"Vancouver has 22 civic libraries. Victoria has 12. The streets of these two cities, however, have well over 1,000 unincorporated “little libraries”. You’ve seen them, of course. Those quaint little bird-house structures, placed along sidewalks, usually with a glassed-in front to keep the contents safe from the elements. Inside these little boxes there is always the oddest selection of books, and almost always something that will pique your interest. "

#LFL

I thought it would be good to take a moment and post my six-monthly #introduction update. So, yeah, here we go:

I'm slanderoid, an anomaly in the #Midwest, #USA

Things have been a little different lately: for one, I've been #gaming a lot less often and #writing consistently instead. I've got a #fantasy project coming up soon that I'll be posting about here with the hashtag #NotAHeroStory. I'm excited (and nervous) to share it with all of you beautiful people!

Another change is that I haven't been here as often as I'd like lately because it's #LittleFreeLibrary season! With the current climate in #USPol we've decided to get deadly serious about our #LFL this year. We've become an Official #BookCrossing Zone, started a #SilentBookClub, and even (finally) become a PokeStop in #PokemonGo. We've got big plans for #Halloween that we're going to start working on soon...

Otherwise, I'm still into #horror, #metal, and working on getting more #tattoos. Some things never change, after all 😅

Erbsen in Brot? Erbsensortenmischungen?

Erbsen sind ein tolles Gewächs können eine wichtige Proteinquelle für die menschliche Ernährung sein.
Das Projekt Legumemix geht dem Thema Erbsenzüchtung für genetische Vielfalt und Verwendung von Erbsen in lokalen Wertschöfpungsketten wissenschaftlich und auch sehr praktisch auf dem Grund - jetzt ist es offiziell gestartet - toll!
Die Förderung läuft im Rahmen der #Eiweisspflanzenstrategie des Bundesministeriums für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung.

#Legumemix #bmle #Dottenfelderhof #Erbsen #Landwirtschaft @unikassel #LfL #atelierEnrährungswende #gzpk

1/2 #HydrogenSafety
I hope Supercritical Solutions Ltd #SSL told Shell Ventures #Shell & Toyota Ventures #Toyota that #SSL electrolyzers produce flammable🔥 hydrogen-oxygen gas mixes!

Granted patent GB2605761 has 0 data.

But WIPO pending app ⬇️ WO2024061976A3 by #SSL shows:

- 22% H2 in anode O2 (5.5x above 4% lower flammability limit #LFL)🔥
- 11-12% O2 in cathode H2 (2x below 6% upper flammability limit #UFL)🔥

I need to let UK HSE Solutions know #SSL is totally unsafe!
#hydrogen #H2 #safety

🧵3/4
#Hydrogen101 #H2Safety
Lower flammability limit #LFL for H2 in O2 is 4%.
#HHO is 67% H2 (16.75x higher!) & quite explosive!
#H2 #O2 #HHO #Brownsgas #oxyhydrogen #hydroxygas

🧵1/4
#Hydrogen101 #H2Safety
Hey UK Health and Safety Executive #HSE :

Why is Clean Power Hydrogen #CleanPowerH2 allowed to sell a totally unsafe membrane-free #hydrogen production device?

@isostandards ISO 22734 requires:
-Membrane between #H2 & #O2
-Operation below hydrogen's #LFL

Otherwise...

This much closer to having my own Little Free Library!! I’ve only been collecting books for it for a few years, lol. 🤗❤️ #lfl #reading #BooksAreMagic #littlefreelibrary

The 🐒 and I drove around checking out a few local #littlefreelibraries, we ended up swapping with 3.

A nice little adventure and bit of research before launching our own. 🚀 📚

#LFL #books

The vibrant & diverse #FernwoodCommunity is one of my fave local communities & has been for decades. I attended elementary & jr high schools in Fernwood area during the 80s. I love all the public art, all around this community - there's art to be seen on almost every block. Many little free libraries in Fernwood too. There's also a public community garden at the community center on Gladstone. It is one of the most welcoming communities on South Vancouver Island with a very diverse #BIPOC & #LGBTQ2S population. Many POC families live in this community, including new migrants. Fernwood Square is a multi-use site with many past/present/future free community events & longtime gathering spot for local activists.

#Fernwood #YYJCommunities #Lekwungen #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #FreeLibrary #Art #mural #LittleFreeLibrary #LFL #CommunityFocused

Streuobstwiesen gehören zu den artenreichsten Lebensräumen in Bayern. Die Bayerische Landesanstalt für Landwirtschaft (LfL) unterstützt seit über 20 Jahren die verschiedenen Akteure im Streuobstanbau mit der Aktion Streuobst. #BayerischenStreuobstpakts #LFL #LFLBayern #LFLFreising #Streuobst #Streuobstanbau #Streuobstwiesen

https://moderner-landwirt.de/lfl-projekt-praxis-netzwerk-streuobst-fuer-neueinsteiger/

Speaking of #LFL … Folks often ask me if it is much used since we are off the beaten path (rural farm setting).

Well, here's an action shot from a week or so ago. (the photo is obscured enough, right?) We are indeed away from high traffic areas, but we do still get the occasional usage. We do have a camera set up (the library is located at our front gate), but so far people don't seem to mind.

Also: Hey folks! Download the LFL app and check in when you visit a Little Free Library. :)

Dedicated by permission:
To Robert Conquest —premature anti-fascist,
premature anti-Stalinist, poet and mentor, and
founder of "the united front against bullshit".

Good #LFL haul.

#Books set for trade-in & #LFL

In Search of Lost Time by Proust, Vols. 1 & 2

Achilles in the Quantum Universe: The Definite History of Infinity by Richard Morris

The Arabian Nights, Husain Haddawy, Translator.

How the Mind Works by Steven Pinker

Madison Avenue and the Color Line: African Americans in the Advertising Industry by Jason Chambers

The Madness of King George by Alan Bennett

The Monk and the Philosopher by Jean-François Reven & Matthieu Ricard

A Woman in Berlin by Anonymous (Introduction by Antony Beevor)

Moby-Dick for Perelandra. A fair trade.

#LFL
#Books
#Reading

Japankäfer erstmals in Bayern entdeckt #Tier #Bayern #Agrar #Baden-Württemberg #Natur #Deutschland #Wissenschaft #Schweiz #Freising #Japankäfer #Bayern #Lindau #Schädling #Landwirtschaft #LfL https://www.diebayern.de/umwelt/japankaefer-erstmals-in-bayern-entdeckt-2946954

You can tell.
#LFL
#Books
#Manga

•••Manx has returned, a bit dissociated, I think. He’s OK with the clippers.
•••Several local fires. Will trade bad AQI for long winters.
•••Feeding Little Free Libraries #LFL is my new hobby.