Nordstahl @Nordstahl@social.cleverlibre.org

An experimental conversion of an original photograph using Digital Editing Software to create a pencil drawing effect
https://pixels.com/featured/the-bounty-drawing-john-hughes.html
#BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #TallShip #ship #sail #sailing

Great relief

We sleep to know; we waken to see; we fight to stand; we love to linger.

I have bad news today. DAILY KOS management wants to LAYOFF 20 to 30 percent of our staff and mostly, content writers. I really need your help to convince management to come to the table with our union and negotiate in good faith.
Read about our very simple demands and sign the petition, here:

https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2023/1/20/2148040/-Daily-Kos-announces-staff-layoffs-Daily-Kos-Guild-demands-to-negotiate

Missing Woman in Kitchener, Ontario - Alyssa Blackmore-Hett, 35 - #Kitchener #Ontario #missingperson #missingpeoplecanada #missingincanada

She is 5'4", with a thin build, and approximately 80 lbs. She has short dirty blonde hair, and was last seen wearing a black coat, jeans and running shoes....

More Info: https://missingpeople.ca/missing-woman-in-kitchener-ontario-alyssa-blackmore-hett-35/

I am covering the Proud Boys seditious conspiracy trial LIVE from DC.
Trial is now underway. Blog is linked here and updates will get rolling:
https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2023/1/20/2148243/-Live-Follow-along-for-Day-Six-of-the-Proud-Boys-seditious-conspiracy-trial

Have a wonderful Friday everyone 🙂 #Mastodon

Each semester, I've been able to have an Indigenous elder come to my class and talk about traditional knowledge. My class is online this semester, so we did a recording, and my college (graciously) offered to pay his honorarium. But it's been 3 weeks and they still haven't processed it!! I feel really bad about this but there's nothing I can do. Next time, I'll just bring cash to his house and get reimbursed myself. University reimbursement/payment scheduled are AWFUL.

Fast Fashion Facts:
- We buy 60% more than we did in 2000 but each garment is kept for half as long.
- Of the billions of clothing items made each year, over half are thrown away.
- The fashion industry employs millions of people but only around 2% earn a living wage.
- 60% of clothes are made from synthetic fabrics derived from fossil fuels.
- The production of textiles produces almost 1.2 billion tonnes of CO2 per year.
#fastfashion

https://www.eco-stylist.com/why-is-fast-fashion-bad/

Why in the world does Congress have to authorize borrowing for spending that it has already approved?

Here’s a suggestion...

Abolish the debt ceiling.

It serves absolutely no purpose. End the drama.

Not the close-up! Seriously, hoomin?

If your favourite childhood films included Tron (1982) &/or Jurassic Park (1993), when did you realise you were trans &/or neurodivergent??? 😏

#trans #transgender #neurodivergent #ActuallyAutistic #ADHD #neurospicy

Trump, attorneys ordered to pay over $937,000 in sanctions for allegedly abusing court https://t.co/kBlQdlS3li

For all my remote workers out there

I think I just stumbled across something terrible at the bus stop. #Photography

TIL there's a technical name for why ideas happen in the shower: the "default mode network" is a pattern of brain activity, measurable using fMRI, that happens when we're unfocussed. When the brain goes into idle mode (reduced activity), this part of the brain actually becomes *more* active. What does the default mode network do? Research is ongoing, but part of it definitely seems to be making connections, which is associated with curiosity and creativity.

More here: https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-and-civilisation/2022/08/the-science-of-why-you-have-great-ideas-in-the-shower

"We investigated everyone but the justices and couldn't find the source of the leak" is a remarkable SCOTUS self-own, bordering on outright admission.

Stay with the one who wakes you every morning and takes away the cold. Stay with your coffee.

Happy #BlackFriday y'all.

In the spirit of this Friday's theme of #CivilRights, #Revolution, #Equality & #BlackPower, let's talk about a powerful and criminally unknown warrior for racial & gender equality, Pauli Murray.

Pauli Murray was queer, non-binary, and a brilliant trailblazer in so many areas. Pauli was a legal scholar whose writings influenced Thurgood Marshall and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Pauli was the first African American to graduate with a doctorate from Yale Law, a cofounder of the National Organization for Women, the first African American woman to be ordained an Episcopal priest and was later elevated to Sainthood.

There's a documentary on Pauli's life on Amazon Prime. Here's an interview aboutit from its creators on Democracy Now!

#BlackMastodon #BlackFedi #BlackHistory #BlackExcellence #BlackLawyers #BIPOC #Queer #LGBTQ #Trans #Transgender #HiddenFigures #Saint #Sainthood

https://youtu.be/L3u98p8PDlc