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Following up on yesterday’s NASA color birds article on their patriotic-themed 42-year-old F-15D and F-18B, let us take a look at the interesting lineup of Artemis III astronauts. While we noted Artemis II was replete with Hornet...
The only approach that works long term is to deeply feel the pain of a mistake and use it to change how we operate. First-time mistakes, especially those that are a mix of painful and fixable, are a part of life. Second-time mistakes...
On Monday 15 June 2026, I visited the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens. I was feeling quite lost and disconnected with the world and myself on this day. As I internally screamed, I forced myself to take this adventure by myself. I...
I am so done with the Scottish "summer". The rest of the UK has been baking in perfect weather for weeks, Scotland has had a couple of days of warm-ish sunshine, and I'm in the south east of the country – the good bit, weather wise. It's...
There's a number of subtle things going on when you redirect output to a file, here's how to do it safely and verify it with strace.
The only time I can remember seeing the 19th century abolitionist John Brown mentioned in a jazz context was in a piece called “The Day John Brown Was Hanged”, written by George Russell for the altoist Hal McKusick’s 1956 album Jazz...
Sunscreen use is increasing, but skin cancer rates are also rising. Does that mean sunscreen doesn’t work, or – even worse – sunscreen might cause skin cancer? This was one of the common sunscreen myths I debunked in this video. Here’s...
Moses of Oxford was one of the most prominent scholars and legal minds in Anglo-Jewry of the 13th century. Born in Oxford to a family of generations of rabbis, he married into another prominent family. He had five children.Two of his...
Chief Justice John Roberts' legal reasoning in the birthright citizenship case is careful and narrow. But it misses the bigger point: The 14th Amendment was written to prevent a permanent underclass in America.I explain in a new column...
Paradigms are sets of rules accepted by groups of people working in a particular field.Scientists agree to them while solving problems deemed important and worthy of a solution. Paradigms, comprised of axioms, i.e. things we hold as...
St. Clare to her friend Agnes. via Mark K.
Yesterday we did a post on how most of the ideas in the techno-optimist movement are just old sci-fi tropes. Tomorrow we'll be talking about some of the AI movement's more cult-like aspects (wait till we get to “Roko’s Basilisk”). This...
Wine tasting notes are full of nouns that reference fruits and other aromatic substances. These are helpful in giving readers a foothold in understanding a wine. If a Syrah smells of blackberry, smoked meat, and black pepper, you have...
sighDidn't get a pic of it but this frame was toast, as in burnt toast. The frame was badly twisted - 3 of the corners rocked. First time I had seen that. I was pissed and whacked the frame on the tablesaw and one corner opened up. Kept...
Vines. Grand Haven, MI (2026) - Nikon F100 / Kodak ColorPlus 200 STATUS: Recovering from too much socializing TODO: Mow lawns (Mine and my stepdaughters) READING: Howm tutorial LISTENING: Wet Leg, "Moisturizer" The in-laws fly out this...