Amanda

Coffee isn’t enough anymore I need someone to tell me we’re going for walkies

3 Memphis Cops Acquitted on State Charges of Murdering Tyre Nichols The brutal beating of the 29-year-old during a traffic stop was caught on video, provoking widespread outrage.

Jurors acquitted three former Memphis police officers of the murder of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black father who died after the officers brutally beat him during a traffic stop in January 2023. The group beating was caught on video, provoking widespread outrage and calls for police reform.

Yellowhammer in flight

Yellowhammer in flight

TFI #Flyday #Birdsinflight #yellowhammer
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Surprisingly beautiful

Looks good!

Purple irises

I saw these gorgeous purple irises on my walk yesterday.
#Nature
#Flowers
#Photography
#Outdoors
#garden

Yes, confidence is attractive unless, and this is so important, unless you are also very obviously an idiot

A comic called "what your favorite migratory warbler says about you". Northern waterthrush: No matter how nice your outfit is, your boots are always covered in mud. Yellow warbler: You’re a source of joy and light. Everyone is terrified to cross you. Wilson's warbler: You like anyone who is wearing a tiny hat. Painted redstart: Your personal style is beguiling to your lovers and terrifying to your prey. Cerulean warbler: You got good looks at a Cerulean Warbler one time and you won’t ever let anyone forget it. Orange-crowned warbler: You’re too cool for the rest of us and you know it. Black-throated blue warbler: You’re the helpful friend who always has a clean tissue in your pocket. Black-and-white warbler: You enjoy parties but you often get shy and duck behind furniture. Blackburnian warbler: You like scented candles because they’re a socially acceptable way to set small fires. Mourning warbler: You were a high school goth and you wish you still had those clothes. Blue-winged warbler: All you want to do is talk, loudly and often, about bees. Whatever warbler you're looking at: you are correct.

What your favorite migratory wood warbler says about you. An oldie. My current favorite is the black-throated blue but it changes daily.

Some important books I have read in the last few years are:
1) The Dawn of Everything by Graeber and Wengrow
2) Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
3) Slow Down by Kohei Saito (haven't finished yet)
4) Emergent Strategy by Adrienne Marie Brown
5) Come as You Are by Emily Nagoski

Sexology and transidentities, a forgotten history. Part 1 : The Eldorado (1919-1933) According to the French sociologist Arnaud Alessandrin, 'the transidentities term, wich appeared in Germany at the begining of the 20th century, refers to a set of practices for identifying with a di…

May 6, 1933. Berlin. The 1st LGBTQIA+ center was destroyed by Nazis.

The Institute for Sexology was a pioneer place for trans studies. There was the 1st trans organization.

A forgotten history to remember in this dark times for trans people
blogs.mediapart.fr/yonatan/blog...
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Abortion Providers Have Faced Hundreds of Death Threats Since Roe’s Fall A chilling report on the spike in violence against abortion providers should concern us all.

In the two years since Roe was overturned, there were more than 750 cases of obstruction of a clinic, nearly 300 death threats or threats of harm, and more than 600 cases of trespassing.

South Memphis is choking while Elon Musk’s AI company cuts corners.

xAI’s massive supercomputer burns so much energy that local utilities can’t keep up so they installed 35 methane gas turbines right in the heart of a neighborhood already suffering from toxic air.

Resurrection as a metaphor

Your School House Rock moment......

I truly believe that we can come together as a community and be unwell enough to make this website stick

I'm so grateful to the PG and E *workers* who got our power restored so quickly

Bay Area peeps

It's true - but can't even really tell you WHY to read this thread without spoiling it

An example of Acción Ortográfica Quito doing the Lord's work (graffiti on a wall corrected with red spray paint)

Many commentators say that vigilante groups are never the answer. But they clearly don't know about the masked Ecuadorian trio named “Acción Ortográfica Quito,” who roam the streets at night with a singular purpose: to correct all the spelling and grammar mistakes they find in graffiti.

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