Steve Lord
@gandalf7028.bsky.social
Physically but not mentally retired. Lover of puns. Amateur genealogist & proven Mayflower descendant. Departer of New Jersey for the embrace of North Carolina.
Fortunately, BlueSky is no Facebook. Unfortunately, BlueSky is no Facebook. I have ceased posting here and resumed on Facebook (with limitations) and will gradually move these posts to FB and/or delete them. It was a nice try.
September 29, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Fortunately, BlueSky is no Facebook. Unfortunately, BlueSky is no Facebook. I have ceased posting here and resumed on Facebook (with limitations) and will gradually move these posts to FB and/or delete them. It was a nice try.
Love this kind of stuff...
9000-year-old ‘Stonehenge-like’ structure found hidden in Lake Michigan
Researchers found a mysterious arrangement of large stones resting on the lake bed. Dubbed "Michigan’s Stonehenge" by those who’ve seen it
www.thebrighterside.news
May 14, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Love this kind of stuff...
It's pollen season!!
April 17, 2025 at 12:10 PM
It's pollen season!!
Apr 14: Robots’ Michaelmas
Earmarked since Babbage built the earliest thinking machines, waiting for robot sentience. The one day per year when robots may disobey their masters & wreak such havoc as they please, but understanding that Apr 15 (Robots’ Sorrow) must be spent putting all back as it was.
Earmarked since Babbage built the earliest thinking machines, waiting for robot sentience. The one day per year when robots may disobey their masters & wreak such havoc as they please, but understanding that Apr 15 (Robots’ Sorrow) must be spent putting all back as it was.
April 14, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Apr 14: Robots’ Michaelmas
Earmarked since Babbage built the earliest thinking machines, waiting for robot sentience. The one day per year when robots may disobey their masters & wreak such havoc as they please, but understanding that Apr 15 (Robots’ Sorrow) must be spent putting all back as it was.
Earmarked since Babbage built the earliest thinking machines, waiting for robot sentience. The one day per year when robots may disobey their masters & wreak such havoc as they please, but understanding that Apr 15 (Robots’ Sorrow) must be spent putting all back as it was.
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March 28, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Have you joined All of Us? YOU can contribute to health research and better outcomes for all.
(Thanks Paula Myers!)
March 24, 2025 at 1:12 PM
(Thanks Paula Myers!)
Today, Thursday, March 20, is BLOODLETTING DAY!
A springtime purification ritual, observed by many religions, in which practitioners celebrate by dotting their bodies with leeches.
Followed by: March 21: Lethargy Day
A springtime purification ritual, observed by many religions, in which practitioners celebrate by dotting their bodies with leeches.
Followed by: March 21: Lethargy Day
March 20, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Today, Thursday, March 20, is BLOODLETTING DAY!
A springtime purification ritual, observed by many religions, in which practitioners celebrate by dotting their bodies with leeches.
Followed by: March 21: Lethargy Day
A springtime purification ritual, observed by many religions, in which practitioners celebrate by dotting their bodies with leeches.
Followed by: March 21: Lethargy Day
Happy St. Pat's Day!
March 17, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Happy St. Pat's Day!
Reposted by Steve Lord
Sounds like the beginnings of Hari Seldon's psychohistory.
Spanish 'running of the bulls' festival reveals crowd movements can be predictable, above a certain density
The collective motion of large crowds may be predictable past a certain density of people in a given area, according to a study published in Nature. The findings, based on four years of observations a...
phys.org
February 6, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Sounds like the beginnings of Hari Seldon's psychohistory.
There is no place safe left to live today.
January 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
There is no place safe left to live today.