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Daniel Mote

@danielmote.com

Caver, backpacker, photographer | He/Him

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Micah@rincewind.run · last mo.

thank you Cabo Verde for allowing us to dream the impossible dream for two beautiful hours of soccer what a game, what a wonderful game

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley@pressley.house.gov · last mo.

For America's 250th, I read Frederick Douglass’ speech, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” on the House floor—for the first time in history. His speech endures as a mirror & mandate for us all—to confront our inequities while fighting for an America as good as its promise.

Daniel Mote@danielmote.com · 2mo ago

@kathryntewson.bsky.social have you been following the Adafruit / Flux ai feud? As best I can tell, an Adafruit journalist found that a security issue on Flux’s server and that their user numbers were inflated. Flux responded with a C&D accusing Adafruit of defamation and CFAA violations.

Daniel Mote@danielmote.com · 5mo ago

The guy who actually found the Death Valley Germans wrote up the tale on his website. If you haven’t read it, you should. otherhand.org/home-page/se...

The Hunt for the Death Valley Germans

This is the tale of what for me was a rather remarkable adventure.  It was assembled on the basis of my personal recollection and experience, emails, GPS logs and some official documents.  It represen...

otherhand.org

Faine Greenwood@faineg.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I’m too lazy to argue about it, but it’s *extremely* funny to see Europeans claim that the United States has less majestic scenery and wilderness than their own. if the U.S. has such lame natural wonders, why do Germans keep insisting on visiting them and dying in easily preventable ways?

Brian Lyman@brianlyman.bsky.social · 5mo ago

BREAKING: Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has commuted the death sentence of Charles "Sonny" Burton to life in prison. Burton was sentenced to death for the 1991 murder of Doug Battle but did not kill Battle; the man who did later had his death sentence commuted.

Governor Kay Ivey on Tuesday announced that she has commuted the death sentence of Charles L. Burton to life in prison with no chance of parole. Mr. Burton was convicted and sentenced to death for the 1991 capital murder of Doug Battle in Talladega, Alabama. As required by law, the governor first reached out to a representative of Mr. Battle’s family. She also notified the attorney general. Governor Ivey’s letter to Alabama Department of Corrections Commissioner John Hamm is attached. Governor Ivey issued the following statement: “I firmly believe that the death penalty is just punishment for society’s most heinous offenders, as shown by the 25 executions I have presided over as governor. In order to ensure the continued viability of the death penalty, however, I also believe that a government’s most consequential action must be administered fairly and proportionately. “Doug Battle was brutally murdered by Derrick DeBruce while shopping in an auto parts store. But DeBruce was ultimately sentenced to life without parole. Charles Burton did not shoot the victim, did not direct the triggerman to shoot the victim and had already left the store by the time the shooting occurred. Yet Mr. Burton was set to be executed while DeBruce was allowed to live out his life in prison. “I cannot proceed in good conscience with the execution of Mr. Burton under such disparate circumstances. I believe it would be unjust for one participant in this crime to be executed while the participant who pulled the trigger was not. “To be clear, Mr. Burton will not be eligible for parole and will rightfully spend the remainder of his life behind bars for his role in the robbery that led to the murder of Doug Battle. He will now receive the same punishment as the triggerman.
Blue Heron Farm@blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Hey, friends. My incarcerated friend, Jeremiah, would like some help getting Bibles into the hands of some of his peers. I ask you to put aside any negative feelings about religion you might have to help folks in the way they have asked to be helped. /1

Boze the Library Owl@sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I get yelled at for saying this but for many hundreds of years people went to university not to get diplomas or be employable but because immersion in the humanities was considered foundational to a good life, and school must return to its original purpose: the joy of learning.

Anarchic Squid@leahanelson.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Rocky Myers, a Black man from Decatur, Alabama, is still locked up for a crime he didn’t commit. His lawyer, former corporate counsel for the United Klans of America, told me if he had to do it all over again, he’d seat an all-white jury this time. Please take a moment with this story.

Lee Hedgepeth@leehedgepeth.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Rocky Myers, a Black man accused of murdering a white woman in Alabama, was represented at trial by a Klan lawyer named John Mays. He had no idea. 30 years later, he's still behind bars. Please take a moment to read and share. www.treadbylee.com/p/klonsel

the Mountain Goats@themountaingoats.bsky.social · 6mo ago

man I’m sorry to be all corny here but when I see a “the city is beautiful! There’s more to it than homeless people!” I gotta say you know who’s also beautiful? People who have no place to live & are trying to get by in a system that has turned its back on them & if you don’t see that that’s on you

Trey Ferguson@pastortrey05.com · 7mo ago

Good morning, beloved. “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” -Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.