Historian, educator, librarian. I collect fashion, borrow books, and lend attention.
My world, my Earth is a ruin. A planet spoiled by the human species. We multiplied and fought and gobbled until there was nothing left, and then we died. We controlled neither appetite nor violence; we did not adapt. We destroyed ourselves. But we destroyed the world first.
Piece of SpaceX rocket the size of a school bus crashes into the Moon https://aje.news/nxk1x5
August 4 - The Bracero Program On this day in Labor History the year was 1942. That was the day that the United States and Mexico signed the Mexican Farm Labor Agreement. It became known as the Bracero Program. The word “bracero” can be translated into “one who works with his arms” and refers to
August 4 - The Bracero ProgramOn this day in Labor History the year was 1942. That was the day that the United States and Mexico signed the Mexican Farm Labor Agreement. It became known as the Bracero Program. The word “bracero” can be translated into “one who works with his arms” and refers to farm workers.laborhistoryin2.podbean.com
Chico da Silva (Brazilian, 1910–1985) Untitled, 1983 Tempera on canvas 11 × 11 1/2 in (27.9 × 29.2 cm) Private collection #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
This is why I luv math so much
Mega Thee TronIs there enough 🍆 on Earth to encircle the planet? 🤔
"When the first of August came round, the Professor realized he had pleasantly trifled away nearly two months at a task which should have taken little more than a week." -Willa Cather (from The Professor's House, 1925)
No culprit has been identified in any of the attacks, which comes after authorities warned of possible Iranian plot.
Michigan joins Minnesota in reporting cyberattacks, with FBI investigatingNo culprit has been identified in any of the attacks, which comes after authorities warned of possible Iranian plot.www.aljazeera.com
NPR asked an aspiring scientist in Philadelphia to interview an adult who is living his dream about his career in conservation science.
We asked a first grader to interview his hero: A bird scientistNPR asked an aspiring scientist in Philadelphia to interview an adult who is living his dream about his career in conservation science.n.pr
A person who believes, as she did, that things fit: that there is a whole of which one is a part, and that in being a part one is whole: such a person has no desire whatever, at any time, to play God. Only those who have denied their being yearn to play at it.
The Princess Out of School (circa 1901), by British artist Edward Robert Hughes (1851–1914). Gouache and watercolour on paper 52 x 95 cm Collection of the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
Jiri Borsky (Czech/British Artist, born 1945) "Lovers Near Marina", 2008. Acrylic on Canvas, 60 × 50 cm. Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
The Earth is also terrible, and dark, and cruel. The rabbit shrieks dying in the green meadows. The mountains clench their great hands full of hidden fire. There are sharks in the sea, and there is cruelty in men’s eyes.
I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful
Just interviewed a fish biologist, and I'm loving how the transcription software thinks we discussed "bunny fishes" and "the YOLO bypass" (actually bony fishes and the Yolo Bypass) It's putting unhinged images in my head which I'm then compelled to put on paper