Mike Huff
@tyrannio.bsky.social
Amateur mycologist and retired librarian in Central Virginia, USA.
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New from ALA: Investing in Prison Libraries shows how better-funded prison libraries reduce recidivism, strengthen families, and build safer communities.
Libraries are a cost-effective path to second chances, and they need our support.
www.ala.org/news/2025/06...
Libraries are a cost-effective path to second chances, and they need our support.
www.ala.org/news/2025/06...
June 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
New from ALA: Investing in Prison Libraries shows how better-funded prison libraries reduce recidivism, strengthen families, and build safer communities.
Libraries are a cost-effective path to second chances, and they need our support.
www.ala.org/news/2025/06...
Libraries are a cost-effective path to second chances, and they need our support.
www.ala.org/news/2025/06...
“Studies have revealed that 95% of migrating birds travel at night, alone…. These birds use the Earth’s magnetic field to find their way, and it is likely that at least part of the biological mechanism that allows them to do this can be explained through quantum mechanics.”
‘They have no one to follow’: how migrating birds use quantum mechanics to navigate
Evidence is mounting to explain how birds use the Earth’s magnetic field to help fly thousands of miles with unerring accuracy – a discovery that may help advance quantum technology
www.theguardian.com
March 23, 2025 at 6:16 PM
“Studies have revealed that 95% of migrating birds travel at night, alone…. These birds use the Earth’s magnetic field to find their way, and it is likely that at least part of the biological mechanism that allows them to do this can be explained through quantum mechanics.”
Please, if you would, click through the ‘Take action’ link to email your elected representatives about the travesty of this DŌGĒ style of government management.
Eliminating IMLS would harm ALL Americans who rely on library programs and services, from summer reading programs to library delivery services for older Americans. #ForOurLibraries #FundLibraries
Take action: bit.ly/ProtectLibraryFunding
Take action: bit.ly/ProtectLibraryFunding
March 18, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Please, if you would, click through the ‘Take action’ link to email your elected representatives about the travesty of this DŌGĒ style of government management.
“An obvious place to start looking for answers is Göbekli Tepe in southern Turkey…. Dating back almost 12,000 years, these are the oldest known megalithic monuments. Building them would have required cooperation between many workers, along with leaders to coordinate and plan their activities.”
The discovery that farming might not have been the catalyst for civilisation means we must completely rethink the timeline of the first complex societies
We’re uncovering a radically different view of civilisation’s origins
The discovery that farming might not have been the catalyst for civilisation means we must completely rethink the timeline of the first complex societies
www.newscientist.com
February 23, 2025 at 6:32 PM
“An obvious place to start looking for answers is Göbekli Tepe in southern Turkey…. Dating back almost 12,000 years, these are the oldest known megalithic monuments. Building them would have required cooperation between many workers, along with leaders to coordinate and plan their activities.”
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February 23, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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💚 Happy Friday everyone!
Remember... there is no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothes! Happy 🍄 Hunting
Remember... there is no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothes! Happy 🍄 Hunting
January 24, 2025 at 6:17 PM
💚 Happy Friday everyone!
Remember... there is no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothes! Happy 🍄 Hunting
Remember... there is no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothes! Happy 🍄 Hunting
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As you stare at this image, you might feel as if you are falling into an expanding hole, but what is causing this optical illusion? Researchers now think they can explain it. www.newscientist.com/article/2464...
This optical illusion expands as you stare at it - and now we know why
Using a computer model of the retina, researchers have been able to trace the cause of the expanding hole illusion
www.newscientist.com
January 24, 2025 at 2:35 PM
As you stare at this image, you might feel as if you are falling into an expanding hole, but what is causing this optical illusion? Researchers now think they can explain it. www.newscientist.com/article/2464...
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It turns out that extinct flightless birds liked bright purple truffles. www.science.org/content/arti...
New Zealand’s giant birds feasted on colorful, trufflelike fungi, fossil poop reveals
The extinction of moa may have left native fungi with no way to spread their spores
www.science.org
January 19, 2025 at 9:49 PM
It turns out that extinct flightless birds liked bright purple truffles. www.science.org/content/arti...
“We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.” — Letter from Birmingham Jail, April 16, 1963.
Photograph: Arrest of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Birmingham, Alabama, 1958, by Charles Moore (1931 - 2010).
Photograph: Arrest of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Birmingham, Alabama, 1958, by Charles Moore (1931 - 2010).
January 20, 2025 at 6:47 PM
“We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.” — Letter from Birmingham Jail, April 16, 1963.
Photograph: Arrest of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Birmingham, Alabama, 1958, by Charles Moore (1931 - 2010).
Photograph: Arrest of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Birmingham, Alabama, 1958, by Charles Moore (1931 - 2010).
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Bluesky🦋のアカウントを作りました！アカウントをお持ちの方はぜひフォローお願いします！
今後はBlueskyでも #JapanR について発信していきます。
どうぞよろしくお願いします！
@japanr.bsky.social
We've created a Bluesky account! Follow us!
We're posting Japan.R info here too.
#RStatsJ
今後はBlueskyでも #JapanR について発信していきます。
どうぞよろしくお願いします！
@japanr.bsky.social
We've created a Bluesky account! Follow us!
We're posting Japan.R info here too.
#RStatsJ
December 29, 2024 at 9:02 AM
Bluesky🦋のアカウントを作りました！アカウントをお持ちの方はぜひフォローお願いします！
今後はBlueskyでも #JapanR について発信していきます。
どうぞよろしくお願いします！
@japanr.bsky.social
We've created a Bluesky account! Follow us!
We're posting Japan.R info here too.
#RStatsJ
今後はBlueskyでも #JapanR について発信していきます。
どうぞよろしくお願いします！
@japanr.bsky.social
We've created a Bluesky account! Follow us!
We're posting Japan.R info here too.
#RStatsJ
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The Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii has recorded the biggest annual jump in atmospheric CO2 levels since measurements started there in 1958. www.newscientist.com/article/2464...
Air monitoring station records biggest ever jump in atmospheric CO2
Wildfires and fossil fuel burning in 2024 contributed to the biggest annual rise in atmospheric CO2 levels ever recorded at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii
www.newscientist.com
January 17, 2025 at 9:17 AM
The Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii has recorded the biggest annual jump in atmospheric CO2 levels since measurements started there in 1958. www.newscientist.com/article/2464...
November 18, 2024 at 9:25 PM