What a pillock

This waste of space, mouth breathing senate candidate wants to know why women over 50 care about abortion.  

Where to begin? How about congrats on understanding one thing in biology; you learned that women reach menopause sometime about that age. But really? You can't understand women's health?!

You just can't make this stuff up. 

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bernie-moreno-ohio-senate-abortion_n_66f22ca3e4b0199dbefaa30b

breaking down plastics

Here's another team working on how to break down polypropylene and polyethylene using a catalyst - relatively cheap materials - to break the polymer chains. 

So far, they've had some success in a test environment. It will be interesting to see if they can try it out on a large scale and see what the effects are, and whether this could be scaled. 

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/09/vaporizing-plastics-recycles-them-into-nothing-but-gas/

To Valhalla

I was sad to learn the Eugene "mercury" Morris passed away. He was another of the greats on that '72 undefeated dolphins team and became their ersatz spokesman. 

Mercury was quite the character, but had a darker side where he got involved with drugs, and spent some time in prison after his playing days.  

But he was always kind of humble about it all and was honest about his mistakes. 

I had the pleasure of interviewing him many years ago. I don't recall where the full recording disappeared off to, but here's a clip I put on YouTube. 

https://youtu.be/RUoNbJFf5KM?si=QMviwImHWSw4GMPZ

A step closer to wireless charging

Tesla had acquired several companies that specialized in wireless charging technology, but that seemed to lead nowhere…

Until this week, when they filed a patent on wireless charging technology. And they have shown how it would work with specific cars. Which would seem to indicate this is how the robotaxis would stay charged while on the road. 

This could be an amazing breakthrough, and I might be a little more enthusiastic if it weren't involving Elon musk. 

But in any case, I'm excited about the evolutionary step that's about to happen. 

https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1144426_tesla-wireless-charging-system-patent

Election-related videos

Under the headline "doing what I can to help,"  I decided to produce some short videos about the election, and more specifically why to vote for Kamala - and why not to vote for the orange menace.

They are being posted regularly to TikTok here 

https://www.tiktok.com/@lostandfoundwdw

And they can all be found in a playlist on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oP3oqLLQjcQ&list=PL2P9RQmz1CVMXc3gilWwaKJfSGzyYjTl3

Feel free to watch, share, or ignore (if that's your thing!) 

A refresher on trumps collusion with Russia

This is a look back at the disinformation campaign - and the subversion of the 2016 election. 

Think it couldn't happen again? Think again. 

https://link.motherjones.com/public/34415116

Specialty license plates in Florida

Among the (very many) specialty license plates that are available in Florida, there is one that is Disney World related. 

But the thing is that specialty plates have a special designation, and proceeds from them must benefit a charity.  Disney World worked with the Make-A-Wish foundation, and donates the proceeds there.

They just announced that they reached a milestone in these donations.

The $3 million raised has helped send more than 300 Florida families on unforgettable wish trips, bringing them happiness and hope when it's needed most. Here's what one mom shared with us after her daughter's wish to visit Walt Disney World was granted:

 

"Disney has always represented magical moments for our family and when Vyla's wish was granted, it was more than we could have dreamt of. I couldn't hold back the tears walking into the park because it was a moment we didn't know we would see. We are so grateful for Make-A-Wish, Disney and all of the people who made these moments possible for our family."