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Monthly Archives: September 2026
Put Down Your Phone, Pick Up A Book: This Country Is Paying People To Swap Doomscrolling With Reading
Submitted by Pam Peterson Written By : Last Updated:September 16, 2026, 17:10 IST Launched by the National Library Board on September 6, uses a gamified system where participants log their reading time, collect virtual coins and eventually redeem them for cash. … Continue reading
Woo welcomes young fan to Mariners’ bullpen for wholesome game of catch
Submitted by Bob Peterson It’s not every day you get to throw a bullpen with a Major League All-Star, but Bryan Woo recently gave one young fan such a chance. Woo strolled over to a group of fans scouting the Mariners’ … Continue reading
An Intricate Origami Typewriter Meticulously Folded From a Single Sheet of Paper
Submitted by Bob Peterson SiestaOrigami meticulously crafted a manual typewriter from a single uncut sheet of paper measuring 124 cm (1.36 yards) across. The video follows the 24-hour creation process from the initial design through the complex folds that form the keyboard and … Continue reading
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Hamster-sized ‘burramys’ had to cross a major roadway during mating season. So scientists built them a ‘tunnel of love’
Submitted by Pam Peterson The burramy, or mountain pygmy-possum, supports fragile Australian environments by dispersing seeds from mountain plum-pines across rocky alpine landscapes. The tiny, four-inch marsupial — which has a prehensile tail longer than its body — was long … Continue reading
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Upcoming COVID and Flu shots at Skyline
Please save the dates for our upcoming COVID and Flu Vaccination Clinics: • Friday, October 9, 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. • Friday, October 23, 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. • Location: Mt. Baker Room For anyone wanting to have … Continue reading
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Why Is RFK Jr. Ignoring Outbreaks?
Understanding RFK Jr.’s actions in Samoa explains why American children will soon be at even greater risk. Submitted by Ed Marcuse PAUL OFFITSEP 14 Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is on a mission. As described in his Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission … Continue reading
Kansas inmates raise over $4,000 to pay off school lunch debt: ‘They made a difference for kids they don’t even know’
Submitted by Pam Peterson Reaching Out from Within is a nonprofit that operates in correctional facilities across Kansas, North Carolina, and Missouri. In 1982, the program was founded on a central principle: Even within prison, incarcerated men and women are still members … Continue reading
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JD Vance, Here’s a Catholic Politician You Should Get to Know
By David Gibson who is the director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University. (in the NYT) Andy Burnham, Britain’s new prime minister, is exactly the kind of Catholic that America needs. That might sound odd, especially given … Continue reading
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Display in Savannah, Georgia’s Town Hall
Thanks to John Roper
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Tuesday, September 15 at 11:00am – “Let Me Clear My Throat: The Spectrum of Acute and Chronic Cough” by Dr. Katy Horan in the MBR
The flu and COVID season are arriving in the fall. How should we think about that cough? Dr. Katy Horan is a Pulmonary Medicine specialist at Virginia Mason, focusing on bronchiectasis, non-tuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) lung disease, and chronic cough. After … Continue reading
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UN votes to adopt new world map that shows Africa’s true scale | Africa | The Guardian
Thanks to Pam Peterson https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/04/un-vote-world-map-mercator-equal-earth-africa
The Peace of Wild Things
by Wendell Berry (thanks to Ed Harris) When despair for the world grows in meand I wake in the night at the least soundin fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be,I go and lie down where … Continue reading
Invitation to Substack postings on preparing for the inevitable
I’ve recently begun to move my writing about end-of-life issues to Substack. I’m going to be publishing some of my older essays, along with some new material. I’ll also post several videos in which I was interviewed by Michael Hebb, … Continue reading
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Hyrax pups share traits with elephant relatives
Thanks to Pam Peterson https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/chester-zoo-hyrax-elephant-connection
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Court mandates turtle-safe nets for shrimp trawlers
Thanks to Pam Peterson https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/court-verdict-sea-turtle-exclusionary-device
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Registration Open For City’s First Ever Remembrance Ruck Honoring Veterans
Thanks to Pam Peterson https://www.ourtownny.com/news/registration-open-for-city-s-first-ever-remembrance-ruck-honoring-veterans-JY6133597
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Drone light show above NYC this week
Thanks to Mary Jane Francis
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See you at the 4th floor patio GARDEN DISCOVERY WALK
Would you like to know more about the many interesting plants on the patio of the Cascade Tower? It’s so lovingly cared for by your Late Bloomers. Volunteers will help guide you to the wonders of this garden. Time: 9:30 … Continue reading
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The Anvil Cloud
Thanks to Dick Thompson for this amazing photograph Dick Thompson wrote, “I have never seen an Anvil Cloud so well formed. It was beautiful. Later in the afternoon, other Anvils could be seen much further south but none so perfect.” … Continue reading
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How neighbors created the Burke-Gilman, the nation’s first urban rail-to-trail
Ed note: My wife and I were a small part of this activist neighborhood group in Mathews Beach in 1970-71. The group was meeting in each others homes to discuss politics and world affairs. Frustrated that there was little we … Continue reading
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No country wants our model
Thanks to Pearl McElheran
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