Paul Sutton @zleap@social.cleverlibre.org

On this day in 1952, when his original guitarist had a stroke just before a New Year's Eve gig, popular St. Louis boogie-woogie pianist #JohnnieJohnson hired for his group The Sir John's Trio a 26-year old hairdresser named #ChuckBerry.

Turns out there's half a trillion dollars worth of oil and natural gas off the cost of Gaza and the West Bank.

Israel just granted 12 exploration licenses to 6 companies incl BP, for natural gas along the coast.

No wonder this is all happening and the US is in lockstep.

#gaza

https://unctad.org/news/unrealized-potential-palestinian-oil-and-gas-reserves

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/israel-awards-gas-exploration-licences-eni-bp-four-others-2023-10-29/

Giant gas #planets can be agents of chaos, ensuring nothing lives on their Earth-like neighbors around other #stars. New studies show, in some #planetary systems, the giants tend to kick smaller planets out of orbit and wreak havoc on their climates.
#Astronomy #SpaceScience #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2023/10/sn10312301.html

You know what’s even more amazing than an AI generated headshot?

A professionally taken headshot.

By a freelancer who knows what the fuck they’re doing and will make it their professional mission to represent the best version of you.

Support photographers.

They’re worth the money.

And they won’t make you look like a soulless void.

This electric school bus has a range of up to 300 miles

The Type-D school bus uses a 387 kWh lithium iron phosphate battery.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/10/this-electric-school-bus-has-a-range-of-up-to-300-miles/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Instead of trying to stop a genocide, our leaders are trying to stop people talking about the genocide 👇
https://www.councilestatemedia.uk/p/labour-and-tory-mps-punished-for

'Let the history books show that when a genocide was taking place, our leaders did not try to stop the genocide, instead they tried to stop everyone from speaking out against the genocide. They were accomplices.'

Labour and Tory MPs punished for calling for peace https://www.councilestatemedia.uk/p/labour-and-tory-mps-punished-for?publication_id=1336368&utm_campaign=email-post-title&r=diqr

#Meta is currently facing civil lawsuit in connection with its alleged failures to mitigate harmful content by two petitioners who are seeking more than $1.5 bill in damages.

Despite repeated warnings and a history of contributing to violence in other countries like #Myanmar, Meta failed to take measures, the rights group has said. (Cont )

Ahh, the simple pleasures of making seasonal adjustments to your desktop theme. #picotron

Should anyone claim that “ethnic cleansing” is too strong a phrase to describe what the Israeli government is trying to do in Gaza, we direct you to this document, just leaked from the Israeli Ministry of Intelligence. It explicitly recommends the forcible permanent transfer of the entire Palestinian population of the Gaza Strip to the Sinai peninsula.

This is the textbook definition of ethnic cleansing—on a scale of millions of people.

https://www.mekomit.co.il/%d7%94%d7%9e%d7%a1%d7%9e%d7%9a-%d7%94%d7%9e%d7%9c%d7%90-%d7%a9%d7%9c-%d7%9e%d7%a9%d7%a8%d7%93-%d7%94%d7%9e%d7%95%d7%93%d7%99%d7%a2%d7%99%d7%9f-%d7%9b%d7%99%d7%91%d7%95%d7%a9-%d7%a2%d7%96%d7%94-%d7%95/

why do I have the sudden urge to turn back to forums, irc, and text-based blogs

Talk announcement for #SeaGL2023
Christina Zhu presents: "The Art of Organizing a Community Hackathon".
Details: https://osem.seagl.org/conferences/seagl2023/program/proposals/993
#SeaGL #hackathon

If you are around London and have not been to a BarCamp before, then BarCampLondon12 is less than 2-weeks away and you should go. Tickets are free, but registration closes on Wednesday so grab them now… https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/barcamp-london-xii-tickets-717341005257

South Yorkshire invests in Hybrid Air Vehicles’ Airlander 10 production project
https://www.theengineer.co.uk/content/news/south-yorkshire-invests-in-hybrid-air-vehicles-airlander-10-production-project/
An investment package has been approved that will support Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV) to produce its Airlander 10 aircraft in Doncaster

I am posting this because I find it interesting, and because some of the aircraft are likely to be used in Scotland.

Maine Shooter’s National Guard Unit Warned Cops They Feared He Would ‘Snap and Commit a Mass Shooting’ https://www.mediaite.com/crime/maine-shooters-national-guard-unit-warned-cops-they-feared-he-would-snap-and-commit-a-mass-shooting/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

The UK government supporting a moratorium on deep sea mining is a huge win for our oceans - but they're still not properly protected.

The UK must pass the Global Oceans Treaty into law immediately! https://act.gp/4990rQt