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Retired IT bod married to retired software engineer. 2 adult children, 3 grandchildren, baffled by life and I do have a Wordpress thing, too - https://woolhatwoman.wordpress.com/ - and a load of poems on scraps of paper that I still have to upload when I get the pagination figured out :)

Israeli newspaper Haaretz:

Netanyahu Bears Responsibility for This Israel-Gaza War

"The disaster that befell Israel … is the clear responsibility of one person: Benjamin Netanyahu. The prime minister… completely failed to identify the dangers he was consciously leading Israel into when establishing a government of annexation and dispossession … while embracing a foreign policy that openly ignored the existence and rights of Palestinians."

https://archive.ph/HgCtb#selection-455.0-455.55

#Israel #palestine

LEGO bricks with braille!

In 2020 the #LEGO Foundation released a set of #braille bricks. These sets are donated to schools and accompanied with a website* to both "learn braille" (well, get more used to it) and have fun.

Now these bricks will also be for sale in a set to the general public. The set comes with a manual and a lot of exercises.

*the website with exercises: https://legobraillebricks.com/

Press release on the upcoming set: https://www.lego.com/en-gb/aboutus/news/2023/august/lego-braille-bricks-play-with-braille-

#blind #inclusion #accessibility

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"In a surprising revelation, the Brandt Company cattle ranch in California's Imperial Valley stands as the state's largest single point source of methane emissions, surpassing any oil, gas, or landfill site. This 643-acre feedlot, home to 139,000 beef cattle, emits methane equivalent to the annual greenhouse gas emissions of 165,000 cars.
Yet, a “kid gloves” approach to agricultural emissions raises significant questions about an environmentally conscious state's commitment to combating climate change. As we delve deeper into the story, the growing impact of animal agriculture on our climate becomes increasingly evident. "
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/18082023/californias-top-methane-emitter-is-cattle-feedlot/
California’s Top Methane Emitter is a Vast Cattle Feedlot. For Now, Federal and State Greenhouse Gas Regulators Are Giving It a Pass. - Inside Climate News

Forty miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border in Southern California’s Imperial Valley, the Brandt Company cattle ranch is the largest single point source of methane emissions in the state, releasing more of that greenhouse gas than any oil or gas well, refinery or landfill.  The 643-acre feedlot is home to 139,000 beef cattle, according to […]

Inside Climate News
It's pure coincidence that Elon Musk just happened to erase the entire record of how twitter was used to organize and share photos and video from Arab Spring, right?

I’m the furthest thing from a conspiracy theorist but when you stop to think about it. 44 billion is a very small price to pay for silencing the free speech of the left, on the main social media platform out there, if you were the type who wanted to silence them. Which almost makes me wonder if Elmo even paid a penny out of his own pocket for Twitter.

#Twitter #ElonMusk

Still around, just not very much!! Hope you are all well x

@futurebird @alexwild @catselbow @AskPippa

I had those red fire ants around my house. Some bit me & I poisoned the nearest nest.
I told the other nest if they bit me I’d poison their queen. The next day I saw something red on their hill, it was a little red glass heart. The next day I saw a thin little clear crystal, size of fine tooth of a comb. I accepted their gifts & for many years the peace was kept.

It’s not a ‘tall tale’,I think I still have the heart & the crystal.

But it’s odd.

It seems *Somebody* shot the Bird down (again)
Our politicians look to be self-interested and out of touch because that is exactly what they are https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2023/03/01/our-politicians-look-to-be-self-interested-and-out-of-touch-because-that-is-exactly-what-they-are/. 61% of people in the UK would like a viable alternative to the Tories and Labour, who actively conspire to ensure this is not available. No wonder we are out of love with our politicians.
The stock market is failing according to the CBI. So why don’t we just let it go?

I posted this on Twitter this morning: https://twitter.com/RichardJMurphy/status/1942861045426516103 My point is serious. The CBI is saying that the situation with regard to the UK stock exchange is getting desperate, because it is losing out to overseas markets and not attracting sufficient business. The question that needs to be asked is, why is that?...

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I know an old punk
whose pierced nose
remains hidden
behind the N95 mask
he dutifully wears
and when I ask him
if he still wears it
because his aesthetic
has never cared for norms
he replies that he wears it
because nothing is more punk
than giving a shit
about other people.