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The Ponca Folly House is for sale!
Many years ago I wrote up my personal experience with Follies, as part of my long-term theme of Science as Entertainment. Some of the best science labs were Follies in this sense, structures added to a house or yard purely to entertain or amuse guests or neighbors. One of my personal experiences was a house…
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Cancelleds converging as usual
Shocked shocked shocked: Bari Weiss left the old dying media and built a new media empire in the fake “independent” media so she could make more money. Now she has sold her “independent” “Free” “Press” to CBS so she can return to the old dying media with a more lucrative contract. The purpose of the…
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Seems to prove, did prove
Back in April I was called to serve on a federal jury for a fraud against the SBA loans in the “virus” monstrosity. I couldn’t handle the stress at this age but the feds didn’t allow exceptions for aging. I escaped after one day by stating HONESTLY that my emotions about the “virus” torture camp…
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Should be simple
It’s hardly news that tech algorithms are insane, designed to drive us insane. Here’s an outstanding example. I wrote a glowing Yelp review for the taxi service I use when I’m not in good shape. He does a splendid job of dealing with my elderly slowness, and always remembers everything. (Similar to mail carriers in…
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Controversial but correct
Tobacco has its own calming effect, but smokers are calmer because smokers breathe right. A deep inhale through a resistant tube, then a slow thoughtful exhale. Exactly the prescribed way to activate the calming side of the nervous system. Here’s a description of the best breathing pattern for calming.
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Grange beats Orange
A nice contrast to yesterday’s piece on tribes NOT doing the right thing. In part of the Plains the Mutual spirit still functions. Unsurprising. This is Mennonite territory, Farmers Co-op territory, and Grange territory. High plains farmers are accustomed to working together. Via NiemanLab: High Plains Radio, a collective of small NPR stations in irrigated-circle…
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How to feel old
Somebody at Substack was trying to think of new ways to fund science now that the Feds are PROPERLY cutting off some funding. I don’t give a fuck if Demon Trump and Demon Elon are doing it; letting EVERYTHING depend on politics was always an atrocious idea. I’ve been hammering on it in this blog…
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Printed before written
I linked this story of the Cherokee syllabary in previous item. It’s worthwhile at the current moment, so reprinting it from 2023. = = = = = START 2023 REPRINT: Okie blogger K. Latham posted an interesting brief feature on the Cherokee Advocate, a weekly paper in Tahlequah that was first founded in 1844. I…
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Same question
A few days ago I noted some positive developments in correct handling of Psychopath Trump. Some local elites are learning how to help their own communities, some aren’t. Here’s another some are / some aren’t story, seen via Nieman Lab. Cutting off public broadcasting funds was the right thing to do, even if Trump did…
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Won’t happen
The “city” “government” could solve two problems at once with One Weird Trick, but they won’t. REAL problem: Bums are lighting campfires everywhere for cooking, even in 95-degree weather. Bums cause wildfires everywhere, keeping the fire dept busy and occasionally getting out of control. The “city” doesn’t see this as a problem unless the fires…
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Parcel hoverpost
One of the Post Office podcasts mentioned this. The real thing is even more impressive than the description. An organization required to deliver to ALL THE PEOPLE finds unusual solutions for extreme cases. This hovercraft has served in the remote parts of Alaska for many years. Like a train, it stops at the same place…
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Kraut joke
Seen under ‘engineer jokes’ at Quora, but not really about engineers. = = = = = A Mercedes engineer and a Jaguar engineer are arguing about who has the best quality control. Mercedes engineer says let me tell you how good our quality control is, there’s a test we do. We’ll pull a random car…
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Why not barley?
Random stupid bitching! When I switched back to more or less vegy diet in 2010 after a carny diet led to trouble, I made barley the base. In my previous long vegy period from 1970 to 1990, I had followed hippie tradition with rice. Barley has more complex nutrition than rice. It grows in many…
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An MBS story never told
This is a splendid story. The origin of a world-famous structure is never heard in our media and history books, for a fucking obvious reason. In 1930 San Francisco wanted to build the Golden Gate Bridge. Banks were collapsing and The Holy Market had decided to bomb the whole country. None of the usual funds…
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MASA
The RFK followers do the exact opposite of ‘make healthy’. They focus ever more intensely on every conceivable disease process. Every molecule and atom makes you unhealthy. One atom of anything is enough to kill you. They are making themselves sick. Exactly the same sin committed by the Trump/Fauci monstrosity in 2020. I understand this…
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