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Good Things from 2020

Posted on January 4, 2021 by Steven Popkes
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(Picture from here.) I had a different entry primed for this day but, since it is the first of the year, it seemed to me I’d look at some interesting science that has happened in the last year. I set … Continue reading →

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Posted in Science | Tagged biology, physics, space, Steven Popkes | 1 Reply

Magical Thinking

Posted on December 21, 2020 by Steven Popkes
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  (Picture from here.) As I sit here and write this on 12/14/2020, the last few electors in the electoral college are voting. The last few states are Hawaii, California and Oregon– another 66 electoral votes, officially making Biden president-elect. This is … Continue reading →

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Posted in Adaptation, creativity, Science | Tagged biology, evolution, politics, Steven Popkes | 3 Replies

Doom Fatigue

Posted on December 7, 2020 by Steven Popkes
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  (Picture from here.) I am so tired of being… well, tired. I’m tired of spent hacks trying desperately to hold on to power. Tired of one side being outraged at the other only to find the other side just as outraged. … Continue reading →

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Posted in Science, technology, Uncategorized | Tagged dinosaurs, Mars, Moon, space, Steven Popkes | 5 Replies

Birds, Whales and Tortoises in the skies

Posted on November 22, 2020 by Jill Zeller
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I’m on a constellation binge. They crept into a short story I’m writing, and the resulting research has filled my head with ideas, not always a good thing. Hopefully soon, my dear fan, I will veer into another subject and … Continue reading →

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Posted in birds, Culture, mythology, Science | Tagged Andromeda, Cetus, constellations, Draco, Heracles, Jill Zeller, mythology | Leave a reply

Gaia Strikes Back

Posted on October 25, 2020 by Jill Zeller
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Deities like to send plagues to, well, plague us. God, the one with the capital “G”, has done a lot of things, but one act is clear, it’s this popular deity who sent 10 plagues to Egypt as payback for … Continue reading →

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Posted in Feminism, mythology, Science | 4 Replies

Dispatch from Oregon

Posted on September 13, 2020 by Jill Zeller

Tomorrow, Sunday, when this is published, things will be exactly the same. The 24-hour time span between this writing and when you read this, oh dear fan, will not make a difference. Air quality index right now: 445 parts per … Continue reading →

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Posted in Lifestyle, Nature, Personal, Science, tragedy | Tagged climate change, Jill Zeller, Oregon fires, trajedy

Of Tomatoes and Bald Faced Hornets

Posted on August 9, 2020 by Jill Zeller

On the latter creature in the title I didn’t intend to spend a lot of time, but I did. In my observations of hornets in general, baldfaced hornets are f**king big. They build “paper” nests, using pulp scrapings they take … Continue reading →

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Posted in gardening, Humor, Science | Tagged beneficial insects, growing tomatoes, Humor, Jill Zeller, organic gardening

Masked

Posted on April 5, 2020 by Jill Zeller

My grandmother was a dressmaker. I’m not. She taught me how to sew, and I did sew because I liked having cool clothes. I still do like cool clothes, but I gave up sewing decades ago for the ease of … Continue reading →

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Posted in Crafts, Fashion, Humor, Politics, Science | Tagged dressmakers, face masks, Jill Zeller, process, sewing

Turn OFF the Radio!

Posted on March 22, 2020 by Jill Zeller

The husband, poet and thus master of acerbic one-liners, finally has a Twitter page after I pestered him about it. His most recent tweet regarded his dismay that, even though we are homebodies anyway, sheltering-in-place being a lifestyle we embrace, … Continue reading →

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Posted in Blogs, Culture, Humor, Politics, Rants, Science | Tagged Jill Zeller, left and right politics, social distancing

Unintended Preparation

Posted on March 10, 2020 by Madeleine E. Robins

I was twelve, I think, when I discovered Berton Roueche, a features writer who had a column called “The Annals of Medicine” in the New Yorker for something like five decades. I believe the Weekly Science Reader (or something like … Continue reading →

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Posted in Health, Research, Science | Tagged Berton Roueche, epidemiology

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