47 mass shootings in the past MONTH!!?? Just....... wtf... WOW. 😞😞😞

FearlessFly comments on Apr 18, 2021:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/03/23/2020-shootings/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mass_shootings_in_the_United_States_in_2020

"CNN's definition of a mass shooting is an event that has four victims who are either killed or ...

FearlessFly comments on Apr 18, 2021:

. . . not just CNN : https://www.politifact.com/article/2017/oct/04/mass-shooting-what-does-it-mean/ https://injepijournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40621-019-0226-7 https://crim.sas.upenn.edu/fact-check/what-mass-shooting-what-can-be-done

73 years and counting, doing EXACTLY what Albert Einstein had feared.

FearlessFly comments on Apr 18, 2021:

I am not a Zionist, nor do I approve of the Israeli 'settlements' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPB4GkcpEDU

OneWeb, SpaceX satellites dodged a potential collision in orbit ‘Red alerts’ of a potential ...

FearlessFly comments on Apr 17, 2021:

Who pays for the damage if something does hit ?

Psychopaths And Sociopaths Explain What It's Like Inside Their Heads [iflscience.com]

FearlessFly comments on Apr 17, 2021:

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/ifl-science/

Just a little fluff for discussion

FearlessFly comments on Apr 17, 2021:

https://www.livescience.com/56505-do-you-have-a-soul.html

Dear Americans, It's time to speak out for your right to repair : LINK

FearlessFly comments on Apr 17, 2021:

Also, add laws saying that the DMCA can't be used to stop repair as well.

Whitest-ever paint could help cool heating Earth, study shows New paint reflects 98% of sunlight ...

FearlessFly comments on Apr 17, 2021:

Sunlight is mostly visible light, which is reflected. Ambient heat is mostly IR, which is emitted. So the net result is cooling below the ambient temperature of other surfaces.

Professor Dave Explains Debunking the Electric Universe [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Apr 16, 2021:

I am NOT a proponent of the Electric Universe. Despite Newtonian Mechanics/equations being useful and VERY close approximations, Einstein's relativity is convincing that gravity is NOT A FORCE, but a curvature of space-time. "Professor Dave" (NO physics credentials) does a disservice to science with his 'gravity explanations'. :P

Defense Department confirms leaked video of unidentified aerial phenomena is real ...

FearlessFly comments on Apr 16, 2021:

Try and remember you're speaking to flat-earthers, scientologists, and those who believe politicians, -- ordered from least crazy to most crazy. :)

Elon Musk’s SpaceX wins contract to develop spacecraft to land astronauts on the moon The ...

FearlessFly comments on Apr 16, 2021:

Of all of the companies involved, SpaceX is the only one to have actually built a man rated spacecraft in that last thirty years.

When I was first married we lived in an apartment that had an incinerator in the basement.

FearlessFly comments on Apr 15, 2021:

We had an incinerator (suburb of Mpls), until they were 'outlawed' (early 60's) -- IIUC, pollution.

Got my 2nd covid shot and now I'm cured! .

FearlessFly comments on Apr 13, 2021:

The efficacy prevents hospitalization/death, but is NOT anywhere close to cure. There is some evidence that it prevents infecting others, but YOU can still get infected and even get 'long Covid'. :P

Japan to start releasing Fukushima water into sea in 2 years [apnews.com]

FearlessFly comments on Apr 13, 2021:

As far as radiation is concerned, about half the worldwide daily consumption of bananas. Or a coal-fired power plant run for 6 hours : https://www.expunct.com/environment/fukushima-to-dump-76-million-bananas-into-the-sea/

My new definition of stupidity is individuals who find extraordinarily Simple Solutions to ...

FearlessFly comments on Apr 13, 2021:

The significant difference between intelligence and stupidity is that intelligence has its' limits. :)

History of Salk, Sabin and polio vaccine

FearlessFly comments on Apr 13, 2021:

I have a close friend (my age) who was born of parents who BOTH had polio, mother could not abort and was not expected to live. :O

New electrical flaw grounds more than 60 737 MAXs, adding to Boeing’s woes [seattletimes.com]

FearlessFly comments on Apr 12, 2021:

Based on the description of the problem: 60 planes are un-grounded so they must be grounded until they are grounded. Once they are grounded, they can get off the ground. :)

In Russia, the legend of cosmonaut Gagarin lives on [phys.org] [space.com]

FearlessFly comments on Apr 12, 2021:

Must have been quite something to go where nobody had gone before, with no clear idea what the effect would be on the human body or if the return to Earth was survivable.

White House COVID-19 Response Team holds briefing - YouTube

FearlessFly comments on Apr 12, 2021:

Highly informative.

Um... Am I right in thinking that Humanist.com is a duplicate of Agnostic.com?

FearlessFly comments on Apr 11, 2021:

Not all humanists are 'non-believers' :P

New, reversible CRISPR method can control gene expression while leaving underlying DNA sequence ...

FearlessFly comments on Apr 10, 2021:

Not all of the DNA is inaccessible. A lot of the DNA is wrapped around histones but a lot of it isn't. In fact, it gets unwound and rewound many places, it's quite dynamic.

P&G Worked With China Trade Group on Tech to Sidestep Apple Privacy Rules One of world’s ...

FearlessFly comments on Apr 10, 2021:

Clearly vying with the likes of Google for 'most evil company'.

Critical Zoom vulnerability triggers remote code execution without user input [zdnet.

FearlessFly comments on Apr 9, 2021:

I advocate using jitsi -- NO installation required, open source, cross-platform, end-to-end encrypted, works in any browser. https://mashable.com/article/how-to-use-jitsi-meet-zoom-alternative/

Critical Zoom vulnerability triggers remote code execution without user input [zdnet.

FearlessFly comments on Apr 9, 2021:

"For now, the two hackers and Zoom are the only ones that know how the vulnerability works. As long as it stays that way there is not much that Zoom users have to worry about. For those that worry anyway, the browser version is said to be safe from this vulnerability. For anyone else, keep your eyses peeled for the patch and update at earliest convenience after it comes out."

Decisions, decisions?

FearlessFly comments on Apr 9, 2021:

. . . false dichotomy

Facebook hopes tiny labels on posts will stop users confusing satire with reality [theverge.com]

FearlessFly comments on Apr 9, 2021:

I've never seen The Onion stories forwarded as if they were real -- Onion seems better at making their stories funny enough that you can tell it's satire.

Apple says iMessage on Android ‘will hurt us more than help us’ 283 comments Epic argues ...

FearlessFly comments on Apr 9, 2021:

This is to demonstrate that the IOS and Android platforms are not interchangeable, and that Apple makes it difficult (intentionally) to move between them.

Is not telling the whole truth, morally the same as lying ?

FearlessFly comments on Apr 9, 2021:

. . . a very good read : https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8713068-forged

Amazon warns Texas: Don’t pass bill that would drive up wind power costs Bill would "directly ...

FearlessFly comments on Apr 8, 2021:

This bill is designed to shift extra costs onto the renewable producers, essentially subsidizing the fossil fuels companies.

Apple Reveals Line of Attack in App Store Trial Against Epic Epic Games made more than $700 ...

FearlessFly comments on Apr 8, 2021:

It's going to be fascinating to see how this turns out. This is really a trial to see if walled gardens are monopolistic or not. And if they are, won't that turn the current status quo of the entire internet on its head ?

Congress Says Foreign Intel Services Could Abuse Ad Networks for Spying A group of bipartisan ...

FearlessFly comments on Apr 6, 2021:

. . . as if I needed another reason to block ads :P . . . time to make tracking and aggregating data about people for commercial purposes illegal. :O

Uber may stop letting drivers see destinations and name prices [sfchronicle.com]

FearlessFly comments on Apr 6, 2021:

Hopefully this will lead to a court case saying Prop 22 does not apply to Uber. Uber is trying to be too clever and it will bite them big time

DoorDash Drivers Game Algorithm to Increase The DeclineNow movement is testing whether workers ...

FearlessFly comments on Apr 6, 2021:

. . . load 16 tons, what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt. I owe my soul to the company store.

McConnell demands corporate silence on GOP voter-suppression efforts

FearlessFly comments on Apr 6, 2021:

. . . but . . . but . . . but, Corporations are PEOPLE :P :)

Half of Republicans believe false accounts of deadly U.S. Capitol riot-Reuters/Ipsos poll

FearlessFly comments on Apr 6, 2021:

. . . the **actual** source : https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-politics-disinformation/half-of-republicans-believe-false-accounts-of-deadly-u-s-capitol-riot-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN2BS0RZ

Ignorant Wisconsin Republicans Want the Governor to Open Churches for Easter | Hemant Mehta | ...

FearlessFly comments on Apr 6, 2021:

Segment (queued-up) on last nights' PBS Newshour about covid surge in WI : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GU6OGlm5_LU?t=1204

Scientists show you can collect DNA from the air It could help understand airborne diseases and ...

FearlessFly comments on Apr 6, 2021:

This suggests that the amount of contact necessary to leave DNA is much more casual than criminal forensics assumes. Further testing is required. Can you leave your DNA in a room by passing by an open window? Could you leave your DNA on someone else just by standing near them? Enough that they might then deposit it somewhere you have never been?

Colorado Denied Its Citizens the Right-to-Repair After Riveting Testimony Stories of ...

FearlessFly comments on Apr 6, 2021:

This isn't about devices which can be repaired vs devices which can't. It's about devices which can be repaired but only by the manufacturer because they leverage patents, trade secrets, denial of product, and anything else they can think of to prevent third parties from doing it, vs devices which can be repaired by third parties too.

NASA’s Mars Helicopter Survives First Cold Martian Night on Its Own [jpl.nasa.gov]

FearlessFly comments on Apr 6, 2021:

. . . the design of the copter : https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/6-things-to-know-about-nasas-ingenuity-mars-helicopter/

Soviet TV version of Lord of the Rings rediscovered after 30 years Russian-language film posted ...

FearlessFly comments on Apr 5, 2021:

Putin played a very convincing Gollum -- and he didn't even need makeup. :O

Amazon Illegally Fired Activist Workers, Labor Board Finds The two employees had publicly pushed ...

FearlessFly comments on Apr 5, 2021:

Firing a worker for organizing is illegal in all 50 states.

IBM bets homomorphic encryption is ready to deliver stronger data security for early adopters ...

FearlessFly comments on Apr 5, 2021:

Homomorphic encryption is any encryption scheme that allows you to perform computation on the encrypted data without decrypting it.

533 million Facebook users' phone numbers and personal data have been leaked online ...

FearlessFly comments on Apr 4, 2021:

Facebook has a market cap of over $800 billion. To make them take this seriously, I suggest a fine of $80 per account. For the roughly half billion accounts exposed, that would come to $40 billion, or about 5% of their market capitalization.

SpaceX rocket debris lands on man’s farm in Washington Most rocket parts burn up in the ...

FearlessFly comments on Apr 4, 2021:

The Kosmos 954 nuclear reactor largely survived re-entery in 1977, and landed in the Canadian wilderness. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YN7ifFam1Fk&t=26s

Biden’s infrastructure plan aims to turbocharge U.S. shift from fossil fuels [msn.com]

FearlessFly comments on Apr 4, 2021:

The "free market" would happily see the planet burn and the human race go extinct if it meant saving 5% a kilowatt hour by sticking with coal.

Uber ordered to pay $1.

FearlessFly comments on Apr 3, 2021:

The horrifying aspect of this is that there were 14 people willing to leave a blind lady stranded on the street at night regardless of the legality.

Weather Service Internet systems are crumbling as key platforms are taxed and failing Most of the...

FearlessFly comments on Apr 3, 2021:

"Move everything to the cloud! It'll solve all our problems!" -- Every short-sighted IT manager ever

Nuclear should be considered part of clean energy standard, White House says Biden’s plan goes ...

FearlessFly comments on Apr 3, 2021:

With negative void co-efficient reactors and modern improvements, we should be replacing our entire nuclear power plant fleet with modern reactors that are safer, cleaner, more efficient, and more reliable.

When/Where should vaccination 'passports' be required ? Why/not ?

FearlessFly comments on Apr 2, 2021:

Don't want to bake a gay wedding cake? It's your God Given Right. Want proof of vaccination before you'll take a lungful of air from somebody? This is an outrage! /s

Scientists Just Killed the EmDrive After failing critical thrust tests, the "impossible" engine ...

FearlessFly comments on Apr 2, 2021:

It's helpful to know about that particular mechanism of error as a potential reason for unexpected results in other experiments.

Biden lets Trump's H-1B visa ban expire The president allowed the ban to lapse this week.

FearlessFly comments on Apr 2, 2021:

The H-1B program was always intended to fill positions that didn't have enough qualified Americans to fill, not to replace them entirely, which is what corporate America is using the program for. :P

India's second wave hits the whole world through vaccine export curbs [axios.com]

FearlessFly comments on Apr 2, 2021:

The shortage is caused by patents : https://www.msf.org/countries-obstructing-covid-19-patent-waiver-must-allow-negotiations

Mystery brain disorder baffles Canadian doctors Spasms, memory loss and hallucinations among ...

FearlessFly comments on Apr 2, 2021:

Apparently Prions can even be absorbed by plants that grow on the contaminated ground, resulting in infection of those eating the plants : https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4449294/

NASA Has a Plan to Punch an Asteroid With a Spaceship to Protect Earth Planetary astronomer Andy ...

FearlessFly comments on Apr 2, 2021:

Asteroids started it :) https://astronomy.com/news/2021/03/asteroid-dust-found-at-chicxulub-crater-confirms-cause-of-dinosaurs-extinction

Supreme Court Lets F.

FearlessFly comments on Apr 1, 2021:

They have should have said FCC, SEC, FTC, FEC, etc. rule-making is unconstitutional per se because all legislative and pseudo-legislative activity must be enacted explicitly by only the Congress.

Amtrak unveils vision of expanded rail map Biden's infrastructure plan [axios.]

FearlessFly comments on Apr 1, 2021:

80 billion is earmarked to clear Amtrak's maintenance backlog. 115 billion goes to road repair include motor vehicle bridges. 25 billion will go into upgrading and modernizing airports. 20 billion goes to bike routes and pedestrian safety projects.

Data withheld from WHO team probing COVID-19 origins in China: Tedros [reuters.com]

FearlessFly comments on Apr 1, 2021:

Wow, if you can't trust the Chinese Communists, who can you trust? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlCYFh8U2xM

Biden Infrastructure Plan Promises Broadband to All Within 8 Years The $100 billion proposal ...

FearlessFly comments on Apr 1, 2021:

GOP has repeatedly tried to ban community broadband entirely. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/02/gop-plan-for-broadband-competition-would-ban-city-run-networks-across-us/

Scientists Create Simple Synthetic Cell That Grows and Divides Normally New findings shed light ...

FearlessFly comments on Apr 1, 2021:

"Of the seven genes added to this organism for normal cell division, scientists know what only two of them do. The roles that the other five play in cell division are not yet known." The other 5 make it grow to 700 feet and eat Tokyo. :)

Change is the only constant, - Heraclitus

FearlessFly comments on Mar 31, 2021:

. . . the speed of light in a vacuum is constant. :P

Russia unveils world’s first coronavirus vaccine for dogs, cats and other animals ...

FearlessFly comments on Mar 31, 2021:

In 1957, they put a dog into their Sputnik. In 2021, they put their Sputnik into a dog! :O

Antimatter atoms can be precisely manipulated and cooled with lasers [newscientist.com]

FearlessFly comments on Mar 31, 2021:

Positrons occur naturally in inverse beta decay so they would have been found even if antimatter hadn't already been predicted to exist.

How mRNA Technology Could Change the World mRNA’s story likely will not end with COVID-19: Its ...

FearlessFly comments on Mar 31, 2021:

Well-explained article.

A Cautionary Tale For China's Ambitious Chipmakers [npr.org]

FearlessFly comments on Mar 31, 2021:

. . . not so easy when you actually have to create something rather just steal all of your ideas from the West. :O

For those who now consider Itailian-Americans "white"--understand it wasn't always so.

FearlessFly comments on Mar 31, 2021:

. . . perhaps some don't consider this 'lynching' : https://www.usdakotawar.org/history/aftermath/trials-hanging

Google collects 20 times more telemetry from Android devices than Apple from iOS ...

FearlessFly comments on Mar 31, 2021:

The fact that it takes rooting and installing an AOSP ROM to opt-out of data collection, and that companies are allowed to lock bootloaders that make it nearly impossible to do even this much for dedicated individuals, is abhorrent.

Biden Details $2 Trillion Plan to Rebuild Infrastructure and Reshape the Economy [nytimes.

FearlessFly comments on Mar 31, 2021:

GOP has no political interest in backing it. They want to make Biden look ineffective. :P

sad but true.

FearlessFly comments on Mar 30, 2021:

True ? . . .because it matches your confirmation bias ? What 'expertise' do you think Rick Ackerman has on this topic ? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Ackerman

One of my favorite covers, The original by the Undisputed Truth was soulful but over rehearsed.

FearlessFly comments on Mar 30, 2021:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOabsfRNyxs

Sleeping Octopuses May Have Dreams, But They're Probably Brief [npr.org]

FearlessFly comments on Mar 30, 2021:

. . . and their dreams are always 'wet' ? :)

Scientists Get Closer To Redefining The Length Of A Second [npr.org] [abc.net.au]

FearlessFly comments on Mar 30, 2021:

If you're a farmer and you're using GPS to auto-navigate your tractors or other farm machinery when it is seeding or spraying crops, then that accuracy might be really valuable.

2nd dose of the vaccine yesterday.

FearlessFly comments on Mar 30, 2021:

I had 2nd Moderna Friday. Achiness, low-grade fever Sat, all good since Sun. :)

Boston Dynamics’ New Robot Doesn’t Dance.

FearlessFly comments on Mar 29, 2021:

Has the important lesson of Flashdance and Saturday Night Fever been forgotten by the so-called writer of this headline? You can have a menial job by day, *and* be a fabulous dancer by night. :)

Apple Loses Bid to Stop Swatch Using Jobs’s ‘One More Thing’ Cue Judge said Swatch hadn’t...

FearlessFly comments on Mar 29, 2021:

Priceless to see Apple complaining about its non-trademarks being "infringed" when Apple itself violated others' trademarks, including doing it willfully after agreeing not to. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Corps_v_Apple_Computer#1978%E2%80%931981

Stanford Scientists Reverse Engineer Moderna Vaccine, Post Code on Github The secrets of the ...

FearlessFly comments on Mar 29, 2021:

Did they reverse engineer the tracking chip that Bill Gates puts in the vaccine? :O (sarcasm)

His Plane Crashed in the Amazon. Then Came the Hard Part. [nytimes.com] [indianexpress.com]

FearlessFly comments on Mar 29, 2021:

That's less than half a mile per day . . .

Parler Users Furious That Site Sent Violent Posts to FBI Ahead of Capitol Riot [newsweek.com]

FearlessFly comments on Mar 29, 2021:

You are free to yell "FIRE" in a crowded theater. You are not free from the consequences of your actions. :P

Inside the Koch-Backed Effort to Block the Largest Election-Reform Bill in Half a Century | The New ...

FearlessFly comments on Mar 29, 2021:

Seems to me that this is a good reason for another (like executive and SCOTUS nominations) filibuster exception.

Biden’s Health Plan Shifts Even More Public Dollars Into Private Hands

FearlessFly comments on Mar 28, 2021:

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/truth-out/ I have (for decades) been in favor of 'single-payer'. Given the political polarization in the US, I strongly doubt it has any chance of happening.

Got two appts for Covid Vaccines, first one was Wednesday morning.

FearlessFly comments on Mar 26, 2021:

Had Moderna 2nd 7hrs ago -- no side-effects (yet) :)

Paulogia Errors in the Bible? (Frank Turek vs Bart Ehrman) [youtube.]

FearlessFly comments on Mar 26, 2021:

I have read many and would recommend any : https://www.bartdehrman.com/books-published/

Saturday morning.

FearlessFly comments on Mar 26, 2021:

Kudos for volunteer work. Are there no/little secular volunteering opportunities nearby ? https://www.salvationarmyusa.org/usn/what-we-believe/

Freedom of Speech?

FearlessFly comments on Mar 26, 2021:

. . . apples/oranges The Constitution only restricts the government from speech prohibitions, NOT companies/individuals.

New U.K. Currency Honors Alan Turing, Pioneering Computer Scientist And Code-Breaker [npr.org]

FearlessFly comments on Mar 25, 2021:

In computer science circles he's up there with Babbage as basically the two fathers of modern digital computing. He's as responsible for beating Germany as just about anyone can be said to be. Bombe -- code-breaking machine https://www.britannica.com/topic/Bombe

Venus Flytraps Have Magnetic Fields Like the Human Brain The detection of a biomagnetic field has...

FearlessFly comments on Mar 25, 2021:

Mostly plants are combination chemovore*/photovores, though they're quite happy to feed on animals (or their waste products) for the chemical side of the combination.

Atomic clocks compared with astounding accuracy Three atomic clocks based on different atoms have...

FearlessFly comments on Mar 25, 2021:

Even an atomic clock can be wrong once every 10^18 seconds. :)

I got this from some I never expected to think like this.

FearlessFly comments on Mar 25, 2021:

. . . stupid analogy -- nothing in the Constitution about cars/driving/drinking :P

When one journey ends a bigger one begins.

FearlessFly comments on Mar 25, 2021:

. . . a very good read : https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41750870-the-wolf

Postmaster General DeJoy Proposes Slower Mail and Higher Prices Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, a...

FearlessFly comments on Mar 24, 2021:

It is NOT a business, it is a Service. :P https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/article-1/section-8/clause-7/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Postal_Service

I just got banned from FB because this info that I posted, below, is allegedly false/fake.

FearlessFly comments on Mar 24, 2021:

Why not provide link(s) to reliable sources (FB/here) for those reports ?

Federal Health Officials Say AstraZeneca Vaccine Trial May Have Relied on ‘Outdated Information’...

FearlessFly comments on Mar 24, 2021:

NIAID Statement on AstraZeneca Vaccine https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/niaid-statement-astrazeneca-vaccine

Intel is spending $20 billion to build two new chip plants in Arizona [cnbc.com]

FearlessFly comments on Mar 23, 2021:

Will it be NSA-free ? . . . asking for a friend :)

Amazon Delivery Drivers Forced to Sign ‘Biometric Consent’ Form or Lose Job The new cameras, ...

FearlessFly comments on Mar 23, 2021:

This is why Unions are needed. Biometrics may be necessary for Amazon to manage deliveries, but what to workers get in return? Are the going to benefit from the intrusion? Or are their benefits and pay just going to erode as employers say my way or the highway ?

How much do you dislike scammers ?

FearlessFly comments on Mar 23, 2021:

. . . Lenny : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWrkDOt_IfM Glitterbomb Trap Catches Phone Scammer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrKW58MS12g Glitter Bomb 2.0 vs Porch Pirates https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_TSR_v07m0

Hospitals Hide Pricing Data From Search Results Webpages for hundreds of hospitals require users ...

FearlessFly comments on Mar 23, 2021:

“But the prices were on display” “On display? I eventually had to go down to the cellar to find them.” “That’s the display department.” “With a flashlight.” “Ah, well, the lights had probably gone.” “So had the stairs.” “But look, you found the prices, didn’t you?” “Yes,” said Arthur, “yes I did. They were on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying ‘Beware of the Leopard.” -- with apologies to Douglas Adams

UFO report details ‘difficult to explain’ sightings, says US ex-intelligence director US ...

FearlessFly comments on Mar 23, 2021:

Aliens were so busy inventing interstellar travel that they neglected to develop stealth technology. :P

U.S. Supreme Court rebuffs Facebook appeal in user tracking lawsuit [reuters.]

FearlessFly comments on Mar 22, 2021:

It doesn't tell us much about the merits of the underlying case, which will continue on its way through the lower courts. If cert had been granted, the Supreme Court might have shut this whole thing down, but denying the writ of certiorari is the fate of most petitions.

Biden administration to launch cyber attacks on Russia as feud with Putin escalates [msn.

FearlessFly comments on Mar 21, 2021:

Lack of response and Russia's behavior will only escalate until there is a response. The only way to deal with a bully is to stand up to him.

You know you are getting old when everything either dries up or leaks. Will Rogers.

FearlessFly comments on Mar 21, 2021:

I'm old enough to know better -- still young enough to do-it-again :)

Icelandic volcano erupts near Reykjavik [bbc.] [en.vedur.is]

FearlessFly comments on Mar 20, 2021:

The Fagradals Mountain volcano had been dormant for 6,000 years, and the Reykjanes Peninsula hadn't seen an eruption of any volcano in 781 years.