target pencils and the color yellow.

via Brian Roemmele from Twitter

https://www.europesays.com/983008/ End of an era as Bord na Móna ceases burning peat at its Offaly power station | Independent.ie #ireland

"‘A preview to hell’: The year Brazil woke up to the climate crisis
In 2023, the rivers of the Amazon dried up like never before, the temperatures in Rio reached 140 degrees and torrential rains left dozens dead in the south of the country."
https://english.elpais.com/climate/2023-12-31/a-preview-to-hell-the-year-brazil-woke-up-to-the-climate-crisis.html

Donor activism has always been problematic, but never moreso than now when the oligarchs have cornered the market on... everything.

Kennedy cousin whose murder conviction was overturned sues former cop, Conn. town https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/02/kennedy-cousin-murder-conviction-connecticut-00133561?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

"Beyond the moral depravity of the very idea of deporting or killing 2 million people, the flourishing of the 'Nakba camp' in Israeli politics testifies to the ideological poverty of Israeli society. Seventy-five years after the state’s establishment, the only thing that Jewish-Israeli politics has to offer is a second Nakba."

https://www.972mag.com/second-nakba-government-gaza/

https://youtube.com/watch?v=1BVhUOY8Rvk&si=f3LZlYBozk5ba9z_
⚡️🇦🇿First surface vessel attack on Crimea failed as Elon Musk purposefully turned off connection (Kanal 13 - Azeri News in English VIDEO) #Ukraine #Azerbaijan #Press #USA #Pentagon #NATO #UnitedStates #Starlink #SpaceX #X #TheBoringCompany #Twitter #Tesla #News #Mastodon #antisemitism #russiaUkraineWar #9yrInvasionofUkraine #BoycottMusk #AxisOfEvil
#NoUSRepublicans2024

Hear me out. A Stephen King pop-up book.

Cats can be real a-holes.

It's #HootinTootinTuesday again! Post some jokes or funny memes under this hashtag today, and bring lots of smiles to #Mastodon.

#Humor #Humour #FunnyMeme #Cats #Catstodon #CatsOfMastodon #FediCats #CatsOfTheFediverse #CatsAreAssholes #Dogs #Dogstodon #DogsOfMastodon #DogsOfTheFediverse #Caturday

There's a 'solid basis' for Supreme Court to keep Trump off ballot: legal expert https://www.rawstory.com/trump-solid-basis-supreme-court-ballot/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

US slams Israeli ministers’ statements on resettlement of Palestinians outside Gaza | Reuters

The U.S. State Department on Tuesday slammed recent statements from Israeli Ministers Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir that advocated for the resettlement of Palestinians outside of Gaza, calling the rhetoric "inflammatory and irresponsible." WHY IT'S IMPORTANT The comments from the ministers appeared to underscore fears in much of the Arab world that Israel wants to drive…

http://nedhamsonsecondlineviewofthenews.com/2024/01/02/us-slams-israeli-ministers-statements-on-resettlement-of-palestinians-outside-gaza-reuters/

Thinking once more about how utterly inane cryptocurrency is -- I apparently had a credit card stolen, it got resolved with a 5 minute call to my bank with 0 liability to me, only cost is maybe a total of half an hour of updating stuff once the new card arrives. With cryptocurrency, I'd likely be totally wiped out.

French-Israeli hostage Mia Schem had originally said her captors were humane and conditions were hard but not cruel. A few weeks under Israeli psychiatric care and what I can only assume is financial incentive, she has completely changed her story.

Lioness Yuna was contused during a rocket attack on Kyiv, the "Wild Animal Rescue Center" where she lives reported.

"As a result of the missile being shot down and falling about 300 meters from her enclosure, she received a serious concussion, which led to a loss of coordination."
#AureFreePress #Ukraine️ #lions

Etats-Unis : Donald Trump fait appel de la décision du Maine de l’écarter des primaires républicaines https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2024/01/03/etats-unis-donald-trump-fait-appel-de-la-decision-du-maine-de-l-ecarter-des-primaires-republicaines_6208764_3210.html

Japan begins probing cause of JAL jet collision at Tokyo airport https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20240103/p2g/00m/0na/007000c

Couple of tablespoons in our latest batch of chili. Perfection. https://www.diningandcooking.com/1132564/couple-of-tablespoons-in-our-latest-batch-of-chili-perfection/

#spicy