When Einstein developed general relativity the closest thing to a practical application that could even be imagined at the time was a slightly more precise description of where to look for the planet Mercury in the sky, and yet now we’d all be literally lost without it. Anyway: fund basic research.

In nature nothing exists alone. - Rachel Carson Happy Earth Day #earthday #nature

"The brain is only as interesting as the mind..." @robincarhartharris.bsky.social quoting colleague Pedro Mediano on Mind and Matter Podcast with Nick Jikomes. #Psychedelics #psychology #pharmacology #neuroscience

Deep roots. Steep routes. My latest wee project: Shankara MTN Yoga Yoga on and beyond the mat See website & @substack eNewsletter; see if any of this resonates with your inner mountain goat/inner yogi shankaramtnyoga.netlify.app Substack: shankaramtnyoga.substack.com #yoga #mtb #nature #haiku

Deep roots. Steep routes. My latest wee project: Shankara MTN Yoga Yoga on and beyond the mat See website & @substack eNewsletter; see if any of this resonates with your inner mountain goat/inner yogi shankaramtnyoga.netlify.app Substack: shankaramtnyoga.substack.com #yoga #mtb #nature #haiku

"The brain is only as interesting as the mind..." @robincarhartharris.bsky.social quoting colleague Pedro Mediano on Mind and Matter Podcast with Nick Jikomes. #Psychedelics #psychology #pharmacology #neuroscience

Happy Bicycle Day! 🚵‍♂️ 🚲 🍄 🚀 🤯 Remembering Albert Hoffman... #bike #cycling #Psychedelics #BikeSky

When the legend becomes fact… mikejay.net/bicycle-day-...

I’ve spent my career covering under-appreciated gems and getting away from the crowds. But there’s something to be said for standing shoulder-to-shoulder with a bunch of strangers and staring at something gorgeous—especially in 2026.

How do psychedelics alter brain activity? 🍄✨ A landmark study published this week in @NatureMedicine by CPCR researchers @FredBarrettPhD, @winstonian3 and a global team of collaborators analyzes the largest human psychedelic fMRI dataset to-date.

Octavia E. Butler, 1998:

Can our current Orwellian Atwoodian timeline get Roddenberried por favor... #StarTrek #SciFi #books #BookSky

With quickness, danke schon

Can our current Orwellian Atwoodian timeline get Roddenberried por favor... #StarTrek #SciFi #books #BookSky

For an act of resistance to the tyranny of algorithms, try the Marginalian newsletter—undistracted notes on the search for meaning, free, ad-free, AI-free, fully human since 2006, made of feeling and time: themarginalian.org/newsletter

True health isn’t just the absence of pain; it’s the presence of peace 🏔️🧘‍♂️ I'm launching the Shankara MTN Yoga digital "basecamp" & Substack, bridging palliative care insights with classical Hatha Yoga for the modern adventurer Join the Sangha shankaramtnyoga.netlify.app #Yoga #MTB #palliativecare

In Belgium, employees receive compensation for every kilometre they ride, with some cyclists earning up to €810 per year. And why not? Biking saves public money for everyone. “All employees in Belgium who cycle to work are entitled to a bicycle allowance of €0.28 per kilometre of their commute.”

Our late spiritual guide, beloved Romo the tabby cat. Stumbled on this pic looking for something else, but the pic I needed on this snowy spring day in the Canadian Rockies... #caturday #cats #photography

Mountain Goats. Parker Ridge Hike, Jasper, Alberta, Canada. One of my favourite pics I've taken. I edited it as a black and white, but otherwise the lines (and triangles) were maintained as snapped in the original. #nature #hiking #photography #naturephotography #canada

Sun Salutations. Surya Namaskar. Mukti the Yoga Ashram Cat at Sivananda Bahamas Yoga Retreat. #cats #caturday #catsofbluesky #yoga

Our late spiritual guide, beloved Romo the tabby cat. Stumbled on this pic looking for something else, but the pic I needed on this snowy spring day in the Canadian Rockies... #caturday #cats #photography

Sun Salutations. Surya Namaskar. Mukti the Yoga Ashram Cat at Sivananda Bahamas Yoga Retreat. #cats #caturday #catsofbluesky #yoga

Mukti the Yoga Ashram Cat. (by her cat door) #cats #caturday #catsofbluesky

Stillness. Silence. Story. “Language can become a screen which stands between the thinker and reality. This is the reason why true creativity often starts where language ends.” ​ — Arthur Koestler

I so regularly come back to, and take immense delight in, The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows – invented words for real things we feel but cannot name www.themarginalian.org/2024/04/12/d...

Spring snow (it was snowing). Downtown Calgary this morning. #streetphotography #photography #Calgary #canada

Yoga Ashram Cat Mukti #cats #caturday #photography

Yoga Ashram Cat Mukti #cats #caturday #photography

Spring snow (it was snowing). Downtown Calgary this morning. #streetphotography #photography #Calgary #canada

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Meowmories of Romo the tabby cat. #CatSky #cats #caturday #photography

Upside Hockey's 2026 NHL Draft Rankings Our Winter Edition Top 224 Upside's Top 224 ranked prospects for this NHL Draft class: upsidehockey.substack.com/p/upside-hoc...

Makar. Macklin. McDavid. MacKinnon. MacMagnifique! Team Canada will play for Gold at Milano Cortina Olympics! (Still baffling to me Connor Bedard not at this event.) #olympics #TeamCanada

Meowmories of Romo the tabby cat. #CatSky #cats #caturday #photography

Brush in the sunbeam... RIP Romo the tabby cat. #Caturday #cats #catsky

Caturday with Romo were like... #Caturday #cats #catsky #books #booksky #photography

Brush in the sunbeam... RIP Romo the tabby cat. #Caturday #cats #catsky

Caturday with Romo were like... #Caturday #cats #catsky #books #booksky #photography

Well hello there Caturday connoisseurs...

Caturday memories. Cats. Books. Winter. Romo the tabby cat purrfessor. #CatSky #BookSky #cats #caturday #books #photography

Thinking of our late tabby cat theraPURRist Romo today... His eyes could hypnotize. #cats #CatSky #photography

We wouldn't need #ValentinesDay or any other commodification of love if we could only just take this perspective, every single day of our lives: www.themarginalian.org/2024/03/22/l...

Thinking of our late tabby cat theraPURRist Romo today... His eyes could hypnotize. #cats #CatSky #photography

People are organizing We Ride in Unity rides on Saturday, January 31, in memory of Alex Pretti. Here's an article with a map of where rides are happening. I'm also posting info for rides in this thread. You're welcome to post for your own area in the comments.

Also a cool bridge:

Calgary Water Safety might fine folks doing practice drills downtown on the Bow River today. 🙏 #yyc #Calgary #photography #architecture

Finally got back out on the fatbike for a frozen forest ride. #BikeSky #bikes

Who else suffers from FOMOB? Fear Of Missing Out on Books. Join me... #books #BookSky