Friday, October 24, 2025
California insurance commissioner issues enforcement action against Tesla | Courthouse News Service
Drinkable water from the sky — A solar device condenses 1.5 liters straight out of air
Just in time for Halloween
https://youtu.be/2Esfyq-gxXc
China lights 12,000 desert mirrors…
Tuesday, October 21, 2025
CEO writes hundreds of thank you notes to staff and still eats in the break room—which ‘always, for whatever reason, blows new employees away’
Monday, October 20, 2025
Sunday, October 19, 2025
On immigration
The Third Amendment (Amendment III) to the United States Constitution places restrictions on the quartering of soldiers in private homes without the owner's consent, forbidding the practice in peacetime. The amendment was a response to the Quartering Acts passed by the Parliament of Great Britain during the buildup to the American Revolutionary War, which had allowed the British Army to lodge soldiers in public buildings.
"This appears to be a flagrant violation of Sec. 715, which states 'No part of any funds appropriated in this or any other act shall be used by an agency of the executive to branch for the preparation, distribution or use of any film presentation designed to support or defeat legislation pending before the Congress, except in presentation to the Congress itself,'" Connecticut Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal wrote in the letter to DHS citing a section from the Anti-Lobbying Act.
Exercising our rights!
The BS we get fed constantly.
Those dolphins…
Saturday, October 18, 2025
Invention that turns air into drinking water wins a Nobel Prize
Wednesday, October 15, 2025
Archaeologists Recruited a Group of Amateurs—and Uncovered a Collection of Roman Treasures
New Alzheimer's Treatment Clears Plaques From Brains of Mice Within Hours : ScienceAlert
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
james Webb Space Telescope
- They managed to capture the before and after of a supernova. It was a fortuitous moment, but it will help us to understand how these events occur.
- They captured two black holes orbiting each other; something that had never been detected previously.
- Following the black hole notion, they saw a black hole that "tore through" a galaxy and left a scar.
- Astronomers think they have found a new kind of dark energy, and in this case, they believe it powers a star - contrary to what we thought we knew about dark energy
- NASA made an estimate of the size of a celestial object (3I/Atlas - one of those "mystery objects" we detected). The JWST looked at it more closely and the astronomers determined it was much larger than they estimated; it’s nearly twice as big as earth. And, they were able to obtain chemical readings of the object, in order to better assess & understand what it is.
Monday, October 13, 2025
ESPN
- They are "woke" (yeah, this was a comment on several times)
- They went away from just focusing on the scores of games, and have too many "stories"
- They are actively engaged in politics
- "Disney" (several comments related to how Disney messed it all up)
- They cover non-mainstream sports
- They try to fan the flames of this, that, or the other
Book club?
Sunday, October 12, 2025
Caeli Energie has invented responsible “aircon” - Grenoble INP - UGA
Michelle Obama's Girls Opportunity Alliance rallying $2.5M for grassroots education
From potato to chip: The next chapter of Lay’s
Crypto world, buckle up for the rug-pull of all time
Trump administration issues layoff notices to more than 4,000 workers during government shutdown
Saturday, October 11, 2025
This has been on my mind for a while now...
It’s no wonder people steer clear of financial advisor types
Innovative Membrane Technology Promises Access to Clean Water
#BanOpenCarry #PublixSafety
Friday, October 10, 2025
Reducing the federal work force
High school students create award-winning invention to solve major health crisis: 'We plan to create this into a real business'
EU commits $638 million to scale up renewables in nine African countries | Business Insider Africa
Scientists manage to convert toxic plastics into fuel - Earth.com
In a peer-reviewed article published in the journal Science, researchers describe a one step route that converts mixed plastic waste into gasoline range hydrocarbons and hydrochloric acid (HCI) at low temperatures.
Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Prince Harry says he wants to work at Disneyland
'Grue Jay' Spotted in a Texas Backyard Is First-of-Its-Kind Hybrid
Sunday, October 5, 2025
That’s bizarre. Mark Sanchez edition.
Saturday, October 4, 2025
On Elon Musk
Rewards programs
The nonsense about the space shuttle
Friday, September 26, 2025
Attacking political perceived political enemies goes against what we are all about.
During her confirmation hearings, Pam Bondi was asked if she would go after Mr Trumps political enemies. There was some back and forth, but she ultimately said no, she would not.
And here we are around 9 months later, and she indicted former FBI director Comey on charges that can best be summed up as "political retribution."
And this comes 9 years after Mr Trump fired Comey for his carrying out the law as director of the organization. Talk about holding a grudge!
This is unacceptable and un American. And you are in the unique position to actually do something about it.
Ms Bondi clearly lied to you. You can and should remove her from her position.
Thursday, September 25, 2025
Oh look another land grab. In your face people!
Delightful.
About another cultish move…
Yeah. How'd that work out for you? Buyers remorse much?
Wednesday, September 24, 2025
Climate change results in rare hybrid bird between green jay and blue jay: Study
Watch "BOMBSHELL CLAIM: TRUMP DID NOT WIN 2024, ELECTION MANIPULATED" on YouTube
Tuesday, September 23, 2025
Stellantis Is Working on a Battery That Will Be More Efficient
We really are this stupid
Elon Musk Says We'll All Have 'Best' Medical Care, Food, Housing and 'Everything Else' And A Universal 'High' Income When Robots Take Over By 2030
Sunday, September 21, 2025
EV range extender
MIT’s Window-Sized Device Pulls Drinking Water From Thin Air, Even in the Desert
Landing on Titan a look back
Disney announces new details for Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster Starring The Muppets
The New Meta Ray-Bans Might Be Your Next Disneyland Tour Guide
Friday, September 19, 2025
My conflicted views on Disney
I am still a fan of the theme parks. Though, I have to admit that the way they've changed bothers me in some way - because its become somewhat of a playground for the wealthy.
But the company on the whole often rubs me wrong. They are all about the bottom line, staying on top in entertainment (including sports), and currying favor poltically.
And then they made a decision to suspend (or is it fire?) Jimmy Kimmell from the show he hosts. Which a certain orange menace cheered about.
This should not be the accepted behavior of an entertainment company that has its hands in so many pots. There is still freedom of speech, and Kimmell's show was still profitable. But he made a political comment and that was the end.
Once again, here we are...
This whole story actually hurts…
The student wound up calling the chair of the department and recording that conversation and posting it (not sure if that's a crime in Texas, but whatever). The chair said nothing would happen, and wanted to move on.
A single college football matchup took place at two different stadiums this weekend
Disney Patent Targets AI Projection for Real-Time Animatronic Faces in Theme Parks
Ok. That’s kind of amusing.
Wednesday, September 17, 2025
1972 Miami Dolphins
Here's a current look at the players who are still with us...
http://disneyworldpodcast.net/1972Dolphins/
60 years after Gemini, newly processed images reveal incredible details
Monday, September 15, 2025
That’s just hilarious
Sunday, September 14, 2025
DNA Revealed a Surprising Twist About Christopher Columbus
'This does not look right': Scientists accidentally measure ultrahot ring around black hole using rare 'double zoom' technique
Workplace harassment attorney sues Syracuse airport authority for refusing her advertisement
How do you like that?
Friday, September 12, 2025
From flatscreens to bioimaging: Putting sargassum seaweed to good use
Lawsuit says Musk's Tesla hires visa holders instead of Americans so it can pay less
Shell promises 10-minute EV charging with its magical battery fluid
Study links frequent, severe heat waves to pollution from major fossil fuel producers
Why a non-Pride mural in West Palm Beach remains untouched by the Florida Department of Transportation
Exclusive: US warns hidden radios may be embedded in solar-powered highway infrastructure
Thursday, September 11, 2025
Did the Perservance Rover find life on Mars?
"The combination of these minerals [ iron-containing minerals vivianite and greigite], which appear to have formed by electron-transfer reactions between the sediment and organic matter, is a potential fingerprint for microbial life, which would use these reactions to produce energy for growth."
I'll take victories, large and small
Two groups - PennEnvironment and Three Rivers Waterkeeper - filed a lawsuit against a company called Styropek, for the dumping of plastic particles in the waterways around their factory near Pittsburgh.
The National Environmental Law Center handled the suit, and said this:
Concerned citizens first found plastic pellets floating in the Ohio River and nearby Raccoon Creek. They eventually traced the plastic upstream to a Styropek facility that manufactures plastic pellets. Outside the facility, they documented the pellets floating in the water and covering aquatic vegetation and the banks of the creek.
Now, with this settlement, Styropek is agreeing to completely redesign its stormwater collection to capture all of its pellet waste. This will have a direct impact on the Ohio River Basin and help protect clean water in western Pennsylvania.
After the redesign, Styropek must install new, cutting-edge monitoring technology to track and capture any plastic pellets that otherwise would have escaped the property and entered local waterways like Raccoon Creek and the Ohio River. The settlement imposes an automatic fine if that tech should detect even a single pellet.
In addition, Styropek will pay a $2.6 million penalty for violating the Clean Water Act. That penalty is one of the largest of its kind in Pennsylvania history, and will support efforts to clean up the plastic pellets that are already polluting the Raccoon Creek and Ohio River watershed.
Plastic pellets, frequently referred to as "nurdles," are typically about the size of a lentil. Once released into the environment they act as "toxic sponges," absorbing toxic substances from the surrounding water, including pesticides, heavy metals, and even bacteria and viruses. Fish, birds and other wildlife can then accidentally swallow these toxic plastic bits.