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Just popped outside to the yard on this somewhat dim but fairly mild autumn day in Ōtautahi. Saw a wee (grass) skink in the lizardarium, and in the greenhouse the monarch chrysalis has come of age - the butterfly is out and drying its wings (quite a few caterpillars were on the swan plant in the greenhouse - the monarch(s) who laid the eggs was threading the needle to get in to it! But it's a happy day! I just hope it's not too late in the season for for the monarch to fly north...…

Not a metaphor but also works pretty damn well as a metaphor

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
The Jackson 5:
🎵 The Love You Save
#TheJackson5
https://butterfactory.bandcamp.com/track/the-jackson-5-the-love-you-save-butter-factory-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/39SyB2NWiRlMtcKrI2rr4k

The vibrant landscape. I can't give it up. So many exciting things happening:
- RakuOS: immutable bootc image, but with a normal package manager. And Cosmic.
- Project Bluefin: the Dakota alpha is out, which is based on Gnome OS. So no more distro involved, pure Gnome as the basis.
- Butterknife: as mentioned yesterday Debian Stable, btrfs snapshots and a number of window managers to choose from (Qtile, Awesome, dwm, Sway, SwayFX, i3). Plus good looks and many, many script…

"Eastern Monarch Butterfly’s Comeback Shows 64% Population Increase in Mexico"
#Mexico #Butterflies #Insects

Eastern Monarch Butterfly's Comeback Shows 64% Population Increase in Mexico | Happy Eco News
The eastern monarch butterfly's comeback, with populations increasing by 64% in Mexico, offers cautious hope for the species.

RIVM update rioolwaarden en percentage positief Sars-Cov-2.
Omdat ik vorige week geen update gaf wegens mijn vakantie, nu een inhaalslag van 2 weken.
In die twee weken is de trend onveranderd: nog steeds lichte daling, nu tot een virusniveau van 14, opnieuw record laag.
Er zitten 15 nieuwe dagen in de data: 30 april en 1 t/m 14 mei. Op de laatste 2 dagen na betreft het >90% van de meetstations.
#qp2t

"…Every filthy stupid thing that happens is happening in the open, now: Captains of industry line up to shake Trump's hand at…big birthday party he threw for himself…every new blast of rank & ancient bigotry or proudly pig-stupid backwardness arrives w/o euphemism or qualification. Trump is not just figuratively walling himself off from…DC, & glowering down at its residents, he is literally doing all those things."

Promises Made, Promises Kept: The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool Absolutely Looks Like Shit Now | Defector
If everyone in the United States weren’t living downstream from its consequences, it would be a pretty good tragic flaw that Donald Trump wants more than anything to be seen as a brilliant man who has always been right about everything when he is transparently a butterfingered dunce whose professional expertise more or less begins…

«Man-in-the-Middle — Cyberkriminelle haben Unternehmen im Visier. Sie lesen heimlich deren Mailverkehr - und schlagen dann plötzlich zu. Der Schaden ist immens - bis hin zum finanziellen Ruin»
— @… 28.05.2025 (ab 01:06:11 h)
Weswegen digitale Verifikation so wie Verschlüsselung immer wichtiger wird. Damit lässt sich u.a. auch sicherstellen, dass kein Betrug von Dri…

Aktenzeichen XY... Vorsicht, Betrug! vom 28. Mai 2025
In der neuesten Ausgabe des XY-Spezials „Vorsicht, Betrug!“ zeigt Rudi Cerne die aktuellen Betrugsmaschen und gibt mit der Polizei, Betroffenen und Experten Verhaltenstipps.

#naturePhotography
A Large Marble #butterfly. May 2026