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!

Big, beautiful world

Vatican City, Peter's Basilica - Photography

by @radp

"Finally got a chance to edit these.

Had the opportunity with my Fiance to climb St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. After countless and winding steps up. The view was breathtaking and gorgeous.!"

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💚 Finding a Little Shanti: Back in Ubud 💚

by @riverflows

"I never fancied myself as a Bali traveller. That was for every single other Australian, as Bali is known as our backyard, and I'm not very good at doing what everyone else is doing. Yet a few years ago we were looking at cheap flights to get the hell out of dodge in mid winter in Victoria and the…"

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Inday Clara travels Solo #22: Why I had to see the Kuang Si Waterfalls!

by @indayclara

"Scrambled eggs and a toast of bread, I hurriedly finished the meal prepared by the friendly cook at the hostel I was staying. My backpack was filled with the necessary things needed for a short trip to one of the top destinations in Luang Prabang. Swimwear, towel, money and my camera, it was all…"

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Games, art, and geekery

My own time machine - a Retro PC

by @astrophoto.kevin

"Happy Sunday Steemians, Who doesn't know it, you hear an old song on the radio, and you feel like you’re back in time when you once listened to this song. I was cleaning up the basement... But then I have found my first PC again, and I was in the year 1997. I Quickly finished cleaning the cellar and…"

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MACHINE LEARNING goes faster...and faster...

by @whornung

"In his book "The Master Algorithm" Pedro Domingos talks about the Quest for the Ultimate Learning Machine and how this will remake our world. As Machine Mearning is all around us, even if we are not always aware about it, I got the idea to use a very old Steempunk-like machine as a virtual printer…"

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How I made the Mural painting of the Municipality of Tupi

by @ianceaz

"I just had another one night stand last night and made love, not with a woman. But, a wall. This time, I made something out of my home town. A mural painting presentation of the Municipality of Tupi, South Cotabato, Philippines. Tupi is a small town in South Cotabato Philippines, which can be found…"

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PHOTO TUTORIAL: Working The Scene

by @derekkind

"Two Hours at Bow Summit I want to bring you along for an evening of photography at one of the most iconic locations in the Canadian Rockies: Peyto Lake, seen from Bow Summit. I'm going to share with you my process of "working a scene" in changeable conditions, showing how I go through a series of…"

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The Witch And The Reaper, ORIGINAL ART, Mega POST! STEPS + GIF

by @nyctoinc

"Hello everyone Its ME NYCTO! I come to you with a BRAND NEW piece of art! This one I'm quite proud of. I have spent the last few months just working on sketches and trying to get my style back from all of my lifelike studies. I came to this... it started as a very simple sketch and I liked it so…"

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To Guide or Not to Guide: Ultimate Unauthorized Nintendo Super NES Game Strategies by Sandler & Badgett (1991, Bantam)

by @modernzorker

"Corey Sandler and Tom Badgett hit upon a winning combination for Bantam's "Game Mastery Series" with Ultimate Unauthorized Nintendo Game Strategies in 1989. The book sold quite…"

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STEM

Blue No More Part 3: No More Lakes

by @mountainwashere

"In the last two parts of this series, I've talked about two of the more significant lakes that are currently drying up, but they're by no means isolated. Lakes around the world are drying up, leaving horrifying environmental crises in their wakes. This is an ongoing, high-threat…"

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INTRODUCTION TO CARTOGRAPHY - SYMBOLIZING POINT DATA

by @lordneroo

"Hello everyone! How is everything going? I hope you are having a good day. I've been extremely busy lately but that is absolutely fine as far as I am concerned as I prefer to make the most of my time. I always make sure to take a walk in the mountains or visit the beach on a daily basis as it helps…"

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Particle physics - exercise 1c solution

by @irelandscape

"This post describes my solution for @lemouth third exercise in his series about open-source implementation of LHC particle analysis.

In this particular exercise @lemouth introduced us to a new mechanism of particle isolation.…"

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Ingested Microbe and Immune Response

by @herbayomi

"It was 9:09 PM on Tuesday (two days ago). I had missed lunch that day and I was so hungry. My room was "void" of light. I needed to feed the Ascaris lumbricoides in my intestine, as their rumbling noise of “save-our-soul” cries could be clearly heard. That is to say I was hungry “inside-out”.…"

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Everyday electronics #8: Digital Logic Gates, the building blocks of today's technology

by @henrychidiebere

"Did I just say that digital logic is the building block of today's technology? OK, I wish I could change the topic to "transistors, resistors and capacitors, the building blocks of today's technology" but that would mean saying the same thing since logic gates are derived from the trio. Logic gates…"

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Food Supplements #5: Sulforaphane. Curing cancer with broccholi?

by @sco

"Is this substance occurring in cabbage plants the holy grail of natural cancer therapy or just another epic fail of the anti-pharma movement? Some are beneficial, many are just scam. This is my 5th post on food supplements. You may also like:…"

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STEM - Healthcare

Polio hasn’t returned to Venezuela, but public health officials were right to assume the worst

by @nonzerosum

"Good news everyone, polio has not returned to Venezuela! On 29th April a two year old boy from the rural north-eastern part of the country was found with symptoms of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP). While the poliovirus and vaccine-derived poliovirus are two possible cause of…"

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Prostitution, Decriminalisation and Access To A Better Healthcare

by @conficker

"Even though people often relate prostitution to women who acquire financial benefits by offering clients with sexual services, in actuality, the concept of prostitution is quite broad which involves both female and male gender, only the latter was not quite popular (at least in Malaysia). Even…"

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Music

Breaking down the eras of Classical Music

by @bengy

"In the wider population of Steemit (and the larger world population in general!), there is this conception that associates Classical Music with the large symphonic orchestras and the wobbly opera singing that is a small part of what constitutes the field of Classical Music. So, when people say that…"

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Homesteading

Take a walk with me around the homestead! ❀❀

by @walkerland

"Summer life is so busy on the homestead! All of the plans we work on over the winter are finally put into action and it's so exciting! We finally got some much needed rain and the world around us is lush and vibrant. I had planned on doing this tour using video but .... I made my first ever planned…"

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Back Acres: Starting a 300 foot Siphon from the Cistern to fill the Hot Tub

by @jackdub

"It's officially summer and we have many friends and relatives coming to stay at the property for the first week of July. In a previous post, Off-Grid: Berkey Water Filter and a Full 1000 Gallon Cistern of Drinking Water, I mentioned that twice a week I lawn tractor and trailer transport a load of…"

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Steemitself and crypto

Applications Team Update: Hivemind/Communities, Sign-ups, Developer Tools, and Condenser (steemit.com)

by @steemitblog

"Today’s @steemitblog post is brought to you by the Steemit Applications team. In this post, we highlight some of the projects we’ve been working on over the past few weeks. Hivemind 1.0 and Communities In @roadscape’s last Communities/Hivemind post, he explained how the first phase of development…"

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Receive regular revenue with the only instant exchange with a profit sharing token

by @grider123

"TL;DR: Flyp.me is the only instant exchange with a profit sharing token. This combined with the fact that the competition is small and the team behind flyp.me has been operating in the cryptocurrency exchange market for several years, makes the FYP token the best investment for me. Although…"

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European Financial Transparency Gateway

by @sorin.cristescu

"Advancing Europe with the steem blockchain Background The European Capital Market is in many respects still fragmented. Improving transparency and access to information has been shown to stimulate financial investment across Europe, something the continent needs. The EU (Commission+Council+European…"

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Crypto Gaming: The Best Projects out there.

by @taaveti

"Hello Everyone. Today I want to talk about some of my favorite Crypto gaming projects out there. The BEST! There are a lot of Dapps and Crypto games coming out. But these are in my opinion leaps a bounds ahead of the pack. My number one most anticipated project out there may not come at any shock,…"

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Steem Quick-Start Pamphlet [Open Call for Resources!]

by @sndbox

"We're Designing A Steem-Starter As part of the upcoming exhibition The Crypto Renaissance our team is working on a huge amount of printed material showcasing the Steem blockchain and the incredible tools (applications) built on top of it. One of the most important elements here is the Exhibition…"

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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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