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— L.M. Montgomery
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Posts Tagged ‘#365Ways’
Well and Truly Fall
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, inspiration, nature, Thoughts on October 1, 2024| Leave a Comment »
Shenanigan Alert
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, #togglethatshtoff, computing, data, privacy, security on September 30, 2024| Leave a Comment »
Sadly, today’s post is not about the fun kind of shenanigans, but the type of under-the-radar data grab that companies so often try to perpetrate upon us. Today’s alert is about PayPal, and this post from Ellen Datlow sets up the problem and happily, also provides a solution:
These options may differ depending on your location, but this push to share your data is very much an issue for anyone using PayPal US. I suggest you check your settings to be sure.
Thanks, Ellen!
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Appreciating the Moment
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, inspiration, mightaswellenjoyit, Thoughts on September 29, 2024| Leave a Comment »
“Not one of your pertinent ancestors was squashed, devoured, drowned, starved, stranded, stuck fast, untimely wounded, or otherwise deflected from its life’s quest of delivering a tiny charge of genetic material to the right partner at the right moment in order to perpetuate the only possible sequence of hereditary combinations that could result―eventually, astoundingly, and all too briefly―in you.”
― Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything
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Sky Blue Day
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, a walk in the woods, Thoughts on September 28, 2024| Leave a Comment »
Memories kept close
Sky blue days of me and you
In the warmth of fall.
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Counting Down to the Technology Revolution!
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, futurism, genre fiction, interviews, sci-fi, science fiction, talktalktalk, Writers, writing on September 27, 2024| Leave a Comment »
I’m pleased to announce that next week I’ll be part of a discussion panel talking about the influence of AI and other technologies on characters and plots in sci-fi!
The event will be hosted by Bonnie D. Graham and include a roster of other authors who write and think about science, fiction, and the future of technology.
If you’re interested in topics like this (and really, who isn’t? :), join us next Wednesday at 11 am Eastern as we consult our Magic 8 Balls discuss The Future of Sci-Fi Characters and Plots + AI!
Technology Revolution: The Future of Sci-Fi Worlds + AI Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Hosted by Bonnie D. Graham
Welcome, global audience, to Technology Revolution: The Future of Now Radio, “The Future of Sci-Fi Characters and Plots + AI” we want to know, Bonnie D. on her Scarlett Mic, your predictions host and guide, Engages savvy Futurists on her into-the-future ride, Jason Palmatier, John W. Maly, J.R. Johnson and Brad C. Anderson, too, Watch or listen, we’re envisioning Sci-Fi + AI for you!
Listen LIVE on VoiceAmerica Business: Technology Revolution Radio
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One One Two
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, cli-fi, climate fiction, free fiction, genre fiction, science, Writers, writing on September 26, 2024| Leave a Comment »
This lovely story from Eleanor R. Wood on Flash Fiction Online is just what I needed to brighten my day.
I hope it cheers you too.
One sample of DNA.
One chance to prove herself and silence her peers.
And if you’d like to know more about some of the science behind the story, check out these links.
What’s special about the shape of a Nautilus shell? Find out.
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We Can
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, creativity, Thoughts, Writers, writing on September 25, 2024| Leave a Comment »
“You can write. You can. Almost any damned fool can, and many of them do. If I can do it, believe me, you can too.”
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Magic, Magic Everywhere
Posted in Science!, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, inspiration, magic, state parks, swamp, Thoughts, Virginia on September 24, 2024| Leave a Comment »
Sometimes you might look at the world and see only the meh, the drab, the muddy exteriors of your surroundings. It’s Tuesday, I get it.
But when the light is just right or you’re a little less tired and you take an extra moment to look deeper, you may find magic just waiting to be discovered.
Here’s one example; click through for photos, which are amazing.
Rainbow swamp: The flooded forest in Virginia that puts on a magical light show every winter
Every winter, when sunlight hits at the right angle, visitors to Virginia’s First Landing State Park are treated to a mesmerizing rainbow light show courtesy of the park’s bald cypress swamp.
I ran across this article and immediately wanted to know more. You too? Here you go!
An Array of Colors at First Landing State Park – State Parks Blogs
If you happen to visit First Landing State Park at just the right time, you might see people transfixed at the edge of one of the cypress swamps. I’ve been there and excitedly said aloud, “Whaaaaaaaaaaaaat?!?!” to no one in particular, while wearing a very silly grin. Why you ask? Because I saw this rainbow water for the first time.
What an incredible world.
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You Have So Much Potential
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, #alittlepickmeup, Thoughts, writing on September 23, 2024| Leave a Comment »
“Being kind isn’t always easy. Or convenient. But it has the potential to change everything.”
— Cap Watkins
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Astronomical Fall
Posted in Science!, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, astronomy, autumn, equinox, fall, fall equinox, seasons, Thoughts on September 22, 2024| Leave a Comment »
Yesterday, we headed out into one of the many beautiful trail systems dotted around Ottawa. The day was bright and the paths were carpeted in a lovely array of gold, orange and red leaves. It felt like a perfect way to usher in fall, but it turns out we were a day early.
Today, however, we can celebrate the Autumn Equinox, when night and day are (more or less) equal, and the sun shines directly down streets set east to west, as they do in places like Chicago.
Autumnal equinox 2024 brings fall to the Northern Hemisphere today
When is the first day of fall in 2024?
A carefully worded answer is that on Sunday, Sept. 22, at 8:44 a.m. Eastern daylight time (5:44 a.m. Pacific daylight time) autumn begins astronomically in the Northern Hemisphere, and spring in the Southern. At that moment, the sun would be shining directly overhead as seen from a point in the equatorial Atlantic Ocean, 461 miles (743 km) south-southwest of Monrovia, Liberia.
10 Things About the September Equinox
Here are 10 facts about the first day of astronomical fall (autumn) in the Northern Hemisphere.
Welcome to fall!
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