LibertyBell

eggs and shaving cream? where did that come from?

wow it would be amazing if they ever got accumulating snow from a coastal storm

when was the last time it snowed in Jacksonville lol

Totally agree with you on moral flexibility and moral relativity too....for example while ancient Greek culture was highly advanced scientifically, there are some societal mores they had which we would be extremely opposed to.

So we have both the good and bad of complex creative minds. When does it reach the point where the bad outweighs the good and evolution randomly charts a different path for us? How common is this in the universe/multiverse? hmmmm. and what you mentioned about the unequal distribution of intellectual "property" for lack of a better word, is why I sometimes question the value of democracy in the face of existential threats.

I've always wondered the same about humanity. Is a human much more likely to become a serial killer, for example, because with our complex minds with so many interacting parts, there is much more that can go wrong? That also makes me wonder if there is a physical cap on how much evolution can do beyond which intelligence actually becomes a handicap and a barrier to further evolution. Mozart and Einstein are amazing, but we have some people even today who don't get enough attention for the magnificent things they do. I introduce you to this little girl, who creates new universes in her own mind and describes them through the world of music! https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alma-deutscher-60-minutes-the-prodigy-whose-first-language-is-mozart-2019-08-11/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alma-deutscher-watch-a-prodigy-create-from-four-notes-in-a-hat-60-minutes-2019-08-11/ Isn't she absolutely amazing, John? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alma_Deutscher Alma Elizabeth Deutscher (born 19 February 2005) is a British composer, pianist and violinist. Deutscher composed her first piano sonata at the age of five. At seven, she completed a short opera The Sweeper of Dreams. Aged nine, she wrote a concerto for violin and orchestra. At the age of ten, she wrote her first full-length opera, Cinderella, which had its European premiere in Vienna in 2016 under the patronage of conductor Zubin Mehta. The U.S. premiere a year later at Opera San Jose[1] was released on DVD by Sony Classical. Deutscher’s piano concerto was performed when she was 12. She made her debut at Carnegie Hall in 2019.

I'm wondering how 40 could be normal for December when it was more like 36 when I was growing up in the 80s and December 1989 averaged around 25 We need to start dumping dust into the stratosphere to block some sunlight

wow when I was growing up in the 80s our normal for December was 36....and December 1989 averaged around 25!

and even 15-16 was a good winter with a historic blizzard and below zero in February

hey I thought it was a rock group lol

Chris, do you have the one for JFK too? I think they came close to 80 on one or two of those days last year?

Seeing how we're now getting research showing how microplastics could be a major health issue the less we use plastic bags the better.

No because they are turned into compost: https://www.westsuburbanliving.net/perspectives/smash-don-t-trash/article_32053aec-1626-11eb-882e-eb78ef440ff2.html Smashing pumpkins is neither just the name of a band or just for quirky enjoyment — these squashes are being squashed for a serious reason. When millions of pounds of post-Halloween pumpkins land in landfills nationwide, they release harmful methane gas. But thanks to SCARCE, in the past six years about 380 tons of pumpkins have instead been composted. “This is an opportunity to reduce our impact on climate change,’ notes McKeen, particularly since Illinois is the number one producer of the orange gourds nationwide. Pumpkins are largely comprised of water, which can leech methane gas into landfills and then to rivers and streams. On the other hand, composted pumpkins create a positive result: they improve soil for planting. “Pumpkins are in the top 50 most nutrient-rich vegetables in the world. When they’re composted into the soil, you don’t need as many synthetic herbicides or fertilizers that flow into our streams,” says McKeen. “It’s a win, win, win, win, win.”

yep, it's basically a form of brainwashing when you hear something enough times you tend to believe it, no matter how irrational it is.

it doesn't feel that cold this week thanks to the sun

I'd hope the newer technology would last longer. It's sort of like LCD panels, I was an early adopter and bought one in 2000 and it only lasted like 3 years lol. The tech improved and the ones I bought in 2010 are still going strong (knock on wood lol) I've even read that there is new tech in the works which can have solar panel tech embedded directly into paint! So basically all you would have to do if you ever needed it to be redone, is just put a new coat of this paint on your house. That tech is just in early development right now, but it's the kind of thing we could see in the future.

Thats a good point. I actually used to buy a lot of peat moss. Another thing that has a negative impact is leaving pumpkins around after Halloween. I read that pumpkins release a high amount of methane so we need to smash them so that doesn't happen after we're done with them.

Looks like Canada has agreed not to dig up this carbon https://twitter.com/i/events/1458571860183064576 Beneath Canada’s wilderness is a massive carbon reservoir that’s been accumulating for some 10,000 years – what happens if it’s disturbed? New research reveals what scientists have learned about the scale and distribution of a massive carbon reservoir lying just below the surface in wilderness areas across the country — and what’s at stake for the planet if it’s disturbed

and it's weird how people forget it was even warmer than this last year around this time.

wow really? I've always lived on the south shore and as far back as I can remember, Thanksgiving marks the time when all the leaves have fallen

two seasons now.....wet season and wetter season.....so these dry interludes are nice to have

sunny and no humidity is just fine by me.

someone needs to delete all the yucky pictures of bugs in this thread. I saw a video of one of those giant monster centipedes killing and eating a mouse in a jar, I'm scarred for life. Why do we need tropical rain forests again? lol

I think you guys are forgetting last November, now that was a torch. And it was quite nice. November weather has zero connection to the winter and if anything a mild November more often leads to a snowy winter.

So in NJ the governor is going to override locals and put them there anyway.....maybe that sets a precedent? Also, in the article they mentioned the Koch family....what are the Koch people doing on Cape Cod? They need to stay in flyover country, where they belong.