#science #temperatures

If you've ever wondered why something made of metal feels coder/hotter than something non-metallic but should be the same temperature - here's the answer

https://youtu.be/vqDbMEdLiCs

It's started.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-transition-team-compiling-list-current-former-us-military-office-rcna180489

#truth

gaetz

Winkler for the win

#cosomusic #blues

Gov't Mule: Wake Up Dead

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsUMwn3WxAA

Even more interesting quote below uses infor from https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/02/trumps-immigration-plan-is-even-more-aggressive-now/677385/but is not a direct quote

Well this is interesting

She's right but he won't take her advice

Mary L Trump
@MaryLTrump
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5h
To President Biden and all elected Democrats: Stop playing by rules that no longer exist. At this point, it's not just spinelessness, it's complicity.

nailed it

#drought

https://phys.org/news/2024-11-nasa-satellites-reveal-abrupt-global.html

An international team of scientists using observations from NASA-German satellites found evidence that Earth's total amount of freshwater dropped abruptly starting in May 2014 and has remained low ever since. Reporting in Surveys in Geophysics, the researchers suggested the shift could indicate Earth's continents have entered a persistently drier phase.

#plastic #recycling #pollution

https://phys.org/news/2024-11-global-policies-plastic-linked-carbon.html

Study finds four global policies could eliminate >90% of plastic waste and 30% of linked carbon emissions by 2050

1.Mandate new products be made with 40% post-consumer recycled plastic
2.Cap new plastic production at 2020 levels
3.Invest significantly in plastic waste management—such as landfills and waste collection services
4. Implement a small fee on plastic packaging

#Indigenous #Art #carving #Masks

https://macleans.ca/culture/behind-the-northwest-coasts-ferociously-feminist-masks/

Behind the Northwest Coast’s Ferociously Feminist Masks
A new exhibit spotlights 80 years of carving by Indigenous women from the Northwest Coast

Featuring the work of 14 Indigenous women carvers from the Northwest Coast, the exhibit spans 80 years of artistry. ...

Tit for tat

seems appropriate

Over on the dead bird site I had 150 followers depart this past week - they've all chosen to go to another site that doesn't value their privacy significantly more than Twitter did. Gotta follow the herd it seems

#CaffeineClub #coffeeholics

When (like me right now) you are just waking up

@stuckinaredstate this is going way too far. At this age was riding my bike all over South Vancouver, going over the bridge to the main airport to watch the planes take off, at a much earlier age I was walking by myself over to my grandfather's house 4 blocks away and so on.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/mom-arrested-kid-walk-alone-1.7382340

A Georgia woman was arrested late last month after her 10-year-old walked to their rural town alone, sparking a debate about whether childhood safety fears have gone too far.

#truth