tingilinde

new from the cdc

 

sinƟ = Ɵ

 

you're musical

Even without musical training.

 

a warrior goes to penn

Michael Mann moves to Penn and is taking a somewhat different approach to his global warming fight.  

He's probably got the right mix.

 

 

 

global warming and forests

Change is coming at a fast rate.

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“It was shocking to see trees there. No one knew about them but they were young and growing fast,” said Dial, who first spotted the shadows of the trees on satellite imagery and then took a single-engine plane journey, followed by a five-day hike, to find and study the advancing forest.

“The trees basically hopped over the mountains into the tundra. Going by climate models, this wasn’t supposed to happen for a hundred years or more. And yet it’s happening now.”

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on the state of transportation

A  free ebook largely on moving away from the car.

 

republican strategy?

tilting windmills

Re-aligning wind turbines.  For maximum efficiency it makes sense to point a wind turbine squarely into the wind.  You also want to make sure the turbine isn't in the wake of another turbine as a good deal of energy has been extracted from the wind coming at it.  This means turbines can't be closely packed.  It turns out by misaligning turbines you can give downstream turbines a better shot at minimizing wake.  You loose a bit of efficiency with the alignment, but pick it up - more in fact - with better downstream wind.

a tip of the hat to Greg

 

eric topol on long covid

More is known than in the past - Eric Topol on the current state of knowledge.

One bottom line is we're not out of the woods and you really want to avoid this if possible.  Wearing a good mask and avoiding crowded indoor spaces is smart.

 

 

 

 

 

alito

One of the most powerful Christo-fascists in the country.

 

privacy on android phones

PGPP is in beta

This may be the ticket if you're looking for serious privacy on Android phones.  A friend who is one of the best security experts is an advisor and says it's the real thing.  

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We live in a world of ubiquitous surveillance – data collection about every aspect of our lives, largely by companies whose names we have never heard of and have no relationship with. Critics of these practices are right that not only is this surveillance widespread, but fighting against it is challenging: perfect privacy in the year 2022 is nearly impossible to achieve. Even when users try to protect themselves, companies are incentivized to adapt: to find new ways they can continue to track and collect this lucrative data.

Data brokers, tracking companies, advertisers, network operators, and others will continue to try to circumvent any protections, and our collective task is to adapt to thwart them. When users install apps that collect more data than needed, or those app developers sell the data they collect, user privacy is compromised. Despite the scale of the challenge, we believe that privacy is a fundamental right and so it is our obligation to work towards it.

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helping out a lost dog

Something cheerful for once.

 

raise your hand if you find this disturbing

Sponsorships and pushing 9 year olds.

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Both twins missed their shots, but it was still footage their 39-year-old father could use for the online documentary series he has been developing around their brand, along with a basketball camp and a clothing line. As the economics that surround youth sports has exploded, some parents have fashioned themselves as de facto agents for their young athletes, entrepreneurs who are aggressively promoting their children and priming them for potential endorsement deals as they develop.

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accuracy in dinosaur movies

frog - Itō Jakuchu 1790

 

 

how the game works