Maps Distort How We See the World – by Tomas Pueyo
Maps twist our perception of the world.
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How to Grow Up: Nick Cave’s Life-Advice to a 13-Year-Old – The Marginalian
How to harness youth’s centripetal curiosity as a creative force for bettering the world is what Nick Cave — himself an insightful reckoner with the art of growing older — explores in answering a 13-year-old boy’s question about how to live a full, creative, actualized, spiritually rich life in “a world ridden with so much hate, and disconnect.”
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Five SF Stories Set in Eco-Friendly Futures | Tor.com
In case you need some reading suggestions. I think we could all use a bit of climate optimism, don’t you?
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AI re-creates what people see by reading their brain scans | Science | AAAS
A new artificial intelligence system can reconstruct images a person saw based on their brain activity.
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My current quandary: My daily post streak here at the blog has been going, in one form or another, since January 1, 2021. It’s not a long time by some measures, but it’s a long time for me, and I don’t want to break it.
My problem is that I am about to head off to the Writers of the Future workshop. The schedule looks like a wall of ink, with classes and other events scheduled for at least twelve hours a day, most days. Plus reading, plus writing. That leaves not a lot of time for thoughtful posts, or even the quote and a pretty picture kind.
That leaves me with a challenge: Pre-schedule posts, sure, but with what? I toyed with the idea of putting up a serialized version of a story, but that will require more thought than I can give it right now. Instead, I’m going to regale you with a random selection from my “what’s interesting” folder.
I imagine there will be some material on space, writing, art, food and people, all the good stuff. Good news, a lot of it is actually pretty interesting. Enjoy!
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There is still a patch of snow approximately two inches by three inches in the front yard, but it’s melting so fast that I feel comfortable calling it.
It’s our last day with snow, hooray!
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Gave the cat some chicken bits this morning and he is now certifiably insane.
Calm your crazy, kitty!
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This piece is a longread with a wide range of links to “stories of solitude-seeking, mountain-climbing, jungle-running women adventurers,” including many that were new to me.
There She Goes: A Reading List on Women Adventurers
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When my mother asked for Christmas ideas, I put bread pans on the list (I use these). Sure, I have two, I thought, but with four I could double the recipe and make bread half as often.
Thanks to pandemic scheduling, that Christmas dream came true this Easter:)
The pans were put to good use today (thanks, Mom!), and we are now the happy owners of four loaves currently cooling in the kitchen.
I doubled my standard recipe and it appears to be a success. Great news, not least because there were a couple of moments along the way where things could have gone off the rails.
First, the doubled amounts almost overwhelmed my 6-quart KitchenAid. It was a lot to mix. The good news is that the new batch of flour is performing better than last year’s flour, which needed (heh) twice the kneading time to build any gluten at all.
Second, and most dangerously/amusingly, I used new yeast. The dough rose beautifully but much faster than expected. The last batch took two hours for the first rise. I checked today’s batch after an hour and had to laugh. The dough was twice the size it should have been and the container’s lid was bulging up with the sort of vigor I expect from active volcanoes or chest-bursting aliens. Releasing the pressure was an exercise in risk management, but I got it done.
Of course, I also made minor adjustments to the process throughout. As one does.
So, fresh yeast, fresh flour, and a fresh take on an old recipe. And now it’s time to see what Mr Man thinks of the results!
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We have our first flowers in the backyard. Violets, small and brightly colored, peeking up through the felled branches and unkillable Creeping Charlie and pine litter.
I know that many of you have had green grass and flowers for weeks now, but not so in my neighborhood.
Here, I wait. And watch. And finally, the light of longer days helps the first amethyst petals brave an unpredictable spring.
Welcome, little ones.
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