@afeeney
Slava Ukraini! Nonprofit and association leader, foresight expert, Quaker, opera lover (even if I torture it when I sing it in the bathroom), librarian, amateur photographer, avid reader of almost all non-fiction and much fiction.
"Survivor testimony in FBI interviews and civil lawsuits including victim Virginia Giuffre's complaint, establishes that Manhattan was a hub of abuse, with multiple men allegedly sexually assaulting girls and young women exploited within Epstein's operation..."
www.rawstory.com/epstein-inve...
Did you know trump had the DOJ shut down the search of Epstein's New Mexico ranch during his first term in office? James Comer told the story on Fox tv.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
Many of those civilians WANTED closer ties with the West and the US, but not to a nation that would bomb schoolgirls and them blame them for it.
"This is an outrageous example of covert foreign influence,” said @mbueckert.bsky.social of CJPME. “The Israeli government is using deception to prevent Canadian authorities from adhering to international law." breachmedia.ca/covert-influ...
You might also avoid music with very sweeping melodies that can become ear worms, even without words. Tchaikovsky and Beethoven melodies turn into ear worms very easily, while Debussy, Faure, and Chopin are lovely but not tuneful in the same way.
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Bonded 1 year old cats.
DIPPER & MABEL. Both bios below. Please adopt them. They're just adorable
Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue
Wantagh, NY, 11793
MABEL 🩷👇🩷
www.petfinder.com/cat/mabel-2b...
DIPPER 👇🤍👇
www.petfinder.com/cat/dipper-3...
You definitely want to stay away from Gilbert and Sullivan, then!
With most operas, the lyrics are not what you'd call catchy. To put it mildly.
Try starting with YouTube or Spotify collections of opera arias (songs). No shame in skipping to the next piece if you don't like something! When you find a piece or singer who catches your attention, search for more of that.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3sB...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga_3...
What kind of music do you like to listen to? If you like pop, then very melodic composers like Puccini or Massenet are a good start. If you're more of a rock person, then you might like Verdi and Beethoven. If you like complex music, Mozart and Handel are great.
Maybe his $12K worth of fruit basket stands were coppery-gold instead of the rose gold he ordered?
newrepublic.com/post/207555/...
An original artwork of a wren perched on a branch, created using watercolour paints on 5x7" watercolour paper.
The wren was sacred to the Druids, who used its complex songs for divination. The Irish name dreoilín and Welsh dryw both link the bird to the word for "Druid" or "seer".
Art my own.
#WrensDay #BirdOfTheDay #Folklore
Another hush money payment.
Magische Töne from Die Königin von Saba by Karl Goldmark. Sung by Mingjie Lei.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8J5...
The moss-carpeted base of a tree, which has many arms, and a cute face, and makes you realise why history is full of people who went out for walks in the countryside and wrote stories about bullshit creatures and events.
Very much enjoying this mossy octo-bear creature I found hiding in a tree trunk on a walk in the Blackdown Hills.
Our dependency on fossil fuels makes us vulnerable. Wars across the world are pushing up prices for households in the UK.
Why keep waiting for the next crisis? We need to transition to clean power as fast as we can to protect people and our economy.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Thor's Helmet, taken from my balcony
Thor’s Helmet (NGC 2359) is an emission nebula in the Canis Major region, visible only for a short period during the winter season. It also remains quite low on the horizon, right in the middle of the light-pollution belt. These are nearly 21 hours of integrated exposure. 🔭
#Astrophotography
Sign urging people to choose unity over division, optimism over cynicism, opportunity over limits, community over isolation, passion over apathy, possibility over despair, renewal over decline, humility over ego, inclusion over exclusion, leadership over partisanship, responsibility over blame, daring over status quo, respect over vitriol, courage over cowardice, vision over nostalgia, love over fear, compassion over indifference, and upstanders over bystanders.
Posted outside a building complex designed by Edgar Miller. Possibility over despair and vision over nostalgia are especially important now.
In case it is not obvious, war mongers like to minimize the role of Congress in decisions to use force because obtaining prior congressional authorization makes it harder to go to war.
Exactly as intended by the US Constitution.
I'll take "Stating the Obvious" for $300.
In boca al lupo!
It's good to look at the amazing world around us, especially now. Queen #bees can survive underwater for days. The answer is not "tiny snorkels with crowns on top" 🐝🤿👑 but it's still fascinating, a combination of slower metabolism and extracting oxygen. 🧪
www.sciencealert.com/we-finally-k...
Markwayne Mullin is the same dude already under scrutiny for suspicious stock trades.
And he’s supposed to run America’s national security.
• No government security experience
• No law enforcement background
• No intelligence work
• No military service
• Not even a bachelor’s degree
Then Trump helps Russia.
Ukraine Helps U.S. Bases in the Mideast With Stopping Drones www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/w...
Ukraine helps us
Russia helps Iran
Just making sure everyone is getting this
Not to mention the "if you don't sell to us, my dad will get mad at your country" element.
The face at the realization "I guess I didn't think this through."
The most Republican thing ever.
