Installing violent juntas in South America is so 20th Century. Now we’re installing violent juntas in North America.

I saw an interesting thing about textiles recently. Sewing and knitting were considered basic essential skills until a generation or two ago.

Or as Trump would say, they’ve gone down 800%, 1400%, 1500%

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Sun dogs happen at a specific angle and result in up to three bright spots. There are 4 lights. They are spaced unevenly and far too close together. There is no distortion and there is a cloud in front of the rightmost image. This is a timelapse of four pictures. The “video” is just the still image with motion effects added.

I couldn’t find the exact source, but it looks much more like multiple exposures than anything else. For example, it is entirely the wrong shape, distance, and number to be sun dogs.

What did you find in your search?

Yes, you’d have to be above the Arctic circle. Search “midnight sun timelapse” images, and you’ll find lots of examples. It is not actually a straight line, but moving on a curve. At this level of zoom, the curve is not apparent

I assume you’re joking since the caption says Alaska, but… Alaska (for one).

Bad bot.

Is there anyone here who doesn’t think this is obviously a timelapse (of the very cool phenomenon of the sun moving horizontally)?

It has been public for a long time that they have access to your contacts and metadata (who you talk to, how much, when, from where, etc.) That was bad enough. But this is the first time I’ve heard about accessing message content. Really chilling.

Why does evey MEE article include the phrase “according to [insert terrorist organization],” and then presents the information completely uncritically?

Funny that the surveillance state suddenly forgets to surveil when it is the one under the spotlight.

Loops is actually pretty great.

This is truly horrifying. Even more so that the world is watching it happen with precious little protest.

Yes! I meant to say peanut lol. Had to go back and see what the heck I typed.

At least in my lifetime, every president has commented critically about the previous administration.

You’re absolutely right that US presidents have historically not used their position for personal profit, or at least not overtly so. Jimmy Carter famously sold his potato farm upon being elected in order to avoid potential conflict of interest.

Sometimes I forget how brutal the early 2000s were.

Not sure what it is like in other countries, but you should know that it is extremely RARE in US politics for a former president to speak out against the current president. Even rarer to issue a formal statement.

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