Petrarca
@petrarca.bsky.social
Garden-Stater, MTBer, foodie, tequila snob, oenophile, aesthete. Petrarca was a scholar, poet laureate, and original Renaissance humanist, unaccidental tourist, and alpinist Born July 20, 1304.
Former J6 federal prosecutors are begging senators -- mostly GOPers, but a handful of Dems are in there, too -- to stop confirming election deniers to lifetime federal courts seats. “Please stop poisoning our courts." www.huffpost.com/entry/live-u...
Former J6 Prosecutors Beg Senators To Stop Confirming Election Deniers To Court Seats
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The strange but strangely addictive dessert the French got from the British - the flamri au vin blanc - a chilled sweet semolina pudding made with white wine. Interesting history…. Always serve with red berry sauce! open.substack.com/pub/jamiesch...
You know you can share a link on here without the "share dot google amp ? ref" etc. surveillance tracking bs on the link, right? You can delete those parts before you click post.
Don't miss this vile story: MAGA is raging at DHS chief Markwayne Mullin for admitting migrant farmworkers can beneft our economy. This means his devotion to ethnic cleansing is in doubt. He must be excommunicated! I wrote about the collapse of MAGA mythology here: newrepublic.com/article/2138...
The level of negligence in just merrily rolling out this feature is quite breathtaking. www.digitaldigging.org/p/how-to-pla...
How to plant a nuclear plant in Iran
The question is: what on earth is Google doing?
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lots of DNC stories and I’m seeing all kinds of crazy accusations and responses. Let me summarize the reality 1. Ken Martin is taking on DC corp/centrist consultants. Many of the leaks/hit pieces are sourced to them. 2. Martin is shifting $ to states and on-the-ground early spending. Good.
Truthout@truthout.org · 2d agoThe NYT published a missing chapter of the DNC “autopsy,” titled “What Happened in 2024” which offers criticisms of party consultants who are “self-enriching” and out of touch with the concerns of ordinary voters.
An interview with Alexandra Eala on topics of fame, family finances, and Filipino identity. "At the end of the day, the ball doesn’t know who your parents are. The ball doesn’t know how much money you have, right?" Free to read at Bounces: www.benrothenberg.com/p/alexandra-...
Alexandra Eala on Her Fame, Family Money, and Filipino Identity
An interview with the Filipina sensation on navigating the ups and downs of sudden superstardom.
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I just want to know: what the ever-living fuck is "Judeo-Christian Ethics"? Given the name, I assume it's the ethics of genocide and forced conversion. (yes, I skimmed the incredibly stupid essay, which I assume any historian or ethicist would hesitate to use to line a birdcage)
The Raven and the clamshell is the best human origin myth.
The Raven Discovering Mankind in a Clamshell, 1970
One of Bill Reid’s most iconic large-scale works, The Raven and the First Men, 1980, first emerged as a diminutive yet fully formed masterpiece, cradled in the palms of his hands. That tiny boxwood sc...
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"so it felt like character flaws rather than what it really was, which was undiagnosed ADHD" Oh my God the years I spent over the years berating myself for having more ambition than work ethic, not knowing my brain was working against me the whole time
NPR@npr.org · 3d agoFor decades, ADHD was viewed as a childhood condition that mostly affected boys. Researchers now know ADHD manifests differently in girls, but many still go undiagnosed until adulthood.
Covid lockdowns demonstrated, in a deeply imperfect way, the possibility of large-scale social solidarity for a higher cause. That is a prime reason why so many powerful people want us to run screaming away from them into the comforting arms of selfish individualist competition.
My vacation in the megafire During the holidays we stop at least once at Hervé, an organic farmer in the swamps between Bordeaux and Lacanau. The only problem with these visits is the abundance and absolutely unique quality of its fruit and vegetable offerings. After that, you're spoiled...
Nils Minkmar@nminkmar.bsky.social · 3d agoHeute ist der siebte Tag! steady.page/de/nminkmar/...
Damn... 300% higher yields for peppers 200% for tomatoes. 65% lower water use for jalapenos. #agsky #agrivoltaics ,🌱🌞🔌..
hoergen@hoergen.bsky.social · 3d ago*American farmers slid solar panels over 62,000 acres of farmland, and the biggest payoff had almost nothing to do with electricity* #Erneuerbare #Renewable #Solar #Photovoltaik energiesmedia.com/solar-panels…
I try to keep a pretty tight rein on my followers list. I appreciate this.
Tess is Surviving the Horrors@mothmother.com · 4d agoI started getting followed by some "film festivals" and "writing festivals" and thought "oh, these are cool!" Then I looked a little closer. They're all part of a network that preys on writers, charging us for reviews, and feeding our stuff into slop generators. So I made a list.👋🏻🖕🏻😠
"Head up, eyes forward..." Tutor Reginald Johnston (Peter O'Toole) presents a bicycle to young Emperor Pu Yi (John Lone) in the 1987 historical epic The Last Emperor Happy #BicycleBirthday, Peter O'Toole! August 2 (1932-2013)
ESB TIE-DYE TOWER LIGHTS TONIGHT In Honor of Jerry Garcia's Birthday ✌️☮️🌈
So true. There are millions of these ads in Texas, appealing to "common grievances" that were pulled out of somebody's butt last week. "Aren't you sick and tired of transgender liberals imposing Sharia law on retirement homes?"
Maj@lif3asmaj.blacksky.app · 4d agoThis is deadass every republican campaign ad here in the south. I'm not even REMOTELY JOKING.
"Charlie Cunningham is the guy who would have invented the bicycle if it hadn’t been invented already; and if somebody else invented the bicycle frame, Charlie would have been the guy who invented components." -bicycle designer Grant Petersen Ride in Peace mountain bike pioneer Charlie Cunningham
Slipped that contractor joke right under the gate.
Tawni Marshall@tawnimarshall.bsky.social · 5d agoThought immediately of this:
IMPACT: that company that was offering to buy books for AI companies’ training data — and probably destroy them in the process — says it will no longer offer this service following 404 Media’s exposure of it www.404media.co/ai-company-t...
Company Offering Printed Books to Train AI Stops After 404 Media Coverage
Citing backlash, ISBNdb removed its webpages about training AI, denied ever buying, scanning, or selling a book for AI training, and said the site was a "test of market interest."
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