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El of LA
@elofla.bsky.social
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Bio-Anthropologist/Linguist/IT/Writing professional. Post on social issues/indicators, environment, justice, evolution (which we're failing at). Slava Ukraini. "We all do better when we all do better!" (Here since 9-2023. I keep feed short.) No lists pls.
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I like that you posted a poem, but I beg to differ. Strongly. Mistletoe is sacred, and far less parasitic than the average human being. Here is a short example of its herbal uses for promoting health.
For most people, mistletoe brings to mind Christmas and the holiday season. Besides serving as a festive winter decoration, did you know that mistletoe is also used in herbal medicine and has been for hundreds of years? It’s a little known fact that there is actually more than one type of mistletoe. In fact, it’s believed more than 100 different species are in existence. One type of branch is most prominently used ornamentally, while a few are harvested for their medicinal purposes. When it comes to health promotion and preventing common conditions, what is mistletoe used for? According to the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), some of the many ailments it may help treat include: seizures headaches menopause symptoms potentially even cancer
December 4, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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We have something to look forward to on the weekend! Episode 38 of Kilauea's 2025 eruption! Here's the USGS' HVO status report this morning! They are quite accurate!
The text of the graphic attached from the USGS HVO status report reads as follows: " HAWAIIAN VOLCANO OBSERVATORY DAILY UPDATE U.S. Geological Survey Tuesday, December 2, 2025, 9:23 AM HST (Tuesday, December 2, 2025, 19:23 UTC) KILAUEA (VNUM #332010) 19°25'16" N 155°17'13" W, Summit Elevation 4091 ft (1247 m) Current Volcano Alert Level: WATCH Current Aviation Color Code: ORANGE Activity Summary: Eruptive activity is paused. Summit inflation has resumed over the past day. The recent inflation of the summit and glow from the vents indicate that another fountaining episode is likely between December 5 and 9, based on ground deformation models. Summit Observations: Eruptive activity is paused following the end of episode 37 lava fountaining on Tuesday, November 25. Overnight moderate glow was observed from the south and north vents, along with occasional tremor spikes suggestive of gas pistoning at depth within the vents. Weak spattering was also observed in the north vent overnight in webcams. This morning, HVO geologists on a summit helicopter overflight observed a spattering lava surface deep in the north vent. As of this morning, about 10.8 microradians of inflationary tilt have been recorded by UWD since the end of episode 37, with summit inflation starting again yesterday morning after stalling for a day. Seismic tremor is low. Gas emissions continue from the vent area, with a white outgassing plume rising above the crater this morning. Sulfur dioxide (SO2) gas emissions are typically between 1,200 and 1,500 tonnes per day during eruptive pauses between lava fountaining. Rift Zone Observations: Rates of seismicity and ground deformation remain very low in the East Rift Zone and Southwest Rift Zone. SO2 emissions from the East Rift Zone remain below the detection limit. Analysis: (not included in graphic)"
December 2, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance The Moment to Pick a Side Has Come Joyce Vance Nov 29, 2025 “You must refuse illegal orders.” That’s what was said in the video made by six Democratic members of Congress. Trump accused them of seditious behavior. The FBI launched an investigation. Then, on Black Friday, the Washington Post ran with an exclusive story about the September 2, 2025, attack on a boat allegedly carrying drugs in the Caribbean, the first of a series of attacks that have involved strikes on at least 23 boats to date. The Post reported that in advance of the strike, “Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave a spoken directive, according to two people with direct knowledge of the operation. ‘The order was to kill everybody.’” That’s what the special operations commander overseeing the attack did. After the initial hit, live drone feed showed two survivors clinging to the wreckage. The commander “ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions … The two men were blown apart in the water.” The video Trump released later that day did not include the second strike. The Post quoted Todd Huntley, a former military lawyer who had advised special operations on the illegality of the order: “Even if the U.S. were at war
November 30, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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I'm spitting mad over this outrageous further destruction of our US sacred places and history! @baldwin.senate.gov @pocan.house.gov WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT THIS FURTHER OUTRAGE!?!😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡
1h ago13.55 EST Trump eyes reflecting pool revamp in Truth Social post The president said in a Truth Social post today that the iconic reflecting pool, which sits in between the Washington Monument and the white marble statue of Abraham Lincoln, is due for an upgrade. Without going into any details, Trump shared a black‑and‑white video of a pool being cleaned, set to Andrea Bocelli’s Time to Say Goodbye. “This is the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool before Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum and I fix it,” the president wrote. “Study it hard because you won’t be seeing this Biden filth and incompetence much longer!”
November 26, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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1h ago13.55 EST Trump eyes reflecting pool revamp in Truth Social post The president said in a Truth Social post today that the iconic reflecting pool, which sits in between the Washington Monument and the white marble statue of Abraham Lincoln, is due for an upgrade. Without going into any details, Trump shared a black‑and‑white video of a pool being cleaned, set to Andrea Bocelli’s Time to Say Goodbye. “This is the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool before Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum and I fix it,” the president wrote. “Study it hard because you won’t be seeing this Biden filth and incompetence much longer!”
November 26, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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Goodnight Kilauea and my Bsky friends. It's been a lovely volcano watching evening!
www.youtube.com/@usgs/streams
Night picture of the episode 37 of Kiluaea's 2025 Eruption. Lovely bright orange streams of lava with two fountains in a night background.
November 26, 2025 at 6:29 AM
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I sincerely thank Kilauea volcano for choosing this year to erupt! I've spent hours watching the now 37 episodes of the eruption, the fountaining lava, day and night streams of the bright orange lava flowing into the crater and finding it comforting that even in sad times nature continues. Thx USGS.
A picture of Webcam 1 of Kilauea's 37th eruption from the USGS. Thank you USGS for allowing all of us to watch the real-time eruption of this beautiful and dramatic volcano. In the picture, two tall fountains, about 400 ft tall, erupt into the main crater of the volcano in daylight, with the edges of the crater and distant landscape behind it.
November 26, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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Episode 37 of Kilauea's 2025 Eruption just began! Watch livestreams here! www.youtube.com/@usgs/streams
A picture of the 37th episode of Kilauea's 2025 Eruption! Two orange fountains of lava about 125 meters (440ft) high erupt into Kilauea's main crater, in daylight, with the edges of the crater and surrounding land in the background.
November 26, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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We Ain't Buying It! Hold your money. Show our purchasing power! Delete shopping apps. Donate to mutual aid. Shop local and support small businesses in your community. Support your neighbors not the oligarchs!! 💪🖇️🐸💙 #WeAintBuyingIt #WEAINTBUYINGIT Nov. 27th (US Thanksgiving} to Cyber Monday {Dec. 1}.
The graphic from Indivisible states: We Ain't Buying It! Your Wallet. Your Power. Hold your money. Show our purchasing power! Delete shopping apps. Donate to mutual aid. Shop local and support small businesses in your community.
November 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Here's the list: notice that people with MBA's and Engineers are now no longer a 'professional'!!!
The list of professional jobs now deemed as 'non-professional' by the US Dept of Education and therefore not available to students and potentially no longer covered by insurance companies that require a person to 'seek a professional for coverage.'
November 21, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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I believe in the saying, "We all do better when we all do better."

NOTHING ELSE WILL SUFFICE.

May the forces of Democracy beat the forces of fascism. Who wants the greedy, grifting, billionaires to be the ones surviving underground in a climate too hot for anything to survive on the surface? 👇
A field of sunflowers in brilliant gold, brown and green surrounds the following quote: "We don't always get the future that we want, but surviving to get a future and a chance to do good for others is more than many are given. - Grandma Korbian" - by Lindsay Buroker, "Scions of Change" ("The Curse and Crown Series, " Book 4, Chapter 34.)
July 5, 2025 at 7:20 PM