#Mosquitoes Are a Growing Public Health Threat, Reversing Years of Progress
#ClimateCrisis and the rapid evolution of the insect have helped drive up malaria deaths and brought dengue and other mosquito-borne viruses to places that never had to worry about them.
Neat, wildlife photographers day at the Aquarium of the Pacific on Sunday night! #wildlife #photography #aquarium #LongBeach https://laist.com/news/los-angeles-activities/calling-all-photographers-bring-your-camera-and-shoot-to-your-hearts-delight-at-the-aquarium-of-the-pacific
(not that we can really cough up first & last months rent, deposit, pet deposit, application fee, origination fee, "media and credit enhancement fee" and all manner of other sundry & sleazy yet legal fees anyway)
▶️ ☠️ RE: Elon Musk, ever-creeping fascism & general, all pervasive fear...
https://beige.party/@GrimmReality/111152013088736590
This little guy is clearly running illegal SQUIRREL software on CAT hardware, but I'm still sharing it for #caturday.
#cat #cats #catstodon #catsofmastodon #humor #humour #funny #squirrel
SomeBODY is off to their forever home today. Or possibly eternal rest. 🧛♂️ #puppets #puppetbuilding #halloween #nosferatu
Look at the cute little puppy! (learned this morning "Koinu" means puppy in Japanese, ha ha). #tropical #cyclone #14W #TropicalStormKoinu
Vladimir Putin calls for 130,000 new recruits for Russian military https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2023/09/30/recruits-military-Ukraine/3921696076336/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
On The Brink Of Government Shutdown, Senate Set For Rare Saturday Session https://www.huffpost.com/entry/government-shutdown-brink-the-senate-tries-to-approve-funding-senate_n_65181a4be4b0c91b801758b3?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
On Sep 30, 1919: Hundreds of Black People Killed in Elaine, Arkansas, Massacre http://calendar.eji.org/racial-injustice/sep/30
"Every defendant charged with racketeering in Georgia is, of course, a member of the Republican Party, which until recently, at least, was known as the party of law and order. Since the multiple indictments of Donald Trump, however, the Republican Party has taken a sudden pro-crime turn, with many Republicans, including Trump himself, calling for the defunding and dissolution of the Department of Justice and the FBI."
~ Lucian K. Truscott
https://luciantruscott.substack.com/p/hows-that-whole-law-and-order-thing
Romanian radar may have detected Russian drones violating airspace during attack on Ukraine / The New Voice of Ukraine
https://english.nv.ua/nation/romanian-radar-may-have-detected-russian-drones-violating-airspace-during-attack-on-ukraine-50357331.html #Ukraine #RussiaUkraineWar #UkraineRussiaWar #Russia #UkraineWarNews
REMINDER to CORPORATE MEDIA: This government shutdown was because last week Trump DEMANDED the shutdown to defund the federal criminal prosecutions of him. That is 100% why MAGA is causing this. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-demands-republicans-shut-government-defund-criminal-prosecutions-rcna111365
"The standard practice for prosecutors who are trying to hold the leaders of a group of criminals accountable is to 'go up the chain.' …
That brings us to today and Scott Hall, an Atlanta-area bail bondsman who was facing seven charges in the Fulton County case, including a RICO violation and conspiring to steal sensitive election data in Coffee County."
~ Joyce Vance
#Trump #RICO #crime #InmateP01135809 #LawandOrder #Georgia #ScottHall
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@Huntn00 That, to me, is the salient question. These people are a mirror of whom almost half of us aspire to be.
He should resign immediately.
If he were indicted for some business or personal matter, maybe not, but this is public corruption and includes national security implications.
As Democrats, we cannot tolerate this even as allegations.
If we're going to prosecute the corruption of the Supreme Court in the court of public opinion, as we must, he has to go. Now.
Dozens dead after blast in southwestern Pakistan at a rally celebrating birthday of Islam's prophet https://apnews.com/article/f9d1fab750bc8fcb03bb11e09e22d9de
#PoliticalModerate #Independent, #SocialLiberal, #Agnostic, #Unions, #Veteran, retired airline pilot. Supports level playing fields, equal opportunity, and democracy, not how to twist it to my advantage; capitalism/corporation critic, 🚫Today’s GOP, 🚫MAGA. Human species pessimist, pondering the Great Filter and do we have the Right Stuff? 🇺🇸 Citizen residing in a blue enclave of Texas.