https://bestlifeonline.com/layering-mask-covid-news/ THIS COULD INCREASE THE LEVEL OF EFFICACY YOUR MASK HAS IN FILTERING OUT VIRAL PARTICLES. By KALI COLEMAN JANUARY 13, 2021 iStock Face coverings have been used heavily to protect against COVID since the start of the pandemic, but there may be more that you can be doing with your masks. Recently, people have been spotted … Continue reading Making your mask more effective
The rate of Earth’s spin seems to be accelerating
For once, a fun story about our environment. https://gizmodo.com/the-rate-of-earth-s-spin-appears-to-be-accelerating-1846017758 The Rate of Earth’s Spin Appears to Be Accelerating George DvorskyFriday 12:41PM Earth as seen from space. The year 2020 will be remembered for many things, most of them unpleasant, but it will also be remembered for being one of the fastest on record, due to our … Continue reading The rate of Earth’s spin seems to be accelerating
Great sci-fi and fantasy from 2020
https://www.polygon.com/22220762/best-books-2020-sci-fi-fantasy The best sci-fi and fantasy books of 2020 to catch up with Stretching from the expanse of space to sagas right here on Earth By Andrew Liptak Jan 10, 2021, 10:20am EST 2020 was quite the year for science fiction, but it wasn’t all about escaping to other worlds. It’s easy to imagine flights of fancy in … Continue reading Great sci-fi and fantasy from 2020
20 useful tips for new (or old) Apple Watch owners
https://www.macrumors.com/2021/01/08/20-apple-watch-tips/ 20 Useful Tips for New Apple Watch Owners Friday January 8, 2021 1:20 pm PST by Juli Clover If you recently got an Apple Watch or know someone who did, there are a lot of useful hidden little tips and tricks to take advantage of. We've rounded up 20 helpful tips that new Apple Watch owners … Continue reading 20 useful tips for new (or old) Apple Watch owners
Polar vortex split could produce wild weather in U.S.
Click thru to see some splendid photographs and graphics illustrating what's likely to be ahead. See also: https://nypost.com/2021/01/06/displaced-polar-vortex-could-bring-freezing-temps-storms-to-nyc/ and the beautiful long article in the National Geographic: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2021/01/the-polar-vortex-is-coming-raising-odds-for-intense-winter-weather/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2021/01/05/polar-vortex-split-cold-snow/ The polar vortex is splitting in two, which may lead to weeks of wild winter weather A sudden stratospheric warming event has pushed the polar vortex … Continue reading Polar vortex split could produce wild weather in U.S.
Kindle Challenge Award rather fun — once you find out about it
Am not sure whether this program is widely available in the U.S. or not. Seems like a lot of trouble to go to for a $5 discount. Amazon launches Kindle Challenge Award System January 4, 2021 By Michael Kozlowski 17 Comments Amazon has just launched a new Kindle Challenge system. It allows users to engage in quests and get $5 … Continue reading Kindle Challenge Award rather fun — once you find out about it
WhatsApp’s relationship with Facebook about to be inescapable
Bill McKibbin, a voice about the climate crisis always worth hearing
Our Best Chance to Slow Global Warming Comes in the Next Nine Years By Bill McKibbenJanuary 7, 2021 The 2015 Paris agreement’s commitment to try and hold temperature increases to 1.5 degrees Celsius brought a new level of seriousness to the climate fight.Photograph by Britta Pedersen / dpa / AP Subscribers to The Climate Crisis newsletter … Continue reading Bill McKibbin, a voice about the climate crisis always worth hearing
100 restaurants we can’t lose without diminishing our national character
A song of praise for 100 unique restaurants that our country can't afford to lose. https://www.esquire.com/food-drink/restaurants/a34864761/restaurants-america-covid-19-pandemic-service-industry/? 100 Restaurants America Can't Afford to Lose We're raising a toast to these spots around the country—old and new, scruffy and spiffy—because if we lose them, we lose who we are. By Esquire EditorsDec 29, 2020JACK X. LI (ANTEPRIMA). COURTESY … Continue reading 100 restaurants we can’t lose without diminishing our national character
A sci-fi show to catch on HBO Max
This sounds rather peculiar but tasty for those (like me) who enjoy odd sci-fi. Fair warnings, its Rotten Tomatoes score is 51. https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/code-46-scifi-movies-on-hbo-max/amp SIX MONTHS BEFORE the release of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, another captivating sci-fi romance told the story of two people who attempt to erase their own memories after a painful breakup. But unlike Michelle Gondry’s instant … Continue reading A sci-fi show to catch on HBO Max
In defense of cookbooks
I used to have a very large library of cookbooks but sold or gave away hundreds of them as part of my effort to stop having stacks of books all over my apt. The process (plus a wholesale adoption of Amazon's Kindle) worked, but cookbooks are still one of two categories on books on paper … Continue reading In defense of cookbooks
A beautiful series set in India worth subscribing to Acorn TV
Acorn TV is the resting place for any number of British series that you wanted to watch, but never did. Now you have another compelling reason to join and binge. All six episodes are available now. https://mashable.com/article/thanks-i-love-it-a-suitable-boy-design/ Mira Nair's 'A Suitable Boy' is a visual feast set in post-colonial India BY PROMA KHOSLADEC 30, 2020 Welcome … Continue reading A beautiful series set in India worth subscribing to Acorn TV
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