80 years ago today, Auschwitz was liberated

This is not ancient history. My parents were alive on that day.

Auschwitz is what the Nazis did.

Don't trivialize the deaths of 10,000,000 people by calling people Nazis when you don't like them.

Don't trivialize the deaths of 10,000,000 people by wearing Nazi paraphernalia to protest the current government.

Nazis kill people. Millions of people. Systematically. Remember that.

#nazi #holocaust #auschwitz

I was chillin' in the dentist's chair and saw myself in the mirror. Had to take a selfie and share. Don't you wish you had such stylin' footwear?

#selfie #wool #woolsocks #silly

It's Monday so here is a bit of sunrise cheer to start you on your week. I took this at dawn on New Year's morning. I was on Grand Isle, Louisiana looking out at the Gulf of Mexico.

Nikon Z7ii with Nikkor 14-30mm at 14mm

#nikon #sunrise #nature #louisiana #gulfofmexico #photograph #nature #landscape #darktable

Cantor Shirel Richman and Shinshinit Gaya Zohar, both Israeli, gave a breathtaking performance of "Come Back" at tonight's Shabbat service. This is in commemoration of the three hostages who returned home this week and the 89 remaining hostages.

I pulled together a link to the song and a translation of the lyrics in a post on my blog. You can watch the performance here
https://cheerfulcurmudgeon.com/2025/01/24/come-back-%d7%aa%d7%97%d7%96%d7%95%d7%a8/

#Shabbat #Judaism #Hostages #Hope #song #Israel #Israeli

Alpacas by County

https://brilliantmaps.com/alpaca-population-usa/

I know you needed to know this, even if you didn't know it.

#alpacas #maps

Sunrise on New Year's Day looking over the Gulf of Mexico from Grand Isle, Louisiana, US.

Nikon Z7ii with Nikkor Z 14-30mm at 14mm.

#Nikon #sunrise #nature #photograph #photo #DarkTable #louisiana #gulfofmexico

This is how geologists collect lava samples from an active volcano.

Chemical analysis of lava provides important information about activity deep inside a volcano's magma chambers.

Video credit: USGS