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Jack Cousteau ⚓️ @angrywaterman.bsky.social · May 25

On the southern coast of Gran Canaria, at the serene Melenara Beach in Telde, the awe-inspiring statue of Neptune (Poseidon) commands attention.

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 8d

In Paris, porcelain plates inside 18 meter pool filled with water create random sound symphony without human interference..pretty cool 😎

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2h

Religious leaders here are not mincing words. They have repeatedly used the word "evil."

"Detention and deportation are acts that wound the body of Christ, and deny the dignity of God's people."

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2h

A group of hundreds of faith in coalition who started at a Maywood church just arrived at the detention center for a eucharistic procession.

They want to offer communion to detainees inside, but won't be able to get past the barricades and fence on Beach Street.

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Marian Call @mariancall.bsky.social · 1h

Big news in my world, announced on Patreon:

Marian Call @mariancall.bsky.social · 9h

In which I announce the title of my next album, which I head to Anchorage next week to work on. You can see the basics without having to pay, you can listen to some secret preview tracks and read fresh written-tonight lyrics if you're a backer.

www.patreon.com/posts/secret...

Secret Scratch Tracks and a Sunday Concert | Marian Call

Get more from Marian Call on Patreon

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Marian Call @mariancall.bsky.social · 1h

i guess some part of me
did! the impulsive part

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 2h

(watching a population vigorously oppose subsidizing the welfare state while also maintaining one of the world’s largest prison systems) these are people who love to be free

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Marian Call @mariancall.bsky.social · 9h

I've been aware of this since college, which is part of why I've never been a fan of the scope of our footprint abroad. It's such an awful story.

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Marian Call @mariancall.bsky.social · 9h

i did not mean to announce an album tonight. strategy? never met her

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Marian Call @mariancall.bsky.social · 9h

They hid the lovely photo by Taylor Vidic, damn shame. Patreon's so withholding.

This is me and Kelsey Riker, we will be playing an online show on Bandcamp this Sunday, you're invited, link can be found above.

(Email coming to the Donors' Circle in the morning, now I must sleep!)

Photo of singer-songwriter Marian Call singing and playing guitar while percussionist Kelsey Riker plays cajon and grins impishly in the background.

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Marian Call @mariancall.bsky.social · 9h

In which I announce the title of my next album, which I head to Anchorage next week to work on. You can see the basics without having to pay, you can listen to some secret preview tracks and read fresh written-tonight lyrics if you're a backer.

www.patreon.com/posts/secret...

Secret Scratch Tracks and a Sunday Concert | Marian Call

Get more from Marian Call on Patreon

www.patreon.com

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Amal El-Mohtar @amalelmohtar.com · 21h

It is once again time

Photo of a television screen showing the title card for OVER THE GARDEN WALL, the most perfect show to ever exist

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 20h

One Battle After Another

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 1d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 1d

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 1d

If the party leadership admits this, they have to admit that we are not in normal political times anymore and that the response cannot be to just do normal political campaigns on topics like healthcare coverage, and they are not prepared for that world.

bort @crushbort.bsky.social · 1d

is it not weird that every day there’s a new video of anonymous masked men having the time of their lives beating/shooting/disappearing people and the dem response from the top down is “republicans want to double your health insurance premiums”

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Damnèd Screamvens @thehighsign.bsky.social · 1d

Shakespeare = the ultimate "there's always a tweet"

William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 1d

Would I could find a fine frog!

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Marian Call @mariancall.bsky.social · 1d

we love our problematic ships

Pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social · 1d

In space news, astronomers have not just confirmed but photographed the existence of a black hole pair finding two in a locked 12 year orbit of each other www.utu.fi/en/news/pres...

Scientists capture an image of two black holes circling each other for the first time

For the first time, astronomers have managed to capture a radio image showing two black holes orbiting each other. The observation confirmed the existence of black hole pairs.

www.utu.fi

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 1d

Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).

The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 1d

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

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Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

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Marian Call @mariancall.bsky.social · 1d

not that i'm a fan of this, but the US has military bases in dozens of countries, and I've always been curious about the reaction folks would have to hosting a foreign military here. guess we get to find out now