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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 10h

Evidence. From the WHY Files. "What Was Found Inside Terry Lovelace After the UFO Incident" 1977 camping trip ended w/missing time strange wounds, & a memory buried for decades. Doctors found strange non-man made object in Terry Lovelace’s leg, CLUES www.msn.com/en-us/video/...

Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 13h

Register, it's free. globaldisclosureday.org

Global Disclosure Day 2025 - Online Event for UFO/UAP Truth & Transparency

On October 19, citizens worldwide gather online for Global Disclosure Day 2025. Join experts, witnesses, and leaders demanding transparency on UAP.

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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 13h

If your actions are going to be skillful, they have to come from a place where the mind can consider things carefully, clearly, and quickly. The more the mind is still, the more it’s able to do these things. by Thānissaro Bhikkhu, “A Position of Strength” tricycle.org/article/a-po...

A Position of Strength

A Theravada monk imparts a timeless lesson on the relationship between stillness and action

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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 14h

Stephen Post Director Ctr of Med Humanities Compassionate Care & Bioethics His research on compassion health & concept of "pure unlimited love when well-being security of another as real meaningful to you as your own" Selfless love transcends selfishness & narrow group loyalties tinyurl.com/4tb6pe5d

Stephen G. Post | Coast to Coast AM

Dr. Stephen G. Post has served as a full professor at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University, where he directs the Cent...

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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 14h

Coast to Coast AM: Argentina Ranchers search for answers after losing both a cow and a horse to what appears to be the infamous cattle mutilation phenomenon. precise cuts to its jaw carefully removed body parts Rancher says remains of no interest to scavengers www.coasttocoastam.com/article/eeri...

Eerie Animal Mutilations Mystify Argentine Ranchers | Coast to Coast AM

The owners of a ranch in Argentina are searching for answers after they lost both a cow and a horse to what appears to be the infamous cattle mutilation phenomenon.

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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 14h

Joyce Vance: The First Review of My Book open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

The First Review of My Book

Giving Up Is Unforgivable, out one week from today

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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 15h

Hate screed of GOP youth. I was not surprised. Raised in MAGA family.. apples don't fall far.. mostly bigots, misogynistics and hate filled folks for anyone not like them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘This is so vile’: Young Republicans face backlash after racist chats leaked

Politico documented the use of slurs, including the N-word and a homophobic term, and antisemitic comments in chats

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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 15h

My bet, we're too violent dangerous unevolved spiritually.. to be welcomed into the cosmic community. Like we are BEETLES to them, pests. www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

‘Bored aliens’: has intelligent life stopped bothering trying to contact Earth?

Astrophysicist proposes a ‘radically mundane’ theory for why humans have yet to encounter extraterrestrials

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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 15h

Warning www.thedailybeast.com/dem-gov-warn...

Dem Gov. Warns Trump May Have Genuine ‘Mental Health Issues’

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker said no one around him is getting him help “because they benefit from him having those diminished capacities.”

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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 1d

The answer is YES for ICE, GOP and Trump Administration and EVERYONE who voted for him! The rest of us, the answer is NO. We are the resistance and have not stopped calling our Congressman, writing letters, posting the bad news and protesting. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Are We the Nazis Now?

How do we meet this moment?

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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 1d

Large Magellanic Cloud 1 of closest galaxies @160,000 light-yrs away. ~40,000 light-yrs closer than Small Magellanic Cloud. Stand out as big misty blobs of light under dark skies. Scientists est. Small Magellanic Cloud w/3 B stars & Large Magellanic Cloud w/30 B stars earthsky.org/clusters-neb...

Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 1d

Gravity vs magnetism: Star-forming interaction revealed
by Will Triggs in EarthSky. Studied magnetic fields in 17 star-forming regions. They found the first evidence that gravity overpowers and realigns the magnetic fields in these dust clouds, helping to tip a delicate balance toward star birth.

Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 1d

Atlas Obscura: Lost Art Painting on Cobweb Canvases L Young tinyurl.com/2mcmshn5 16 C Monks & peasant artists began w/respinning spider caterpillar cobwebs Optimal was dense fine gossamer by certain caterpillars, house spiders, silver-gray spotted moth Some webs almost 2 ft use Opaque watercolors

Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 1d

Animal Camouflage! Several types: Cryptic colouration helps animals blend w/environment. Disruptive colouration uses bold patterns to break up animal's shape make it hard to identify. Countershading w/animals darker on top lighter underneath look flat less 3D hard to spot tinyurl.com/2p9pdhvn

Explain it: How do some animals camouflage?

The Basics of Animal Camouflage Camouflage is a clever trick that some animals use to blend in with their surroundings. Imagine playing a game of hide and seek, but you're wearing a special suit that

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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 1d

VERY special bird! Palkachupa Cotinga (Phibalura boliviana) wasn't always an extraordinary species As a child he knew it as awicha pesco “old bird” in Quechua because of its gentleness Leco Indigenous People Leading Conservation of Palkachupa Cotinga in Apolo, Bolivia abcbirds.org/news/leco-in...

Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 1d

The CDC Library plays an important role in providing our public health professionals with access to the best information.

Without them, CDC employees will lose access to information and resources in an outbreak.

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PETITION: Protect the Center for Disease Control Library

Staff at the CDC Library were laid off on October 10th and have not been brought back. Sign the petition to call for their return.

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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 1d

“The United States of Amnesia and Chains: The Deportation of a Child” When a 13-year-old boy is kidnapped by ICE, it’s not “law enforcement” — it’s the state declaring that cruelty is the point by D Shuster www.blueamp.co/p/the-united...

“The United States of Amnesia and Chains: The Deportation of a Child”

When a 13-year-old boy is kidnapped by ICE, it’s not “law enforcement” — it’s the state declaring that cruelty is the point.

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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 1d

BALONEY! can't play clarinet & also assault anyone. Former clarinetist here. "Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility arrested by agents: ‘Why are they targeting a clarinetist?’ by K Rissman, The Independent. Says female clarinet player assaulted them BS BIG TIME tinyurl.com/mv63jm6

Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 3d

Kermit, Very very clever and impactful. "I AM ANTIFA," By Kermit the Frog, from Closer to the Edge. "KERMIT: Then we call ourselves something else — FROG: Friends Resisting Oppression Gladly. Or, perhaps we start referring to ourselves as AMPHIFA." www.closertotheedge.net/p/i-am-antifa

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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 3d

"The harmony of the spheres" by Aesop's Fox: A Classics Blog aesopsfox.blog/2017/11/22/t...

The harmony of the spheres

One of Pythagoras’ many fascinating theories is known as the harmony of the spheres. I remember first hearing this theory mentioned in a lecture almost twenty years ago and being utterly captivated…

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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 3d

BEWARE Kratom natural OR synthesized (7-OH version 13 X's more powerful than morphine) Available @corner store in many states Psychoactive alkaloids cocktail from tropical evergreen w/2 main ingredients act as addictive stimulant & sedative! Detoxify takes $ and days tinyurl.com/mr2cwchj EpochTimes

Family Warns: Mysterious, Risky Drug Lurks at Corner Stores

A Virginia family is sounding alarms about kratom, billed as natural and safe, as FDA warns about synthesized kratom-type product known as 7-OH.

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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 3d

Did Qatari Money Drive Trump’s Push for Gaza Ceasefire?
Trump’s stance on Gaza shifted after Israel’s attack on Qatar — a close ally where he and his family have key business deals. by Jonah Valdez, The Intercept. theintercept.com/2025/10/11/q...

Did Qatari Money Drive Trump’s Push for Gaza Ceasefire?

Trump’s stance on Gaza shifted after Israel’s attack on Qatar — a close ally where he and his family have key business deals.

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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 3d

Audubon's Bird Migration Explorer! It's that time of year. Some birds fly thousands of miles. Your free guide to the heroic annual journeys made by over 450 bird species, and the challenges they face along the way. explorer.audubon.org/home?layersP...

Bird Migration Explorer

The Bird Migration Explorer is your guide to the heroic annual journeys made by over 450 bird species, and the challenges they face along the way.

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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 4d

Amazing book. Read it yesterday! Highly recommend. www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...

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Sapient Librarian @22rabbit.bsky.social · 4d

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month www.breastcancer.org/about-breast...

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