I keep track of any posts on the Steem blockchain which I've found worth reading. Here's the stuff I've enjoyed over the last few days.

Happy reading!

STEM

Bizarre Natural Phenomena Vol. 64 - A Mother Of Pearls In The Guts Of The Earth (Cave Pearls)

by @ruth-girl

"Today I am taking you pearl hunting! No, no, don't put your diver's suit on! This time our pearl hunt will be underground as we will be looking for cave pearls!"

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Psychiatry: Moving From Ice Pick Lobotomies and Chains Into a Brighter Future

by @agmoore

"This is a sketch of James (William?) Morris, an American sailor who was committed to London's Royal Bethlehem Hospital (Bedlam), an institution dedicated to the care of the mentally ill. The sketch was originally rendered in black and white by George Arnaud (1763-1841) and then rendered in color by…"

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A breakthrough in astrophysics - observation of a first powerful engine to accelerate cosmic rays

by @lemouth

"Last Thursday, the IceCube collaboration announced the discovery of a cosmic source of both highly-energetic neutrinos and gamma rays. It consists in a first of a kind, which is why this news is so exciting for the particle physics and astrophysics communities…"

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The Amateur Mycologist - Take A Trip To Amanitaville - A.muscaria, rubescens and toxica - With A Special Treat - A.aurantiovelata - At The End!

by @dber

"These posts are not for foraging. They are intended for entertainment and intellectual satisfaction only. These posts are not a field guide nor comprehensive in any way - their accuracy is not assured in any way. Do not eat wild mushrooms unless you are a professional, have substantial professional…"

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Finish the following sentence: The MMR vaccine causes [BLANK]

by @nonzerosum

"In a previous post I talked about perception of risk and its influence on the vaccine decision-making process. This was an example of a psychological model, a way of explaining a belief by looking at its constituent parts. In this simple model, I suggested that if we make an…"

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The reverse wheel rotation, an optical illusion?

by @adetola

"There are so many theories and so many sciences behind the very little things that happen even when we cannot explain them. This afternoon I got so inquisitive after finding it difficult to explain why something this awkward will happen. Let me tell you what this awkward thing is. I was watching…"

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Living a Life of Impact: 3-Days Digital Training Coding Camp for Kids from Low Income Community was a Success

by @obamike

"It is no longer news that I worked with kids from low income community attending underserved schools. Part of what I am determined to do is to help to bridge the digital literacy gap of these kids. For me, it is not acceptable that these kids are left out of happenings in their world (digital world…"

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The Van de Graaff Generator

by @pinkspectre

"Have you ever visited a science museum? If so, you probably saw a metal ball that causes spectators' hair to stand on end, or perhaps create small lightning shows. That is a Van de Graaff generator, a device invented in 1929 which generates electrostatic forces to create high voltage DC current.…"

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Introduction to Cryptography I: Encryption (Pt. 4 - Block Ciphers/Modes of Operation)

by @lemony-cricket

"Hi everyone. @lemony-cricket here. Let's learn about block ciphers and modes of operation! We're nearing the end of our introduction to encryption, but don't be sad! I'm really excited to get into digital signatures and hashes and everything else cryptography has to offer! Rocket graphic extracted…"

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The complexity class 'L'

by @markgritter

"You might have heard about the P vs NP problem, but what is the L vs. P problem? Introduction P and NP are famous complexity classes that measure the amount of time necessary for a Turing machine to decide a language. Less famous are the complexity classes that measure the amount of space that a…"

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Games, art, and geekery

Gnomon Sculpture Lab

by @r351574nc3

"At Gnomon, part of teaching 3D sculpting is also teach real sculpting. That is, with actual hands. Students learn real sculpting skills. There's also a gallery that displays artwork students have made for video games."

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Protomorph Sketchbook sketch

by @elenasteem

"Hello friends! I like to make sketches in the sketchbook.The artist is a catcher of dreams and dreams, which suffices for the tail ephemeral images of dreams and dreams. It is he who embodies these miracles on paper or canvas. Indeed, the artist is almost a miracle worker, because it is he who…"

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SteemHeroes character template - create your own heroes or villains for SteemHeroes!

by @steemheroes

"So you want to create a character to live within the SteemHeroes universe, huh? Great! We want to have a rich cast of characters who can naturally interact with each other within SteemHeroes. Did you miss the SteemHeroes announcement? Read all about it here. Here’s the steps to creating and…"

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"But... Her Emails..." - Another Painting Probably Coming Soon.

by @rachelsvparry

"Did this a little while ago, based on Vigo the Carpathian. Funny how few changes needed to be made to make him Vladimir the Carpathian. Twitter stopped letting me react to tweets about the Trump/Putin Summit just now, because it's 'over capacity'. Twitter has blown up about the treason! About damn…"

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Painting Finished: My Latest Singularity Revealed "The Cage"

by @donnadavisart

"I am finally done with my Singularity painting I have been sharing in parts. And after sharing these various segments in other posts, let's see them again, I have finally finished the entire piece. I have to say it was rather fun sharing it in bits as I worked on it. A fun reveal of sorts. I really…"

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Remembering the innovative vector graphics home console - Vectrex

by @retro-room

"Its hard to find gamers who aren’t at least familiar with the Atari 2600. Most have at least heard of the Intellivision or the Colecovision, however there was another console released in this generation that was an impressive machine but its timing could not have been worse. Released in late 1982,…"

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Snakemen! Astonishing Swordsmen and Sorcerers of Hyperborea Art

by @xyanthon

"Yay, finally I can upload pics again. I've been having a bit of trouble trying to upload my pictures lately, hence the lack of posts. So hopefully it was just a passing thing. Anyway, I'm back now. Here's a piece I did for the Forgottne Fein of the Coiled Goddess, an adventure for AS&SH. Snakemen…"

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Secret Wars Black Panther Progress

by @saywha

"Painted his infinity gauntlet."

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Another tendency... Homage covers in Comic Books!

by @baronstrucker

"Unfortunately, I must rely on memory for the following... Back in 1997, After the Big Comic Book Explosion of 1993, the subsecuent, and logical Implosion, AND Marvel's Bankruptcy in 1996/1997, I read somewhere about percentage of comic book readers back in the 50s, compared to the 90s. They…"

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How I Make Side Cash

by @blewitt

"We all wish we could have more money. Not one of us here wishes otherwise. I have a system to generate that extra side cash and half the time I’m too lazy to do it. Between running my own business, family, friends, pets, and normal life...the last thing I want to do is add more side work on top of…"

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Monster Market is Open for Business!!!

by @steemmonsters

"Monster Market is Open for Business!!! It is with sheer glee that @yabapmatt and I are ready to unveil the alpha of the Monster Market!!! As of today you can buy and sell your cards in a trustless decentralized manner (you don't need to know the counter party just like on a crypto exchange)! Welcome…"

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The Character Problem

by @loreshapergames

"Characters are a central part of stories and the way in which we perceive our world and ourselves. They fulfill psychological needs for us. We identify with them, and in many ways see them as we would any other person. Which leads to what I'm referring to as "the character problem" which is maybe…"

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Art - BANE - The Man Who Broke The Bat (with steps)

by @theartofrez

"Hello people, finally got my day of and started finishing my works that were drawn throughout the week! Today I finished Bane, one of the greatest Batman villains by my humble opinion. It is in fact the man who broke Batmans spine and made some serious injuries on our beloved Dark Knight. I used the…"

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Out with the New. In with the Old

by @publicumaurora

"Studio art portrait in steam-punk style,

Enjoy the beauty!

Model/MU: @publicumaurora
Photographer: @axeman "

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Little xenomorphic resting Sketchbook sketch

by @elenasteem

"Hello friends! I like to make sketches in the sketchbook.The artist is a catcher of dreams and dreams, which suffices for the tail ephemeral images of dreams and dreams. It is he who embodies these miracles on paper or canvas. Indeed, the artist is almost a miracle worker, because it is he who…"

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Ithaqa Steemit RPG Week 2! Last Weeks Winners + This Week's Contest

by @drwatson

"The results from our first week of Steem Lovecraftian goodness are here, you can check out the results in the comment section of last weeks post. Winners get 1 Steem, and a 100% upvote!…"

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Painting Jon Snow from Game of Thrones | Step-by-Step

by @gabeecm

"Hey guys! I've been working on new art from fantasy books, games, movies, series and original creations as well. Today I'm going to show you a complete painting process and speed paint video from my last Jon Snow Fan Art. Tools: iPad Pro, Procreate First Step: Sketching I already have in mind what I…"

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Big beautiful world

Traditional Lao celebration of life ceremony w/ @vermillionfox's family!

by @kommienezuspadt

"Hey, Steemit! It’s been a crazy week in preparation for a family trip to Iola, WI to meet @wcpublishing for the Car Show, and then a continued journey straight through to the east coast to visit @bonni, @customnature, @bryan-imhoff and hopefully […fingers crossed], @drwatson and @la-fumettista. My…"

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Romania For Beginners #5 - Fairytale Fortresses of the Foreign Gatekeepers | Rumunia dla początkujących #5 - Baśniowe zamki germańskich osadników

by @postcardsfromlbn

"kirchenburg in Biertan Fortress Monasteries/Kościoły warowne Many peoples passed through medieval Transylvania, or Ardeal (from Latin "ultra silvam" or Hungarian "Erdő-elve" - on the other side of the woods): Pannonian Avars, Slavs, Bulgarians, Székelys. It was quite a wild land, attacked in the…"

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Night Markets in Malaysia

by @bitrocker2020

"Some of the best treasures in Malaysia can be bought at the Night Markets. Brought the family there for a visit and here is a quick look at the amazing stuff you are able to get from there . Not only the prices are cheap ( compared to the hyper-marts ) , however the products are way fresher then…"

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The Beachside Mayan Ruins of Tulum

by @jessicaoutside

"Perched on the edge of a cliff, alongside the Caribbean Sea, stands the ancient Mayan ruins of Tulum. Can you imagine a more picturesque place to build a city? We went to visit this stunning archaeological site last week. Here's what we know: #1 Tulum was the only Mayan city built on the coast. It…"

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#letsgoto: Jaipur, India

by @suitcasemama

"If you are finding me for the first time, welcome! Here is my second entry into a new #letsgoto series I started. You can check out my first entry on beautiful Coron, Philippines, but be careful - you'll want to drop everything and book a ticket after reading! If you had asked me a few years ago…"

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My visit to the Roman Coliseum

by @dedicatedguy

"I took this pictures on my visit to this historic place a few years ago."

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Steemitself

How do you get your content noticed with no followers?

by @mazzle

"In recent days I've seen a couple of posts about established Steemit users discovering Steemit users who were creating amazing content but weren't getting their content noticed. Source And I've also stumbled across a few Steemit users myself who really deserved much larger rewards and recognition…"

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STEEM Community: The Solution To All STEEM Problems

by @taskmaster4450

"STEEM does not need an overlord. We do not need a person in charge telling everyone what they can or cannot do. Events recently are showing the STEEM community is perfectly capable of handling its own issues. We have some really intelligent people around here. This is resulting in some fabulous…"

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Steem curation and community

Introducing CycleFeed: Curation Project For Cyclists By Cyclists

by @cyclefeed

"Welcome to the @CycleFeed introduction! - Oil your chain, adjust your saddle and hop on board. This is a project to support our fellow cyclists across the Steemit platform. We are a project supported by @TravelFeed and spearheaded by @mrprofessor, @twowheeledmonkey and @robmolecule, with the special…"

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Binance

Steemit Inc is Not Providing an Explination About Binance

by @socky

"Binance Wallet has been down for TWO weeks. Steemit Inc has not provided any information whatsoever about the wallet problem. Don't you think we deserve answers? Here are the figures: Binance wallet: Account Name @deepcrypto8 113,099.303 STEEM 6,567.588 SBD Binance Hot wallet: Account Name…"

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Steem Withdrawls STILL Suspended on Binance

by @blewitt

"So I shot another email over to Binance asking if there were any updates. This was the response I just received.

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Other crypto

ONO Social Whitepaper Review - Innovative In A Creepy Kind of Way

by @cryptoctopus

"Introduction I'm currently exploring the different Dapps in the niche of blockchain-based Social Media. ONO social was mentioned to me yesterday so I decided to look deeper into it, read their whitepaper and join their telegram. ONO Social is a new type of social network based on blockchain…"

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Wasabi Wallet-Bitcoin Privacy

by @sames

"Wasabi is a ZeroLink-compliant wallet that uses Chaumian CoinJoin and enforces a constant 100 anonymity set. Wasabi prevents blockchain analytics firms and other would-be snoopers from spying on your bitcoin transactions by automatically “mixing” your coins with other users’ funds when you initiate…"

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Meet MakersPlace - The place to buy and sell unique digital creations (including mine ;))

by @artwithflo

"MakersPlace is online! The blockchain based platform to buy and sell unique, one of a kind, digital artwork! And guess what, you can buy my work as well! Like they say at MakersPlace: MakersPlace is a platform that empowers digital creators (artists, designers, writers and more) to create and sell…"

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Blockchain Projects Transforming The Travel Industry - Introducing Explorio

by @timsaid

"Everyone is buzzing about the revolutionary technology that has been transforming countless industries—everything from real estate to the energy industry. It’s looking like there’s no industry out there that blockchain technology won’t affect, and the travel industry is no different. This is great…"

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PARTICIPATE IN THE CLEANPLANET MOVEMENT

by @cleanplanet

"We believe in the potential of STEEM and SMTs for non-profit organizations. Once SMTs become available, we will create the CLEAN token in order to incentivize humans to clean the planet! THE FIRST SMT FOR ECOLOGY CLEAN PLANET is the first movement on the steem blockchain that promotes ecology and…"

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UBI

New SBI Member Lookup Tool

by @steembasicincome

"Steem Basic Income Steem Basic Income is a social experiment to bring a basic income to as many Steemians as possible. Members join by sponsoring others into the program. Steem Basic Income is delivered through providing regular upvotes to member content. Many of our members use the…"

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Farmpunk? Farmpunk. Farm. Punk!

Farmpunk Fiction: Altland's Gambit

by @blockurator

"Not everyone can say they've invented a new literary genre. In truth, it's probably nothing to brag about. I mean, does it really matter that you created a genre if the story that represents it isn't any good? Probably not. Lucky for us citizens of planet earth, however, most literary genres that…"

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FOOD

Spicy sesame zoodles with crispy tofu

by @ayaennaciri

"Spicy Sesame Zoodles? I say yes. And throw in some crispy tofu for good measure. This is SO totally how we roll. Are you down with this? It starts with zoodles (zucchini noodles) tossed with a thick and intensely deep spicy sesame peanut sauce that will then eventually get loaded up with crispy tofu…"

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How to Make Plum Dumplings Quick and Easy

by @old-guy-photos

"Fun times cooking with the Old Guy! Click for the vid! My video is at DLive Hey Friends Welcome to My Kitchen It Is Plum Dumpling Time Well my mom was 100% Hungarian. I believe that makes me at least half a Hunky. My other half is hillbilly, so I guess this is Cooking with a Hungarian Hillbilly Old…"

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So, what's all this then?

My goals here are to foster interaction on steem and provide visibility for good content.

Why not just resteem

This is basically a UI issue; I've noted in my feed that some great accounts which resteem dozens of times a day tend to drown out other posts. Until there's a way to separate author-content from resteems in there general steem-verse (i.e. on Steemit), I don't like resteeming much.

Criteria and format

The only real criterion I have is that the article should be something I was happy to have read. Ideally, it would be recent enough to still be active for 3 to 4 days after I post. A few other other things:

• There's no restriction on category, though I tend to read more STEM/nerdy stuff
• The list is not exhaustive
• If I left you off, it's not because I don't think your post was worth reading
• I'm still figuring out how to arrange topics
• Post order is like the point system on 'Whose Line Is It Anyway' - meaningless
• If you're a prolific author, I might only list one post in full format, then mention others.
• If I post your stuff a lot, I may leave you out from time to time to make room for others.
• If time allows, I may provide commentary on posts, but right now I'm letting them stand on their own merits.
• Artists! I'm trying to post your art in such a way that people can see enough of it to know if they want to follow the link. I definitely don't want to just repost your stuff in full resolution. Let me know what makes you happy.

Call to Action

I enjoyed compiling this list and you can do it, too. Even if your vote counts for nothing and you have 3 whole followers, start keeping track of what you actually liked reading and let the world know about it. I don't think there's a relevant tag yet, so let's go ahead and use #readinglog. If there is a better tag out there, let me know.

Remember, a community without interactions is just a bunch of people. Comment, vote, promote, even resteem!

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