🐛 Monarchs!
Suddenly, I have 9 caterpillars and 9 eggs!
The egg is white until shortly before it will hatch.
Then it becomes translucent
and one can see the black of the caterpillar's head.
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LA Times: Coronavirus surge slowing in California, but don’t expect a repeat of reopening fever. [Click] The graphs sure do make a point—that reopening, even limited, was definitely too soon.
ReplyDeleteProgressive Cori Bush scored a stunning upset victory over longtime Rep. William Lacy Clay in the Democratic House primary in Missouri's 1st District on Tuesday. [Click]
ReplyDeleteMissouri votes for Medicaid expansion over GOP governor's objections. [Click] By constitutional amendment, no less.
Hurrah for our essential workers, and for Vermont giving then their due in hazard pay!
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Neil Young is suing DT
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Rashida Tlaib wins Democratic primary—decisively. [Click]
ReplyDeleteVery happy to read this.
Delete20,000 absentee ballots are being mailed by Connecticut town clerks one week before primary [Click] A royal screw-up; lack of experience is not an excuse for blazing incompetence IMO.
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ReplyDeleteGOP senator on Trump accepting nomination at White House: 'Is that even legal?' [Click] A large demonstration should overshadow the acceptance speech.
OHIO: As of Wednesday afternoon, there have been at least 96,305 confirmed or probable cases in the state, 3,596 deaths, and 11,231 hospitalizations, according to the Ohio Department of Health.
ReplyDelete3.78%
DeleteHey, Susan, good news! The # of hospitalizations is actually the cumulative number. For example, this is from Ohio last week on Tuesday, July 29th:
"According to the Ohio Hospital Association, 1,122 COVID-19-positive patients were being treated in Ohio’s hospitals on Tuesday. Of those patients, 348 were in the ICU and 174 were on a ventilator."
'It's whiplash': Dead people may yet get their stimulus checks [Click] “It’s a surprising twist in the months-long back and forth within the government over whether the deceased are eligible for the payments.”
ReplyDeleteCoronavirus Rescue Bill Set for Friday [Click] Well, we shall see.
ReplyDeleteThe AP says there is a lot of negotiating to go.
DeleteAlso a lot of posturing [AKA playing chicken], I dare say.
DeleteVT: 1436 known cases (+5)
ReplyDelete57 deaths (x 1 wk)
130 active cases
Recovered 1254 (+5 )
In Hospital 1(0)
Tests 98,990 (+189, storm)
U.S. Hiring Slowed Dramatically [Click]
ReplyDeleteFrom behind a paywall: voting intention among young African Americans increases dramatically if Biden has a Black running mate—possibly enough to make the difference between winning and losing.
ReplyDeleteFauci Says U.S. Has Worst Virus Outbreak [in the world] [Click]
ReplyDeleteCoronavirus Testing Is Dropping In the U.S. [Click]
Anthony Fauci Says He’s Hired Security To Protect Family From Death Threats [Click]
Iowa ends lifetime voting ban on people with felony convictions [Click]
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ReplyDeleteOn Læsø, houses are thatched with thick, heavy bundles of silvery seaweed that have the potential to be a contemporary building material around the world. [Click]
ReplyDeleteAustralians and New Zealanders have long argued over who invented the pavlova, but the authors of a new book have found the dessert’s origins go back much farther. [Click]
ReplyDeleteTrump After Portland [Click] The president’s aggressive tactics against protesters have already damaged the reputation of government agencies, and therefore their effectiveness. All right as far as it goes, but I should suggest (and have) that the author overlooks two factors: (1) Impersonation of a police officer is a crime, albeit either a misdemeanor or a felony depending on the jurisdiction; the federal agents were wearing uniforms that said “POLICE” front and back, and they were not. (2) The public in general has at least a hazy understanding that the Nuremberg Defense [“I was only following orders.”] is not valid.
ReplyDeleteCovid-19 may spread more easily in schools than thought, report warns [Click] US health body highlights risks of reopening after outbreaks in state of Georgia and in Israel.
ReplyDeleteNice work holding down the fort today, Alan. I had a full day reorganising all the caterpillars and eggs, dealing with Tussock Moth caterpillars on our Milkweed (!!! I may not have enough to feed the Monarchs we already have!), watching the newly fledged Bluejays trying to figure out how to eat from our bird feeder, weeding crabgrass out of the clover, and (most significantly) tending a toothache. I called the dentist this morning and learned that they are only open Mon, Tues, and Thurs now. Heh. So I left a message and hope to get in tomorrow. I think it may be a cavity, but if so it's affecting the root. Ouchy! I hope it's easily mended and not the start of a root canal process.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I am grateful for the links for easy catch-up!
Hope the tooth can be dealt with simply and easily.
DeleteThank you, Bill~!
DeleteWhat Bill said. I needed a root canal once, and the pain was so bad that if I hadn't been able to get in to see the specialist that afternoon, I would have had my regular dentist pull the tooth. It was bad. But zero problem since then. The discomfort and its source can be rather different. In any event, good luck and easy fixing!
DeleteThis evening it was really pleasant in the back yard. Nice view over the river bottom and of the lowering/setting sun, with a nice breeze. Miyoko had watered the flower bed we were weeding, and that made the job easy. Yesterday I was pulling out grass in a front yard flower bed (second evening of that) and by left hand is lecturing me about it today. Glad to be of service re the news--I did manage to sneak in some non-political stuff.
Deleteby left hand = my left hand.
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