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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Gentle giant "Backpack" the bear 2026 winner of Fat Bear Week, Alaska's Annual competition by Explore.org & Katmai National Park Preserve Bears in bracket-style matchups preparing for hibernation "Need fat to survive eating ~yr's worth food in 6 months” naturalist Mike Fitz explore.org/fat-bear-week

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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Joe Biden Oct 1st @MD Dems: Reflecting pool reflects something worse than narcissism & incompetence @core of admin. It’s corruption. Brazen blatant corruption He has no shame Embarrassing the country He couldn’t care less. Making $ off presidency is 1 reason he wants presidency tinyurl.com/3r7t5y8s

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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Apr 2026 via painstaking relocations 745 of 2K Klerksdorp rhino released into protected areas: 623 across 17 reserves in S Africa, 45 Dem Rep Congo, 70 Rwanda, 7 Uganda Poachers killed 12 50 calves born & 20 new rhino populations stable growing Spectacular conservation work! tinyurl.com/3wv5n3jz

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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

White-rumped vultures once abundant in South Asia b/use of vet drug diclofenac poisonous to them plummeted their population 91-99.9% Nepal & India as its poisonous to vultures 2005 was banned 2013 sales ended Study says vultures population up to 12.7% ea yr now! tinyurl.com/3wv5n3jz

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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Mid-Sept 2026, not 1 but 2 mother olive ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) have nested & laid their eggs on Seal Beach & Huntingdon Beach (respectively) southern California. What caused the turtles to begin nesting farther north than usual is million dollar ? tinyurl.com/mrph4x4s

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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Nick Anderson's Pen Strokes: "Schmitt for Brains" nickanderson.substack.com/p/schmitt-fo...

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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Space.com "We think early Earth might have looked a lot like a lava world." Astronomers discover a cold lava planet that may resemble early Earth. Well, that's weird!

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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Are We Knitting Too Many Tiny Sweaters for Animals? Examining the enthusiasm for interspecies knitwear. www.atlasobscura.com/articles/ani... Too cute not to post!

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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The secret behind Meta’s Muse : The new secret is the old secret garymarcus.substack.com/p/the-secret... Old-timers with an especially good memory will remember that this is not the first time that Meta tried to build agents.

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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

What iconic phrase was engraved on Frank Sinatra's original gravestone? www.theustrivia.com/quiz/aUqY_8m...

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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Nick Anderson's Pen Strokes: "National Security [Part 1]" nickanderson.substack.com/p/national-s...

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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

National Security, Part II nickanderson.substack.com/p/national-s...

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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The Sacred Work of Activism, Mary Trump In Conversation with Martin Sheen! www.marytrump.org/p/the-sacred...

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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Excerpt from "I Am Waiting" Lawrence Ferlinghetti tinyurl.com/5n7mha3j I am waiting for the meek to be blessed and inherit the earth without taxes and I am waiting for forests and animals to reclaim earth as theirs and I am waiting for a way to be devised to destroy all nationalisms w/o killing

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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Leaked internal memo Fish & Wildlife tells staff ignore legal definition of word “take” in Endangered Species Law "Take" defined: harassing harming pursuing hunting shooting, wounding killing trapping capturing collecting protected wildlife. "Take" now only if admission of kill tinyurl.com/4e3z5jya

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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Nature: Genomics taps into why bats are so cool. Bats are special: only mammal that flies, tolerates viruses w/o being sick, exceptional longevity. cancer resistance. Bat1K Project to get chromosome-level genomes of all bat species. Suggests bats evolved in Europe tinyurl.com/8yxytdv9

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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Atlas Obscura: Mystery of Loretto Chapel Staircase In Santa Fe NM Construction dumbfounds visitors Considered miracle, engineering marvel, scientific anomaly 20-ft w/two 360 degree turns built w/o nails or support Never wavers despite use Wood & carpenter unknown tinyurl.com/ymrra785

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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Group of Nessies Spotted? Google Earth image of Loch Ness shows puzzling cluster of anomalies, proverbial family of monsters? Julie Fraser found it using Google Earth to plan future trip to famed Scottish site-- and look around Clan Fraser cemetery on east shore of loch tinyurl.com/2vs4y22e

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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Full-ocean-depth EM124 mapping of the Challenger Deep by R/V Hakuho-maru and depth-estimate sensitivity tests. Challenger Deep in Mariana Trench is deepest known point on Earth! Depth estimates differ by several meters b/c environment & instrument uncertainties. New dataset! tinyurl.com/44rw4dcu

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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

What's written on the back of the Declaration of Independence? Yes, there really is something. No, it's not a treasure map. A good archivist would know! www.theamericanfacts.com/article/What...

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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Nick Anderson's Pen Strokes: "Time-Lapse Drawing: Domino Theory" .. cool time lapse video of thoughtful artful creative process for a great political cartoon! nickanderson.substack.com/p/time-lapse...

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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Look @MESS Trump made of People's House! Infuriating! Who does this? -> child throwing tantrum messes up w/no 'dad' to fix it for him. No focus on his war, our military ships or munitions, people's need for affordable housing, food and gas, no respect for law-abiding immigrants tinyurl.com/2ndh574u

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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

NatGeo: 1st new cat species in century Found on road as kitten helped grow up & realized a wild NOT house cat better off @sanctuary Small scrunched-up face short round ears long whiskers covered in leopard-like spots Leopardus tilcayo in Bolivia’s Yungas forest eastern Andes Mtn tinyurl.com/6x3fycv3

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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Nature: Exclusive: New evidence for hidden chambers beyond Tutankhamun’s tomb. Geophysical survey yields ‘tantalizing’ data that could point to Nefertiti’s burial place — but it’s too early to draw definitive conclusions. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Short-crested Coquette abcbirds.org/birds/short-... VERY small hummingbird <3 inches long size of butterfly Rarest Mexican hummingbird limited to Guerrero State. Ex of microendemic species living in tiny area & nowhere else Coquettes showiest w/males sporting spiky crests & showy cheek tufts.

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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

San Diego Zoo Alliance: Pacific Pocket Mice are one of smallest most endangered mammals in N. America They disperse seeds aerate soil & cycle nutrients throughout their native S. California habitats Tiny but crucial role to enrich soil stabilize the sandy coastal scrublands tinyurl.com/38cya2vz

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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Joyce Vance: Sept 17th marks the 234th anniversary of the day the U.S. Constitution signed by delegates to the Constitutional Convention in 1787. AKA Constitution Day: www.constitutionday.com Video discussion: tinyurl.com/5n7x72s9 Constitution under 10 pgs, read it here tinyurl.com/ykfyptjp

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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Keep permafrost carbon frozen. PermaC heals Arctic landscapes preventing frozen permafrost from further thawing keeping carbon in ground & infrastructure intact. Green BlanketTM controls erosion shade insulates reestablishes local vegetation w/biodegradable materials that vanish in few yrs permac.ca

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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

CONFLICT OF INTEREST End exemption President & VP from conflicts-of-interest laws Require all fed officials/Congress put investments into qualified blind trusts Prohibit all trading by them of stocks Leaders should govern for benefit of country NOT personal financial gain tinyurl.com/ykyjt3nm

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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Did anyone ask the public? Do you want the penny? I do! CENTS MATTER! "HR 10167 Common Cents Act" would codify the end of the penny as well as direct retailers to round all prices down or up to the nearest nickel www.govtrack.us/congress/bil... Tnx to Dan Denis for image! See: tinyurl.com/bdh27jk5

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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

2026 El Niño weather event forecast to reach unprecedented strength as 1st strong El Niño in East NOT central Pacific since late 1990s/cooler Earth El Nino + climate crisis: Central America drought, fish flee warm water cancels anchovy harvest, S & E Africa famine w/dry weather tinyurl.com/yc8kwss9

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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Geyser by Kent Anderson: Central question about AI/LLM & Big Tech extraction (strip-mining content) that leads to authoritarian control question. If all that's left is a content system reingesting its own excrement harm goes from financial to existential? www.the-geyser.com/a-few-quick-...

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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Geyser/Kent Anderson: CLEAR Act (Copyright Labeling & Ethical AI Reporting Act) Introduced by Sen. Schiff & Curtis would require AI corps file a detailed notice w/Copyright Office listing copyrighted works used w/training datasets w/civil noncompliance penalties www.the-geyser.com/a-few-quick-...

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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Geyser/Kent Anderson: TRAIN Act (Transparency & Responsibility for AI Networks Act): Introduced by Representatives Madeleine Dean & Nathaniel Moran. Would let copyright owners subpoena AI developers to find out if their specific work was used in training

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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Library of Congress: Witness & Response: Remembering 9/11 September 10, 2026 guest post by Helena Zinkham, Chief, Prints & Photographs Division blogs.loc.gov/picturethis/...

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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Today in History Sept 13: Francis Scott Key detained in Baltimore harbor by British He saw bombardment of Fort McHenry & survival day after Penned “Star-Spangled Banner” to tune “Anacreon in Heaven” by 19th club of amateur UK musicians. 1931 became de facto US national anthem tinyurl.com/mrawf926

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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Here's why CANADA ROCKS! (END TARIFFS!) ON 9/11 250+ planes for US landed in Canada 38 in TINY Gander town 7K passengers! Sleep eat? Stranded Americans doubled Gander's population! Town welcomed ALL w/feasts, medical & events to uplift spirits tinyurl.com/r4djt5nr SEE GREAT 1 min video

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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Seward Johnson's bronze 1982 sculpture Double Check @Liberty Plaza ACROSS from WTC 9/11 rescue workers found in rubble Bcm memorial THEN Johnson recast COPY w/tributes "Makeshift Memorial" @Grnds Sculpture, 2006 original back to original location/Zuccotti Park w/damage from 9/11 tinyurl.com/mu8x9cr5

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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

For the 40% of the U.S. that was not born or too young to remember 9/11 see: 1) 9/11 Memorial Museum: www.911memorial.org 2) Nat Geo Video Archive www.nationalgeographic.com/9-11-video-a...

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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Robert Reich: Don't believe what you hear about the naysayers about taxing the rich. Facts. TWELVE BIGGEST MYTHS ABOUT TAXING THE RICH. Apply AOC's 70% tax to those making in EXCESS OF $10 million/yr. Warren's 2% tax to those making in EXCESS OF $2 million/yr & MUCH MORE: youtu.be/pnoLAMHwf2I?...

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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Do we live inside a baby universe that’s really a black hole on the outside? www.sciencekind.com/t/do-we-live...

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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

H.R.2069 - Stop Secret Spending Act of 2025 119th Congress (2025-2026) Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Barry [R-AL-1] (Introduced 03/11/2025) Committees: House - Oversight and Government Reform www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Library of Congress adds new musical gift from Wales "Symffoni'r Môr Mawr Transatlantic Symphony" presented for 250th anniversary of America. It joins Library's extensive music collections. Is 15-min orchestral work w/voices by multi-award-winning composer Katie Jenkins tinyurl.com/572bwhkf

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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Jason Colavito: Ufologists Predict Holy Cow Moment When an Alien "Armada" w/ETs arrive in 2027 Yup, Chris Bledsoe, Ross Coulthart, Lue Elizondo all say so. Jeremy Corbell: "It's 100% a $!# lie" It's from a 1970s document that started it w/ship approach etc. tinyurl.com/59fxs2sj IMHO agree w/Corbell.

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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Jim Stewartson: "Witkoff & Kushner presented commemorative coins to terrorist leader Putin. 1 side features a map showing all of North Central & South America under US political domination-- an expansion of the "Technate of tinyurl.com/4x2uz8z3 NOT the actions of diplomats with democratic policies!

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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

ScienceKind: Act of measuring reality alters what you’ll observe by E Siegal. Does it mean nature's inherently non-deterministic? Or what we keep or destroy today affects outcomes of events determined in past? Observer plays a KEY role in determining what “reality” really is? tinyurl.com/y9e2j23w

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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Anthropic Copyright Settlement Publishers Are Making Incorrect Claims on Authors’ Payouts by V Strauss 9-4. This wk authors in Anthropic copyright class action settlement receive notices & portal gives notice publishers claiming their allocations/payouts are in works IT's WRONG tinyurl.com/uueuaba8

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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

11 crises changed America: WWII, Great Depression, Great Chicago Fire, Yellow Fever 1793, Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, Dust Bowl, Cold War 1945-1991, Revolutionary War Smallpox Epidemic, Cholera 1832-1866, Smoking/Lung cancer 1960s, Pure Food & Drugs Act 1906 Read why tinyurl.com/5n8h825b

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