@doloresquintana.bsky.social I have no idea about what to do or feel about #Dune3. Do I surrender to the hype or keep my distance? I have read the book, & if none of the #Dune novels make for cheerful reading, #DuneMessiah is a real downer. It's like #Paul is being punished for becoming emperor.

@uriebay.bsky.social @beyerstein.bsky.social @tomlevenson.bsky.social @anniegirl.bsky.social @doloresquintana.bsky.social @merlinofcanada.bsky.social @maej43.bsky.social I do my best not to eat #UltraProcessedFoods but when you live on fixed income, in a #fooddesert, it isn't easy. Call it a WIP. 🤔

My family tried to eat fewer ultra-processed foods for five years. Here’s what we learned Cutting UPFs from our grocery list was expensive, laborious and time-consuming

My family tried to eat fewer ultra-processed foods for five years. Here’s what we learned

Picasso’s Guernica is the ultimate emblem of the horrors of war. It has no place in Spain's partisan squabbles | María Ramírez Forty years after the 1937 masterpiece returned to Madrid from its Franco-era exile in New York, it is again embroiled in politics, says Spanish journalist María Ramírez

Picasso’s Guernica is the ultimate emblem of the horrors of war. It has no place in Spain's partisan squabbles | María Ramírez

Sam Neill says New Zealand goldmine supporters have threatened him with violence Actor says his opposition to South Island development near his farm has led to personal abuse

Supporters of New Zealand goldmine threaten Sam Neill with violence

Why is the Maga project teetering? Because not even Trump supporters voted for this dysfunction | Moira Donegan The president’s fixation on culture-war grievances is a colossal misreading of voters who just want prices to come down, says Guardian US columnist Moira Donegan

Why is the Maga project teetering? Because not even Trump supporters voted for this dysfunction | Moira Donegan

Wildlife and humans thriving in Unesco-protected sites While wildlife populations crash globally, research finds designated areas enable recovery of threatened species Wildlife and humans are thriving within sites recognised by Unesco, research has found, allowing for the recovery of threatened species and habitats around the world. While wildlife populations have crashed globally by nearly three-quarters since 1970, those within Unesco-protected areas have remained largely stable. Continue reading...

Wildlife and humans thriving in Unesco-protected sites

EU’s top court finds Hungary’s anti-LGBTQ+ law in breach of key values ECJ says law passed in 2021 discriminatory and ‘contrary to the identity of the union’, in early test for incoming PM The EU’s highest court has found Hungary’s anti-LGBTQ+ law to be discriminatory, stigmatising and in breach of basic democratic values, setting up an early test for the incoming prime minister Péter Magyar’s government when it takes power next month. In a wide-ranging judgment, the European court of justice said the 2021 law that bans content about LGBTQ+ people from schools and primetime TV was at odds with a society based on pluralism and fundamental rights such as prohibition of discrimination and freedom of expression. Continue reading...

EU’s top court finds Hungary’s anti-LGBTQ+ law in breach of key values

@beyerstein.bsky.social @michaelemann.bsky.social @bettycrackerfl.bsky.social @anniegirl.bsky.social @doloresquintana.bsky.social Well, okay, having a #Rhinoceros walking past your house is disconcerting. But it's also a #Conservation triumph 😤.

‘They come right past the house’: learning to live with rhinos as numbers soar in Nepal The country is seeing an increase in human-wildlife conflict as the number of megafauna, including rhinos and tigers, grows. But there are efforts to tackle the problem around Chitwan national park through education and training

‘They come right past the house’: learning to live with rhinos as numbers soar in Nepal

Mexican magic: Santiago Lastra’s recipes for cheesy mushroom costras and beetroot tostadas Poppadoms masquerade as tortillas in these tostadas topped with a striking pink mole, and grilled mushroom tortillas smothered in melty cheese and a sharp salsa

Mexican magic: Santiago Lastra’s recipes for cheesy mushroom costras and beetroot tostadas

Nine lessons for the US from Viktor Orbán’s defeat | Kenneth Roth As US elections approach, the Hungarian prime minister’s loss is a reminder that history does not march relentlessly toward autocracy

Nine lessons for the US from Viktor Orbán’s defeat | Kenneth Roth

Robbins’ account raises questions over whether he was misled on Mandelson vetting Sacked Foreign Office chief tells MPs he was briefed that UKSV considered Mandelson ‘a borderline case’

Was Olly Robbins misled on Mandelson’s vetting? Here’s our story on that important question raised by his evidence to the FAC. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

*pretend not to understand

Happy April 21st from Northern Ontario.

President Zelenskyy:

We have around 200 very strong [military] companies today. Of these, about 30 are top-tier. They produce drones, artillery, and armored vehicles. Most of them are MilTech - including highly advanced demining drones and unmanned ground vehicles.

The altars are piled with various kinds of bread, beer, mulled wine, incense and myrrh, cuts of meat and geese. (OGC)

@silvermansecurity.bsky.social @beyerstein.bsky.social @aravosis.bsky.social @johngcole.bsky.social @minibubbly.bsky.social @doloresquintana.bsky.social I love this for all of them!😁 #DuaLipa #WarInUkraine 🌻💪

"The chances that Dua Lipa would help raise funds for a vehicle for our unit weren’t high... but they were never zero!"

British singer Dua Lipa helped the Ukrainian First Separate Medical Battalion acquire a pickup truck.The vehicle will be used for evacuations&operational tasks in the combat zone

Fox News' Sean Hannity declares 'no longer Catholic' amid Trump/Pope fallout Fox News host Sean Hannity spoke about how President Donald Trump's comments mattered to him more than Pope Leo XIX's, after the pontiff denounced the war against Iran

File under Lol.
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@silvermansecurity.bsky.social @beyerstein.bsky.social @aravosis.bsky.social @johngcole.bsky.social The legacy of #AngelaMerkle .😡 #WarInUkraine 🌻

OTD in 2017 Prez declared "mission accomplished" in Syria. A statement that stood the test of time & didn't cause deleted posts.

OTD in 2021 German Foreign Minister decided that the Russian army massing on Ukraine's border was not a reason to cancel Nordstream 2.

To Kremlin it meant "an invasion will not stop commercial relations". It thus made an invasion more likely. Cos that's how appeasement works.

Mississippi SOS paid Experian $50k for voters' consumer data The secretary of state said the deal would "strengthen" election integrity. But Experian told his office it couldn't guarantee its data's reliability.

Watson REFUSES to answer questions about this:

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Area man discovers affinity with the party of child rapists.

Ukraine’s Permanent Representative to the UN,Andrii Melnyk:

No army since World War I has paid such an astronomical death toll for such negligible territorial gains as Russia

According to battlefield assessments,Russia is currently losing…254 soldiers for every square km of Ukrainian territory⤵️

Ukrainian cat activated. FPV drone eliminated. 🫡