Tree tunnel on the balckdowns, where today I went for a short mooch.
Just off to the right here is one of my favourite spots. It's a grove of young tall oak trees. The woodland thins slightly in the grove making it perfect to pause and spot birds flitting through the upper branches.
In the past I've seen nuthatches and tree creepers here. Today I spotted gold crests. Actually saw one doing a humming bird impression, which I've heard they do, but hadn't seen till today.
Magic.
No one should feel obligated to spend time this holiday season with people who voted for them to lose their rights, health, marriage, or life. Those aren't "political differences."
Celebrate the holidays with people who celebrate your existence. Give thanks with people grateful for who you are.
No one should feel compelled to spend a minute of precious holiday time with someone who makes them feel unworthy of equal rights, happiness or existence.
The wasp mantisfly, Climaciella brunnea, is not a wasp, a mantis, or a fly. It is instead a type of spider-eating lacewing that keeps itself safe by looking like it has a painful sting, which it does not.
Evolution continues to be marvelous. #Entomology #Mantispidae #Insects
“AI” models are suffused with US values and, occasionally, those are quite shocking to us non-Americans
An Icelandic police force used a generated image to promote a public notice
People were absolutely horrified
Why?
Because the cop in the image had a gun, in a holster, AROUND CHILDREN 😱
The uniform was also not accurate for an Icelandic cop but what people found obscene was the idea that anybody would carry a gun around children, even holstered
Lögreglan á Suðurnesjum ætlar að hætta að nota gervigreindarmyndir af lögregluþjónum á Facebook-síðu sinni. Embættið birti gervigreindarmynd af lögregluþjóni, sem virðist vera vopnaður, umkringdum börnum.
Donald Trump has committed so many crimes and ethical violations that it's hard to keep track.
The House Oversight Committee Democrats released a report on how Trump ripped off taxpayers, including charging the United States far more for hotels than he charged foreign countries https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/democrats-oversight.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2024-10-18COA-DEM-Staff-Report-Domestic-Emoluments.pdf