Scifi Saturday: May 17, 2025
My science fiction activity has been pretty light this week, but here are my scifi distractions for the week.
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#indieweb #smallweb #smolweb #personalweb #blog #blogging #scifi #sciencefiction
To win a war they cannot avoid, Chief Justice Roberts and his allies must rediscover their belief in a simple notion: The American president is not above the law.
The Supreme Court Must Rescue Itself From Its Own Madness
To stand up to Trump’s lawless power grabs, the Roberts court must disavow its own mirror-image corruptions. It may yet feel obliged to do just that.The New Republic
BREAKING: The FDA has approved the Novavax Covid-19 vaccine—but only for older adults and high-risk individuals over 12. Critics warn it’s a blow to public health. “I think the goal of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is to make vaccines less available, more expensive, and more feared.” — Dr. Offit.
shorturl.at/bwfxj #press
Pretty sure that the Wayne Foundation's idea of "the ultimate price" is "billionaires paying their fair share of taxes"
⚠️🇺🇦What’s happening in the Kursk Region (Reporting from Ukraine VIDEO) #Ukraine #NukesForUkraine #Germany #France #Italy #OSCE #PACE #CoE #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom
#EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar
#11yrInvasionofUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState
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Events for the 18th of May from Wikipedia:
• 1291: Fall of Acre, the end of Crusader presence in the Holy Land. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_…
• Birth (1981) of Mahamadou Diarra, Malian international footballer en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahamado…
• Death (1910) of Eliza Orzeszkowa, Polish author and publisher (b. 1841) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliza_Or…
#history #events #historical #today @histodons
Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa. At Booie, QLD.
#birds #birdwatching #photography #darktable #wildlifephotography
#nature #wildlife #australia #inaturalist #ecology #biodiversity
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iNaturalist
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#EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar
#11yrInvasionofUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState
Ukraine, Estonia sign cultural cooperation program
Ukraine's Minister of Culture and Strategic Communications Mykola Tochytskyi and Estonia's Minister of Culture Heidy Purga have signed a cultural cooperation program for 2025-2029. — Ukrinform.Ukrinform
#EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar
#11yrInvasionofUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState
Russian army destroys 19th-century wooden church in Donetsk region
In Novotroitske, Donetsk region, Russian forces have destroyed the wooden Holy Trinity Church, built in the 19th century. — Ukrinform.Ukrinform
Jasmine Paolini domina in finale e vince gli Internazionali d’Italia
Superata senza intoppi l'americana Coco Gauff con il punteggio di 6-4, 6-2. Festa per la tennista di Bagni di Lucca
#EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar
#11yrInvasionofUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState
Occupiers remove equipment from military base in Sevastopol – Atesh
Partisans have reported that Russian invading forces have removed military equipment from a base in Sevastopol, located in temporarily occupied Crimea. — Ukrinform.Ukrinform
HWiNFO v8.26公開。Radeon RX 9070 GREをサポート、他
2025年5月18日未分類PCシステムモニタリングアプリケーションであるHWiNFO v8.26が公開されました。今回のアップデートでは以下のサポートの追加や不具合の修正、改善等が含まれています。▼HWiNFO v8.WALKNEWS (WALK NEWS)
One Dead as Bomb Damages Palm Springs Fertility Clinic, Trump Will Speak with Putin & Zelenskiy, More
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/audio/2025-05-18/bomb-damages-fertility-clinic-trump-will-speak-with-putin-more?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Podcasts @podcasts-bloomberg
#EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar
#11yrInvasionofUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState
NG chief Pivnenko on enemy fiber-optic drones: like spider webs over front line
The commander of the National Guard of Ukraine, Brigadier General Oleksandr Pivnenko, has demonstrated the use of fiber optics on the routes of Russian drones. — Ukrinform.Ukrinform
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Call for EU ban on anti-LGBTQ 'conversion' gets 1 million signatures
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Wouldn't it be we're 2.54 centimetering towards the metric system?
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Russia holds sham trial and sentences Australian man volunteering for Ukraine to 13 years in a Russian prison.
How long will we keep tolerating Putin’s sick games?
Two drawings in booklet, back of drawing and front of drawing
gouache, wool and pencil on paper in book
size of one drawing: 14 x 16 cm
#drawing #zeichnung #tekening #contemporaryart #contemporaryartist #artbook #embroideryonpaper #embroidery #workonpaper #sztuka #dessin #abstractart #stitch #mixedmedia
US Wants To Exploit Bases In Brazil And Provoke The Country Over Its Role In BRICS
The plan by American diplomats to achieve rights for the United States to use Brazilian military bases is a radical maneuver and a political provocation against Brazil, particularly given its relationship with BRICS partners, especially China.Anonymous834 (South Front)
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@ridetheory in The Aarhus Library in Denmark you can have a giant bell give a single BONG when your baby is born.
It just about scared the sh&t out of me when I was in the library passing time.
Hidden Belgium: Ai Nati Oggi
Every time a child is born in one of the city’s four maternity hospitals, the mother is invited to push a button on the wall. It sends a signal that causes the street lights to flash.www.brusselstimes.com
#EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar
#11yrInvasionofUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState
Canadian PM Carney reaffirms support for Ukraine in first meeting with Zelensky
Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney and President Volodymyr Zelensky met for the first time on May 17 in Rome, where Carney reaffirmed his country's "steadfast and unwavering support" for Ukraine.Lucy Pakhnyuk (The Kyiv Independent)
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That 3am comment from Alexa makes this song even more creepy...
"Talking in Your Sleep" by The Romantics (1983)
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Saturday, tied for year’s warmest day, seemed among its best
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/05/17/weather-warm-washington-breezy-bright/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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#OnThisDay, 18 May 1893, Meri Te Tai Mangakāhia spoke at the Kotahitanga (Māori parliament) in Aotearoa (New Zealand). She was the first woman to address the Kotahitanga, and called for Māori women to have the vote and to be members of the parliament.
#AotearoaHistory #NZHistory #VotesForWomen #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons
![A visiting card by F W Mason with a photo of Meri Te Tai Mangakāhia. She is a Māori woman in a dark fitted jacket with a pale bow at her neck. Her hair is in a plaited bun.
Image credit: Mason, Frederick W., photographer. [Copy of Portrait of Meri Te Tai Mangakāhia]. Auckland War Memorial Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira. PH-NEG-C5101.](https://poliverso.org/photo/preview/640/46440873 "A visiting card by F W Mason with a photo of Meri Te Tai Mangakāhia. She is a Māori woman in a dark fitted jacket with a pale bow at her neck. Her hair is in a plaited bun.
Image credit: Mason, Frederick W., photographer. [Copy of Portrait of Meri Te Tai Mangakāhia]. Auckland War Memorial Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira. PH-NEG-C5101.")
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