Bob the Sparrow just met the family cat, I betcha.
Will you look at that.
These two birds are looking a something interesting happening on the ground. I don't know what's going on, but it has their attention.
#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #birds #birdsofmastodon #birdwatching #HouseFinch #sparrow
No, it's really that bizarre. If you make it all the way through that movie, I challenge you to watch "John Dies At The End", a movie from 2011. It's also splendidly bizarre.
The Russians think they just have to kill enough Ukrainians, win the war, and then their trading relations will get back to normal.
Today, my generation has a very positive view of Germans, but I remember growing up in the 1980's in Denmark, where some of my dad's business relations still would not do deals with anyone from Germany.
That was forty years after World War II and Hitler's occupation of Denmark.
Forty years β this is the kind of anger the Russians have drawn upon themselves.
#ukraine
My phone has started grammar-checking me. It objected to the way I phrased a text last night.
I'm very afraid.
3 years ago I was hospitalized with Covid. Since then, Iβve been hospitalized for pneumonia 3 times during the years.
This pandemic isnβt over, even though thereβs no more reporting on it. People are still getting really sick. And #Longcovid is an absolute thing. They think I have it. Iβve had health problems ever since this day.
Be careful out there. Mask up. Donβt feel silly about it. I want you all healthy.
Highlights:
π¦All depositors will regain access to their funds today!
π¦No taxpayer funds are being used!
π¦When the FDIC takes control the management is fired!
π¦Investors took the risk and thus will not be made whole!
WSJ is owned by Rupert Murdoch.
After Crew-5βs departure, the Exp 68 crew worked on immune system studies and space botany, and Crew-6, the newest station residents, also had time to adjust to life in space.https://go.nasa.gov/3mJoiSV
#ISS
I love the colours and reflections in this photo. It gives it an almost surreal animated effect. #Photography #Sunset #Dublin #RoyalCanal #Ireland
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"Years ago, anthropologist Margaret Mead was asked by a student what she considered to be the first sign of civilization in a culture. The student expected Mead to talk about fishhooks or clay pots or grinding stones.
But no.
Mead said that the first sign of civilization in an ancient culture was a femur (thighbone) that had been broken and then healed.
Mead explained that in the animal kingdom, if you break your leg, you die.
You cannot run from danger, get to the river for a drink or hunt for food.
You are meat for prowling beasts.
No animal survives a broken leg long enough for the bone to heal.
A broken femur that has healed is evidence that someone has taken time to stay with the one who fell, has bound up the wound, has carried the person to safety and has tended the person through recovery.
Helping someone else through difficulty is where civilization starts, Mead said."
We are at our best when we serve others.
Be civilized.
So... me. Work in aerospace, more space, not as much aero. Can fix my own car, choose not to. Can fix the random appliance of your choice. Hardcore introvert in person, which is why I love online. Lifelong science fiction fan. Read constantly. Scalzi is my favorite author, because he mixes exactly the right amount of snark into his writing. Together with a guy 30+ years, married since it was legal. Own a home in CA and don't plan to leave unless I immigrate to another country.