Had it about an hour ago: a sort of one-pot pasta and lentil stew thingy, made in our slow cooker. I wouldn’t call it it a particular favourite of mine, but it has the advantage of being dead easy and surprisingly substantial.
There has been a lot of research into how seabirds choose their flight paths and find food. They seem to use their sight or sense of smell to assess local conditions....
Men and women might have had their fingers deliberately chopped off during religious rituals in prehistoric times, according to a new interpretation of palaeolithic cave art....
It has been another catastrophic climate year: record-breaking wildfires across Canada scorched an area the size North Dakota, unprecedented rainfall in Libya left thousands dead and displaced, while heat deaths surged in Arizona and severe drought in the Amazon is threatening Indigenous communities and ecosystems....
Neanderthals, which disappeared from the archaeological record roughly 40,000 years ago, have long been considered our closest evolutionary relatives. But almost since the first discovery of Neanderthal remains in the 1800s, scientists have been arguing over whether Neanderthals constitute their own species or if they’re...
I went out for a curry with some friends last night, have a fairly straightforward day at work today then a pizza this evening and have a day booked off on Monday: I have some DIY lined up over the weekend....
Working from home today - or supposed to be. I finished a couple of Big Things at the end of last week and am really struggling to get stuck into any one of the dozen other things that are on my list now.
I’ve deleted a lot of photos and sorted the recycling though. I’ll be sharpening pencils soon…
I'm looking for recommendations. I usually use Overdrive with books I've downloaded (I think in the epub format). But now I hear that Overdrive is no longer being supported (I think the company wants people to use their Libby app instead). I'm hoping to find something open source and privacy minded. Also not wild about what...
I did get out and do a bat monitoring session last night - part of the national waterway survey in August each year - without getting wet. There were a few pipistrelles about and a couple of noctules and serotines passing by, but no Daubenton’s which is what this particular survey is looking for.
Today will be getting the chores out of the way then - if the rain shows any chance of dying down - out to an open air Shakespeare this evening. It will be ‘Exit pursued by a very damp bear.’ I expect.
Tomorrow: third attempt to get these shelves up. It has been postponed twice so far.
A lot of the practical stuff would be covered by The SAS Survival handbook, by Wiseman, which is the only one of that kind of book that I have actually used things from and have returned to from time to time. It is sitting on the shelf in front of me, in fact, just above a couple of Simon Schamas and next to The Encyclopedia of Comic Characters (I haven’t organised anything since moving house).
The Lord of the Rings would be my next. One of the tiny number of books that I have re-read multiple times, and would happily do so again. It is the only book that has left me feeling able to smell the air of its world.
The third is more difficult to choose, but I’ll say The Complete Works of Jane Austen - because I have never read any of them, but am certain that I will enjoy them and she is, of course, another British author - given that this is British Books.
If ‘complete works’ are considered a cheat, then maybe Mallory’s Morte D’Arthur, which I have read a loooong time ago, but know that I get far, far more from now.
They always say that you should stack up everything that you think you’ll need and then put half of it back in the wardrobe. The problem is working out which half, of course.
Hope it all goes well anyway and that you have a good time.
What are you having for dinner tonight?
I am thinking about making myself something delicious. Not celebrating with anyone this eve but curious what everyone else will be eating.
Can seabirds hear their way across the ocean? Our research suggests so (phys.org)
There has been a lot of research into how seabirds choose their flight paths and find food. They seem to use their sight or sense of smell to assess local conditions....
Many prehistoric handprints show a finger missing. What if this was not accidental? (www.theguardian.com)
Men and women might have had their fingers deliberately chopped off during religious rituals in prehistoric times, according to a new interpretation of palaeolithic cave art....
Feddit.UK has finally kicked the bucket- and what happens next. (lemmy.world)
TL;DR, Feddit.UK is down, we’re working on making a fun replacement!...
The faith leaders fighting for the climate: ‘we have a moral obligation’ (www.theguardian.com)
It has been another catastrophic climate year: record-breaking wildfires across Canada scorched an area the size North Dakota, unprecedented rainfall in Libya left thousands dead and displaced, while heat deaths surged in Arizona and severe drought in the Amazon is threatening Indigenous communities and ecosystems....
Are Neanderthals and Homo sapiens the same species? (www.livescience.com)
Neanderthals, which disappeared from the archaeological record roughly 40,000 years ago, have long been considered our closest evolutionary relatives. But almost since the first discovery of Neanderthal remains in the 1800s, scientists have been arguing over whether Neanderthals constitute their own species or if they’re...
People who dont particularly care for or celebrate Christmas, Whats your favorite Christmas song?
I know the Mariah Carey song is hated because its overused, but its also objectively a well produced piece of pop music....
Sea Thrift (Armeria maritima), UK (lemmy.world)
Friday: Friendly? Freatening? Freaky? How's it going?
I went out for a curry with some friends last night, have a fairly straightforward day at work today then a pizza this evening and have a day booked off on Monday: I have some DIY lined up over the weekend....
Black Horehound (Ballota nigra), UK (lemmy.world)
How much does your fridge smell? What are the biggest factors?
Wondering whether people keep a lot of smelly, unwrapped stuff in there, cleaning schedules, etc.
Common knapweed (Centaurea nigra), UK (lemmy.world)
Scentless May weed (Tripleurospermum inodorum), UK (lemmy.world)
Lesser Burdock (Arctium minus), UK (lemmy.world)
With, I think, a male red-tailed bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) doing bumblebee stuff.
Happy Monday, whats the craic?
How goes folks?...
Common Field-speedwell (Veronica persica), UK (lemmy.world)
Another naturalised introduction, this one from Eurasia, first recorded in the UK in the C19th.
Bramble (Rubus fruticosus agg.), UK (lemmy.world)
What app do you use to read ebooks?
I'm looking for recommendations. I usually use Overdrive with books I've downloaded (I think in the epub format). But now I hear that Overdrive is no longer being supported (I think the company wants people to use their Libby app instead). I'm hoping to find something open source and privacy minded. Also not wild about what...
Saturday Chatterday!
What are you up to? Out and about or avoiding Storm Antoni?
The 'Desert Island Discs but Books' Question.
It wouldn’t be a community about books without this question. So I’ll ask it....
Field Forget-me-not ( Myosotis arvensis), UK (i.imgur.com)
Friday fread
Kickin’ in the front seat or sittin’ in the back seat: which is it today folks?...