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Mike Stone
Mike Stone
@mikestone.bsky.social
Retired, poet, lover of dogs and other people
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A fairly accurate representation of the tense political climate in Israel 2 weeks before the big election ... An Israeli Election Like No Other www.nytimes.com/2026/10/11/w...
nytimes.comAn Israeli Election Like No OtherMany say a vote in two weeks may be the most consequential in Israel’s history.
Big dogs age faster than little ones — rogue ‘jumping genes’ might be to blame www.nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.comBig dogs age faster than little ones — rogue ‘jumping genes’ might be to blameStudy of almost 900 dogs from roughly 120 breeds finds that rapid ageing of large canines is linked to changes in the epigenome.
I published this on my blog on this day back in 2014. Kinda like it still... uncollectedworks.wordpress.com/2015/10/04/t... .
uncollectedworks.wordpress.comThe Power of PoetryWhat is it about some poetry that makes such an impact on us? Of course there are those who see any and all poetry (or art for that matter) as effete snobbery and foppery, princing and prancing aro…
“Prometheus Unbound” from “Short Stories by Mike Stone”. To purchase, click www.amazon.com/dp/B0BFHY5FR4/. #ShortStories #author
"Voyage" by Mike Stone, from Chapter 1 of his 4th sci-fi novel, "Out of Time". To purchase, click www.amazon.com/gp/product/1... #ScienceFiction #novels #author
"Session" by Mike Stone, from Chapter 4 of his 3rd sci-fi novel, "Whirlpool". To purchase, click www.amazon.com/gp/product/1.... #ScienceFiction #novels #author
"History" by Mike Stone, from Chapter 2 of his 2nd sci-fi novel, "The Rats and the Saps". To purchase, click www.amazon.com/gp/product/1.... #ScienceFiction #novels #author
"First Entry in the Diary" by Mike Stone, from Chapter 3 of his 1st sci-fi novel, "Why Is Unit 142857 Sad? (or the Tin Man’s Heart)". To purchase, click www.amazon.com/Why-Unit-142.... #ScienceFiction #novels #author
"At Onslow Bay" by our birthmother, Vivienne E. Stone, from her book of poetry "The Song of Joy and Pain". To purchase, click www.amazon.com/dp/1721082182/. #poems #poetry #author
"To Grieve" by David Rathbun from our book of poetry "An Extraordinary Friendship". To purchase, click www.amazon.com/gp/product/1.... #poems #poetry #author
"On Blue Ridge Hill" by Mike Stone from his 10th book of poetry, "The Sylvan Dialogues". To purchase, click www.amazon.com/Sylvan-Dialo.... #poems #poetry #author
"The Dangers of Love" by Mike Stone, the title poem from his 9th book of poetry, "The Dangers of Love". To purchase, click www.amazon.com/gp/product/B.... #poems #poetry #author
"Ode to Little Things" by Mike Stone, the title poem from his 8th book of poetry, "Ode to Little Things". To purchase, click www.amazon.com/gp/product/B.... #poems #poetry #author
"Waking from a Dream" by Mike Stone from his 7th book of poetry, "What’s a Nice Muse like You Doing in a Place like This". To purchase, click www.amazon.com/gp/product/B.... #poems #poetry #author
"And We Shall Not Say Goodbye" by Mike Stone from his 6th book of poetry, "The Meandering". To purchase, click www.amazon.com/gp/product/B.... #poems #poetry #author
"Ode to the Common Man" by Mike Stone from his 5th book of poetry, "The Hoopoe’s Call". To purchase, click www.amazon.com/gp/product/B.... #poems #poetry #author
"On the Backs of Swallows" by Mike Stone from his 4th book of poetry "Call of the Whippoorwill". To purchase, click www.amazon.com/gp/product/1.... #poems #poetry #author
"Captive Audience" by Mike Stone from his 3rd book of poetry "Bemused". To purchase, click www.amazon.com/gp/product/1.... #poems #poetry #author
"Accidental Touch" by Mike Stone from his 1st book of poetry, "The Uncollected Works of Mike Stone". To purchase, click www.amazon.com/gp/product/1.... #poems #poetry #author
"Hashem Shaabani" by Mike Stone from his 2nd book of poetry, "Yet another Book of Poetry". To purchase, click www.amazon.com/gp/product/1.... #poems #poetry #author
lnkd.in#saudiarabia #vision2030 #educationreform #fightantisemitism #counterextremism #muslimworld #peace #mansoorlaghari | Mansoor Hussain Laghari | 29 commentsSAUDI ARABIA IS REWRITING ITS TEXTBOOKS. THIS SHOULD BE A WAKE-UP CALL ACROSS THE MUSLIM WORLD.
Saudi Arabia has spent years reforming school textbooks, removing or revising material identified as an...
Moderna cancer vaccine stops melanoma returning: what’s next for personalized treatments? www.nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.comModerna cancer vaccine stops melanoma returning: what’s next for personalized treatments?Promising trial results suggest cancer vaccines work and could be used to target other tumours.
If you really want to get chummy with Islamist terrorists, you'd best read this first ... Thinking Like a Terrorist: The Jihad Franchises ryanmcbeth.substack.com/p/thinking-l...
ryanmcbeth.substack.comThinking Like a Terrorist: The Jihad FranchisesPart VII of my Thinking Like a Terrorist series
Outside the Wire: Information Warfare As Long-Range Effects > United States Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School > Special Warfare Journal www.swcs.mil/Special-Warf...
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Finally, the truth will out ... ground.news/article/top-...
ground.newsTop UN official accuses Hamas of Gaza aid obstructionA senior UN official accused Hamas of interfering with humanitarian deliveries in Gaza and intimidating aid workers, warning that the group's actions were making relief operations increasingly dangero...
After us, the flood ... You can't make peace with terrorists and you can't make peace with the current Iranian regime; the majority of the people, yes; a minority of the people, no. youtu.be/x34GvyQedy8?...
youtu.beThe One Reason Iran Can’t Let Israel Exist | ExplainedYouTube video by Unpacked
What It Feels Like to Be an Octopus - nautil.us/what-it-feel...
nautil.usWhat It Feels Like to Be an Octopus - NautilusOn a recent Sunday, at my local Italian market, I considered the octopus. To eat the tentacle would be, in a way, like eating a brain—the eight arms of an octopus contain two-thirds of its half billio...
If You’re Counting on Calcium and Vitamin D Supplements to Prevent Fractures, Think Again - nautil.us/if-youre-cou...
nautil.usIf You’re Counting on Calcium and Vitamin D Supplements to Prevent Fractures, Think AgainIf You’re Counting on Calcium and Vitamin D Supplements to Prevent Fractures, Think Again: A new in-depth analysis casts doubt on the popular supplements
