Bill Reagan
@billreagan16.bsky.social
Retired, old guy attempting to make sense of the world, by looking back a few billion years to understand human psychology. Current interest in the evolution of the psyche making us who we are today.
Interested in the sciences, as it's a wonderful world.
Interested in the sciences, as it's a wonderful world.
Flowers. I think I missed my calling:
November 29, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Flowers. I think I missed my calling:
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Archaeologists find a life-size human statue hidden 12,000 years ago: www.earth.com/news/archaeo...
Archaeologists find a life-size human statue hidden 12,000 years ago
Human statues found hidden in the wall of Gobeklitepe: a 12,000-year-old discovery that reopens the mystery of the world's oldest temple.
www.earth.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Archaeologists find a life-size human statue hidden 12,000 years ago: www.earth.com/news/archaeo...
A good time of year to remember and learn more about the composer, and author behind such works as The Nutcracker.
“The curious case of E. T. A. Hoffmann,” by Anna Ballan newcriterion.com/dispatch/the...
“The curious case of E. T. A. Hoffmann,” by Anna Ballan
Anna Ballan on “E.T.A. Hoffmann,” by Ritchie Robertson.
newcriterion.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:52 PM
A good time of year to remember and learn more about the composer, and author behind such works as The Nutcracker.
I do enjoy following the score, though do miss the bouncing ball. Does that age me? 🤭
(311) CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI: Pianto della Madonna - Iam moriar mi Filli PDF SCORE - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ci_...
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI: Pianto della Madonna - Iam moriar mi Filli PDF SCORE
YouTube video by Early Music Scores
www.youtube.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I do enjoy following the score, though do miss the bouncing ball. Does that age me? 🤭
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Reconstructing emotional languages is an area that the digital humanities method known as sentiment analysis is good at. A new article by Liisa Jalkanen & Samuli Simelius applies it to Pompeii graffiti. My only worry is the corpus is too small in one house? www.sciencedirect.com:5037/science/arti...
November 29, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Reconstructing emotional languages is an area that the digital humanities method known as sentiment analysis is good at. A new article by Liisa Jalkanen & Samuli Simelius applies it to Pompeii graffiti. My only worry is the corpus is too small in one house? www.sciencedirect.com:5037/science/arti...
A good read, and some reminders, for this time of year. Well, actually, all year round.
Every Year I dust off a piece I wrote about the Christmas Season that quickly spins off into contemplations on existence, science and religion, and the soul, and eventually returns to what a special time of year it can be.
Please let me know what you think.
garyrsimonds.com/christmas-ca...
Please let me know what you think.
garyrsimonds.com/christmas-ca...
November 28, 2025 at 10:42 PM
A good read, and some reminders, for this time of year. Well, actually, all year round.
Hilarious! Victor Borge, step aside. 😄
(300) piano master classes - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYsw...
piano master classes
YouTube video by 6yeiden9
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November 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Hilarious! Victor Borge, step aside. 😄
A very cool project for those of you interested in Easter Island.
Quarrying the Statues of Rapa Nui a "treasure of information and cultural heritage" theorkneynews.scot/2025/11/28/q...
Quarrying the Statues of Rapa Nui a “treasure of information and cultural heritage”
Rapa Nui (Easter Island) continues to fascinate and reveal more about the culture which created its iconic states. Screenshot from a three-dimensional model of Rano Raraku quarry produced through S…
theorkneynews.scot
November 28, 2025 at 2:56 PM
A very cool project for those of you interested in Easter Island.
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Good morning via a cartoon from the Van Gogh museum! xo
November 28, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Good morning via a cartoon from the Van Gogh museum! xo
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I will Survive - The Thanksgiving Version.m4v
YouTube video by roseboned
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November 27, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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(286) Mendelssohn, Song without Words (Gieseking) - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCJ6...
Mendelssohn, Song without Words (Gieseking)
YouTube video by manymanero
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November 26, 2025 at 10:31 AM
(286) Mendelssohn, Song without Words (Gieseking) - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCJ6...
Peace ~
(283) J.S Bach: ich ruf zu dir Bwv 639 arr by W. Kempff - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Cmi...
J.S Bach: ich ruf zu dir Bwv 639 arr by W. Kempff
YouTube video by Charles Mignot
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November 25, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Peace ~
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"The findings are really striking—they provide strong evidence that humans and golden retrievers have shared genetic roots for their behavior.” 🐕🧑 phys.org/news/2025-11...
Golden retriever and human behaviors are driven by same genes, researchers discover
A study led by researchers at the University of Cambridge provides a window into canine emotions, revealing why some golden retrievers are more fearful, energetic or aggressive than others.
phys.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:07 PM
"The findings are really striking—they provide strong evidence that humans and golden retrievers have shared genetic roots for their behavior.” 🐕🧑 phys.org/news/2025-11...
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Happening this evening. I can promise some absolutely gratuitous shots of dendrochronologists in action. Bookings will remain open until 7pmGMT.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dating-anc...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dating-anc...
November 25, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Happening this evening. I can promise some absolutely gratuitous shots of dendrochronologists in action. Bookings will remain open until 7pmGMT.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dating-anc...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dating-anc...
Stick Man wants to go home. Can you help?
This guy was left in the library yesterday. 🪵
We don't know much about him but he keeps telling us
1) that he's Stick Man
and
2) that he's trying to get back to the family tree
If you left Stick Man behind you can collect him from reception.
We don't know much about him but he keeps telling us
1) that he's Stick Man
and
2) that he's trying to get back to the family tree
If you left Stick Man behind you can collect him from reception.
November 25, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Stick Man wants to go home. Can you help?
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Poem
Things get lost or annihilated
a drop of wine in a slow glide
to the bottom of the glass
The last time I saw the house on Lenape Road
my father's portrait as a young man
the Lester out of tune
once up to a Beethoven sonata
I fall backwards
in dreams
walk in the old tempo
in the old way
BL
Things get lost or annihilated
a drop of wine in a slow glide
to the bottom of the glass
The last time I saw the house on Lenape Road
my father's portrait as a young man
the Lester out of tune
once up to a Beethoven sonata
I fall backwards
in dreams
walk in the old tempo
in the old way
BL
November 24, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Poem
Things get lost or annihilated
a drop of wine in a slow glide
to the bottom of the glass
The last time I saw the house on Lenape Road
my father's portrait as a young man
the Lester out of tune
once up to a Beethoven sonata
I fall backwards
in dreams
walk in the old tempo
in the old way
BL
Things get lost or annihilated
a drop of wine in a slow glide
to the bottom of the glass
The last time I saw the house on Lenape Road
my father's portrait as a young man
the Lester out of tune
once up to a Beethoven sonata
I fall backwards
in dreams
walk in the old tempo
in the old way
BL
Wurzelweg.
Robert Macfarlane
Word of the day: “Wurzelweg” - a path that passes through wood or forest & is snaked across by tree-roots (literally “tree-root-way”; German).
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Tree Roots, 1890
The last painting by Vincent Van Gogh
Word of the day: “Wurzelweg” - a path that passes through wood or forest & is snaked across by tree-roots (literally “tree-root-way”; German).
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Tree Roots, 1890
The last painting by Vincent Van Gogh
November 24, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Wurzelweg.
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I moved the trail cam so it's closer to the birdies, 🦝🦝🦝 , Squawky🐓 & the squeeee mice 🐀🐀.
The orange & black bird 🐦 bopping around is a Spotted Towhee & white crowned sparrows flitting around.
I put out mealworms in front, wonder if anyone will eat them?
The orange & black bird 🐦 bopping around is a Spotted Towhee & white crowned sparrows flitting around.
I put out mealworms in front, wonder if anyone will eat them?
November 24, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I moved the trail cam so it's closer to the birdies, 🦝🦝🦝 , Squawky🐓 & the squeeee mice 🐀🐀.
The orange & black bird 🐦 bopping around is a Spotted Towhee & white crowned sparrows flitting around.
I put out mealworms in front, wonder if anyone will eat them?
The orange & black bird 🐦 bopping around is a Spotted Towhee & white crowned sparrows flitting around.
I put out mealworms in front, wonder if anyone will eat them?
Might there even be cooking classes?
We have just extended our Lend & Mend collection AGAIN so along with our loanable tools and sewing machines we now have a loanable collection of KITCHENWARE. Baking tins, flan dishes, cutters and more. 🍳 #GreenLibraries #LoveLibraries
Find out more at: orkneylibrary.org.uk/kitchenware/
Find out more at: orkneylibrary.org.uk/kitchenware/
November 24, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Might there even be cooking classes?
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My first online talk for nearly a year will take place tomorrow evening (Tue 25 Nov). It will look at how we can use archives, archaeology and dendrochronology to date ancient buildings.
This will be a brand new bespoke talk & I hope you can join us...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dating-anc...
This will be a brand new bespoke talk & I hope you can join us...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dating-anc...
November 24, 2025 at 11:19 AM
My first online talk for nearly a year will take place tomorrow evening (Tue 25 Nov). It will look at how we can use archives, archaeology and dendrochronology to date ancient buildings.
This will be a brand new bespoke talk & I hope you can join us...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dating-anc...
This will be a brand new bespoke talk & I hope you can join us...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dating-anc...
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Jovita Idar was a journalist & activist who fought discrimination in early 20th century Texas. She used her writing & organizing to defend Mexican American communities & expand access to education. Her voice helped shape civil rights in the borderlands.
#WomenWhoLead #WomenInSTEM
shorturl.at/REmEP
#WomenWhoLead #WomenInSTEM
shorturl.at/REmEP
November 21, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Jovita Idar was a journalist & activist who fought discrimination in early 20th century Texas. She used her writing & organizing to defend Mexican American communities & expand access to education. Her voice helped shape civil rights in the borderlands.
#WomenWhoLead #WomenInSTEM
shorturl.at/REmEP
#WomenWhoLead #WomenInSTEM
shorturl.at/REmEP
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Yes, human pressure etc. may have contributed to the "chimpanzee wars" reported by J. Goodall or in that Netflix series. Still, Pan troglodytus' potential for collective violence is well established. And even Bonobos aren't all that pacific at times. english.elpais.com/science-tech...
‘The most violent attack ever documented’: Five female bonobos kill a male, challenging beliefs about the species’ peaceful nature
The lynching, captured on video deep in the jungle, sheds light on the reality of the animals. Females exert power over males, who are larger and stronger, through a matriarchy woven with intense soci...
english.elpais.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Yes, human pressure etc. may have contributed to the "chimpanzee wars" reported by J. Goodall or in that Netflix series. Still, Pan troglodytus' potential for collective violence is well established. And even Bonobos aren't all that pacific at times. english.elpais.com/science-tech...
Well, rats! This article does paint a complex, more accurate, view of what happened to the trees of Easter Island.
Unintended Consequences : Treeless Rapa Nui theorkneynews.scot/2025/11/21/u...
Unintended Consequences : Treeless Rapa Nui
What happened to the forests of Rapa Nui (Easter Island)? It has been believed for a long time that humans cut down the trees and didn’t plant any to take their place. The belief goes that th…
theorkneynews.scot
November 21, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Well, rats! This article does paint a complex, more accurate, view of what happened to the trees of Easter Island.