Nancy Williams Painter

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rereading mostly dead authors, also textiles. lots of textiles.

I don't mean the authors are mostly dead.

Show threadNancy Williams PainterJun 20, 2023
@davekarpf stunningly short sighted
Nancy Williams PainterJun 20, 2023
davekarpfJun 20, 2023

The Sierra Club has decided to shut down its student-run arm, the Sierra Student Coalition.

The SSC taught me basically everything I know about politics. So I wrote a bit about what it taught me, and what the Sierra Club seems to have forgotten.

https://open.substack.com/pub/davekarpf/p/a-eulogy-for-the-sierra-student-coalition

A eulogy for the Sierra Student Coalition

The Sierra Club has decided to dissolve its student-run arm, the Sierra Student Coalition (SSC). I think its a disastrous, short-sighted decision, made by an organization that has lost its bearings. But I’m not a member of the Sierra Club’s Board of Directors anymore, and haven’t been for over a decade. Decisions like this are mine to mourn, not mine to make.

The Future, Now and Then
Show threadNancy Williams PainterJun 20, 2023
@HeavenlyPossum OMG sheep enclosure, still.
Nancy Williams PainterJun 19, 2023
Jens ClasenJun 19, 2023

The German word "aufgeräumt" can mean:

- tidy, clean
- cheerful

And "altes Haus" can mean:

- ancient house
- old chap, old bean

So, someone saying:

"Das alte Haus wirkt aufgeräumt"

can mean

- "The old house looks tidy"

or

- "That old bastard seems quite chirpy"

Enjoy our language!

#TheGermanWord

Nancy Williams PainterJun 19, 2023
Does anyone else have a problem with Biden having Stephen Miller's exact asylum policies and no Democrat or progressive saying anything about it except Jayapal who praised it as humane?
Nancy Williams PainterJun 19, 2023
Judd LegumJun 19, 2023

"Advertisers are returning to Twitter after Linda Yaccarino calmed fears over content moderation. But now brands like Disney, Microsoft, and the NBA have ads placed next to neo-Nazi propaganda."

https://www.businessinsider.com/disney-microsoft-nba-twitter-ads-next-to-neo-nazi-propaganda-2023-6

Disney, Microsoft, the NBA had Twitter ads next to neo-Nazi propaganda

The world's biggest advertising agency, GroupM, previously called ads on Twitter "high risk" for brands. The group removed that label last month.

Insider
Nancy Williams PainterJun 19, 2023
MongabayJun 19, 2023

Penguins ‘enrich our lives’: Q&A with Pablo Borboroglu, protector of penguins.

Pablo Garcia Borboroglu, a marine biologist from Patagonia, Argentina, was recently awarded the 2023 Indianapolis Prize for his work in protecting penguins around the world.

Penguins face many threats, including pollution, human disturbance, and the impacts of fisheries and climate change.

by Elizabeth Claire Alberts
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/06/penguins-enrich-our-lives-qa-with-pablo-borboroglu-protector-of-penguins/

#News #Conservation #Environment #Interview #Penguin

Penguins ‘enrich our lives’: Q&A with Pablo Borboroglu, protector of penguins

When Pablo Garcia Borboroglu first laid eyes on a wild penguin colony in Patagonia, Argentina, he experienced two things at once: a sense of extraordinary wonder for these wild animals, and shock because of what was happening to them. “In the province where I live here in Patagonia, 40,000 penguins die per year due to […]

Mongabay Environmental News
Nancy Williams PainterJun 19, 2023
Georgiann BaldinoJun 19, 2023
Courtesy of Buzz Feed and Yahoo Life https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/sugar-does-not-belong-bread-101603689.html "EpiPens cost $69 in the UK compared to the US $600 — and yes, the pharm companies are making a profit."
Yahooist Teil der Yahoo Markenfamilie

Nancy Williams PainterJun 19, 2023
brenJun 18, 2023

I was fetching some lumber from the barn loft when I got hissed at. No, not a stray cat, not a possum... baby turkey vultures!

#TurkeyVultures #Vultures #Birds #BirdsOfMastodon

Nancy Williams PainterJun 19, 2023
Steve HermanJun 19, 2023
US “deeply troubled” by the decision of the government of #Israel “to advance planning for over 4,000 settlement units in the West Bank. We are similarly concerned by reports of changes to Israel’s system of settlement administration that expedite the planning and approvals of settlements.” - State Dept.