tingilinde

elon's funhouse

Troubles at the house of Musk

a tip of the hat to Jim

 

juno takes a close look at io

The spacecraft is returning some remarkable views.

 

nice steve chu talk on the business of global warming

About eight years old, but still good.  Very little progress during the DJT years - arguable negative.  

on kindness

Something most of us know intuitively - unexpected positive consequences

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Scientists who study happiness know that being kind to others can improve well-being. Acts as simple as buying a cup of coffee for someone can boost a person’s mood, for example. Everyday life affords many opportunities for such actions, yet people do not always take advantage of them.

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where global warming is moving more slowly

Although not warming as quickly, these areas have their own troubling stories.

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On the flip side of the world’s global warming hot spots: parts of the planet that are warming more slowly than others, often much slower than the global average of about 1.1 degrees Celsius (2 degrees Fahrenheit) since the middle of the 20th century

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free covid tests

The US government has just offered four more free Covid test kits. 

Order yours here.

 

happy birthday sukie!

 

 

Happy Birthday Sukie!

 

I''m so lucky you agreed to marry!

 

 

shaken, not stirred

I don't follow the BMJ, but December is when a few odd papers seem to appear

from a few years back

 

 

christo-fascists

A piece on christian nationalism in the US.

 

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It’s often hard to know who actually believes in Evangelical theology, who attends church regularly, and who treats being Evangelical as less of a spiritual or religious orientation and more of a cultural or political orientation.

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Views like Fuentes’s won’t be embraced in the mainstream of Republican politics, but they will shift the boundaries of mainstream discussion simply on account of being introduced into mainstream dialogue. In this way, Trump and his allies have given seats at the table to extremists who wouldn’t have been mentioned a decade ago.

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beyond hunter biden's laptop

Funny how Mark Meadowns phone is turning out to be everything Hunter Biden's laptop was supposed to be plus a whole lot more.