Big Frickin' Swede
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Neal Gilbert Redman: Creative writer, occasional blogger extraordinaire, English and Writing prof, VCFA MFA alum, and, you guessed it, Swede(ish-American). He/his.
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Kate Nyhan is changing servers
I am, as always, profoundly disturbed by the American religion around guns. We buy more out of baseless fears not grounded in reality, and we are less safe now than when I graduated high school over 20 years ago. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/15/americans-bought-150m-guns-decade-sandy-hook-shooting?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
Bryan HanselI took this shot of Hollow Rock on Grand Portage and Lake Superior a decade ago.
Despite this spot being only about 45 minutes of my house, I seldom get there. Every year, I think that I should go photograph it in December when the sun comes through the hole, but then I end up doing other locations for the good sunrises.
The water was low a decade ago! You can't get this close now that water levels are near normal.
#ThrowBackThursday #photography #LandscapePhotography #Minnesota
Huda Fahmy
stux⚡️For the people who where wondering still!
#Mastodon is free open source software and the #Fediverse cannot be bought
https://www.wired.com/story/the-man-behind-mastodon-eugen-rochko-built-it-for-this-moment/
PatrickWarning people about Covid-19 being much worse than the media, or provinces have told us isn't fear mongering. NOT warning people about it is endangering lives. Someone who thinks it's no big deal, catches it multiple times, then dies from heart failure 6 months later?
If they'd known Covid-19 attacks your heart, and taken precautions, worn masks, got the vaccine, or the booster? They'd probably be alive.
Person living in a perpetual brain fog after coming down with long Covid after the mask mandates were lifted and they thought it was safe?
If the media and provincial messaging were that Covid-19 can infect your heart and brain, and it was still spreading rapidly, maybe that person would have thought twice before taking off their mask, kept up to date on shots and boosters, and been okay today.
Covid is going to be with us for decades - even if it goes away in 3 or 4 years, the lasting damage it caused, the disability, the reduced life spans. Children won't have parents, parents will lose children. That kind of impact sticks with you. We gambled with lives, and we lost.
Remind your friends, your family - this virus is still spreading, it's NOT mild, and even a case that feels mild can leave lasting organ damage. Don't throw away 20, 30, 40, 50 years of a healthy life so you don't have to wear a mask today. Today is important, but tomorrow?
Tomorrow isn't guaranteed. YOU need to make the effort to ensure that you have a tomorrow, and the next day. YOU get to choose. Do you care about tomorrow? next week? Next year? Do you care about your health? Your family? Covid doesn't - it'll happily ruin your life. Don't let it
"We may not have cell service but we do have the internet," is peak holiday rom-com logic from The Christmas Inheritance. Not sure how the writer or actor's head didn't explode at that line. #romcom
Paul KnightlyOfficially erased my bird site presence this morning and with it my associated contacts. I haven't seen a wide-scale migration yet of the #weather / #wxtwitter community, which accounted for half of my Twitter contacts.
As a sort of final #introduction post and calling card for the weather community, one of my primary uses of Twitter was to share my #WeatherPhotography and #storm reports. I'll probably continue to share weather and #climate content here! CW's as needed. Some of my faves below.
