Notices by earthling (appassionato@mastodon.social), page 2

@photography

New York City. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

#America
#Russia
#protest

@photography

"All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent."
Thomas Jefferson

#America
#protests
#quotes

@photography

Los Angeles, California. REUTERS/Mike Blake

#America
#protests

@photography

They want 1939 Germany.
Let's give them 1789 France.

Los Angeles, California. REUTERS/Mike Blake

#America
#protests

'No kings' protest signs

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. REUTERS/Rachel Wisniewski

@photography
#America
#protests

@photography

Oh Canada, We're so sorry!

New York City. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

#America
#Canada
#protests

@photography

New York City. REUTERS/Christian Monterrosa

#America
#protests

@photography

Fool on the Hill

Los Angeles, California. REUTERS/Mike Blake

#America
#protests

#Interdependence

The Global #Risks #Interconnections Map 2020

“For decades, Israel has been hijacking boats in international waters between Cyprus and Lebanon, killing or kidnapping passengers, sometimes bringing them to prisons in Israel including secret prison/torture chambers, sometimes holding them as hostages for many years. Israel assumes that it can carry out such crimes with impunity because the US tolerates them and Europe generally follows the US lead.”

Noam Chomsky, 2010

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/6/9/the-freedom-flotilla-achieved-its-mission

@palestine
#FFC
#FreedomFlotilla

Countries on the edge of the Sahara desert are reversing desertification by just digging half circles.

The ground in these places is too compact for water to soak in during wet season which leads to flooding but digging these holes gives the water a place to stop and soak in. And they’re pushing back the desert with this. By just digging holes.

via what-even-is-thiss

https://justdiggit.org/about-us/

#Africa
#Sahara
#reforestation

“It is obvious that putting the task of distributing food and aid to the people of Gaza in the hands of the Israeli government and American mercenaries has been a terrible idea and a complete failure.”

“Opening fire on starving people as they desperately seek food is a level of criminality that cannot be tolerated.”

#CAIR

@palestine
#Gaza
#aid
#food

@publicdomainrev

Green sea turtle posing - Renee Capazzola

@photography
#turtles

Purple

via bluelady329luv

@photography
#flowers
#BloomScrolling

Israel kills 3 more journalists in Gaza

At least three Palestinian journalists were among those killed in extensive Israeli bombing across the Gaza Strip in recent days.

The journalists were identified as Aziz al-Hajjar, Nour Qandil, and Abdul Rahman al-Abadleh.

According to Quds News Network, al-Hajjar was killed with his wife and children in the Bir an-Naaja neighbourhood in northern Gaza.

@palestine
#Gaza
#journalists

Jellyfish and Iceberg by Galice Horau

A lion’s mane jellyfish swims past an iceberg in Greenland, 2019. Autumn in the East Greenland fjords, near Tasiilaq, is teeming with life, especially planktonic species ranging from tiny copepods to large jellyfish such as this lion’s mane jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) with its long stinging tentacles drifting elegantly through the water.

@photography
#ocean
#Greenland
#jellyfish
#iceberg

Japanese salarymen take off.
(white collar workers)

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/japan-salarymen-cheerleading/

@photography
#Japan
#salarymen
#cheerleading

Wisteria blooming over an abandoned house in Japan, by ギン (Gin_lazuli_)

via todayintokyo

@photography
#Japan
#akiya
#wisteria

Research shows people who speak another language are more utilitarian and flexible, less risk-averse and egotistical, and better able to cope with traumatic memories.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/sep/17/how-learning-thinking-in-a-foreign-language-improves-decision-making

#language

@martinvermeer @mojala

The Bilingual Brain And What It Tells Us About the Science of Language by Albert Costa, 2019

The definitive study of bilingualism and the human brain from a leading neuropsychologist

Over half of the world's population is bilingual and yet few of us understand how this extraordinary, complex ability really works How do two languages co-exist in the same brain? What are the advantages and challenges of being bilingual?

@bookstodon
#books
#bilingual
#brain
#language