A New Robot For Littler Kids

The typical robot these days (such as the Makeblock DIY mBot and the Tomo) hooks up to an android or iOS device, via blue tooth, and allows for programming using a scratch-like programming language. For somewhat younger kids, and for kids who do not happen to have a tablet they are allowed to use because … Continue reading A New Robot For Littler Kids →

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The Truth About Trump’s Human Trafficking Claim

The Trump camp is claiming that Donald Trump has made huge strides in stemming human trafficking, and they have been comparing Trump’s numbers to Obama’s numbers. However, the claim is false and pernicious. Dianna Anderson, author of Problematic: How Toxic Call-Out Culture Is Destroying Feminism has pinned down some of the problems with the fake … Continue reading The Truth About Trump’s Human Trafficking Claim →

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Are health insurance companies pulling the wool over our progressive eyes?

A core Democratic Party value, it seems, is to not talk about health insurance reform. This is at odds with the rapidly developing grassroots movement that insists that we talk about almost nothing but health insurance reform, until we get it fixed. And, for a majority of Americans, fixing it means going to a universal, … Continue reading Are health insurance companies pulling the wool over our progressive eyes? →

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Little Big Man Cat’s Pajamas

One of my favorite movies of all time is Little Big Man. If you have not seen it, you should, it is truly magical. Of course, sometimes the magic works, sometimes …. Anyway, go see it. I’ve had the book sitting here for a while and I’ve not read it yet, but it is very … Continue reading Little Big Man Cat’s Pajamas →

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Life on Earth: Dinosaurs; A Kids science book

I usually think of flip-lift books as being appropriate for little kids who can’t read yet. I remember my daughter being obsessed, for two years or more, with an Arthur flip book. She needed to look under every single flap, in order (many were in fact numbered or had letters on them, to teach counting … Continue reading Life on Earth: Dinosaurs; A Kids science book →

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The Cost of Not Converting to LED

Everyone knows that converting to LED saves you money. But how much? We put together this info graphic to show you how much more you are spending by not converting over to LED. It’s more than you think. So waiting another year for the costs to lower may not be your best option….
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Dear Madam President

The world of power was built to make men, not women, comfortable. In the just released book Dear Madam President: An Open Letter to the Women Who Will Run the World, Jennifer Palmieri explains how those rules are going to change. Dear Madam President: An Open Letter to the Women Who Will Run the World … Continue reading Dear Madam President →

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How Democrats Lost, How Democrats Will Win

In a single picture: (The exact details and numbers are not important.)

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Trump should watch The West Wing for pro tips

Steve Benen, of the Rachel Maddow Show, notes, Trump keeps bluffing badly and for no reason In poker, bluffing is an important strategic move. If you’re playing a bad hand, for example, you can keep upping the ante in the hopes of convincing the other players that you actually have a good hand, persuading them … Continue reading Trump should watch The West Wing for pro tips →

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The Early Bird Crushes The Egg

Model I birds, the kind that lived during the Age of the Other Dinosaurs, may not have brooded their eggs. Today, birds sit on their eggs in such a way that the adult bird’s down surrounds the ovoids, and warmth from the adult can keep the eggs at a constant temperature. Depending on the bird, … Continue reading The Early Bird Crushes The Egg →

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John Bolton, Russian Agent and Gun Nut

Here is the US’s new national security adviser talking about guns in the Motherland.

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Biodiversity Down

You’ve heard of the IPCC, the climate change report thingie. That is a project of the UN, and the UN actually has other, similar projects that are less well known. One of them is the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). This is the international agency tracking global biodiversity. They are issuing … Continue reading Biodiversity Down →

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How to keep your kids out of trouble in this modern age

Do you worry that your kid is going to be rejected from civilization, or, at least, college or the boy scouts or something, because of dumb stuff they do on line? Do you see evidence that your children are copying the jerky characters that grace our TV screens and movies, and are becoming too annoying, … Continue reading How to keep your kids out of trouble in this modern age →

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Bozo The Clown Dead

Read to the end before you judge me. My mother was in the Home Bureau. I’m pretty sure she joined the Home Bureau during World War II, to volunteer in her spare time (she had a day job working in a lab on organ transplant research) to make things out of cloth that could be … Continue reading Bozo The Clown Dead →

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Strange Survivors: Book Note

Strange Survivors: How Organisms Attack and Defend in the Game of Life by Oné R. Pagán is an excellent book with the evolutionary arms race, competition, and nature red in tooth and claw (and many other parts) as its theme. Well written and humorous, and scientifically accurate. Mike Haubrich and I interviewed the author, and … Continue reading Strange Survivors: Book Note →

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“How do I delete my facebook account?” you ask?

A lot of people are deleting their facebook account, outraged by what some see as Facebook ruining civilization in cooperation with Cambridge Analytica. I am currently involved in a number of efforts to sustain civilization that, for better or worse, are organized via Facebook. If I were to delete my facebook account now, it would … Continue reading “How do I delete my facebook account?” you ask? →

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Big Petrol Buys Citizens, Policy Makers

From MPR News, “Enbridge poured $5 million into lobbying for Line 3, outspending all others“ Canadian oil pipeline company Enbridge Energy Partners spent more than $5 million lobbying state officials in 2017 — more than twice the next largest lobbying interest — and the most any interest has spent on lobbying in Minnesota since at … Continue reading Big Petrol Buys Citizens, Policy Makers →

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Two Cheap Books

… of interest to readers of this blog. Neverwhere: A Novel by Neil Gaiman, and Reamde: A Novel by Neal Stephenson. Both in kindle form, for pretty cheap, I assume for a limited time.

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Sexual Selection Up To Date: A Taste for the Beautiful

A Taste for the Beautiful: The Evolution of Attraction is a popular science book written by an actual expert on the field, addressing the ways in which the world of animals is shaped by sexual selection. One of Darwin’s major contributions to the panoply of theoretical and observational work we call “evolution” was to recognize, … Continue reading Sexual Selection Up To Date: A Taste for the Beautiful →

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Men doing excellent feminism

Let me know when you are done watching this, then I’ll explain why it is funny.

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Candidate Rebecca Otto Lauded By Moms Demand Action

On the day of yet another school shooting (in Maryland), we have some serious issues to think about. Every four years in Minnesota, we elected a new gubernor. We’re doing that right now. This is an especially important race, for three reasons. 1) We have to have Democratic rule in Minnesota for the next eight … Continue reading Candidate Rebecca Otto Lauded By Moms Demand Action →

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Beauty, Beak, Biotechnology, Birds

I want to tell you about a new and excellent award winning science book. It is about a Bald Eagle. I grew up in a place where there are not a lot of Bald Eagles. In fact, there were few enough in the undeveloped areas around my home city that it was possible for a … Continue reading Beauty, Beak, Biotechnology, Birds →

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California Flood Worst Case Scenario (hypothetical yet real)

If an ARkStorm were to come to the US West Coast, this is what the flooding in California could look like: The ARkStorm (Atmospheric River k for 1,000 Storm, but it is possible there is a biblical reference of some kind in there) is both a theoretical possibility and a reality. It is a theoretical … Continue reading California Flood Worst Case Scenario (hypothetical yet real) →

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Is Fracking Bad For You?

If that is a question you have, the answer may be in the fifth and current edition (2018) of Compendium of Scientific, Medical, and Media Findings Demonstrating Risks and Harms of Fracking, by Concerned Health Professionals of NY. You can download it HERE. The report concludes that yes, Fracking is bad for you, and for … Continue reading Is Fracking Bad For You? →

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Cambridge Analytica Uncovered: Secret filming reveals election tricks

The short documentary everyone is talking about: An undercover investigation by Channel 4 News reveals how Cambridge Analytica secretly campaigns in elections across the world. Bosses were filmed talking about using bribes, ex-spies, fake IDs and sex workers.

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Cheap book deals

I know you will want this book if you do not have it. Kindle for $1.99 while they last: The Botany of Desire: A Plant’s-Eye View of the World And as long as we are on the subject, Vonnegut books are being dangled out there at two bucks a pop, it seems. Currently, this one: … Continue reading Cheap book deals →

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Darwin Quotes, Assembled

From Janet Browne, the author of Charles Darwin: A Biography, Vol. 1 – Voyaging and other works about Charles Dawin, The Quotable Darwin. Quotes by Charles Darwin are not just the stuff of memes. Even the fake quotes. They can be the center of long arguments, or at least, they can significantly augment the arguments. … Continue reading Darwin Quotes, Assembled →

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Code Breaking, Cryptography, Decoder Ring, Python

I’m putting a lot of things together here all at once. This started out with a review of Cracking Codes with Python: An Introduction to Building and Breaking Ciphers. This is a book to help you learn middle level to more advanced Python, and at the same time, learn about codes, ciphers, and cryptography. The … Continue reading Code Breaking, Cryptography, Decoder Ring, Python →

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Kepler Space Ship Death Imminent

The Kepler Space Ship, is this, via NASA: The centuries-old quest for other worlds like our Earth has been rejuvenated by the intense excitement and popular interest surrounding the discovery of hundreds of planets orbiting other stars. There is now clear evidence for substantial numbers of three types of exoplanets; gas giants, hot-super-Earths in short … Continue reading Kepler Space Ship Death Imminent →

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Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

Here you go:

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A bunch of suddenly cheap books

For various reasons, I think there is a close correspondence between your interests as a reader of this blog and these books which are suddently (and probably temporarily) cheap, in Kindle format, on Amazon. As you look through the (unordered) list, you’ll see what I mean. Double Star by Robert Heinlein. In a Manner of … Continue reading A bunch of suddenly cheap books →

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Making Sense of Weather and Climate

Read Making Sense of Weather and Climate: The Science Behind the Forecasts, by Mark Denny if you want to … well, do what the title of the book says. I know a lot of you are interested in global warming/climate change, so you need to know that this book is not mainly about that (but … Continue reading Making Sense of Weather and Climate →

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Origins of Darwin’s Evolution: Solving the Species Puzzle Through Time and Place

Origins of Darwin’s Evolution: Solving the Species Puzzle Through Time and Place by J. David Archibald does something that not enough studies of Darwin’s work do: Get off the island. Years ago, I realize that most of Darwin’s arguments, in On the Origin of Species, are underlain by evidence Darwin would have observed prior to … Continue reading Origins of Darwin’s Evolution: Solving the Species Puzzle Through Time and Place →

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Making Das Keyboard Closer to Perfect

A while back, I reviewed mechanical keyboards, and found several god ones. Indeed, mechanical keyboards are so much better than membrane keyboards (their name even sounds better) that it is hard to go wrong. Still, when the choices remain in the range of $60 to $200, details matter. One of the keyboards I liked was … Continue reading Making Das Keyboard Closer to Perfect →

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Industrial LED Lighting

MyLEDLightingGuide specializes in powerful industrial LED lighting for both indoor and outdoor applications. We offer both new complete replacement fixtures or a powerful line of bulb replacement LED retrofit kits where you can simply remove your existing fixtures ballast and bulb and simply install the LED components.

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The Republican Infrastructure Plan In Pictures

Republcan Governor Tim Pawlenty’s bridge: RickScott’s foot bridge: There was so much hope for that bridge: First-of-its-kind pedestrian bridge “swings” into place. “FIU is about building bridges and student safety. This project accomplishes our mission beautifully,” -President Mark B. Rosenberg. https://t.co/x8gPM9A4DG #worldsahead pic.twitter.com/mPEMeh2zmw — FIU (@FIU) March 10, 2018 Republicans in Congress have kept funding … Continue reading The Republican Infrastructure Plan In Pictures →

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Are electric cars worth it?

My friend, and expert on electric cars, Phillip Adams, made a proposal at a public political meeting that we should make the transition to electric vehicles. He had a solid argument, and there were several different lines of reasoning leading to that conclusion. A person speaking in opposition, with good intention, noted that we do … Continue reading Are electric cars worth it? →

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Walk out not up #walkoutnotup #walkoutandwalkup

There is nothing wrong with “walk out and walk up” because it expands consideration and activism in a good direction. It says, “while you are busy protesting the fact that dozens of children and teachers are murdered in their schools per year — and good for you for doing this — note that in your … Continue reading Walk out not up #walkoutnotup #walkoutandwalkup →

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Paper Clip

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What do fireflies eat? You may not want to know.

I think it is cool that some of them have a heart shape lamp. But wait, there’s more… You probably know that fireflies use light to signal each other in a mating ritual. But they also practice nuptial gifting. Also, we find among fireflies mimicry. Cannibalistic mimicry, to parasitize other species’ nuptial gifts of a … Continue reading What do fireflies eat? You may not want to know. →

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Terrorist Bombers Caught!

The terrorists who bombed a Bloomington Minnesota Mosque last year have been caught. See the headlines: Huh. No headline. Well, anyway, it happened, and it is a strange, Coen Brothers-esque story, and people on my Facebook page are figuring it out. Bottom line: Trump people blew up the mosque to send the Muslims a message … Continue reading Terrorist Bombers Caught! →

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Something is Rotten in South Minneapolis

I like to think of myself as part South Minneapolitan. This is because I lived there for several years and adopted it as my community. A large part of me would prefer to live there than any other part of the Twin Cities. So, I write this post with sadness as well as anger, because … Continue reading Something is Rotten in South Minneapolis →

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House Democrats Respond To End Of Trump-Russia Scandal Investigation

House Democrats have just released a memo outlining what they see left on the table with the withdraw of the Republican run House Intelligence Committee from, well, doing their job. You should be able to get the PDF at this link. The document lists things and people that should be obtained or interrogated, including over … Continue reading House Democrats Respond To End Of Trump-Russia Scandal Investigation →

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Donald trump will never fire Rex Tillerson!

Have a look: The media has been speculating that I fired Rex Tillerson or that he would be leaving soon – FAKE NEWS! He’s not leaving and while we disagree on certain subjects, (I call the final shots) we work well together and America is highly respected again!https://t.co/FrqiPLFJ1E — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 1, … Continue reading Donald trump will never fire Rex Tillerson! →

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How did the turtle get its shell?

Obviously, its parents had shells, and it inherited from them. But how did the mom and dad turtle get their shells? Obviously, their parents had shells and they inherited the shell from them! But how did …. OK, actually, this is complicated. Do you have a spare nine minutes and 11 seconds? The fossorial theory … Continue reading How did the turtle get its shell? →

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Cheap Book Alert: Lyndon Johnson by Doris Kearns Goodwin

I’ve previously suggested Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream by Doris Kearns Goodwin as an excellent, and in some ways very very different, biography of Lyndon Johnson. As I then noted, I’ve been reading about, shall we say, other, presidents. Not a lot, just a little, for sanity’s sake. Anyway, Lyndon Johnson and the American … Continue reading Cheap Book Alert: Lyndon Johnson by Doris Kearns Goodwin →

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Best Book on Trump-Russian Scandal

Michael Isikoff and David Corn are among the very top reporters who have been covering the Trump Russian scandal. Corn is the reporter who initially broke the Dossier story (no, it was not Buzzfeed), and Isikoff broke the story about US intelligence looking into a Trump-Kremlin connection via Carter Page. Since this initial work, these … Continue reading Best Book on Trump-Russian Scandal →

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Out with the old (oil) and in with the new (wind)

Two interesting stories in the news today about energy, both in Minnesota. First, Minnesota residents want Enbridge to remove its old pipeline. Enbridge says it is better to keep it in place. (This would all be contingent on the replacement of the pipeline.) From MPR: …a growing chorus of landowners and tribal groups is calling … Continue reading Out with the old (oil) and in with the new (wind) →

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Coal Mine Safety

Remember Don Blankenship? He’s this guy: On Wednesday West Virginia station WCHS reported that the former Massey Energy CEO, fresh off a one-year stint in a federal prison for conspiring to commit mine-safety violations in the run-up to the deadliest mining disaster in decades, has filed paperwork to run in next year’s Republican Senate primary. … Continue reading Coal Mine Safety →

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Heavenly Palacapocalypse

The Chinese space station Tiangong-1, aka, Heavenly Palace, is due to crash into the Earth soon. The latest calculations put the satellite-earth collision at some time between March 27th and April 8th. The orbit is confined to between 43 degrees north and south. So, Canada dodges a bullet, as does much of Northern Europe. Here … Continue reading Heavenly Palacapocalypse →

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Important advances on the battery front

The best batteries are lithium ion batteries. In these batteries, lithium ions are collected in one part of the battery, where they are held in place at the anode end by metal atoms, in the charged state. Pulling electricity out of the battery involves the lithium ions migrating away from the anode toward the cathode … Continue reading Important advances on the battery front →

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Leopards Eat Feral Dogs, Limiting Rabies

I heard a story from a reliable source, who in turn heard it from a fairly reliable source. So believe it or not: One day a resident of a Nairobi, Kenya — a fairly well off person who liked to collect things — called the police to report that his leopard had gotten out. So, … Continue reading Leopards Eat Feral Dogs, Limiting Rabies →

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Some Cheap Books

A potpourri of titles of possible interest, all in Kindle format, all cheap right now (I have no idea how long they will be cheap): The Hobbit (Lord of the Rings) The Wild Girls (Outspoken Authors Book 6) The Hidden Life of Deer: Lessons from the Natural World

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The Children Are Coming. They Are Coming For You.

And, by “you” I mean the individuals and institutions that have shepherded civilization, and even our entire species, to the very brink of collapse and near extinction, motivated by greed and guided by ignorance. And, in particular, this group of children are coming for that group of bad guys: Juliana v. U.S. From the law … Continue reading The Children Are Coming. They Are Coming For You. →

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Trump Ruins Everything For Everybody (but good news from Minnesota)

Donald Trump went into a snit and his babysitter wasn’t around to control him, so he barged into a meeting and slapped high tariffs on metal imports. The stock market suffered a mini-crash, and according to some experts, 2 cents per watt have been added to utility scale solar projects. The tarrif on steel is … Continue reading Trump Ruins Everything For Everybody (but good news from Minnesota) →

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