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Two of my writing community members, long-time friends and occasional collaborators, had been hospitalised since the last days of July, for unrelated reasons. Josietta died last night, after several years of pain, recurrent infections and surgeries. Geraint is hanging on, but we haven't had any...

My aunt Angela reposed last night due to a combination of Alzheimer's and diabetes-exacerbated Covid infection. Please remember her and her grieving family in your prayers.

Not exactly news, but timely. Happy International Day of Human Space Flight! https://www.reallifestories.org/stories/1619/

Delivered by the Very Rev. Fr. John Jillions, former Chancellor of the OCA. Topic: 'Preserving Thy Church': Fighting Fundamentalism, Defending Dialogue, and Reclaiming Catholicity. Worth making the time to watch.

An excellent read, but long and involved, so give yourselves time to go through it. https://orthodoxyindialogue.com/2018/08/15/faith-science-yokefellows-or-antagonists-by-aidan-hart/

Hopefully this will grow into a long thread with many stories. It certainly starts with a big one. https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/MAGAZINE-byzantine-basilica-with-female-ministers-and-baffling-burials-found-in-israel-1.10387014

https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2021-10-21/how-the-aberfan-disaster-is-still-being-remembered-55-years-on

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/map-lets-you-plug-your-address-see-how-neighborhood-has-changed-over-past-750-million-years-180971507/

https://www.greecehighdefinition.com/blog/2021/5/14/ancient-dna-revealed-present-day-greeks-are-genetically-identical-to-populations-of-2000-bc

FOR SCIENCE! https://ilovetheuniverse.com/nasas-perseverance-rover-just-turned-martian-co2-into-oxygen

From last year, but still fascinating. https://theconversation.com/earths-got-a-new-moon-heres-what-to-expect-132554

Very early days still, but I already love them. https://www.archdaily.com/956854/round-houses-of-raw-earth-3d-printing-sustainable-homes-in-200-hours

https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/viking-coins-0014175

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/12/covid-19-sleep-pandemic-zzzz/617454/

All in one Twitter thread, which I can't recommend strongly enough.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/oct/22/unquiet-spirits-the-lost-female-ghost-story-writers-returning-to-haunt-us

https://elemental.medium.com/your-surge-capacity-is-depleted-it-s-why-you-feel-awful-de285d542f4c

Oh dear. https://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2020/10/15/in-bay-village-someone-called-cops-on-a-sleeping-homeless-person-it-was-a-statue-of-jesus

Long, involved, and not for the faint-hearted. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/07/can-an-unloved-child-learn-to-love/612253/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-australian-aboriginal-art-unlike-anything-seen-180975984/