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I've surprised myself by not actually getting Blobercised about the shameful gaslighting and ruination of local Post Office managers across the water. Not until January-too-late did I find a hook in the coincidence of ICL on the periphery of my own life. I guess the itch of my indignation was eased by posts across on Metafilter 2023 - 2020. Sometimes Metafilter comments are from people who actually know what they …

Cory Doctorow’s newest book, The Bezzle, is a second installment in his Martin Hench, tech-nerd, forensic accountant series. It was released Tuesday and I got my Kickstarter-backed audiobook onto my phone the same day. Yesterday, I started a 12-hour road trip to California and listened to the ~8hr long book in a single stretch of the interstate 5 freeway.I absolutely loved the first book in the series, Red Team Blues, …

Exclusive video premiere of ‘Ride’ by Jimmy Li, taken from the upcoming album, ‘Sugarcanes & Grapes,’ out March 8, 2024. Dimitris Lysandros, known by the stage name “Jimmy Li,” raised in (Piraeus suburb) Nikaia and currently residing in Athens, is set to launch his inaugural album ‘Sugarcanes & Grapes,’ on March 8th. It follows the release of his debut single, ‘Forget,’ unveiled in February 2022. Sugarcanes & Grapes by Jimmy …

Athina Aruldass finds that management of serious neuropsychiatric disorders should acknowledge the importance of poor physical health and target restoration of both brain and body function. The post Brain-body health please: new research supports integrated physical and mental health care appeared first on National Elf Service.

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. Exactly a month ago, I wrote about the very large waste landslide that had developed a site then owned by Nordic Waste, a company specialising in dealing with contaminated soil. The site in question is located in the area of the town of Randers, close to Ølst, …

A longtime reader is convinced we are enduring an imagination deficit. “Everywhere,” she writes, “I see clichés taking over. Obviously in public life with politicians and journalists. That’s nothing new but in the arts too, music and writing. It’s as though AI created them.” No argument here, though I’m skeptical of "monocausal explanations," as the boys down at the bowling alley say. “When I was a little girl,” she adds, …

Wild male palm cockatoos I love these smart critter stories. Rock on!

Sure, with a caveat: I went through my 2022-2023 sales and the vast majority of them just don't fall into this category -- they are either illustration deals where the publisher came to US rather than vice-versa, or they are part of an ongoing series or longstanding editor-author relationship where we didn't actually submit any material, or only submitted to one publisher. This is just because I have a lot …

Two separate people sent me this meme in different, but obviously parallel, conversations today, the one about how computers should not speak to them, because something something divine being. When something appears as a strong synchronicity hit like that, it’s generally worth a dive, if only for Jungian amplification purposes. I’m not sure what the origin of the meme is still, but I see a transliteration of it on Twitter …

Here’s the “official unofficial” list of tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events for Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for Monday, February 26 through Sunday, March 3, 2024. This week’s events Monday, February 26 Tuesday, February 27 Wednesday, February 28 Thursday, February 29 Friday, March 1 Saturday, March 2 Sunday, March 3 Monday, February 26 Event name and localeGroupTimeLets Play Pokemon! GOLets Play Pokemon Go Red Team7:00AM – Monday, Feb. 26Virtual Class: …

Yesterday, someone asked me to elaborate on talent picking and why “narrowing the subset” matters. It’s easier to pick the best talent from a subset of 10 versus 100 or 1000. You’d think seeing 1000 candidates would mean you have a greater chance of finding a unicorn genius but it takes longer and gives more choice and opportunities for error in judgment. Scale is one strategy to see the best, …

This 'unique capability,' PRH worldwide CEO Nihar Malaviya says, will use the distribution site in Grantham, England, to service US-division customers in Europe. The post PRH: A New Role for the UK’s Grantham Operations Site appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Microbial communities in the deep biosphere—subaqueous sediments, hydrothermal vents, and subsurface formations like mines and caves—have been found as deep as three miles (4.8 kilometers) below the Earth’s surface. Looking up, microbes have been found as high as 20 miles (32 kilometers) into the atmosphere, “capable of riding air currents...

Happy Friday everybody! I have a pair of beauties for you as a way to kick-start your weekend - get it going on a positive note. You're welcome.Let's start right out front, a small child is all alone, probably smoking a cigarette. Don't worry, it's only a little cigarette! She is drawn to those posters, which demonstrates the power of good graphics. I covet that Flying Saucer poster so much, …

Friday transport news n.b. London Reconnections does a longer list every Friday n.b. Ian Visits does a longer list every Friday n.b. Raildate does a longer list every Friday n.b. My list will get longer later Overground news Waiting rooms are often miserable places but some are jewels you genuinely don't mind hanging around in. This is the waiting room at Bruce Grove station in Tottenham, recently restored, and it's …