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News from the Environment

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I saw all these stories recently. Mother Nature is more powerful than we are. https://twitter.com/volcaholic1/status/2023850637629481139?s=20 Hey, this is the time for Situational Awareness! https://twitter.com/volcaholic1/status/2023361802722001278?s=20 Hey drivers, watch where you're going! And from Ireland: https://twitter.com/cormac_mcginley/status/2023684176306991596?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ https://twitter.com/WeatherNation/status/2023593252017111457?s=20 My readers might remember my photos of that same volcano when we were in Hawaii in 2018. That eruption was …

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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #383: Looking back to #174-Shapes and Designs

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I learned that "shapes" are what are found in Nature; "designs" are what humans make, often mimicking that Nature. "I think that I shall never see a Poem as lovely as a Tree" is a little snippet of poetry that I'll bet every school child learns (author is Joyce Kilmer, who was male-yeah, I never …

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I learned something today, and now you can, too

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Here are some learning articles posted on X. It is a platform that has more than just current events and politics. There are hundreds of thousands of accounts posting historical, cultural, nature, and other valuable information for people to expand their horizons. It's never too late to learn something new. https://twitter.com/ClassicalAegis/status/2016668751266210291?s=20 The above is in …

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On the Waterfront

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We have had a series of sunny days here in Western Washington, so yesterday I went on a photo-hunting expedition down to the new Waterfront Place development on Marine Drive (aptly named, don't you think?). The channel divides the long Jetty Island from the new park, which has a walking/running trail (there were lots of …

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Holidays at the Marina

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Thursday Hubby and I went out for dinner to our favorite Italian place, near the Marina. It was another cold, clear night with little wind. We noticed some bright blue lights nearby, so after dinner we went outside and found this. Lighted hollow ornament We thought it was very pretty. And the lights weren’t just …

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*The Financialization of Everything: Engineer discusses Windows 11; RushBabe49 applies it to another area.

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Just recently, a new guy I follow on X did a very enlightening post on Windows 11, and how Microsoft succumbed to the trend toward the bean-counters running the show. Reproduced entirely below, with link to original X post at the bottom. He connects all the dots leading to the short-circuiting of the process of …

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Great Britain has been getting snowed-on this week. Check these out!

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It has been an unusual week in Britain, as they have seen feet of snowfall in a short amount of time. The posts below show you how the people are handling the weather. "Stiff Upper Lip" seems to be the order of the day, along with some humor and fun. First, Network Rail Scotland has …

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*Farmers are rising up in Europe, fighting the EU Bureaucratic Tyranny.

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The un-elected EU "Leaders" are attempting to eliminate farming, adding taxation and onerous regulations, so they can destroy farmland with windmills and solar panels. Then, they can import cheaper food from abroad, and have the entire population under their thumb, dependent on foreigners for their very lives, owning no property and eliminating centuries of agrarian …

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*More information about the flooding in Western Washington. Water, Water, Everywhere!

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The header photo for this post is the Hood Canal Bridge, the main artery to the Olympic Peninsula, which is closed due to high winds. We are being hit by a succession of atmospheric rivers off the Pacific Ocean, which cause extensive flooding and road damage all over the Western half of the state. Some …

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