On this busy election day I just had to share a comment from California which was also reported on Diane Ravitch and Ned Hamson’s posts:
“As the Executive Director of the League of Women Voters of California, you can imagine my surprise to receive a notice that my Twitter account was suspended with no explanation or reason. That’s right. The day before a Midterm Election, I am unable to access a once critical platform to monitor and share election information”
Do they stand in regimental line, marching in lockstep to the drum beat of determinism?
Somedays must you use a flyswatter to keep those pesky critters together?
Do your thoughts bubble up from below and go prink as hey burst themselves?
Are you obsessively possessed by an idea leech that interferes with doing the dishes?
Do night time dreams ever slip over the great barrier reef to surface on your beach?
Playing in my sandbox with all the whey and curds…
Did you ever think the following: I thought I could, I wished I would, but all I wrote was no damn good?
Survival of the Fittest is the Devil known as Evolution.
My God, how did I ever get so old?
On Wednesday: Have found will? Comb cat. vacuum. mop kitchen, juice camera, get cash…
Example: What kind of spelling is the fourth day of the week? I see it comes from Woden Odin, the chief god in Germanic mythology…
Would you share back? Would it be called a Reply or a Comment? IDK. Cheers
Stumbling over an old Science News edition, July 30, 2021:
Because of the contentious issue of illegal abortions when the woman’s life is in danger, I thought I would share the following–one of several points made in this respected publication:
“Lawmakers in some states are considering abortion rules that apply to a fertilized egg. That includes fertilized eggs that lodge in the wrong spot, the fallopian tube, for example. Called an ectopic pregnancy, it can lead to life-threatening medical emergencies when the growing tissue ruptures the tube and internal bleeding ensues. “These are pregnancies that under no circumstances can become a healthy pregnancy,” Sandoval says. “In fact, if they aren’t treated and continue to grow, they will kill the patient. Laws that apply to a fertilized egg could ‘limit our ability to treat patients for ectopic pregnancies.”
Just thought you might be interested today.
I voted, at the elections office in Athens, Ohio on Thursday. Trying to keep my mind off the election now, but I’m flabber-d-gasted by the brazen mailbox watchers in Mesa, Arizona. This is America? How can they justify that in their mind’s eye? –Like the Nazi workers at the gas chambers? SO, trying to turn my attention to other things, I’ve been leafing through an old journal. I apologize if I repeat something earlier published–my memory for recent and technical things is on vacation. [Looooong vacation I fear.]
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My Unconscious Doesn’t Know I’m Old – In recent dream episodes I’m going for a degree at Columbia University, maybe to accomplish what I fell short of in school. My dorm room has several beds full of jolly students. A QUESTION: Why is it when we’ve gotten a better hold on life it slips away? We learn and the learning goes to naught. (Unless there’s reincarnation). Boy, could I use a dose of that!
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If we can understand a country by the laws it requires to curb dangerous undesirable behavior, perhaps we can understand life by its only law of survival of the fittest and the treasured family genes. Without it would we return to the universal void? Speaking of void, what will accompany the crescendo of climate change? P.S. I know, I know, there’s a smattering of apparent altruism in some animals, but when push comes to shove I believe self survival wins out. In humans it’s much more complicated, since empathy and good deeds can be motivated by an attempt to impress others and/or our need to reassure ourselves that we’re kind after all. Does the motivation behind it matter? What do you think? Can we say that suicide bombers are self-serving altruists?
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I just took Shira Dest’s post testing knowledge of correct grammar use. I haven’t received my score yet, but a couple of items seemed pretty difficult for me. I guess I had better explain my vocabulary–I had just received my Ph.D. after years in college when I was hired at a mental health center in Appalachia. There one of the counselors made fun of my vocabulary, saying it would be over my clients’ heads (grammar?) When I dropped the distinguished and/or proper words from my vocabulary, my vocabulary was lost forever. Of course now the problem is age. But seriously, I first got my vocabulary from Nancy Drew mystery stories. That was long after the black hired ironer of our clothes on the farm (I think her name was Emmy) was kind enough to tell me there was a separate word for “the day after today,” and “the day before today”). I can remember my delight. By the way, did anyone out there ever read Freddy [the pig] detective books?
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I see in my journal that on page 166 of Arik Kershenbaum’s 2021 Zoologist’s Guide to the Galaxy from Penguin Press, that ants and bees are genetic clones, meaning that the individuals aren’t really–in evolutionary terms–separate individuals. True hives, such as those of bees and ants, are much more complex than ours, and their communication is correspondingly more complex.
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You see, I have too much time on my hands and few places to go and jigsaw puzzles get old after awhile. (The only one I gave up on, however, contained no color, and was built with only a two piece puzzle pattern. I put that one in the garbage and taped shut all sides of the box so some unsuspecting soul wouldn’t waste their time. I get my puzzles from the jazzy thrift shop down the street for a dollar. At you-know-where they cost in the teens. I don’t think I posted my last poem:
Although I thought it said “share,” I can’t get a word of it onto my post. But it does go on and on with minute referencing just where and how many of those MAGA stories originate and flourish and the perpetrators. If you’re at all curious about how, go read this long story. You’ll probably want to copy it on your computer. Hint: The facts are related to the Paul Pelosi attack.
Trying one more time to get a reference, by copying a paragraph: “The disinformation surrounding the attack on Mr. Pelosi presented many of the standard elements of alt-right conspiracy theories, which relish a culture of “do your own research,” casting skepticism on official accounts, and tend to focus on lurid sexual activities or issues related to children, often driven by a fear of society becoming immoral.”
nytimes by….maybe you need to subscribe by paying a dollar to read it. Sorry…
Sharm el Sheikh marks the 11th COP that Friedman has covered.
World leaders will meet in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, on Nov. 6 (TODAY) for two weeks of climate negotiations as nations struggle to cut greenhouse gas emissions amid a global energy crisis, war in Europe and rising inflation.
The conference is convened annually by the United Nations. At last year’s summit in Scotland, countries agreed they must immediately do more to prevent a dangerous rise in global temperatures. But fast action has not materialized and the consequences of climate change — including deadly floods in Pakistan, drought in the United States, famine in Africa and heat waves across Europe — are painfully clear.
Tensions between rich polluting countries and poor nations bearing the brunt of climate impacts over the question of who should pay the costs of global warming are expected to mark this conference, known as COP27.
But I’m not laughing… Good reporting, tho
I do enjoy a good ‘ba-zinga’….and this is a great one.
Another MAGA supporter has been outed for being a Chinese spy….
Another pro-MAGA activist has been outed as a Chinese spy, according to the Washington Post.
Just as Elon Musk is taking over Twitter, the company uncovered three China-based operatives pretending to be influencers in American politics as part of an effort to polarize Americans ahead of the 2022 midterm elections.
In a cache of data released by the site, nearly 2,000 users were uncovered as they claimed election-rigging and attacked members of the transgender community. They also promoted pro-China narratives to their American audience.
“The disclosure by Twitter adds to what is known about China-based efforts to influence American audiences by mimicking the strategies Russia-based operatives used to stoke cultural and political tensions during the 2016 election,” said the Post. “In September, Meta announced it had disrupted…
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With an annual summit next month, the United Nations assessed progress on countries’ past emissions commitments. Severe disruption would be hard to avoid on the current trajectory.
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SHORT NOTES FROM NASA
Human activities, such as the burning of fossil fuels, have made Earth’s “puffy coat” warmer. But Earth’s atmosphere can’t simply take off its jacket when it gets too hot. We can, however, stop adding insulation.
There were even disbelieving replies (or comments, whatever) to NASA’s concerns. And of course as I mentioned earlier, there’s a book out denying climate change, with boocoo agreeing responses. I won’t give him the publicity by mentioning his name, but the astrophysicist maintains that “masterful analysis decisively shows that the pessimistic, and often alarming, global warming scenarios depicted in the media have no scientific basis.”
I’m so thankful I didn’t become a teacher!
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MAMA EARTH VS BITCOIN
Excerpt from Greenpeace: Bitcoin’s exponential electricity usage is making the climate crisis worse…
For those who don’t know, Bitcoin is a digital currency known as cryptocurrency. Since 2009, Bitcoin has grown to become the most popular cryptocurrency there is. With that growth has come an explosion in electricity usage — all because the code that makes Bitcoin run is outdated and extremely energy-intensive by design.
13 years since its release, Bitcoin uses as much electricity as entire countries. Bitcoin’s unsustainable growth has already led to the resurrection of multiple coal plants and hundreds of thousands of tons of carbon emissions….
The good news is that Bitcoin doesn’t actually have to use so much electricity. Other less-popular cryptocurrencies are proving that by adopting a more modern coding system, Bitcoin’s energy usage can be reduced by 99%.
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