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An abundance of creatures and Canada in this week's Tidings newsletter.
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TIDINGS: Far from shore
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September 18, 2026 at 6:40 PM
An abundance of creatures and Canada in this week's Tidings newsletter.
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September 18, 2026 at 4:27 PM
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From @orionmagazine.bsky.social, as we begin glimpsing signs of fall in the Pacific Northwest, check out these excerpts from a new illustrated guide to the wilds of Cascadia by Emily Poole. orionmagazine.org/article/casc...
Cascade of Life - Orion Magazine
Rendering our wild seasons
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September 18, 2026 at 4:23 PM
From @orionmagazine.bsky.social, as we begin glimpsing signs of fall in the Pacific Northwest, check out these excerpts from a new illustrated guide to the wilds of Cascadia by Emily Poole. orionmagazine.org/article/casc...
From @huckmag.com: Enthusiasts of "locksport" are divided over questions like whether it's OK to stream yourself picking locks actually in use by strangers.
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The battle for the soul of lockpicking
Under locksport and key — In recent years, breaking locks for fun has grown from a niche hobby into an activity followed by millions of people. As it has…
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September 15, 2026 at 6:13 PM
From @huckmag.com: Enthusiasts of "locksport" are divided over questions like whether it's OK to stream yourself picking locks actually in use by strangers.
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From @janetbufton.ca: "Canadians have decided, it seems, that we won’t go quietly. The trade war has morphed, in some ways, into an information war."
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Canada is fighting back against US tariffs
They are willing to pay some price simply as an act of defiance
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September 13, 2026 at 4:27 PM
From @janetbufton.ca: "Canadians have decided, it seems, that we won’t go quietly. The trade war has morphed, in some ways, into an information war."
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From @cjciaramella.bsky.social in @reason.com, looking back on more than 200 years of changing American prisons, from Eastern State Penitentiary to Little Scandinavia.
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The American prison experiment: A 250-year history of good intentions and bad results
A strange trip through the U.S. prison system's never-ending cycle of failure and reform
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September 11, 2026 at 8:44 PM
From @cjciaramella.bsky.social in @reason.com, looking back on more than 200 years of changing American prisons, from Eastern State Penitentiary to Little Scandinavia.
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TIDINGS: Unlock these links
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September 11, 2026 at 5:29 PM
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From @fionaharvey.bsky.social in @theguardian.com, how induction cooking is winning over professional chefs: quieter, cooler, less polluting, and easier to clean than a gas range.
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The chefs turning down the heat by switching from gas to electric
As well as being quieter, cheaper to run and easier to clean, induction cookers can cut kitchen temperatures by up to 10C
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September 10, 2026 at 7:33 PM
From @fionaharvey.bsky.social in @theguardian.com, how induction cooking is winning over professional chefs: quieter, cooler, less polluting, and easier to clean than a gas range.
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From @willoremus.com in the @theatlantic.com, "When people let a chatbot do their writing—even if they’re guiding and carefully reviewing its work—they might not realize that it’s doing some of their thinking too."
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A Turning Point in AI Writing
The Wall Street Journal is defending an op-ed written by a chatbot.
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September 5, 2026 at 4:53 PM
From @willoremus.com in the @theatlantic.com, "When people let a chatbot do their writing—even if they’re guiding and carefully reviewing its work—they might not realize that it’s doing some of their thinking too."
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New Tidings out today! Stories about payphones, Hilbert spaces, sea beans, and much more.
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TIDINGS: Steal this newsletter
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September 4, 2026 at 6:51 PM
New Tidings out today! Stories about payphones, Hilbert spaces, sea beans, and much more.
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From @whattastesgood.bsky.social at @vinepair.com, it's the newest officially recognized category of American whiskey, but it's not yet flying off American liquor shelves.
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Two Years After American Single Malt's Ratification, the Category Is Still Finding Its Way
It’s been nearly two years since the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) ratified a standard of identity for American single malt. The milestone was hailed as a victory by distillers across...
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September 4, 2026 at 4:41 PM
From @whattastesgood.bsky.social at @vinepair.com, it's the newest officially recognized category of American whiskey, but it's not yet flying off American liquor shelves.
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vinepair.com/articles/dis...
From @eurcorrespond.bsky.social, an introduction to a fantastic fruit, the northern European cloudberry. europeancorrespondent.com/en/r/ode-to-...
Ode to cloudberry
When my family brought cloudberries home from the bog, the ripe ones always went straight onto pancakes or into jars; the green ones we spread across a blanket…
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September 1, 2026 at 7:10 PM
From @eurcorrespond.bsky.social, an introduction to a fantastic fruit, the northern European cloudberry. europeancorrespondent.com/en/r/ode-to-...
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TIDINGS: Farewell, Dolly
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August 28, 2026 at 4:50 PM
It's Tidings Friday! Catch up on this week's collection of recommended reads from the Seabird community.
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From @macleans.bsky.social, five Americans explain why they left the United States under Trump for a better life in Canada.
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The Americans Are Coming - Macleans.ca
Trump got elected—again.They packed up their lives.Now they’re here.
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August 30, 2026 at 3:51 PM
From @macleans.bsky.social, five Americans explain why they left the United States under Trump for a better life in Canada.
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From @burness.bsky.social and @pascalsabino.bsky.social in @boltsmag.org: A useful Q&A on the Trump administration's attempts to restrict voting by mail.
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Mail Voting in Turmoil: Your Questions Answered - Bolts
Vote-by-mail was not always such a hot topic. It’s a longstanding practice in the U.S., dating back to the Civil War and even before then. It’s secure, with audits repeatedly... Read More
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August 28, 2026 at 11:31 PM
From @burness.bsky.social and @pascalsabino.bsky.social in @boltsmag.org: A useful Q&A on the Trump administration's attempts to restrict voting by mail.
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August 28, 2026 at 11:29 PM
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From @dezeen.com, one way to hide from AI: wearing an extremely loud polo shirt.
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Simon Weckert creates Digital Camouflage shirt to avoid AI video surveillance
Designer Simon Weckert has created a colourful, camouflage shirt that cannot be detected using AI video systems.
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August 28, 2026 at 7:30 PM
From @dezeen.com, one way to hide from AI: wearing an extremely loud polo shirt.
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www.dezeen.com/2026/08/25/d...
It's Tidings Friday! Catch up on this week's collection of recommended reads from the Seabird community.
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TIDINGS: Farewell, Dolly
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August 28, 2026 at 4:50 PM
It's Tidings Friday! Catch up on this week's collection of recommended reads from the Seabird community.
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From Coffee Decoded: On the science of what it means for coffee to be truly fresh.
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Coffee Decoded: What is “freshly roasted” coffee? — Specialty Coffee Association
Welcome to Coffee, Decoded , the Specialty Coffee Association’s weekly column on science, research, and all things coffee knowledge. PETER GIULIANO , the SCA's Senior Advisor for Scientific Commun...
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August 27, 2026 at 7:09 PM
From Coffee Decoded: On the science of what it means for coffee to be truly fresh.
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From @noemamag.com: A neurosurgeon on what makers of driverless cars can learn from medicine to realize the technology's lifesaving potential.
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Why We Demand Perfect Machines Yet Tolerate Human Carnage | NOEMA
The illusion that we are all somehow above-average drivers is quietly slowing the adoption of autonomous vehicles that could save tens of thousands of lives each year.
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August 26, 2026 at 11:33 PM
From @noemamag.com: A neurosurgeon on what makers of driverless cars can learn from medicine to realize the technology's lifesaving potential.
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From @mnolangray.bsky.social: More than you thought you needed to know about anchor tenant contracts as a root cause of dying shopping malls.
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Why Are Dead Malls a Thing?
Read the fine print.
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August 25, 2026 at 5:59 PM
From @mnolangray.bsky.social: More than you thought you needed to know about anchor tenant contracts as a root cause of dying shopping malls.
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Each week our newsletter features at least one link to a story about birds. This time: @inkfish.bsky.social on what seemingly amiable crows might be thinking about us.
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August 24, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Each week our newsletter features at least one link to a story about birds. This time: @inkfish.bsky.social on what seemingly amiable crows might be thinking about us.
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From @bgrueskin.bsky.social in @columjournreview.bsky.social: A professor of journalism uses his sabbatical to spend a few months back in the newsroom.
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The 69-year-old rookie.
I was a fifty-year newspaper veteran and a journalism professor. Then I joined the Salt Lake Tribune as a junior editor.
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August 22, 2026 at 5:54 PM
From @bgrueskin.bsky.social in @columjournreview.bsky.social: A professor of journalism uses his sabbatical to spend a few months back in the newsroom.
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TIDINGS: Nothing to crow about
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August 21, 2026 at 5:27 PM
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From @equatormag.bsky.social, a thoughtful piece on The Gods Must Be Crazy, the improbably successful (and controversial) South African film that made a star of N!xau ǂToma. www.equator.org/articles/the...
The Gods Are Still Crazy • EQUATOR
Separating truth from fiction in the most successful African movie of all time
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August 21, 2026 at 1:24 AM
From @equatormag.bsky.social, a thoughtful piece on The Gods Must Be Crazy, the improbably successful (and controversial) South African film that made a star of N!xau ǂToma. www.equator.org/articles/the...