altivoovero.bsky.social
Retired librarian. Reader, writer, artist. Progressive (not just a Democrat.) Gay, married, proud. Animal and nature lover surrounded by dogs, cats, and horses. And too many squirrels and chipmunks.
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You might have gotten away with that had the series been less broadly distributed. But I had to warn you there was a high risk of "EXTERMINATion!"
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Yup, why you don't stare at it. If this one survives its close pass around the sun it may make quite a display as it travels outward.
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Cover the sun with your hand or a piece of cardboard and look past the edge of the cardboard. Comet is above the sun about a thumb's width at arm's length. A very bright spark and if you are lucky you can see a short tail pointing away from the sun.
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Books and people who read are wonderful. I just get drawn in. 🤗
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Both, yes. And we love it. I did 43 years before retiring, and 9 years after that I'm still volunteering.
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Baritone uke is to classical guitar as the mandolin is to a violin (another pair I enjoy.)
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The baritone uke is sometimes called tenor guitar. Same fingerings and chord shapes because the same four pitches: D, G, B, E. Same techniques and styles all apply, and you can buy one for $35 or so. Everything you know applies, but only 4 strings! I love mine.
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Perp was a US citizen and a military veteran. Not a "migrant."
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No immortal turtles? Poo. ðŸŽ
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Tried a baritone ukulele yet? Smaller, lighter, 4 strings tuned same as the 4 highest guitar strings. I enjoy mine even after 50+ years of acoustic guitars.
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But... but... furries ARE weird. Thank goodness for the novelty of it all. 🧸
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cf. "The Book of Tofu: Food for Mankind" by William Shurtleff and Akiko Aoyagi. Most everything you could want to know. I have made tofu from dry soybeans with their instructions. Not difficult, but we live in an age where most folks think frying a burger is difficult and beneath their dignity. ðŸŽ
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Agreed. The math level is a bit on the scary side, but the perspective is invaluable and the photography matchless.
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Maybe we need to train the dawgs to eat politicians every day.
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Based on my college library experiences (which ended 23 years ago) we had plenty of demand for both audio and video versions of books assigned in various liberal arts fields, and they were repeat users many of whom admitted that they couldn't "keep up" if forced to read print.
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As a librarian I can assure you that limited literacy is clearly a factor in rising demands for audio and video versions of written literature. This applies to both academic and municipal libraries. The rise in use of audiobooks is not causative but a response to demand.
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Well, better than getting socked, no?
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Oh, there are many more just as bad. Some aren't even in the GOP.
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Oh it does count. However, declining literacy in the US is leading to drivers who can't read road signs fast enough to react to them, or voter information well enough to make serious decisions. (e.g. many didn't know what a tariff is or how it works.)
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It would be, but tRump's head is more like lead than iron in both weight and toxicity.
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Better yet, just deport him for lying on his citizenship application.
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As usual, a bunch of old white men trying to control and enslave everyone else who is not old, white and male.
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Not good enough. You still have to read it. Has to be audio or better video to reach the growing number of illiterati in the US.
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The size, format, and poetic content suggests "chap books." Those are small, relatively inexpensive items used, sold, and distributed to promote an author's larger body of work. Popular in the 19th century, and sometimes produced to reward winners of literary competitions.
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Books are identified by their content, not the binding or physical size. These latter elements determine the edition only. What is inside these?
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If nobody writes, there is nothing to read.
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Paper books cannot be obsolete until every word of content is transferred to another more permanent medium. Electronic formats as they stand today are very convenient but also very ephemeral. I use both daily
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Or, if you mainly want to read it and not necessarily own it, see your local library for help finding and borrowing it.
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Publisher (if they still exist) probably are no help. Online sources are often good. I use abebooks.com and ebay.com for a start. Note that scarcity promotes "pricety."
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We can teach some to fish, but others just want us to feed them. 😋
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Yes. Learns fast, learns too much, learns how to manipulate you into doing what he wants.
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Spoiled, too. He has that independent self reliant trait that most livestock guard dogs share. "Yes, I heard you. I'm busy now, but I'll decide whether to comply with your wish in a minute or two."
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Cinnamon? Or do you mean red pepper flakes?
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Brainwashed? No. The term that describes it is "lobotomized." It takes years, and the process goes all the way back to Reagan with "trickle down economics" and cutting back on public education.
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His greatest talent, though, is napping. Anywhere, anytime.
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Our dogger is a Pyrenees and Aussie shepherd mix. He can distribute white fur on you without even being in the room with you. 🧸
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Jeez, I thought that one was funded by PBS. Now I'm amazed it has lasted so long. "Not profitable enough, just kill it." Nothing is sacred or safe from the moneygrubbers.
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Beautiful work. Do you use other media as well? The skill here seems adaptable to oil, acrylic, or watercolor paints.
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Foolish tradition is what it is. "We have no kings," they tell us here. But the wealthiest pay the lowest taxes regardless of their massive (and dubiously acquired) incomes.
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Don't you get loose fur floating in the tea, though? I do here, both feline and canine. (The horse stays outside mostly.)
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Uh-huh. I hope you have recovered from that so you will be around longer on this world that needs you.
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"But think of the trees that die to make paper books!" I like ebooks because I can carry a whole library in my pocket. (And consult one without having to run up two flights of stairs. :-D <== non-digital emoticon