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carolannie

@carolannie@c.im

Retired sysadmin, parent, grandparent, wanting to not be a computer nerd, but instead progress to #photography #philosophy #progressivism #insighfulness #gardening #art and #MaybeWisdom
All photographs and "art" my own unless otherwise noted
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    carolannie,
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    @sciencebase moth balls

    sciencebase, (edited ) to Birding
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    carolannie,
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    @sciencebase Lovely birds, lovely shots

    paulfoerster, to baking
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    Yaeeee! Gugelhupf! 🥮 Love it! ❤️🤣

    Erm, correction: Loved it! It’s gone already. 😔

    @evelynefoerster ❤️

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    carolannie,
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    @evelynefoerster Oh happy home. where there is at least one good cook!

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    We interrupt your regular scrolling for this important video of Charidotella sexpunctata the ruby gold tortoise beetle.

    Look at how this little creature places it's little feets* with such care. I wonder if, like ants, they have little sticky pads that must be activated and deactivated for traction?

    The video is by Andreas Kay who does excellent macrophotography.

    *I know "feet" is plural for foot, but if the foot is very cute the proper term is "feets" or "footies"

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kB5y3wo3UkM

    carolannie,
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    @futurebird VTOL!

    carolannie, to photography
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    I saw a gingko tree changing color and found the edging and green fading interesting. I did a little processing to emphasize what I enjoyed the most, the coloring and the fan shapes. Maple Leaf Neighborhood, Seattle, Washington, USA
    #Photography #PNW #SeattleWashington #AutumnGingko

    archeaids, to Cats
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    Every time I open the door...every time.

    carolannie,
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    @archeaids copy cats

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    carolannie,
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    @Teri_Kanefield It would seem that they all learned history only in junior high school. Even high school history is better than that

    carolannie, to Humor
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    And the Fat Bear winner is...(gift article)

    https://wapo.st/48PB8T4

    futurebird, to random
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    Hi!
    Was wonder if
    u have any sugar???

    (ima tap u see if any come out k?)

    tapa tap tap tap tap tap

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    TAPA TAP TAP TAP TAP TAP TAP TAP

    OK i see.
    no.

    (ima bite you now. k?)

    carolannie,
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    @futurebird 😆

    carolannie, to climate
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    Save the soil critters, including mycorrhizae--gift article
    @SoilScience
    https://wapo.st/46Fn9O1

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    carolannie,
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    @jeffowski I say that to little kids who run up to pat my dog: please check with your grown-ups if it's OK. I never know who is caring for the kids, parents, grand parents, nannies? The kids always know.

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    She loves power tools. Should I worry?

    carolannie,
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    @futurebird With that look in her eyes, yes

    AskPippa, to random
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    Breakfast logic.
    Pop Tarts are basically squished slices of pie.
    Pop Tarts are considered a breakfast food.
    Therefore, slices of pie can be considered a breakfast food.

    Right? I mean, who's with me on this? 🥧

    carolannie,
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    @AskPippa Not only that, but a piece of pie is more nutritious than a PopTart

    carolannie, to Ukraine
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    How much are we spending as a nation in Ukraine? Less than we spend on candy.

    https://cepr.net/putting-ukraine-spending-in-context/

    carolannie, to climate
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    The likely effects of a strong El Niño

    https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/with-a-strong-el-nino-now-very-likely-what-should-we-expect

    AskPippa, (edited ) to Energy
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    Who is behind opposition to ?
    Stephen Leahy has written a story about a study looking at who opposes wind energy -- and where their funding comes from. Includes a link to the original report


    https://leahy.substack.com/p/who-is-behind-the-growing-opposition

    carolannie,
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    His newsletters are invaluable

    AskPippa, to random
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    Target is closing stores because of theft, violence. A lot of stores face huge problems with theft. It drives up their overhead costs, having to get security, repairs, replace items, and more. It leads to price increases that everyone else has top pay for to make up for their losses, and makes life difficult for the employees.

    " said in May that theft was cutting into its bottom line...that means losses could top $1.2 billion this fiscal year."

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/target-stores-theft-1.6979493

    carolannie,
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    @AskPippa That's what they say. Is it true? No one digs into this to see if it's true, they just accept the rationale offered by the businesses abandoning underserved communities. You do note these are all in underserved communities. Did any reporter explore if these stores were unprofitable for other reasons? No. Did any reporter ask if they were closing marginal box stores because they were making more money using e-commerce? No. Did any reporter ask to see the actual figures rather than taking the business reps word for it? No.

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    @AskPippa These sorts of stories are why I am extremely dubious: https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/18/business/retail-shoplifting-shrink-walgreens/index.html and https://africa.businessinsider.com/retail/heres-why-target-and-costco-are-having-wildly-different-experiences-with-americas/lffyd6j?op=1 (note all the hedge words such as "appear" and "seem" ) and https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/12/business/stores-closing-cities-downtown-retail/index.html
    Those are scattered throughout the year and aren't sensational. Executives like to do CYA as if this is a sudden problem. There is a drumbeat about how crime is "increasing" but the numbers just don't bear it out.

    I think there is a reason for this. Crime isn't rising at any spectacular rate, except for homicides (https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/14/us/crime-data-reporting-united-states-homicide-increase/index.html) but conservatives are using a drumbeat of news stories to create a gestalt of fear and demonization.

    carolannie, to photography
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    Leaves on the parapet: The wind and rainstorms plastered leaves on walls, sidewalks and trails. They'll probably dry and curl up and blow away after a couple of days of sun
    #Photography #PNW #SeattleWashington #Autumn

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    What shall I bake tomorrow:

    carolannie,
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    @evelynefoerster What are American cookies?

    carolannie,
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    @evelynefoerster @hakona @book @Mary625 Peanut butter cookies! Yum. No chocolate chips in these, by my request

    carolannie,
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    @evelynefoerster @hakona @book @Mary625
    Americans seem to like their cookies soft and what I think of as gooey. I agree, chewy is better. However, crisp cookies are well liked too, which I would suppose fall into the "biscuit" category. Etymologically, I wonder how cookies came to be called biscuits, which means cooked twice, as are biscotti (which are called, hideously, biscottis in the plural here in the US)
    But I digress

    carolannie, to photography
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    A little autumn in the air, McClure Pass, Colorado, USA from 2020

    carolannie, to random
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    Free covid tests will be mailed again, Biden administration says - The Washington Post--free article

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2023/09/20/free-covid-tests-mail-usps/

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