I'm trying a new semi-weekly project where I keep track of any posts on the Steem blockchain which I've found worth reading. Here's the stuff I've enjoyed reading over the last few days.

Art, comics, and geekery

Lovecraftian Horror Comic Preview — Steemit by @la-fumettista

Many of you have discovered me through @drwatson and his posts about the comic series we are working on together but for those of you who don't know, Hi. I'm Theresa. And I've had the honor of illustrating @drwatson's comic, Ithaqa. It's a 1920s Lovecraftian horror comic set in Ithaca; it follows a…

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A world of poly-teflo-carbon gigatubes - The Techno-Templar #21 — Steemit by @haedre

Here, at the Haedre's control tower in Techno-City Berlin, are made comics from another era.…

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project Cryptozoology: fig.15 "Elder Things" — Steemit by @sibr.hus

While the next Tarot card is going very leisurely ...
And insomnia miraculously adds time.
Unimaginable thoughts come to mind ...

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There you are (Illustration) — Steemit by @itsdatneighbour

Fallin'

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The art of painting comics — Steemit by @haedre

Here's an extra peek, this is the very page of the rough story-board. I work the panels on illustrator and scan/stick a rapid sketch in so I can easily vary their sizes and see what's the best. I also add thought bubbles so I make sure they are correctly integrated and that the flow of lecture…

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My PhotoVisions #23 - My Macro Worlds vol.1 — Steemit by @photovisions

Today little different post in this series, I thought that it would be good to share with You some of my older works which shows my progress in the PhotoVisions story...
I decided to transform "My PhotoVisions" series in something more than just a posts of my strange abstract ideas or natural…

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"Bright" - Original Digital Painting with Process Video | Fantasy/Sci-fi Warrior Design — Steemit by @joxus

Hiya Steemians! Hope you're all having an awesome day! I Just finished this new piece, something a bit more well rendered than my last couple artworks. Despite the fairly rough, painterly look, this one still took me a really long time to make (many hours over many days). But I'm trying to learn…

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Introduce Myself + Elf Art — Steemit by @danielafernandes

É óbvio que a maioria dos usuários foram atraídos pela possibilidade de ganhar dinheiro ao postar, entretanto, mais do que isso, eu busco visualização nos meus desenhos, uma vez que as redes convencionais como Facebook e Instagram estão se tornando cada vez menos democráticas para artistas pequenos…

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Culture and history

A pagan celebration of spring - Happy Ostara everyone! — Steemit by @zen-art

Ireland too was a big pagan country before the beliefs were absorbed by the catholic church. I would be much closer to paganism than any other religion. We went from a belief of worshipping mother earth to worshipping a sky god that lives in the clouds at the expense of our natural world. I would…

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The History of the Hammer Horror Industry. — Steemit by @crazybgadventure

I don’t enjoy watching todays horror as much, well not in the gory sense anyway. CGI has taken away too much of the magic. Seeing the fake blood and really knowing it was fake and the prosthetic limbs, gave it a mild comic feel while at the same time the eerie music was still enough to make you…

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Ancient Knowledge: How did the Romans do math? — Steemit by @josalarcon2

Maybe for many, as for me, it is very interesting to know how ancient civilizations worked, that is why today while I was reading an article about the Roman Empire and its incredible power and scientific advances, I could not help but wonder, how could that great civilization did the mathematical…

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STEM

Bizarre Natural Phenomena Vol. 49 - When The Seas Turn To Blood (Red Tide) — Steemit by @ruth-girl

Algae population can rise uncontrollably resulting in the release of harmful toxins in high amounts. In other cases this can just end up in oxygen depletion of the waters. Both effects seem deadly catastrophic for marine life (fish, birds and other creatures of the "afflicted" ecosystems) and…

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MICROBES; WHEN THEY FIGHT BACK — Steemit by @whytepresh

Hi Steemians. It is another weekend, hope you are good and having fun. Well, as for me, would be hanging out with a longtime friend later in day... You are free to join us but before that, let me show you how microorganisms affect our world in different ways and the threats they pose to our…

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The Method to the Madness: Setting up a Python Workflow for Machine Learning — Steemit by @chosunone

In my last post, I detailed the results of using two popular machine learning techniques for learning how to aim artillery weapons in Arma 3. In this post I will describe in more detail how to set up your own machine learning pipeline for flexible data analysis, and give an example of how to set…

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Insectivorous Plants - Part 1 — Steemit by @davidrhodes124

A great way to engage young scientists in plant biology is to introduce them to insectivorous (carnivorous) plants. These are fascinating organisms that capture and devour their insect prey, mostly for their nitrogen content. Insectivorous plants evolved to thrive in nitrogen poor environments…

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See also Parts 2, 3, and 4

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The "TLC" equivalent for biologists -- 生物學家的"薄層色譜法" — Steemit by @mcw

In chemistry, we separate molecules by using a technique called chromatography. The most commonly used one is use silica gel as the adsorbent, where silica gel is something really polar which could interact strongly with polar molecules. As a result, this may allow us to separate molecules…

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Animal Intelligence and its Implications for Alien Life Part 1: Octopi — Steemit by @mountainwashere

Aliens in cinema have a tendency towards being human-like. In Star Trek, for instance, the aliens have a tendency to be humanoids that homogenously reflect an aspect of humanity. Vulcans are our rationality, Ferengi are our greed, Klingons are our aggression. The depiction as humanoid is entirely…

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See also Parts 2, 3, and 4

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A new crystal found in the back room of our store. — Steemit by @roswellrockman

I was going through the inventory in the back storage area looking for some chalcanthite crystal clusters to put out on the floor. Chalcanthite is a blue crystal mainly composed of copper sulfate.

There has been some debate as to whether it is chalcanthite or just copper sulfate, because it is lab…

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Bio-remediation: Our Savior? — Steemit by @vanessahampton

You're standing on the edge of a stream. It is gradually approaching dusk. You can see the clear white sands of the streambed down below. It is so clear it takes your breath away. The fishes are preparing for bed. You can hear the crackling, whistling sounds of animals making the night calls for…

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Steem - content discovery

[The Alternative STEEM TOPs, 27.03.2018 GMT] Top Of The Pop — Steemit by @t3ran13

Do you know how USA president is elected? It is the same for rating TOPs (+ tags reputation) - user is the voter and delegates own "preference" to author by upvoting his posts (elector with tags reputation). Each author chooses best posts according to his tags reputation. As result, rating TOP is…

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The Easiest Way to Discover Posts on Steemit that You Like? Me! (26.03.2018) — Steemit by @hounddog

Finding good content on Steemit among thousands of posts published each day can be exhausting. But don't you worry, I can help! My name is @hounddog and I am your personalized post recommender. I hunt and track down posts that you like based on your previous upvotes and interests. I read through…

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Censorship gone awry on Reddit: the aftermath of our r/science AMA — Steemit by @dhimmel

lucaxx85's questions themselves illustrate how paywalls raise costs, by allowing authors to externalize these ruinous costs to society: a vast public subsidy — tens of billions of dollars a year — [for] the concealment of publicly-funded research from the public. We argue that Sci-Hub is hastening…

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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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