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Nicholas Bate cuts through the fear-mongering.
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“You know it makes sense”
Nicholas Bate cuts through the fear-mongering.
Month: September 2020
Nicholas Bate cuts through the fear-mongering.
David Sinclair 2020-09-30 23:21:11
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On the homestead blog: measuring tree heights. Every year at around this time I wander around the property measuring the heights of select trees, to see how much each has grown.
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Building the SPT-HST Legacy: Imaging Massive Clusters to z=1.5
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Measuring tree heights
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Every year at around this time I wander around the property measuring the heights of select trees, to see how much each has grown. Hereās a post about this last year.Once again, the incremental growth throughout the year becomes more obvious when compared with measured heights from the previous yea...Read More - Source: Yellow Cottage Homestead
Training
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More ducklings day 50 (start of week 8)
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The big 5-0. No summary GIF today; I took relatively few pictures, due to being busy with other stuff. But still some fun shots.They really enjoy ripping bits off kale stalks:
Um, you have something on your bill. Several somethings, actually:
A funny expression on Sassa:
Claraās wing feathers a...Read More - Source: Yellow Cottage Homestead
Wednesday Night
āIf I was ever a rare fine summer person, thatās longā¦
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āIf I was ever a rare fine summer person, thatās long ago. Most of us are half-and-half. The August noon in us works to stave off the November chills. We survive by what little Fourth of July wits weāve stashed away. But there are times when weāre all autumn people.ā
Ray Bradbury
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On Morning
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I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning.
If you want more morning magic, hop on over to David Kanigan’s blog….he’s been capturing some magical, morning vi...Read More - Source: Mitigating Chaos
Broad Coalition Urges Court Not to Block Californiaās Net Neutrality Law
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After the federal government rolled back net neutrality protections for consumers in 2017, California stepped up and passed a bill that does what FCC wouldnāt: bar telecoms from blocking and throttling Internet content and imposing paid prioritization schemes. The law, SB 822, ensures that that all …
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How to Keep the Coronavirus at Bay Indoors
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The New York Times – “…But fear of the risk of transmission indoors has fueled a market for expensive devices that promise to scrub surfaces ā and even the air ā clean of the virus. But most of those products are overkill and may even have unintended harmful consequences, experts w...Read More - Source: beSpacific
Mason creates new center to support research in the humanities
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Flu shot clinic for Mason community scheduled for Oct. 13
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Kate Bryan is October Employee of the Month
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Mason professor says rushed Supreme Court justice confirmation could lead to packed court
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Nanotechnology Project to Boost North Sea Gas Production
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Scientists from the University of Aberdeen are developing new technology they claim will be a "game-changer" in enhancing production from North Sea gas fields.Nanotechnology is more commo... Source: Gulfoilandgas.com Top NewsRead More - Source! Wild Well Entertainment!
So many communities are testing poop for Covid-19, equipment is running out
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Quartz – “As the Covid-19 pandemic continues on in the US, state and municipal groups are scrambling to find ways to track of new cases and potential outbreaks. One such method: scanning sewage for bits of the SARS-CoV-2 virus itself. As more cities try to implement wastewater-based epid...Read More - Source: beSpacific
TikTok: Technology Overview and Issues
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CRS report via LC – TikTok: Technology Overview and Issues, Updated September 29, 2020:” TikTok is a globally popular video-sharing smartphone application (app) owned by ByteDance Ltd., a privately held company headquartered in Beijing, China. It is under increasing scrutiny by the U.S. ...Read More - Source: beSpacific
Crows possess higher intelligence long thought a primarily human attribute
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StatNews: “…Research unveiled on Thursday in Science finds that crows know what they know and can ponder the content of their own minds, a manifestation of higher intelligence and analytical thought long believed the sole province of humans and a few other higher mammals. A second study,...Read More - Source: beSpacific
Half a Million Sharks Could Be Killed to Make a Global COVID Vaccine
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Vox – “Conservationists are worried that the mass production of a COVID-19 vaccine could devastate shark populations around the world, as a number of pharmaceutical companies are found to be using oil from the animalsā livers in the development of their vaccines. Squalene, a natural orga...Read More - Source: beSpacific
Investors Are Betting Big On Canadaās New Gold Rush
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This article came to our attention via Oilprice.com These are unprecedented times of pandemic, US election uncertainty, and the rising fear of the potential for violent upheaval. Even legendary investors are advising people to flee to safe havens ... R...Read More - Source! Wild Well Entertainment!
The covid-19 recession is the most unequal in modern U.S. history
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Washington Post article and charts – “Job losses from the pandemic overwhelmingly affected low-wage, minority workers most. Seven months into the recovery, Black women, Black men and mothers of school-age children are taking the longest time to regain their employment.”In the wake...<p class="syndicated-attribution">Read More - Source: beSpacific
House Intel Cmte releases summary ā The China Deep Dive
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“Today, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) under Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) released the unclassified executive summary of its report, āThe China Deep Dive: A Report on the Intelligence Communityās Capabilities and Competencies with Respect to the Peopleās Republic o...Read More - Source: beSpacific
40% of worldās plant species at risk of extinction
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State of the World’s Plants and Fungi – “Kewās State of the Worldās Plants and Fungi project provides assessments of our current knowledge of the diversity of plants and fungi on Earth, the global threats that they face, and the policies to safeguard them. Produced in conjunction w...Read More - Source: beSpacific
Google Pixel 5 uses a hole in the aluminum and a ābio-resinā to enable wireless charging
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