*banned 4 MarkDown love* @design_RG@qoto.org

Cory Doctorow's review of Edward Snowden's "Permanent Record" book is very good. The book is on my wishlist.

https://boingboing.net/2019/09/24/pardon-snowden-now.html

Albert Einstein.

The Northern latitudes is where the impact of climate change, temperatures raising is showing most clearly.

The permafrost, frozen soil under very large areas of Siberia, Alaska, Northern Canada is starting to melt, releasing a lot of water in the Spring (with floods being worse), buildings badly affected by softer soil underneath their foundations.

Gas and Oil pipelines with hundreds of kilometers lengths are built on those regions, and can be damaged by shifting soils. Major leaks can result.

The melting permafrost also leads to ancient vegetation in it starting to rot, and releasing vast quantities of CO2 and other gases, as well as noxious rotting smells.

Saw a really good report on the Washington post on this subject :

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/national/climate-environment/climate-change-siberia/

We have just been talking, and discovered many of us started up in the old days - when BBSes were the only networking connection most people could have. Internet at the time was for Academics and large Business users, all the software used was command line only (shell, ftp, gopher at best).

BBSes were wonderful experiences. I think many people never lived thru that, but there's a great documentary you can watch and see how it was like, very well done.

http://www.bbsdocumentary.com/

DVDs are no longer for sale. But a fellow has it on YouTube for now:

https://youtu.be/nO5vjmDFZaI

When the news of the day is getting to you... Maybe try "Tiles" puzzle game at the NYT?

https://www.nytimes.com/puzzles/tiles

One for Work, one for Play...

A nice FREE word finding puzzle game for Android. Lexica is cool.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.serwylo.lexica&hl=en_US

OR on F-Droid : https://f-droid.org/app/com.serwylo.lexica

https://writingcooperative.com/handwritten-letters-2a7e0d51eb8c

Like handwritten letters, how about finding a penpal overseas?

https://www.thepencompany.com/blog/letter-writing/find-a-pen-pal/

Some great vintage bikes and families on tour photos.

https://www.facebook.com/pg/giocattolibareggi/photos/?tab=album&album_id=10153066237851830

One of my favourite mobile apps, that thankfully can now be used in a Laptop or desktop --- writing letters to penpals all over the world. #slowly is great. https://www.getslowly.com/en/