@RickiTarr Darth Vader. If you can just stand there and not do anything to offend him you might be ok. Plus dying from the invisible choke hold would be less terrifying than the alien queen biting you with that acid mouth.
Over 400 pictures were combined to make this star trail montage taken today between 01:52 and 05:05am. That is how dull I am. I like to watch the Earth rotate. Also am I the only person annoyed that the path is not aligned due South? #Startrails#NewZealand
@czarbucks@firefly@AE4WX@amyedge@ai6yr@Jennifer Good morning from the Glen! Doors and windows open, Fat Squirrel No 1 on the rail with tiny finches and flity titmice taking advantage of open rail space. Laundry was finally completed yesterday and I can still walk this morning - wohoo! Today some more Family pics go up on the wall, and major sweeping/dusting event will commence. If I trust the hip enough, I’ll start in on the pile of cardboard boxes to cut up and go into the recycling. Hope everyone has a GREAT Friday!
@firefly@amyedge@BakerRL75@czarbucks@AE4WX@ai6yr I think Dory and Watson should team up. I suspect there would be a lot of sniffing things and rolling around and not much running 😂
Since we are coming up on June, it seems like a good time to check in with everyone here on @bookstodon regarding favorite reads of 2024 so far. Whatcha got?
My top five reads of 2024 so far:
The Criminal series of graphic novels by Ed Brubaker (ten primary works)
@kimlockhartga@bookstodon I feel like I've read a lot of fluff so far this year. Not many I just really loved. One series someone here told me about that I did really enjoy is Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Fairies and Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands. Really creative and fun fantasy. I also finally finished Dune 30+ years after first picking it up, and I liked it!
I'm not even upset that my rock theme for the bed was thwarted.
I planned to get Jethro Tull tickseed, Super Star Tickseed, Lil Bang Tickseed, and burning heart false sunflowers but Jethro had STD (all had powder mildew) so I went with a blanket flower.
This is what I was busy buying when my friend texted to give me the fantastic news of the day.
Anyway, this should now backfill all my lost dianthus.
@msquebanh@Waitnwallflower I have clay soil too. I have given up on butterfly bushes, I've had so many die and I love them 😭 I have a few things that survive extreme heat, drought, and cold and I'm just sticking with them! I have some little yellow coreopsis that come back every year no matter what
@herhandsmyhands@romancelandia@bookstodon I don't read romance but heard about that a couple years ago and read Courtney Milan's Twitter posts about it. It's really sad the leadership of that group were so clueless
The rush to judgment articles and posts I saw yesterday are just aging like warm milk. Preliminary reports are already showing:
The IDF targeted two senior Hamas terrorists it had tracked by aerial surveillance to a Hamas compound in Rafah
The IDF confirmed no women or children were in the compound before striking
The strike took place more than a mile (1.7 km) outside the Al-Mawasi designated humanitarian zone and more than 0.1 miles (180 meters) from the shelters that caught fire
The strike was carried out using 17 kg (37 lb) warheads — the smallest munition IDF jets can use; the IDF munitions alone could not have ignited such a large fire
The IDF is continuing to investigate the cause of the fire, including the possibility that Hamas had stored weapons in the area that the IDF was not aware of and which exploded due to the strike
satellite photos there was at least one Hamas rocket launcher near the compound that was bombed, which was outside the designated humanitarian zone.