Discovereuse
@discovereuse.bsky.social
Avid gardener, reader of literary speculative fiction
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This is welcome news for Utah’s information ecosystem. A healthy democracy relies on informed citizens, and removing the paywall means more Utahns will have access to rigorous reporting about their government and communities.
🔗 The Salt Lake Tribune:
🔗 The Salt Lake Tribune:
The Salt Lake Tribune will drop its paywall next year, CEO tells donors at NewsMakers gala
After years of requiring people to pay for online news content, The Tribune announced an upcoming change during its 2025 annual NewsMakers Gala.
buff.ly
November 25, 2025 at 10:11 PM
This is welcome news for Utah’s information ecosystem. A healthy democracy relies on informed citizens, and removing the paywall means more Utahns will have access to rigorous reporting about their government and communities.
🔗 The Salt Lake Tribune:
🔗 The Salt Lake Tribune:
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And if you turn it off you don't even get simple spellcheck anymore. You know, the kind that has been around since the 90s and definitely does not need AI.
Google defaulting all Gmail users to a setting that enables Google to harvest all your emails into chatbot training is straight-up evil and invasive.
www.huffpost.com/entry/opt-ou...
www.huffpost.com/entry/opt-ou...
If You Use Gmail, You're Going To Want To Turn Off This 1 Automatic Setting ASAP
Plus: a quick guide to the two-step process for opting out.
www.huffpost.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:10 PM
And if you turn it off you don't even get simple spellcheck anymore. You know, the kind that has been around since the 90s and definitely does not need AI.
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Oh wait! Figured out how to get rid of the garbage Gemini button in Chrome:
- Right-click
- Unpin
Gone!
- Right-click
- Unpin
Gone!
November 22, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Oh wait! Figured out how to get rid of the garbage Gemini button in Chrome:
- Right-click
- Unpin
Gone!
- Right-click
- Unpin
Gone!
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I had dinner with a colleague from @inaturalist.bsky.social yesterday and Jeanne shared that their users are discovering an average of one brand-new-previously-unknown-to-science species EACH MONTH!
Citizen Scientists Are Accelerating Ecology Research, Study Suggests
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:23 PM
I had dinner with a colleague from @inaturalist.bsky.social yesterday and Jeanne shared that their users are discovering an average of one brand-new-previously-unknown-to-science species EACH MONTH!
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Poppets, there's going to be a RiverBank coloring contest! I'm one of the final judges. #riverbank #riverbankrpg #coloring
A Most Charming Affair: The RiverBank RPG Coloring Competition - November 5, 2025
From October 5th through 14th, you are cordially invited to bring the world of RiverBank to life with color, imagination, and perhaps just a touch of glitter.
koboldpress.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Poppets, there's going to be a RiverBank coloring contest! I'm one of the final judges. #riverbank #riverbankrpg #coloring
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Scientists long thought the plant cell wall to be dead, but it's an active, even chatty participant in cellular growth, reproduction and responses to infection
go.nature.com/4oK8xWu
go.nature.com/4oK8xWu
Plants have a secret language that scientists are only now starting to decipher
Nature - Signals from the plant cell wall help to orchestrate growth, reproduction and immune function. Can harnessing this molecular cross talk help in creating better crops?
go.nature.com
November 2, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Scientists long thought the plant cell wall to be dead, but it's an active, even chatty participant in cellular growth, reproduction and responses to infection
go.nature.com/4oK8xWu
go.nature.com/4oK8xWu
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Children of Time by @aptshadow.bsky.social.
99p, can't recommend this enough. Unless you hate spiders I guess. Lots of spiders.
www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/chil...
99p, can't recommend this enough. Unless you hate spiders I guess. Lots of spiders.
www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/chil...
Children of Time ebook by Adrian Tchaikovsky - Rakuten Kobo
Read "Children of Time Winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Best Science Fiction Novel" by Adrian Tchaikovsky available from Rakuten Kobo. Humanity is overrated.
**The tenth anniversary edition of...
www.kobo.com
November 2, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Children of Time by @aptshadow.bsky.social.
99p, can't recommend this enough. Unless you hate spiders I guess. Lots of spiders.
www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/chil...
99p, can't recommend this enough. Unless you hate spiders I guess. Lots of spiders.
www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/chil...
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An absurdist theater artist prepares New Yorkers for climate disasters.
"Sometimes a one-page pamphlet translated into two languages isn’t the best way for people to receive information, but a song about go-bags played on the synth is."
grist.org/culture/an-a...
#NY #NewYork #Art #Artist #Climate
"Sometimes a one-page pamphlet translated into two languages isn’t the best way for people to receive information, but a song about go-bags played on the synth is."
grist.org/culture/an-a...
#NY #NewYork #Art #Artist #Climate
An absurdist theater artist prepares New Yorkers for climate disasters
Sometimes a pamphlet translated into two languages isn’t the best way to reach people but a song about go-bags played on the synth is.
grist.org
October 18, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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It is Day 14 of the Republican Health Care Crisis and we have heard nothing from Congressional Republicans about plans to lower health care costs for the American people.
No ideas, not showing up at work and no care in the world for how this crisis will impact millions of our neighbors.
No ideas, not showing up at work and no care in the world for how this crisis will impact millions of our neighbors.
October 14, 2025 at 4:19 PM
It is Day 14 of the Republican Health Care Crisis and we have heard nothing from Congressional Republicans about plans to lower health care costs for the American people.
No ideas, not showing up at work and no care in the world for how this crisis will impact millions of our neighbors.
No ideas, not showing up at work and no care in the world for how this crisis will impact millions of our neighbors.
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Happy birthday to a wonderful son!
October 13, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Happy birthday to a wonderful son!
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There's a 2.99 ebook sale on the Emilie omnibus on online retailers today only, including Bookshop.org, kobo, Amazon, etc.
Kobo too! www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
The Emilie Adventures ebook by Martha Wells - Rakuten Kobo
Read "The Emilie Adventures Emilie and the Hollow World & Emilie and the Sky World" by Martha Wells available from Rakuten Kobo. Two novel-length steampunk adventures from the author of the wildly suc...
www.kobo.com
October 12, 2025 at 10:00 PM
There's a 2.99 ebook sale on the Emilie omnibus on online retailers today only, including Bookshop.org, kobo, Amazon, etc.
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Do you deserve more video of cedar waxwings preening on branches?! Probably not, but I'm going to give you a pass today on your misdeeds.
October 5, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Do you deserve more video of cedar waxwings preening on branches?! Probably not, but I'm going to give you a pass today on your misdeeds.
Doing some gardening this morning for a real-life timeline cleanse🌱
September 20, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Doing some gardening this morning for a real-life timeline cleanse🌱
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Opening up the studio today. If you’re in the Pembrokeshire area pop in and say hello
September 13, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Opening up the studio today. If you’re in the Pembrokeshire area pop in and say hello
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Take a break from doomscrolling and check out my wagtail on the lawn icon
September 8, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Take a break from doomscrolling and check out my wagtail on the lawn icon
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Spix’s macaws became extinct in the wild due to poaching and habitat destruction, and this article argues that their survival “relies on sustainable land practices that restore habitats while supporting local livelihoods.”
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Coexistence and habitat restoration planning for the reintroduction of Spix's macaw
Spix's macaw (Cyanopsitta spixii) is one of the world's most endangered species. Native to the Caatinga of northeastern Brazil—a region marked by significant socioeconomic vulnerability—the species w...
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 18, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Spix’s macaws became extinct in the wild due to poaching and habitat destruction, and this article argues that their survival “relies on sustainable land practices that restore habitats while supporting local livelihoods.”
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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And foreign students subsidize domestic students by paying full tuition.
This is the truth. We have the best universities in the world right now and essentially export education.
This is so shortsighted.
www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...
This is so shortsighted.
www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...
Many U.S. Colleges May Close Without Immigrants And International Students, Report Finds
Many U.S. colleges and universities may be forced to close without immigrants, international students and the children of immigrants
www.forbes.com
August 18, 2025 at 12:00 AM
And foreign students subsidize domestic students by paying full tuition.
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The Fair Representation Act from @beyer.house.gov and @raskin.house.gov would put an end to the gerrymandering wars and make Congress work for the American people.
Learn more about the #FairRepAct 👇
Learn more about the #FairRepAct 👇
Fair Representation Act - FairVote
The Fair Representation Act is the bold solution that solves the problems of gerrymandering and uncompetitive elections for U.S. House.
fairvote.org
August 2, 2025 at 8:16 PM
The Fair Representation Act from @beyer.house.gov and @raskin.house.gov would put an end to the gerrymandering wars and make Congress work for the American people.
Learn more about the #FairRepAct 👇
Learn more about the #FairRepAct 👇
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Very well, because the author did her own promotion, here are 5 US Kindle copies of @skyladawn.ca's DWELLER ON THE THRESHOLD. Also, it's almost bedtime for me, and I'm discombobulated because of the US.
#KindleBookGiveaway
#KindleBookGiveaway
Benefit from me getting distracted in the middle of price updating--grab Dweller on the Threshold for $2.99 still! Yes, it's scary, but nothing bad happens to the cats! www.amazon.com/dp/B09FFLM171
Dweller on the Threshold: A Novel
Amazon.com: Dweller on the Threshold: A Novel eBook : Cameron, Skyla Dawn: Books
www.amazon.com
August 1, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Very well, because the author did her own promotion, here are 5 US Kindle copies of @skyladawn.ca's DWELLER ON THE THRESHOLD. Also, it's almost bedtime for me, and I'm discombobulated because of the US.
#KindleBookGiveaway
#KindleBookGiveaway
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The Sundance hit FOLKTALES is now playing at the AFI Silver! DCEFF is excited to be co-presenting a week of screenings for this stunning new film from Oscar-nominees Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady. Showtimes & tickets here: silver.afi.com/movies/detail/0100005192/
August 1, 2025 at 10:05 PM
The Sundance hit FOLKTALES is now playing at the AFI Silver! DCEFF is excited to be co-presenting a week of screenings for this stunning new film from Oscar-nominees Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady. Showtimes & tickets here: silver.afi.com/movies/detail/0100005192/
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That's a lovely word there: 'Lammas', the first day of August, from Old English hlāfmæsse, made up of hlāf ('bread, loaf') and mæsse ('Mass').
August 1, 2025 at 10:43 AM
That's a lovely word there: 'Lammas', the first day of August, from Old English hlāfmæsse, made up of hlāf ('bread, loaf') and mæsse ('Mass').
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SPELLING BEE JUDGE: Your word is ‘there’
ME: Can you use it in a sentence?
JUDGE: ‘There’ is often confused with ‘their’ or ‘they’re’
ME: Can you use it in a sentence?
JUDGE: ‘There’ is often confused with ‘their’ or ‘they’re’
July 28, 2025 at 6:30 PM
SPELLING BEE JUDGE: Your word is ‘there’
ME: Can you use it in a sentence?
JUDGE: ‘There’ is often confused with ‘their’ or ‘they’re’
ME: Can you use it in a sentence?
JUDGE: ‘There’ is often confused with ‘their’ or ‘they’re’
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Slowly getting there just a few more days worth of work and it should be done
July 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Slowly getting there just a few more days worth of work and it should be done
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For my Florida folks, the Florida Native Plants Society just launched their own bookstore/storefront with books that explore native plants, environmental history, and ecological justice. Some great stuff there!
bookshop.org/shop/fnps
bookshop.org/shop/fnps
Florida Native Plant Society Bookshop
Welcome to the official Bookshop.org storefront of the Florida Native Plant Society (FNPS)—a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation, conservation, and restoration of Florida’s native pla...
bookshop.org
July 18, 2025 at 6:50 PM
For my Florida folks, the Florida Native Plants Society just launched their own bookstore/storefront with books that explore native plants, environmental history, and ecological justice. Some great stuff there!
bookshop.org/shop/fnps
bookshop.org/shop/fnps