We have a wall of glass in our condo that was built in the 70s and How Insulated Glass Changed Architecture provides the historical context of that construction.
Their hypocrisy makes it difficult to take anything they say seriously. When everything in government is political you end up with a pandemic unnecessarily killing people.
The second significant snow fall of the season fell yesterday, and the sun is accentuating the result.
You might have heard that Google is bring back Android for tablets, and many are asking why. Of course, I have thoughts on the news.
Day 2,555
The problem with our politics today is that it is obsessed with the past. Conservatives want to go back to the “glory days” of the past (surely this what is meant by “Make America Great Again”) and Liberals want go back and fix the past. (surely cancel culture drives this). Both poles have an unhealthy view of history, it is neither to return to nor fix but to learn from. The majority of us are busy dealing with the present and see the obsession with the past as less than helpful.
We did not get the foot of snow predicted, but I think we got six inches. Below is at 8:30 AM this morning.
Nothing like walking outdoors with fresh now. Here are a few pics.
Here is the 5 PM update. During my walk I noted about four inches on the ground. Picture here doesn’t give the best view.
Let’s call this the 3 PM update. Snow continues to fall with more accumulation on the ground.
Noon and not much change. Starting to think forecast was by groundhog
Not only has today been groundhog day, and my niece’s birthday, it’s 2-2-22.
Happy groundhog day, snow just started to fall at 8:40 AM EST.
We are supposed to get as much as a foot of snow today, but it has just started. It did rain over night so there could be ice under the snow. Not much yet here at 8:40 AM EST.
(Note, I posted the above using the Android version of the micro.blog app that I thought included a picture, but the picture did not upload.)
Given the publicity, we better get a foot of snow in the next 24 hours.
I almost reflexively resist Internet fads like Wordle. All fads fade, Internet ones usually fade into the corporate money sucking black hole. It helps to remember we are the Ferengi.
Sadly, W.E.B. Du Bois appears to be right.
No person selected and approved as Supreme Court Justice in my life time, if ever, was selected based on their qualifications. Qualifications are a given based on vast number of experienced candidates who have proven themselves in court. Each person is selected based on ideological and cultural preferences. Biden stating his nominee will be a black woman is no different than Trump pledging to select from the Federalist Society’s conservative pro business, anti abortion list. This is the way it is always done.
Something is fundamentally wrong in a democracy that has all the energy around laws to restrict voting rather than expand voting. We should be embarrassed that so few people actually vote, but as has been the case since the beginning the system is built to be run by an elite few. It is said the United States is a republic or a representative democracy, but who is really represented and who is not represented is the metastasis destroying the country from the inside out.
It’s cold and I like how the AccuWeather notification on my Pixel 4a makes sure that I know.
