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@EUCommission #photography #Ukraine #children #protest #AltText
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@xyla The image isn't an official dictionary page; it’s a blog post tracking new slang. While slopper is a real term used to describe AI over-reliance, it hasn't officially 'graduated' to the dictionary yet—unlike its parent term slop, which is already a recognized word.
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Northern Lights, also called aurora borealis, illuminate the night sky in Valtournenche, Aosta Valley, Italy, November 12. Matterhorn Ski Paradise And Feratel #photography #mountains #NorthernLights #AuroraBorealis #Italy #AltText
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"To counter the heat, adopt spreadeagle position." Paris, FranceA man dives into the Canal Saint-Martin as temperatures rise during a heatwave affecting parts of Europe.Photograph: Abdul Saboor/Reuters #photography #France #heatwave #swimming #GlobalWarming
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For maximum efficiency, ensure rapid velocity toward a body of water.
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A gift from friends (Подарок от друзей)A resident watches from his balcony as another flat burns after being hit by a Russian drone, in the frontline town of #Druzhkivka, June 22. REUTERS/Anatolii Stepanov #photography #Ukraine #drones #AltText
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An entangled Russian drone sits over a road covered with anti-drone netting in the frontline town of #Druzhkivka, April 24. REUTERS/Serhii Korovainyi #photography #Ukraine #drones
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Andrii, 60, a resident of #Druzhkivka, says goodbye to his dog as he leaves his house while being evacuated from the frontline town June 20. REUTERS/Anatolii Stepanov #photography #Ukrainer #pets #dogs
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Monument to LoversAnti-drone nets and razor wire installed in the town center of #Druzhkivka, June 19. REUTERS/Nina Liashonok #photography #Ukraine #AltText
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The sculpture is known as the "Monument to Lovers" (or the Lovers' Statue). Its background and current reality tell a incredibly poignant story: The Origin: The statue was erected recently, in August 2019, during a major revitalization of the #Druzhkivka city center. Ironically, it was placed in the small central square exactly where a large monument to Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin used to stand before it was pulled down in 2015. #Ukraine #sculptures
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2/Because the square sits directly adjacent to the city's civil registry office (where marriages are legalized), the monument quickly became a local tradition. Newlyweds, couples, and young lovers would go there for wedding photos and romantic strolls while trams rumbled past the bustling nearby market. Even after the 2022 invasion began, Ukrainian soldiers deployed to the Donbas region frequently used the backdrop of this statue to marry their partners during brief leaves from the front line.
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3/The Symbol Today: As the frontline has squeezed closer to the Kramatorsk raion, the vibrant square has emptied out. The local trams stopped running, and the surrounding buildings—including the apartment complex in the background of the photo—have been heavily battered by aerial glide bombs and rocket strikes. #Ukraine
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4/The razor wire in the foreground highlights how an installation built in a town named for friendship, designed to celebrate peaceful love, has been physically cordoned off and trapped within a landscape of active warfare. Here's a closer look at the sculpture:#photography #Ukraine #sculpture #AltText
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5/The photographer has used a powerful juxtaposition here—framing an unyielding, intimate embrace of love in the crisp foreground while the fragile brick and mortar of the city literally crumbles to pieces right behind it. Remarkably, despite the proximity of the blast that leveled a chunk of the building, the bronze monument itself managed to survive the shockwave. #Ukraine #sculpture
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Handbook of Climate Psychiatry and Psychotherapy: A Manual for Clinicians by Elizabeth Haase, 2026The results of climate change--more frequent and intense storms, extreme heat, and prolonged wildfire seasons, among others--are leaving a wreckage of socioeconomic consequences for society and future generations. Increasingly, attention is shifting to the neuropsychiatric damage and emotional effects of the climate crisis, including traumas, anxiety, grief, and rage. #books#climate#psychiatry
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1/2It's essentially saying: "The external world is broken and the systems in power won't fix the root cause (emissions), so instead, we are going to medicate and treat you to accept and tolerate the broken reality."It pathologizes a perfectly normal response to an objective crisis. Being anxious about the destruction of your environment isn't a chemical imbalance in your brain; it's a completely rational survival reaction. #ClimateChange #psychiatry
(DIR) Post #B7kZGTPoiVb2aJ5Yau by appassionato@mastodon.social
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2/2Treating the citizen rather than the polluter really does mirror that dystopian tactic of treating political dissent as a personal mental illness rather than a valid critique of a broken system.#ClimateChange #psychiatry #psychotherapy #psikhushka
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“No one really understands water. It’s embarrassing to admit it, but the stuff that covers two-thirds of our planet is still a mystery. Worse, the more we look, the more the problems accumulate: new techniques probing deeper into the molecular architecture of liquid water are throwing up more puzzles.” (Ball 2008)From:Ions in Water and Biophysical Implications: From Chaos to Cosmos #quotes #water #biophysics #photography #AltText
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Cercosa, PortugalFirefighters battle the flames of the Vouzela wildfire. Raging infernos have laid waste to large areas of southern Europe in recent days, prompting the EU to scramble firefighters and water-bearing planes to help national services overwhelmed by simultaneous blazes.Photograph: Paulo Cunha/EPA#photography #Portugal #wildfires #firefighters #AltText
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Intrepid explorerFlying the nest … a young spotted sandpiper forages among rocks along the bank of the Umpqua River near Elkton, Oregon, US. Spotted sandpiper chicks leave the nest within hours of hatching and begin feeding themselves almost immediately, while their parents remain nearby to protect them.Photograph: Robin Loznak/Zuma Press Wire/Shutterstock #photography #birds