Media Diary

8/19/23

Sequencing genes of Iron and Bronze Age peoples to better understand early Mediterranean migration patterns

Researchers estimate anthropogenic mercury emissions from 1500 to 1900

Climate change is making debt more expensive—new study

A low-tech sludge solution for reducing antimicrobial resistance

8/18/23

The BigPicture 2023 World Nature Photography Finalists

So many amazing nature pictures here.

Pocket Forests Are Coming to Town

It will be curious to see how these hold up in the future.

Why Darwin Admired the Humble Earthworm

Atlatl weapon use by prehistoric females equalized the division of labor while hunting, experimental study shows

8/17/23

lasse.nerdcamp.net

How I became a coffee drinker

No, I won't mow my lawn

Re: The Cheapest Cup of Tea in Town

Timely Fiction, Non-Eternal Fiction: A ramble on old stuff by Okasen

Garage Decluttering, Take 2 by winter

Social Adulthood by jsreed5.org

left_adjoint's phlog

Missing Link Between Simple Cells and Complex Life-Forms Possibly Found

2023-08-06 by insom

Concrete Jungle Cats – The Abandoned Roosevelt Island Smallpox Hospital

This Molecule May Have Seeded Earth Life

Short fiction by Ramez Yoakeim

Redemption for the Unseen

Asymptotic Convergence

In the Teeth of the Gale

8/16/23

Strange, 300,000-year-old jawbone unearthed in China may come from vanished human lineage

Dysphoria by left_adjoint

Mad movement on main by left_adjoint

I Want To Wear A Dress! by stack

A First Step into Gardening by jsreed5.org

Re: The Minimalist Vegan by lasse.nerdcamp.net

Guerrilla Open Access Manifesto by Aaron Swartz

Old phone morning project by hitchhiker-linux.org

Doing and Making Things Myself by Warmedal.se

Train Trip day 1 by eph.smol.pub

8/14/23

Reddit on Wiki

Fossil of Tiny, Extinct Whale Discovered in Egypt, Named for King Tut

COVID subvariant EG.5 and its spawn 'Eris' now dominant in the US

Great Indian Desert Could Disappear Within Century

8/13/23

Prefiguring Community

Gardening (sort of)

Building a Second Brain: The Illustrated Notes

A Brief History & Ethos of the Digital Garden

8/12/23

Wander My Friends – The Abandoned JME House

Adventure Bible School - Urban Exploration blog of Julia Wertz

Mayan Art Megathread

8/11/23

Missing my Medication, Bipolar Edition

Books I’m reading

8/9/23

Bye, Gemini

makew0rld's "Bye, Gemini"

Gemini aggregation, curation, etc

Twitter's Getting Worse and I'm Saying My Goodbyes, Again

8/8/23

Been watching recent skits of Frank James, which is Myers Briggs centric.

The Poor Person's Book Reviewer

He's incredibly honest, rambly and often provides a unique perspective.

8/6/23

Podcasts/Youtube

Jarvis Exposed The Metaverse | Sad Boyz

I Spent A Week Alone In The Metaverse | Jarvis Johnson

Say Less | Reading Reddit Stories | Smosh Pit

Reading

Scientists Uncover a Surprising Connection Between Number Theory and Evolutionary Genetics

In Philippines, climate change tests Indigenous farming like never before

A fantastical world of potential giant viruses lurks beneath the soil

A child’s ornate necklace highlights ancient farmers’ social complexity

A colossal ancient whale could be the heaviest animal ever known

Oldest traces of a dysentery-causing parasite were found in ancient toilets

How Kenya is helping its neighbors develop geothermal energy

Cats first finagled their way into human hearts and homes thousands of years ago – here's how

Immune cells that fight cancer become exhausted within hours of first encountering tumors – new research

Laughter can communicate a lot more than good humor – people use it to smooth social interactions

Reading 8/5/23

Dealing With Braindeadness

Appreciating Shohei Ohtani

Ryugu asteroid samples are sprinkled with stardust older than the solar system

The Leaning Pile of Books by Fantasy Cafe - More books for my TBR

Review of The Bone Shard Emperor by Andrea Stewart by Kristen of Fantasy Cafe

I really like her review style.

Reading 8/4/23

smolZine Issue 29

I'm putting this here as I really enjoyed kelbot's review of Walkaway by Cory Doctorow.

Rebecca Roanhorse's Online Essays/Non-Fiction

Nothing deep to add here, I read these while perusing her site to link to her fiction. I enjoy even her nonfiction writing, it still has a flow to it.

The Future You Imagine Is the Future You Get

Five Indigenous Speculative Fiction Authors You Should Be Reading

Postcards from the Apocalypse

Silvia Moreno Garcia's Online Essays/Non-Fiction

Terra Incognita: A Brief History of Mexican Science Fiction