Fenris Lorsrai @FenrisLorsrai@awoo.space

me: okay Cosmo, time to come out and play

Cosmo:

#StarTrek #StarTrekDeepSpace9

A breathtaking view of the Sun's reflection on the Pacific Ocean seen from space.

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"ok but it's not like he can just liquidate all his investments and give away $140 billion"

You're right! It means that, of the $463.567 trillion of wealth in the world, across 8.01 billion people, he has basically autocratic control over 2,419,068 people's share of the world's economy.

When someone's net worth is nearly completely in capital, it doesn't indicate how much stuff they have as much as how much power they have.

Consider this in the context of how the past fifty years worth of economic policy have been all about "free trade" and privatisation.

You're the Devil in Disguise ...Oh yes you are...
I love the little crests that look like horns.
Shore Larks like this one I shot in the northern part of the Netherlands normally live on the Arctic Tundras, but during the Winter they are seen in medium sized flocks along our coast and on the 'Wadden' Islands searching for seeds.

#ShoreLark
#EremophilaFlava
#birdsinlatin
#Birdphotography #Birds #Birdsofthefediverse
#BirdsofMastodon #Wildlife #Wildlifephotography #Nature

A lone stuffed bear points to the heavens that have forgotten him in the abandoned Randall Park Mall
Gallery/Info: https://www.abandonedamerica.us/randall-park-mall

#art #photography #history #abandoned

If you're into #gamestudies #history #mediastudies You might like this interview two of my students and I have out -- it's with Jessyca Durchin, who produced Barbie Fashion Designer @histodons

https://www.romchip.org/index.php/romchip-journal/article/view/159

Henrietta Lacks was a poor, Black, young mother diagnosed cervical cancer in 1951. When her cells were collected w/o consent, scientists saw they multiplied fast.

“HeLa” cells changed #science. They’re used globally to study viruses, drugs, hormones, genes, diseases & develop vaccines. Lacks passed away at 31 w no recognition.

Rebecca Skloot’s beautiful book about her life & legacy is changing that. Now her statue will replace Robert E. Lee in VA. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/20/us/henrietta-lacks-statue-roanoke-virginia.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare #history #HistoryRemix

Quick reminder that if you fancy a classic #ghost story this Christmas, my free, annotated, illustrated PDF edition of M.R. James's "A Warning to the Curious" is available at https://sarahkmarr.com. (Boosts welcome.)
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#GhostStory #GhostStoryForChristmas #NoDigginEre #MRJames #horror #photography #cartography #history #literature

Fission is in the news, but few recognize that a woman physicist was behind the discovery.

Lise Meitner’s brilliance led to the discovery of nuclear fission. But her long time collaborator Otto Hahn, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry w/o her in 1944, even though she had given the first theoretical explanation.

Albert Einstein called Meitner “our Marie Curie." She also adamantly refused to work on the atomic bomb during WWII. https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201502/physicshistory.cfm #women #history #science #HistoryRemix

Alan Turing was a mathematician & cryptographer who was a leading code-breaker in the team that decrypted Nazi Germany’s Enigma machine during WWII. He inspired modern computing & what became AI.

Instead of being hailed as a genius & hero, Turing was convicted as a homosexual & forced to endure chemical castration. He died by suicide at 41 in 1954.

The British government didn’t apologize until 2009 & Queen Elizabeth II finally pardoned him in 2013. #history #science #HistoryRemix

In addition to sculpture, I love to draw. Have over time settled into a style of ink crosshatching that I keep coming back to because of/despite its lovely/maddening constraints. This particular drawing ended up leading to a sculpture commission…more about that later! #introduction #drawing #ink #crosshatching #sketchbook #insects #mantis

the dream of release
Taken at the abandoned Holmesburg Prison
Gallery/info: https://www.abandonedamerica.us/holmesburg-prison

#art #photography #history