Here’s another in the list of benefits of solar panels. They protected the fields underneath and gave cows a place to graze that was out of the sun.
Sunday, October 11, 2026
RIP Margaret Hamilton, whose code saved the Apollo 11 Moon landing - Ars Technica
Sadly, we lost a true pioneer in the field of software development. And a pioneer who literally saved the Apollo 12 mission with her calculations.
The fact that she was a woman is icing on that cake in a way….
Friday, October 9, 2026
How Do Ocean Buoys Stay In Place In Deep Water?
This is kind of an interesting (though brief) look at how navigational buoys stay in place. It’s simple, yet takes some engineering.
Monday, October 5, 2026
A collection of liars
As I have noted previously, the political ads on tv are all just hokum. Complete and utter lies and misrepresentations to sway the gullible. (Though I do wonder how many among us are as yet undecided?)
This guys platform will cost taxpayers a gazillion dollars! We can’t afford that!
This woman is a socialist. She’ll empty prisons and defund the police and the military! You have to choose between socialism and freedom!
What the actual …?
But the one that really struck me was Byron Donalds who is running for governor in Florida. He has an ad where his wife does most of the talking and he just plays along with an “awe shucks” vibe. The critical thing to notice is that she says they were poor and working two jobs just to get by!
And then I stumbled onto this older interview where he specifically says the job situation is great and that no one makes the federal minimum of $7.25. And blah, blah, blah.
Right. So you just say whatever and hope people don’t notice or don’t care. Because people are gullible.
I also have to ask - though of course it doesn’t much matter because everything is fiction - how he went from “dirt poor” to “successful” and hobnobbing with the elite.
I guess he’s another one of those politicians who got his, and "who cares?" about everyone else.
Sunday, October 4, 2026
David Rivera, former congressman, gets 10 years in prison
Oh the hubris. Sure, sure, get elected to Congress to serve the people and uphold the constitution.
All the while, working for the Venezuelan government to promote their interests.
And if you think he’s the only one engaged in such shady nonsense, I have a bridge to sell you in Brooklyn….
Supreme Court to weigh energy companies' bid to end Boulder climate-change lawsuit - CBS News
Reading about this lawsuit reminds us of just how deep the energy companies tentacles go… the main question to the court is whether federal law will even allow this suit to proceed.
Even though the underlying question of whether the energy sector is doing harm. Because the energy company is making money and has federal protections. Environment and people be damned.
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