Richard Grant

@richardgrant
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I'm a writer and gardener living in the remnant of a forest on the coast of Maine USA. My novels include Rumors of Spring, Tex and Molly in the Afterlife, and Another Green World. I'm a gay father and granddaddy. He/him

#gardening #wald #woods #trees #Wandervogel #Romantik #ChoralMusic #EarlyMusic #anglican #neopagan #Episcopagan #LGBT #TMSidhi #fantasy #science #SF #PlantScience #botany #labyrinths #impossible #paranormal #folklore #magic #UAP #NAFO #Ukraine #Maine #photography #liminal

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The great unifier strikes again

“Trump slammed the first US pope. The country's bishops now appear more united than ever.”

https://religionnews.com/2026/04/16/after-trumps-scathing-attack-against-leo-u-s-bishops-are-more-united-than-ever/

Trump slammed the first US pope. The country's bishops now appear more united than ever.

(RNS) — Over nearly the last year, the bishops have gradually ramped up a forceful and united defense of the American pope’s critiques of Trump administration policies.

RNS

Check out this link for a random German folk tale!

What did you get?

https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Special:Random/Folk_Tale

The Summoning of the Dead

Sunken Castles, Evil Poodles Wiki

Have you ever thought about giving up tech to work on trying to make the world a better place? I have, for five years. It’s been my life for 60 hours a week.

I’ve been consistently broke and happy about it, but when my charity had to take on a loan to buy 84 acres of land… I worry.

I need this crowdfunder to work, or we are absolutely fucked. https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/warleigh-nature-reserve

Warleigh Nature Reserve, Bath

Bath's largest rewilding project has begun: Warleigh Nature Reserve. Right on the River Avon, and already full of beavers.

Crowdfunder UK

Take care in the garden, nature can be brutal. Don't disturb the inhabitants of the shed at this time of year, when they are just waking from hibernation.

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/4484583268/beware-of-the-old-man-of-the-shed-funny

#garden #gardening #shed #allotment

Posting in the Fediverse since last week: @uksolarphysics! 🇬🇧 ☀️

The UK Solar Physics community (UKSP) is a Specialist Scientific Group affiliated to the Royal Astronomical Society. They regularly provide relevant news and nuggets both to their members as well as the international solar physics community at large via https://uksolphys.org/

If you're interested in the research of the Sun, our closest star, at all, consider following them for their announcements either at https://uksolphys.org/news/recent-news-summary/, or via their UKSP newsletter (mailing list), or now directly here via their Mastodon account @uksolarphysics

Maybe don't expect them to interact a lot, but if you *are* here for their very useful announcements, it is now really easy to follow and also boost those. So, a warm welcome to @uksolarphysics 🌞

#introduction #solarphysics #heliophysics #spaceweather #uksolarphysics #uksp #ukspnewsletter #royalastronomicalsociety #ras #sun #space #physics #fediverse #astrophysics #astrodon #neuhier

UK Solar Physics

UK Solar Physics
I recently crunched the numbers and realized that, a few weeks ago, I passed *one million words* published on my personal site. All for free, no ads, no tracking, no sponsors. I am grateful to everybody who reads my stuff! If you are inclined, please do subscribe (for free!) by email, or pass along the link to a friend who might be interested in writing about tech & culture from someone who doesnt' have anything to sell. https://www.anildash.com/

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Anil Dash

RE: https://neuromatch.social/@jonny/116324676116121930

You gotta read this whole thread. Don’t drink coffee at the same time.

This is horrifyingly believable; obviously without sources you can tell whatever story you want, especially nowadays, but this feels awfully true. The world is being run by idiots who don’t even have to sense to realise how stupid they are. https://houseofsaud.com/iran-war-ai-psychosis-sycophancy-rlhf/
Was the Iran War Caused by AI Psychosis? | House of Saud

AI sycophancy, RLHF bias, and Ender's Foundry simulations shaped Operation Epic Fury. 7 planning assumptions failed in 23 days as the Iran war defied every AI prediction.

House of Saud

"Whatever God is and however it moves through people’s lives, I don’t know. But it’s important to hear others’ stories even in they don’t confirm your own. Reality is terribly complex, and faith lives in the least definitive wing of reality. Good faith should bring more questions than answers."

~ Holly Berkley Fletcher

#facts #literacy #empathy
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https://hollyberkleyfletcher.substack.com/p/my-new-favorite-thing

My new favorite thing

Getting emails from people who have read my book

A Zebra Without Stripes