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First blush of spring sunset, Lost Ponds, Mattatuck State Forest, Plymouth, Connecticut. April 20, 2021, 7:11 PM.

#hiking #photography #outdoors #landscapephotography #nature #Connecticut #spring #forest #sunset #sunsetphotography #trails #lake #springtime

Gulf Fritillary on the Zinnia 🧡

#insects #butterflies #gardening

"The riots that have spread across the UK from Southport since Tuesday are the effect of a cocktail of anti-immigrant, far-right views mixed with lies about a traumatic news event, gulped down by violent thugs. It is hard to unpick precisely how falsehoods, including that the attacker was a Muslim asylum seeker, were invented and spread. But there is no doubt about the malign role of public figures including Nigel Farage."

~ The Guardian

#UK #riots #violence
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/aug/04/the-guardian-view-on-the-online-far-right-thugs-have-brought-devastation

The Guardian view on the online far right: thugs have brought devastation

Editorial: A cocktail of anti-immigration politics and misinformation about viscerally upsetting news has led to riots

The Guardian

CEO pay is skyrocketing at the highest rate in 14 years.

It's increasing almost 3x faster than wage growth.

This explosion in CEO pay relative to the pay of workers isn’t because CEOs have become so much more valuable.

They've just gamed the system to line their pockets.

Neuralink Has Successfully Implanted a Second Brain Chip, Musk Says - Slashdot

Late Friday Elon Musk appeared on Lex Fridman's podcast for a special eight-hour episode about Neuralink. It's already been viewed 1,702,036 times on YouTube — and resulted in this report from Reuters: Neuralink has successfully implanted in a second patient its device designed to give para...

Via Will Steakin:

NEW: Christina Bobb — the new RNC senior counsel for “election integrity” — has pleaded not guilty in #Arizona fake electors case:

Mugshot obtained by
ABC News, via Maricopa County Sheriff office.

Trump wants presidential immunity because he’s a criminal.

It’s as simple as that.

Vote Blue to stop this egregious lawlessness.

Fani Willis Handily Wins Her Democratic Primary in Georgia

The judge presiding over Trump’s Georgia case, Scott McAfee, was also projected to win his own election Tuesday.

The Daily Beast