June 26, 2021

Big whale breach.

https://twitter.com/StrictlyChristo/status/1408837728683188225

June 25, 2021

Haha, got you, Mom!

Snow leopards are cool.
https://twitter.com/StrictlyChristo/status/1408534455933825025

June 24, 2021

Try to give people the most generous reason you can for their behavior.

https://twitter.com/StrictlyChristo/status/1408136213807067137

June 21, 2021

Portuguese-speaking fisherman rescues baby dolphin from fishing net.

https://twitter.com/StrictlyChristo/status/1406767021400805379

June 20, 2021

Pawtery

https://twitter.com/StrictlyChristo/status/1406346097581182977

June 19, 2021

Nothing says "our planet is in trouble" like watching super-wealthy billionaires racing to leave it.

https://twitter.com/StrictlyChristo/status/1406332982391046144

June 18, 2021

Why is it that conservative parties, specifically, align with the interests of the elite?

https://twitter.com/StrictlyChristo/status/1406024939224715266

https://twitter.com/StrictlyChristo/status/1406025353592594437?s=20

Why is it that conservative parties, specifically, align with the interests of the elite?

Conservatism, manifest as a political party, is simply the effort of the elites to maintain their privileged status.

"The most crucial variable predicting the success of a democratic transition is the self-confidence of the incumbent elites. If they feel able to compete under democratic conditions, they will accept democracy. If they do not, they will not. Powerful statistical and electoral evidence argues that the single thing that most accurately predicts elite self-confidence in democracy is the ability to build an effective, competitive conservative political party before the transition to democracy occurs."
--David Frum

June 18, 2021

Rep. Steven Palazzo spent campaign money to fight allegations he misspent campaign money

https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2021/06/16/rep-palazzo-campaign-money-fund-ethics-investigation/7720074002/

Republican Mississippi Rep. Steven Palazzo is using campaign money to pay lawyers defending him in an investigation into whether he misspent campaign funds.

Palazzo, who represents most of southern Mississippi, paid Jackson law-firm Watkins & Eager more than $60,000 in December using campaign dollars, according to campaign finance reports. The disbursements are listed as professional fees. Forbes first reported the payments.

Justin Brasell, founder of Triumph Campaigns in Jackson, confirmed to the Clarion Ledger that the payments were for legal defense. Brasell offered no other comment on the matter. Palazzo's office did not immediately return a request for comment Wednesday afternoon.
https://twitter.com/StrictlyChristo/status/1405953745607827462

June 16, 2021

Indonesians helping a giant leatherback sea turtle return to the sea after being stuck in a swamp.

https://twitter.com/StrictlyChristo/status/1405261047783518213

June 13, 2021

Best solar parhelion yet.

https://twitter.com/StrictlyChristo/status/1404117410718765057
A solar parhelion. It is in the family of halos caused by the refraction of sunlight by ice crystals in the atmosphere.

The prerequisite ice crystals occur with cirrus or cirrostratus clouds. The occurrence and placement of these clouds determine the parhelion's appearance.