Raleigh Straight

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#Software #developer; #drummer; #lover of my wife, #music, #art, #food, #architecture, #photography, #RolePlayingGames and #VideoGames, and #calligraphy; #people, #justice, and the Sermon on the Mount. I have too many hobbies, and I valiantly give them all a fraction of the attention they deserve. Happily ensconced in #Michigan, in the midwestern #US. Dersen Lowery on #RPGNet.
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For anyone who hasn't noticed, Apple and Google have removed International Women's Day, which is every year on March 8, from your calendar.

EDIT: I see Apple says it was never included (I'm sure I saw it there last year as I was scheduling meetings, but okay). Which begs the question why the hell not. Because St. Patrick's day, which is not a holiday here, is on my Apple calendar. Priorities?

Anyway. Back to the original post:

Remember there is no act of resistance that's too small. Sign a petition. Contact your representatives. Donate a few bucks to a community kitchen or food bank. Volunteer. It all counts.

The fossil fuel industry & its financiers determine foreign & domestic policy, not voters.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/23/big-oil-445m-trump-congress

Big oil spent $445m in last election cycle to influence Trump and Congress, report says

Investments ‘likely to pay dividends’, analysis says, as Trump unleashes dozens of pro-fossil fuel executive actions

The Guardian

2/3

... going if oil prices drop.

An accelerated transition to solar, wind, etc will end the war on Ukraine faster than any "peace negotiation" between three of the most untrustworthy & faithless conmen in leadership today.

Drop oil prices to the floor and defund these fascists:
#KochNetwork
#AtlasNetwork
#RockbridgeNetwork

Saudi Arabia considers joining BRIC
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2589947/saudi-arabia

https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/what-brics-group-and-why-it-expanding

China wants Saudi Arabia wants to ditch oil trade ...

Saudi Arabia is evaluating BRICS membership, says economy minister

DUBAI: Saudi Arabia is evaluating the benefits of joining the BRICS economic bloc, Faisal Alibrahim, the Kingdom’s minister of economy and planning, said at the World Governments Summit on Wednesday. Speaking during a session titled “The Emergence of Multiple Economic Blocs,” Alibrahim highlighted Saudi Arabia’s commitment to fostering global dialogue while navigating an increasingly fragmented economic landscape. The BRICS bloc was formed in 2009 and initially named after its original founders Brazil, Russia, India and China, while South Africa joined a year later.

Arabnews

Hello Mastodon!... time to try something new.

First an introduction - I go by Dyptre online, I'm a photographer based in Western Canada with a primary focus on capturing landscapes with a focus on natural and real editing. I shoot #film, I and primarily shoot #fujifilm

If you want to see more - give me a follow here I guess!

#photography #realphotographs #canada #nature #naturephotography

I always scoff when people try to claim calling for justice for Palestine is "antisemitic" when in reality Jewish leaders firm in their faith & Jewish identities proudly and courageously stand up for justice for Palestine BECAUSE THEY KNOW ITS THE RIGHT & MORAL THING TO DO
Not just MI5, and not just the CIA. But yeah. So-called law enforcement loves to stir up violence to discredit protesters and reformers and justify all their toys.
https://toot.cat/@devopscats/113998219408822549
devopscats (@[email protected])

This is not a bug, this is a feature. This is the same organisation that embedded agents in the miners strikes to stir up violence. It's also the same organisation that along with the CIA embedded itself in the Northern Ireland conflict so they could study the effects of domestic terrorism on home soil... MI5 lied to courts to protect violent neo-Nazi spy https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cew5rwpw579o

Toot.Cat

Looks fake doesn't it? This reconstruction of Medieval Bologna shows how Italian towns used to be a forest of towers, dense as Manhattan skyscrapers!

Here's a stable blog-formatted version of my thread from yesterday about the lost towers of the Guelph-Ghibelline wars https://www.exurbe.com/the-lost-towers-of-the-guelph-ghibelline-wars/

The Lost Towers of the Guelph-Ghibelline Wars – Ex Urbe

The hardest thing for me to believe is that voters keep electing "the other guy" to see what happens, and every single time, the same thing happens.

It's Lucy and the football as an existential hell.
https://mastodon.social/@MEActNOW/113863589544144054

Elon Musk just gave a Nazi salute to president Trump. Repeatedly.

This was reported by:

* The Guardian
* The Independent
* Jerusalem Post
* Times of India
* Rolling Stone
* France 24
* Irish Star (said it was "accidental")
* Haaretz
* ABC (Australia)

It has NOT been reported by:
* CBS
* NBC
* ABC
* CBC
* CNN
* Global News Canada
* CBC
* Globe and Mail
* BBC
* PostMedia

#trump #fascism #nazis