40 year old data undermines dietary dogma
Scientific American included the following article in its April 25 e-mail:...
View ArticleSaturday Song Open Thread - Catfish Blues
Hey, it's songday. I pick a song that I believe warrants it and publish an assortment of the covers of that song by various persons and or groups. Pick a few that are new to you and have a listen. It...
View ArticleMay 1, 2017 Open Thread; International Workers' Day or Labour Day
May 1 is the 121st day of the year. There are 244 days left.-Today's number is 1-One is the first non zero number - really? Try "integer" One is also the first odd number - ditto One is the...
View ArticleSaturday Song Open Thread - Crosscut Saw
Hey, it's songday. I pick a song that I believe warrants it and publish an assortment of the covers of that song by various persons and or groups. Pick a few that are new to you and have a listen. It...
View ArticleMay 8, 2017 Open Thread; V-E Day
May 8 is the 129th day of the year. There are 236 days left.-Today's number is 8-8 is 2 cubed Base 8 math is Octal, which is a computer thing, at least on older machines There are 8 bits in a byte, at...
View ArticleSaturday Song Open Thread - Crossroads Blues
Hey, it's songday. I pick a song that I believe warrants it and publish an assortment of the covers of that song by various persons and or groups. Pick a few that are new to you and have a listen. It...
View ArticleMay 15, 2017 Open Thread; International Conscientious Objectors Day
May 15 is the 135th day of the year. There are 230 days left.-Today's number is 15-15 is the product of 2 primes, 3 and 5 15 is the magic number for a 3 by 3 magic square 15 is phosphorus 15 balls are...
View ArticleThe Daily Bucket - May 2017 Yard Report
The Daily Bucket is a regular feature of the Backyard Science group. It is a place to note any observations you have made of the world around you. Insects, weather, meteorites, climate, birds and/or...
View ArticleVoting, GOTV and Creating Voters
I hope to do a series on solutions and tools for solving our various problems leading up to an analysis of everyday revolutionary acts, like sharing. Voting is a natural place to start, especially...
View ArticleThe Svalbard seed bank started flooding
We built a seed bank to preserve food crop seeds against all disasters and catastrophes and buried it in the the world's biggest deep freeze, the Arctic permafrost. It is buried inside a mountain on...
View ArticleMay 22, 2017 Open Thread; International Day for Biological Diversity
May 22 is the 142nd day of the year. There are 223 days left.-Today's number is 22-22 is the product of two primes, 2 and 11 Being a product of 11 generates some fun we'll look at later 22 sevenths has...
View ArticleLet's Defund the US War in Syria
Well, this is supposed to be e-mailed, but I’m going to try posting it here. The link takes you to a page to send a pre-composed nastygram to your senators and representative on this matter which you...
View ArticleHappy Birthday Sierra Club -- Eastern Forests Move West
On May 28, 1892, John Muir organized the Sierra Club in San Francisco. Now, 125 years later we find eastern forests moving West & North. There are no reports of Treebeard, however, and their march...
View ArticleMay 29, 2017 Open Thread; World Digestive Health Day
May 29 is the 149nd day of the year. There are 216 days left.-Today's number is 29-Today's number is Twenty-Nine29 is a prime 29 is copper 29 is a song by Steve Earle 29 Palms is a small town in the...
View ArticleSupreme Court Victory for the Right to Tinker in Printer Cartridge Case
Important news reprinted verbatim from the EFF website: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/05/supreme-court-victory-right-tinker-printer-cartridge-case News Update by Kit Walsh May 30, 2017 The Supreme...
View ArticleBike Summit News
Bicycling and walking are good for the health of the participants, those living nearby, the planet, and the US healthcare system.The exercise generates healthier people and reduces the load on the...
View ArticleRepair Cafes and the return of the Repair ethos
When I was young most towns, villages, suburbs and such had "the repair guy"; a little shop with gaskets and parts for most household appliances and gadgets, vacuum tubes and a tube checker,...
View ArticleSunday Open Thread: Balloons & Freddy Fender
US History It is 15 days until Juneteenth; 15 days and 152 years and equality before the law, let alone full equality is still pretty much of a hoax.Science On June 4, 1783, the Montgolfier brothers...
View ArticleJune 5, 2017 Open Thread; World Environment Day
June 5 is the 156nd day of the year. There are 209 days left.-Today's number is 5-5 is the third prime 5 is the...
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