A NewsGuard analysis found that in the five days since she posted the video, Loomer’s X account received 751,000 likes, comments, and reposts - compared to an average of 1.05 million likes, comments, and reposts during the previous three five-day periods. That represents a 28 percent drop in engagement.

It’s possible that the sudden drop reflected abandonment by a disgruntled base that Loomer has built over the years; as of June 23, she had 1.9 million followers on X. However, disaffected fans would not be expected to remain silent about her dramatic about-face and would therefore be expected to have more engagement with her account, not less. A more likely explanation for the rapid decline in engagement is that her previous engagement numbers were artificially pumped up by Russian bots, which could have been directed to abandon her after she turned against Russia.

and expect another 40% rise later this year.

I just received this email from them:

From https://ebird.org/species/partan1

An explosion tore through Qatar’s key natural gas export terminal Sunday night as workers tried to resume operations there after Iran bombed it during the war, causing a fire that hurt at least 54 people as another 18 were still missing hours later.

This hummingbird has pretty much every color on it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden-tailed_sapphire

The Dutch Government began offering Mastodon accounts to all government organizations at all levels of government as a shared service. You can read more about how their using Mastodon at https://www.digitaleoverheid.nl/overzicht-van-alle-onderwerpen/mastodon-overheid/

An atlas of the vibrance of the real world

“We are in uncharted territory. I don’t think [shipping in the strait] is getting back to normal this year.”

The plan would expand opportunities for private enterprise and create measures to attract additional foreign investment, including from Cubans abroad.

It could also set the stage for private real estate development ⁠on the Caribbean island and the ⁠transformation of state-owned businesses ⁠into private commercial ventures with shares and equity stakes. It would also ‌allow private banks to enter Cuba’s once state-dominated ‌finance ‌sector.

This is the first cohort of folks that age who were offered the HPV vaccine when they were 12 or 13.

Expect even more dramatic results as that group enters their 30s & 40s.

Mazaar, who is in his late 30s, is the main breadwinner for a large family that includes his one child and many brothers.

He says he became a fuel smuggler three to four months ago when drought meant he was no longer able to farm.

He is among 2.4 million people in Balochistan's population of about 15 million estimated to be involved in fuel smuggling between Iran and Pakistan.

Just making sure things are working.

“The result,” said the author of a new Public Citizen analysis, “is a self-reinforcing loop where corporate cash buys policy, and policy pays cash back.”

How it is that we can call so many disparate, irreconcilable ideologies – various ethno-nationalisms, imperialism, financialism, patriarchy, Christian nationalism, libertarianism, white supremacy, etc – "conservative"? What binds all these views together?

In 2015, less than 20% of residents were within walking distance of transit. Now, nearly 90% of the city has access to BRT or trains.

A few minutes in Google street view will show you that traffic is still pretty intense, but even so this is remarkable.