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@RIDDLES
Three Women in Marshall, Texas, 1899.
#BlackHistory

#OnThisDay, 12 Feb 1983, around 200-300 women protested the Law of Evidence in Lahore. The law effectively made women’s testimonies worth half that of men’s.

The police used tear-gas and batons before arresting 50 of the protestors. The day is now Pakistan's Women's Day. #WomenInHistory

In 2016 Trump invited Russia to hack his opponent’s emails. In 2024, he invited Russia to do “whatever they hell they want" in Europe. Trump is a dangerous stooge for Putin. He shouldn’t be let anywhere near the Oval Office again.

This is such a huge fuck-up.

We should be extirpating people with such views and such susceptibility to propaganda from our party, not helping elect them.

This guy shouldn't be anywhere close to Parliament — yet we can't replace his selection so near his election. Now he'll run without support, win thanks to the party's electoral position, then immediately lose the whip.

One more reason for a #GeneralElection ASAP.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-68280098

#UKPolitics #UKPol #politics #Labour

New podcast episode is out where we discuss Green Colonialism in Norway. Aili Keskitalo, former president of the Sámì Parliament in Norway and PhD fellow Cecilie Larsen join us to talk about green colonialism and Sámì struggles against the Norwegian state's wind farm concessions. https://nettop.guru/wordpress/green-colonialism-wind-farms-and-the-sami-struggles-against-the-norwegian-state/

New from 404 Media: a woman is bringing a class action lawsuit against massive sex toy company Adam and Eve for sharing information about her sex toy searches with Google, including what she added to her cart (“Pink Jelly Slim Dildo”) https://www.404media.co/woman-sues-sex-toy-retailer-adam-and-eve-claiming-it-shared-data-about-her-dildos/

The ex-president of #Mongolia trolling #Putin 😂

"After Putin’s talk. I found Mongolian historic map. Don’t worry. We are a peaceful and free nation🌏"

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1756818696700657935.html

#Ukraine #Russia #Tucker #Carlson #MAGA #GOP #US

One hour of Tromsø nordlys from this evening, reduced to 23 seconds.

One of the reasons I love Tromsø is because even a little "level 2" aurora event is worth staying up late for :)

That and very cool cabins on the edge of a fjord with views of the night sky. Love it up here.

Lumix S5II + Sigma 14mm F1.4
ISO 4000
4sec
F2

#Tromsø #Nordlys #Tromso #NorthernLights #AuroraBoreali #Lumix #LumixS5II

The Bendix CADC is an analog computer used by fighter planes in the 1950s. It computed airspeed, Mach number, and other important parameters. I reverse-engineered how it performed these calculations with tiny gears, differentials, and cams. 1/12

I see we’re sharing #SuperbOwl photos on Mastodon tonight. Alrighty then!

I met this gorgeous barn owl last year.

This 1,700-year-old blue glass bowl, a little more than 8 inches in diameter, was found buried next to a woman at the center of a cemetery at the Roman settlement of Emona in present-day Ljubljana in Slovenia. Its Greek inscription reads: "Drink to live forever, for many years!"

The vessel is decorated on the outside with grapes, and vine leafs and tendrils.
Photo credit Arne Hodalič and Katja Bidovec.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/mystery-woman-cemetery-ljubljana-slovenia-archaeology

Journalists always approach their crisis asking: 'What can we do to get more people to come to the news we always gave them?' Ask instead: 'Why have they left? What are we doing wrong? How must we change?' But no.

lol, I don't think Kwasi has Rishi's best interests here....

#KwasiKarteng #BorisJohnson #RishiSunak #Tories #GE2024

They did WHAT
https://retractionwatch.com/2024/02/05/no-data-no-problem-undisclosed-tinkering-in-excel-behind-economics-paper/