This young woman deserves to be Time’s Person of the Year and so much more. https://apple.news/AjuXNcKZMQSCJodMxL93gSg
Month: December 2019
Biggest risk to our agricultural strength is farmers who are not going bankrupt because of tariffs
Each individual farmer who leaves the business of producing food on American farms makes this country weaker. One of the most dangerous things Trump's agricultural tariffs have produced is a surge in bankruptcies rather than the needed surge in financial support as they attempt to develop new approaches to impending disaster. https://www.ecowatch.com/farm-bankruptcies-2641366835.html? Farm Bankruptcies Are … Continue reading Biggest risk to our agricultural strength is farmers who are not going bankrupt because of tariffs
Useful news if you have an Apple Card — 6% discount & iPhone financing
Apple offers iPhone financing for Card holders Dec. 10, 2019 9:12 AM ET|About: Apple Inc. (AAPL)| Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) Card holders can purchase an iPhone in 24 monthly payments with no interest. The payments will be bundled in with the minimum Card payment in the Wallet app. Apple is also offering a 6% discount at its retail stores for purchases … Continue reading Useful news if you have an Apple Card — 6% discount & iPhone financing
Easy eating pattern to follow and lose
The Salt What's On Your Plate Eat For 10 Hours. Fast For 14. This Daily Habit Prompts Weight Loss, Study Finds December 8, 20196:00 AM ET Heard on Morning Edition A new study finds that time-restricted eating helped overweight people who were at high risk of developing Type 2 diabetes lose about 3% of their … Continue reading Easy eating pattern to follow and lose
Thawing and melting in the Arctic is going to impact us soon & hard
It's almost a sin to look at any National Geographic article in black and white. Please just click thru and read it on the website https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2019/12/arctic/ Warming at the poles will soon be felt globally in rising seas, extreme weather Ice loss, permafrost thaw, fires: Trouble in the Arctic and Antarctic could cause shocks to … Continue reading Thawing and melting in the Arctic is going to impact us soon & hard
Just heard this on WQXR’s Holiday channel and came to a complete stop. Find it.
If you want to just hear this fantastic version of "The 12 Days of Christmas" go to https://youtu.be/b39-JvglZic Oh my. Nothing on YouTube comes close. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/david-chase-tells-the-boston-pops-to-ring-those-christmas_b_5a242795e4b05072e8b56a1d David Chase Tells The Boston Pops To Ring Those Christmas Bells 12/03/2017 11:43 am ET David Chase, Broadway’s top arranger, music director, composer, and every other job title you … Continue reading Just heard this on WQXR’s Holiday channel and came to a complete stop. Find it.
5 Best science books of 2019
Y'all know I have an insatiable thirst for new ideas for books to read. Yes, I realize there's a silliness to the search as I become more aware every year that I would never read even the books on hand before I die. But oh, the hunt! The joy of finding something that makes the … Continue reading 5 Best science books of 2019
Link to the House Judiciary Ctte 55-page analysis of standards for an impeachable offense
I'm a big believer in reading source materials rather than listening to a talking head what they think it said. https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/democrats.judiciary.house.gov/files/documents/HCM%20FINAL%20v.3.pdf
Imagine a wildfire that is “too big to put out” — that’s the fire near Sydney
These fires cannot be put out regardless of the available resources, a truly frightening concept. It's hard to even grasp the scale of the blaze. As usual with the climate crisis, there's no reason to believe that this event will not repeat. (Link to a story describing the dessication process in the outback.) https://www.newsweek.com/fire-too-big-put-out-may-blanket-australias-biggest-city-smoke-months-1476020 ire … Continue reading Imagine a wildfire that is “too big to put out” — that’s the fire near Sydney
Maybe we’re not being creative enough in fighting malaria
So often medicine follows the path started at the beginning rather being creative, as was done here. But what a shame that researchers didn't make more of an effort to document the recipes for each soup. Downright criminal. If care is not taken now, we may find later that a key local ingredient cannot be … Continue reading Maybe we’re not being creative enough in fighting malaria
Clearing up air pollution pays off immediately in better health and fewer deaths
I've lived long enough to remember the orange sky in Los Angeles in the 60s and how you literally couldn't see the Boeing Vertol plant on the side of I95 near Philadelphia. The difference when the Clean Air Act rules were broadly applied was simply miraculous. What was equally amazing is that businesses did not … Continue reading Clearing up air pollution pays off immediately in better health and fewer deaths
Fanatic “Cats” fans, here’s the list you need
This list has entirely too many photos and video clips to put here, but if you can't live without all the details of every cat that will appear in the movie, what they do, and who is appearing in the role, you won't be able to miss this. https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/607048/guide-to-cats-the-musical-movie
Abycats' Thoughts 