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Starry Time Podcast

In our recent episode, I learned that a #bobcat & a Canadian #lynx can reproduce (creating a hybrid called a Blynx)!

And, uh, well, we should prob leave them alone (you know, since scientists put a tracking collar on one too tightly in 2003 and it starved to death 😢 )

PROTECT. THE. BLYNX.

Listen here for the full story & more about #lynx: starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/

📷 :wdfw.wa.gov/species-habitats/s

Infographic labeled "Lynx or Bobcat?" On the left side is the a photograph of a lynx with the text "Lynx (Lynx Canadensis" Photo by Keith Williams"along with call outs pointing to six distinct features (shorter, black tail tip, arched back, longer ear-tufts, larger paws, longer legs, gray uniform coat). Below this photograph are drawings of lynx pawprints and text indicating each footprint is 4" and the gait of all four foot prints is 24" to 33" On the right side is the a photograph of a bobcat with the text "Bobcat (Lynx rufus) Photo by Keith Williams" along with call outs pointing to six distinct features (longer black and white tail, straight back, shorter ear tufts, smaller paws, shorter legs, and brown spotted coat). Below this photograph are drawings of bobcat pawprints and text indicating each footprint is 2.25" and the gait of all four foot prints is 22" to 26"
#Nature#animals#podcast
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MikeDunnAuthor

Today in Labor History February 19, 1990: After a 10-month strike, rank-and-file miners at the Pittston Coal Co. ratified a new contract. Ninety-eight miners and a minister occupied a Pittston Coal plant in Carbo, Virginia, inaugurating the year-long strike. While a one-month Soviet coal strike dominated the U.S. media, the year-long Pittston strike received almost no media coverage in the U.S. The wildcat walkouts involved 40,000 miners in Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky. Over 2,000 people occupied Camp Solidarity. Miners and their families engaged in Civil Disobedience, pickets, work stoppages and sometimes sabotage, vandalism and violence. Over 4,000 were arrested.

Women supporters of the Pittston Strike, possible members of the Daughters of Mother Jones. Some are wearing camouflage t-shirts.
#workingclass#LaborHistory#pittston
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Ricardo Harvin

Well acted, beautifully shot, and interestingly staged, Wildcat and its story of the writing life of Flannery O'Connor, combined with depictions of her short stories, is a contemplative work that covers the nature and complexity of creativity, devout religious faith, and the intertwining of both with writing truth, and truthfully.

When she fell, it triggered a visceral response reminding me of my ongoing, physical struggle.

#Wildcat#FlanneryOConnor#MayaHawke
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MikeDunnAuthor

Today in Labor History December 3, 1946: Women retail clerks at Hastings and Kahn’s launched the Oakland General Strike, the last General Strike to occur in the U.S. Other workers soon joined in. Overall, more than 100,000 workers participated in the 3-day Oakland General Strike, which was part of the 1945-1946 strike wave, the largest strike wave in US history. Over 5 million workers participated in the nationwide strike wave, including 225,000 UAW members, 174,000 electric workers struck, 750,000 steel workers, 250,000 railroad workers. There were several other General Strikes in 1946, too, including Lancaster, PA; Stamford, CT; Rochester, NY. In reaction to this strike wave, Congress passed the Taft-Hartley Act in 1947, which severely restricted the powers and activities of unions. It also banned General Strikes, stripping away the most powerful tool workers had.

On the first day of the general strike, crowds gather in the streets, blocking traffic in downtown Oakland. By Unknown - Oakland Museum of Californiahttp://www.foundsf.org/index.php?title=Oakland_1946_General_Strikehttp://vm133.lib.berkeley.edu:8080/xtf/search?rmode=irle4&metacollection=irle4&sort=localuid&startDoc=21, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=61220975
#workingclass#LaborHistory#oakland
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