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What I keep coming back to is the fact that the people for whom Epstien's crimes have become a point of fracture with Trump are simply not people who care at all about crimes like rape.
I say that because it's the same group of people who always second guess victims, who don't think "date rape" is real rape, who might say they want to "protect girls" but don't care if the girl is a teen as they decide she's "fast."
I guess if they imagine a "perfect victim" they do care?
I'm sorry, but I am not reading all of that.
I just checked on another computer and you don't need to sign in to view a youTube video so this is odd.
You see normally I do that, but because I was traveling I had that turned off.
@nycCatHerder @fivetonsflax @thetnholler.bsky.social
Creeps just trying to talk to children doing sports with their teacher. I'm kind of livid. Asking where they are from.
It's none of their damn business.
@fivetonsflax @thetnholler.bsky.social
He already had to do that to get that slot. (Getting park time is SO HARD)
But, it also made me really sad that the kids were scared to come. I hope they can get back to doing their practice.
I have a mild obsession with tornados.
In related news I got a new scam call this weekend "This is Walmart and we want to verify a $1400 charge." At first I was like "that's not a real charge" then she starts asking my name and other info so I say "I will call the bank back about this."
"Please stay on the line."
Calling back to verify the source is good practice the real deal would not object.
Hung up so damn fast.
There was no charge of course, but I was traveling and it scared me into almost answering the questions.
This is a direct result of bluesky doing age verification, the scammers are using it for cover. I hope they have little success, I can't think of a harder group of people to scam than fedi people (although it is not impossible, and we should all talk about it!)
@IveyJanette @thetnholler.bsky.social
There are a few idiots who this will be a nasty wake up call for.
A few things I notice about this as a fellow NYC teacher.
1. This guy goes all out for his kids, keeping the park reservation slots at that location, which is one of the best in the city is hard. He's on top of the paperwork, and going the extra mile so they can do their sports.
2. This was racial profiling most likely. Just targeting kids because they aren't white.
It's like it decided to give up on "violence" and try "seduction" for a bit!
Oddly this is faaar from the most "ropey" tornado I've seen video of... they can do a "loop de loop"
mmmm countable antennae segments
When you turn out the lights bees drop to the ground ... this is an instinct to avoid storms.
Bees immediately plummet to the ground when the light inside of a room is switched off, a fascinating video has shown. Biotechnology and Biological Science PhD student Hamish Symington captured the moment dozens of the creatures immediately hit the deck the second they’re plunged into darkness. The University of Cambridge student told the Independent: “The thing that’s surprising here is that it’s such a sudden switch-off, almost like there’s some kind of hard-wiring for ‘dark = no flying’. “Some people have suggested it’s an adaptation to predators flying overhead, ‘see a shadow, drop to avoid being caught’.” Sign up to our newsletters.
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I hope the bird could do something similar
Tornados are on a short list of things that are more impressive and terrifying in real footage than they ever seem in movies.
This is one of the better bits of raw #tornado footage I've seen this year. Just incredible how they concentrate power, motion in one place while the air is seemingly calm nearby.
This one has layers that give you a sense of the internal structure of the vortex!
I don't understand how "storm chasers" do this. I would simply leave. Though in this one the storm chasers are being chased by the storm: it eats up telephone poles behind them. Terrifying.
(no deaths)
I thought it was a coffee table and there is a pillow on the floor? Maybe with a black little stand in front of it.
It's an odd low angle but the photo's composition wasn't what had me confused here heh
I think it's like this: