A year in greenery …
The Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) shows the health of vegetation across New York from winter through autumn. Two week interval.
Changes 📍
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This is the third change of power in the White House during the social media era. 🖥
This is the third change of power in the White House during the social media era. 🖥
While I refrain from posting anything political or commenting these days on social media, it’s interesting to read the views of my friends and colleagues on Facebook.
Some think it’s the greatest day ever. Others are horrified by the changes underway, their four years of progress undermined. Some are celebrating the new executive orders, boasting how proud they are to be an American with the new leadership in Washington. Others say, He’s Not MY President.
Rather predictable, I saw the opposite only four years ago. Whether you are heartened or saddened by today’s developments, you have to note that political fortunes are temporary and subject to change.
Whether you think it’s a time to embrace or refrain from embracing, whatever happens today is very fleeting in the grand scheme of things.
The Other America
r. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s 1967 speech at Stanford. Here, he expounds on his nonviolent philosophy and methodology.
In this age of disorder and anger, I think his words are quite profound.
Women of Color Were Shut Out of Congress For Decades. Now They’re Transforming It. | FiveThirtyEight
Women of Color Were Shut Out of Congress For Decades. Now They’re Transforming It. | FiveThirtyEight
The second is that a historic number of women of color — 49 in total, according to data collected by the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University1 — will serve in the 117th Congress, including the first three Korean American women elected to Congress and the first Black women to represent Washington state and Missouri.
A night view, Martin Luther King Day 2021
Still rather cloudy around here.
