Posts by sarahc@mas.to
(DIR) Post #AQUGyF8xp1W900AFWK by sarahc@mas.to
2022-12-11T05:22:35Z
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Olive, Queen of the Void, wishes y'all a good Caturday.#cats #CatsOfMastodon #caturday
(DIR) Post #AQjAERsYSHBip2fUVE by sarahc@mas.to
2022-12-18T02:49:45Z
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@annaleen I had to locate the original targets for hundreds of dead links, but I finally found this image of Joan Mastodon holding the newly manufactured federatium core that powers Mastodon to this day.
(DIR) Post #AR31jcnMuAnVEJERYO by sarahc@mas.to
2022-12-27T19:03:15Z
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A new study finds that the loss of wild pollinators has led to a 3-5% drop in fruit, vegetable, and nut production worldwide. The drop has led to an increase of diseases linked to consumption of unhealthy foods.' Strategies to protect wild pollinators are not just an environmental issue, but a health and economic one as well. "[Doing] too little to help pollinators does not just harm nature, but human health as well..." '#pollinators #FoodProduction #disease https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/12/221214092320.htm
(DIR) Post #ASFHBsDOZSu0WEtcDQ by sarahc@mas.to
2023-02-01T19:19:00Z
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I've seen some of W.E.B. DuBois' data visualizations and they are striking and powerful -- years ahead of their time.' He decided to visualize his data in a series of artful, striking diagrams that beckon both the intellect and the imagination, dispelling sociocultural misconceptions with statistics in a viscerally arresting way.... '#WEBDuBois #DataVisualization #BlackHistory #GraphicArt #1900ParisExhibition https://www.themarginalian.org/2017/10/09/w-e-b-du-bois-diagrams/
(DIR) Post #ASbwJEDTfgfOVaZNzM by sarahc@mas.to
2023-02-12T17:28:50Z
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Morning greetings from Ernesto 'Che' Guevara!The Cuban revolutionary leader downs an espresso on Havana television on Sept 14, 1959. Proof positive as to what really powers the revolution.H/T: @kingsley Photo: Raùl Corrales (Imagno/Getty Images)#coffee #CheGuevara #CubanRevolution
(DIR) Post #ASzLe5nz6bbhzbllz6 by sarahc@mas.to
2023-02-24T00:35:04Z
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In an interview with a white supremacist publication, the Ohio couple that ran a pro-Hitler Telegram channel for homeschoolers complains about how media coverage has made them look like a couple of Nazis.' The Lawrences blasted the mainstream media for “cherry-picking” the neo-Nazi aspects of their lesson plans, claiming that these were “just fun extras” they added to the regular curriculum they taught their four young children. '#nazis #HomeSchooling #media https://www.vice.com/en/article/epzja7/dissident-homeschool-logan-katja-lawrenceq
(DIR) Post #ATDtEM82QOUwqCXphI by sarahc@mas.to
2023-03-03T01:19:38Z
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I'll just set this one here.#USMexicoBorder #Arizona #migrants #BorderPatrol #SearchAndRescue #BORSTAR https://www.theborderchronicle.com/p/left-to-die-deterrence-death-and
(DIR) Post #AU2v34YDTdveTLBZdg by sarahc@mas.to
2023-03-27T16:12:01Z
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' Dollar stores ... target Black and brown neighborhoods with just a single grocer and then they use predatory pricing [and] predatory buying to force that grocery store under and tip the neighborhood into food desert status.Dollar stores ... also go after rural communities. [Both places are] served by independent grocers.[that] can't afford a pricing war with the Wall Street-backed dollar store duopoly. '#DolkarStores #PredatoryCapitalism https://pluralistic.net/2023/03/27/walmarts-jackals/#cheater-sizes
(DIR) Post #AUOGyoWoPpbjjvP888 by sarahc@mas.to
2023-04-06T19:56:00Z
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There's good reason for bumblebees to be so fond of sunflowers, asters dandelions, and other plants in the Asteraceae family. Two new studies have found that pollen from plants in this family reduces the incidence of a common bumblebee parasite and increases the production of bumblebee queens.I guess I'll continue to let the dandelions grow and keep planting all those sunflowers. #bumblebees #insects #Asteraceae #botany #pollen https://phys.org/news/2023-04-science-bumble-bee-superfood.html
(DIR) Post #AW6MGm0CVjbiv6Wr1k by sarahc@mas.to
2023-05-23T17:31:24Z
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Book banning in the US is an organized campaign by a very small group of people.' The majority of the 1,000-plus book challenges analyzed by The Post were filed by just 11 people.Each of these people brought 10 or more challenges against books in their school district; one man filed 92 challenges. Together, these serial filers constituted 6% of all book challengers — but were responsible for 60% of all filings. '#books #schools #challenges #censorship #fascism https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/05/23/lgbtq-book-ban-challengers/
(DIR) Post #AWSM0NJeKMlU5WpvM0 by sarahc@mas.to
2023-06-07T17:49:16Z
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A great piece about evaluating news stories about the destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam in Ukraine.' If Russian propaganda for external consumption is cited, it can help to also cite Russian propaganda for internal consumption.... Russian propagandists have been long arguing that Ukrainian dams should be blown, and that a Russian parliamentarian takes for granted that Russia blew the dam... '#NovaKakhovkaDam #Ukraine #Russia #NewsCoverage #Bothsidesism #bias https://snyder.substack.com/p/the-nova-kakhovka-dam-in-ukraine
(DIR) Post #AXWy3m90KyMxeZDsdk by sarahc@mas.to
2023-07-09T19:50:24Z
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"Fowls" Colored pigments on silk. Itō Jakuchū (伊藤 若冲) 1716–1800Japanese artist, ukiyo-e master, and Japanese painter during the Edo period.#JapaneseArt #SilkPainting #art #Japan #chickens #ItoJakuchu
(DIR) Post #AXbIegcPfe9zFfRGPQ by sarahc@mas.to
2023-07-11T19:52:36Z
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Right-wingers have torpedoed the hiring of a prominent black journalist to re-boot the journalism program at Texas A&M. Her crime? Too 'woke.'' “I feel damaged by this entire process,” said [Kathleen] McElroy ... “I’m being judged by race, maybe gender. And I don’t think other folks would face the same bars or challenges....." '#Texas #journalism #KathleenMcElroy #DEIHysteria https://www.texastribune.org/2023/07/11/texas-a-m-kathleen-mcelroy-journalism/
(DIR) Post #AXvp2N8XlqQfZddbUG by sarahc@mas.to
2023-07-21T20:58:00Z
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Olive the Death Kitty has about had it with your nonsense.#cats #CatsOfMastodon #Hardass
(DIR) Post #AYb9Ilr5v0KQdkAgk4 by sarahc@mas.to
2023-08-10T19:37:09Z
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Rua heard what you just said. He wants to know more. : )#cats #CatsOfMastodon #catsodon
(DIR) Post #AZ3n5ctA5QK8naQ4yO by sarahc@mas.to
2023-08-23T20:11:57Z
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Even the Olive the Death Kitty needs a belly rub from time to time.#cats #CatsOfMastodon #catsodon #bellies
(DIR) Post #AazmolGHcWwnHqck0O by sarahc@mas.to
2022-11-11T18:35:16Z
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I'm Sarah, a writer/editor in #PortlandOregon. Mostly tech writing recently, but also public radio/print journalism. I have *2* unfinished history master's theses (ask me). I have strong interests in politics, history, Japanese woodblock prints, maps, geology, volcanoes, birds (esp. crows), marsupials, books, jazz & science fiction.I live with my cats Rua and Olive; the feral Stripy Cat; and unkempt gardens of native plants. I play Irish music on concertina & fiddle.#introduction
(DIR) Post #AhleWRRaL0tn7HI3hg by sarahc@mas.to
2024-05-11T02:20:55Z
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I'm really enjoying all the #aurora photos on Mastodon! A favor, though: Can you include the location where you took the pic? If you're in North America, town/city and state/province would be great.#AuroraBorealis #NorthernLights #AuroraAustralis #SouthernLights
(DIR) Post #AvRVmQlV1bya0ogr9k by sarahc@mas.to
2025-06-24T01:45:52Z
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A great report on how people in the Los Angeles area are making things difficult for ICE.#ICE #California #resistance https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-06-23/harassing-ice-how-the-la-protesters-are-reinventing-themselves.html
(DIR) Post #Ayi4sCEVcJRcLxPUTw by sarahc@mas.to
2025-09-29T20:50:38Z
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@futurebird When I design my search to exclude specific words, the first or second result will contain at least one of those words.they