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CStamp

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I'm still here, I have photos to prove it. (All photos I post are mine unless specifically stated otherwise.)

My non-pinned posts are set to delete after 2 months.

No alt text, no boost.

http://www.carolynstampeen.com

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NunavutBirder, to worldwithoutus
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If you saw my post with the stamp of the rock form known as “The Pants”, here is a photo of a Polar Bear dwarfed by it, seen through its legs. I had the wrong lens on and couldn’t get a photo of the entire formation and bear.

CStamp,
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@NunavutBirder The "something for scale" is amazing. :)

CStamp, to random
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The argument over white-and-gold and black-and-blue took an unexpected turn: https://nypost.com/2024/05/11/world-news/scottish-husband-keir-johnston-behind-viral-blue-black-dress-illusion-admits-to-brutally-attacking-wife/

CStamp,
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Speaking of that dress, when it came out, I took it into PS to check the colours and the gold was in the yellow range, the whites had a blue cast. So I still cannot understand anyone seeing it as black and blue. :)

CStamp, to random
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Annie Leibovitz should just not photograph Black people. Just came across her Simone Biles photos.

divya, to random
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"He was evicted and his home was later listed on Airbnb. Meanwhile, his landlord hosted a charity event to end homelessness"

headline from Toronto but could be a headline from SF

https://www.thestar.com/real-estate/he-was-evicted-and-his-home-was-later-listed-on-airbnb-meanwhile-his-landlord-hosted/article_72c86bde-e162-11ee-b6d0-e3e7190ad965.html

CStamp,
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@divya Airbnb is just evil. A way to help the current housing crises (cost and availability) is to make it illegal. You get a house to live in, maybe one to vacation in, then tax the hell out of anything else so it is not practical for something like Airbnb to survive.

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@divya The problem is that they DO leave people unhoused. There are people in small communities who have been kicked out of their rentals because a new buyer wants the profits of short-term rentals & they don't have other options. It does a LOT of damage.

No one supporting Airbnb ever has a right to complain about housing costs and availability. A person can buy a 2nd home, if they want to rent that out sure. As is, it is an evil thing.

I hate hotels & B&Bs have always been lovely.

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@divya Regulations would mean regulating how many a single entity can have and, yes, being dismissive of a luxury over a necessity is fair. It also affects neighbourhoods themselves when a person is able to turn a residential home into a short term rental. Homes and longterm rentals are much more important than "well, I prefer..."

The original idea of airbnbs were to rent out one's own home while on vacation. "Someone else's vacation will pay for yours" thing. Which has been corrupted.

kristinHenry, to random
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I sure wish I could see this amazing aurora, but the fog is rolling in over Twin Peaks, and it's still unlikely that it will be active by the time it's dark here? It's not likely.

I'll still go outside, just in case, after dark tonight.

CStamp,
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@kristinHenry If you can do a long exposure with your camera, you might record more colour than you see with your naked eye.

Gustodon, (edited ) to random
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Using a gun to kill a deer is an innately cowardly act.

CStamp,
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@Gustodon What kind of gun and what are the circumstances? There are people who hunt for food, depend on hunting for food. Killing a deer with a bullet seems more humane than how most livestock is treated.

CStamp, to random
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Youtube is live streaming the Eurovision finals, for any interested. :)

StillIRise1963, to random
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The guy got into office COMMITTING CRIMES and has NEVER STOPPED COMMITTING THEM and he somehow HAS PAID NO PRICE.

CStamp,
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@virtualbri @StillIRise1963 The founding fathers left a lot dependent on common decency.

CStamp,
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@StillIRise1963 Well, the $90 million to EJ Carroll, but it's crappy that none of the court cases mean anything to the Deplorables.

I am angry that he didn't have to stand in front of a height scale for his mug shot and was allowed to lie about his height and weight. ;)

tantramar, to random
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Relented and signed up for Amazon Prime for a 1-month trial. Opened Prime Video app on Apple TV, chose something “included with Prime” to watch (because Prime Video seems mostly to exist to upsell you on channels/partners for more money), then got hit with unskippable ads — 3 of them.

Deleted the app. Cancelled the trial. Despite 357 warnings, I’m delighted to be losing out on my “Prime benefits”. 🙄

It’s amazing how little I want to pay to watch ads.

CStamp,
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@tantramar High five.

thepoliticalcat, to random
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These people are straight up saying they don't believe their deacon moleted kids:

https://www.albanyherald.com/news/sylvester-shaken-by-arrest-of-church-deacon-on-child-molestation-incest-charges/article_e80e59cc-0e39-11ef-be32-8bdc79ac2b54.html

LOTS and LOTS of kids. 66 counts of sexual crimes against children.

Throw ALL the books at him.

CStamp,
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@thepoliticalcat "things like that don’t happen in small towns like Sylvester". Yes, things like that absolutely do happen in small towns.

gedeonm, (edited ) to random
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Have you replaced some or all of your passwords with pass keys yet?

CStamp,
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@gedeonm You don't have a none. :)

RickiTarr, to random
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So, what's the thing, what's the big thing no one can help you with? How do you cope with it?

CStamp,
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@tantramar @BootsChantilly @mmiasma @RickiTarr Wow. Pretty amazing.

I wish it were easier for adopted people to learn family histories, even if parent names are optional, as that connection itself is really grounding. Being able to connect with lost parents (and kids) is really special.

I had an aunt who wanted a large family, couldn't have kids, so adopted 5. Some looked for parents when they were older, as that icing, and some were fine not knowing, happy enough in a large family.

gedeonm, to random
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These are straight out of the iPhone 15 Pro Max from Greensboro, North Carolina. It’s very hard to see the here with the naked eye but point the phone and shoot and WOW!

CStamp,
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@gedeonm Cell phone cameras have come a LONG way. :)

Spectacular.

br00t4c, to random
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Candace Owens Pushes Conspiracy Theory AIPAC Had JFK Assassinated

https://www.mediaite.com/news/candace-owens-pushes-conspiracy-theory-aipac-had-jfk-assassinated/

CStamp,
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@br00t4c She's still around?

CStamp, to random
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Did you know that polar bears love carrots?

Adam_Cadmon1, to random
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I'm no doctor, not qualified to make diagnoses, but I have to think that a man who PRINTS out positive tweets about himself to read during his legal and civil trial(s) CANNOT be fit for the presidency.

CStamp,
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@Adam_Cadmon1 OMG. I had to look this up. Aids give him the articles for the same purpose as giving kids crayons and things to colour at a restaurant.

https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-reads-positive-press-clippings-about-himself-to-bide-time-during-trial-210712133526

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@Adam_Cadmon1 Apparently this is a long-time thing (2017): "Trump gets a folder full of positive news about himself twice a day"

https://www.vice.com/en/article/zmygpe/trump-folder-positive-news-white-house

aral, to random
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You don’t have a cost of living crisis, you have capitalism.

CStamp,
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@aral Abuse of capitalism.

CStamp, to SanFrancisco
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One day, I'll visit here with some company. As a lone woman, I try to leave here before sunset because at this time of day, by the time I climb back up the very steep hill trail and walk back to where there are lots of people, it is dark. I'm glad I "chanced" a later time, but still couldn't linger to see how the sky might change. I loved the mist and the rock silhouettes. Straight ahead is the Pacific; behind, to the right, the Golden Gate Bridge.

CStamp,
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@docpop thanks!

sundogplanets, to random
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I am talking o a reporter about this in a couple hours: https://regina.ctvnews.ca/from-outer-space-sask-farmers-baffled-after-discovering-strange-wreckage-in-field-1.6880353

This is about an hour away from my farm, so this'll be a fun conversation, and yet another great opportunity to tell a lot of people about what a huge problem we have with unregulated commercialization of orbit. (Also I just redid my slides for my public talk next week, this is going in!)

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@sundogplanets This could've landed on his head, could've landed on a school... :(

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