Space junk: COLLISIONS ARE NOT A QUESTION OF IF BUT WHEN.

With all the debris that we continue to send into orbit, it's important to keep in mind that this could become a very big problem, very soon. 

https://futurism.com/the-byte/space-junk-disaster-inevitable

Toyota and hydrogen fuel rods

What a great idea! Let's make little devices that could be turned into bombs!

What could possibly go wrong?!

https://www.techradar.com/vehicle-tech/hybrid-electric-vehicles/toyotas-portable-hydrogen-cartridges-look-like-giant-aa-batteries-and-could-spell-the-end-of-lengthy-ev-charging

The big lie started with just one email

The daily show did some actual journalism and found the person who sent the original email about the big lie that the 2020 election was stolen. 

It was a crazy person basing it on literally nothing… and then Fox News and certain well known dipshits ran with it without doing a shred of fact checking. 

Resulting in much of the stupidity we saw between the election and the inauguration, and the nearly $800 million dollar settlement Fox News reached for not even attempting to see if there were any nuggets of truth. 

https://youtu.be/NWZjYZ4b6EE

Why monster hurricanes like Milton are happening in the Gulf. It’s not geoengineering

This is a well researched article that sums up two key things: that there is a ton of bullshit (aka "misinformation") out there about basic science. And there is a climate change effect that is causing bigger storms to form in the gulf. 

And both should serve as a warning to us. We need good science. Not to bury our heads in the sand. And we need to stop with the notion that some crazy person knows what they're talking about because they researched it. 

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/environment/climate-change/article293741614.html

Nature returns. And so do the salmon

A dam was removed on a river between California and Oregon. And lo and behold, the salmon made their way back to the river, as they had years ago before the dam was installed. 

Nature has an amazing means of "finding a way" doesn't it?

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/salmon-swim-freely-klamath-river-1st-time-century-114571347

Zachary Taylor legacy

I love this little nugget. Zachary Taylor had never voted, was unaware that he was nominated for president (after refusing to pay the postage on the letter that informed him of such), and refused to campaign. 

And he won, then died in office. 

Politics are weird, man. 

https://historyfacts.com/us-history/fact/zachary-taylor-never-voted-until-his-own-presidential-election/

Such odd responses

Back in June, there was a proposal (pitched by Democrats) to expand the selective service, so that women would also have to register.  The concept was to help encourage more people (both men and women) to signup for military service.

Senators and Congresspeople had mixed reactions, but in a general sort of sense, there was some agreement that the military needs to be expanded and automatically registering men (rather than having to send back a form), and perhaps some means of expanding the program to women might make sense.

But not everyone felt that way.  Senator Josh Hawley, for example 'derided the measure to put women on equal footing as another "woke" decision being made on behalf of the nation's military.' 

"We need to get reality back in check here. There shouldn't be women in the draft. They shouldn't be forced to serve if they don't want to."

But he also doesn't believe its a womans right to control her own body as it relates to abortion.  

Is it safe to assume he 'respects' womens rights ... as it relates to how they serve men?