Pieter Leenhouts

World's oldest known sewn clothing may be stitched pieces of ice age hide unearthed in Oregon cave. The sewn hide, cordage and needles show how Indigenous Americans used complex technology to survive the freezing temperatures at the end of the last ice age and as a means of social expression.

Economic growth is still heating the planet. Rising GDP continues to mean more carbon emissions and wider damage to the planet. Can the two be decoupled? Guardian 2026-02-10

A remote region in Greece has one of the most genetically distinct populations in Europe. A genetic analysis of the Deep Maniots living in Greece's southern Peloponnese region has revealed a close-knit, patriarchal community with roots in the Bronze Age.

'Textbooks will need to be updated': Jupiter is smaller and flatter than scientists previously thought, new measurements of the gas giant reveal.
www.livescience.com/space/planet...

So lets crunch the numbers if the Thwaites Glacier melted. The glacier area is 192,000 km2 and about 1 km deep. Dividing the glacier's volume by the global ocean surface (361,000,000 km2) equates to a 53.19 cm or 1' 9” sea level rise. Now add to that Antarctica, Greenland and other glaciers, yikes!

Alice the Moose was radio-collared in Adirondack Park NY, and found in Algonquin Park ON. Wildlife spreads to find territory. Thus wildlife corridors are essential to enable their natural spread. Fenced super highways are a major obstacle. Alice's path is the dotted line.

They’re Not Deceived – Trump Evangelicals Are CHOOSING the Lies. 'Folly (stupidity) is a more dangerous enemy to the good than malice that always contains the seeds of its own destruction. There is no defence against folly. Neither protests nor force ...

~Detrich Bonhoeffer Pastor, hung by Nazis

In case anybody is interested, ALTO is in public consultation for the Ottawa to Montreal phase of the high speed rail plan. The first phase will be between Ottawa and Montreal. The final proposal will be from Quebec City to Toronto as shown on this map.

We had a light sprinkling of rain which was followed by this lovely rainbow.

The secret to change is to focus all your energy not on fighting the old but on building the new. - Socrates, ca 350 BC

Belfort.

Belfort.

I was walking through our abandoned field planting more trees, when I suddenly flushed a duck out of the tall grass and left this cozy nest with 11 eggs.

GNO

Moxie has her special place. There's nothing better than a cardboard box in the sun.

Leanhoser

Leanhoser