Interview: "It looks like I've hit a nerve."
~Francesca Albanese
The US has sanctioned Albanese following her scathing report, which named over 60 companies, including major US technology firms Google, Amazon & Microsoft, involved in "the transformation of Israel's economy of occupation to an economy of genocide".
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/francesca-albanese-defiant-face-trump-sanctions
Part 1/2 Dead Things
So..uhm..I collect dead things. I don't kill them, but if I find dead insects or roadkill, I often bring them home for further study. Larger creatures go in rotting cages to observe carrion beetles and collect skulls and bones later, smaller ones as wet specimens, or if they are dry in airtight containers.
Occasionally the container is not airtight enough or the dry specimen wasn't as dry as I thought, and today something was stinking up the place something awful....
@Natteheks That reminds me of one of my all-time favourite childrens' books when I was young, "Nature's Smallest Gravedigger". I still have it, so here are some photos from it.
It is all about the life of the American burying beetle, *Nicrophorus americanus*, and, remarkably, it was one in a whole series by Golden Books called Nature's Sanitation Corps.
The book was written by Victoria Cox and Stan Applebaum with illustrations by Dorothea Barlowe and it was published way back in 1974. My Nana gave it to me in 1977 (yes, I'm old).
I still think it's a marvellous book. I like how all the illustrations are accurate depictions of the animals exactly as they are, not simplified down and sanitized for children.
#insects #entomology #scavengers #decomposition #ChildrensBook #nature
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"I don't know when I'll be able to contact you again"
"we are completely broken"
Just some of the message from yesterday from the families...our bold weekend goal to help them with shelter + food: 1950/2500 https://chuffed.org/project/hope-giving-circle
We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that their campaigns are extremely stagnant and wanted to find a way to direct steady help to them. We distribute your contributions equally every week for sustainable support.
@alexwild Copris! My favourite genus.
I see that you are a man of culture. Few can appreciate the elegant beauty of Copris.
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