Sunday Open Thread: August 6th is the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony
World HistoryOn August 6, 1661, The Treaty of The Hague was signed On August 6, 1806, The Holy Roman Empire ended with the abdictation of Francis II On August 6, 1825, Bolivia won independence from...
View ArticleHIroshima Peace Declaration
PEACE DECLARATION Friends, seventy-two years ago today, on August 6, at 8:15 a.m., absolute evil was unleashed in the sky over Hiroshima. Let’s imagine for a moment what happened under that roiling...
View ArticleMonday Open Thread; August 7 is Assyrian Martyrs Day
August 7 is the 219th day of the year. There are 146 days left.-Today's number is 7-7 is a prime (the 4th prime)- 999,999/7 = 142,857. Any fraction consisting of an integer divided by 7 will have a...
View ArticleDeclining Sperm Counts in the West
According to this July 25, 2017,Scientific American article, https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/sperm-count-dropping-in-western-world/?WT.mc_id=SA_WR_20170802 , Sperm counts in men from...
View ArticleSunday Open Thread: August 13th is Women's Day (In Tunisia)
World HistoryOn August 13, 1521, Imperialist forces under Asshole Cortes captured Tlatoani Cuauhtemoc and conquered Tenochtitlan. On August 13, 1624, The French king Louis XIII appointed Cardinal...
View ArticleMonday Open Thread; August 14 is Social Security's Birthday
August 14 is the 226th day of the year. There are 139 days left.-Today's number is 14-14 is the product of 2 primes, 7 and 2Alrighty. If 14 = 7 x 2, then x/14 = x/(7x2). As we learned in last Monday's...
View ArticleSunday Open Thread: August 20th is Saint Stephen's Day in Hungary
World HistoryOn August 20, 1000, The Hungarian state was founded by Saint Stephen, On August 20, 1083, The first King of Hungary, Saint Stephen, was canonized On August 20, 1926, Japan's public...
View ArticleMonday Open Thread; August 21 is "The Great American Eclipse"
August 21 is the 233rd day of the year. There are 132 days left.-Today's number is 21-21 is the product of 2 primes, 7 and 321 is the sum of the first 6 natural numbers. 1+2+3+4+5+6 = 21 21 is a...
View ArticleIt's Sack Like A Visigoth Day
Be it known that we hereby proclaim World Visigoth Day, aka Sack Like A Visigoth Day May 22 was World Goth Day, and in the comment thread to this post I noted that there was no World Visigoth Day,...
View ArticleSunday Open Thread: August 27th is LBJs Birthday
World History this day0410 -- The end of the Visigoth sack of Rome 1883 -- Krakatoa was destroyed by volcanic explosions 1928 -- Fifteen nations signed the Kellogg-Briand Pact outlawing warUS History...
View ArticleMonday Open Thread; On August 28th remember Emmett Till
August 28 is the 240th day of the year. There are 125 days left.-Today's number is 28-28 is 4 x 7 (more later)28 is the sum of the first natural numbers. 1+2+3+4+5+6+7 = 28 28 is the sum of the first...
View ArticleThe Daily Bucket - August 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 ArticleNo War 2017: War and the Environment (Activism & More)
Stuff has been dribbling into my inbox from worldbeyondwar.org regarding an upcoming event for months now. Today's pointedly said to forward the information to all and sundry, or words to that effect....
View ArticleSunday Open Thread: September 3rd is National Welsh Rarebit Day, Really.
World History this day1260 -- The Mamluks defeated the Mongols at the Battle of Ain Jalut in Palestine 1658 -- Richard Cromwell became Lord Protector of England and his dad's religiofascist state began...
View ArticleMonday Open Thread; September 4 is National Newspaper Carrier Day
September 4th is the 247th day of the year. There are 118 days left.-Today's number is 4-4 is the second squared number 4 is the smallest squared prime 4 is the only even squared prime 4 is both 2...
View ArticleSunday Open Thread: September 10th is World Suicide Prevention Day
World History this day1823 -- Simon Bolivar became President of Peru. 1937 -- Nine nations attended the Nyon Conference to strengthen non-intervention in the Spanish Civil War 1939 -- The submarine HMS...
View ArticleThe Voynich Manuscript Has Been Solved.
No, not clickbait, but not guaranteed either, I suspect.Boing Boing today had this headline The Voynich Manuscript appears to be a fairly routine anthology of ancient women's health advice at this...
View ArticleMonday Open Thread; September 11 is National Day of Service and Remembrance...
September 11th is the 254th day of the year. There are 111 days left.-Today's number is 11-Like 7 and its multiples, 11 and its multiples generate fun fractions (more later) 11 is the smallest positive...
View ArticleSunday Open Thread: September 17th is Batman Day
World History this day 1577 -- The Treaty of Bergerac between the Huguenots and Henry III was signed 1631 -- The Swedish defeated the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Breitenfeld 1941 -- The end of...
View ArticleMonday Open Thread; September 18 is World Water Monitoring Day
September 18th is the 261th day of the year. There are 104 days left.-Today's number is 18-18 is a multiple of 9, 3, and 6, leading to suspicions that it will generate unending fractions (more later)18...
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