PBS NewsHour - Scientists measure how quickly crucial Antarctica glacier is melting ...

Robecology comments on Jul 27, 2022:

Found a similar article with no talking... Watch this time-lapse; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHE0n5c6-6g

Brooklyn is full of scary as crap capitols. This one is in Park Slope.

Robecology comments on Jul 25, 2022:

More please!

When I moved up to Alaska over 30 years ago I always carried this 35mm film camera everywhere.

Robecology comments on Jul 24, 2022:

The change from 35 mm film cameras to phone cameras came almost as a shock. I recall getting a fairly decent 35 mm as a gift....but- sadly - rarely used it...and eventually gave it away.

I'm thinking of looking into a French press for myself.

Robecology comments on Jul 24, 2022:

Tough call. There's good ones and there's pretty ones that don't do such a good job. I have the old French press around somewhere...haven't used it in ages...prefer the auto -drip machine. They vary in price from less than $10 to nearly $200...beware;

We survived! Lol!!!

Robecology comments on Jul 24, 2022:

Plenty of parental abuse back then...done in the name of "stern parenting" Where have I heard this before? Oh, yea;

Just in case you were wondering what's in store, I've done the homework

Robecology comments on Jul 24, 2022:

Cute....but his point is taken. There's not much to do once you've been "retired". I tried teaching a few years more...took a job at a Charter school...but the lower pay and more demands hit me hard. I went to substitute teaching for a couple of years more...and then I resigned myself to making urine.

In addition to good guys with guns being ineffective, the premise is defective.

Robecology comments on Jul 24, 2022:

Good one! Here's more....

Just a collection for comments

Robecology comments on Jul 22, 2022:

Good collection!

Proud Gunmaker, SIG Sauer’s MCX-SPEAR Can Turbocharge Mass Shooters

Robecology comments on Jul 22, 2022:

For those who are fed up to here reading about more rapid-fire gun makers....basically the article said' "SIG Sauer’s new MCX-SPEAR fires bullets with**Twice the kinetic energy** of those from an AR-15. That means double the horrifying force that mangled the victims of the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, and left one youngster essentially decapitated. Isn't this good news?

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert - Celebs Flout CA Water Restrictions | Arnold Schwarzenegger ...

Robecology comments on Jul 22, 2022:

Yea...I found a sculpture of Biden made in Germany in 2011; He's in there among other great leaders...

Physicists Have Developed a Method for Predicting the Composition of Dark Matter: [scitechdaily.

Robecology comments on Jul 22, 2022:

I'm getting the feeling that we're making too much of this dark matter composition. I'm guessing that there's just more non-luminous stuff in our galaxies - that just can't be seen.

I so old that I remember when this was the standard. Were you a full service or self service?

Robecology comments on Jul 22, 2022:

And actually wore a uniform? With a hat? You must be in your 70's.

Biden Catches COVID & Boris Johnson Gives A "Terminator" Farewell Speech | The Daily Show ...

Robecology comments on Jul 22, 2022:

Fauci got it and he was well vaxed. Joe got it and he was well vaxed. Is this what we can expect? Hasta la Vista Baby? Really? And - BTW...I love Amazon... I think it's a great way to shop.. .It's going to end the brick and mortar shopping... But...buying health care? I guess costly health care is here to stay?

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert - "Remarkably Compelling" - Chris Hayes On The Eighth Televised...

Robecology comments on Jul 22, 2022:

Meh...It was a monumental moment...but who's going to do anything about it? This was...and is...a message to all who can afford good lawyers. Get a good lawyer and you can get out of any trouble. I think we're seeing that in billboards across the nation. "So-n-so law firm got me $$$$" . And they can do it for you too! These are sad and dangerous times we live in. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mj01Gi22LsM

Captain Nemo Considered Orcas Evil

Robecology comments on Jul 21, 2022:

Funny - but sad. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHE0n5c6-6g Sadly...the Arctic might go completely ice-free in late summer soon...within a few years. Polar bears are adapting...many have learned to scavenge human garbage. Most are now in zoos. But wild Polar bears may not exist soon.

I went on a Bird of Prey photoshoot yesterday evening

Robecology comments on Jul 21, 2022:

Impressive! Is the dark faced, white hooded bird an owl or hawk? I don't recognize him/her.

To remember Robin Williams on his birthday ( July 21, 1951) : from the soundtrack of Good Morning ...

Robecology comments on Jul 21, 2022:

I'm beyond sad that we lost this man. Shame on the care-takers that let him be alone in his suffering.

MSNBC - Watch Rachel Maddow Highlights: July 18 [youtube.com]

Robecology comments on Jul 20, 2022:

Thanks for the highlights. I've stopped watching her on TV. Merrick Garland is too wimpy to charge DJT. But that's just my opinion. And these memes are what I think about Barr... Thanks, Bill.

I figure if anyone forgets my birthday, it's my fault.

Robecology comments on Jul 20, 2022:

LOL...good POV! I keep telling friends and relatives...I got enough "stuff" - I just need their "time" and "company"... not "things". Please....no more socks!

Two old timers just jamming.

Robecology comments on Jul 20, 2022:

And Keith used Heroin most of his life (may still be using) and Willie - Cannabis. Go figure! I've listened to the audible "Life" by Richards many times...gave the recording away - and can't recall to whom... But here's a 5 minute sample of it; Any elder former drug users might want to listen.. https://www.amazon.com/Life-Keith-Richards-James-Fox-audiobook/dp/B00498YNLG/ref=sr_1_1?crid=20G4ZQN65ZZ7Y=keith+richards+life=1658345453=Keith+ri%2Caps%2C129&sr=8-1

I recognize the rest, but who thinks triangles are evil?

Robecology comments on Jul 20, 2022:

If you think anything is "evil" you're slipping in to a #religulous POV.

In 2021 the average raise for workers was around 4%. For CEO's it was 17%

Robecology comments on Jul 20, 2022:

If a CEO can't come up with a way to squeeze more money out of fewer people...his job is toast ...so that's what CEO's do... It's the greed of the head of the companies that are causing this problem...not the CEO's. ---- America has set a 50 year record for low unemployment (n March of this year). Apparently more folk are happy making some money doing something than staying at home and collecting even more. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/u-s-jobless-claims-hit-lowest-level-in-over-50-years

Does anyone have enough confidence in the US justice system to believe tRump will be put where he ...

Robecology comments on Jul 19, 2022:

He lost the popular vote count...twice. He was a relatively rare, one term president. His reading level was and still is the lowest of any president (Google "Flesch test for presidents - or see image, below...the source of the graph is https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-speaks-fourth-grade-level-174127901.html) But he played the system well. Got rich with lots of tax schemes. Figured out how to play the real-estate market well. He did give inspiration to a lot of folk who tried to have their cake and eat it too... But I found this - a play on the words of Rod Serling..that really nails it;

Does anyone have enough confidence in the US justice system to believe tRump will be put where he ...

Robecology comments on Jul 19, 2022:

It seems that the Republican "Christo-Fascist" machine has paid too many lawyers too well to find loopholes in our Constitution and laws that keep this man not only free, but keeps him and his family on the Secret service protection list and the presidential retirements benefits list. He's slick,,,and he knows it...but apparently he knows this, too; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mj01Gi22LsM

"...breaker ...breaker 1 - 9..." who else ha a CB radio?

Robecology comments on Jul 19, 2022:

Yep...I was "Falcon" and often chatted with "Bird man" and "Osprey"....fun times...1970's to 1980's/

Christian values.

Robecology comments on Jul 19, 2022:

Hard to believe that a solid agnostic such as yourself posted these. Trees and ocean waves are indeed beautiful...but they do NOT prove a creator exists. And why do they constantly refer to a creator as "he"? Why "sexualize" an alleged creator or creating force? And what evidence is there that "God loathes the corruption and evil of this world" Again...what's your motive for sharing these obviously fraudulent POV's @Fernapple?

What a Martian meteorite can teach us about Earth's origins: [sciencedaily.com]

Robecology comments on Jul 18, 2022:

I like this question; "One of the most intriguing questions: why Mars, now dry and cold, evolved so differently from Earth, a flourishing planet for life?" And the answer, to those who have studied our Solar system's evolution - is clear. When the sun was larger - earth was a boiling mass of lava...and Mars was very earth-like...and probably had oceans and simple life forms. Then the sun shrank, and cooled. Earth became moderately temperatured....and Mars core solidified...and the atmosphere blew away...and it became cold, lifeless, and with the core solidified it lost its magnetosphere...hence it's no longer protected from gamma radiation...as earth still is. But our future is looking like Mars has become. Despite human abuse with fossil fuels...the sun is shrinking and cooling....so Earth is destined to evolve like Mars is now. The next planet that might evolve earth like conditions appears to be Venus - not Mars. https://earthsky.org/space/venus-map-with-oceans-on-surface-terraforming/

Three Illuminating Quotes About The War In Ukraine

Robecology comments on Jul 18, 2022:

I like this quote - in the article; "None of this is to say that Russia is blameless in this war; if I provoke someone into punching somebody they are still morally responsible for having thrown the punch, but I am also responsible for having provoked it. Russia is responsible for its actions, and the US/NATO/Ukraine power structure is responsible for its actions. Putin is responsible for invading, the western empire is responsible for provoking that invasion. Not complicated."

My age is showing.

Robecology comments on Jul 18, 2022:

I'm guessing it's not just our age...music seems to have plateaued then - then nose-dived - in quality, in lyrics, in the whole area.

"Summer time, when the livin', is easy."

Robecology comments on Jul 16, 2022:

Where's this taken...and what's the game called?

If they put a MAGA sign on the post, the alligators will not go hungry as the tRump sheeps will ...

Robecology comments on Jul 16, 2022:

I saw this sign a few years ago when driving across Florida on State 41. I think it was at the Shark Valley inside-the-park road...for runners and bicycles only. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Shark+Valley+Visitor+Center/@25.8133737,-80.9274007,75489m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m9!1m2!2m1!1sEverglades,+Florida+Shark+valley!3m5!1s0x88d98ad87054fac7:0x8c28d38bded397e0!8m2!3d25.7569444!4d-80.7652778!15sCiBFdmVyZ2xhZGVzLCBGbG9yaWRhIFNoYXJrIHZhbGxleVohIh9ldmVyZ2xhZGVzIGZsb3JpZGEgc2hhcmsgdmFsbGV5kgEOdmlzaXRvcl9jZW50ZXI

Cafeteria religion. For fucks sake, be consistent.

Robecology comments on Jul 14, 2022:

Quick answer? THESE!

Not only do they demand complete control of their electronic grid, they also want this as well.

Robecology comments on Jul 14, 2022:

Yea!

I have my first tomato starting to turn red in my greenhouse! Let the celebration begin - Woohoo!

Robecology comments on Jul 14, 2022:

The seeds...did you grow them from other tomatoes?

Dry toast and four fried chickens. And a coke. [m.youtube.com]

Robecology comments on Jul 14, 2022:

The cast that was signed on and had real acting parts in that movie was incredible. Ray Charles, Cab Calloway, James Brown...just to mention a few. Watch it over and over...it's a rare movie! https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0080455/fullcredits/cast

The little plant is growing very well

Robecology comments on Jul 14, 2022:

The leaf shape and the vines (and trellis) give it away....now...for the grapes!

See the deepest image ever taken of our universe, captured by James Webb Telescope This is the ...

Robecology comments on Jul 13, 2022:

For those who like to view the first JWST images directly, there's this site; https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/content/webbLaunch/countdown.html

Never try to argue with an idiot.

Robecology comments on Jul 13, 2022:

I have two fovorite memes for that wonderful thought;

Just a warning...

Robecology comments on Jul 13, 2022:

Oh, darn...about you leaving...not about the sick and twisted nature! (kidding...you better not leave!).

The Damage Report - Alex Jones CRACKS Threatening To Sacrifice His Own Finger [youtube.com]

Robecology comments on Jul 13, 2022:

Darn...did he actually do it? Huh? Please say he actually went through with it?

Some Some More News Clips - Every Bill Maher SMN, So Far - CodyComps [youtube.com]

Robecology comments on Jul 12, 2022:

I concur...but this video producer is obviously on an ego trip. My favorite Clip from Bill is a kind of laugh at Elon Musk and his push to go to Mars; From Earth day Eve, April 21, 2017! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrGFEW2Hb2g

Just one more cup...

Robecology comments on Jul 12, 2022:

Coffee junkie here...I concur!

The History Of Earth's Five Mass Extinction Events | The Next Great Extinction Event | Spark ...

Robecology comments on Jul 12, 2022:

Super-detailed video! So impressive that scientists have quietly discovered these facts. The point is that we're likely to go extinct...it's no big deal. Another good video that's simpler is the Video by the History channel; A 44 minute video that explains the different colors of the atmosphere and water at different times in our planet's life...including a time when we were totally covered in ice and were called the "snowball planet" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfovimAa16o

Whoops, Humans Made a Space Barrier Around Earth The kicker?

Robecology comments on Jul 12, 2022:

And it's this radiation - that our liquid core protects us from - that will stop any humans from inhabiting Mars (whose core has solidified eons ago). "Radiation Makes Human Missions to Mars Too Dangerous": https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/292569-radiation-makes-human-missions-to-mars-too-dangerous-esa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrGFEW2Hb2g

Look At These Assholes: Trump Family Edition | The Daily Show Throwback [youtube.com]

Robecology comments on Jul 12, 2022:

Wow...

Can anyone point out other obvious differences?

Robecology comments on Jul 12, 2022:

Thanks for this...

The gas stations will no longer be posting the price of gas per gallon if gas prices keep going up.

Robecology comments on Jul 12, 2022:

You jest....but prices have no where to go but up. Hopefully, Electric vehicles will become more abundant...sooner rather than later; https://avt.inl.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/fsev/compare.pdf

For Tom Hank's 66th birthday today (B: July 9, 1956), Streets of Philadelphia from his 1993 film ...

Robecology comments on Jul 12, 2022:

One of the saddest, bittersweet movies I've seen Tom in. Bruce's music was touching...

Another throw back from my orange years.

Robecology comments on Jul 12, 2022:

But the danger. Consider yourself a survivor. That was one treacherous job...or so it appears to have been.

It is not often a a designer, that you get to go back and visit a garden you made many years ago, ...

Robecology comments on Jul 12, 2022:

I had a hard time figuring this one out... but the round stone ball helped. Try more images looking across the garden with the ball in the background - as in the original.

Mcflewster asked me to quote myself, so by special request this time only.

Robecology comments on Jul 12, 2022:

Greed is the perfect addiction. http://robecology.blogspot.com/2016/12/greed-perfect-addiction-and-one-factor.html

The staggering scope of U.

Robecology comments on Jul 12, 2022:

Sad that we've become this; But the mental illness is a direct result of overpopulation. This was a paper I read in my junior year in High School. 1962 It opened my eyes to "demography" and the cause and effect of population density. Titled, "Population Density and Social Pathology" by John B. Calhoun. It basically said the more crowded ANY organism becomes, the more they act in pathologically violent and intolerant ways. and Calhoun wasn't the first to make the connection; In the celebrated thesis of **Thomas Malthus,** vice and misery impose the ultimate natural limit on the growth of populations. of Any organism. Not just humans. Students of the subject have given most of their attention to misery, that is, to predation, disease and food supply as forces that operate to adjust the size of a population to its environment. But what of vice? Setting aside the moral burden of this word, what are the effects of the social behavior of a species on population growth-and of population density on social behavior? https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1501789/pdf/califmed00143-0080.pdf

Silver alert (Florida members knows what it is) issued.

Robecology comments on Jul 12, 2022:

Too funny. So sad that apparently he's immune from prosecution;

They share the responsibility for all the hate in this country.

Robecology comments on Jul 11, 2022:

Here's the same illustration without the "religion" fuel. If you go to "meme-maker" you can fix this.

They share the responsibility for all the hate in this country.

Robecology comments on Jul 11, 2022:

@noworry28 Cool illustration... ....but not scientifically accurate. To be correct, the "ignorance" flask should have the outlet **above the surface of the liquid **- to allow for the vapors to "distill" in to hate. Like this; Feel free to copy mine.

Silver alert (Florida members knows what it is) issued.

Robecology comments on Jul 11, 2022:

Watch out, America...so far it seems likely that this loose cannon will be running in 2024;

There are too many mass shootings for the U.S. media to cover - The Washington Post

Robecology comments on Jul 11, 2022:

FYI; THE 28th AMENDMENT My proposal to repeal and replace the 2nd Amendment Michael Moore https://www.michaelmoore.com/p/the-28th-amendment?utm_source=substack=email

In 6th grade mucic class we could bring records from home and the music teacher would play them - I ...

Robecology comments on Jul 11, 2022:

You inspired me to see how they're doing... Sadly they're all gone; Bob Bogle lived in Vancouver, Washington, for years and died there on June 14, 2009, of non-Hodgkin lymphoma; he was 75. Nokie Edwards died on March 12, 2018, due to complications after hip surgery. He was 82. Gerry McGee died on October 12, 2019, after collapsing onstage four days earlier in Japan. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ventures

The oldest, brightest black holes in the universe were born from violent gas attacks, new study ...

Robecology comments on Jul 11, 2022:

It seems we're obsessed with discussing black holes. Remember; they're simply extremely large stars that might be producing light...but they appear black because light is proven to be affected by gravity...so the light they produce never escapes this super-massive star. We ought not discuss them too often. The nearest one is 980 (+/- 60) of light years away. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nearest_known_black_holes

Beau Lotto + Amy O'Toole: Science is for everyone, kids included | TED Talk

Robecology comments on Jul 11, 2022:

Good stuff...but old (date produced is 2012)...and despite the millions that have viewed it ( I think i read 51 million) there seems to have had little effect. Good effort, David!

Hear what Tucker Carlson is blaming mass shootings on [youtube.

Robecology comments on Jul 11, 2022:

This is why I've practically stopped watching the news. Our leaders...and #FauxNews - are so convinced about wrong theories...and that there's a substantial degree of support for this insanity. It's come time to consider this; THE 28th AMENDMENT My proposal to repeal and replace the 2nd Amendment by Michael Moore https://www.michaelmoore.com/p/the-28th-amendment?utm_source=substack=email

We see this more every day now.

Robecology comments on Jul 11, 2022:

And will continue to do so as long as we increase in population. It's simple. The organisms (not just people - even plants) per area - beyond the idea sustaining quantity - the greater pressure on the environment and each-other. Proven in 1962 by John B. Calhoun. Population Density and Social Pathology. Or...the more crowded it gets the less per organism So - the harder each individual will have to fight/strive/work to make it. True for plants. True for fruit flies. (my genetics students proved it yearly). True for rats. and True for H. sapiens. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1501789/pdf/califmed00143-0080.pdf And the reason we see it more every day - and keep talking about "the good old days"? We crossed over from 2 billion to 3 billion in 1959 3 billion to 4 billion in 1973, 14 years later 4 billion to 5 billion in 1986, 13 years later 5 billion to 6 billion in 1998, 13 years later 6 billion to 7 billion in 2010, and we're less than 50 million from 8 billion. Go here to fact check me; https://www.worldometers.info Solution? Easy to say. hard to do.

Some more Sunday Memes...

Robecology comments on Jul 10, 2022:

I'm alive now. I know that soon I won't be. NBD.

Okay, I splurged....can't wait to grind some up & try it.

Robecology comments on Jul 8, 2022:

I've been disappointed lately. I've splurged and spent $$ on allegedly "great" coffee....just to find it's OK...but - meh.....NBD. And no...I won't touch that coffee that's allegedly passed through some animal's digestive system...ugh! FYI...Kopi luwak is made from coffee beans plucked from civets’ feces. Here's the info you coffee fanatics need. Me? I'm OK with discount brands. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/160429-kopi-luwak-captive-civet-coffee-Indonesia

305-Million-Year-Old Fossil is Oldest Known Tree-Climbing Reptile [sci-news.com]

Robecology comments on Jul 7, 2022:

“The discovery of Eoscansor cobrensis is a significant addition to New Mexico’s fossil record, which is already among the most robust in the nation,” Dr. Lucas and colleagues said. Cool!

How to cut down on calories.

Robecology comments on Jul 6, 2022:

At Bill's recommendation - here's a better "diet" meme/image.

How to cut down on calories.

Robecology comments on Jul 6, 2022:

Seriously - it's called "hunger". And America is #1 in per capita morbidly obese. https://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/map_of_the_week/2013/04/obesity_in_america_cdc_releases_gif_of_epidemic_over_time.html Every animal except humans experience it as a common feeling...even most pets. If you want to lose weight and add years.... Read this meme...and save it.

A friend posted this on FB this morning.

Robecology comments on Jul 6, 2022:

Sad what's going on in our nation... But expected... I read this nearly 60 years ago; Population Density and Social Pathology "The more crowded it gets, the crazier any animal becomes" It changed my career direction BTW; Population then, around 2 billion. Now...we're close to 8 billion. https://www.worldometers.info https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1501789/pdf/califmed00143-0080.pdf

I remember those kinds of interactions.

Robecology comments on Jul 6, 2022:

The lesson? Be careful who you continue relationships with.

A quote from Upton Sinclair: "It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his job ...

Robecology comments on Jul 6, 2022:

I first heard this in Al Gore's film, "An Inconvenient Truth". True then, true today. I found and saved an image/meme of this great saying.

Great group sad that only 2 are left alive

Robecology comments on Jul 6, 2022:

Sad that only two are left alive....but performing is addictive...easy money for doing a few hours of "your good old stuff"...and raking in tens, if not hundreds of thousands of $$... I just read that Carlos Santana, 74, collapsed on stage. Retire Carlos. You've earned enough $$ to earn a chill on a yacht or island somewhere. Same to you, Bob D. Jeff Lynne, of REO fame...is still at it... Chill, Jeff. Time is short. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Lynne

A lot of ways of saying it, this is one.

Robecology comments on Jul 6, 2022:

Fox news ( I call them #FauxNews ) would call this "Bashing and/or Trashing" America. I say it's simply another POV....one we should listen to and act on if we want a better U.S. of A.

Who else sings along to this song? [youtu.be]

Robecology comments on Jul 6, 2022:

I recall hearing this in Boy Scout camp...wow! Great memories! Never saw this video! Thanks!

I’m putting this on for the agnostic members of the group, well worth listening to the points ...

Robecology comments on Jul 6, 2022:

I don't need a lawyer to explain it. If you have a Science based education... or you're remotely "Woke" (aware, generally well educated)... You don't need someone to convince you/me.

I thought this battle over Bristol Bay, Alaska and Pebble Mine had been resolved in Bristol Bay's ...

Robecology comments on Jul 5, 2022:

Salmon is favorite fish to eat; both as the salted, smoked "Lox" and the fresh filets (Sp?) that make a great meal. But the prices have gone "through the roof".. Thanks for the update.

Shooting off fireworks before it's actually dark is a form of premature ejaculation. Discuss...

Robecology comments on Jul 5, 2022:

It speaks to the violent-prone, alcoholic prone celebrants...who don't mind the wildness, the angst and the borderline insanity of the act of "shooting off fireworks". I found a good cartoon on the topic, here on Agnostic.com

An 11-year-old boy died on the way to a hospital after a fireworks incident on Sunday, July 3, ...

Robecology comments on Jul 5, 2022:

There's use....and there's abuse. From eating to using drugs to fireworks. This cartoon that I found, here....says it well; Oh...and the article hints at the #religulous nature of the family; "The boy’s mother, who goes by Kyrra Lynn on Facebook, wrote that she would never see her son again because of a firework." “Please keep Kyrra Lynn and family in your prayers,” she wrote. Yea...god might have helped here...

Just wanted to share a little more of our little slice of tranquility.

Robecology comments on Jul 5, 2022:

Wow!

Maybe not ALL religions, but sure seems this way with the religion behind the ultra right in ...

Robecology comments on Jul 4, 2022:

You got me started. Sorry, there's not a single Religion out there that's not like this. There's no "maybe" about it. I keep watching for more science, less religion... But it's an evolution, not a revolution. A lot of folk still "hedge their bets".

It's hard to want to celebrate Independence Day when roughly half our population is now demonstrably...

Robecology comments on Jul 4, 2022:

Good ones. I copied the "Dark ages" one.

I haven't posted for a while and thought maybe I'll try a few pictures from the other day.

Robecology comments on Jul 3, 2022:

The Great Blue seems to not only have a voracious appetite...but it seems to be able to eat anything. I thought Caffish were "off the menu" until I saw a Heron gulp one down.

Mrs. Betty Bowers, America's Best Christian - The Not-So-Supreme Court [youtube.com]

Robecology comments on Jul 3, 2022:

Sad...but true!

"If you waste your time a-talking to the people who don't listen To the things that you are saying ...

Robecology comments on Jul 3, 2022:

Keep on playing. I love Kris' lyrics and songs... And yea, he's "allegedly" religious but I think he's just playing to the crowd. I love "me and bobby McGee" and "Sunday morning coming down" and even the pseudo-religious "Why me lord"...but again...i think he's being facetious. I honestly think he's a closet agnostic. I post and share often...even assuming one or fewer will read my opinions...and still fewer will "care". But that's how the world changes. Evolution...not Revolution.

pretty much sums it up

Robecology comments on Jul 2, 2022:

So...damned....true. So embarrassed for America.

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert - Surprise Your Lady With A Hearing From The January 6th ...

Robecology comments on Jul 2, 2022:

And yet... Crickets... Still no action on Trump or any of his cohorts.

Mrs. Betty Bowers, America's Best Christian - The Not-So-Supreme Court [youtube.com]

Robecology comments on Jul 2, 2022:

I found this on Youtube and shared it on Twitter. She's so funny! And what she's saying is so true!

I've blocked a number of people lately.

Robecology comments on Jul 2, 2022:

It's a good idea to "take stock" and consider why another blocked you. It requires self evaluation... it's not always the problems of others... .sometimes we're the instigators for those who apparently either lose control or make a poor choice of words to criticize us. So perhaps they are of some importance. Perhaps you do have an issue with disagreement. Apparently you do have some issue with confrontation. I've blocked...and I've been blocked. NBD....but do - for your own growth - reconsider why they did block you....and why you blocked them.

Late Night with Seth Meyers - Damning Jan.

Robecology comments on Jul 2, 2022:

And yet... I hear crickets... https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/trump-trump-org-are-prosecutors-crosshairs-what-does-really-mean-ncna1268429

It's hard to want to celebrate Independence Day when roughly half our population is now demonstrably...

Robecology comments on Jul 2, 2022:

The more crowded it gets...the crazier, the more self- destructive we become' John B. Calhoun published this Population Density and Social Pathology in 1962. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1501789/pdf/califmed00143-0080.pdf The population of earth was around 3 billion. Today it's closing in on 8 billion....and the rate of 216,000 more per day Unless we get serious about family planning...we'll be extinct soon; But Carl warned us; https://www.worldometers.info

The debate continues.

Robecology comments on Jul 2, 2022:

Brilliant...funny stuff! Shared on Twitter!

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert - Elmo Claps Back At Ted Cruz The Only Way He Knows How ...

Robecology comments on Jul 2, 2022:

LOL!

It may go down in history as a great quote, OK, maybe not but still funny as hell.

Robecology comments on Jun 30, 2022:

They're ignorant...but clever enough to win votes. They know that a pricey lawyer will get them out of trouble. Gotta give them credit - they have their hands on the pulse of society. They - the GOP conservative blabber-mouths - know that most of Americans are still racist, #religulous, narrow minded, and not well educated. They're the ones that speed on the highway and complain about the high gas prices. They're the ones who get pregnant...have kids whether they're ready or not... They're the ones who shun/fear/loath minorities....but hire them to care for their lawn and kids. But we have to accept....that they're American as apple pie...and even that wasn't/isn't so American. Apple Pie Is Not All That American; https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-apple-pie-linked-america-180963157/

Anyone else get caught making a song reference that went completely over the youngsters' heads

Robecology comments on Jun 28, 2022:

OK....googled it...found a cool version with an old 1930's movie. Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKQfxi8V5FA

Photo is worth 1000 words.

Robecology comments on Jun 27, 2022:

I'm saddened and dismayed by the S.C.'s POV on abortions and gun control. "Confidence in the US Supreme Court is declining, and that puts its decisions at risk from Congress" https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/2018/07/24/confidence-in-the-us-supreme-court-is-declining-and-that-puts-its-decisions-at-risk-from-congress/

"My God says so" is not an argument, and an argument plus "My God says so" is not a better argument.

Robecology comments on Jun 27, 2022:

I concur - and I'm saddened by the #religulous politicians still out there and active in America. Our progress (as scientific minded agnostics) is shamefully slow.

Every Freaking Time

Robecology comments on Jun 27, 2022:

That is so true!

Who else rocked out in a room like this, even if it wasn't yours?

Robecology comments on Jun 26, 2022:

Appears to be a young, progressive, "hippie" "pad". And the origins of the Peace symbol is interesting as well; The peace sign was created in 1958 by British graphic designer and Christian pacifist Gerald Holtom https://theweek.com/captured/737372/origin-story-peace-sign

Speaks for itself...

Robecology comments on Jun 26, 2022:

So true!

Under distress.

Robecology comments on Jun 25, 2022:

Don't be ashamed to display our flag upside down. It's a standard expression of the owner - or nation - being "under distress". It's honorable to do so!

Monologue: Welcome to Right-Wing America | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) [youtube.com]

Robecology comments on Jun 25, 2022:

Bill points out the worst case scenario... But his sense of humor is still there. "If you want to end a young life - you have to shoot them." Love his "fart with bad hair" analogy!