Sapient Librarian
@22rabbit.bsky.social
Retiree: teacher, dir. health sci librarian (copyright, archive, training, web admin), nonprofit exec, $/lib. consortia, research analyst. Yes: science nature & evidence. “Out beyond ideas of right or wrong there is a field I will meet you there” No "DMs"
Weekly Anthropocene: India's magnificent five-foot-tall greater adjutant stork (Leptoptilos dubius, aka hargila, the “bone-swallower”) is recovering from local near-extirpation across the state of Assam in northeast India thanks to dedicated community conservation efforts tinyurl.com/bdz2zvdx
February 18, 2026 at 6:29 AM
Weekly Anthropocene: India's magnificent five-foot-tall greater adjutant stork (Leptoptilos dubius, aka hargila, the “bone-swallower”) is recovering from local near-extirpation across the state of Assam in northeast India thanks to dedicated community conservation efforts tinyurl.com/bdz2zvdx
Weekly Anthropocene: Extending agrivoltaics globally shows crop yield increases from the protection of solar panels, w/add'l 1,800 million tonnes of food (feeds 2.1 billion people) & earns over $1 trillion in add'l agricultural income! Truly epic potential here sammatey.substack.com/p/the-weekly...
February 18, 2026 at 6:27 AM
Weekly Anthropocene: Extending agrivoltaics globally shows crop yield increases from the protection of solar panels, w/add'l 1,800 million tonnes of food (feeds 2.1 billion people) & earns over $1 trillion in add'l agricultural income! Truly epic potential here sammatey.substack.com/p/the-weekly...
Explain It: How do Volcanos form? Via plate tectonics pulling or colliding plates form openings, magma rises erupting as volcano Shield volcanoes (broad & gently slope) Stratovolcanoes (steeper & conical) Eruptions are lava flows or explosive ash & rock in air www.explainitdaily.com/nature/expla...
Explain it: How Do Volcanoes Form?
Explain it simply
Volcanoes are nature's way of releasing the pressure built up beneath the Earth's surface. They form when molten rock, called magma, escapes from deep inside the Earth. This usually
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February 18, 2026 at 6:15 AM
Explain It: How do Volcanos form? Via plate tectonics pulling or colliding plates form openings, magma rises erupting as volcano Shield volcanoes (broad & gently slope) Stratovolcanoes (steeper & conical) Eruptions are lava flows or explosive ash & rock in air www.explainitdaily.com/nature/expla...
Silver Bulletin: Will AI terminate democracy? And why did Gallup terminate its approval ratings? The case for why AI will produce greater economic and political inequality. Plus, what's up with Gallup? tinyurl.com/2w4umrbd (Image: ChatGPT)
February 18, 2026 at 5:50 AM
Silver Bulletin: Will AI terminate democracy? And why did Gallup terminate its approval ratings? The case for why AI will produce greater economic and political inequality. Plus, what's up with Gallup? tinyurl.com/2w4umrbd (Image: ChatGPT)
"Just because we say we're going to stop caring about these issues doesn't make the issues go away it just makes us less prepared" by Nahid Bhadelia Boston Univ Ctr on Emerging Infectious Diseases "Exclusive Key US infectious-diseases ctr to drop pandemic prep" Nature www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Exclusive: Key US infectious-diseases centre to drop pandemic preparation
Staff members have been instructed to scrub this topic and ‘biodefense’ from the agency’s website.
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February 18, 2026 at 5:43 AM
"Just because we say we're going to stop caring about these issues doesn't make the issues go away it just makes us less prepared" by Nahid Bhadelia Boston Univ Ctr on Emerging Infectious Diseases "Exclusive Key US infectious-diseases ctr to drop pandemic prep" Nature www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Bulletin of Atomic Scientists: Trump's EPA kills endangerment finding, legal basis for most US climate regs Trump admin actions on 1 premise: Greenhouse gases not that bad. Opinion flies in face of scientific consensus by Jake Bittle. It will have profound BAD consequences tinyurl.com/2w4umrbd
Trump's EPA kills the endangerment finding—the legal basis for nearly every major US climate regulation
Legal experts say that regulating carbon dioxide is well-supported by the text of the Clean Air Act—a fact that even the conservative Supreme Court has recognized in multiple cases, suggesting the cou...
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February 18, 2026 at 5:40 AM
Bulletin of Atomic Scientists: Trump's EPA kills endangerment finding, legal basis for most US climate regs Trump admin actions on 1 premise: Greenhouse gases not that bad. Opinion flies in face of scientific consensus by Jake Bittle. It will have profound BAD consequences tinyurl.com/2w4umrbd
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: Seabed zero: Baltic sabotage and the global risks to undersea infrastructure. Western economies have become dependent on data and energy flow along the seafloor. Russia and China are weaponizing that dependency, by Bruce D. Jones thebulletin.org/2026/02/seab...
February 18, 2026 at 5:34 AM
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: Seabed zero: Baltic sabotage and the global risks to undersea infrastructure. Western economies have become dependent on data and energy flow along the seafloor. Russia and China are weaponizing that dependency, by Bruce D. Jones thebulletin.org/2026/02/seab...
Recipe Heaven: Everyone Messes Up This Step When Cooking Mushrooms; How To Cook Mushrooms Perfectly Every Single Time by Emma Bates. Lots of great cooking tips from water, to temperature, to not stirring, or crowding etc. recipeheaven.com/how-to-cook-...
How To Cook Mushrooms Perfectly Every Single Time - Recipe Heaven
Most home cooks make the same common mistakes when cooking mushrooms, but a few simple fixes can turn soggy fungi into golden, crispy perfection.
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February 18, 2026 at 4:59 AM
Recipe Heaven: Everyone Messes Up This Step When Cooking Mushrooms; How To Cook Mushrooms Perfectly Every Single Time by Emma Bates. Lots of great cooking tips from water, to temperature, to not stirring, or crowding etc. recipeheaven.com/how-to-cook-...
Tricycle: "Every act of kindness that comes our way is not karmic feedback but a glimpse of grace," Through Amitabha’s merit, we can break free from karma. by Nagapriya, “The Economy of Grace” tricycle.org/magazine/the...
The Economy of Grace
Through Amitabha's merit, we can break free from karma.
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February 18, 2026 at 4:41 AM
Tricycle: "Every act of kindness that comes our way is not karmic feedback but a glimpse of grace," Through Amitabha’s merit, we can break free from karma. by Nagapriya, “The Economy of Grace” tricycle.org/magazine/the...
ScienceAdviser: Your cat isn’t vegan, even though a common test says otherwise. Cats are cryptic carnivores www.science.org/content/arti...
February 18, 2026 at 4:31 AM
ScienceAdviser: Your cat isn’t vegan, even though a common test says otherwise. Cats are cryptic carnivores www.science.org/content/arti...
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We are living through dark, disturbing and dangerous times, but do not despair — the cavalry is coming! Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band will be taking the stage this spring from Minneapolis to California to Texas to Washington, D.C. for the Land of Hope And Dreams American Tour.
February 17, 2026 at 5:11 PM
We are living through dark, disturbing and dangerous times, but do not despair — the cavalry is coming! Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band will be taking the stage this spring from Minneapolis to California to Texas to Washington, D.C. for the Land of Hope And Dreams American Tour.
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BREAKING: Millions of files related to Jeffrey Epstein suggest the existence of a 'global criminal enterprise' that carried out acts meeting the legal threshold of crimes against humanity, a panel of independent experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council says
February 18, 2026 at 1:28 AM
BREAKING: Millions of files related to Jeffrey Epstein suggest the existence of a 'global criminal enterprise' that carried out acts meeting the legal threshold of crimes against humanity, a panel of independent experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council says
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CBS pulling @jamestalarico.bsky.social’s interview from The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is alarming and nothing short of censorship. Full breakdown on my Substack page (link below).
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February 17, 2026 at 7:43 PM
CBS pulling @jamestalarico.bsky.social’s interview from The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is alarming and nothing short of censorship. Full breakdown on my Substack page (link below).
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Trump Doesn’t Want You To See This
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Trump Doesn’t Want You To See This
So, here you go!
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February 18, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Trump Doesn’t Want You To See This
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Robert Reich truly understands economics and labor. His essay is spot on imho. Goodbye and Good luck, David Brooks open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
Goodbye and Good luck, David Brooks
His musings about personal morality have been thoughtful; his views about public morality and our political economy, far less so.
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February 17, 2026 at 6:40 AM
Robert Reich truly understands economics and labor. His essay is spot on imho. Goodbye and Good luck, David Brooks open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
Peaceful protestors maimed, brutally injured by Trump's goons. How is this not like Nazi Germany? How is this democracy anymore? www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Broken bones, burning eyes: How Trump's DHS deploys 'less lethal' weapons on protesters
Federal immigration officers have repeatedly used force in ways that appear to violate their own policies or general policing guidelines, NBC News found.
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February 16, 2026 at 4:04 AM
Peaceful protestors maimed, brutally injured by Trump's goons. How is this not like Nazi Germany? How is this democracy anymore? www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
ZME Science: Scientists Turned Ordinary Shiitake Mushrooms into Living Computers, Your next computer might grow in a compost heap. by Tibi Puiu. New research by Ohio State Univ. scientists turned shiitake mushrooms into living electronic devices that remember information tinyurl.com/3vssdcfa
Scientists Turned Ordinary Shiitake Mushrooms into Living Computers
Your next computer might grow in a compost heap.
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February 15, 2026 at 10:36 PM
ZME Science: Scientists Turned Ordinary Shiitake Mushrooms into Living Computers, Your next computer might grow in a compost heap. by Tibi Puiu. New research by Ohio State Univ. scientists turned shiitake mushrooms into living electronic devices that remember information tinyurl.com/3vssdcfa
It's not too late! Last day of The Great Backyard Bird Count! www.birdcount.org
Great Backyard Bird Count – Join us each February when the world comes together to watch, learn about, count, and celebrate birds.
Each year people from around the world come together to watch, learn about, count, and celebrate birds. Join us in February!
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February 15, 2026 at 9:13 PM
It's not too late! Last day of The Great Backyard Bird Count! www.birdcount.org
Library of Congress Today in History: Jules Verne, author of "A Journey to the Centre of the Earth", "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea", and "Around the World in Eighty Days", was born on February 8, 1828, in Nantes, France www.loc.gov/item/today-i...
Today in History - February 8
Up, Up, and Away… | The Birth of a Nation
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February 15, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Library of Congress Today in History: Jules Verne, author of "A Journey to the Centre of the Earth", "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea", and "Around the World in Eighty Days", was born on February 8, 1828, in Nantes, France www.loc.gov/item/today-i...
Award winning filmmaker Ron James has released the promotional trailer for his upcoming next film, “Accidental Truth: NEXT - Beyond UFO Disclosure.” Please see: youtu.be/rpOdCHwNSGs The new film will be released to the public in April 2026.
AT Sneak Preview Clip Released!
YouTube video by Mutual UFO Network (MUFON)
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February 15, 2026 at 6:43 AM
Award winning filmmaker Ron James has released the promotional trailer for his upcoming next film, “Accidental Truth: NEXT - Beyond UFO Disclosure.” Please see: youtu.be/rpOdCHwNSGs The new film will be released to the public in April 2026.
Rep. Eric Burlison Calls for Passage of the UAP Disclosure Act @UFO/UAP press conference @National Press Club w/witnesses, medical experts, govt & US insiders on alleged encounters w/non-human intelligence in the Varginha, Brazil tinyurl.com/bdza4vsc
February 15, 2026 at 6:42 AM
Rep. Eric Burlison Calls for Passage of the UAP Disclosure Act @UFO/UAP press conference @National Press Club w/witnesses, medical experts, govt & US insiders on alleged encounters w/non-human intelligence in the Varginha, Brazil tinyurl.com/bdza4vsc
Newsweek: Alien Revelations Could Spark Financial Crisis, via announcement from White House of aliens, as per Helen McCaw former policy expert/Bank of England. Can't be dismissed urging contingency plans. 2021 Pew Research Center study says 2/3rds of US believe aliens exist tinyurl.com/2s4zm6vy
Newsweek Reports: Alien Revelations Could Spark Financial Crisis — THE WOW! SIGNAL
A financial crisis could be triggered by an announcement that aliens exist, according to Helen McCaw, a former policy expert of the Bank of England. McCaw told The Times of London that pol...
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February 15, 2026 at 6:37 AM
Newsweek: Alien Revelations Could Spark Financial Crisis, via announcement from White House of aliens, as per Helen McCaw former policy expert/Bank of England. Can't be dismissed urging contingency plans. 2021 Pew Research Center study says 2/3rds of US believe aliens exist tinyurl.com/2s4zm6vy
Intelligence Brief: “This Isn’t Folklore; It’s Pharmacology”: Centuries-Old Traditional Medicine Could Be a Game-Changer for Hair Loss thedebrief.org/this-isnt-fo...
“This Isn't Folklore; It's Pharmacology”: Centuries-Old Traditional Medicine Could Be a Game-Changer for Hair Loss
Scientists say new research shows a centuries-old traditional Chinese herbal medicine could be a game-changer in fighting hair loss.
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February 15, 2026 at 6:24 AM
Intelligence Brief: “This Isn’t Folklore; It’s Pharmacology”: Centuries-Old Traditional Medicine Could Be a Game-Changer for Hair Loss thedebrief.org/this-isnt-fo...
Intelligence Brief: Extraordinary Claim? NASA Study Says Life on Ancient Mars May Be the Best Explanation for Odd Curiosity Rover Samples thedebrief.org/extraordinar...
Extraordinary Claim? NASA Study Says Life on Ancient Mars May Be the Best Explanation for Odd Curiosity Rover Samples
Organic compounds discovered on the Red Planet cannot be fully explained by non-biological sources, say astrobiologists.
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February 15, 2026 at 6:23 AM
Intelligence Brief: Extraordinary Claim? NASA Study Says Life on Ancient Mars May Be the Best Explanation for Odd Curiosity Rover Samples thedebrief.org/extraordinar...
USDA: What it Takes to Bring Back the Near Mythical American Chestnut Trees www.usda.gov/about-usda/n... & Interview: Dr. Thomas Klak on Restoring the Great American Chestnut Trees sammatey.substack.com/p/dispatches...
February 15, 2026 at 6:08 AM
USDA: What it Takes to Bring Back the Near Mythical American Chestnut Trees www.usda.gov/about-usda/n... & Interview: Dr. Thomas Klak on Restoring the Great American Chestnut Trees sammatey.substack.com/p/dispatches...