jd 🔆

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Passionate about #climate and the #environment, #news, #media and #journalism, human #evolution and ancient #history, #politics, #wildlife #birds #photography, #bicycle #piano #guitar #español #français . 
#Ottawa, #Ontario #Canada
Twitter@John_S_Davidson
Website (somewhat fallow these days)https://perfectdayfactory.com

8 Stages of Writer’s Block
1. Mental hiccup
2. Brief hesitation
3. Moment of doubt
4. Loss of confidence
5. Intense self-questioning
6. Narrative paralysis
7. Existential crisis
8. Lunchtime

#writers #writing #writingtips #writingcommunity

European civilization is built on ham and cheese, which allowed protein to be stored throughout the icy winters.

Without this, urban societies in most of central Europe would simply not have been possible.

This is also why we have hardback books. Here's why. 1/

I find it amazing how quickly academic Twitter has ceased to be. All the interesting stuff seems to be at Mastodon these days. So now that we're at it: could we maybe also just get rid of academic publishers by massively defecting to diamond open access journals?
St. Exupery’s The Little Prince (Le Petit Prince). Braille edition
#books #braille
A different vibe for a #sunset #photo tonight - I rarely photograph people, but couldn’t resist this #horses #beach #coast #Silhouette
Meanwhile on Twitter:
The climate change deniers sre still at it, now trying to stop offshore wind turbine development. And using a slick video production to do it.
#climate #wind #renewables #fossilfuels
https://heated.world/p/the-fossil-fuel-industrys-deceptive?utm_medium=email
The fossil fuel industry’s deceptive campaign to kill offshore wind

A climate denial group is trying to turn public opinion against clean energy by disguising their agenda as pro-environment.

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