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new project from me that might pass the time: old #essays online - https://moodyessays.blogspot.com/
first uploads:
In Guangzhou zoo - https://moodyessays.blogspot.com/2026/06/in-guangzhou-zoo.html
Vox Boxes - https://moodyessays.blogspot.com/2026/06/vox-boxes.html
Jericho - https://moodyessays.blogspot.com/2026/06/jericho.html
Monteverdi - https://moodyessays.blogspot.com/2026/06/monteverdi.html
RE: https://chaos.social/@stdevel/116742003461098433
not suitable for vegetarians ....
New #Ebola situation report is out:
Seems I spoke too soon about numbers now being reliable and consistent.
Sitrep has added 17 new confirmed cases in Ituri, but also 4 cases have been removed in North Kivu from last sitrep.
So 689 confirmed cases now, +13. 🧪
How 'algorithm' got its name from a 9th-century Persian mathematician
by Scott Neuman
https://www.npr.org/2026/06/11/nx-s1-5848013/algorithm-word-week-etymology
The Concise Book of Calculation by Restoration and Balancing at @wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Jabr
The algebra of Mohammed ben Musa at @internetarchive
https://archive.org/details/algebraofmohamme00khuwrich
11-Jun-2026
People show a natural tendency to walk to the left
... as has been reported in the Guardian as well. There's a bug though. If I enter a room where I want to do a full circle, such as in a museum, I only make one decision, coming in through the door. If I turn left then, I'll have to walk clockwise from then on to follow the walls of the room. So left bias means more right turns?
11-Jun-2026
#Collagen, the human body’s most abundant #protein, is liquid-like inside #cells
New study overturns a 60-year-old assumption about the body's primary structural building block, opening new avenues for treating fibrosis and cancer.
11-Jun-2026
#AncientDNA study of post-Roman Europeans reveals the emergence of a complex new society
Study published in #Science challenges the myth of simple Barbarian domination in the Early #MiddleAges
A new study in Science has challenged the myth that life in the Little Hungarian Plain in the Early Middle Ages was dominated by "barbarians." The results have been published by the HistoGenes project, of which Patrick Geary, Professor Emeritus in the IAS School of Historical Studies, is co-principal investigator.
12-Jun-2026
"What if there is no one to farm? KAIST reveals a hidden risk to future #foodSecurity
• KAIST and the University of Tokyo develop an #agricultural land-use model based on climate, social, and economic data • Quantitatively proving that low birth rates and rural extinction can threaten future #foodProduction
Glyn Moody
Cartorum
Kai Kupferschmidt
Project Gutenberg