Abeman
@abeman
Hopelessly cynical. Damnable manner. Yet somehow I find hope in the garden. I try to plant something everyday. I report & block bots and trolls
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Thank you again, and so much David @organicgay for you spreading of kindness, and three lovely persimmon sapling, all snuggled in now for the winter ♥️
Now people are starting to catch on.
Hi @Temple62473043 I'm here! You can follow me and then DM me, or tweet at me @abeman
Oct 11-15, thousands of people will take non-violent direct action in Washington DC to demand that President Biden end the era of fossil fuels. Sign up here:
"One of the saddest lessons of history is this: if we've been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We're no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us."
--Carl Sagan
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An ant’s face seen through an electron microscope (h/t Fred Baer)
Yes, Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger are against insurrection, but both of them voted against the John Lewis Voting Rights Act earlier this week which tells me all I need to know and all I’ve ever known about them.
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THE WORLD IS SPECTACULAR
Iran's Salt Glaciers
The Zagros Mountains of s.w. Iran are the home of over 130 salt domes.
Gravity caused the salt to flow into the valleys, resulting in tongue-shaped strata & repeating bow-shaped ridges. The effect is amazing.
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NASA Hubble Space Telescope captured this image of the Butterfy Nebula ejecting layers of gas from a dying star located at its center. Its wingspan is over 3 light-years. Eventually the nebula will fade and become a white dwart.
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Good God. Georgia's touchscreen voting machines are so large that anyone and everyone can see who you are voted for. This is a problem if, for example, someone doesn't want their MAGA neighbors to see how they voted. Voter privacy matters. #HandMarkedPaperBallots# #gapol# 1/
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Once upon a time in a country called America, a power-hungry political party called the GOP enjoyed about fifteen years of poll-defying victories after ensuring that America’s election system made it impossible to prove fraud. 1/
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Not a calming bedtime story by any means. But important to heed @jennycohn1’s history lesson. Let’s give it a happy ending. 👇🏻👇🏻
Wow. Just... wow. @RepKatiePorter is so unbelievably good at this.
4/ We should all be concerned that @NYT and other major outlets continue holding Becker out as an election security expert. Combatting disinformation with a purveyor of misinformation is a terrible strategy. @MaggieAstor
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A year ago this evening I caught one of the best skies I've ever seen. Altocumulus Sunset. 😍
WATCH LIVE: at 4p/7e @LincolnsBible @GregOlear and me as we bury the sorry excuse of a party that is the GOP. Plus After's entire week in review on @NarativTV.
Thus, in a single page, Kavanaugh wiped out decades of precedent
Elena Kagan Has Had Enough of Brett Kavanaugh’s Judicial “Scorekeeping”
The Supreme Court’s savviest liberal justice is done pulling punches.
