tingilinde

relying on the past

When incorrect dogma is believed - and kills.

a tip of the hat to Roland

 

 

a little remarkable

Joan Baez 

 

thrust reversers and three point turns

poking at the patent system

It appears Arthur Paul Pedrick had some fun with his retirement.

a tip of the hat to Bjarne

here are a few of his patents

 

 

on the big lie

Some disturbing numbers..

The Republicans are pushing this to make sure they control future elections.  Truth happened to get in the way.

 

 

 

 

"I got one!"

Body cam footage of a GOP hero on Jan 6.

 

 

space debris and global warming

The issue of a thinner upper atmosphere with increasing CO₂ is much worse than I had expected.

It seems clear anything orbited should have an active mechanism to de-orbit.

 

 

 

the lost month

A year ago February -- we didn't have to go through what we did.

snip

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A handful of Asian countries made rapid moves in February of last year to curb COVID-19, including instituting comprehensive testing for SARS-CoV-2 and tracking people who tested positive. “But the rest of the world sat on their hands,” says Liu. She and her colleagues assessed how the WHO communicated risk during February 2020, and decided that the agency’s cautious weighing of incomplete evidence may help to account for why many countries failed to take action.

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wind turbine emergency exit

summiting

Just what is a summit?  And does it matter?

 

on liz cheney

People lionizing Liz Cheney shows how far we've fallen.  Articulating the bare minimum for a participatory democracy isn't leadership.  We've fallen very far.

Doing something about it - probably building a new party - would be a sign of positive leadership.  This has happened several times in American history.

 

 

 

most unconstitutional?

Perhaps not, but it's in the running,

 

lines and linemen

Wooden utility poles and telegraph and telephone lines...

 

physics girl and the moving mud puddle

on napoleon

On the bicentenary of his death.

snip

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Recent discussions about Napoleon show that his legacy is a far from settled. It’s interesting that many of the official channels promote the importance of debate and discussion when talking about Napoleon. The La Villette exhibition on Napoleon even has a manifesto to this effect. But a cursory glance at social media and newspaper columns show that the debate about Napoleon’s legacy is very much still ongoing.

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I had no idea of his connection to Swiss history.

a tip of the hat to Bart