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In a realm where mountains rose into the sky like the bones of forgotten titans, and rivers carved silver veins through an emerald tapestry of wild lands, there existed an ancient kingdom known as Veridyn. It was a land untouched by time, where the trees whispered the stories of creation, and the stars themselves seemed to hum with the deep rhythms of life. In this place of mysticism and spiritual …

October is still Spook Month as usual but this year it’s also the 100th anniversary of the publication of André Breton’s first Surrealist Manifesto, something I wrote about back in January. Many events have been acknowledging the anniversary including Minotaur Ballet – Swansea Surreal, an exhibition curated by David Greenslade and Incunabula Media which will be running at Volcano Theatre, Swansea from now to the end of the month. I’m …

The Prism tool visualises how surface narratives can be refracted to reveal deeper truths. A guest post by Evy Peña, NGFP2021 Forced Labour Awardee, who works with SOIF on Sprout, a programme aimed at nurturing next generation leaders dedicated to children’s well-being and safety, with Ignite Philanthropy. Evy is a social justice advocate and narrative specialist with experience in leadership development, communications, and advocacy across the Americas, Europe, and Sub-Saharan …

Photos by Salt Water New EnglandEnjoying Bosie's lovely new colorway of her popular 4-ply Luskentyre Chunky Fair Isle in supersoft Glenugie Nep (formerly called soft Donegal). Made in Scotland.Luskentyre Chunky Fair Isle Glenugie Nep Women's Sweater <https://bosieco.squarespace.com/modern-heritage-collection/womens-luskentyre-chunky-fair-isle-soft-donegal-jumper-5-colourways>(This has a roomier fit than some of her other sweaters, such as the Islander or the Crofter.)Also shown:Navy Conrad Keepers Tweed Car Coat <https://www.cordings.co.uk/us/navy-conrad-keepers-tweed-car-coat.html>The Luskentyre for Women, Shown in GighaThe Navy Conrad Keepers …

The common milkweed is a host plant for the monarch butterfly caterpillar. Other insects feed on it as well - and they can devour the leaves and eat the seeds.Small Milkweed Bug (Lygaeus kalmii)A Small Milkweed bug sitting on a milkweed seed pod. These bugs eat milkweed seeds. Milkweed Tussock Moth Caterpillar (Euchaetes egle)Milkweed Tussock Moth caterpillars are eating this milkweed leaf; what's left of a devoured one is seen …

It’s Live! Zavala 3.0 is now live in the App Stores. There are only a couple of new major features in Zavala 3.0, but I put a lot of under the hood for this release. Lots of code was changed to modernize the code base and support new operating system features. For example, Zavala will support the Apple Intelligence Writing Tools when they become available in macOS 15.1 and iOS/iPadOS …

A place to list single best tweaks that’d make something much better, greatly improve it. This will often be about a video games, a primary topic formed by HyperTextHero’s brain and fingers clacking at keys on the keyboard, but other things can and will appear, from music to visual design. I’ll begin with the same tweak type for two space games, Delta V: Rings of Saturn and No Man’s Sky: …

October 12 ・6pm CT ・ESPN2・MGRN・Boca Raton, FL・FAU Stadium (30K)This week all eyes are on the Gulf of Mexico and Hurricane Milton. All of west Florida is under threat, and this game in Boca Raton — the east of Florida for you geographic C-students — so it is still slated to take place Saturday evening. Both squad have had a bye week and both are coming off wins. FAU thus far …

It was a mixed blessing for railfans when Canadian National took back control of its Guelph Subdivision in 2018. At that time, its 21-year lease with shortline operator Goderich Exeter Railway expired, meaning that the GEXR railway had been severed from its London-Guelph-Georgetown operations and was forced to continue operating mainly on its Goderich Subdivision between its namesake town and its junction with the Guelph Sub in Stratford, Ontario. It …

My wife and I recently bought an Emma Mattress, but it's since gone back because, frankly, it's shite. If you've never heard of Emma Mattresses, they're a UK based company that supplies fancy pants memory foam mattresses. They're very expensive, but they offer a 200 day money back guarantee on their mattresses, so a few months ago my wife and I took a punt and bought one. Initially I thought …

All Happy Families is director/co-writer Haroula Rose’s highly amusing foray into dysfunctional family dynamics. With all of the film’s endearing characters’ quirks and through all of the plot’s engaging twists, everything is wrong — until it’s right.

Earlier today, the Conservative Party's 121 surviving MPs met to determine the final two candidates who'll go forward to the membership. And, despite having a nightmare of a conference, the parliamentary party selected Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick for this dubious honour. The momentum that James Cleverly showed counted for nought as he crashed out with 37 MPs. Jenrick and Badenoch got over the line with 41 and 42 votes …

This evening’s moth world visitor seems to be (fact check please – [update: added in the morning, its probably not the vampire moth… while Lygniodes vampyrus is part of Erebidae family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea, (see here) there are other more likely candidates – this could also be ischya inferna from a related family, but Borneo clan (see here – close), ischiya manila (nice pic here), Ischyja hemiphaea …

I have put a lot of thought into deliberately shifting¹ metaphors², often in the context of the #indieweb³. One goal is to replace use of violent or divisive metaphors with actively constructive, cooperative, or joyful alternatives, like:* gardening/farming e.g. digital garden⁴* biology/ecology/nature e.g. digital ecosystem⁵* cooking/baking e.g. eat your own cooking⁶* toolmaking, clothing making, other useful crafts e.g. sew what you want⁷* music, dancing, painting, and other expressive crafts e.g. …

ALTOctober 9th is Saint Dennis’s Day (Sant Donís), which is the day of love in the Horta area of the Valencian Country. On this day, lovers give each other the mocadorada (pronounced in the local accent as mocadorà or mocaorà): a shawl filled with little marzipan sweets in the shape of the fruits and vegetables grown in Horta and two larger sweets in the shape of firecrackers (and maybe an …