Reverse Watergate @reversalawaters@social.cleverlibre.org

The world's oldest tree is a Great Basin bristlecone pine, growing in the Inyo National Forest in California. It is 4854 years old.

This tree germinated while the Old Kingdom of Ancient Egypt was flourishing, and predates most of written human history. It's older than the Olmec civilisation, older than the first Chinese writing, older than Stonehenge. By the time Sappho was writing her poems, it was already ancient.

#ThickTrunkTuesday

Kirkjufellfoss, #Iceland 🌈

I left Reykjavik early morning and headed 3 hours north to the Snæfellsnes Peninsula to shoot Kirkjufell.
We arrived at the famous peak. It was a downpour. My heart sank. Exhausted and still to early to go eat dinner, I took a nap in the car for “a few minutes.” A few minutes turned into an hour.
As I slept, the sun had come out behind me and woke me up. I turned and looked at Kirkjufell. My jaw dropped. Rainbow over Kirkjufell!
#Fotomontag #photography #rainbow

It has been passed on to me, that I shall pass on this wish:

>> Happy Fibonacci Day! 1 1 23

and I find this an excellent way to begin.

Andrew Tate getting completely bodied by a young woman has made this the best Christmas ever.

#politics

Psychedelic Christmas
Enjoy The Trip
This makes up for not having a Xmas Tree maybe. #christmas #psychedellic

You can donate directly to the defense of Ukraine:

https://u24.gov.ua/

It's tax-deductible in the US, too.

For every boost this post gets, I'll add a buck to my next donation.

Hi Mastodon crew.👋🏾

Here is my contribution to the #thicktrunktuesday topic.

It's the very unique and eye-catching banyan tree located at Courthouse Square in Lahaina, #Maui, #Hawaii. It is approximately 150 years old! 🌳

#photography #nature #travel

https://tia.photoshelter.com/index/G0000R19IvON3k1k

Why do we call them “central banks” and not “apex creditors”?

I’ve reached peak hashtag. Taken during my frozen walk in the woods this afternoon… frozen mushrooms on moss. #Mosstodon + #Mushtodon + #Frostodon. 💚

This is just really nice - put your city in and see where it was during any (pre)historic time. This one is #Dresden in the #Jurassic
(found via @mvugt)
https://dinosaurpictures.org/ancient-earth?fbclid=IwAR17ECgmNDKZMQG3HvA2FJvwEwyGHl7qj-xjYM0FusiLy5e2uM0O9Q0XmuU#0

If you're coming in from the Washington Post, this is confirmation that simply following #birds here on Mastodon opens the door to untold wonders.

Try #BirdPhotography and #birding as well.

Fledgling barn swallow, St. Andrews, Scotland.

No warning. I report on Elon Musk and other topics for The Washington Post and will keep doing so because free speech and transparency are important for the world.

In the last few days I ... wrote about Elon Musk. I posted links to publicly available, legally acquired data as well as links to Mastodon, which also now is banned on Twitter.

Elon Musk is free to ban whoever he wants from Twitter, just like people are free to take their speech somewhere else.