Monday Open Thread: May 27 is Amelia Bloomer's birthday
May 27 is the 147th day of the Gregorian Calendar year, Boomtime, Confusion 1, 3185 YOLD (discordian), And let us not forget 13.0.6.9.8 by the Mayan Long Count--Amelia Bloomer was the editor and...
View ArticleOpen Thread: Rescue clover, help bees,soil, and water; boycott Scott's, and more
This is largely based on a newsletter from Beyond Pesticides which may be found here: https://beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/2019/04/planting-clover-this-earth-day/It, in turn relies upon and cites...
View ArticleMonday Open Thread: June 3 is World Bicycle Day
June 3 is the 154th day of the Gregorian Calendar year, Prickle-Prickle, Confusion 8, 3185 YOLD (discordian), And let us not forget 13.0.6.9.15 by the Mayan Long Count The Zoot Suit Riots were a series...
View ArticleJune 5 Open Thread: It's World Environment Day
It's Day 156 of the Year 2019 CE (Gregorian), meaning that it's June 5, 2019 (Gregorian), or 13.0.6.9.17 by the long countenvironmentDefinitions from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English...
View Article6-7-1494: A Dark Day In History!
This should be a Universal Day of Mourning. As I notes elsewhere today, this is the anniversary of the Treaty of Tordesillas between Spain and Portugal on June 7, 1494 which divvied up the so-called...
View ArticleMonday Open Thread: June 10 is Ballpoint Pen Day, Portugal Day & La Rioja Day
June 10 is the 161st day of the Gregorian Calendar year, Sweetmorn, Confusion 15, 3185 YOLD (discordian), And let us not forget 13.0.6.10.2 by the Mayan Long Count-Bridget Bishop was hanged as a witch...
View ArticleThe Daily Bucket - May 2019 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 ArticleBotswana declred that homosexuality is not criminal today
overturning a colonial law. According to the Christian Science Monitor, a panel of 3 high court judges unanimously affirmed that:“A democratic nation is one that embraces tolerance, diversity, and...
View ArticleJune 12 Open Thread: It's Loving Day
It's Day 163 of the Year 2019 CE (Gregorian), meaning that it's June 12, 2019 (Gregorian), or 13.0.6.10.4 by the long countNot like that, silly, "Loving" as in Loving v Virginia, the 1967 US Supreme...
View ArticleBloomsday open thread - It's Bloomsday!
Yes, boyz and gurls, it's Bloomsday, so here's to Leopold Bloom and also Molley and her famous last line: "I was a Flower of the mountain yes when I put the rose in my hair like the Andalusian girls...
View ArticleMonday OT: June 17 is World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought...
June 17 is the 168th day of the Gregorian Calendar year, Pungenday, Confusion 22, 3185 YOLD (discordian), And let us not forget 13.0.6.10.9 by the Mayan Long Count--Today is a very busy day and one on...
View ArticleJune 19 Open Thread: It's Juneteenth, everybody!
It's Day 170 of the Year 2019 CE (Gregorian), meaning that it's June 19, 2019 (Gregorian), or 13.0.6.10.11 by the long count Before I start, I'm going to toss in one bit of unrelated history, a...
View ArticleMonday OT: June 24 is Bannockburn Day and Midsummer Day
June 24 is the 175th day of the Gregorian Calendar year, Setting Orange, Confusion 29, 3185 YOLD (discordian), And let us not forget 13.0.6.10.16 by the Mayan Long Count This was a day of significant...
View Article6/26 Open Thread: Time for Degrowth
- Date Stuff: We use these names for months derived from Roman and Teutonic Gods and goddesses and suchwhat, and, really? How about 6, spelled SIX, for the sixth month, it's at least not magical. And...
View ArticleThe Daily Bucket - June 2019 Yard Report
A 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 ArticleMonday OT: July 1 is International Tartan Day
July 1 is the 182nd day of the Gregorian Calendar year, Boomtime, Confusion 36, 3185 YOLD (discordian), And let us not forget 13.0.6.11.3 by the Mayan Long Count-So today, The Church burned some wrong...
View Article7/3 Open Thread: Time for Degrowth part II
Date Stuff: 7/3/1988 This would be a good time to remember the 224 adults and 66 children who were killed when the USS Vincennes shot down Iran Air Flight 655, seemingly to teach Iran a lesson or...
View ArticleMonday OT: July 8 is Kevin Bacon's Birthday
July 8 is the 190th day of the Gregorian Calendar year, Prickle-Prickle, Confusion 43, 3185 YOLD (discordian), And let us not forget 13.0.6.11.10 by the Mayan Long Count Kevin Bacon, who is linked to...
View Article7/10 Open Thread: So What's Your Poison?
Date Stuff: 7/10/1913 The temperature in Death Valley, California, hit 134 °F, allegdly the highest temperature ever to be recorded on Earth.This is kind of true, within "normal parameters". The...
View ArticleMonday OT: July 15 - The Zebulon Pike Expedition
July 15 is the 196th day of the Gregorian Calendar year, Sweetmorn, Confusion 50, 3185 YOLD (discordian), And let us not forget 13.0.6.11.17 by the Mayan Long Count-Dunno much about Mistah Zebulon...
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