surviving the pandemic

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Re: surviving the pandemic

Post by gkmoberg1 » Wed Jul 01, 2020 1:06 pm

In a multi-part 'tweet' series, Vatsal explains the unusual means birds have as a breathing system. Plus, how they acquired it from dinosaurs and then in turn how the dinos acquired it from those before them.
https://twitter.com/yawyr_vk/status/1276593651599065089
where he draws from Walter Murch's article 'Why Birds Can Fly Over Mount Everest' (24 June 2020) in Nautilus
http://nautil.us/issue/86/energy/why-bi ... nt-everest

Also look at David Waldstein's article in the New York Times 'How Do Flying Snakes Glide Through the Air? ‘It’s Hard to Believe’ (29 June 2020)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/29/scie ... ysics.html

Eli would not have been pondering any of this while sitting on his branch, five meters above where Virginia would eventually walk. But likely he used his light weight to navigate his fall towards her. I wonder in what ways his infection changed his breathing and his body. Was Eli so light, as Virginia noticed while struggling back up to her feet with him on her back, because of changes to his bone structure or simply in the thinning out of his body tissues and fat into that of a lean predator? Both?

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Post by gkmoberg1 » Wed Jul 01, 2020 2:22 pm

BBC News: The orphaned baby squirrel eating video that went viral (1 Juli 2020)
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/newsbeat-53 ... went-viral

Zoologist Dani Connor's experiences with these baby squirrels is fun to watch! Video is just over a minute long.

Slight change of topic:
Were or Are squirrels a common pet in Sweden? They once were in the U.S. but this faded away over the 20th century.
(https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/p ... rrel-craze)

Definite change of topic:
Hunger Games fans... do you notice what might be a reference in Dani Connor's photography to an event in the 74th Annual Hunger Games?

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Re: surviving the pandemic

Post by metoo » Sun Jul 05, 2020 5:58 pm

Yet another week's performance from the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain!


And here's the 1978 original:
My sister had the record on which this song appeared, which I copied onto tape.
I have since got my own (vinyl) record.
But from the beginning Eli was just Eli. Nothing. Anything. And he is still a mystery to me. John Ajvide Lindqvist

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Post by gkmoberg1 » Sat Jul 11, 2020 7:17 pm

It is amazing how they are doing this, week after week, bringing such a grand quality of not just in their playing and and the video production but also the roles they take on and the creativity that goes into each performance. :seriously-impressed:

And thank you @metoo for updating us with their weekly drops and the extra links :!:

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Post by metoo » Sat Jul 11, 2020 7:29 pm

Hmm, maybe I should re-read that book...
But from the beginning Eli was just Eli. Nothing. Anything. And he is still a mystery to me. John Ajvide Lindqvist

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Post by gkmoberg1 » Tue Jul 21, 2020 2:32 am

A troupe of Knights has set themselves to the noble task of guarding their island, Gotland, from the coronavirus. Or at least spread word to all visitors on how to slow and prevent the virus' spread.

https://www.facebook.com/torneamentum/

https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/a/1551630.html



Late night, they could be joined by the Knight of Angby Maybe.

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Post by gkmoberg1 » Wed Sep 02, 2020 2:21 am

Here's a great site for checking out your property real estate values from millenniums past. As in going back millions of years.
https://dinosaurpictures.org/ancient-earth#0

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Post by gkmoberg1 » Wed Sep 02, 2020 6:25 pm

Meet Erin, clearly a true data and truth seeker. He's has been doing a lengthy investigation on roundabouts. While he does not mention Elias in the blog article below, I could not help but sense finding Elias' home is Erin's (concealed) goal. I could be wrong; hey, it's happened :? . But Erin's likely well on to figuring out the riddle JAL left for us. Go Erin!
https://erdavis.com/2020/07/06/how-comm ... ther-maps/

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Post by dongregg » Wed Sep 02, 2020 7:04 pm

Distance to nearest pub seems promising. :)
“For drama to deepen, we must see the loneliness of the monster and the cunning of the innocent.”

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Re: surviving the pandemic

Post by PeteMork » Fri Sep 04, 2020 5:52 am

I expected Don to post this here, but he didn't. So, here it is. Another example of how to survive the pandemic:
We never stop reading, although every book comes to an end, just as we never stop living, although death is certain. (Roberto Bolaño)

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