De discussie over minder afhankelijkheid van de VS in digitale zin moet met de start van het nieuwe kabinet in mijn ogen echt in een flink hogere versnelling, niet over de vraag of het kan, maar hoe we het gaan doen en hoe we kunnen versnellen, samen met andere EU-landen.
Doing further research into the origins of the Abrahamic religions following my essay on The Claimants to the Tortured Land, I learn that by a supreme irony, #Israel itself is named after...
Drumroll....
A CANAANITE DEITY.
Yes, that's right. The name 'Israel' honours not יהוה, but El.
Wow, this Gov't - esp Simon Watts - are so ridiculous in their insistence on gas rather than focusing on renewable electricity generation. This $ billion terminal they propose is a dead duck before it's even built. It's throwing good money after bad, digging the fossil fuel hole deeper rather than filling it in. Watts is also wrong that the terminal is faster to build than renewables. So dim and/or corrupt.
🌳 Mit ihrem langen Schwanz, der fast so lang ist wie ihr Körper, und ihren beeindruckenden Kletter- und Sprungfähigkeiten sind #Eichhörnchen faszinierend zu beobachten. Sie ernähren sich von #Samen, #Früchte
I’m now hearing word that ICE just killed somebody in Minneapolis. I have no solid details. I’ll post more when I hear more info that is verified and sharable.
UPDATE: Word is someone •shot• by ICE, not just e.g. injured by their dangerous and reckless driving. Again, this is all rumors flying between neighbors for now.
you know, i had to physically get the stalker out of my house, but even after that there's some _choice_ feelings to be had when someone forwards you the stalker sending them the pictures from inside your home
Brown Pelicans flying in formation over the water. Elephant Seal Vista Point, San Simeon, California, USA. October, 2025. OM System OM-1 M.Zuiko 300mm F4 MC14. #moonstonebeach #pelican #bird
"Liberal commentators are very eager to accuse the left of obsessing — and falling out — over things which, in reality, don't seem to the liberals to matter very much. They have a phrase for this: 'the narcissism of small differences.' Well, OK, we on the left do fall out over things which, seen from outside our spectrum, may seem trivial... But... let us, please, consider for the moment the beam in our brother's eye."