"While it is difficult to estimate populations, the site was home to at least 10,000 inhabitants – and perhaps as many as 15,000 or 30,000 at its peak..."
"... a dense network of settlements and connecting roadways, tucked into the forested foothills of the Andes, that lasted about 1,000 years..."
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/jan/11/amazon-archaeology-lost-cities-ecuador
Police in the UK have arrested six people over a plot to disrupt the London Stock Exchange (more like barricade it so no trading could happen) to protest the UK’s support for Israel’s ethnic cleansing in Gaza and the West Bank. Predictably the Metropolitan Police and a lot of the press are talking about the planned protest like it would have been worse than what the people were protesting.
Waxing Crescent Moon and Saturn over Gateshead. 1906UT 14 January 2024. #AstroDon #Astronomy #Astro #Space #Astrophotography
Ukrainian initiatives are gradually becoming global initiatives – address by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy https://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/ukrayinski-iniciativi-postupovo-stayut-globalnimi-iniciativa-88325 #Ukraine
Zu guter Letzt in meiner Serie von letzter Woche kommt nun ein Objekt, das eher selten gezeigt wird - Sh2-171. Zusammen mit Sh2-170 (der rote "Punkt" links) ähnelt es für mich einem kosmischen Fragezeichen, mit einer Menge Dunkelnebel und interessanter Struktur im Inneren.
Volle Version: https://adfr.io/astro/20240110_sh2-171
#astrodon #astrophotography #astrophoto #narrowband #narrowbandimaging #deepsky #deepskyobjects #deepskyphotography #sh2-171 #sh2-170 #ngc7762 #ngc7822 #berkeley59 #10cas #v398cephei
Defense Minister proposes international working group to withdraw Russian troops from Ukraine https://kyivindependent.com/defense-minister-proposes-international-working-group-to-withdraw-russian-troops-from-ukraine/ #Ukraine
Berlin, Paris will remain on Ukraine's side - Baerbock https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polytics/3813374-berlin-paris-will-remain-on-ukraines-side-baerbock.html #Ukraine
GrapheneOS: Frequent Android auto-reboots block firmware exploits https://poliverso.org/display/0477a01e-1fd9192f-b452d6fd6959e597
https://youtube.com/watch?v=H_aLtTJ6Emc&si=_zCCPusG1dWDJbJF
⚠️🇪🇨All remaining hostages seized in Ecuador prison riots freed (FRANCE 24 English News VIDEO) #Ukraine #Press #News #Ecuador #russiaUkraineWar #9yrInvasionofUkraine #BoycottMusk #BoycottPoland #AxisOfEvil
#NoEUPrezForHungary
#NoUSRepublicans2024
I just booted up my surface pro for the first time in a while and discovered that microsoft put a bullshit copilot button on the task bar.
So now I'm seriously researching how viable it is to boot linux as a daily driver and still be able to play the 1 video game I still play.
(cities skylines 2; probably pretty viable)
https://youtube.com/watch?v=gHUQcAKT2Y8&si=tIEI-ppPLNe72VNT
⚡️🇺🇦What is the Russian Military Capable of? Intelligence Reveals Top-Secret Data (UATV News VIDEO) #Ukraine #Press #News #russia #russiaUkraineWar #9yrInvasionofUkraine #BoycottMusk #BoycottPoland #AxisOfEvil
#NoEUPrezForHungary
#NoUSRepublicans2024
Edith Gascoigne died in Banbury, 17 June 1920 ...
"DROWNED IN A WATER BUTT.
A young woman named Edith Gascoigne, about 30 years of age, who kept house for an uncle, Mr. George Gascoigne. cabinet maker and undertaker, North Bar, Banbury. was found head downwards in a water butt at the rear of her home on Thursday morning, fife being extinct. Her sister was found under similar circumstances some years ago."
Northampton Mercury, 18 June 1920 #SuspiciousDeath #FamilyHistory #ColdCase #Banbury
https://www.europesays.com/1002264/ Eight ways the UK government ‘eroded’ human rights in 2023, according to damning new report #UnitedKingdom
G+ refugee and simply want my instance to work reliably.