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According to a Cornish friend, that bit is called the "knocker bite" because you toss it down the mine to appease the Tommyknockers

'It’s going to be our way now': the guerrilla rewilder shaking up British farming Derek Gow is winning over doubters in his bid to reintroduce storks, beavers, wildcats, water voles and much, much more

I can't answer but I can offer inspiration www.theguardian.com/environment/...

A display of pure power from Hurricane Melissa today.

Remarkable satellite imagery.

Catastrophic Hurricane Melissa hits Jamaica as the strongest landfalling Atlantic hurricane on record » Yale Climate Connections At landfall in western Jamaica, Melissa’s 185 mph winds and 892 mb pressure tied with the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 in the Florida Keys as the strongest on record for the Atlantic.

Not since 1935 has anyone experienced a storm like Melissa. Melissa's record wouldn't have happened without climate change, which made the hurricane's winds about 10 mph stronger, according to a rapid attribution analysis by Climate Central. yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/10/cata...

Hey Colorado residents, particularly people in Fort Collins, but also those who are somewhat near: my sister and brother in law are running a study on an easy, portable method to help maintain indoor air quality during adverse outside events (like smoke or pollution).

So many apples gnarlypippins.com/6th-pomologi...

CiderDays 2025 List of Venues and Events - CiderDays - Franklin County, Massachusetts Join us for CiderDays on the first weekend of November 2025 (October 31st-November 2nd)! Here's what we've got in store for your cider tasting, apple eating, and educational pleasure: 5th Annual Wild ...

Belated, but yes, hard cider tastings, salons, and talks. Also heirloom apple displays, tastings, & cooking demos. Venues include a stunning old mill bookstore and many gorgeous orchards ciderdays.org/venues

I've said it before but I bet you'd love Ciderdays in Western Mass. It's like a con for apple nerds ciderdays.org

How to Grow a Striking Beautyberry Shrub From a Cutting If you want to add a bit of height, texture, and a punch of vivid color to your landscape, there’s one bush I would recommend above all others: the beautyberry (Callicarpa). With its dramatic arching

So jealous! If I saw one in the wild I would totally snag a cutting or some seedlings to add to my yard, but I'm a plant hoarder 😁 www.ruralsprout.com/beautyberry-...

These satellite videos are always awe-inspiring

Dr. Oz is a large investor in and global advisor for iHerb, a company that sells supplements for folinic acid, which is the the non-prescription version of leucovorin, the medication which is being recommended for the treatment of autism by Dr. Oz.

Looks like American Beautyberry plants.usda.gov/DocumentLibr...

Gemma Correll Clippy Dangle Earrings Here's a '90s tech throwback. Clippy was always there with the assist. Remember when you we're writing a book report on a Teddy Roosevelt biography in the second grade and this little guy popped up? C...

Bless the unhinged genius that designed these vincausa.com/products/gem...

Why? Well, for starters, 300 ICE agents have been moved to Chicago, leaving only about 300 in LA County which is about what we had before Trump took office. Why are they leaving? Because LA made their jobs TOO FUCKING HARD. LA Organized. LA sat on corners outside Home Depots with radios. 5/

Trump Deals A New Immigration Blow To International Students Trump officials have proposed a new rule limiting international students to fixed periods of entry, making a U.S. education more precarious.

Trump admin planning to change student visas from lasting for duration of academic program to fixed 4-yr term, and then much harder to renew
Could destroy US ability to attract global talent, particularly those seeking advanced degrees in STEM. The median time to complete a PhD is 5.7 yrs per NSF.

What Gives Me Hope Read more here.

The response to this essay that was sent to premium members earlier today was so overwhelming that Democracy Docket decided to publish it for free on its website.

I am touched by all of your comments and kind words of support. Please, read, share and enjoy! www.democracydocket.com/opinion/what...

The brilliant McMansion Hell wrote a fascinating, scathing essay on this look www.patreon.com/posts/mcmans...

But you don't have to take my word for it! Here is a paper from one of the world's leading experts in internet law and policy about why age "verification" is both dangerous to all adults and completely ineffective at achieving its goals: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

It is an extraordinary loss of intellectual expertise that the American people invested millions in developing

Every scientist who earns a graduate degree in the US is the product of an investment by the public

This is like setting money on fire

Lehrer's performance is sampled in the track "Dope Peddler" by U.S. rapper 2 Chainz on his 2012 album Based on a T.R.U. Story, (2) In 2013, Lehrer said he was "very proud" to have his 60-year-old song sampled. His response to the request to use the song was "As sole copyright owner of 'The Old Dope Peddler', I grant you motherfuckers permission to do this. Please give my regards to Mr. Chainz, or may I call him 2?" [21

Just realized I haven’t seen anyone post the Tom Lehrer-2 Chainz letter yet today.

On Thursday, the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to grant them a stay on the Massachusetts vs Kennedy/ APHA vs NIH ruling. This decision will occur on the shadow docket, with no formal hearing.

Ending Crime and Disorder on America's Streets By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose and

I haven't seen this aspect noted, but it's top of mind: every totalitarian regime finds ways to justify extrajudicial detention of nonconforming citizens, often under the guise of mental defect or socially disreputable behavior

there's a vast literature on this...
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Cristiano Banti's 1857 painting "Galileo facing the Roman Inquisition" Three people sit in judgment: a nun in black and white habit, two priests, one standing and gesturing at the holy book with a finger. Galileo stands defiant, his chest thrown out, head held high.

"Eppur si muove" is Italian for "And yet it moves".

It's a phrase made famous by accounts of Galileo Galilei's comments after he was forced by the Inquisition to recant his heretical findings in 1633 that the Earth moved around the Sun & was not the center of all being, perfect & motionless.

The web specifically, including HTML which websites are written in, was developed by Tim Berners-Lee and others at CERN—an example of how investment in advancement anywhere produces benefits well beyond the countries that invest in them. Berners-Lee developed a rudimentary browser to test the concept, but the first browser to gain any traction was Mosaic, developed at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) in 1993. In 1994, the National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded “a large grant” to NCSA to continue developing Mosaic.

The Mosaic browser was developed at a research unit in a state research university, and received an NSF grant. Andreessen then went off and created Netscape based on what he learned from that process. Now he cheers the destruction of that entire infrastructure www.liberalcurrents.com/marc-andrees...

Window Heat Pumps Could Change the Game A new report from the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy has some exciting data for anyone attempting to retrofit a multifamily building.

NYC experimented with new window heat pump models in some public housing units. in winter, "The window unit-heated apartments used a whopping 87% less energy than the rest of the building’s steam-heated apartments did, cutting energy costs per household in half."

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Photo of a Nanboku Line 乗り換え 出口案内 (transfer and exit guide) on a station platform.

The other day, I was telling friends and family how a housewife originated these Tokyo Metro transfer and exit guides, and they thought I was kidding. It used to be a well-known story. If you don't know it, here's a quick summary.

The Trump/Vought regime is seeking to completely destroy US science and universities.

Happy Fourth of July!

The American Founders believed education and an informed public are key to government by the people.

❌👑 #NoKings Resist. 🇺🇸

Send A TWO WOMAN HAMLET to Fringe! It's HAMLET...but not as you know it!

Oh hai - our production of A Two Woman Hamlet is going to @camdenfringe.bsky.social (and another undisclosed festival near you) -- but we need YOUR HELP! Every penny gets us closer to covering our costs, and every share gets us in front of more eyeballs. click.hubbub.net/p/2womanhaml...

I know we don't feel like there's much to celebrate this July 4th. It's been a rough several years.

So I want to talk about how we're making history right now.

Text at top: Care By Any Other Name - Medicaid in the States List of Medicaid Program names by state Source: Healthcare.gov

Thinking about how many people in the US don't realize they depend on Medicaid because it may be called something else in their state.

#ProtectMedicaid! Call your Senators and tell them to vote NO!

Chart from @caringacross.org