August 22, 2016 Open Thread, Saint Nessie's Birthday
August 15 is the 234th day of the year. There are 131 days left.Today's number is 22Today's number is Twenty-Two22 is the product of two primes, 2 and 11 Being a product of 11 generates some fun we'll...
View ArticleAugust 29, 2016 Open Thread, happy Feast of the Beheading of John the Baptist
August 29 is the 241th day of the year. There are 124 days left.Today's number is 29Today's number is Twenty-Nine29 is a prime 29 is copper 29 Palms is a small town in the California Desert 29 Palms is...
View ArticleThe Daily Bucket - August 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 ArticleSeptember 5, 2016 Open Thread, happy International Day of Charity
September 5 is the 248th day of the year. There are 117 days left.Today's number is 55 is the third prime 5 is the third Sophie Germain prime 5 is a Fermat prime 5 is the only prime that is the sum of...
View ArticleSeptember 12, 2016 Open Thread, El Batallon de San Patricio
September 12 is the 255th day of the year. There are 110 days left.It is National Chocolate Milkshake DayToday's number is 1212 is divisible by 2, 3, 4, and 6. making it a great base for a number...
View ArticleCops Harassing Citizens at the Request of Oligarchs
California has no AG Gag laws or regulations, but it has a lot of AG, a lot of which is big and locally powerful. So some people just documented an example of CHP and Fresno Sheriffs trying to enforce...
View ArticleSeptember 19, 2016 Open Thread, International Talk Like a Pirate Day
September 19 is the 262th day of the year. There are 103 days left. Today's number is 1919 is a prime number (the eighth prime) The only magic hexagon with more than 1 cell has 19 cells 19 is potassium...
View ArticleIs this the end of Halloween & Ronald McDonald?
they captured an evil clown in good ol' Kaintuck. Per the BBC: www.bbc.com/...,Jonathan Martin, 20, was charged with wearing a mask in a public place and disorderly conduct in Middlesboro.In other...
View ArticleBig Sugar and Heart Disease
This link: UCSF Study will take you to an article titled:UCSF reveals how sugar industry influenced national conversation on heart disease written by Elizabeth Fernandez , UC San Francisco Monday,...
View ArticleSeptember 26, 2016 Open Thread, I spy with my little eye Anthony Blunt
September 26 is the 269th day of the year. There are 96 days left. Today's number is 26Uh, 2 x 13, both primes 26 is Iron 26 is "breakfast" a notorious darts score where an attempted score of 180 (3 x...
View ArticleThe Daily Bucket - September 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 ArticleSunday OT, Legalized Theft by Cops, or not --
One of the more nefarious violations of human rights enacted during the "War on Drugs" was the legislation enabling the police to steal anything they want from people. All they have to do is assert...
View ArticleOctober 3, 2016 Open Thread, German Unity Day
October 3 is the 276th day of the year. There are 896 days left. Remember Captain Jack! And while you're at it, Howl at something!Today's number is 33 is the first odd prime (aren't they all just a...
View ArticleOctober 10, 2016 Open Thread, World Mental Health Day
October 10 is the 283rd day of the year. There are 82 days left. Today's number is 1010 is the base of the decimal number system. Since many others such as 12 make more sense, we must assume that it is...
View ArticleBRICS plan to boost the economy & fight terrorism (Brazil, Russia, India,...
Meanwhile, as the US puts its efforts into global hegemony, regime changes and installing predatory neo-liberal capitalism as a global economic system regardless of who it must support and ally itself...
View ArticleOctober 17, 2016 Open Thread, International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
October 17 is the 290th day of the year. There are 75 days left. Today's number is 1717 is a prime 17 is the sum of the first four primes (2,3,5,7) 17 is a Fermat Prime 17 is the minimum possible...
View ArticleOctober 24, 2016 Open Thread; United Nations Day
October 24 is the 297th day of the year. There are 68 days left. Today's number is 2424 is 2 (a prime) x 12 (a great number system base) as well as 4 factorial24 is the sum of two primes, 11 &...
View ArticleOctober 31, 2016 Open Thread; Samhain (north)/ Beltane (south) / Halloween...
October 31 is the 304th day of the year. There are 61 days left. Winter's Eve.Today's number is 3131 is a prime, and a mersenne prime at that31 is galliumM31 is the Andromeda Galaxy31 Flavors is Baskin...
View ArticleThe Daily Bucket - October 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...
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