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Anyone know what kind of snake this is? It is in my backyard. I live in Houston.
Azuma Makoto's Temporary Sculptures Freeze Hundreds of Flowers on a Snow-Coated Lake — Colossal

Acclaimed floral artist Azuma Makoto has constructed the third botanical sculpture in an ongoing series called Frozen Flowers.

Colossal
Hello friends. I was just released from the hospital. Anything of interest happening in the world?

Twas the night before Christmas, when all thro' the mall
Not a creature was stirring, God forgot them all

Gallery: https://www.abandonedamerica.us/randall-park-mall

The Abandoned Randall Park Mall in North Randall, OH: Everything Must Go

The largest indoor mall in the US when it was built, the Randall Park Mall in Ohio was open barely 30 years, it had been abandoned for 6 when I visited it just prior to its demolition.

Happy holidays to all and to all a good night!
ghetto urban dweller on Twitter

“West Bellfort and 59 rn y’all be careful #houston #freeze”

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Let's test my Mastodon network.

If you're a grad student (MA or PhD) at NYU who wants to help local journalism surivive, and who might want to take a course with me... this is a heads up.

Spring semester, my students and I have a nifty project planned with a local news startup in NYC. We are looking to add people to the project from different discplines. Tech, data, design, city planning, NY politics, local life.

Forward If you know someone at NYU who should know. My email is on my profile.

The "Frostbite in 10 Minutes" zone in the US is quite large. Unsheltered individuals and outdoor animals are at the highest risk, they will perish (quickly) at those wind chill numbers. Anyone with a vehicle breakdown, and any areas losing power w/out heat also could be a bad situation. #wx #bombcyclone #cold #WXtoot #Wxmastodon #wind #windchill

Umm... This is kind of a big deal.

If this ruling stands, it'd mean that basically every health insurance plans in America (because of the health insurance marketplace) would be required to cover everything WPATH SoC8 deems medically necessary.

Which is... *everything*.

Holy crap.

https://www.lambdalegal.org/news/cp_wa_20221219_court-rules-that-bcbs-cannot-administer-health-plans-with-gender-affirming-exclusions

VICTORY: Court Rules that Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois Cannot Administer Health Plans with Gender-Affirming Care Exclusions

“Third-party administrators that accept federal funds cannot discriminate when administering employer-sponsored health plans.”

Lambda Legal

Society that took 20 years to acknowledge Harvey Weinstein is a rapist criticizes jury for taking 10 days

https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/19/us/harvey-weinstein-trial-deliberations-los-angeles-monday/index.html