Huntn00 @Huntn00@talkedabout.social

“Fuck every cause that ends in murder and children crying.”
—Iain M. Banks, Against a Dark Background

#ACAB

I started today with a Glasgow sunrise, so I thought I'd end it with a Glasgow sunset.

It wasn't taken this evening, but rather a few weeks back when the sky was clear and the Clyde was mirror-calm.

#glasgow #sunset #glasgowsunset #squintybridge #reflections #bridge #theclyde

NPR: They call themselves Las Amazonas de Yaxunah. They've rejected gender stereotypes to become stars in Mexico. And these women and teens play the game wearing traditional Maya dresses — and no shoes.,#news #NPR https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/10/11/1203974955/these-maya-women-softballers-defy-machismo-from-their-mighty-bats-to-their-bare-

How not surprising. Rigorous study in China finds that " social distancing measures (38% reduction, 95% prediction interval 31-45%), face masks (30%, 17-42%) and close contact tracing (28%, 24-31%) were most effective" in containing outbreaks of different #COVID19 variants. #WearAMask

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-40940-4

GOP Rep. George Santos says he will "fight until the bitter end” over 10 new federal charges https://t.co/O63LZTbuYd

#ACAB

Two-thirds of nursing home workers say they struggle to afford basic expenses https://minnesotareformer.com/briefs/two-thirds-of-nursing-home-workers-say-they-struggle-to-afford-basic-expenses/

It can’t be stressed enough how members of the Republican party routinely hang out with neo-Nazis.

Trump Doral event with Eric Trump will feature Ian Smith, a Hitler-promoting antisemite who killed someone | Media Matters for America:
https://www.mediamatters.org/eric-trump/trump-doral-event-eric-trump-will-feature-ian-smith-hitler-promoting-antisemite-who

“Ash trees have 2-3 x times higher ability to absorb the water into the soil" – Dr Bid Webb, Lecturer - School of Natural Sciences, Bangor University.

Increase the right tree cover, in the right places to reduce floods!

Support #OurTenAsks for Trees on Farms, email your Member of the Senedd now! https://campaigns.woodlandtrust.org.uk/page/124423/action/1?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=wales&utm_content=tenasks

#Wales #trees #woodland #hedges #climate #floods

@davidoclubb @jaz

@CoedCadw

From 1947 to 2023: Retracing the complex, tragic Israeli-Palestinian conflict https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20231011-from-1947-to-2023-retracing-the-complex-and-tragic-israeli-palestinian-conflict

Ron DeSantis lies to Fox News about Florida’s anti-LGBTQ+ laws

#DeSantis #Florida #StateOfHate #DontSayGay #lgbtq #bookbans

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/10/ron-desantis-lies-to-fox-news-about-floridas-anti-lgbtq-laws/

As we suspected, Netanyahu was warned: Egyptian Intelligence Minister called Netanyahu ten days before Hamas attack and warned him of "something unusual, a terrible operation" that was about to take place from Gaza.

Egyptians were "surprised by the indifference shown by Netanyahu". — Yedioth Ahranoth

#Netanyahu #Israel

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/egyptian-intelligence-official-says-israel-ignored-repeated-warnings-of-something-big/

@Huntn00 AMEN!

The Israeli gov is not only starving and denying medical care to 2 million Gazans, it’s announced openly and explicitly that it intends to target civilians and because of the savagery of Hamas’s attack, most of the world is supporting them unconditionally. They’ve been given carte blanche to commit war crimes. #israel #hamas #warcrimes

Donald Trump's Israel intel leak under scrutiny after Hamas attack

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-israel-intel-russia-hamas-attack-1833094

#Newsweek #DonaldTrump #IsraelIntelLeak #Russia #HamasAttack #UnderScrutiny #Politics #News

Israel seeks missiles, artillery from U.S. following Hamas attack https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/09/israel-seeks-weapons-missiles-artillery-from-us-00120587?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

#Mastodon actually has 407K+ more monthly users than it thought

Open source and decentralized social network Mastodon has more users than it thought. The service, which competes with #X (formerly #Twitter) and other

"That leaves Mastodon with a total of 1.8 million monthly active users at present, an increase of 5% month-over-month and 10K servers, up 12% — a testament to Mastodon’s current upward swing at a time when the nature of X continues to remain in flux."

https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/09/mastodon-actually-has-407k-more-monthly-users-than-it-thought