KristianHarstad, to Bulgaria

There are more #Russian #spies in #EU #Parliament, #Latvian lawmakers say

#espionage #spy #Ždanoka

https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-spies-european-parliament-latvia-meps-eu/

iuculano, to random
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As per

« , a member of the , has been a trusted asset of since at least 2005. Leaked emails between Zdanoka and her two known case officers include explicit, detailed reports from Zdanoka to her handlers describing her work as a legislator, particularly as those official duties relate to fostering pro-Kremlin sentiment in her native region. »

https://theins.ru/en/politics/268694

cohanf, to nature
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It won't surprise anyone that I'm late for 😆 I had an unexpected day off work yesterday (back at it today!) so got some editing done. With the theme, I've edited a touch more than usual. I'm aiming to use a photo from each day as that day's image (no photos Dec 3, so doubled on the 4th!). Here are days 1-4

Day 2 Winter sun across a couple of straw stubble fields separated by wire and post fences, the second one bordered by a thin line of variable height native poplars at the back. Sky is mostly blue with dark clouds approaching from left. White vignetting
Day 3 in the woods on farm, looking out between the dark ridged trunks of several balsam poplars, ground lightly covered with snow, dry leaves showing through. Beyond wetland with clumps of dried grass poking through snow, then an area of low red willows the sun hitting their tops and the mixed woods behind against a blue-grey sky. White vignetting
Several wiry spidery dry stems of Sea Thrift, most with dry seed heads, all reaching to the left across shadowed snow in afternoon gloom, Behind the central stems is a cinnabar coloured apple leaf stuck between stems and snow. Black vignetting.

cohanf,
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see previous for preamble. Here are days 5 and 6 on the / is low in sky as approaches and showing some of her cloak of as a reminder of other seasons!

An uneven lumpy bumpy rolling spread of green moss over old logs and stumps, surrounded with reddish brown and grey fallen leaves giving way to snow farther away, punctuated with numerous thin stems of saplings and shrubs, larger tree bases visible farther back. Black vignetting.

cohanf,
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Day 11 has left some colour from Autumn (months ago!) hanging bright against the with a drop of frozen and inscribed with cryptic insect prayers to the ! and Day 12 is nearly at the maximum of her turn to the south, yet her rays still brighten days, even if the warmth is mostly in our hearts!

View of the base of a large balsam poplar trunk with dark furrowed bark, nearly smooth snow immediately around it, dry leaves and twigs showing through the shallow snow farther away. It is in mature mixed woods-- a shady place but with trees not too close together, and not a lot of growth on the ground in many places. A couple of shafts of weak, golden, afternoon sun shine in from mid left, just reaching the trunk and the snow around it.

cohanf,
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Day 14 Since reading more about her by chance, recently, I've been thinking a bit about the She seems more to stem from the primordial nature worship of Old Europe (the ancient pre-Indo-Europeans). (more to come on this some day soon). She's associated with birch trees in particular, so now I think of her whenever I see them! Next year's catkins on this one, I think?

cohanf, to nature
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Hey, this one's on time (only 9:33 p.m. here!) for the end of colours are reduced to just a few though the sky still carries Saule's goodwishes at her rising and setting and her light plays with in 's offerings and 's leftovers!
#Alberta

ancientsounds, to linguistics

Audio Etymologies of the Day

"Sore" and "sorry" come from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂ei-ro- [sairo], like this (listen):
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/sore-from-PIE-sh2eiro.wav
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/sorry-from-PIE-sh2eiro.wav

*sh₂ei-ro- is a form of *sh₂ei- [sai] “afflict, bind”, which developed into Latvian saiklis “string, band, connection”:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-sh2ei-to-Latvian-saiklis.wav
and Ossetian хид khid “bridge” → Hungarian híd
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-sh2ei-to-Ossetian-khid.wav

@linguistics

cohanf, to solar
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I've been making an for (and some of the other key dates) for some years now. Several years back it gained an extra level of meaning for me, as my Mother died at this time.
Now, the altar marks the : the richness of and and of remaining and burgeoning as turns her face to the south and paints the world in jewel tones. (cont)

cohanf, to Alberta
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Autumn showers,
Toad sings praises
to Rain Mother

#poem #September #Alberta #pagan #animist #Latvian

cohanf, to Bloomscrolling
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-plenty of rain! that's what this week was like! It's still summer here in early and there will be warm days and things flowering for a long time to come, but is already beginning to turn her gaze southward and will soon begin painting Autumn colours! details in replies

normis, to random
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Evening in countryside.

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