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Living in Nova Scotia's Covid-Free World
Via: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 4 Comments • 6 years ago
“Welcome to Nova Scotia, the land that proves that beating back the virus is possible”
Containing Covid-19 is not easy. It requires effort,first from leaders, both national and local, and then from everyone. America is remarkable for the total lack of leader-ship at the national level.
Trump Administration, in Late Push, Moves to Sell Oil Rights in Arctic Refuge
Via: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 16 Comments • 1 Like • 6 years ago
“The lease sales could occur just before Inauguration Day, leaving the administration of Joseph R. Biden Jr. to try to reverse them after the fact”
I wonder how high the kickbacks are? Gonna need the assistance of an army of shyster lawyers...
Maybe the best ever... the maps, I mean...
By: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 1 Comments • 6 years ago
“Jack Bruce... Ginger Baker... and some guy they picked up to make a trio...”
⇒ The first 10 still existing nations to recognize the US as an independent country ⇒ Map of the regions of China in the 1944 film “Why We Fight: The Battle of China” ⇒ Routes of olive trees in the Mediterranean basin
Kākāpō, the world's fattest parrot, named New Zealand's bird of the year for 2020
Via: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 2 Comments • 6 years ago
“'Mighty moss chicken' brought back from brink of extinction is the first two-time winner”
How can we not love a fat flightless bird alternatively named kākāpō, or "mighty moss chicken'?
Warmongering Female Mongooses Lead Their Groups Into Battle to Mate With the Enemy
Via: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 3 Comments • 1 Like • 6 years ago
“New research finds females of this species engineer conflicts with rival groups to gain sexual access to males outside their group and combat...”
Aggressive females!! ... unless there's a catch?
The foul-smelling fuel that could power big ships
Via: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 12 Comments • 6 years ago
“Engineers think ammonia, if made sustainably, could be a greener fuel for shipping, but challenges remain”
Ships contribute significantly to several types of pollution. Ammonia could help with one of them.
The Dangerous Myth of Good Guys With Guns
Via: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 4 Comments • 2 Likes • 6 years ago
“As with many shootings in which armed bystanders are injured or even killed, the "good guy with a gun" fairytale is just that: a fairytale. It is...”
Erin Wathen has a blog on Patheos, the same hosting site as Fred Clark
