Better stationary battery [Click] They are coy about the chemistry, but I figure it is probably a ferrous/ferric pair. Big improvement over lithium ion for storage of intermittent electricity, long-lasting and safe (no fires or explosions like lithium ion batteries). They’re big, so not suited to autos.
Spent much of yesterday supervising the spouse as he prepared his mud hole for the arrival of a digging machine today to expand the ditch into pond size. Some humans seem to have beaver genes, much as some have earth moving genes. Others are into plants, as was Bartram to whose travels we owe much about the condition of the Georgia and Florida coast when inhabited by indigenous peoples. There is an online event this coming Sunday featuring a documentary "Cultivating the Wild," which is also showing on PBS. Our friend, James Holland is featured as one of the modern day guides. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bartram-symposium-tickets-149979796609? I do not know how links work here.
Oh, and Naomi has her first dose of the [Pfizer, most likely] vaccine this Friday. Everyone 16+ is now welcome in California. Lots more places to get the vaccine, too.
Root*Center*Son went to get what he thought was his first Pfizer shot today, and found out they had planned to give J&J today...only it has been paused...so he was rescheduled to MAY 13th!!! Arghhh!! He will attempt to find an empty slot somewhere, but with so many now displaced, that's going to be hard to come by.
16 year olds may sign up beginning next Monday here.
It's a real relief when your kids sign up and get the vaccine, isn't it?
The Biden Boom Is Already Wild [Click] “ As happened a century ago after the last world-transforming pandemic, we could be in for a period not just of prosperity, but delirium.”
Age range seems younger than mine by about twenty years, so that's good. And six cases out of 7 million shots seems very low. Not sitting here sweating, lol!
Dropped about fifty gabqapentin in my lap this morning. Glad I wear robes alla time. Had I been wear pants, I'd have been down of the floor for a loooong time!
Better stationary battery [Click] They are coy about the chemistry, but I figure it is probably a ferrous/ferric pair. Big improvement over lithium ion for storage of intermittent electricity, long-lasting and safe (no fires or explosions like lithium ion batteries). They’re big, so not suited to autos.
ReplyDeleteI left notes on the last thread. Let's all hope today is a less crazy day, eh?
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DeleteSpent much of yesterday supervising the spouse as he prepared his mud hole for the arrival of a digging machine today to expand the ditch into pond size. Some humans seem to have beaver genes, much as some have earth moving genes.
ReplyDeleteOthers are into plants, as was Bartram to whose travels we owe much about the condition of the Georgia and Florida coast when inhabited by indigenous peoples. There is an online event this coming Sunday featuring a documentary "Cultivating the Wild," which is also showing on PBS. Our friend, James Holland is featured as one of the modern day guides.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bartram-symposium-tickets-149979796609?
I do not know how links work here.
Very cool to know one of the guides! We'll try to catch the show. Might have to tape it.
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First, a group of “Republicans in Chaos” stories:
ReplyDeleteRepublicans Seek Truce Between Trump and McConnell [Click]
Nikki Haley Says She’ll Support Trump In 2024 [Click]
Trump Escalates Attacks on McConnell [Click]
Chaos erupts at South Carolina GOP meeting as Conspiracy Theories Take Center Stage [Click]
GOP Risks Making Midterms About Them [Click]
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ReplyDeleteDemocrats Dare GOP to Filibuster Anti-Asian Hate Crimes Bill [Click]
Democrats Aim Big on Health Care [Click]
Democratic Pollsters Admit ‘Major Errors’ In 2020 [Click]
And on to Coronavirus [and it’s not yet 9AM on the east coast!]
ReplyDeleteU.S. Pauses Use of J&J Vaccine [Click]
Oh, and Naomi has her first dose of the [Pfizer, most likely] vaccine this Friday. Everyone 16+ is now welcome in California. Lots more places to get the vaccine, too.
Sweden has highest new Covid cases per person in Europe [Click] So much for their naturally acquired herd immunity plan. This on top of just letting their old folks die.
Michigan should shut down again to combat Covid surge, CDC chief says [Click]
Root*Center*Son went to get what he thought was his first Pfizer shot today, and found out they had planned to give J&J today...only it has been paused...so he was rescheduled to MAY 13th!!! Arghhh!!
DeleteHe will attempt to find an empty slot somewhere, but with so many now displaced, that's going to be hard to come by.
16 year olds may sign up beginning next Monday here.
It's a real relief when your kids sign up and get the vaccine, isn't it?
Some disaster news, and then I will stop for the morning:
ReplyDeleteWisconsin poised for devastating wildfire season as hundreds of blazes rage [Click]
Looks like a bad fire season shaping up in California as well. [Click]
Sea levels are [on track] to rise by at least 20ft. We can do something about it [Click]
‘They couldn’t care less’: plan to solve sewage crisis in Illinois town merely ‘a patch’ [Click]
NHS staff are suffering from ‘moral injury’, a distress usually associated with war zones [Click] Must be the same in the US and many other countries.
As I was just now making a pot of coffee, I saw there is a pair of mallards paddling around in our swimming pool! (It's not the first time.)
ReplyDeleteHow fun!
DeleteWow, Alan, today you sure made up for lost time yesterday!
BBC Travel: In the ancient Mississippian settlement of Cahokia, vast social events – not trade or the economy – were the founding principle.
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New power module attached to communications satellite [Click]
ReplyDeleteComplications of human gene editing [Click]
ReplyDeleteThe Republican Party Finds a New Group to Demonize [Click]
ReplyDeleteDavid Frum: Why GOP Voter Suppression Efforts May Backfire [Click]
ReplyDeleteFull article here. [Click] “Misperceptions and rage are blinding Republicans—and their voter-suppression measures may backfire.”
My primary care physician has referred me to a pulmonologist for evaluation. Cue the hypochondria.
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DeleteAre you having some concerning symptoms?
IRS Losing $1 Trillion a Year in Uncollected Taxes [Click] A nice round figure, that. . .
ReplyDeleteSenate Republicans Close to Embracing Earmarks [Click] Do I hear someone saying “bipartisanship?”
ReplyDeleteThe Biden Boom Is Already Wild [Click] “ As happened a century ago after the last world-transforming pandemic, we could be in for a period not just of prosperity, but delirium.”
ReplyDeleteHmmmm. . . I wonder what a nice Owen Magnetic would set me back. . . [Click]
DeleteOn my first try, I found a pretty nice looking one for only $149,500! I don't think I will be taking out a new mortgage on our house just yet, though.
DeleteFunsies with my vaccine. I will be at at four weeks tomorrow. . . .
ReplyDeletehttps://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/13/us/politics/johnson-johnson-vaccine-blood-clots-fda-cdc.html
Age range seems younger than mine by about twenty years, so that's good. And six cases out of 7 million shots seems very low. Not sitting here sweating, lol!
DeleteThere might well be six cases of any number of things out of seven million.
DeleteAnd the chance of coming down with severe (or even fatal) covid-19 if not vaccinated is WAY MORE than six out of seven million.
DeleteCapitol Police Told to Hold Back on Riot Response on Jan. 6, Report Finds [Click] “Despite being tipped that “Congress itself is the target” on Jan. 6, Capitol Police were ordered not to use their most powerful crowd-control weapons, according to a scathing new watchdog report.”
ReplyDeleteVTcases 21,388-21,291 = 97
ReplyDeleteActive Cases:3554
Deaths 233 (x2)
Recovered 17,601 (82.3%)
Hospital 30(+1) ICU:5(+1)
Tests 367,280(+649)
Alan, glad you are feeling so good, lol!
ReplyDeleteDropped about fifty gabqapentin in my lap this morning. Glad I wear robes alla time. Had I been wear pants, I'd have been down of the floor for a loooong time!
ReplyDeleteGood catch!
DeleteAnd, BTW, it's the first two weeks after getting the J&J that is the worrisome time. You should be fine.