#hanginthere
I noticed the other day that our Lilac bushes are blooming. In October.
Did a little searching, and it's a thing.
When the plants are under stress.
We have had a fairly moderate summer and fall here in the Mid Atlantic region. Some heavy rain, but not dry and not too hot and still no frost.
Hmmm. We have been having die off's in several different types of trees. We lost a Tulip Magnolia two years ago. It just died.
This past season we lost a Dogwood. It hadn't been looking good, but it bloomed in the spring and then proceeded to wither away.
Now the Lilacs are looking kind of dead around the edges. right click and open in another tab for the full sized
Bonus fall color shot
#nature #myphoto #hanginthere
![xkcd - Easy or Hard](https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/easy_or_hard.png "Friction-driven static electrification is familiar and fundamental in daily life, industry, and technology, but its basics have long been unknown and have continually perplexed scientists from ancient Greece to the high-tech era. [...] To date, no single theory can satisfactorily explain this mysterious but fundamental phenomenon." --Eui-Cheol Shin et. al. (2022)")
With the 'explosion' of new pet owners as a result of the Covid pandemic, there has also been a dog training deficit.
Not only a deficit, but training that may have negative results for the dog and owner.
When we got our first dog 25 years ago we sought out a trainer that could help us match the intelligence of our new Australian Shepard.
The other Aussie owners suggested a local trainer who used positive training.
The trainer was very good, using the Karen Pryor click&treat methods of positive reinforcement.
It's as much training the human as it is the dog ( or other animal ).
It really worked for us, and our dog.
We have used similar techniques on our current dogs with pretty good success.
#dogs #hanginthere
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My mother-in-law, a botany professor, would probably find this amusing.
A Field Guide to Roadside Wildflowers At Full Speed
#nature #humor #hanginthere
An engineer who helped design, develop, and maintain the Pratt & Whitney J58 jet engine.
That was the SR-71 Blackbird engine.
He gives a detailed and entertaining description of the engine and it's operation.
Geek out. Absolutely fascinating.
#technology #engineering #hanginthere #science
The Pratt & Whitney J58 - The Engine of the SR-71 Blackbird
In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the US government handed out "PPP Loans" to many entities ( small and large businesses, churches, and organizations ).
The entities receiving the loans were supposed to keep workers paid, leases up to date, etc.
This tool from ProPublica lets you look up the loan recipients in an area, or line of business, and see the status of the loan.
Many were forgiven by the government. There was quite the feeding frenzy.
#covid #economy #hanginthere
ProPublica- Tracking PPP
Fauci announces retirement in December.
At 81, I guess he deserves some time out of the office.
#hanginthere
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Have an Ally debit card.
Might want to check out locking your card.
According to TFA card fraud is on an upswing.
#cardfraud #finance #hanginthere
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![xkcd - Gen Z](https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/gen_z.png "Curdled milk, of a peculiar kind, made after a Bulgarian recipe and called "yaghurt," is now a Parisian fad and is believed to be a remedy against growing old. A correspondent who has tried it, says he would prefer to die young. (1905, The Elk Falls Journal)")