BruceToman

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The amazing world of fungi – in pictures

Dr Tom May, a mycologist at the Royal Botanic Gardens has collaborated with renowned fungi photographer Stephen Axford for Planet Fungi, a new book from CSIRO Publishing full of incredible macro-photography.

Photography: Stephen Axford

#macrophotography
#fungi
#books

This is incredibly beautiful storytelling.

Whoa. A security cam in Myanmar captured an earthquake fault rupture live. This may be the first ever caught on camera?

Watch the fence-line on the right. And note the power-line tower behind it.

👀

More on earthquake ruptures:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake_rupture

#Earthquake #Myanmar #FaultRupture #Geology

Earthquake rupture - Wikipedia

So my backpack has a sticker on the back that says Punch Nazis. I've had a people say they liked it and whatnot, but this is the first time someone has asked me "Why?"

He was chuckling so I think his confusion was genuine, But I simply replied "Because they're Nazis" and that seem like a sufficient explanation.

You noticed how google search became unusably shit a few years ago?
Turns out that was on purpose
Attorney General Bonta Sues Trump Administration over Unlawful Mass Firings and Dismantling at HHS https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-sues-trump-administration-over-unlawful-mass-firings-and
Attorney General Bonta Sues Trump Administration over Unlawful Mass Firings and Dismantling at HHS

17th lawsuit against Trump Administration asks court to block implementation of “Make America Healthy Again” Directive OAKLAND — California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general in filing a lawsuit against the Trump Administration challenging the unlawful mass firing of roughly 10,000 full-time U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) employees, the consolidation of 28 HHS divisions into 15 divisions, and the closing of half of HHS’s ten regional offices — including one in San Francisco.

State of California - Department of Justice - Office of the Attorney General
"Emmitsburg voted overwhelmingly for President Trump in November. NPR interviewed about two dozen people here. Almost all of them voted for Trump, and many said his plans to cut federal spending were a key attraction. Now, they say they are puzzled as to why the administration would cancel national training for firefighters."
Maddie Ashman - Dark (Otherworld)

I guarantee you've never heard a song like this before. lyrics: hide hide and run we are always hiding from her ride ride 'til my blah mama goes child child come in look at your wild hair why why ...

Little Green Footballs
U.S. Has Spent $40 Million to Jail About 400 Migrants at Guantánamo

The disclosure of the tab so far came after five senators visited the offshore operation, which they condemned as a waste of resources.

The New York Times