Reviewing the past year and things to look forward to ! Seven feel-good science stories to restore your faith www.nature.com/articles/d41... #conservation #tutles #UnitedNationsHighSeasTreaty #ozone #geneediting #renewableenergy

Formally categorised as extinct on the IUCN Red List in 2025 🔴 Slender-billed curlew 🟡 Christmas Island shrew 🟠 3 Australian mammals 🟤 a species of ebony tree and Hawaiian lobelioid ⚫ a cone snail news.mongabay.com/short-articl...

combining AI, #chemistry, and #3Dprinting to turn waste into #fabric - Exclusive: Everbloom built an #AI to turn chicken feathers into cashmere | TechCrunch techcrunch.com/2025/12/16/e... #recycling #innovation #material #fiber

#Russia could make a killing renting out #Siberia! Time for some out-of-the-box thinking! We mapped the world’s hottest #datacenters restofworld.org/2025/data-ce... #environment #climateaction #technology #managingcosts #managingresources

Best #cleaning/#organizing advice ever got was if you can't put #Christmas ornaments up, do you really need what's still in closet?! Ōsōji: What You Should Know About This #Japanese End-Of-The-Year Tradition www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/ar... #osoji #goodluck #sweeping #deepcleaning #Japan

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No, I'm not hungover! #NewYears is 3 days away still! #HappyHolidays Happy #Caturday!

So for Jane’s @javajanegallery.co.uk #SmallBirdSaturday Here’s a little Coal Tit on Christmas Day which was a #holiday for many. 😁 #BlueSkyArtShow #LittleBirds #birds #photography #EastCoastKin

A world in flux needs a press that's free. Please stand up for an independent press by supporting us as we head into 2026. theguardian.com/support/eoy-sc

and still more efficient, scalable, and cleaner than giant electric grids! The giant heat pumps designed to warm whole districts www.bbc.com/news/article... #heatpump #electricity #environment #localsolution #innovation

Something to build on in 2026! Seven quiet wins for #climate and #nature in 2025 www.bbc.com/future/artic... #environment #climateaction #conservation #innovation

Is it timing, recommendations, design, branding? ‘Suddenly, it was everywhere’: why some #books become #blockbusters overnight www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d... #writing #amwriting #publishing #success #sales

Merry #Christmas!

Looking for a fun #adventure over #holidays? Kneehigh2AGrasshopper is #free this month in the #Smashwords 2025 End of Year #Sale! smashwords.com/books/view/1... #adventure #friendship #urbanfantasy #StreetSquirrel! #EOYsale25 #ebook #sale #books2read #indiebooks #Christmaspresent

interesting look at how #risk impacts #decisionmaking - To 'graduate' from #poverty, they can borrow to build a business. So why aren't they? www.npr.org/sections/goa... #loans #smallbusinessdevelopment #povertysolution #blockgrant

Calling all #readers and #writers! Are your skills up to the challenge? Suneung: #SouthKorea exam chief quits over 'insane' #English test www.bbc.com/news/article... #education #standardizedtesting #readingcomprehension #college

for the next time someone says they want a good, old-fashioned #Christmas - #Medieval peasants probably enjoyed their #holiday festivities more than you do theconversation.com/medieval-pea...

#amwriting #Writing #WritingCommunity #author #writer inventingrealityediting.com/2...

Just finished The Wizard's Cat by Nathan Lowell - www.amazon.com/Wizards-Cat-... Charming story that adds more detail to the magical world Mulligan discovered when he became the Wizard's Butler in the prequel. Excellent addition to fun story!

Looking for a fun #adventure over #holidays? Kneehigh2AGrasshopper is #free this month in the #Smashwords 2025 End of Year #Sale! smashwords.com/books/view/1... #adventure #friendship #urbanfantasy #StreetSquirrel! #EOYsale25 #ebook #sale #books2read #indiebooks #Christmaspresent

Artnews ranks the most important restorations of 2025, including Caravaggio’s Martyrdom of St. Ursula, Artemisia Gentileschi, Hercules and Omphale, Antoni Gaudí’s Casa Batlló, Waterlilies by Monet,  and a major new attribution to Raphael

The shortest day of the year - Happy #Solstice!

#DailySketch: Capricorn #inktober52 #inktober2025 #drawing #art #illustration

#MerryChristmas to all and to all a Good Night! Happy #Caturday! #HappyHolidays!

nice explanation of the physical impact of #AI - not just about who's writing student papers AI Is Powering Trump’s #Economy, But American Voters Are Getting Worried finance.yahoo.com/news/ai-powe... #infrastructure #electricity #water #longterm #shortterm #employment #revenue

When the #press inadvertently outs #ICE - 🤣 🤣 🤣 The horns and whistles work www.motherjones.com/politics/202... #journalism #freepress #civilrights

When whistles are outlawed, only outlaws will have whistles. Wanna be outlaws?

Have a short story that asks an interesting #ethical or #philosophical question? Submit it to "After Dinner Conversation" today! buff.ly/8BVkCe7 #shortstory #submissions #fiction #writing #writerlife #WritingCommunity #shortstorysubmissions

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got this notice from #Amazon - "allowing new titles published without Digital Rights Management (DRM) to be downloaded in EPUB and PDF format" thoughts? #writing #amwriting #publishing #writingcommunity

If you are planning to be at Holiday Matsuri, we'll be located somewhere in the promo table area of the exhibit hall. 🎄 Hang out, talk video games, win prizes! ❄️ ongakuoverdrive.com/2025/12/17/holmat2025

Looking for a fun #adventure over #holidays? Kneehigh2AGrasshopper is #free this month in the #Smashwords 2025 End of Year #Sale! smashwords.com/books/view/1... #adventure #friendship #urbanfantasy #StreetSquirrel! #EOYsale25 #ebook #sale #books2read #indiebooks #Christmaspresent

A different kind of #Christmas tree - 'Nothing else looks like them': Saving Japan's exceptionally rare 'snow monsters' www.bbc.com/future/artic... #fir #climatechange #environment #juhyo #rimeice #snow

Does the brain's language network work like AI? Where does thought fit in? The Polyglot Neuroscientist Resolving How the #Brain Parses #Language | Quanta Magazine www.quantamagazine.org/the-polyglot... #biology #neuroscience #LLM

reading The Jefferson Allegiance by @bobmayer.bsky.social Fun suspense #thriller over Federalist vs. anti-Federalist POV by Founding Fathers applied to US #history little creepy how still battling rich vs masses applies to US! www.amazon.com/Jefferson-Al...

Americans and insomniacs in Britain and Europe: you can hear me being interviewed by the excellent @johnfugelsang.bsky.social about my book tonight at 9.20pm EST (that's 2.20am GMT) on SiriusXM Progress 127. It'll be on his podcast tomorrow too. Worth listening to for him as much as me

from #radishes #Krampus #spider #rollerskating #goats - what are your #holiday traditions? 11 Fascinating #Christmas Traditions Around the World www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/ar...

Good list here of #resources should you find the holidays overwhelming - Are You a #Veteran Struggling to Get #MentalHealth Care? These Resources May Help thewarhorse.org/veteran-ment...

Looking for a fun #adventure over #holidays? Kneehigh2AGrasshopper is #free this month in the #Smashwords 2025 End of Year #Sale! www.smashwords.com/books/view/1... #adventure #friendship #urbanfantasy #StreetSquirrel! #EOYsale25 #ebook #sale #books2read #indiebooks #Christmas #present

Happy Hanukkah! the wall that protected the city then: #Archaeologists Uncover Intact Section of Ancient #Jerusalem Wall From #Hanukkah Era - VINnews vinnews.com/2025/12/09/a... #history #archeology

I prefer a comfier version of #Christmas tree Happy #Caturday

#Layout is important - do you check your #typeface? 😲 🤣 #Font of ‘wasteful’ diversity: Trump’s state department orders return to Times New Roman www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... #writing #amwriting #publishing #universaldesign #accessibility #sales

If you are looking for a holiday gift for someone who loves goats, please consider a sanctuary sponsorship! bsky.app/profile/merr...

Coming soon to a sky near you - #Geminids in mid-December & #Quadrantids in January1 2025's Best #Meteor Shower Is About to Light Up The Sky - Here's Your Guide www.sciencealert.com/2025s-best-m... #astronomy #skywatching #stargazing

I got to talk 100 Notable Small Press Books on the Lit Hub podcast this week! We're trying hard to make 2026 happen, but we need a handful more reviewers. If you want to celebrate small presses & their authors, sign up here: tinyurl.com/100smallpress lithub.com/its-best-of-... #100smallpress

There is a network of court watchers who support immigrants at the ICE courts in Manhattan. They have learned the movements and "personas" of the masked agents. One told me: "Some of them are very sadistic." talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/new-...

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A silent ocean pandemic is wiping out sea urchins worldwide

Sometimes it's refreshing to switch your #reading up and try out some #nonfiction - The best #science and #nature books of 2025 www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d... also #history #biography #geography #amreading #TBR