Hubby has taken up a new hobby -- needlepoint! He describes it as both meditative and also challenging -- like putting together a puzzle. Here are a couple of his finished pieces! Also, an excellent used book I picked up last year, which covers embroidery stitches, patches and crocheting -- useful for #VisibleMending and fixing up some knitted and crocheted pieces!
#SolarPunkSunday #Crafting #FiberArts #Needlepoint #Art #NatureArt #Crows #Sunflowers
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i don't think i know anyone who needs this, but in case anyone else does:
this is a pretty good, patient explainer of why fascism is bad for tech and tech startups: techdirt.com/2025/07/17/fascis…
Fascism For First Time Founders
Over the last year or so I’ve seen a disturbing tendency in tech/startup/VC worlds to buy into the neoreactionary view that for startups to be successful they need to get on board the Trump t…Techdirt
The Guardian: Ice secretly deported Pennsylvania grandfather, 82, after he lost green card
"...Family of Luis Leon say they were initially told by someone he had died, but they found him alive in Guatemala hospital..."
"...long-time Allentown resident Luis Leon – who was granted political asylum in the US in 1987 after being tortured under the regime of the Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet – lost his wallet containing the physical card that confirmed his legal residency. So he and wife booked an appointment to get it replaced.
When he arrived at the office on 20 June, however, he was handcuffed by two Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) officers, who led him away from his wife without explanation, she said..."
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From Project Gutenberg:
The Blue Lagoon: A Romance
by H. De Vere (Henry De Vere) Stacpoole
Get it at: gutenberg.org/ebooks/393
The Blue Lagoon: A Romance by H. De Vere Stacpoole
Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.Project Gutenberg
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Announcing the Stephen L. Thompson Lunar Exploration Prize
I am a big support of returning to the moon. I even wrote an ebook about it tilted, “ The Moon Before Mars: Why returning to the moon...oneoveralphasramblings.blogspot.com
« Un maelstrom révélateur d’un monde où tout se vaut, où même l’horreur absolue est devenue une sorte de divertissement. Et voyez-vous, j’ai l’estomac fragile : quand ça tourne comme ça, je vomi. Je n’y arrive plus intellectuellement ni même physiquement, disais-je. »
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Il faut qu’on parle
Depuis quelques temps, je n’arrive plus à suivre l’actualité mondiale quotidienne comme je l’ai fait avec souvent beaucoup d’intensité ces vingt-cinq dernières années. Je n’y arrive plus intellectu…Tagrawla Ineqqiqi
This Indian city just outranked Italy’s Florence in tourist favourites of 2025
Jaipur, also known as the Pink City, ranked 5th on the list with a score of 91.33, ahead of Florence, which placed 11th with a score of 90.08. Travel +BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Gespot in Leeuwarden: een straat in het piepklein, gemaakt van afval. Typisch een werk van Stijn ter Braak
Kunstenaar Stijn ter Braak verzamelde in een straat in Leeuwarden afval, en maakte mét dat afval precies die straat weer na. Het resultaat is een ingenieus miniatuurlandschap, met mogelijk je eigen oude strijkijzer erin.Anna van Leeuwen (DPG Media)
The Economics of Immigration and Deportation
"EU gives Israel a greenlight for more genocide..."
#ElectronicIntifada
with David Cronin
#Israel #USA #Gaza #GENOCIDE
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Ireland Under-20s finish World Championship campaign with narrow win over Spain – The Irish Times
Ireland brought their Under-20 World Championship campaign to an end with a fortuitous 38-37 victory over Spain to finish 11th of 12 teams in the tournament.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
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ATHLETIC: Gibbs-White named in Forest traveling squad for training camp in Portugal
Yesterday, at roughly the same time Tottenham Hotspur was playing against Reading, Nottingham Forest played a preseason friendly of their own, a scorelessBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Restoring sea floor after mining may not be possible, researchers warn
Scientists present at the latest effort to hash out international rules for deep-sea mining say it's unclear if it's possible to restore damaged seafloor ecosystems—or how long it would take.Amélie BOTTOLLIER-DEPOIS (Phys.org)
L'image montre un robot sous-marin de grande taille, principalement jaune et gris, équipé de chenilles pour se déplacer sur le fond marin. Le robot est suspendu par des câbles, avec un module plus petit, également jaune, suspendu à proximité. Ce module semble être équipé de projecteurs et d'outils pour explorer ou collecter des données. Le fond marin est recouvert de sable et de petits cailloux, et l'eau est d'un bleu profond, créant une atmosphère de recherche scientifique. Le robot est conçu pour fonctionner dans des environnements sous-marins, probablement pour des missions d'exploration ou de collecte de données.
Fourni par @altbot, généré localement et en privé en utilisant Ovis2-8B
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Sancties voor wodka, stilte voor genocide. | Anis Jadib
Sancties voor wodka, stilte voor genocide. De EU heeft vandaag haar 18e sanctiepakket tegen Rusland gepresenteerd. Achttien keer optreden omdat Rusland bezet, bombardeert, doodt. Maar Israël? Geen sanctie. Geen tik op de vingers.www.linkedin.com
Mooi dat ie zich uitspreekt. Kleine stap maar niet verkeerd.
"Belgische koning Filip noemt situatie in Gaza 'een schande voor de mensheid'"
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Belgische koning Filip noemt situatie in Gaza 'een schande voor de mensheid'
De Belgische koning Filip vindt de huidige toestand in Gaza 'een schande voor de mensheid'. Dat zei de vorst vandaag in een toespraak ter gelegenheid van de nationale feestdag, die morgen wordt gevierd.RTL Nieuws
Het zou zo mooi zijn als het overeind blijft.
Frankrijk, Spanje, en ook België samen optrekkend, ook tegen de VS. Maar ja, ach, de belangen zijn zo groot en de mensen, ach, die fokken wel door, vinden ze.
Hosting a #RepairCafe? Know about a #LibraryOfThings in your town? Organizing a #CommunityGarden? Looking for volunteers for a #Rewilding project? The #SolarPunkSunday team wants to know about it! Just use the hashtag and we'll amplify the signal! We know there's a lot of good going on in the world, but we can't be everywhere at once!
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#SolarPunk #RightToRepair #BuildingCommunity
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With Many Hands is active and growing in southern New Mexico.
With Many Hands, a 501c3 fiscally sponsored project of Addition/Tides, is a true grassroots effort that is moving resources to the people that actually make change, working people in their own communities.
withmanyhands.org/ ... Public Lands for Food ... Community Gardens
They are also politically active supporting local candidates:
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#SolarPunk #RightToRepair #BuildingCommunity #Activism #NewMexico #CommunityGarden
With Many Hands Public Land For Food | Ten Vital Services, New Mexico
Two Locations: 601 Maryland Avenue Available during regular city park hours New York Avenue Mainstreet Public Garden Behind the 900 block of New York Avenue…Otero AdminTwo (With Many Hands Public Land For Food)
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#Reptile
Thriller poliziesco di vecchio stampo.
Pur senza grandi trovate rimane solido e interessante per oltre due ore.
📝Voto: 6+ /10
"Reptile" di Grant Singer, 136 minuti, 2023.
-In seguito al brutale omicidio di un giovane agente immobiliare, un detective incallito cerca di scoprire la verità in un caso in cui nulla è come sembra, e nel farlo smonta le illusioni della sua stessa vita.- da themoviedb.org
#cinema #film #movies #20luglio #cineMastodon #cineItalia
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