brightspotart

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Peace be with you. And live long and prosper. 🖖 Interests include art, the beach, finance, football, food, and sci-fi. Reposts≠endorsements, but keeping f’ed up sh*t as proof to use to say, “Why did you vote for this?!” Trans rights=human rights.

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brightspotart@brightspotart· 20d

Yep, that’s battery. (I wanted to use this gif anyway.)

brightspotart@brightspotart· 27d

No filter on this photo. The global WE can do better. Our future depends on it. It’s time to unite and embrace sustainable solutions, renewable energy, and vote for representatives who take climate change and pollution seriously. We inhabit one livable planet for now and nothing will save us but us.

This is the Boston financial district skyline. The sky is orange today due to wildfire smoke. Photo taken by @brightspotart

brightspotart@brightspotart· Jun 22

Here’s the thank you note, with alt text. Nice.

"From the ancient Persia of thousands of years ago to the civilized Iran of today, the spirit of Iran remains alive and steadfast. We came to Los Angeles with pride, competed with honor, and leave with dignity. Thank you, Los Angeles, for your hospitality. And thank you to every Iranian who gave their heart, voice and soul for Iran throughout these 180 minutes. May Peace, respect, and friendship prevail among all nations.”

The note also included "#168" and “#minab" an apparent reference to the U.S. airstrike on a girl's school in the city of Minab early during the Iran war, which resulted in more than a hundred deaths.

brightspotart@brightspotart· May 31

He’s seriously Jabba the Hutt’s Majordomo Bib Fortuna.

brightspotart@brightspotart· May 7

One of my favorite movies. So many good lines.

David in the Fifth Element saying that he does not want to go to Egypt.

brightspotart@brightspotart· Apr 29

I’m going to miss Jerome Powell as Fed Chair, and his press conferences. Glad he’s sticking around, even if it’s as Low Profile Powell. I admire how even-keeled he is.

brightspotart@brightspotart· Apr 4

Gosh, the beauty of it all. Numinous Earth. Thank you Artemis crew.

brightspotart@brightspotart· Jan 25

The truth about the hero Alex Jeffrey Pretti. Spread it far, spread it wide. (With Alt text.)

Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti
Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti

“We are heartbroken but also very angry.”

Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA Hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact.

I do not throw around the “hero” term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed.

Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.

brightspotart@brightspotart· Jan 3

I love this. Thanks @jonathanldent.bsky.social 💜

brightspotart@brightspotart· Nov 25

It’s called Ma Cuisine Ochi. This was pre-pandemic, so I’m not sure. The trout amandine was tasty.

brightspotart@brightspotart· Sep 28

Seeing pocari sweat logos during an Angels game last year was cool. I love pocari sweat.

brightspotart@brightspotart· Sep 28

Fascinating account of the world’s largest carbon emitters from 1988 to 2015. This article is from 2017, but it’s still relevant. The Earth is in trouble. #environment #climatechange #sustainability www.theguardian.com/sustainable-...

Top 100 producers and their cumulative greenhouse gas emissions from 1988 to 2015.

1
China (Coal)
14.32%

2
Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Aramco)
4.50%

3
Gazprom OAO
3.91%

4
National Iranian Oil Co
2.28%

5
ExxonMobil Corp
1.98%

6
Coal India
1.87%

7
Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex)
1.87%

8
Russia (Coal)
1.86%

9
Royal Dutch Shell PLC
1.67%

10
China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC)
1.56%

11
BP PLC
1.53%

brightspotart@brightspotart· Aug 21

Thought this was interesting: Xiaomi is trying to reach an electric vehicle delivery milestone in a much shorter timeframe than Tesla and BYD. sherwood.news/tech/xiaomi-...

But facing a fresh round of US trade sanctions in 2021, execs at Xiaomi ran a scary thought experiment — what would happen to the company if the sanctions killed off its phone business? Xiaomi Auto was founded in September of that year, and now, less than four years on, the company thinks it can deliver 350,000 electric vehicles like its SU7 this fiscal year. That’s a milestone that took Tesla more than a decade, and domestic rival BYD even longer.

brightspotart@brightspotart· Aug 7

A delayed diagnosis can kill. Sadly, this happened to a few people I know. www.usatoday.com/story/life/h...

Little, now 39 and a contributor for the Mesothelioma Center at Asbestos.com, survived. But her misdiagnosis led to a distrust in the medical system. Each year, a misdiagnosed disease kills or disables about 795,000 people in the United States, according to a 2023 study published by BMJ Quality & Safety. In a July 2024 survey of 50 cancer survivors across the U.S. who were misdiagnosed, 92% said the misdiagnosis hurt their health, 64% had their treatment delayed, and 56% said their cancer advanced to a later stage.

brightspotart@brightspotart· Aug 3

Happened upon this really long and seemingly random American Eagle/Republic flight route from Nantucket ACK to Washington DCA. Shouldn’t this take about an hour instead of two? 🤔 Of course there’s flight traffic, but I didn’t see any storms or rain on the coast. Curious about it.

brightspotart@brightspotart· Jun 30

Hahaha yes just like in The Jetsons! ✨

George Jetson from the animated cartoon The Jetsons climbs into a human-sized pneumatic tube.

George Jetson from the animated cartoon The Jetsons is quickly propelled out of a human-sized pneumatic tube.

brightspotart@brightspotart· May 23

It’s your Mother!

Dan Akroyd’s character, Mother, asking James Earl Jones’ character, Bernard Abbott, for a Winnebago.

brightspotart@brightspotart· Apr 2

More video. The question asker is sincere. Jim Banks, punching down is never good.

brightspotart@brightspotart· Mar 26

Jeffrey Gundlach last Thursday, March 20 on CNBC: “The chance of a recession is higher than most people believe, over 50 to 60%.”

brightspotart@brightspotart· Jan 16

Visionary. RIP David Lynch.

You may be cool, but you’ll never be as cool as “Patrick Stewart as Dune’s Gurney Halleck carrying a pig into battle” cool.

brightspotart@brightspotart· Jan 5

No, no Duolingo that’s YOUR typo.

brightspotart@brightspotart· Dec 24

You will be visited by three spirits… 🤪 (credit to Alec Monopoly)

brightspotart@brightspotart· Dec 21

What was that one episode that featured Vogon poetry… 😂

brightspotart@brightspotart· Dec 6

Yeah this looks very much like Narnia. Here’s Narnia in a photo taken on October 28, 2018.

brightspotart@brightspotart· Nov 27

Be careful if you’re traveling and leaving your car at an airport this holiday season. A Cuban group of thieves is accused of stealing $5 million worth of cars from airports around the US, via NBC News. Get one of those little faraday pouches for your car key fobs too.