4+ hour, 10+ min ago (1741+ words) (with apologies to Alicorn) I have begun to wonder whether the word "lie" is useful as an umbrella term covering many instances that do not resemble each other strongly. I don't expect anyone who reads this post to find'all of these examples ambiguous, but I think probably some of them will seem so. They get weird in places. I ran out of letters of the alphabet before I ran out of ways to make the concept of a lie confusing, so feel free to add more ideas. As you're going along, I suggest keeping a notepad open and given your answers. "Yes" or "no" is fine, don't feel like you need to write a lot. 1. Bob is on the couch watching TV. Alice asks Bob to get off the couch and turn the TV off, and Bob says "I will…...

12+ hour, 56+ min ago (1033+ words) SANTA CRUZ " Having grown up in Kolkata, India, author Megha Majumdar said she has seen the impacts of climate change firsthand, and she has continued to monitor those impacts even as she moved to the United States. "I was reading about the future of that city because it is one of the cities in the world which is most severely affected by climate change," she said. "It has grown hotter, and it is predicted to see more storms. Reading about that made me wonder about the lived experience of those effects of climate change." Majumdar's love of writing stemmed from her lifelong love of reading which had a profound effect on her life. Growing up in India, English was not her first language " her family spoke Bengali " but in her kindergarten class, she had to learn English. "I was actually…...

13+ hour, 25+ min ago (86+ words) #Russia" DocuPlanet" Watch more documentaries like this on our... Why does amber glow in the dark? Can it really detect poison? And how many millions of years old is the most valuable amber? Sean Thomas investigates one of nature's most intriguing mysteries Why does amber glow in the dark? Can it really detect poison? And how many millions of years old is the most valuable amber? Sean Thomas investigates one of nature's most intriguing mysteries. " Watch more documentaries like this on our platform en.rtdoc.tv...

18+ hour, 9+ min ago (575+ words) Did you hear about the guy who was reading a book about making homemade glue? He couldn't put it down. A book gardeners won't be able to put down is the latest hot-off-the-press 2026 edition of "The Prairie Garden" book series, titled "Shaping Spaces." It's the perfect Christmas gift for any gardener, including yourself, at an affordable price. Books tailored to gardening in the Upper Midwest are rare. Even rarer are entire book series with new and different editions published each year, especially suited for gardeners in our region. "The Prairie Garden" book series, originating in Manitoba, Canada, is a rare garden treasure that combines interesting reading with practical information for gardeners in North Dakota, Minnesota, South Dakota and Wisconsin. If it works in Winnipeg, it'll work in Fargo, Bismarck, Minneapolis and all points within planting distance. Each paperback, digest-type book…...

19+ hour, 43+ min ago (925+ words) Developing a story problem So, now that the machine and the character have been set up, what is the story problem?" Perhaps this machine is experimental, and our character is testing it on himself in case there are glitches. Conscience prevents him from trying it on anyone else first. But when he realizes it works, he gets excited and tells his wife. So what's the problem? Well, how about this: his wife was a widow when he married her. She decides to go back into the past to watch her interactions with her first husband. She does this several times and she doesn't tell her second husband, the time machine inventor. But as both of them continue to use the machine, she slowly realizes that they are beginning to forget things. It's subtle at first, but it's clear the machine…...

1+ day, 9+ min ago (575+ words) Did you hear about the guy who was reading a book about making homemade glue? He couldn't put it down. A book gardeners won't be able to put down is the latest hot-off-the-press 2026 edition of "The Prairie Garden" book series, titled "Shaping Spaces." It's the perfect Christmas gift for any gardener, including yourself, at an affordable price. Books tailored to gardening in the Upper Midwest are rare. Even rarer are entire book series with new and different editions published each year, especially suited for gardeners in our region. "The Prairie Garden" book series, originating in Manitoba, Canada, is a rare garden treasure that combines interesting reading with practical information for gardeners in North Dakota, Minnesota, South Dakota and Wisconsin. If it works in Winnipeg, it'll work in Fargo, Bismarck, Minneapolis and all points within planting distance. Each paperback, digest-type book…...

1+ day, 9+ min ago (575+ words) Did you hear about the guy who was reading a book about making homemade glue? He couldn't put it down. A book gardeners won't be able to put down is the latest hot-off-the-press 2026 edition of "The Prairie Garden" book series, titled "Shaping Spaces." It's the perfect Christmas gift for any gardener, including yourself, at an affordable price. Books tailored to gardening in the Upper Midwest are rare. Even rarer are entire book series with new and different editions published each year, especially suited for gardeners in our region. "The Prairie Garden" book series, originating in Manitoba, Canada, is a rare garden treasure that combines interesting reading with practical information for gardeners in North Dakota, Minnesota, South Dakota and Wisconsin. If it works in Winnipeg, it'll work in Fargo, Bismarck, Minneapolis and all points within planting distance. Each paperback, digest-type book…...

1+ day, 43+ min ago (494+ words) A bestselling children's author said he only realised how much his home county had inspired his writing after organising an exhibition about his work. With more than three million copies of his stories sold, Kes Gray is well known for books such as Oi Frog!, created with illustrator Jim Field, and the Daisy series. After looking through his cupboards to prepare for the new exhibition at Chelmsford Museum, he realised how much of his writing was inspired by links to his Essex childhood. "I started to write down all of the little memory triggers that I could find, and there were loads of them - there were loads of more than I ever realised," he said. One such memory, a trip with his friend Tim to Baddow Recreation ground to collect a bucket full of frogspawn, led to the creation of…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago (238+ words) Purwell Ninesprings, Hertfordshire: A chilly evening spent interpreting rustles and admiring the silhouetted trees " now that's what I call a bargain I used to regard November as the D month. Dank. Dismal. Dreary. Depressing. That is, until I discovered the Dark. My conversion took place on Black Friday 2019, as I sat alone in a Bedfordshire wood under a sliver'of moon. Tonight I'm sitting in the alder carr " a wood more familiar to me than any other " three hours after nightfall. Here in the trees, all is black, but I know what's out there: the bramble patch where wood mice forage for blackberry seeds, and the flap of black poplar bark under which treecreepers nested and, quite likely, roost. In the dead logs beside the path, water and nutrients are flowing through the hyphae of scarlet elf cup fungus. Above my…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago (24+ words) Mary Williams of Skylight Books in Los Angeles, Calif., recommends "Poppy State: A Labyrinth of Plants and a Story of Beginnings" by Myriam Gurba....