I'm preparing to delete my account because someone used it to buy iTunes cards and when I said it was fraudulent they denied my claim and said it was in line with my usual charges even though I only use it on rare occasions to send friends money. It's so insecure.
I thought I remembered talking to you after his performance - I had to go outside afterwards, it entranced me and made me feel like I was out on the tundra, and then a Peregrine falcon flew overhead. It's intense, but the format actually made it a fairly quick read
Maybe I just need some more breakfast, but it's making me hungry.
Holy cats that looks good
@jenniferwhanson.bsky.social were you at the Nordic Roots when Wimme was there? I kept thinking of him as I read this - when they talked about people singing joiku, wearing those beautiful outfits. It's a sad story - indigenous people forced into a "civilized" life via residential schools etc
Book 63) Linnea Axellson, Ædnan: an Epic (transl. Saskia Vogel) Incredibly moving story of three generations of Sámi people in far-northern Sweden, told entirely in snippets of loose verse.
A California ballot measure could end forced prison labor and prohibit the state from punishing incarcerated people for refusing to work. “Had I put down that broom and went to that victim impact class to take accountability I would have been punished.”
Prop 6 would amend the state constitution to ban “involuntary servitude” and prohibit state prisons from punishing incarcerated people for refusing a work assignment.
Those are great. That Forceptail - wow!
Thanks! This year I've been working on learning to ID Odonata, and I have a nice new Nikon Z8 with a long telephoto, here's an album of Odonates ordered somewhat taxonomically you might like: www.flickr.com/photos/someb...
My photos of dragonflies and damselflies, identified to species/sex, with taxa and identification tips in comments, ordered in a roughly taxonomical order. These photos primarily represent the Odonata...