Tuesday, August 10, 2021

Water Beads (it's really a thing)

 



16 comments:

  1. Those are pretty. What do you do with them?

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    1. New to me also, puddle; I went looking on the InnerTubes and found some information here. [Click]

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    2. I have my doubts that they would show up in an X-ray.

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    3. Wow, I've never heard they can grow like that. These were at my 3 year old grand's birthday party. Mama is an artist and a certified teacher of art, having worked previously teaching art to K-6 grades. So she was likely aware of the potential. She sat beside the bin of water beads and watched it closely. Now I know why!

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  2. Krugman: Climate Denial, Covid Denial and the Right’s Descent [Click] “[It ] isn’t as bad as we thought; it’s much, much worse.”

    Alternative site [Click]

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    1. A new Civiqs poll finds that only 14% of Republicans surveyed are very worried or somewhat worried about the Delta Covid-19 variant.
      Meanwhile, 49% of independents and 87% of Democrats are worried.

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    1. When you look at reproductive rate, the numbers of ALL native-born groups are or will be declining. Population growth is entirely from immigration.

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  4. https://healthweather.us/map/ohio-OH/montgomery-county-39113?mode=covid_risk

    This site has my county in it because I just used it, but you can enter your own location to find out how the plague is spreading, or not, in your area.

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  5. So as of today, 70% of Cook County residents have received at least one Covid-q9 shot. That's 70% of all residents, not just of those vaccine-elegible. Slightly over 54% have received two shots.
    Seventy percent is an arbitrary number, but ti's a reasonable estimate of when herd immunity starts to kick in. Let's hope.

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  6. Cuomo resigns as Governor of New York. I expect it ought to be on every news site.

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  7. Days of wine and olives: how the old farming ways are paying off in Spain [Click] “The ‘no-plough’ regenerative methods adopted in small vineyards have spread to olive groves and leading wine producers – boosting biodiversity and profits.”

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  8. AQI now reported to be 71, "moderate." At 7PM we shall commence pulling weeds in the front yard for about an hour.

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