J.P. DuBois
@auntijade.bsky.social
Old Hermit living in the Woods with my cat.
Please don't add me to🚫Starter Packs🚫
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#AuntiJade #FernSanctuary
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#ReMember
#AuntiJade #FernSanctuary
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For #MementoMoriMonday and #OwlishMonday,
Allegory with an Owl, woodcut by Hans Wechtlin [c. 1480-1526]
hvrd.art/o/259669
What is the second word of the top line of the inscription? Ich ??Den Tag.
#TheVictorianBookoftheDead
Allegory with an Owl, woodcut by Hans Wechtlin [c. 1480-1526]
hvrd.art/o/259669
What is the second word of the top line of the inscription? Ich ??Den Tag.
#TheVictorianBookoftheDead
December 8, 2025 at 3:26 PM
For #MementoMoriMonday and #OwlishMonday,
Allegory with an Owl, woodcut by Hans Wechtlin [c. 1480-1526]
hvrd.art/o/259669
What is the second word of the top line of the inscription? Ich ??Den Tag.
#TheVictorianBookoftheDead
Allegory with an Owl, woodcut by Hans Wechtlin [c. 1480-1526]
hvrd.art/o/259669
What is the second word of the top line of the inscription? Ich ??Den Tag.
#TheVictorianBookoftheDead
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From the 1950s until a few years before she died, Vivian Maier took at least 150,000 pics, mostly in Chicago, and showed nobody. Now she has earned her place alongside Arbus, Frank, Friedlander, Model, Winogrand, and others.
See her vivid photos:
newyorkermag.visitlink.me/efBiaC
See her vivid photos:
newyorkermag.visitlink.me/efBiaC
What Vivian Maier Saw in Color
The mysterious photographer’s vivid work in color gets its turn in the limelight.
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December 8, 2025 at 2:48 PM
From the 1950s until a few years before she died, Vivian Maier took at least 150,000 pics, mostly in Chicago, and showed nobody. Now she has earned her place alongside Arbus, Frank, Friedlander, Model, Winogrand, and others.
See her vivid photos:
newyorkermag.visitlink.me/efBiaC
See her vivid photos:
newyorkermag.visitlink.me/efBiaC
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I understand those sharing that their grandparents migrated here with very little & the children and grandchildren ended up doing highly valued jobs. I also hope we don't just value one another according to income or job. There are so many other ways people contribute to society and communities.
December 7, 2025 at 9:57 AM
I understand those sharing that their grandparents migrated here with very little & the children and grandchildren ended up doing highly valued jobs. I also hope we don't just value one another according to income or job. There are so many other ways people contribute to society and communities.
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The wise witch never takes more than her share. There are only so many bottles of tincture and syrup she can store. She learns to swerve greed, to leave an unexpected bounty for birds and sprites. Sometimes the best harvest is a memory of beauty. – #EmilyCBanting, 1982 #WitchSky
December 7, 2025 at 10:41 AM
The wise witch never takes more than her share. There are only so many bottles of tincture and syrup she can store. She learns to swerve greed, to leave an unexpected bounty for birds and sprites. Sometimes the best harvest is a memory of beauty. – #EmilyCBanting, 1982 #WitchSky
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I'm starting to wonder how much "the male loneliness epidemic" is just straight and bisexual women identifying low-effort, mean, and incompetent men and choosing not to date, marry, and tolerate them anymore
December 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I'm starting to wonder how much "the male loneliness epidemic" is just straight and bisexual women identifying low-effort, mean, and incompetent men and choosing not to date, marry, and tolerate them anymore
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Police Chief Brian O’Hara has delivered a blunt message to his department: If an officer witnesses ICE agents using illegal force and fails to step in, they will be fired. 👏 👏 👏
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
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December 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Police Chief Brian O’Hara has delivered a blunt message to his department: If an officer witnesses ICE agents using illegal force and fails to step in, they will be fired. 👏 👏 👏
"When you worship at the altar of obscene wealth, no matter the cost, the madness *will* come for you. It is the price you pay for it, you see."
~Unknown Author
~Unknown Author
December 6, 2025 at 6:42 PM
"When you worship at the altar of obscene wealth, no matter the cost, the madness *will* come for you. It is the price you pay for it, you see."
~Unknown Author
~Unknown Author
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The Dells pledged $6.25 billion to “invest” in America’s kids. Sounds huge, but do the math. $250 won’t won’t stabilize a family. But it will generate applause and tax breaks for billionaires while the machinery that keeps kids poor stays fully intact. open.substack.com/pub/drstacey...
The Dells’ $250 “Investment” Accounts for Kids Is Scammy Billionaire Philanthropy Theater
Why a few hundred dollars per child won’t fix housing, tuition, or poverty—and how billionaire generosity disguises the systems keeping kids poor.
open.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The Dells pledged $6.25 billion to “invest” in America’s kids. Sounds huge, but do the math. $250 won’t won’t stabilize a family. But it will generate applause and tax breaks for billionaires while the machinery that keeps kids poor stays fully intact. open.substack.com/pub/drstacey...
I am not sure how much more I can take. This is horrific news. 😡😭💔
Late last night, the Trump administration released the 2025 National Security Strategy (NSS). Observers referred to the document as National Security Council Report (NSC) 88 and noted that it could have been written in just 14 words. See Heather Cox Richardson's review.
December 6, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I am not sure how much more I can take. This is horrific news. 😡😭💔
When I lived in MPLS I worked with many people from the Somali community. I lived in the same neighborhood. I never felt threatened or frightened. I witnessed their kindness & contributions to the broader community. This, like all else this stupid, vicious "administration" is doing is NOT OKAY. 💔
NEW: About 100 Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have descended on Minneapolis for Operation Metro Surge, a new phase of the Trump Administration’s crackdown on immigrants, this time targeting the city’s Somali population.
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ICE Targets Somali Community in Minneapolis - UNICORN RIOT
ICE agents have descended on Minneapolis for Operation Metro Surge, a new phase of the Trump Administration’s crackdown on immigrants, this time targeting the city’s Somali population.
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December 6, 2025 at 1:04 AM
When I lived in MPLS I worked with many people from the Somali community. I lived in the same neighborhood. I never felt threatened or frightened. I witnessed their kindness & contributions to the broader community. This, like all else this stupid, vicious "administration" is doing is NOT OKAY. 💔
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A meteor exploded over Michigan's Great Lakes in a green fireball, videos reveal. The dramatic event was likely caused by a comet fragment burning up in the atmosphere.
#space #meteor #fireball #GreatLakes
www.livescience.com/space/meteor...
#space #meteor #fireball #GreatLakes
www.livescience.com/space/meteor...
100,000 mph 'comet fragment' explodes in green fireball over Great Lakes, eerie videos show
A fireball lit up the skies over the Great Lakes in the early hours of Sunday and was visible for hundreds of miles.
www.livescience.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:21 AM
A meteor exploded over Michigan's Great Lakes in a green fireball, videos reveal. The dramatic event was likely caused by a comet fragment burning up in the atmosphere.
#space #meteor #fireball #GreatLakes
www.livescience.com/space/meteor...
#space #meteor #fireball #GreatLakes
www.livescience.com/space/meteor...
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China's efforts to slow land degradation and climate change by planting trees and restoring grasslands have shifted water around the country in huge, unforeseen ways, new research shows.
#planetearth #china #climatechange
www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
#planetearth #china #climatechange
www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
China has planted so many trees it's changed the entire country's water distribution
Huge "regreening" efforts in China over the past few decades have activated the country's water cycle and moved water in ways that scientists are just now starting to understand.
www.livescience.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:43 PM
China's efforts to slow land degradation and climate change by planting trees and restoring grasslands have shifted water around the country in huge, unforeseen ways, new research shows.
#planetearth #china #climatechange
www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
#planetearth #china #climatechange
www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
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Making capitalists “pay their fair share into society” means all of it. They do not produce. They own. Their fair share is nothing. Labor is entitled to all it creates. It’s important we understand this.
December 4, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Making capitalists “pay their fair share into society” means all of it. They do not produce. They own. Their fair share is nothing. Labor is entitled to all it creates. It’s important we understand this.
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It’s a great time to turn your backyard into a wildlife sanctuary.
It’s a great time to turn your crawl space into a bear cave.
It’s a great time to turn your attic into raccoon apartments.
It’s a great time to turn your garage into a dark lair for the guardian owls of legend.
It’s a great time to turn your crawl space into a bear cave.
It’s a great time to turn your attic into raccoon apartments.
It’s a great time to turn your garage into a dark lair for the guardian owls of legend.
December 3, 2025 at 11:46 PM
It’s a great time to turn your backyard into a wildlife sanctuary.
It’s a great time to turn your crawl space into a bear cave.
It’s a great time to turn your attic into raccoon apartments.
It’s a great time to turn your garage into a dark lair for the guardian owls of legend.
It’s a great time to turn your crawl space into a bear cave.
It’s a great time to turn your attic into raccoon apartments.
It’s a great time to turn your garage into a dark lair for the guardian owls of legend.
I looked outside as the Moon (very top of image) caught my eye and I noticed how many #layers could be seen reflected in and through the glass of the door. It inspired deeper reflection into #reality and #perception and what is f*ing #REAL. The only thing I changed was the size of the image. #trippy
December 3, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I looked outside as the Moon (very top of image) caught my eye and I noticed how many #layers could be seen reflected in and through the glass of the door. It inspired deeper reflection into #reality and #perception and what is f*ing #REAL. The only thing I changed was the size of the image. #trippy
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I looked past
that red & white
stub on the ground,
to me rubbish
yet to you—
precious
a memory
of a train journey,
a ticket to the past
where joy lived
& freedom reigned
my view collapsed
& reformed
as I saw it
in a different light—
my ticket
for free ride
through your eyes.
#sensewrds 153
that red & white
stub on the ground,
to me rubbish
yet to you—
precious
a memory
of a train journey,
a ticket to the past
where joy lived
& freedom reigned
my view collapsed
& reformed
as I saw it
in a different light—
my ticket
for free ride
through your eyes.
#sensewrds 153
December 3, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I looked past
that red & white
stub on the ground,
to me rubbish
yet to you—
precious
a memory
of a train journey,
a ticket to the past
where joy lived
& freedom reigned
my view collapsed
& reformed
as I saw it
in a different light—
my ticket
for free ride
through your eyes.
#sensewrds 153
that red & white
stub on the ground,
to me rubbish
yet to you—
precious
a memory
of a train journey,
a ticket to the past
where joy lived
& freedom reigned
my view collapsed
& reformed
as I saw it
in a different light—
my ticket
for free ride
through your eyes.
#sensewrds 153
If we must have this Shite, this is an idea. But would the billionaires allow it or just hoard it too? Lately I have little faith that any of them would be willing to share anything. (That I have become this cynical is additional pain.)
Data centres are energy hungry but what if we could use their waste heat to heat our homes?
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
December 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
If we must have this Shite, this is an idea. But would the billionaires allow it or just hoard it too? Lately I have little faith that any of them would be willing to share anything. (That I have become this cynical is additional pain.)
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In Tang legend, a monk named Zhiji possessed a gift unlike any other, he could taste not just tea, but the soul of its maker.
When Emperor Daizong offered him imperial tea, Zhiji took one sip and gently declined a second, saying it lacked the spirit found in the brew of his ... 1/3
#folklore
When Emperor Daizong offered him imperial tea, Zhiji took one sip and gently declined a second, saying it lacked the spirit found in the brew of his ... 1/3
#folklore
December 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
In Tang legend, a monk named Zhiji possessed a gift unlike any other, he could taste not just tea, but the soul of its maker.
When Emperor Daizong offered him imperial tea, Zhiji took one sip and gently declined a second, saying it lacked the spirit found in the brew of his ... 1/3
#folklore
When Emperor Daizong offered him imperial tea, Zhiji took one sip and gently declined a second, saying it lacked the spirit found in the brew of his ... 1/3
#folklore
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Dear neighbor, I want to let you know that we are witnessing increased enforcement actions by agents in South Minneapolis. There continues to be reports of residents being followed while driving, stopped and taken away. 1/
December 2, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Dear neighbor, I want to let you know that we are witnessing increased enforcement actions by agents in South Minneapolis. There continues to be reports of residents being followed while driving, stopped and taken away. 1/
There's an old saying "garbage in, garbage out" & it's only one of many valid reasons why this #AI explosion alarms me. Even if it did not use resources and plagiarize like it does the human capacity to produce and distribute all manner of foul things does. The bits of beauty is not worth the cost.
December 3, 2025 at 12:45 AM
There's an old saying "garbage in, garbage out" & it's only one of many valid reasons why this #AI explosion alarms me. Even if it did not use resources and plagiarize like it does the human capacity to produce and distribute all manner of foul things does. The bits of beauty is not worth the cost.
We MUST consider the impacts our actions have on the whole world, not just humans, but every aspect of the planet. We are a destructive species, and have caused more harm to this living world than any other. It is NOT here for us to use it up as we have. 💔
I blame #Greed and the #SeductionOfEase
I blame #Greed and the #SeductionOfEase
December 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
We MUST consider the impacts our actions have on the whole world, not just humans, but every aspect of the planet. We are a destructive species, and have caused more harm to this living world than any other. It is NOT here for us to use it up as we have. 💔
I blame #Greed and the #SeductionOfEase
I blame #Greed and the #SeductionOfEase
How far are *you* willing to go to stop thinking & creating for yourself? Who are you willing to sacrifice for #AI?
"Your AI-generated image of a cat riding a banana exists because of children clawing through the dirt for toxic elements. Is it really worth it?"
www.livescience.com/technology/a...
"Your AI-generated image of a cat riding a banana exists because of children clawing through the dirt for toxic elements. Is it really worth it?"
www.livescience.com/technology/a...
Your AI-generated image of a cat riding a banana exists because of children clawing through the dirt for toxic elements. Is it really worth it?
LLMs like Chat GPT come with major social costs — including child labor — that we can't ignore. Do we really need progress that's built on the suffering of others?
www.livescience.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:32 PM
How far are *you* willing to go to stop thinking & creating for yourself? Who are you willing to sacrifice for #AI?
"Your AI-generated image of a cat riding a banana exists because of children clawing through the dirt for toxic elements. Is it really worth it?"
www.livescience.com/technology/a...
"Your AI-generated image of a cat riding a banana exists because of children clawing through the dirt for toxic elements. Is it really worth it?"
www.livescience.com/technology/a...
"Automated License Plate Readers (A/LPRS): AI-powered cameras that capture & analyze images of all passing vehicles, storing details like your car's location, date & time...your car's make, model, color, & identifying features...often turning these into searchable data points."
#NoPrivacy
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#NoPrivacy
deflock.me
DeFlock
Spot, map, and resist automated license plate readers (ALPRs) near you.
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December 1, 2025 at 5:35 PM
"Automated License Plate Readers (A/LPRS): AI-powered cameras that capture & analyze images of all passing vehicles, storing details like your car's location, date & time...your car's make, model, color, & identifying features...often turning these into searchable data points."
#NoPrivacy
deflock.me
#NoPrivacy
deflock.me
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Nahoko Kojima, contemporary Japanese paper cutting artist #womensart
December 1, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Nahoko Kojima, contemporary Japanese paper cutting artist #womensart
The only advantage in being woken up at 4 am by a large black hound dog baying loudly as it runs across my deck and through my snow packed Wood is that I get to read the lovely posts from other countries that get overwhelmed by the BS that is happening in what used to be the USA. #Haunted
December 1, 2025 at 10:20 AM
The only advantage in being woken up at 4 am by a large black hound dog baying loudly as it runs across my deck and through my snow packed Wood is that I get to read the lovely posts from other countries that get overwhelmed by the BS that is happening in what used to be the USA. #Haunted