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A friend of mine sent me a link to the story and was wondering whether she should continue to go to public places. I know that I haven’t posted here in a long time. I had too many people telling me I was being too negative. I truly am annoyed by the toxins we are spraying everywhere around our homes and businesses, but here’s an opportunity for a microbiologist to be more positive. :-)

Is it safe to go to the gym? Small gatherings? Kids’ birthday parties?

Source: What Does ‘Social Distancing’ Actually Mean? Here’s What To Avoid.

All of these stories ignore the benefits of the people who have recovered going out and being a part of the group. The stories are also all based on an _average_ person. Are you _that_ average ☺. It also makes a huge difference as to whether one is more concerned about giving it to others or getting it. Sunshine is a huge benefit to both: our immune system, and to also sterilizing our clothes and environment. I am particularly annoyed about daytime baseball games being cancelled and I don’t go to baseball games. :-) But it’s another illustration of the cdc just doing what’s politically expedient not what is right. And the “news” orgs. paddle along behind. Should one go to a crowded night club at night? Maybe not. Should one go to their kids afternoon soccer game? IMO Absolutely. Please do not believe a lot of what the cdc is spreading. The heads there are every bit as much political animals as any gov. bureaucrat. Newspaper stories are to get you to come back and read their “news” the next day. I went to the store today and the shelves were stripped of canned goods. Sigh. I am sorry that people are so afraid! I have a suggestion _google_ look carefully at the more recent and better numbers for Corona deaths _relative_ to hospitalizations and the numbers for influenza deaths _relative to hospitalizations_

The best to you all.
Bob

As we leaned over the Colchester Bog boardwalk, a student asked, “What’s that black stuff on the water?” I suggested gently poking it with a twig. This elicited the expected

Source: Springtails: Tiggers of the invertebrate world

The Sierra Club is no longer officially doing this hike but we virtually always meet at around 6:45 and leave at 7:00 p.m.

The old write-up described it as:

Spectacular view of Santa Monica Bay and LA Basin. 2 hr, 5 mi, round-trip, 1100′ total gain, on fire road. Moderately strenuous conditioning hike for fit hikers.
Level: Moderate
Cost: Free
Bring: Water, Flashlight, Good Shoes

I appreciate and encourage any efforts to verify connections online and be safe. You can Google Sierra club Ed Lubin and find a variety of links. He is always happy to talk to people and he is our unofficial leader. He always knows who’s on the trail and that they’ve gotten down okay.

The start is relatively close to PCH and Sunset. And Here is a map link.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/PutdhZMEQxXTyAAB7

I always look forward to the full Moons near Fri. But the hike is always a little different. Moon, Marine layer, etc. Sometimes we start in the Marine layer and climb out of it, sometimes we start in the dark under just a sliver of moon. We highly recommend flashlights to have for emergencies but generally discourage their use. There is so much ambient light from the city and Moon and if you have a flashlight on you will just follow that spot of light down the trail instead of appreciating your surroundings.  A woman who has been blind since birth is fairly regular and she has been doing it for a dozen plus years and she can do it without a flashlight 😃

It’s out and back so it’s fairly easy to give it a try and if it’s too much initially it’s an easy back out.
I’m a fan of getting outside for our health and I’m a fan of this hike.

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This is one of the things I like about Obama. I believe what he’s saying here is that you can’t change people’s minds by yelling at them. I believe we all could be doing a better job at living with the world rather than against it and I try in my business to provide a resource for people who want to change their backyards from a chemical cesspool to a wildlife-friendly oasis. That said: I don’t call people stupid, psychopaths, or idiots because they don’t agree with me. The best to everyone Bob

This is what we are trying to save!

Related: Chemical-free community swimming pool is filled with recycled rainwater filtered through plants + gh3* Photos via gh3* Borden Park Natural Swimming Pool, gh3*, natural swimming…

Source: Canada unveils its first chemical-free public outdoor pool and it’s

They call it “protecting crops”. But what’s protecting you? Are you putting cut flowers on your table…?
Eating grain and vegetables…?
Growing your own requires knowlege.
Cut flowers have the highest pesticide use per acre of any vegetable material. Do you buy can you buy organic flowers? Are you sure that the farmers market is organic?
Enjoy growing your own!
Bob

www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-48297647

Very interesting article. Syn61 has many safeguards over Craig Ventner’s organism. The recombination in yeast could have created unforeseen problems but overall the “organism” and method of creating it looks fairly safe (so crippled that it is unlikely to escape the laboratory.) Anyone seen Jurassic Park lately. laughing.

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I started reading The Wizard of Oz series a while back. And this morning I was Wikipedia-ing around and discovered that it is dedicated to his best friend and companion, his wife. and I looked up her name Matilda Joslyn Gage and she was very active in the women’s suffrage movement wrote and edited a lot of articles and books and her parents were active in the Underground Railroad.

I have now gotten a book on the history of the woman suffrage movement where she has written a chapter. It is free by the way here.

And speaking of married teams. I have a very good friend Tad. And he is the husband of Kitty Felde who used to be on KPCC in Southern California a lot. Well she has written a children’s book and I think some of you out there might be interested in it. So the link above is to her book.

The microscopic particles unleashed by the plant’s explosions are also a potential environmental and health concern

Source: Radioactive Glass Beads May Tell the Terrible Tale of How the Fukushima Meltdown Unfolded

Oh my. Read between the lines. There are tiny particles of radioactive material (ie. tiny “glass beads”) all over the place. Seems to me that it might be that part of the Reactor Core actually vaporized and spewed into the air. oh my