Karen
@slatelike.bsky.social
Bookish. loathe politics but crave it. The outdoors beckon. Water is my element.
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we need to do this
June 13, 2025 at 2:38 AM
we need to do this
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Meet Millie. She’s a rescue. She’s 10 months old. She has us twisted around her little finger.
June 10, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Meet Millie. She’s a rescue. She’s 10 months old. She has us twisted around her little finger.
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News Analysis: Sunday marks five years since Derek Chauvin, a Minneapolis police officer, murdered George Floyd — a moment of brutality that ignited what may have been the largest social movement in U.S. history. Now the Black Lives Matter movement faces a retrenchment led by President Trump.
5 Years After George Floyd’s Murder, the Backlash Takes Hold
www.nytimes.com
May 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
News Analysis: Sunday marks five years since Derek Chauvin, a Minneapolis police officer, murdered George Floyd — a moment of brutality that ignited what may have been the largest social movement in U.S. history. Now the Black Lives Matter movement faces a retrenchment led by President Trump.
Rest in peace remarkable photographer Sebastião Salgado who spent many years recording the daily lives of people in Africa and South America - all brilliantly showcased in The Salt of the Earth a documentary directed by his son, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado and Wim Wenders.
May 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Rest in peace remarkable photographer Sebastião Salgado who spent many years recording the daily lives of people in Africa and South America - all brilliantly showcased in The Salt of the Earth a documentary directed by his son, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado and Wim Wenders.
No conversation, no noise down here exactly what I’d like heaven to be.
May 17, 2025 at 2:07 PM
No conversation, no noise down here exactly what I’d like heaven to be.
Yip the crime rate in South Africa is horrendous but a white genocide is rubbish - someone is confused.
May 14, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Yip the crime rate in South Africa is horrendous but a white genocide is rubbish - someone is confused.
May 11, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Off the coast of Vilanculos, Mozambique.
May 11, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Off the coast of Vilanculos, Mozambique.
An evening stroll in Deer Park overlooking the city bowl in the shadow of Table Mountain.
May 7, 2025 at 6:03 AM
An evening stroll in Deer Park overlooking the city bowl in the shadow of Table Mountain.
The Leopard trail. Well east of Cape Town and beyond Oudtshoorn, is a 5 day hike with distances varying between 12 and 22 kms. Elevations also vary. It’s restorative, peaceful and unspoilt.
May 5, 2025 at 12:56 PM
The Leopard trail. Well east of Cape Town and beyond Oudtshoorn, is a 5 day hike with distances varying between 12 and 22 kms. Elevations also vary. It’s restorative, peaceful and unspoilt.
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"Breathe in the fragrance of nature,
And thoughts full of colors will awaken the deep waters of your mind.”
Robbie George
Celebrating nature's gifts.
Artist:
Lauren McDonagh-Pereira
#EarthDay2025
And thoughts full of colors will awaken the deep waters of your mind.”
Robbie George
Celebrating nature's gifts.
Artist:
Lauren McDonagh-Pereira
#EarthDay2025
April 22, 2025 at 3:46 PM
"Breathe in the fragrance of nature,
And thoughts full of colors will awaken the deep waters of your mind.”
Robbie George
Celebrating nature's gifts.
Artist:
Lauren McDonagh-Pereira
#EarthDay2025
And thoughts full of colors will awaken the deep waters of your mind.”
Robbie George
Celebrating nature's gifts.
Artist:
Lauren McDonagh-Pereira
#EarthDay2025
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Season 7 of “Black Mirror” explores ideas around memory alteration, the fickleness of subscription services and the validity of A.I. consciousness. Here’s a look back at a few themes from past episodes that seemed futuristic at the time but are now upon us.
‘Black Mirror’ Showed Us a Future. Some of It Is Here Now.
The long-running tech drama always felt as if it took place in a dystopian near future. How much of that future has come to pass?
www.nytimes.com
April 20, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Season 7 of “Black Mirror” explores ideas around memory alteration, the fickleness of subscription services and the validity of A.I. consciousness. Here’s a look back at a few themes from past episodes that seemed futuristic at the time but are now upon us.