Maria PopovaVirginia Woolf died on this day in 1941 and left us, besides some of the most beautiful literature of our civilization, what may be the most stunning account of a total solar eclipse: https://t.co/cwHrSsdwbR
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Charlie StrossSo, it turns out that when Edward Lear invented the word "Runcible" it had no set meaning and nothing much stuck (except very tenuously, as a synonym for "spork").
I am now racking my brains for a suitable thing in my new space opera to pin "runcible" onto. Maybe the name of whatever they use instead of computers?
Ross GradyY’all, the amazing Tuareg guitarist Mdou Moctar, and his band, have basically been stranded on tour, unable to return home to Niger, due to the coup there. They have a GoFundMe to help them cover living expenses while they are in limbo: https://gofund.me/5a4505c5
Side note: if you haven’t seen the film “Rain the Color of Blue With a Little Red in It,” which stars Mdou Moctar as a guitar-playing, motorcycle-riding character who bears a passing resemblance to a certain Minnesotan performer, you are in for a treat: https://boxd.it/b8cK
Side note: if you haven’t seen the film “Rain the Color of Blue With a Little Red in It,” which stars Mdou Moctar as a guitar-playing, motorcycle-riding character who bears a passing resemblance to a certain Minnesotan performer, you are in for a treat: https://boxd.it/b8cK
Jon Lasser is Hanging in thereThe #ClarionWest Write-a-thon is nearly upon us. Sign-ups are open now!
Please boost for visibility!
Steve LieberHow to build a Corsi-Rosenthal Box. Graphic created by: https://twitter.com/shiventaneja/status/1598099273434165249
#corsiRosenthal #corsiRosenthalBox #airFilter
#corsiRosenthal #corsiRosenthalBox #airFilter
Shiven Taneja on Twitter
“I have created a step-by-step guide to building a #CorsiRosenthalBox. Thank you @JimRosenthal4 & @CorsIAQ for approving it. Displaying it in waiting rooms, offices, schools, and libraries will help more people stay safe this season. Please DM me if you need a PDF or another size.”
beSpacific#Stanford led study reveals a fifth of #California #SierraNevada #ConiferForests are stranded in #habitats that have grown too #warm for them. The researchers created #maps showing where #warmer #weather has left #trees in conditions that don’t suit them, making them more prone to being replaced by other species. The findings could help inform long-term #wildfire and #ecosystem #management in #ZombieForests. #ClimateCrisis #GlobalHeating #Wildfires #forests https://news.stanford.edu/2023/02/28/zombie-forests/
Zombie forests | Stanford News
The researchers created maps showing where warmer weather has left trees in conditions that don’t suit them, making them more prone to being replaced by other species. The findings could help inform long-term wildfire and ecosystem management in these “zombie forests.”
Ika Makimaki-Are you coming to [event]?
-Is it outdoors?
-No, we want it to be cozy.
-Will there be ventilation and filters inside?
-*puzzled look*
-*sigh* Are masks required?
-No, no one is doing that anymore.
-I am. Will there be an online option?
-No, too complicated, we want everyone to be together this year.
-I don't think I'll join, thanks.
-We've moved on, the pandemic is over!
-Sadly, it is not. And it's not worth risking my family's health so we can pretend it's 2019 again.
Sarah TaberHey everyone! If you've ever wondered "how DOES the food system actually work? And how come every time we try to fix something about it, it seems to fail?"
I'm doing a webinar on that tonight!
http://bit.ly/Jan25FarmtoTable
(Note: times here are Pacific time, & registration is free)
Luna Station QuarterlyLibraries will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no libraries. - Anne Herbert