stubbed toes and mud pies

[digitS']

all these twisty little turns in this thing we call life

Here is one of those. I wrote this yesterday and didn't click Post. So, it was a saved draft until Friday the 13th ... not much time outta 200+ years:

Oh hey!

Charles Darwin was born ..

. 12 February in 1809, 217 years ago.

 

[flowerbug]

a smart guy and another of my heroes. he wrote about worms too...

 

[Marie2020]

ok, i don't usually post links to videos but this is a really good presentation of how primates (which we are one of) might have come about. really interesting potential tie-in at the end you may enjoy as a bit of a surprise, but i won't give it away...

So sad all those animals died

Thanks for sharing.

It's really cold here. . When everything is done I am taking this to bed with me.

 

[Marie2020]

ok, i don't usually post links to videos but this is a really good presentation of how primates (which we are one of) might have come about. really interesting potential tie-in at the end you may enjoy as a bit of a surprise, but i won't give it away...

Pinching this for my short clips thread, I don't want to get confused and lose it.

 

[flowerbug]

So sad all those animals died

yes. i'm sure they were magnificent and terrifyingly beautiful...

 

[digitS']

Here is a little prehistory research that starts the wheels spinning this AM. It also indicates the limits of archeology in understanding human/plant relationships.

https://phys.org/news/2026-02-wheat-barley-rye-grew-farmers.html

They are suggesting that migrants expanded the area in which valued, wild plants grew as Ice Age weather warmed and rainfall increased in arid regions. Carrying seed and aiding in the establishment of a population of plants were the first steps to farming. Moving into new areas probably increased only slowly at first but we can imagine how it blossomed as tools, techniques and resources developed.

 

[flowerbug]

Here is a little prehistory research that starts the wheels spinning this AM. It also indicates the limits of archeology in understanding human/plant relationships.

https://phys.org/news/2026-02-wheat-barley-rye-grew-farmers.html

They are suggesting that migrants expanded the area in which valued, wild plants grew as Ice Age weather warmed and rainfall increased in arid regions. Carrying seed and aiding in the establishment of a population of plants were the first steps to farming. Moving into new areas probably increased only slowly at first but we can imagine how it blossomed as tools, techniques and resources developed.

to independently verify where various plants might have been you can sometimes get sedimentation cores from any lakes that may have been in an area and then look for pollen. in an arid region this may be a challenge, but still something to consider if "you are in the field".

The Dead Sea being sort of in that area might be a good spot to check. No idea if it was or if it is even possible...

 

[flowerbug]

things getting interesting "Out There[tm]!"

on slashdot "An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me"

 

[flowerbug]

while wondering the internet and curious about the recent (and on-going rains) were showing up in the LA River (aka checking out webcams) i came across Bending the River and then Not a Cornfield and other interesting projects and ideas all related to:

About

Metabolic Studio is an interdisciplinary art and research hub based in Los Angeles, California. Directed by artist Lauren Bon, the studio operates with a mission to explore and address critical social and environmental issues through art interventions and innovative projects aimed at reparation...

www.metabolicstudio.org

 

[digitS']

Thinking in terms of

metabolism
artistry

in soil and plant life restoration hadn't quite occurred to me. Seems an appropriate and restorative ongoing approach.