About 5 years ago my sister lost a book of poetry (William Blake), so recently she decided to replace it and ordered a second hand copy on eBay. It arrived today.

It's got her handwritten notes in it. It's hers.

This was taken in Washington State last night. This is an example of a STEVE. STEVE is an atmospheric optical phenomenon that appears as a purple and green light ribbon in the sky and is an acronym for "Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement."

#Photography #Aurora #WashingtonState

photo by Mike Maddox

In 3 days, the digital future of libraries could be kneecapped. Big publishing monopolies are suing to stop 🐦InternetArchive (and ALL libraries!) from owning and preserving digital books—all so they can charge taxpayers more $$!

Gross. Pledge to resist: http://BattleForLibraries.com

I’ll say it again for people in the back like @chockenberry who seem to insist Daylight savings time is a hard problem.

It is not.

It is ENTIRELY a man-made problem and has been since it was first instituted in 1918. For the entire period of human history prior to this people seemed to live with the earth’s curvature and just fine and dandy.

There are also many places that *do not* change their time and seem to get along just fine.

End it. Really.