Every year I (ab)use my annual pass to the Portland Japanese Gardens by visiting every 4-5 days from September through October, until peak color hits and that time is this very week. Here are some photos from today on a cloudy and rainy not-so-crowded Thursday.
Revealed: International ‘race science’ network secretly funded by US tech boss
Group promoting ‘dangerous’ scientific racism ideology teamed up with rightwing extremist, recordings reveal
policies that attempt to reduce inequalities between racial groups,” she said. It was also deployed to “argue for more restrictive immigration policies, such as reducing immigration from supposedly ‘low IQ’ populations”.In one conversation, HDF’s organiser was recorded discussing “remigration” – a euphemism for the mass removal of ethnic minorities – saying: “You’ve just got to pay people to go home.” The term has become a buzzword on the hard right, with Donald Trump using it in September to describe his own policies in a post on X that has been viewed 56m times.In Germany, protesters took to the streets in February after it emerged politicians had attended a conference on “remigration” in Potsdam. Among the delegates was an activist called Erik Ahrens.Already notorious in Germany, he has been designated a “rightwing extremist” by authorities, who have concluded he poses an “extremely high” danger, particularly in regard to the radicalisation of young people.This investigation reveals Ahrens spent months working with members of HDF.At a sold-out event in London last year, Ahrens was recorded urging his audience to join a secret club dedicated to restoring the power of “white society”. Later, he boasted of spending the next year “travelling around
Helene's Aftermath - 96 Hours in Asheville - YouTube
On September 30, 2024, WBIR sent crews to Asheville to cover what happened to Western North Carolina after Hurricane Helene.
They spent a total of 96 hours on the ground.
These are the stories they encountered.
Erin Kissane, Writer/Researcher - XOXO Festival (2024)
Writer/researcher Erin Kissane is working to build better and safer networks for collective survival, with efforts including the COVID Tracking Project, a po...
On October 1st, 47,000 members of the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA), primarily dockworkers on East and Gulf Coast ports, went on strike after failing to agree contract terms with USMX, an alliance of port operators and employers.
wreckage/salvage is a tiny studio from me, Erin Kissane. It's a display case for small research projects and long-form explorations. It's also a home for a membership program for people who want to financially—and spiritually—support my work in the intertidal zone of network history, cultural protocols, and
Houston officials knew homes in the Addicks and Barker reservoirs could flood. Why didn’t residents?
Some politicians say thousands of people living within the Addicks and Barker reservoirs should have known the risk before Hurricane Harvey flooded them. Now that it’s clear that building in the reservoirs also threatens surrounding areas — and the dams themselves — what should be done?
Anything that could cause property values to drop — and a disclosure that a house is inside a reservoir would fit that category — is a possible governmental “taking” of private property without compensating landowners.
Running up that hill Cover in Early Middle English BARDCORE/MEDIEVAL version. Original by Kate Bush. - YouTube
Always had a thing for dramatic, theatrical, singing English women. Why? XD I FOKKEN love Kate Bush that's why haha and I'm so happy to finally cover a song of hers. It's my first time singing in Middle English, I hope you like the language as much as I do :) because I'm planning to do more soon.
A big big shoutout to all the people who helped me with this cover,
@HrothgarLareow For the hard work with the translations and training, Go check out and support his channel for some fun Old English content.
@stantough As always, for the amazing instrumentals, my covers would never sound as good without your sublime tunes :)
Instrumentals : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fJXLCN_zv4&pp=ygUdcnVubmluZyB1cCB0aGF0IGhpbGwgYmFyZGNvcmU%3D
tidestudioind for the amazing mixing and mastering, It has been a joy ever since I started using your services. If you want to get your music mixed and mastered by a master, I highly recommend his services on fiverr:
https://www.fiverr.com/tidestudiolnd
And lastly, to my friend Dheeraj Basumatary for the really kickass art for this video, I hope to have you grace my channel again with your wonderful artworks.
https://www.instagram.com/2cool4dheeraj/
Consider supporting the channel, I know what I do ain't much but its honest work ❤ : https://www.patreon.com/the_miracle_aligner?fan_landing=true
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And lastly, here are an easier to read version of the Middle English Lyrics, Courtesy of @HrothgarLareow :
Itt mē ne werdeþþ
Willt tū witenn nū min care?
Willt tū witenn þatt, tatt itt mē ne werdeþþ
Willt tū herenn off þe forrþwarrd tatt icc dō?
Þū
Þatt sinndenn witt baþe
Whatt icc wolde nū don
an forrþward wiþþ Godd
þatt he wharrfde ure stedes
icc wollde ernenn nū forrth
annd stiȝhenn þatt hill
annd stiȝhenn þatt hus þær
Whatt icc wollde þatt don, o
Þū ne willt mē werdenn
acc sē hū dep þe arrwe liþ
Unniwarr icc þē nū tobreke
ure herrtes þunnrenn nū
whatt wē hatenn ure dere frendes!
seȝȝ, ne rekkest tu off unc baþe?
Þū
Þatt sindenn witt baþe
Þatt sindenn witt baþe, ne ben unnseliȝ
Her mē, dere
O, let mē takenn
nū an litell hanndhwile att þē, lef
Her mē, ennġell
Her mē, her mē, dere
Uttenn wharrfen ure lif
and ec swā sket
#bardcore #katebush #medieval #runningupthathill #english
Perry Farrell’s Wife Offers Dramatic Account of Why He Assaulted Dave Navarro During Jane’s Addiction Show: ‘Perry Was a Crazed Beast for the Next Half an Hour’
Etty Lou Farrell, Perry Farrell's wife, broke down the Jane's Addiction fight, praising Dave Navarro but excoriating Eric Avery for 'cheap shots.'
This is the single greatest shot filmed in television history. It's completely real, it's NOT a green-screen. One chance, and if James Burke had missed, ther...
I have been obsessed with this phrase over the past week or so. It came across my various feeds in that fragmented way I think of as characteristic of TikTok: I was seeing reactions way before I saw the actual event. Which is here:
As you can see, it was
(with thanks to René Zandbergen, Ray Clemens, Roger Easton, Claire Bowern, Bill Endres, and the curatorial and conservation staff at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library) I have some exc…
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