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Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

Monarch Emergence

Michael Stephen Wills Photography

Clinging to my sleeve, this newly emerged Monarch wings dried. It is a process of excreting the fluids pumped into wings, crumpled from folding within the chrysalis, to expand them. The clear drips of water on my arm are this fluid.

Click photograph for a larger view and use Ctrl-x to zoom in closer.

Here is a video from this year, a Monarch emerging from the chrysalis, then expanding crumpled wings. Notice, this butterfly has a problem: once emerged the butterfly swings back and forth continually as it clings to the chrysalis. While interesting to us, the movement is caused from a missing front leg. Monarch butterflies have four legs, this butterfly is missing the right front leg, the imbalance causes the swinging movement. Freshly emerged, a large, distended with fluid abdomen is prominent between small, crumpled wings. With time, the abdomen pumps fluid, expanding the wings. Over several hours…

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Thoughtless Commentary Thursdays -La Casa de Papel (Money Heist) Part 3, ep. 6: “Todo Insignificante” !!

Context, Thought, and Learning: ShiraDest Offers Project Do Better

Gross, Denver, idiot…

Excellent, Profe! Make your enemies sing your song!!

And what a beautiful song!

Last week was Part 3, ep 5: …

“Somos la resistencia.”

“We are the Resistance.” Now, yes…

Shira

Action Prompts:

1.) Share your thoughts on how we can be part of the Peaceful Resistance…

2.) Write a book, story, post or tweet that uses these thoughts.

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Click here to read, if you like:

Science Fiction/Fantasy Shows, Lupin, or Money Heist

Holistic High School Lessons,

Thoughtful Readers, if you are on Twitter, please consider following #Project Do Better on Twitter.

Shira

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Western Caucasus, Russia – Zapadni Kavkaz, Rusija

Myrela

Prilikom Samita o održivom razvoju u Johanesburgu, ruski borci za zaštitu životne sredine iznijeli su neobičnu optužbu protiv vlade u Moskvi – da planira izgradnju skijaških centara u, po svemu sudeći, ljudskom aktivnošću najmanje zagađenoj oblasti u Evropi. U najzapadnije oblasti kavkaskih planina, samo nekoliko desetina kilometara udaljenih od obale Crnog mora, ljudsko biće nije kročilo vijekovima. Tamo je, zarad uživanja moskovskog plemstva, 1882. godine, osnovano Kubansko lovište, koje je ime dobilo po jednoj od najvećih rijeka u ovoj oblasti, ali car je odlučio da do 1906. godine zemlju vrati njenim stanovnicima. Međutim, ovaj velikodušni gest izazvao je protest Akademije nauka koja je instistirala da se na tom području osnuje prirodni park za naučna istraživanja. Kao posljedica toga, Sovjeti su 1924. godine osnovali Kavkaski prirodni rezervat, a mnogo godina kasnije i nacionalni park Soči i druge manje zone za očuvanje prirode.

U čitavom zapadnom Kavkazu, koji zauzima površinu od preko…

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Russian Lukoil head dies after falling from hospital window – UPI.com (Me: what happens when friends of Putin have a falling out with him…?)

Lukoil was one of few Russian businesses’ to publicly criticize President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. The company’s board of directors called for an end to the war in early March, within days of the full-scale invasion of Russia’s neighbor, according to NBC News.

Lukoil is Russia’s biggest private company. Maganov had served on Lukoil’s board of directors since 2020, and served as the company’s first executive vice president since 1994.

Maganov is one of several high-profile Russian oligarchs who have died under mysterious circumstances since the war began.

Source: Russian Lukoil head dies after falling from hospital window – UPI.com

Former NYPD officer given longest sentence yet for role in Jan. 6 Capitol riot – UPI.com

A former New York Police Department officer was handed a 10-year federal prison sentence Thursday, after being convicted of a well-publicized attack on a Washington, D.C., police officer during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol…

…A federal jury needed only two hours to convict the 56-year-old in May on an assault with a deadly weapon charge. He was also convicted of five other counts. He faced up to 20 years in prison, while prosecutors argued for a term of 17.5 years.

Webster apologized to Rathburn in the courtroom Thursday, turning toward the officer and saying he was sorry.

Webster is a former member of ex-New York City’s Mayor Michael Bloomberg security detail, and was the fourth person convicted in Jan. 6-related trials prosecuted by the Justice Department.

Source: Former NYPD officer given longest sentence yet for role in Jan. 6 Capitol riot – UPI.com

Open Letter To All Candidates For Office

Filosofa's Word

Dear Sir or Madam …

Back in the day, campaign advertisements were used to inform the public what the candidate stood for, what their values were, and what they planned (hoped) to do if they won the privilege of serving in an elected office.  THAT is exactly what we need and want to hear today, but instead of serious policy information, we are ‘entertained’ by a barrage of mud-slinging, name-calling, and lies about the candidate’s opponent.

Here are a few pointers for you if you actually care to win votes based on your qualifications:

  • Do NOT tell us what your opponent thinks or will do … we have eyes and ears and can read and listen to what he or she says.
  • DO tell us what your values are, what your hopes and plans are should you win in November.
  • Do NOT insult our intelligence! Most of us are perfectly…

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1st september (’22): The day for the custody of creation

° BLOG ° Gabriele Romano

The day for the custody of creation is an initiative wanted by the Italian Episcopal Conference in harmony with the other European churches which consists of an annual day dedicated to reaffirming the importance, also for faith, of environmentalism with all its ethnic implications and social. The official anniversary is September 1st, but the initiative is left to the individual dioceses to develop local activities throughout the month.

In the Christian context, the development of sensitivity to environmental issues that took place in the second half of the last century was closely intertwined with the themes of justice and peace and the term “safeguarding creation” has been used since the first official documents to indicate this vision. unitary. This awareness has historically grown in the same years in which ecumenical sensitivity was affirmed, and the theme of safeguarding creation was one of the first points of agreement in the difficult…

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CDC advisors endorse booster shots that target Omicron for Americans 12 and up – Los Angeles Times

In a vote of 13 to 1, the panel recommended that Americans ages 12 and up who’ve gone at least two months since their last shot roll up their sleeves for the reformulated boosters, which are engineered to combat the BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants along with the original coronavirus that arrived in the U.S. in early 2020.

If CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky agrees with the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, the “bivalent” boosters could begin going into arms in a matter of days. She is expected to make a decision by the end of the week.

The two offerings — one from Pfizer and BioNTech for people 12 and older and another from Moderna for adults 18 and over — represent the first substantial change to the COVID-19 vaccine recipe since the country’s immunization campaign began nearly two years ago.

 

Source: CDC advisors endorse booster shots that target Omicron for Americans 12 and up – Los Angeles Times