Mastodawn

tif keith Jan 25, 2023

Alex Verbeek Jan 23, 2023

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The Purrfect Companion: the Fascinating Bond between Humans and Cats

➡️ https://theplanet.substack.com/p/the-purrfect-companion-the-fascinating

➡️ Reblog if you love your pet 🐱 🐶 🐈

#cats #pets #CatsOfTwitter #CatStar #Cat #animals #love #photo #photography #nature #amwriting #writing #blog #newsletter #substack #love

The Purrfect Companion: the Fascinating Bond between Humans and Cats

The history of living with cats is a long and fascinating one. Cats were first domesticated in the Near East, a process that some researchers estimate started up to 12,000 years ago. Ancient Egyptians had a great reverence for cats, and they were one of the first societies to keep them as pets. Even accidentally killing a cat was punishable by death, and when cats died, they were mummified with a grand ceremony.

The Planet

tif keith Jan 25, 2023

Alex Verbeek Jan 25, 2023

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Doomsday clock has now advanced to to 90 Seconds to midnight: the closest it has ever been.

➡️ https://theplanet.substack.com/p/doomsday-clock-has-now-advanced-to

➡️ Reblog if you are worried about our future

#climatecrisis #Ukraine #science #DoomsdayClock #news #risk #climate #environment #doomsday #politics #substack

Doomsday clock has now advanced to to 90 Seconds to midnight: the closest it has ever been

This newsletter is about the planet, and I had planned to write this week about light topics, like walking in nature, discovering a rare small mushroom on my island, or about my cat Luna. But it's hard to escape the worrying news about our beautiful planet, so tonight, I just have a short update for you about the state of the planet.

The Planet

tif keith Dec 31, 2022

Alex Verbeek Dec 31, 2022

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Once an Open Sewer, New York Harbor Now Teems With Life. Thank the Clean Water Act.

#wastewater #water #environment #NYC #SDG6 #NewYork #fish #biodiversity
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/30/opinion/new-york-harbor-clean-water-act.html

Opinion | Once an Open Sewer, New York Harbor Now Teems With Life. Thank the Clean Water Act.

Bald eagles are back. So are humpback whales. And oysters. And more. Life has returned.

tif keith Dec 31, 2022

Alex Verbeek Dec 31, 2022

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Two questions:

1. What is your main New Year’s intention?

2. If there is one thing in the world that you could change in 2023, what would that be?

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tif keith Dec 16, 2022

Alex Verbeek Dec 15, 2022

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On this day, in 1890, Sitting Bull was killed by Indian agency police on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation during an attempt to arrest him. He was a Hunkpapa Lakota leader who led his people during years of resistance against United States government policies.
Each country has many versions of its history and we continue to rewrite it. It’s often the history as written by the winners. In short: today’s version of history could soon be history too.
#History #SittingBull #OTD #OnThisDay

tif keith Dec 16, 2022

Alex Verbeek Dec 16, 2022

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Johannes Vermeer died #OnThisDay in 1675. His most famous painting is likely Girl with a Pearl Earring, also known as the “Mona Lisa of the North” Vermeer’s mastery over light is evident in the softness of the girl’s gaze and the shine of the pearl earring.
#history #OTD #Painting #Netherlands #art

tif keith Dec 16, 2022

Alex Verbeek Dec 16, 2022

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Mammoth remains found in 2013 in New Mexico suggest humans settled in North America about 37,000 years ago.
The discovery means humans might have been in North America 20,000 years before scientists previously thought.
➡️ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/08/03/when-did-humans-settle-north-america/10223278002/
#archeology #history #news #America #science

When did humans settle in North America? 20,000 years before we once thought, study says

Common belief was that humans first settled in North America about 16,000 years ago. New research suggests that might not be true.

USA TODAY

tif keith Dec 15, 2022

Alex Verbeek Dec 11, 2022

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One for all dog lovers on Mastodon.
#dogs #pets #animals #sundayvibes #Sundaymorning #love 🎥 Blanco on Twitter

tif keith Dec 13, 2022

Alex Verbeek Dec 9, 2022

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Wisdom, the world’s oldest known wild bird, has returned to Midway Atoll!
The famous Laysan albatross is at least 71 years old. Biologists first banded her in 1956 after she laid an egg, and the large seabirds aren’t known to breed before age 5.
➡️ https://open.substack.com/pub/theplanet/p/the-fascinating-life-of-wisdom-the?utm_source=direct&r=f6p28&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
#Wisdom #wildlife #birds #animals #nature #environment #news

The fascinating life of Wisdom, the world's oldest known wild bird

The Laysan Albatros survived many current threads like fish-lines, climate change, and plastic pollution.Wisdom has become a celebrity among bird lovers, and researchers are fascinated by her longevity and the number of young she raised. USFWS estimated Wisdom must have hatched more than 30 chicks in her lifetime. Every year she returns to her same nest on one of the three tiny coral islands that form the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge; it is the world's largest colony of albatrosses. Sailing above the oceans with her more than six-foot-wide wingspan, she must have an incredible mileage under her wings.

The Planet

tif keith Dec 13, 2022

Alex Verbeek Dec 10, 2022

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Remember yesterday’s view from the UN Building in Bonn? Today, I went to the Siebengebirge, the “seven mountains/hills” that you could see in the distance on yesterday’s photo, for an 18 kilometer walk. You can see the UN building as the second highest one on this photo.
#today #Bonn #Photo #photography #PhotoOfTheDay #travel #memories #UNHabitat #GIZ #wastewater #UN #hiking