Self-seeded gifts
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common_naturemific posting in common_natureFirst Snow of the Season
20 November 2025 03:08 pmyourlibrarian posting in common_nature
Rather tardy at this point, but why not? A few weeks ago we were still getting very little color around here.
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Science
20 November 2025 02:01 pmysabetwordsmithEarth's magnetic field has a weak spot — and it's getting bigger, putting astronauts and satellites at risk
This could be bad news for satellites and spacefarers.
A weak spot in Earth's protective magnetic field is growing larger and exposing orbiting satellites and astronauts to more solar radiation, according to more than a decade of measurements by three orbiting observatories.
This could be bad news for satellites and spacefarers.
A weak spot in Earth's protective magnetic field is growing larger and exposing orbiting satellites and astronauts to more solar radiation, according to more than a decade of measurements by three orbiting observatories.
Birdfeeding
20 November 2025 01:37 pmysabetwordsmithToday is cloudy and cool. It drizzled a bit yesterday and last night.
I fed the birds. I've seen a large mixed flock of sparrows and house finches.
I put out water for the birds.
EDIT 11/20/25 -- I planted 6 pots of switchgrass, 6 pots of sideoats grama, and 4 pots of river oats in the prairie garden. These are pots I started from seed earlier in the year, but then it got too hot and dry to plant them. While some had died, others had surprisingly robust rootballs in their little pots, and a few had wisps of green at the crown. :D
EDIT 11/20/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.
EDIT 11/20/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.
As it is now dark, I am done for the night.
I fed the birds. I've seen a large mixed flock of sparrows and house finches.
I put out water for the birds.
EDIT 11/20/25 -- I planted 6 pots of switchgrass, 6 pots of sideoats grama, and 4 pots of river oats in the prairie garden. These are pots I started from seed earlier in the year, but then it got too hot and dry to plant them. While some had died, others had surprisingly robust rootballs in their little pots, and a few had wisps of green at the crown. :D
EDIT 11/20/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.
EDIT 11/20/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.
As it is now dark, I am done for the night.
Photo cross-post
20 November 2025 06:02 pmandrewducker
I do like how Edinburgh looks at this time of year.
(Sorry about the reflections, I'm on a bus)
Original
is here on Pixelfed.scot.
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20 November 2025 10:34 amdisneydream06Today would have been the birthday of one of my journal friends.
So I am sending heavenly birthday wishes to my friend,babybluejay.
You are remembered Colleen.
So I am sending heavenly birthday wishes to my friend,
babybluejay.You are remembered Colleen.
Interesting Links for 20-11-2025
20 November 2025 12:00 pmandrewducker- 1. Town's Huge Christmas Mural Was Generated Using AI, Resulting in Ghastly Chthonic Horrors
- (tags:AI Christmas epicfail )
- 2. The 10 most important life lessons to master in your 30s
- (tags:life advice )
- 3. Building on Ruins: The Russification of Mariupol, One Apartment Block at a Time
- (tags:Ukraine Russia OhForFucksSake )
- 4. UK Supreme Court rules Christian-focused RE taught in NI schools is unlawful
- (tags:law UK religion christianity GoodNews NorthernIreland )
- 5. Worrying about UPFs is extremely premature
- (tags:research food health )
- 6. Christian school objects to children singing about demons. Even about the hunting thereof.
- (tags:singing christianity religion uk )
- 7. The U.S.'s first out trans diplomat was once considered a hero. Now she may never come home.
- (tags:LGBT transgender USA bigotry OhForFucksSake )
- 8. Pfizer's mRNA flu shot outperforms standard flu vaccine in late-stage trial
- (tags:flu vaccine )
- 9. The Patent Office Is About To Make Bad Patents Untouchable
- (tags:patents usa OhForFucksSake intellectual_property )
- 10. Aging Out of Fucks: The Neuroscience of Why You Suddenly Can't Pretend Anymore
- (tags:women age psychology )
Hobbies: Quilting
20 November 2025 12:14 amysabetwordsmithFolks have mentioned an interest in questions and conversations that make them think. So I've decided to offer more of those. This batch features hobbies.
Quilting is a fibercraft hobby of sewing layers of fabric together, usually to make colorful designs. If you feel frustrated by planned obsolescence, artificial intelligence, and other current issues then consider quilting as a form of protest. Make something beautiful that will last.
On Dreamwidth, consider communities likecrafty, cross_stitch, everykindofcraft, get_knitted, intertwined, justcreate, quilting, quilters_chat, sewing, and sewing101.
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Quilting is a fibercraft hobby of sewing layers of fabric together, usually to make colorful designs. If you feel frustrated by planned obsolescence, artificial intelligence, and other current issues then consider quilting as a form of protest. Make something beautiful that will last.
On Dreamwidth, consider communities like
crafty, cross_stitch, everykindofcraft, get_knitted, intertwined, justcreate, quilting, quilters_chat, sewing, and sewing101.( Read more... )
Bunhill Fields 1
20 November 2025 09:19 ampoliphilo Ailz, Margaret and I drove up to London to visit Bunhill Fields. On our way East along the M25 we passed through a snow storm.
Bunhill Fields is a burial ground for noncomformists, situated east of the city and north of the river in what once was open country. It was open for burials between the mid seventeenth and the mid nineteenth centuries- and is estimated to contain 123,000 bodies. Among those buried here are John Bunyan, Daniel Defoe, William Blake and- across what is now a road in a section called Quaker Gardens- 12,000 Quakers, including the Society's founder, George Fox. Adjacent to Quaker Fields is a Meeting House- where we attended mid-morning worshp and were given lunch.
Bunhill is supposedly a contraction of Bone Hill, a name the area acquired in the mid 17th century when it was used as a dumping ground for the bones that had piled up in the charnel house at St Paul's cathedral.
This is Quaker Gardens, now a small park- with play area. The building in the second picture is the Meeting House- or what's left of it. I gather it used to be bigger and grander but- just like our Meeting House in Eastbourne- it took a bomb in WWII.
And This is Bunhill Fields
Bunhill Fields has an atmosphere, not eerie, a little melancholy perhaps, but peaceful. As Larkin said of churchyards in general it is "serious earth". If the areas that are railed off appear neglected, it's because they're maintained as a nature reserve. It's a pity you can't stroll among the graves but it would be a greater pity if you trampled the plants, scared the squirrels and trod on the slow worms......
Bunhill Fields is a burial ground for noncomformists, situated east of the city and north of the river in what once was open country. It was open for burials between the mid seventeenth and the mid nineteenth centuries- and is estimated to contain 123,000 bodies. Among those buried here are John Bunyan, Daniel Defoe, William Blake and- across what is now a road in a section called Quaker Gardens- 12,000 Quakers, including the Society's founder, George Fox. Adjacent to Quaker Fields is a Meeting House- where we attended mid-morning worshp and were given lunch.
Bunhill is supposedly a contraction of Bone Hill, a name the area acquired in the mid 17th century when it was used as a dumping ground for the bones that had piled up in the charnel house at St Paul's cathedral.
This is Quaker Gardens, now a small park- with play area. The building in the second picture is the Meeting House- or what's left of it. I gather it used to be bigger and grander but- just like our Meeting House in Eastbourne- it took a bomb in WWII.
And This is Bunhill Fields
Bunhill Fields has an atmosphere, not eerie, a little melancholy perhaps, but peaceful. As Larkin said of churchyards in general it is "serious earth". If the areas that are railed off appear neglected, it's because they're maintained as a nature reserve. It's a pity you can't stroll among the graves but it would be a greater pity if you trampled the plants, scared the squirrels and trod on the slow worms......
Swimming With Romanovs
20 November 2025 07:23 ampoliphilo The Romanovs, my dream told me, preferred to use digital photography.
And then the scene shifted to a little rocky bay in the Med, with the Romanovs and a cockapoo puppy swimming about under the crystal clear water. Something came powering in from the open sea which I intitially mistook for a shark, but which turned out to be a white man in blackface. I pounced on him and playfully held his head under the water as if meaning to drown him....
And then the scene shifted to a little rocky bay in the Med, with the Romanovs and a cockapoo puppy swimming about under the crystal clear water. Something came powering in from the open sea which I intitially mistook for a shark, but which turned out to be a white man in blackface. I pounced on him and playfully held his head under the water as if meaning to drown him....
Self-Care
19 November 2025 10:59 pmysabetwordsmith53 Best Self-Care Gifts for Peak Pampering
Meaningful self-care goes beyond a simple bubble bath or at-home facial (though, those are really nice, too), and we all need support and resources to maintain self-care routines that truly benefit us.
If you’re looking to be that support for someone else, self-care gifts can make a major impact.
Stock up for Self-Care Wednesday! Or pack these as host/ess gifts for your relatives at Thanksgiving, with a card explaining that followup holiday.
Meaningful self-care goes beyond a simple bubble bath or at-home facial (though, those are really nice, too), and we all need support and resources to maintain self-care routines that truly benefit us.
If you’re looking to be that support for someone else, self-care gifts can make a major impact.
Stock up for Self-Care Wednesday! Or pack these as host/ess gifts for your relatives at Thanksgiving, with a card explaining that followup holiday.
Political Rant.....
19 November 2025 08:02 pmdisneydream06Masked Gestapo agents sprayed Minnesota protesters with pepper spray at point blank range.....
thankfulthursday
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Birdfeeding
19 November 2025 12:36 pmysabetwordsmithToday is cloudy and cool. It's been raining off and on.
I fed the birds. I haven't seen much activity today.
I put out water for the birds.
I fed the birds. I haven't seen much activity today.
I put out water for the birds.
Good News
19 November 2025 12:36 pmysabetwordsmithGood news includes all the things which make us happy or otherwise feel good. It can be personal or public. We never know when something wonderful will happen, and when it does, most people want to share it with someone. It's disappointing when nobody is there to appreciate it. Happily, blogging allows us to share our joys and pat each other on the back.
What good news have you had recently? Are you anticipating any more? Have you found a cute picture or a video that makes you smile? Is there anything your online friends could do to make your life a little happier?
What good news have you had recently? Are you anticipating any more? Have you found a cute picture or a video that makes you smile? Is there anything your online friends could do to make your life a little happier?
Wednesday Word: Gloze
19 November 2025 10:45 amcalzephyr posting in 1word1dayGloze - noun or verb.
It seems my international sweet treat journey is over, and I'm diving into my Words with Friends screencap collection.
Gloze? Can it be used in a sentence? Sure, but this archaic Middle English word sounds clunky to modern ears. It can be used as a noun or verb has roots in the word glosen.
It can mean to flatter someone ("The congressman's gloze was evident during their campaign") or a note explaining something ("The manuscript for the play had a gloze in the margin").
If you're thinking gloze is similar to gloss over you would be right!
It seems my international sweet treat journey is over, and I'm diving into my Words with Friends screencap collection.
Gloze? Can it be used in a sentence? Sure, but this archaic Middle English word sounds clunky to modern ears. It can be used as a noun or verb has roots in the word glosen.
It can mean to flatter someone ("The congressman's gloze was evident during their campaign") or a note explaining something ("The manuscript for the play had a gloze in the margin").
If you're thinking gloze is similar to gloss over you would be right!
Interesting Links for 19-11-2025
19 November 2025 12:00 pmandrewducker- 1. Schizophrenia might make you like cats!
- (tags:schizophrenia cats ToxoplasmaGondii )
- 2. What it's like being pregnant on a remote Scottish island
- (tags:babies scotland video )
- 3. The UK Boiler Upgrade Scheme has been expanded to include air-to-air heat pumps, and can do cooling as well as heating
- (tags:heating UK )
- 4. Top writers ruled out of NZ book awards due to AI covers
- (tags:AI awards writing art newzealand )
- 5. Strange Structures Found Lurking in The Blood of People With Long COVID
- (tags:viaKenny Pandemic blood )
- 6. On the front line of Europe's standoff with Russia's shadow fleet
- (tags:shipping Russia trade oil )
Conservation
18 November 2025 04:45 pmysabetwordsmithNew directory of 125+ tree-planting nonprofits makes it easier to contribute to reforestation around the world
The Global Reforestation Organization Directory provides standardized information about the public commitments and transparency of more than 125 major tree-planting organizations, making it easier for donors to compare groups and find the ones that match their priorities.
Save the world, plant some trees! :D Coming into the holiday season, watch for organizations that offer gift options where you can plant trees in someone's name.
The Global Reforestation Organization Directory provides standardized information about the public commitments and transparency of more than 125 major tree-planting organizations, making it easier for donors to compare groups and find the ones that match their priorities.
Save the world, plant some trees! :D Coming into the holiday season, watch for organizations that offer gift options where you can plant trees in someone's name.