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Wait, what? A whole new hominin species?! How come I missed this last month? Wow. a lot ideas of human evolution are going to have to be revisited. This is very cool.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
The StW 573 Little Foot Fossil Should Not Be Attributed to Australopithecus prometheus
Objectives To test the hypothesis that the StW 573 (Little Foot) fossil specimen should be attributed taxonomically to Australopithecus prometheus. Materials and Methods We adopt the methods of cl...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 25, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Wait, what? A whole new hominin species?! How come I missed this last month? Wow. a lot ideas of human evolution are going to have to be revisited. This is very cool.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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The DOJ identified at least 10 co-conspirators who worked with Epstein and Maxwell. It’s obvious to anyone with two eyes that Epstein and Maxwell were engaged in organized crime, yet NO ONE ELSE involved in Epstein’s sex trafficking ring has faced criminal charges. Why?
December 23, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The DOJ identified at least 10 co-conspirators who worked with Epstein and Maxwell. It’s obvious to anyone with two eyes that Epstein and Maxwell were engaged in organized crime, yet NO ONE ELSE involved in Epstein’s sex trafficking ring has faced criminal charges. Why?
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Curious to learn more about CECOT?
Hear Juan, Andry, and Wilmer share firsthand how the Trump administration branded them as gang members without evidence and deported them to the brutal El Salvadoran prison.
This @pbsnews.org documentary is available on YouTube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lku5...
Hear Juan, Andry, and Wilmer share firsthand how the Trump administration branded them as gang members without evidence and deported them to the brutal El Salvadoran prison.
This @pbsnews.org documentary is available on YouTube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lku5...
Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
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December 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Curious to learn more about CECOT?
Hear Juan, Andry, and Wilmer share firsthand how the Trump administration branded them as gang members without evidence and deported them to the brutal El Salvadoran prison.
This @pbsnews.org documentary is available on YouTube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lku5...
Hear Juan, Andry, and Wilmer share firsthand how the Trump administration branded them as gang members without evidence and deported them to the brutal El Salvadoran prison.
This @pbsnews.org documentary is available on YouTube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lku5...
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A beautiful piece on landscape, loss, and transformation by one of my favourite writers: Terry Tempest Williams, based in Utah.
emergencemagazine.org/essay/a-holl...
emergencemagazine.org/essay/a-holl...
A Hollow Bone – Terry Tempest Williams
Bringing us into her love affair with the receding Great Salt Lake, Terry Tempest Williams embraces a fearless interspecies intimacy and summons us to be present with the losses in this landscape.
emergencemagazine.org
December 21, 2025 at 3:38 PM
A beautiful piece on landscape, loss, and transformation by one of my favourite writers: Terry Tempest Williams, based in Utah.
emergencemagazine.org/essay/a-holl...
emergencemagazine.org/essay/a-holl...
From Blue Zones:
December 18, 2025 at 5:40 AM
From Blue Zones:
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the plethora of depressing articles about reading lately made me think about how a person winds up a reader—and stays that way. it's not a science, that's for sure! the weird alchemy of childhood and curiosity and countless variables that all could have easily been different
It doesn't take a lot for people to start reading. But year after year, what keeps you coming back? In this week's Mark As Read, @mollytempleton.com discusses reading as a lifelong habit:
What Keeps You Reading? - Reactor
Becoming a reader is different than *staying* a reader...
reactormag.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:16 PM
the plethora of depressing articles about reading lately made me think about how a person winds up a reader—and stays that way. it's not a science, that's for sure! the weird alchemy of childhood and curiosity and countless variables that all could have easily been different
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On my Reading List:
I'm thrilled that Letters from an Imaginary Country is on the LitHub 100 Notable Small Press Books of 2025. Thank you so much for choosing it, @nancyjane.bsky.social :)
lithub.com/100-notable-...
lithub.com/100-notable-...
100 Notable Small Press Books of 2025
The idea of 100 Notable Small Press Books was born November 2024, after The New York Times’s annual 100 Notable Books list featured eighty-two books from the Big Five publishing houses (Pengu…
lithub.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:08 PM
On my Reading List:
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Happy Birthday to William Blake, who knows where the wild things are...
November 28, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Happy Birthday to William Blake, who knows where the wild things are...
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A gorgeous paperback edition of the superb FROM SPARE OOM TO WAR DROBE: TRAVELS IN NARNIA WITH MY NINE YEAR-OLD SELF by kathlangrish.bsky.social
‘The best book ever about why we love Narnia!’ Francis Spufford.
Available now: www.hernebooks.com/product-page...
#Narnia #CSLewis
‘The best book ever about why we love Narnia!’ Francis Spufford.
Available now: www.hernebooks.com/product-page...
#Narnia #CSLewis
November 20, 2025 at 9:11 AM
A gorgeous paperback edition of the superb FROM SPARE OOM TO WAR DROBE: TRAVELS IN NARNIA WITH MY NINE YEAR-OLD SELF by kathlangrish.bsky.social
‘The best book ever about why we love Narnia!’ Francis Spufford.
Available now: www.hernebooks.com/product-page...
#Narnia #CSLewis
‘The best book ever about why we love Narnia!’ Francis Spufford.
Available now: www.hernebooks.com/product-page...
#Narnia #CSLewis
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This piece by Melissa Harrison is simply gorgeous. My beloved dog Tilly also had pancreatitis in her last year, and taking care of her was privilege, not a chore. She'd spent her whole life taking care of me, after all. I still miss her with every breath. mzharrison.substack.com/p/loving-an-...
Loving an old dog
This isn't a sad pet story
mzharrison.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:16 AM
This piece by Melissa Harrison is simply gorgeous. My beloved dog Tilly also had pancreatitis in her last year, and taking care of her was privilege, not a chore. She'd spent her whole life taking care of me, after all. I still miss her with every breath. mzharrison.substack.com/p/loving-an-...
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Food banks and pantries prepare to assist Nevadans as SNAP benefits are set to expire Nov. 1. Here’s a list of places that can help: thenevadaindependent.com/article/reso...
Resource Guide: Here’s where in Nevada to access free food as SNAP runs out - The Nevada Independent
The Nevada Independent has put together a comprehensive list of various food banks and pantries that Nevadans can go to for assistance.
thenevadaindependent.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Food banks and pantries prepare to assist Nevadans as SNAP benefits are set to expire Nov. 1. Here’s a list of places that can help: thenevadaindependent.com/article/reso...
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I will cut adrift—I will sit on pavements and drink coffee—I will dream; I will take my mind out of its iron cage and let it swim—this fine October.
- Virginia Woolf
#Womensart
- Virginia Woolf
#Womensart
October 15, 2025 at 5:02 AM
I will cut adrift—I will sit on pavements and drink coffee—I will dream; I will take my mind out of its iron cage and let it swim—this fine October.
- Virginia Woolf
#Womensart
- Virginia Woolf
#Womensart
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An immigration enforcement agreement between Las Vegas police and ICE is being challenged by the ACLU, which argued in a lawsuit that the partnership is unlawfully using state and local resources.
Read about it here: thenevadaindependent.com/article/aclu...
Read about it here: thenevadaindependent.com/article/aclu...
October 14, 2025 at 2:30 AM
An immigration enforcement agreement between Las Vegas police and ICE is being challenged by the ACLU, which argued in a lawsuit that the partnership is unlawfully using state and local resources.
Read about it here: thenevadaindependent.com/article/aclu...
Read about it here: thenevadaindependent.com/article/aclu...
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One week from right now, millions of Americans will gather in every state for the biggest day of peaceful protest in American history. Join your local No Kings Day event to make it clear that We The People won’t cower in response to Trump’s authoritarian takeover: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
October 11, 2025 at 12:53 PM
One week from right now, millions of Americans will gather in every state for the biggest day of peaceful protest in American history. Join your local No Kings Day event to make it clear that We The People won’t cower in response to Trump’s authoritarian takeover: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
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Always a joy to work with Jay Griffiths. Her unique understanding of our relationship to nature shines through this essay. @aeon.co
aeon.co/essays/why-w...
aeon.co/essays/why-w...
Why we should tune into the orchestra of the animal world | Aeon Essays
Listen to the boundless sounds of nature, the great animal orchestra, whose songs imbue the world with fresh meaning
aeon.co
September 4, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Always a joy to work with Jay Griffiths. Her unique understanding of our relationship to nature shines through this essay. @aeon.co
aeon.co/essays/why-w...
aeon.co/essays/why-w...
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I wrote this quite a few years ago now. CW: what you'd expect. richarddsmyth.com/2020/11/03/o...
Today marks the start of Baby Loss Awareness Week.
This year, it comes as the UK is about to pass a law guaranteeing the right to bereavement leave for miscarriage, making us one of only 4 countries in the world to offer it.
My heart is with everyone who experiences the heartbreak of baby loss.
This year, it comes as the UK is about to pass a law guaranteeing the right to bereavement leave for miscarriage, making us one of only 4 countries in the world to offer it.
My heart is with everyone who experiences the heartbreak of baby loss.
October 10, 2025 at 8:04 AM
I wrote this quite a few years ago now. CW: what you'd expect. richarddsmyth.com/2020/11/03/o...
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I’m teaching a seminar on “Constructed Languages in Fantasy Fiction” in a couple of weeks, in which #Tolkien will feature heavily, for a course in our new Masters in Global Communications. This is for my students + everyone fascinated by conlangs + artlangs!
dimitrafimi.substack.com/p/creating-i...
dimitrafimi.substack.com/p/creating-i...
October 9, 2025 at 8:10 AM
I’m teaching a seminar on “Constructed Languages in Fantasy Fiction” in a couple of weeks, in which #Tolkien will feature heavily, for a course in our new Masters in Global Communications. This is for my students + everyone fascinated by conlangs + artlangs!
dimitrafimi.substack.com/p/creating-i...
dimitrafimi.substack.com/p/creating-i...
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After her second husband’s passing, Jane Goodall headed into the forests of Gombe for a little bit of peace. What followed was “a flash of ‘outsight’” that would buoy her for decades to come.
In the Forests of Gombe - Orion Magazine
"How should the mind that can contemplate God relate to our fellow beings, the other life-forms of the world? What is our human responsibility?"
orionmagazine.org
October 8, 2025 at 12:20 PM
After her second husband’s passing, Jane Goodall headed into the forests of Gombe for a little bit of peace. What followed was “a flash of ‘outsight’” that would buoy her for decades to come.
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"Michaelina Wautier: the female Flemish artist now seen as an old master"
Michaelina Wautier: the female Flemish artist now seen as an old master
Opening in Vienna on Tuesday, a new exhibition gathers her works into one show for the first time
www.theguardian.com
September 28, 2025 at 10:20 AM
"Michaelina Wautier: the female Flemish artist now seen as an old master"
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Local friends and those within traveling distance of Dartmoor: Please join us for a very special Celebrating the Earth event:
Hope Dies Last, an evening with the bestselling American author Alan Weisman, one of our most important writers on humans’ relationship with the Earth. #naturewriting
Hope Dies Last, an evening with the bestselling American author Alan Weisman, one of our most important writers on humans’ relationship with the Earth. #naturewriting
September 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Local friends and those within traveling distance of Dartmoor: Please join us for a very special Celebrating the Earth event:
Hope Dies Last, an evening with the bestselling American author Alan Weisman, one of our most important writers on humans’ relationship with the Earth. #naturewriting
Hope Dies Last, an evening with the bestselling American author Alan Weisman, one of our most important writers on humans’ relationship with the Earth. #naturewriting
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Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist, dies aged 91
Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist, dies aged 91
Jane Goodall Institute says ‘tireless advocate’ for natural world died in California during US speaking tour
The world-renowned primatologist Jane Goodall has died at the age of 91, her institute has said.
The Jane Goodall Institute announced that she had passed away of natural causes while in California as part of a US speaking tour. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist, dies aged 91
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“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
October 2, 2025 at 2:56 AM
“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
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JUST IN: Jane Goodall, primatologist who transformed our understanding of the lives of apes, has died, according to an announcement from the Jane Goodall Institute.
Jane Goodall, legendary primatologist, has died at age 91
Jane Goodall, primatologist who transformed our understanding of the lives of apes, has died, according to an announcement from the Jane Goodall Institute.
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October 1, 2025 at 6:34 PM
JUST IN: Jane Goodall, primatologist who transformed our understanding of the lives of apes, has died, according to an announcement from the Jane Goodall Institute.
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Violet Hunt was a fascinating, complicated woman who lived in the thick of the major art and feminist movements of her day. I'm very glad to see this new British Library edition of her supernatural stories. Naomi Booth has a good piece on Hunt and her times here: newwritingnorth.com/wp-content/u...
Violet Hunt born #otd in 1862. Novelist, poet, journalist, biographer, translator, memoirist, and short story writer. Suffragist, social activist, and literary hostess.
The Tiger Skin and Other Tales of the Uneasy out now, published by @blpublishing.bsky.social
The Tiger Skin and Other Tales of the Uneasy out now, published by @blpublishing.bsky.social
September 29, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Violet Hunt was a fascinating, complicated woman who lived in the thick of the major art and feminist movements of her day. I'm very glad to see this new British Library edition of her supernatural stories. Naomi Booth has a good piece on Hunt and her times here: newwritingnorth.com/wp-content/u...