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Ken Larson was awarded the Bronze Star during two military tours in Vietnam. His career subsequently spanned 36 years with major aerospace and defense companies and small business consulting. Ken received the SCORE National Achievement Award in 2010 and the MicroMentor Award for Outstanding Service In Mentorship in 2021. Micro Mentor and SCORE are non-profit organization offering free assistance to small business in business planning, operations, marketing and other aspects of success.

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RiversideBryan, to Florida
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🌾 spring time over Goodby's Creek

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Smalltofeds,
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@RiversideBryan

Foreground/background shot gives neat perspective on this view. 👍

Catlynn, to random
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Haha oh my goodness, they’re so cute. I had almost forgotten about these guys but it’s very nice to have them around again. Itty bitty oak titmouse.

Smalltofeds,
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@Catlynn

Personality Plus!

appassionato, to palestine
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What are US student protesters demanding?

The protesters are calling for universities to divest from corporations that profit from Israel’s war on Gaza.
They are also demanding that universities severe academic ties and collaborations with Israeli universities and programmes.
Demonstrators want an end to US military aid to Israel. Washington provides more than $3bn annually in military aid to Israel.
They are calling for more financial transparency about university investments.

@palestine

Smalltofeds,
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@appassionato @palestine

The military aid issue is tied to a much larger worldwide challenge; the proliferation of weapons of war for profit across the globe. Gaza is a symptom of a gathering, thundering cloud.

This must cease to avoid another world war, which in this day in age will outdo Gaza by orders of magnitude and threaten the continuation of the human race.

Hiroshima and Nagasaki were previews. The leadership of nations must come together to address the threat.

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appassionato, to books
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How Much is Enough? Money and the Good Life by Robert Skidelsky, 2012

What constitutes the good life? What is the true value of money? Why do we work such long hours merely to acquire greater wealth? These are some of the questions that many asked themselves when the financial system crashed in 2008. This book tackles such questions head-on.

@bookstodon



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@appassionato @bookstodon

Compare to:

https://www.amazon.com/Too-Much-Never-Enough-Dangerous/dp/1982141468

br00t4c, to space
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Want to go to the moon? NASA is letting anyone apply to be an astronaut for the next mission

https://qz.com/nasa-artemis-moon-mission-astronauts-application-1851390122

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@br00t4c

While NASA arranges the moon trips, DARPA is spending the big bucks designing what to do when everybody gets there.

"Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Concept For A Moon-Based Railroad Network"

https://rosecoveredglasses.wordpress.com/2024/03/29/defense-advanced-research-projects-agency-concept-for-a-moon-based-railroad-network/

compost, to climate
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Lately, I have read a lot of people complain that people did not care about .

I believe this statement to be wrong, I think most people care but they do not see how their actions could make a difference.

We have proven that we could reach out to people about the because people care.

Now there is a question I would like to ask all of you: Do you remember what or who got you interested in composting? What made you care for it?

Smalltofeds,
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@compost

Diary farming and manure spreading with the natural residue chores peaked my interest at lest once a day until at age 19 when I joined the Army.

Smalltofeds, to random
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Why Social Network To Promote Your Small Business?

"SMALLTOFEDS" By Ken Larson "Personal, professional and business branding is occurring regularly, whether or not we are aware of it. From our web site presence to our postings on the sites of others, from our credit ratings to our cell phone records and application navigation, we are tracking others and being tracked ourselves. Deciding to become active in social networking is really a matter of managing personal,…

https://rosecoveredglasses.wordpress.com/2024/03/28/why-social-network-to-promote-your-small-business-2/

DeborahLeagueFineArt, to photography
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Lake Lugano Switzerland Art Print, View from Mount Bré.

ART
https://deborahleaguefineart.etsy.com/listing/761371587/lake-lugano-switzerland-art-print-view

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@DeborahLeagueFineArt

Framed Beautifully!👍

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DIGITAL EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE DEFICIT - Instant messaging, emails & social media undermine emotional intelligence & interpersonal skills- cornerstones of leadership and CRM

https://rosecoveredglasses.wordpress.com/2024/03/20/our-growing-emotional-intelligence-deficit-in-digital-communications/

GovTrack, to random
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We signed onto a letter from two dozen organizations calling on agencies implementing President Biden's executive order on artificial intelligence to focus on AI's actual harms happening today, not the sci-fi dystopia that AI's impresarios are trying to distract you with so they can get away with harms today. (1/2)

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@GovTrack

All great minds think in the same direction.

https://larsoke4.wixsite.com/website/post/participants-from-40-plus-countries-meeting-to-thrash-out-responsible-ai-for-military-use

jbross, to Quotes
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"It's quite possible to leave your home for a walk in the early morning air and return a different person- beguiled, enchanted." — Mary Chase — — —

Smalltofeds,
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@jbross

Very well expressed JBRoss. I might add the same experience can be had during a walk in the evening air.

br00t4c, to random
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The Government Is In Danger Of Shutting Down This Week. Yes, Again.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/government-faces-shutdown-threat-again_n_65ddfbb7e4b0189a6a7f80f5

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@br00t4c

Government Shutdown Risk Management Planning For Small Business Contractors

https://rosecoveredglasses.wordpress.com/2023/11/13/government-shutdown-risk-management-planning-for-small-business-contractors/

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SUNRISE THAW - Vermillion River Trail - Hastings, Minnesota

RiversideBryan, to Florida
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foggy florida fun

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@RiversideBryan

Great atmospheric effect. Fog is one of my favorties.

Smalltofeds, to random
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GREAT EGRET BIRDS EYE VIEW SEASONAL TIME LAPSE

Lake Rebecca - Mississippi River Trail (MRT) Hastings, Minnesota (click the linke and then the pic for telescopic view)

https://www.flickr.com/photos/odysseyof_armaments/53488386601/in/dateposted-public/

JimsPhotos, to nature
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"Look human, it's not us birds screwing up the planet! That's you that is!! Now do something about it"

A Eurasian Goldfinch with an attitude.

Smalltofeds,
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@JimsPhotos
Personality PLUS!

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BIRD'S EYE VIEW - Vermillion River Trail - Hastings, Minnesota

gutenberg_org, to books
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Eric Arthur Blair, English novelist, essayist, journalist, and critic who wrote under the name George Orwell died in 1950. He is known for the allegorical novella Animal Farm (1945) and the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949). His non-fiction works, including The Road to Wigan Pier (1937), and Homage to Catalonia (1938) are as critically respected as his essays on politics, literature, language and culture. via @wikipedia

Smalltofeds,
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@gutenberg_org @wikipedia

It is intriguing to speculate what this gentleman would write in the current era.

Swede1952, (edited ) to ilaughed

Woodpecker Watch: A Rooftop Reverie

This is a red bellied woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus), I took the photo some time ago. I been debating whether to use it, or not. The woodpecker was on the edge of the roof of a small, red barn shaped, shed that I have in my back yard.

Smalltofeds,
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@Swede1952

Closeups are grand. The disclose not only detail, but personality in a wild creature

Swede1952, to ilaughed

Blue Jay’s Bounty

This blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata) was a long way off when I took this picture, yesterday. I cropped this photo way in, so this is 50.6 MP starting to pay off but not perfectly. The biggest problem here was noise. I haven't seen a blue jay in a while, they are not coming to the bird feeders right now. This jay has two acorns in its beak.

"Blue Jays lower their crests when they are feeding peacefully with family and flock members or tending to nestlings." - allaboutbirds.org

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@Swede1952

They love peanuts. I have never seen a bird in the wild that is so carried away about carrying away peanuts.

This one and his fronds wait every day for me at a natural feeding station. He has a repertoire of 3 other bird song species that is total mimicry.

nixCraft, to random
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You Must be willing to work in a fast-paced and exciting environment.

The environment 👇

Smalltofeds, (edited )
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@nixCraft

".....while dealing with short attention spans."...
https://larsoke4.wixsite.com/website/post/understanding-the-challenge-of-short-attention-spans

Daojoan, to random
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Billionaire wealth isn't a sign of a healthy society. It's a symptom of rot. The accumulation of wealth in the hands of the few while millions struggle is an imbalance that demands attention, not admiration.

Smalltofeds,
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@Daojoan

Current events and history itself tells us two important outcomes of the condition you have cited:

  1. When governments and weapons makers treasure the economic windfalls in collective military industrial technology and refuse to negotiate, then political and military values on both sides of a world conflict collide.

Soldiers and civilians then die.

  1. Continuation of the economic disparate imbalance eventually results in revolution.

https://rosecoveredglasses.wordpress.com/2023/12/31/communicative-negotiation-the-only-way-forward-for-our-planet-in-conflict/

Swede1952, to ilaughed

Blue Jay

Here is a photo of a blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata) that I took in October 2023. I haven't seen any of these birds in a few weeks, I know that they are still around though. Perhaps they are deeper in the forest. My guess I'll see them more when it starts getting really cold, especially it snows. Yes, it occasionally snows in Louisiana.

"The oldest known wild, banded Blue Jay was at least 26 years, 11 months old when it was found dead after being caught in fishing gear. It had been banded in the Newfoundland/Labrador/St. Pierre et Miquelon area in 1989 and was found there in 2016." - allaboutbirds.org

Smalltofeds,
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@Swede1952

Why do these birds have such a ravenous appetite for peanuts?

Swede1952, to ilaughed

The exit is that way!

I thought that this chipping sparrow pose was interesting. Unfortunately, it was almost dark outside so there was very much noise in the photograph.

There was another sparrow to the right that I wanted to include in the picture but because the noise was so bad, its head just kind of blended with the bird seed behind it and any AI I employed just made it worse. The missing sparrow had its beak wide open as if squawking something in protest.

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@Swede1952

Traffic Cop

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Profile of a Neotropic Cormorant

This photo was pretty good except the bird wasn't entirely in the frame. So, with a bit of cropping I was able to use the photo and capture that piercing green eye.

"The oldest recorded Neotropic Cormorant was at least 11 years, 9 months old when it was found in Louisiana." - allaboutbirds.org

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@Swede1952

Deep diving, submarine marvel - steals my bait as I fish but gets hooked. Spent half hour getting black a blue from immensely strong wings as I rescue my 6 dollar spinner-bait. Wherever these birds are - so are the fish, but be ready to compromise.

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