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Federal government rescinds funds for library in small town of Mont Vernon, NH
#NH #Mountvernon #Library #Libraries #LostGrants #Books #WarOnBooks
I wrote a book. Itâs called Drystone â A Life Rebuilt.
If you like:
Non-Fiction (but make it literary)
Stone (but as metaphor too)
Feminism (but quiet and feral)
Men (but as minor characters)
Land (but not romanticised)
Motherhood (but honest)
Then congratulations, this very good book is for you.
https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/drystone-a-life-rebuilt-kristie-de-garis/7836359?ean=9781846976469
#Books #Bookstodon #Scotland #Women #Writing #WritingCommunity #Nature
Beatrix Potter is best remembered for her charming tales of Peter Rabbit, but did you know she also studied #science?
Potter collected & examined beetles, butterflies, plants, bird eggs, shells, rocks, fossils & especially fungi. She conducted experiments & wrote a scientific paper with her own illustrations, presented at the Linnean Society of London. However, as a woman in the Victorian era, she couldnât even attend the meeting.#history #art #books
"A scientist worthy of the name, above all a mathematician, experiences in his work the same impression as an artist; his pleasure is as great and of the same nature. "
~Henri PoincarĂ© (29 April 1854 â 17 July 1912)
Poincaré at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/5958
Books by Poincaré, Henri (sorted by popularity)
Project Gutenberg offers 75,806 free eBooks for Kindle, iPad, Nook, Android, and iPhone.Project Gutenberg
I'm an evolutionary ecologist with a PhD who studies birds & who writes about all sorts of #science topics (links to these pieces will pop up here).
I think it's my duty to write about politics, such as #HumanRights #progressivism and #ecocide, as well as philosophical topics, such as #AnimalRights & #veganism.
I 'm an avid reader who writes #BookReviews. I'm #multilingual.
I live with a flock of #parrots.
#introduction #SciComm #ornithology #conservation #Wildlife #Animals #GoVegan #books
What Was the Domesday Book & How Was It Produced?
The Domesday Book ranks among the most important historical texts in English history. But what was it, and how did it come into being?
by Dan Bulman
https://www.thecollector.com/what-was-domesday-book-how-produced/
Domesday Book at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Domesday+Book&submit_search=Search
David Navarro and Martyna Sobecka have traveled the width and breadth of Eastern Europe, photographing the regionâs unique brutalist architecture. "Eastern Blocks II," the duo's new book, captures some of these stark scenes.
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/04/eastern-blocks-ii/
#books #brutalism #design #architecture #europe #photography #history
More Than 180 Photographs Chronicle Brutalist Suburbs and Public Buildings in 'Eastern Blocks II' â Colossal
Zupagrafika's 'Eastern Blocks II' chronicles the brutalist housing estates and public structures of the Eastern Bloc.Kate Mothes (Colossal)
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Estoy camuflado.
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In September 2024, Hurricane Helene roared into western North Carolina. Record-breaking winds, rain & floods damaged & destroyed homes, businesses, roads & forests across the region.
Over two dozen of the areaâs best writers & artists contributed to âStronger than the Stormâ & all profits benefit local recovery efforts.
My copy just arrived & I encourage you to support the communities hit hardest by the Helene. https://a.co/d/9BeCdKn #science #books
Would highly recommend Every Living Thing by Jason Roberts - wonderful dual biography of Linnaeus and Buffon. Many fascinating anecdotes about both - especially Linnaeus, who was a bit of a character.
#books #science #ScienceHistory #evolution
AUDIOVISUAL DISRUPTION proposes to dismantle the apparatus of audiovisual media arts and rethink it from a post-digital perspective based on hybridisation. Post-digital aesthetics are grounded in impure aesthetics that exploit the effects of digital computational systems as they deeply permeate all parts of contemporary life. It concludes with a series of artworks critical to the material, sociocultural and environmental consequences of digital technology.
https://www.transcript-publishing.com/search?sSearch=978-3-8394-7416-7
Audiovisual Disruption
Post-digital art suggests a form of embodiment of digital technologies that unfolds in physical space through hands-on material approaches, and even the repurposing of older analogue media. Pedro Ferreira examines these aesthetics in...transcript publishing
#OTD in 1726.
The novel Gulliver's Travels written by Jonathan Swift satirising both human nature and the "travellers' tales" literary subgenre is published. Swift claimed that he wrote it "to vex the world rather than divert it".
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17157
Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Regions of the World by Jonathan Swift
Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.Project Gutenberg
Math Is Still Catching Up to the Mysterious Genius of Srinivasa Ramanujan
Born poor in colonial India and dead at 32, Ramanujan had fantastical, out-of-nowhere visions that continue to shape the field today.
By Jordana Cepelewicz via @QuantaMagazine
https://www.quantamagazine.org/srinivasa-ramanujan-was-a-genius-math-is-still-catching-up-20241021/
"Maps are to geography what notation is to music."
British writer, geographer, historian, journalist, cartographer, and inventor John Francon Williams died #OTD in 1911.
In 1881, Williams's seminal book The Geography of the Oceans was published. This book focuses on topics such as: General Geography of the Oceans, Physical Geography of the Oceans, the Geography of Particular Oceans. It was the first book to cover with such intensity the geography of the oceans.
#books #geography #oceanography
Always nice to see this at the top of the charts!
Open Minds (Mindjack #1)
When everyone reads minds, a secret is a dangerous thing to keep.
https://susankayequinn.com/series/mindjack
#YA #dystopian #SF #Scifi #books @bookstodon
I spent some time last year cataloging my late parents' books (LibraryThing) with plans to give away, sell, or donate those my brother and I aren't interested in reading.
The cataloging part went fine, but...
I went to a book swap Wednesday and donated two books, the maximum allowed.
I took home four books.
Sigh!
Serbian inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, and futurist Nikola Tesla was born #OTD in 1856.
Some of TeslaÂŽs inventions and innovations: alternating Current (AC) system; induction motor; Tesla coil; wireless transmission of electricity; radio technology; remote control; neon and fluorescent lighting; X-Ray technology; Tesla turbine; oscillators and frequency generators.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla
Books by Nikola Tesla at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/5067
Books by Tesla, Nikola (sorted by popularity)
Project Gutenberg offers 73,921 free eBooks for Kindle, iPad, Nook, Android, and iPhone.Project Gutenberg
Travis Rieder's new book, Catastrophe Ethics, "aims to advise the well-intentioned, morally anxious & philosophically curious person" confronting the questions about whether our personal choices about the environment, technology, & justice matter.
Sounds like an interesting read: https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/catastrophe-ethics-travis-rieder-book-review-simone-gubler/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR19D-hRL6rg9nJAbWo2SQGS_7vd9N64fz4WwkPSFd9ervE4Re_tRBogcLM_aem_AWx9zZLA-6Qbe9TD49IQpT4_NCUTkPzyCI599uGf6HoM49zJWkyjDAiD4tawWPNcszU_ShkQLob1-i1w43z43lAE #books #science #philosophy
Catastrophe Ethics by Travis Rieder | Book review | The TLS
Many of our daily pursuits contribute harmful effects to the world. The car that you drive to work contributes to global warming. Your laptop batteryTLS
A bill in Louisiana, HB 777, would make it a crime for librarians to use public funds to join the American Librarian Association or attend an ALA conference, punishable with prison time and hard labor for up to two years.
#libraries #education #books #librarians #theocracy
I am so excited to receive Michael Webberâs new book, Powering Humanity! https://a.co/d/0gwhY86
Michael is a leading thinker & practitioner on all things #energy. Iâve been eagerly anticipating this collection bc he is an extraordinary communicator - esp on topics that can be complex.
Michael & I have written many articles together - including a few that found their way into this book! This is a must-read for anyone interested in energy, sustainability & the future of humanity. #books
Tis the seasonâŠ
I spoke with The New York Times about my book, The #Science of Kissing https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/13/science/archaeology-sumeria-kissing.html?unlocked_article_code=1.VE0.Ku_7.vxJnkibLUVQB&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare #ValentinesDay #GiftArticle #books
French chemist and microbiologist Louis Pasteur was born #OTD in 1822
He is renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation, and pasteurization, the last of which was named after him. His research in chemistry led to remarkable breakthroughs in the understanding of the causes & preventions of diseases, which laid down the foundations of hygiene, public health & much of modern medicine.
Louis Pasteur at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=louis+pasteur&submit_search=Go%21
Books: louis pasteur (sorted by popularity)
Project Gutenberg offers 72,437 free eBooks for Kindle, iPad, Nook, Android, and iPhone.Project Gutenberg
While reading âThe Ministry for the Futureâ by Kim Stanley Robinson, I find myself wondering if this book should be required reading at #COP28
The story is fiction, of course. But itâs also highly informed & quite believable (so far). And itâs set in the not too distant future. #books #ClimateChange
I will never stop marveling at libraries.
All the #books we could possibly want - for free! They don't have it? In a few days it will arrive on loan from another state. đ
Welp, so. I guess I'm here now and it's #introduction / #introductions time? I'm a #science writer, #journalist, #podcast host & video maker with a special fondness for weird/gross biology. I'm also a #DnD GM and a huge nerd for #books (especially #scifi) and #comics.
This week, I wrote about a type of lemur that picks its nose with an incredibly spindly finger that's so long it can reach up through its nasal cavity and touch its pharynx.
Nice to meet you, too!
https://www.livescience.com/aye-ayes-primates-nosepickers
Bizarre aye-ayes use spooky, bony finger for nose picking
A new study in aye-ayes is the first to review nose picking in primates and reports the first evidence of the habit in lemurs.Mindy Weisberger (Live Science)
