Sam
DEMOCRACY, anti-insurrection, liberal, science, education, climate, entomology, Led Zeppelin, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Clash, Celtics, Ravens
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@celticsfanaticentomologist That's a rough road she's had.
Some not so good news today. My darling older sister has adenocarcinoma, in the head region. Apparently is eminently treatable with massive quantities of chemotherapeutic. Waiting for a CATSCAN/PETSCAN to identify and locate the index tumor (or something like that). The just completed biopsy was a salivary gland somewhere in her neck. Right now is just wait and see.
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Someone left a plant stem for dead, so I took it home with hopes of helping it recover.
Life is finding its way 💖💚
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Five Memphis police officers involved in the deadly beating of Tyre Nichols have been indicted by a federal grand jury. https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/12/us/tyre-nichols-police-officers-indicted/index.html
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MTG will claim the throne and gavel by fiat. Then she’ll get the Repugs to vote in a rule that removes any means for Democrats to win seats. I put nothing past these traitors.
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@celticsfanaticentomologist There’s so much beautiful country to be explored! My son and his girlfriend have been hiking to some magnificent places, the last was Sawtooth National Forest last week!
#hiking #nature #waterfalls
Apologies if I've already posted this, but is my favorite from this recent trip. It's Trillium Lake, Mt. Hood National Forest. Mt. Hood is in the distant background.
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'Sobering' data shows US set record for natural disasters, climate catastrophes in 2023
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Good morning wonderful people.
Live streaming coffee seems like a good idea this morning.
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Ravens suckin'...
The “Big One” Missing From Trump’s Indictments
By Marc Elias (Democracy Docket), September 8, 2023
https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/the-big-one-missing-from-trumps-indictments/
An enlightening read...
‘How am I in this war?’: The untold story of Elon Musk’s support for Ukraine
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/09/07/elon-musk-starlink-ukraine-russia-invasion/
This is interesting, and seems critical to the all-hands-on-deck approach that's needed. I'm definitely no expert, but it will somehow need to be integrated with wildfire ecology and natural burn regimes.
Alaska firefighters experiment with targeting blazes to save carbon
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The New York Times
BREAKING NEWS
Even as President Biden heads to Vietnam, Hanoi is making secret plans to buy weapons from Russia in contravention of American sanctions.
Vietnamese officials see the deal as a way to hedge against Chinese military power in the region.
Taking "...a wrecking ball to the highest court in the land...".
Alito will not recuse in case involving lawyer who interviewed him
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/09/08/alito-recusal-wall-street-journal-rivkin/
This is disturbing, to me mostly a sign of diminished military readiness, simultaneous with the Tuberville antics.
The Inside Story of How the Navy Spent Billions on the “Little Crappy Ship”
https://www.propublica.org/article/how-navy-spent-billions-littoral-combat-ship
Quantum batteries that charge wirelessly might never lose efficiency
Today’s batteries lose efficiency – or “age” – through use, but theoretical quantum batteries might be immune to the problem if they are charged wirelessly
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Them: "Have a great weekend!"
Me: "What weekend?"
There are no weekends in September. Only a mad crunch to get everything done before FY end. #worktoot
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THE BEST STONES TUNE EVURRR
Sam
DEMOCRACY, anti-insurrection, liberal, science, education, climate, entomology, Led Zeppelin, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Clash, Celtics, Ravens
Joined Nov 2017