The story is about a Greek school which will close after this school year. When you have no children – who said “Demographics is Destiny”? It’s a situation playing out across Europe and beyond. The region has 16 of the world’s top 20 oldest nations, particularly in Southern Europe, according to the independent World Population … Read more
A brief interview excerpt; the constraints – electricity and chips
He finished five days ago. Both short videos are worth watching. lots of fun. And another. Can’t get enuff of ol” Greybeard.
So is the Center for Disease Control (CDC) easily pressured to give an answer Health and Human Services wants or are they really professional and this is legit? Answer depends on which party you belong to….? CDC omits Pennsylvania measles deaths from weekly update pending review State officials have said there were two measles-associated deaths … Read more
At least one person has died after a flash flood tore through Grand Canyon National Park, causing significant damage to hiking areas. Authorities are still searching for more than 20 missing people On August 29, floodwaters pummeled Bright Angel Canyon, a ravine that feeds into the Grand Canyon, and Phantom Ranch, the lodge at the … Read more
This guy is good – short and sweet.
This is from the WSJ – a column by the excellent Tim Higgins. “Selling the Dream of SpaceX Was the Easy Part. Now Elon Musk Has to Hang On” I have excerpted the last four short paragraphs & note “rocket science” comment. The entire column was about SpaceX initial quarterly report — Yet not everyone … Read more
An amusing article – Victorian Age as in the 19th century. Turns out it took the properly dressed woman 10 to 20 minutes to get dressed. How they went to the bathroom is at the end of the article. Victorian fashion, like many aspects of British society during Queen Victoria’s reign, was defined by order, … Read more
Brigid went for a walk over the dam Friday.
Dr. Birx – you may remember her from her colored scarves at press conferences early in the Covid lockdown. She resigned and retired early on, when it came out that she’d broken protocol to travel to see family members. During the press conferences I thought she was a lot sharper and more nuanced then Fauci.