We can at least HOPE that the world's children have teachers who are patient enough to share -- and be allowed to share -- clear and fact-based historical knowledge.
A #lesson ingrained years ago by friend and mentor Joe Duty is that, once confident that you have the #photo you want/need (for yourself/assignment) if you have the time/space, try something else out – just for #fun, for a #challenge, for the heck of it.
I did that today with the partial annular #eclipse – and found a pleasant surprise. After purposely avoiding #blur and lens #flare the whole time, I sought it out.
(I’ll share ones in sharp focus after newspaper’s published)
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So, I wasn't going crazy. The replacement, stupidly expensive and complicated ECM motor they shipped me was in fact DOA. Confirmed with a 2nd replacement I got today. I was about half-convinced I had done something wrong with the first replacement, but couldn't even guess at what.
7 October 1944 | Jewish prisoners of the Sonderkommando at the German Nazi camp Auschwitz II-Birkenau organized a revolt. They set crematorium IV on fire, causing serious damage, as well as attacked the SS men in the vicinity. 1/5
On September 1, Vladimir Putin will give an open lesson as part of Russia’s state-designed, mandatory “patriotic” lesson series, Important Conversations. According to the Kremlin’s press service, 30 high-achieving schoolchildren will attend.
#Lesson learned; perhaps this will save someone else some time.
If you have #Python 3.11 installed on Bullseye from the "#deadsnakes" ppa, uninstall it before attempting the upgrade. It conflicts with the Python 3.11 package in Bookworm in a way that causes the upgrade to #fail partway through. Then you have to manually fix it all...
Vladimir Putin to give open lesson as part of Russia's mandatory patriotism class on September 1 — Meduza (meduza.io)
On September 1, Vladimir Putin will give an open lesson as part of Russia’s state-designed, mandatory “patriotic” lesson series, Important Conversations. According to the Kremlin’s press service, 30 high-achieving schoolchildren will attend.