Lars Eric Holm
@leholm.bsky.social
Rarely post; here primarily to follow the writers, artists, and performers I used to follow elsewhere, and that inspire me to follow their own favorites.
Betty Reid Soskin, nation’s oldest park ranger, has died at 104.
richmondside.org/2025/12/21/b...
I heard this on the jazz station I listen to: while she was most recently known for her iconic role as a park ranger at the Rosie the Riveter Museum, she was an established songwriter.
richmondside.org/2025/12/21/b...
I heard this on the jazz station I listen to: while she was most recently known for her iconic role as a park ranger at the Rosie the Riveter Museum, she was an established songwriter.
Betty Reid Soskin, nation's oldest park ranger, has died. She was 104
Betty Reid Soskin, one of the nation's most iconic park rangers, died peacefully at her home in Richmond on Sun., Dec. 21, 2025. She was 104.
richmondside.org
December 22, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Betty Reid Soskin, nation’s oldest park ranger, has died at 104.
richmondside.org/2025/12/21/b...
I heard this on the jazz station I listen to: while she was most recently known for her iconic role as a park ranger at the Rosie the Riveter Museum, she was an established songwriter.
richmondside.org/2025/12/21/b...
I heard this on the jazz station I listen to: while she was most recently known for her iconic role as a park ranger at the Rosie the Riveter Museum, she was an established songwriter.
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A Lord of the Rings Cover Band called Nick Cave Troll
A Lord of the Rings cover band called Flock of Smeagols
A Lord of the Rings cover band called Chappell Rohan
December 20, 2025 at 4:23 PM
A Lord of the Rings Cover Band called Nick Cave Troll
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From the Larchives. My own Wreath of Khan.
December 8, 2025 at 7:15 PM
From the Larchives. My own Wreath of Khan.
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Here’s the “typewriter tap dance” sequence from the “Too Marvelous For Words” number, as it appears in the 1937 musical film, “Ready, Willing, And Able”.
A miniaturized Ruby Keeler dances on typewriter keys with Lee Dixon.
A miniaturized Ruby Keeler dances on typewriter keys with Lee Dixon.
Ruby Keeler Taps on Giant Typewriter, 1937
YouTube video by What the Eye Hears
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December 6, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Here’s the “typewriter tap dance” sequence from the “Too Marvelous For Words” number, as it appears in the 1937 musical film, “Ready, Willing, And Able”.
A miniaturized Ruby Keeler dances on typewriter keys with Lee Dixon.
A miniaturized Ruby Keeler dances on typewriter keys with Lee Dixon.
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Just to understand the concept of a trillion.
1 million minutes ago it was October 21, 2023.
A billion minutes ago it was
114 CE.
A trillion minutes ago it was
1,900,114 BCE
1 million minutes ago it was October 21, 2023.
A billion minutes ago it was
114 CE.
A trillion minutes ago it was
1,900,114 BCE
November 28, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Just to understand the concept of a trillion.
1 million minutes ago it was October 21, 2023.
A billion minutes ago it was
114 CE.
A trillion minutes ago it was
1,900,114 BCE
1 million minutes ago it was October 21, 2023.
A billion minutes ago it was
114 CE.
A trillion minutes ago it was
1,900,114 BCE
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I like relating it to age. I actually celebrated the day I turned 1 billion seconds old. I was over 31 and a half years old. And since a trillion is a thousand billion, I would be around 31,700 years old when I turn 1 trillion seconds old (posthumously, of course).
November 28, 2025 at 8:17 AM
I like relating it to age. I actually celebrated the day I turned 1 billion seconds old. I was over 31 and a half years old. And since a trillion is a thousand billion, I would be around 31,700 years old when I turn 1 trillion seconds old (posthumously, of course).
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good news everyone the Mistaken Text From Grandma Thanksgiving buddy drama is still going strong
this story delights me every year
this story delights me every year
From text to tradition: Jamal Hinton and Wanda Dench mark 10th Thanksgiving together after accidental invitation.
Arizona pair celebrates decade of friendship that started with wrong text
From text to tradition: Jamal Hinton and Wanda Dench mark 10th Thanksgiving together after accidental invitation.
www.azfamily.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:34 AM
good news everyone the Mistaken Text From Grandma Thanksgiving buddy drama is still going strong
this story delights me every year
this story delights me every year
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Another sometimes forgotten disadvantage to changing the clocks twice a year.
November 2, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Another sometimes forgotten disadvantage to changing the clocks twice a year.
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As other people have noted, if you have local food banks, now would be an excellent time to donate cash to them, if you have the cash to spare. We will be upping our donations to food banks and hunger-related charities here in Ohio.
US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month reut.rs/3WohHMk
US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Saturday that food benefits under one of the country's biggest social assistance programs will not be issued next month amid the ongoing federal government shutdown.
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October 26, 2025 at 6:31 PM
As other people have noted, if you have local food banks, now would be an excellent time to donate cash to them, if you have the cash to spare. We will be upping our donations to food banks and hunger-related charities here in Ohio.
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POV: The new singer of the Reading Rainbow theme song and the new host of Reading Rainbow meet for the first time in Canada 🥹📚🌈
Video Description:
Mychal and Bukola meet for the first time! They joyfully dance to the Reading Rainbow theme song, sung by Bukola ✨
youtube.com/@kidzuko?feature=shared
Video Description:
Mychal and Bukola meet for the first time! They joyfully dance to the Reading Rainbow theme song, sung by Bukola ✨
youtube.com/@kidzuko?feature=shared
October 25, 2025 at 6:25 PM
POV: The new singer of the Reading Rainbow theme song and the new host of Reading Rainbow meet for the first time in Canada 🥹📚🌈
Video Description:
Mychal and Bukola meet for the first time! They joyfully dance to the Reading Rainbow theme song, sung by Bukola ✨
youtube.com/@kidzuko?feature=shared
Video Description:
Mychal and Bukola meet for the first time! They joyfully dance to the Reading Rainbow theme song, sung by Bukola ✨
youtube.com/@kidzuko?feature=shared
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Ya gotta wonder about a guy that gets so worked up over this. But hey: it's the kind of "thinking" that has kept This is True going strong for more than 32 years now. Got your free subscription yet?
October 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Ya gotta wonder about a guy that gets so worked up over this. But hey: it's the kind of "thinking" that has kept This is True going strong for more than 32 years now. Got your free subscription yet?
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Choose your own (research) adventure.
My cartoon for this week’s @newscientist.com
My cartoon for this week’s @newscientist.com
October 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Choose your own (research) adventure.
My cartoon for this week’s @newscientist.com
My cartoon for this week’s @newscientist.com
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One of the cartoons in my new book 'Physics for Cats' which is out now in the UK, USA, Canada, France and Germany. Order from your local bookshops or online: www.tomgauld.com/
October 10, 2025 at 1:20 PM
One of the cartoons in my new book 'Physics for Cats' which is out now in the UK, USA, Canada, France and Germany. Order from your local bookshops or online: www.tomgauld.com/
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A riddle for @theguardian.com books page.
p.s. My new book 'Physics for Cats' is out this week in bookshops and online. Details at www.tomgauld.com
p.s. My new book 'Physics for Cats' is out this week in bookshops and online. Details at www.tomgauld.com
October 6, 2025 at 10:57 AM
A riddle for @theguardian.com books page.
p.s. My new book 'Physics for Cats' is out this week in bookshops and online. Details at www.tomgauld.com
p.s. My new book 'Physics for Cats' is out this week in bookshops and online. Details at www.tomgauld.com
Picking up from our family’s favorite local sushi place today, I saw this on their television “aquarium”.
It’s more than just a little reminiscent of Paul Kidbys’s Great A’Tuin painting. Seeing this made me unreasonably happy. Not just merely due to tasty sushi.
#Discworld, #TerryPratchett , #GNU
It’s more than just a little reminiscent of Paul Kidbys’s Great A’Tuin painting. Seeing this made me unreasonably happy. Not just merely due to tasty sushi.
#Discworld, #TerryPratchett , #GNU
October 5, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Picking up from our family’s favorite local sushi place today, I saw this on their television “aquarium”.
It’s more than just a little reminiscent of Paul Kidbys’s Great A’Tuin painting. Seeing this made me unreasonably happy. Not just merely due to tasty sushi.
#Discworld, #TerryPratchett , #GNU
It’s more than just a little reminiscent of Paul Kidbys’s Great A’Tuin painting. Seeing this made me unreasonably happy. Not just merely due to tasty sushi.
#Discworld, #TerryPratchett , #GNU
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This Week’s Honorary Unsubscribe goes to George Hardy, the last of his kind. The story in 3 minutes.
George Hardy - Honorary Unsubscribe
“Red Tails” were some of the best fighter pilots of World War II.
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October 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
This Week’s Honorary Unsubscribe goes to George Hardy, the last of his kind. The story in 3 minutes.
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A recent cartoon for @newscientist.com
p.s. my new book of science cartoons 'Physics for Cats' is out now. Visit www.tomgauld.com for details
p.s. my new book of science cartoons 'Physics for Cats' is out now. Visit www.tomgauld.com for details
September 26, 2025 at 12:49 PM
A recent cartoon for @newscientist.com
p.s. my new book of science cartoons 'Physics for Cats' is out now. Visit www.tomgauld.com for details
p.s. my new book of science cartoons 'Physics for Cats' is out now. Visit www.tomgauld.com for details
Looking forward to seeing — and hearing — John Scalzi for the first time, at Bookshop Santa Cruz!
September 19, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Looking forward to seeing — and hearing — John Scalzi for the first time, at Bookshop Santa Cruz!
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GOP legislator: "A science fair? How dense do you think I am?!"
Scientist: "Try dividing your mass by your volume."
Scientist: "Try dividing your mass by your volume."
July 8, 2025 at 6:09 PM
GOP legislator: "A science fair? How dense do you think I am?!"
Scientist: "Try dividing your mass by your volume."
Scientist: "Try dividing your mass by your volume."
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This is, very seriously, one of Randall's best and most clever comics. There are more layers to this the more you look. I checked Explain xkcd to make sure I got them all. I hadn't.
January 11, 2025 at 6:14 PM
This is, very seriously, one of Randall's best and most clever comics. There are more layers to this the more you look. I checked Explain xkcd to make sure I got them all. I hadn't.