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Taken just today on my phone. I'm mostly surprised that it's a reasonably decent close-up as my phone doesn't have a macro mode and is normally pants for this sort of thing. I think it's a common darter, but any correction is welcome.
From my deodorant history, in my 8/19 posting “Two favorite movies”: I cut the dosage, found less aggressive deodorants, discovered that sandalwood suits my body chemistry. Most important, I stopped pumping out pheromones like a stag in...
This interview was originally broadcast in December 2021 on The Blue Hour on CiTR 101.9 FM at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. Dr. Rashid Sumaila is a University Killam Professor and Canada Research Chair in...
These are some things I’ve wandered across on the web this week. 🔖 Diskwright Diskwright makes a complete, verified copy of the hard drive inside a 25–40 year old computer — no expertise required, and nothing on the old drive is ever...
August 19, 2026Quiet. A thin blanket of fog. Not so thick that I’d get wet, but just enough to dampen the sound. It’s cool for August, in the 60s, and even without a breeze it feels pleasant.Part of the large class of 2026 crows around...
What's been happeningIt was a slow start to the week - both Jo and I had taken the Monday and Tuesday off. Jo had worked a couple of weekends and had a day off in lieu, while I had planned to take the Tuesday off as I had electricians...
It's that time again for my weekly update, which includes a short collection of noteworthy finds, posts that inspire, as well as a few reflections from the past week or two. I'll aim to land these in your inbox by the weekend, in time to...
Their UK visas were all of five hours old when Sonya’s husband, Alexei, looked up from the computer and announced they would never escape Russia. “Come on,” she said. “Ticket prices can’t be that bad.” By now, Sonya was inured to...
Recently, I have been obsessing over the blush swatches of Risa Bae’s kbeauty brand called TWO SLASH FOUR. It all started when I saw a swatch of Berry Crush on IG. I saved it and after I began to see more swatches of their other blushes...
A reporter for The New York Times, Streitfeld often writes about technology. This article appeared August 18, 2016. Social media is bad for children. That was the blunt verdict in a recent spate of high-tech court cases in California,...
August 16-22, 2026 Hello, friends. In all honesty, I feel like I've forgotten how to write here lmao. I've been finding my footing aka trying to relearn how to write (?) ever since I renewed my BearBlog membership this August and...
Now, I know DVD-RAM is not a type of DVD±RW, but hear me out – I thought it was worth including in this round-up for a few reasons. The first is that it uses a phase-change recording layer, just a different formulation, meaning they...
There was a period in the history of the Kingdom of Lombardy when they had no king. Two kings in a row had been murdered—the first by his wife, the second by a young slave he had mistreated—and a decade followed of rule by the dukes....
COMIC Script: Jack C. HarrisPencils: Al MilgromInks: Murphy AndersonColors: Adrienne Roy Editing: Larry HamaCover: Joe Kubert Note: The first Hawkman book I ever bought off the spin rack! Bird's Eye View When Rann is attacked by an...
If there’s one misconception in life that I had problem unbelieving is this – OFWs are rich. Why you may ask? I didn’t grow up rich. For the most part of my childhood, my mom and dad had to rent a house and lived paycheck to paycheck. It...