Download 91,000 Historic Maps from the Massive David Rumsey Map Collection

https://www.openculture.com/2019/05/download-91000-historic-maps-from-the-massive-david-rumsey-map-collection.html

Public Service Warning

Mastodon has a very big surge of new users right now. There's no way to tell if it will be sustained, but at this early point it looks similar to Nov 18 when Musk pulled the employee purge.

It is very challenging for system administration to accommodate so many new users. If your server starts to struggle, it is not broken and will get sorted out.

We're all in this together. It's our social network. Be patient. What we are building is amazing.

#twittermigration

The lights of the village of Rhyd Ddu late at night, the weather rolling in. Moonlight breaks through this long exposure.

Picture taken for a BBC project a few years ago.

Yr Wyddfa providing a snow-capped backdrop.

#cymru #wales #eryri #yrwyddfa #rhydddu #photography #landscape #landscapephotography #nature #village #night #mountains

Hey Mastodon folks

You may not be aware but there is a thriving community of people sharing photos of MOSS

Like, several times a day man, it's great

They have a hashtag:

#Mosstodon

moss moss moss moss MOSS

got some mail today. must-read from the incomparable @Menrywy

#environment #EnviroHums
#justtransition
@politicalscience
@academicchatter
@sociology
@ecologies

My dissertation proposal was approved! My haunted collection of stories, ghost interviews & confessions is officially going to be the thing I do to earn my PhD!

The short title is "Texan Gothic" and I can't wait to show you a sample as the chapbook, SANTA MUERTE SANTA MUERTE: I WAS HERE RELEASE ME, releasing in February 2023!!

(The picture was made by DALL-E based on a poem title from the manuscript)

So, an intro:

I'm an author who writes about how both nature & time spent creatively improves mental health, a molecular cell biologist & brain chemistry nerd, naturalist (especially plants and birds),
I run creative workshops (see link in bio) and use scientifically proven research to make photos that can alleviate anxiety and lift mood: