One of my almae matres now has a building that looks like bamboo steam baskets for dumplings. (Wasnβt around when I studied in 2013-14) #ntu #singapore #nanyang
Imagine being a priest or a nun, and devoting your whole life to something that doesnβt exist - wasting the only life youβre going to get, in the mistaken belief youβll get a βbetter βone when you die.
This explains why the priests and nuns in my school growing up were such evil, sadistic excuses for humans - they knew the mistake they had made, but couldnβt get out of the cult., and it slowly poisoned them.
In that, I take some form of comfort knowing that they hated their lives, like all the kids hated themπ
Hard work.
I spent my day working outside in the yard laying SOD. I ordered a way too expensive pallet of SOD that was supposed to arrive tomorrow, but it came this morning.
While I was taking a break in my backyard, I noticed this Red Spotted Purple Butterfly and started chasing it around. I guess you could say that I get distracted easily. I'm outside working and ... "look butterfly"π. Anyway, I wanted to catch it in the air, and I actually got a pretty good shot except one wing was out of the frame. But this photo of it on the lawn isn't too bad, and the bottom side of the wings is more colorful than the top.
#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #butterfly
βI wanted to honor the providers as people. Theyβre not anti-family. Theyβre about taking care of people and meeting people where they need to be met.β
In the new #documentary Plan C, showing at #SXSW, director Tracy Droz Tragos illuminates the struggle to ensure people can access #abortion medication, even as info sharing is under fire from #Texas. @sarahutch visited with Droz Tragos and site co-founder Amy Merrill: https://www.texasobserver.org/plan-c-abortion-pill-medication-censorship-documentary-sxsw/
russian authorities have committed a wide range of violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law in various regions of Ukraine, many of which amount to war crimes, the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine said in a new report Thursday.
#Ukraine πΊπ¦ #SlavaUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState
#Π‘Π»Π°Π²Π°Π£ΠΊΡΠ°ΡΠ½Ρ! #StandWithUkraine
This changed the moment the first public account of the massacre appeared. Thompson broke cover.
He refused to keep quiet or minimise the crimes committed, despite pressure from press, the military and a hostile Congress determined to cast him as a traitor.
He stood up. He testified at the public enquiry. He was vilified by many. /14
The world would be a better place if every buying guide was as brutally honest as this one from @nilay_patel.
(PS: I own this same Brother model whatever printer and can confirm it just works, year in and year out.)
https://www.theverge.com/23642073/best-printer-2023-brother-laser-wi-fi-its-fine
βοΈπ Good morning. The sun rises calmly over a new page of your life, bringing hope to endless possibilities. It's an honour to see you passing by. I've prepared a warm and delicious coffee, for you especially. May it bring you perseverance, luck, health, and that special thing that brings light to your smile. ππ―οΈ
#Coffee β
#GoodMorning π€
@ScottSoCal
I love/hate this story.
I like the idea of getting of crows become my friends by leaving them nuts. But I think of the downsides. They scream at you!
Or, let's say you get picked up for questioning by the cops.
The cop asks you, "You're hanging out with all these crows..."
One of my co-workers is a crow. He shows up a couple of times a week, to knock on my office window and scream at me. I'm pretty sure he's an efficiency director.
Today I decided to appease my co-worker and leave mixed nuts on the windowsill. He showed up, screamed until the other efficiency director came, both ate the nuts, then paraded back and forth in front of my window, berating me for wasting time leaving nuts when I should have been working. Fine, be that way.
But I'll do it again. #Birds
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.