Randy Dykhuis 🇺🇲 🇳🇱
@yogadad.bsky.social
Retired librarian, SF fan, Star Trek devotee, yoga practitioner, genealogist, learning Dutch. Born American, reside in Michigan, but my heart lives in the Netherlands.
It's a warm summer evening here in mid-Michigan & I'm enjoying a quiet respite watching the fireflies blink on & off in my backyard.
July 16, 2025 at 1:36 AM
It's a warm summer evening here in mid-Michigan & I'm enjoying a quiet respite watching the fireflies blink on & off in my backyard.
After reading the 1st couple of chapters, I skimmed the rest. If you've read Attia's "Outlive" you pretty much know what to expect here: exercise, sleep enough, eat a plant-based diet & you'll likely live longer. Topol reports the science as it exists today with some guesses about what's coming. 💙📚
July 4, 2025 at 9:20 PM
After reading the 1st couple of chapters, I skimmed the rest. If you've read Attia's "Outlive" you pretty much know what to expect here: exercise, sleep enough, eat a plant-based diet & you'll likely live longer. Topol reports the science as it exists today with some guesses about what's coming. 💙📚
This is not a mystery story the way we usually think of them. It is much more a meditation on grief & coping with the sudden death of someone close. With a mystery story sort of wrapped around that. Very "wink-wink-noddish" but very much more than that. 💙📚
June 30, 2025 at 6:05 PM
This is not a mystery story the way we usually think of them. It is much more a meditation on grief & coping with the sudden death of someone close. With a mystery story sort of wrapped around that. Very "wink-wink-noddish" but very much more than that. 💙📚
A retelling of the war in heaven from "Paradise Lost". Satan & Yahweh are manipulated by another denizen of Heaven, Abdiel, to distrust each other & violence ensues. Told from multiple perspectives, it's a provocative read about loyalty, hubris, & free will. 💙📚🪐
June 29, 2025 at 2:25 AM
A retelling of the war in heaven from "Paradise Lost". Satan & Yahweh are manipulated by another denizen of Heaven, Abdiel, to distrust each other & violence ensues. Told from multiple perspectives, it's a provocative read about loyalty, hubris, & free will. 💙📚🪐
Last book in "The Salvagers" trilogy. It's space opera with a magical twist. White does a good job fleshing out the characters while keeping the action moving. This is not a series to read out of order. Events from previous books are constantly referenced. A good memory helps. **1/2 of ****. 💙📚🪐
June 16, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Last book in "The Salvagers" trilogy. It's space opera with a magical twist. White does a good job fleshing out the characters while keeping the action moving. This is not a series to read out of order. Events from previous books are constantly referenced. A good memory helps. **1/2 of ****. 💙📚🪐
I'm sure Agatha is subconsciously learning as she naps on Mark Bittman's "How to cook everything vegetarian". Expecting great things from her in the kitchen. #catnapping #cats
June 2, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I'm sure Agatha is subconsciously learning as she naps on Mark Bittman's "How to cook everything vegetarian". Expecting great things from her in the kitchen. #catnapping #cats
Re-read it for the 1st time in about 45 years. It didn't age well. Lots of talk, much of it incomprehensible. In the end, it did move the story forward, but it was slow getting there. Wondering how they'll make a movie out of it. 💙📚🪐
May 29, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Re-read it for the 1st time in about 45 years. It didn't age well. Lots of talk, much of it incomprehensible. In the end, it did move the story forward, but it was slow getting there. Wondering how they'll make a movie out of it. 💙📚🪐
A reimagining of Pinocchio. Here Victor is a real boy & no one else is human. Victor and his mechanized friends must rescue his father from evil automatons. Assorted adventures ensue. I have mixed feelings about the book. Quite imaginative but never really gels. **/****. 💙🪐📚
May 27, 2025 at 8:42 PM
A reimagining of Pinocchio. Here Victor is a real boy & no one else is human. Victor and his mechanized friends must rescue his father from evil automatons. Assorted adventures ensue. I have mixed feelings about the book. Quite imaginative but never really gels. **/****. 💙🪐📚
Very disappointing. 2nd in a trilogy. Loved book 1. This one was just way too long & boring. Vonvalt & Helena journey to Sova only to be led on a merry chase that goes on & on & on. The last 1/3 picks up a bit when Claver, evil to the core, appears then stumbles again. Hope #3 is better. 📚💙🪐
May 11, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Very disappointing. 2nd in a trilogy. Loved book 1. This one was just way too long & boring. Vonvalt & Helena journey to Sova only to be led on a merry chase that goes on & on & on. The last 1/3 picks up a bit when Claver, evil to the core, appears then stumbles again. Hope #3 is better. 📚💙🪐
Agatha will miss the moving boxes after they're gone. #caturday #catnapping
May 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Agatha will miss the moving boxes after they're gone. #caturday #catnapping
Preliminary injunction granted against dismantling of Institute of Museum and Library Services. Very strongly worded opinion demolishing administration's pitiful defense. ecf.rid.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
ecf.rid.uscourts.gov
May 6, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Preliminary injunction granted against dismantling of Institute of Museum and Library Services. Very strongly worded opinion demolishing administration's pitiful defense. ecf.rid.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
A sobering assessment about our chances of limiting global warming to 1.5 or 2.0 degrees C. Everything points to capitalism as culprit. Read this book with "The Price Is Wrong". Both tell the same story. Hard not to despair when confronted with the power of capital. 💙📚 #climate
May 4, 2025 at 1:52 AM
A sobering assessment about our chances of limiting global warming to 1.5 or 2.0 degrees C. Everything points to capitalism as culprit. Read this book with "The Price Is Wrong". Both tell the same story. Hard not to despair when confronted with the power of capital. 💙📚 #climate
A win in the ongoing fight to save IMLS from the thugs at DOGE. www.artnews.com/art-news/new...
Judge ‘Inclined’ to Rule Against Institute of Museum and Library Services Shutdown
The Institute of Museum and Library Service's entire 75-person staff placed on leave last month.
www.artnews.com
May 1, 2025 at 5:38 PM
A win in the ongoing fight to save IMLS from the thugs at DOGE. www.artnews.com/art-news/new...
So happy to discover one of my very favorite authors @emilymandel.bsky.social on Bluesky.
April 30, 2025 at 1:06 PM
So happy to discover one of my very favorite authors @emilymandel.bsky.social on Bluesky.
Liz survives The Storm that claims her family & many, many others and moves into the bookstore she loves. Civilization crumples. Maeve appears. Together they try to build a life. A YA dystopia, not without its faults but an impressive debut by an undergraduate(!) author. **1/2/**** 💙📚🪐
April 17, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Liz survives The Storm that claims her family & many, many others and moves into the bookstore she loves. Civilization crumples. Maeve appears. Together they try to build a life. A YA dystopia, not without its faults but an impressive debut by an undergraduate(!) author. **1/2/**** 💙📚🪐
I would be behind him for only his assertion that there should be a 100% tax after someone earns their 1st billion.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/u...
A Top Democratic Official Plots to Take Down Party Incumbents
www.nytimes.com
April 16, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I would be behind him for only his assertion that there should be a 100% tax after someone earns their 1st billion.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/u...
Yes, I'd love to help you fold the laundry. #cats #cathelpers
April 13, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Yes, I'd love to help you fold the laundry. #cats #cathelpers
What are waiting for? Let's play! #kittygames #cats
April 13, 2025 at 1:26 AM
What are waiting for? Let's play! #kittygames #cats
Dread Lord Gavrax wakes up with no memories, including his name. Slowly he pieces his life back together while trying to become someone new. Do our memories make us who we are? Without them can we start over? Interesting premise. **/**** 🪐📚💙
April 12, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Dread Lord Gavrax wakes up with no memories, including his name. Slowly he pieces his life back together while trying to become someone new. Do our memories make us who we are? Without them can we start over? Interesting premise. **/**** 🪐📚💙
Am I not the prettiest kitty this morning? #cats #prettykitty
April 11, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Am I not the prettiest kitty this morning? #cats #prettykitty
When did Whitmer lose her nerve? This is pitiful. #michigan #whitmerdisappears
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Trump praises Whitmer in friendly Oval Office meeting
Whitmer emphasized her agreements with Trump in a speech earlier on Wednesday.
www.politico.com
April 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
When did Whitmer lose her nerve? This is pitiful. #michigan #whitmerdisappears
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
American Library Association & AFSCME sue administration over assault on Institute of Museum and Library Services. #libraries #imls
www.ala.org/news/2025/04...
www.ala.org/news/2025/04...
American Library Association, AFSCME Challenge Trump Administration Gutting of Institute of Museum and Library Services
American Library Association, AFSCME Challenge Trump Administration Gutting of Institute of Museum and Library Services
www.ala.org
April 8, 2025 at 2:19 AM
American Library Association & AFSCME sue administration over assault on Institute of Museum and Library Services. #libraries #imls
www.ala.org/news/2025/04...
www.ala.org/news/2025/04...