Paul Sutton @zleap@social.cleverlibre.org

The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo is always a treat for the senses.

https://www.europesays.com/967562/ At least he has a sort of white christmas…. #ireland

Sunak admits think tank helped write anti-protest laws

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-investigations/rishi-sunak-right-wing-think-tank-anti-protest-laws-policy-exchange/?utm_source=tw

The PM confirmed Policy Exchange helped draft laws targeting climate activists, as first revealed by openDemocracy.

#corporatocracy #corruption #conflictofinterest #antiprotest #bigoil #bribery #PM #climate #fuckery

In the last week, Iowa Republicans have made it clear they like Trump calling fellow Americans “vermin” to be “rooted out” and support his clams that immigrants are “poisoning the blood” of the nation. Now Iowa has opted out of the national program that subsidizes low-cost school lunches to provide poor kids with nutrition.

Seems like “Iowa nice” needs to be swapped out another word starting with ‘N’ — one that’s a bit more teutonic.

Stonehenge Winter Solstice

📷 Bill Waddle

#Festivus

Airing of grievances has commenced.

#Nature #NaturePhotography #Birds #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdsOfMastodon #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #FlyoverCountry #TuftedTitmouse

Luke, I am your tree.

MERRY CHRISTMAS !!
#UMPlus - NGC 7789 by Lynn Hilborn

https://www.universomagico.net/2023/12/ngc-7789-por-lynn-hilborn.html

The image by astronomer Lynn Hilborn shows the open star cluster NGC 7789. It is located in the direction of the Cassiopeia constellation and is located at a distance of about 8,000 light years from the Solar System. The set of stars in this cluster gives it the shape of a flower, its outline is almost an hexagon and inside its stars seem to.....
#astronomy #space #astrophysics #astrophotography

What did I just observe? (each frame is about 5 seconds of exposure)
#astrophotography

Lonely this Christmas? Not at the Northern Ireland pub whose £700 ad went viral.

Charlie’s Bar in Fermanagh has become a symbol of action against isolation. And on Christmas Day, as every year, it will open its doors.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/23/charlies-bar-fermanagh-northern-ireland-pub-viral-ad

#NorthernIreland

We hear about media literacy today. Media literacy is not simple awareness to one's own belief system expressed in media. Media literacy is a keen ability to accurately assess what is [not] being said through [digital] media.

For example, this news aggregation page and media literacy considerations.

Tags attached to news articles: Helpful, yet hold bias.

Deliberate headline word choices: Select audiences targeted.

Red flags: On misinformation, disinformation, or malinformation.

#journalism

Oh, hey, did I mention I got this $9 billion fusion reactor on Dealdash.com for just $39 bucks? Sure, I have to pay the shipping, but still…

The people endorsing or justifying a genocide today should be wary of the history books of tomorrow.

Miniaturized Jumping Robots Could Study An Asteroid's Gravity https://www.universetoday.com/164977/miniaturized-jumping-robots-could-study-an-asteroids-gravity/

English physicist and mathematician James Prescott Joule died #OTD in 1818.

Joule studied the nature of heat, & discovered its relationship to mechanical work. This led to the law of conservation of energy, which in turn led to the development of the 1st law of thermodynamics. The SI derived unit of energy, the joule, is named after him. He worked with Lord Kelvin to develop an absolute thermodynamic temperature scale, which came to be called the Kelvin scale.

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40706

#physics

@JackTheCat I can't see anything other than Trump 2.0 coming next year. With extra racism, nonsense and added vengeance.

Hope I'm wrong, it's a terrifying prospect.

Merry Christmas, I guess 😢

Home Office forced to pause evictions of refugees from hotels at Christmas

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/24/home-office-evictions-refugees-hotels-pause

As a kid, I didn’t believe in Santa.

I was a rebel without a Clause.

it's like riding your fav rollercoaster w/o waiting in line

#Caturday