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In Case You Missed It, December 28th, 2020
By: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 9 Comments • 1 Like • 6 years ago
Is the Distribution of Vaccines the Biggest Trump Screw Up Yet? A Christmas gift: Cherokee Nation stores heritage seeds in Svalbard Global Seed Vault The Resistance: In the President’s Relentless War on Climate Science, They Fought Back Proof versus Evidence The New York Times Hasn’t Heard...
ANOTHER Delicious stack of MAPS
By: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 58 Comments • 2 Likes • 6 years ago
“"Where food is grown" is probably fascinating for many.I couldn't care less.”
US States by Human Development Index, 2019 Where food is grown in the USA Counties in the US with a Spanish speaking majority US states with KKK groups Median age by congressional district
CHRISTMAS Garage Sale
By: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 30 Comments • 6 years ago
“Catching up after a couple busy days...”
Vote fraud in swing-state Pennsylvania There’s a Way Biden Can Raise More From the Rich Without Higher Taxes How Community Land Trusts can advance racial equality in our cities Plant of the Month: Venus Flytrap Black man, 71, held naked and at gunpoint by police in South Carolina Trump...
Vaccines, Vaccines, Vaccines - Why Doesn't Everyone Have One or Two? - Center for Economic and Policy Research
Via: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 5 Comments • 1 Like • 6 years ago
“Every day we delay mass availability of a vaccine comes with an enormous cost. The question is what can be done now to accelerate the process of...”
Warp Speed is in fact Wimp Speed
New Zealand village turns off street lights to stop birds crash-landing on to roads
Via: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 3 Comments • 6 years ago
“Westland petrel fledglings have been hitting the roads, possibly mistaking the lights for bioluminescent fish they feed on”
People can be pretty cool sometimes. Here's an entire town (small town) agreeing to give up lighting to save these birds. That is cool.
Weird radio beam probably isn't aliens but it's the best candidate yet
Via: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 8 Comments • 6 years ago
“The Breakthrough Listen project has found a strange beam of radio waves from Proxima Centauri, which is the team's best candidate yet for an alien...”
I've been a sucker for "first contact" stories since I was a kid. Contact was a lousy movie. I've watched it four or five times. Klaatu barada nikto
Why Do They Spell Phishing With 'ph?' An Unlikely Homage
Via: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 3 Comments • 6 years ago
“Back in the counter-culture days of the U.S., a group of people developed an obsession with telephone systems. It gave us the first hackers, the...”
I've always loved old machinery. Antique car or motorcycle museums are among my favorite tourist magnets. Weird valve trains! Yay! Steam engines from the 1880s, with gargantuan flowery foundry... Water pumps as big as houses... Primitive computers are coming up on the horizon.
Kelly Loeffler's Atlanta Dream WNBA Team Wants Her Out
Via: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 2 Comments • 1 Like • 6 years ago
“Elizabeth Williams and the Atlanta Dream were key to Raphael Warnock's rise. The WNBA players have no plans to step back now.”
These women put their careers on the line. WNBA players don't make a fortune. When their playing days are over, they have no reserve. This is courage.