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When nature yields to neighborhoods
In its natural form, today a swamp marsh remains as a park Public access shows us how this area once was Homes on retention ponds from the reclaimed marsh
Truth or Dare Snicker or Snare
"Perhaps most telling was the list of countries that Trump highlighted at the end of his speech as those embodying the “dreams” of the kind of nations our children will inherit. Trump praised Saudi Arabia, a brutally repressive dictatorship where women have few rights, and which is fighting a war in Yemen that is creating a humanitarian catastrophe. He praised Poland, a Nato ally where democratic institutions are under assault from its own government. And he praised Israel, a US ally that runs a military occupation of the Palestinian people in the West Bank. If these countries are Trump’s idea of the future we want to leave for our children, Trump’s vision of the world he wants to build is quite dark." theguardian.com by Michael H Fuchs Isolation in a world economy is counterproductive at the very least. It removes the level playing field for less fortunate economies. The richest of the US may influence policy in this country, but will ultimately be rejected
Who are we
The Person Therein You visit the person therein and say to him... Don't I know you from some far away place and time? Didn't you collaborate in this rhyme? I don't think so friend, I have better things to do, Like muse of the misery of man and his zoo. We barely speak much, nor chat or chatter, I often wonder what's the matter. Strangers true we are! Why have you bothered to travel so far? I must confess I'm lost without you, and many things have cost me dearly. For lack of talk with you is my most grievous sin, and I repent from afar and from within. Do not snatch at me with remorse, those lost days of foolishness are of course. I've been here all along, and died a thousand deaths in solitude forlorn. Just a glimpse, Say, look this way today. I'm here, I'm ready to begin.
What giraffe's must think
Don't you look funny A photographer will go to any lengths to get a picture
I called tech support
Overall most call centers have empathetic and helpful people who know their product. I have stumbled onto a machine driven support line that was just infuriating. Computers (phones) aren't really smart. They only provide an environment to think with. Call it a cognitive crutch.
"greater gender diversity in science"
This link is presented because I know from personal experience how few women are involved in technical fields It doesn't need to be this way Often technicians become proficient almost on their own as they pursue an interest or work with a team to develop a product More than once my own job in the field of microwave was almost put in jeopardy had I failed to produce positive results for theories that proved current calibrating practices for the new digital system analyzers inaccurate Women were often used as supervisors who had skills "Steitz, who has advocated for greater gender diversity in science and co-authored a 2005 National Academy of Sciences report on bias and other barriers to women in “STEM” (science, technology, engineering and Mathematics ), spoke with Scientific American about her career, the #MeToo movement and working with James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA." Source scientificamerican.com Joan Argetsinger Ste
Ciemny lud to kupi
roughly translated, means "The ignorant peasants will buy it. A one party system and the vanquishing of a democracy defines the times How America is reliving Poland's political past - if we let it Source theatlantic.com Editor’s Note: This article is part of a series that attempts to answer the question: Is democracy dying?
The Expanse
What scifi inclined person doesn't like some aspect of this three season (depending on streaming service and country) battle between Mars and Earth Go behind the scenes to experience the complexity of recreating a future not to far from our own Only just a little more far out ouch Source SciFi Netflix and maybe in the not to distant future a forth from Amazon Clip courtesy of Youtube
Dangerous times
Barack Obama has delivered a sharp rebuke of Donald Trump’s America, attacking his successor by name for the first time in impassioned remarks that denounced “the politics of fear and resentment”. source theguardian .com
Hey, anyone out there like jazz
At The Helm: Harold Mabern, Stalwart Accompanist, At 82 Cleo Brown On Piano Jazz Eliane Elias On Piano Jazz Nicholas Payton On Piano Jazz and more at above link source npr.org Marian Mcpartlands's Piano Jazz
Abstraction levels
What level of abstraction are you comfortable with How far from reality are you willing to let yourself go in search of something that is defining even for a moment