Tuesday, October 19, 2021

Autumn River


 

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  1. There is fog rising from the river this morning.

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    1. Is this good because it means there's moisture enough to create fog, or bad because it means moisture is evaporating from the Earth?

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    2. Mostly it means the air is cool enough to allow the water vapor to condense into fog (which disappeared quickly as the sun rose farther).

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  2. The Mystery of Why Our Ancestors Left Africa [Click] “An enduring scientific debate is about humanity's past—and its future.”

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  3. What is the difference between NASA's SLS (space launch system) and SpaceX's Starship? [Click] The crew capsule is being attached to the SLS now, and SpaceX will, as far as I can discern, send off a test flight in 2022 or [more likely] 2023.

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  4. Unfreezing the ice age: the truth about humanity’s deep past [Click] Adapted from The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity by David Graeber and David Wengrow WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW! Really great stuff!

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    1. Here is the book review in The Atlantic [Click], which doesn’t give nearly as much of the flavor as the above article seems to.

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    2. I am immediately reminded of The Amesbury Archer [Click], as well as the Archer’s Companion, The Stonehenge Archer and the Boscombe Bowmen [Click]

      And I think I finally have this comment coded correctly!

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    1. OY!

      I hope it doesn't become harder with each dose (as it has, so far, for me)!

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  6. About an inch of rain expected in Fresno this coming Sunday-Monday [Click] Rather early, but we can certainly use it! A couple of inches in the foothills.

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