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𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗻 𝗙𝗞𝗡𝗞 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗢𝘄𝗹 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝗵𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴! Not even birds released by the hunters themselves are being spared from illegal hunting this autumn hunting season! This Barn Owl (Barbaġann) that forms part of a reintroduction project managed by FKNK MALTA was illegally shot over the... past few days, ending up in the grounds of a school. The injured bird – with an evident gunshot injury to its right wing – was found at St Dorothy’s School in Ħaż-Żebbuġ. The bird was found by a member of the public and handed over to BirdLife Malta on Monday 18th December. Following an examination by the Government of Malta 🇲🇹 vet, it was today confirmed that the bird was suffering from a gunshot wound, leading to a broken right wing. The bird has a ring on its left leg bearing the details “024-BORP”. The reading of the ring highlights the fact that it is from the FKNK’s project, with the letters BORP standing for “Barn Owl Reintroduction project”. This reintroduction project led by FKNK since 2018 is funded by the Government through the Wild Birds Regulation Unit (WBRU), and its objective is to re-establish the species that was exterminated by illegal hunting throughout the years. Various pairs of #BarnOwl used to breed in Malta and Gozo regularly until the eighties. The Barn Owls are bred and reared in captivity in a facility in Buskett, before then being released back into the wild where it is hoped that these beautiful birds will then breed once again across the Maltese Islands. Sadly for this particular bird, this opportunity was cut short due to illegal hunting which – as clearly llustrated by this incident – remains rampant and indiscriminatory, with hunters targeting anything that flies, especially during open hunting seasons such as the ongoing season that runs until the end of January 2024. BirdLife Malta CEO Mark Sultana (birdlife malta) stated: “This incident, which is just part of the tip of the iceberg of what happens with illegal hunting in Malta, reminds us how destructive hunting is and how backwards in time we have gone when even the efforts of the hunting lobby to greenwash hunters’ activities, gets stained red in blood literally by hunters themselves. This is a far cry from true conservation!”show more

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Фото профиля chris baines

chris baines2 лет назад

And Malta was allowed to join the EU providing that they sign up to various Bird protection laws. Malta flaunt them the EU do nothing about these Dinosaurs

Фото профиля Nautilus

Nautilus2 лет назад

@MaltaGov you are not far behind lebanon..a disgrace to nature and mankind ! fuck off !!

Фото профиля Laurinda Luffman

Laurinda Luffman2 лет назад

Shameful!

Фото профиля Grant Edmondson

Grant Edmondson2 лет назад

I will never visit @MaltaGov until the indiscriminate shooting and trapping of bird life is controlled. So sad to see still happening in Europe

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The "Boriswave" of immigration since 2021 was the culmination of a quarter-century-long revolution in British governance and life initiated by Tony Blair in 1997. Reform's acknowledgement today that it should be overturned is part of a long English tradition of reversing bad revolutions, from Magna Carta in the 13th century to the Restoration in the 17th. This is The Starkey Thesis: England's constitution is its history, and that history is CONSERVATIVE. It is both the accommodation of change AND the reining in of progressive fads. Blairism was the ultimate progressive fad; the alignment of this country and its common law system with the unworkable principles of human rights law and international law enforced by domineering judicial activists. It is time to restore the constitution we had, to reverse this bad revolution.

The "Boriswave" of immigration since 2021 was the culmination of a quarter-century-long revolution in British governance and life initiated by Tony Blair in 1997. Reform's acknowledgement today that it should be overturned is part of a long English tradition of reversing bad revolutions, from Magna Carta in the 13th century to the Restoration in the 17th. This is The Starkey Thesis: England's constitution is its history, and that history is CONSERVATIVE. It is both the accommodation of change AND the reining in of progressive fads. Blairism was the ultimate progressive fad; the alignment of this country and its common law system with the unworkable principles of human rights law and international law enforced by domineering judicial activists. It is time to restore the constitution we had, to reverse this bad revolution.

David Starkey

166,495 просмотров • 11 месяцев назад

● The targeting today by snipers of the Iranian-backed Houthi terrorist militia of the child Ibrahim Jalal Amin Ahmed,13, as he returned from school with his sister in Taiz city constitutes a fully realized crime, clearly revealing the nature of this militia that views the innocence of childhood as a legitimate target within its bank of objectives, in an unprecedented moral and humanitarian decline ● This heinous crime is a direct extension of the bloody doctrine followed by the Houthi militia since its coup, based on targeting civilians in Taiz, including women and children, in an attempt to subjugate a city that has remained defiant against its project, in flagrant violation of all international laws and norms ● The blood of this child is a new witness to the nature of this project with which coexistence is impossible, for it is fundamentally based on violence and intimidation, feeding on the targeting of innocent civilians, spreading terror in the heart of society, and turning people's daily lives into an open arena for gratuitous death ● We call upon human rights organizations and activists to take serious and effective action to condemn this crime, expose the militia's practices, document its violations, pursue its leaders and networks before international justice, and dry up the sources of support that enable it to continue committing such crimes whose innocent civilian victims are the casualties

● The targeting today by snipers of the Iranian-backed Houthi terrorist militia of the child Ibrahim Jalal Amin Ahmed,13, as he returned from school with his sister in Taiz city constitutes a fully realized crime, clearly revealing the nature of this militia that views the innocence of childhood as a legitimate target within its bank of objectives, in an unprecedented moral and humanitarian decline ● This heinous crime is a direct extension of the bloody doctrine followed by the Houthi militia since its coup, based on targeting civilians in Taiz, including women and children, in an attempt to subjugate a city that has remained defiant against its project, in flagrant violation of all international laws and norms ● The blood of this child is a new witness to the nature of this project with which coexistence is impossible, for it is fundamentally based on violence and intimidation, feeding on the targeting of innocent civilians, spreading terror in the heart of society, and turning people's daily lives into an open arena for gratuitous death ● We call upon human rights organizations and activists to take serious and effective action to condemn this crime, expose the militia's practices, document its violations, pursue its leaders and networks before international justice, and dry up the sources of support that enable it to continue committing such crimes whose innocent civilian victims are the casualties

معمر الإرياني

27,442 просмотров • 5 месяцев назад

🇵🇸 🇲🇹 “I cannot I cannot bear to see anymore the physical and psychological pain and suffering in the eyes of the young children we bring over to Malta from Gaza to give them a better future. Children, young children with mutilated bodies who are supposed to be celebrating the innocence of their youth and the best period of their lives, the parents who have lost their young children. And I ask, why? When leadership should be about humanity and empathy and not about who can inflict maximum damage to win a war or wipe out a nation or its people. I was proud this week to stand with other world leaders and add Malta to the growing list of allies recognizing Palestinian statehood. After tens of years of discussion in Malta, we took decisive action and did the right thing to do. I owe this to Ibrahim, a 15 year old icon of the resilience and strength of the Palestinian people. Ibrahim is now receiving the best medical care and prosthetics in Malta after having both his legs blown off and severely injured by a missile fired from a drone in Gaza. His friends were killed in the same accident. These are the daily realities in Gaza, and we have to stand up and be counted. Not doing so would mean that we are complicit in what is happening.”

🇵🇸 🇲🇹 “I cannot I cannot bear to see anymore the physical and psychological pain and suffering in the eyes of the young children we bring over to Malta from Gaza to give them a better future. Children, young children with mutilated bodies who are supposed to be celebrating the innocence of their youth and the best period of their lives, the parents who have lost their young children. And I ask, why? When leadership should be about humanity and empathy and not about who can inflict maximum damage to win a war or wipe out a nation or its people. I was proud this week to stand with other world leaders and add Malta to the growing list of allies recognizing Palestinian statehood. After tens of years of discussion in Malta, we took decisive action and did the right thing to do. I owe this to Ibrahim, a 15 year old icon of the resilience and strength of the Palestinian people. Ibrahim is now receiving the best medical care and prosthetics in Malta after having both his legs blown off and severely injured by a missile fired from a drone in Gaza. His friends were killed in the same accident. These are the daily realities in Gaza, and we have to stand up and be counted. Not doing so would mean that we are complicit in what is happening.”

State of Palestine

39,501 просмотров • 11 месяцев назад

how to evolve generative art 🦠✨👇 over the past weeks I built this toy 'proof-of-concept' example to explore and better understand how open-form generative art works, and discover some of the new archetypes it enables. In open-form genart each mint at the root of a project can define its own lineage: properties, traits, and characteristics that carry over to new editions evolved from it. For example, in this demo, the first parent defines the color palette that's used for the pixel pattern — these colors are then inherited by subsequent evolutions (with a random chance to alter a color or introduce a new one). But that's just scratching the tip of the iceberg — the REALLY COOL thing is that the root mint also specifies the rules that define how the pixel pattern morphs and changes over the course of its lineage! Meaning that each branch in this collection is its own unconstrained system, that evolves, and is explored by minting and evolving new editions. in this setting collectors play a huge role to explore the parametric space of the project ✨ on fxhash the UI will be much cleaner and more intuitive 🫧

how to evolve generative art 🦠✨👇 over the past weeks I built this toy 'proof-of-concept' example to explore and better understand how open-form generative art works, and discover some of the new archetypes it enables. In open-form genart each mint at the root of a project can define its own lineage: properties, traits, and characteristics that carry over to new editions evolved from it. For example, in this demo, the first parent defines the color palette that's used for the pixel pattern — these colors are then inherited by subsequent evolutions (with a random chance to alter a color or introduce a new one). But that's just scratching the tip of the iceberg — the REALLY COOL thing is that the root mint also specifies the rules that define how the pixel pattern morphs and changes over the course of its lineage! Meaning that each branch in this collection is its own unconstrained system, that evolves, and is explored by minting and evolving new editions. in this setting collectors play a huge role to explore the parametric space of the project ✨ on fxhash the UI will be much cleaner and more intuitive 🫧

Ahmad Moussa || Gorilla Sun

13,100 просмотров • 1 год назад

The carnyx is an ancient musical instrument that best-known to have been used by the Celts during the Iron Age. Between 300 BC and 200 AD, the carnyx was used in many parts of Europe. In the ancient literary records, the carnyx is most commonly depicted as an instrument that accompanied Celtic warriors when they went into battle. Apart from literary sources, references to the carnyx have also been found on pieces of art and coins. Lastly, remains of this musical instrument have occasionally been found during archaeological excavations. The carnyx may be described as a type of war trumpet. This instrument was a valveless horn that was made of beaten bronze, and can be easily recognized due to its ſ-shape. Another distinct feature of the carnyx is its bell, which often depicts the head of some animal. Such animals include boars, dragons, serpents, birds and wolves. The bells of the carnyx were fashioned after these animals so as to strike fear into enemy warriors. Additionally, some bells were made with joints at the jaws, which would cause the animal’s head to move when the instrument was blown, thus adding to the psychological effect it had on the enemy. Whilst the sight of the carnyx struck fear into the hearts of the enemy, it was the sound of it, which has been described as lugubrious and harsh, that probably had a greater impact on enemy morale. It may be pointed out that it is unlikely that we will ever know how their carnyces had sounded. Nevertheless, it is possible to recreate this instrument, given that some of them have been found during archaeological excavations, and perhaps achieve a slightly better understanding of how this instrument worked. One example of a carnyx that has survived is the Deskford Carnyx, which was discovered in Deskford in Banffshire, Scotland. Only the head of this instrument was found, and it has been speculated that it had been buried as a votive offering to the gods. Although this instrument did not survive in its entirety, it provided enough information for a replica to be made. In order to recreate the rest of the carnyx, parallels, most notably artistic depictions from elsewhere in Europe were consulted. As a result, it is possible for us to hear the kind of sound a carnyx may have emitted when it was played. Nevertheless, the Deskford Carnyx is only one example of such an instrument. Prior to 2004, the remains of only five carynces were known. These instruments were found in Scotland, France, Germany, Switzerland and Romania respectively. In November 2004, a deposit of seven carynces was unearthed at Tintignac, a Gallo-Roman site at Tintignac in the Corrèze region of southern France. One of these carnyces had a bell in the shape of a serpent’s head with huge ears. A recreation of this carnyx was also made, and the sound produced by this instrument was quite different from that of the Deskford Carnyx. Thus, it has been shown that there were different types of carnyces in existence. Additionally, the carnyx from Tintignac also forced experts to re-evaluate the way that this instrument was played. Prior to its discovery, it was thought that the carnyx was held vertically, as depicted in some pieces of ancient art. The carnyx from Tintignac, however, had a completely straight tube, as opposed to other carnyces which had a slight bend at the mouth end of the tube. This meant that the carnyx from Tintignac was most likely played more or less horizontally, rather than vertically. This has led to the speculation that the carnyx, though traditionally associated with warfare, may have had a ritualistic function, and had been used for other occasions, such as feasts, funerals and weddings, as well. #archaeohistories

The carnyx is an ancient musical instrument that best-known to have been used by the Celts during the Iron Age. Between 300 BC and 200 AD, the carnyx was used in many parts of Europe. In the ancient literary records, the carnyx is most commonly depicted as an instrument that accompanied Celtic warriors when they went into battle. Apart from literary sources, references to the carnyx have also been found on pieces of art and coins. Lastly, remains of this musical instrument have occasionally been found during archaeological excavations. The carnyx may be described as a type of war trumpet. This instrument was a valveless horn that was made of beaten bronze, and can be easily recognized due to its ſ-shape. Another distinct feature of the carnyx is its bell, which often depicts the head of some animal. Such animals include boars, dragons, serpents, birds and wolves. The bells of the carnyx were fashioned after these animals so as to strike fear into enemy warriors. Additionally, some bells were made with joints at the jaws, which would cause the animal’s head to move when the instrument was blown, thus adding to the psychological effect it had on the enemy. Whilst the sight of the carnyx struck fear into the hearts of the enemy, it was the sound of it, which has been described as lugubrious and harsh, that probably had a greater impact on enemy morale. It may be pointed out that it is unlikely that we will ever know how their carnyces had sounded. Nevertheless, it is possible to recreate this instrument, given that some of them have been found during archaeological excavations, and perhaps achieve a slightly better understanding of how this instrument worked. One example of a carnyx that has survived is the Deskford Carnyx, which was discovered in Deskford in Banffshire, Scotland. Only the head of this instrument was found, and it has been speculated that it had been buried as a votive offering to the gods. Although this instrument did not survive in its entirety, it provided enough information for a replica to be made. In order to recreate the rest of the carnyx, parallels, most notably artistic depictions from elsewhere in Europe were consulted. As a result, it is possible for us to hear the kind of sound a carnyx may have emitted when it was played. Nevertheless, the Deskford Carnyx is only one example of such an instrument. Prior to 2004, the remains of only five carynces were known. These instruments were found in Scotland, France, Germany, Switzerland and Romania respectively. In November 2004, a deposit of seven carynces was unearthed at Tintignac, a Gallo-Roman site at Tintignac in the Corrèze region of southern France. One of these carnyces had a bell in the shape of a serpent’s head with huge ears. A recreation of this carnyx was also made, and the sound produced by this instrument was quite different from that of the Deskford Carnyx. Thus, it has been shown that there were different types of carnyces in existence. Additionally, the carnyx from Tintignac also forced experts to re-evaluate the way that this instrument was played. Prior to its discovery, it was thought that the carnyx was held vertically, as depicted in some pieces of ancient art. The carnyx from Tintignac, however, had a completely straight tube, as opposed to other carnyces which had a slight bend at the mouth end of the tube. This meant that the carnyx from Tintignac was most likely played more or less horizontally, rather than vertically. This has led to the speculation that the carnyx, though traditionally associated with warfare, may have had a ritualistic function, and had been used for other occasions, such as feasts, funerals and weddings, as well. #archaeohistories

Archaeo - Histories

13,852 просмотров • 8 месяцев назад

#WATCH | Bogotá, Colombia | MP Shashi Tharoor says, "The Indus Waters Treaty was one that was offered by India to Pakistan in the early 1960s in a spirit of goodwill and harmony. In fact, those words occur in the preamble of the treaty; sadly, that goodwill has been repeatedly betrayed by the terrorist actions of the last four decades. Even though we have had terrorism and war inflicted on us, the treaty has remained in place, but this time our government has placed the treaty in abeyance, which means it is in effect suspended. Its operations are suspended until such time as we get satisfactory indication from Pakistan that they're prepared to conduct themselves in that spirit of goodwill that is provided for in the preamble of the treaty. We are very conscious that we have been a generous neighbour when it comes to the operation of the treaty. We are in an upper riparian state. We have given Pakistan very generously the waters that they are entitled to under the treaty, and we have not even used all the waters we are entitled to under the treaty. But the time for acting on the basis of goodwill unilaterally is frankly no longer with us..." Courtesy ANI . Office of Dr Shashi Tharoor Shashi Tharoor

#WATCH | Bogotá, Colombia | MP Shashi Tharoor says, "The Indus Waters Treaty was one that was offered by India to Pakistan in the early 1960s in a spirit of goodwill and harmony. In fact, those words occur in the preamble of the treaty; sadly, that goodwill has been repeatedly betrayed by the terrorist actions of the last four decades. Even though we have had terrorism and war inflicted on us, the treaty has remained in place, but this time our government has placed the treaty in abeyance, which means it is in effect suspended. Its operations are suspended until such time as we get satisfactory indication from Pakistan that they're prepared to conduct themselves in that spirit of goodwill that is provided for in the preamble of the treaty. We are very conscious that we have been a generous neighbour when it comes to the operation of the treaty. We are in an upper riparian state. We have given Pakistan very generously the waters that they are entitled to under the treaty, and we have not even used all the waters we are entitled to under the treaty. But the time for acting on the basis of goodwill unilaterally is frankly no longer with us..." Courtesy ANI . Office of Dr Shashi Tharoor Shashi Tharoor

Tharoorian

286,683 просмотров • 13 дней назад

ILLEGAL FIREARM? Did Tim Walz violate state and/or federal law by using a magazine that was too large? It sure sounded like he loaded five shells into his shotgun. Tim's handmade Italian shotgun can hold 4 shells in the magazine and 1 in the chamber. Bird hunters know that you've got to use a plug to limit the capacity of your shotgun to 2 shells in the magazine and 1 in the chamber. Did Tim forget about this rule or is the truth that he has no idea what he is doing. The press pool on the hunt reported that Tim never fired his shotgun at any point during the hunt. The penalty for Tim's transgression is a $15,000 fine, 6 months in jail, and forfeiture of his firearm. Also, how does a high school teacher with no savings or investments afford a handmade Italian shotgun? Was it a gift from the CCP on one of his many visits? Finally, for those of you who are avid bird hunters you might know that if you're ONLY hunting pheasant there is no limit on the size of your magazine (you can use a 32-shell drum magazine if you like) UNLESS you're in a Waterfowl Production Area (WPA). If you're in a WPA you've got to use a plug to limit your magazine size. Sleepy Eye, MN, is located within the Windom Wetland Management District, which oversees about 17,000 acres of federal Waterfowl Production Areas spread across 13 counties in southern Minnesota. These WPAs are part of the National Wildlife Refuge System and are managed for waterfowl production, wildlife habitat, and recreation activities, including hunting. If you are hunting pheasants in areas that are designated WPAs, you need to follow federal regulations, which include limiting shotgun capacity to three shells. This rule applies in federal WPAs to align with general waterfowl hunting regulations and conservation efforts. Therefore, if hunting pheasants in a WPA near Sleepy Eye, you must use a plug to limit your shotgun capacity to three shells to comply with these regulations.

ILLEGAL FIREARM? Did Tim Walz violate state and/or federal law by using a magazine that was too large? It sure sounded like he loaded five shells into his shotgun. Tim's handmade Italian shotgun can hold 4 shells in the magazine and 1 in the chamber. Bird hunters know that you've got to use a plug to limit the capacity of your shotgun to 2 shells in the magazine and 1 in the chamber. Did Tim forget about this rule or is the truth that he has no idea what he is doing. The press pool on the hunt reported that Tim never fired his shotgun at any point during the hunt. The penalty for Tim's transgression is a $15,000 fine, 6 months in jail, and forfeiture of his firearm. Also, how does a high school teacher with no savings or investments afford a handmade Italian shotgun? Was it a gift from the CCP on one of his many visits? Finally, for those of you who are avid bird hunters you might know that if you're ONLY hunting pheasant there is no limit on the size of your magazine (you can use a 32-shell drum magazine if you like) UNLESS you're in a Waterfowl Production Area (WPA). If you're in a WPA you've got to use a plug to limit your magazine size. Sleepy Eye, MN, is located within the Windom Wetland Management District, which oversees about 17,000 acres of federal Waterfowl Production Areas spread across 13 counties in southern Minnesota. These WPAs are part of the National Wildlife Refuge System and are managed for waterfowl production, wildlife habitat, and recreation activities, including hunting. If you are hunting pheasants in areas that are designated WPAs, you need to follow federal regulations, which include limiting shotgun capacity to three shells. This rule applies in federal WPAs to align with general waterfowl hunting regulations and conservation efforts. Therefore, if hunting pheasants in a WPA near Sleepy Eye, you must use a plug to limit your shotgun capacity to three shells to comply with these regulations.

@amuse

3,497,185 просмотров • 1 год назад