@j0n Happy Halloween 🎃 Hope you enjoy it!
Coffee, one of several fluids that I’ve already ingested this morning to prepare for today’s blood donation. If all goes well, this will be the 95th unit of blood I’ve donated. Because I’m negative for human cytomegalovirus, I qualify as a “hero for babies” and my blood can be used for newborns and infants. Giving blood was a lot easier when I was younger. Now it’s a project preparing ahead of time and recovering afterwards. Please donate blood if you can: we literally need fresh blood!
This was a very interesting, enlightening discussion between Jesse Michels and Diana Pasulka. Well worth the time!
Found in the wreckage of Hurricane Helene in Asheville, rescued, and now they're trying to find her family to get her reunited!! Please help, share with everyone, pass the word along to help get her home again!
October 16 Wednesday #Holidays
Dictionary Day
Global Cat Day
Hagfish Day
Myanmar Full Moon of Thadingyut
National Boss's Day
National BRA Day
National Department Store Day
National Feral Cat Day
National Fossil Day
National Liqueur Day
National Take Your Parents To Lunch Day
National Veterans BBQ Day
Sukkot
Support Your Local Chamber of Commerce Day
Unity Day
World Allergy Awareness Day
World Food Day
World Spine Day
Man arrested after dog abandoned during Hurricane Milton
'Are the Andromeda and Milky Way galaxies already merging?'
This answer may not be what you think!
https://earthsky.org/space/are-the-andromeda-and-milky-way-galaxies-already-merging/
Do not install! Recent Windows 11 update wreaks havoc and breaks PCs - Last week, Microsoft released an optional Windows 11 update that brought some new features to the Start menu, taskbar, and lock screen - that update is wreaking havoc for some users
reported by Windows Latest, after installing Windows update KB5043145, you may not be able to restart your PC you'll get Blue Screen of Death - In some cases, BitLocker recovery may also be triggered
@finkled I'm glad your family is okay!
Just read this article - fascinating! My only question is how do these Biobots differ from Stem Cells? Is it the finite lifetime? Any scientists/medical specialists out there - can you answer that please?
'Biobots are a 3rd state between life and death' ....
https://earthsky.org/human-world/biobots-3rd-state-between-life-and-death/
How did a 1,000 year-old tree from West Africa end up in the centre of Bridgetown when no European or African set foot on Barbados until the 16th century?
The Queen’s Park Baobab is not only old, at 91ft (26m) tall and with a circumference of 81ft (25m), it’s big too. So you’d need at least 15 hand-holding tree huggers to give it a proper squeeze.
@LnzyHou This is older than the St .Croix one.
An interesting, and somewhat alarming article from Smithsonian, definitely bears reading:
'Scientists Have Found Bacteria and Fungi 10,000 Feet Up in the Air' ....
@VelvetDuchess 🙏All my best vibes for you!!
@ATXJane Just saw this post - I hope he's recovering well from this! So sorry for you both!
I'm a bit old-fashioned, love Nature, gardening, books, interested in Science, lifelong GDI, have a hefty dose of imagination and a dreaming heart.