At risk of sounding like a cliche or an uninformed popular celebrity, I tend to get more excited about findings in the ocean than I do in space. I guess it's because I expect space to be vast and filled with everything we never knew about, including different types of life, so when we find something totally new here where we live, where it's even close enough to touch... it's just incredible. To be fair, I get excited by both.
It's Masturbation May, a holiday created to celebrate sexual health and honor U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Joycelyn Elders, our first Black woman surgeon general, who advocated for including masturbation as part of sex ed back in 1994. Oh, if only! Dr. Elders, we'll forever be grateful for your work and hope that every teen gets comprehensive sex ed someday.
The number of issues we face in the modern world are dizzying and to narrow it down to just ONE thing feels impossible. If I had to choose, I know that universal healthcare, poverty, civil rights and LGBTQ rights top my list, but I think climate change may be my number one ask because it effects everyone, even if they won't be born until this fall. You can bet I support the Green New Deal.
There are a bunch of pictures circulating the web about penguins and their terrifying teeth. They do look monstrous, completely spinning the usual adorable fluffy bird pics we see on their heads, but they aren't teeth. Penguins have beak teeth as babies, but those menacing-looking "teeth" in the pictures are actually structures called papillae.
So many people seem to be growing their fruits and veggies from dwarf trees lately and I'm so curious about it. As someone who's had little success with growing fruits (I struggle with an avocado seed plant and the best I've managed are my annual strawberries and tomatoes!), I really would love to grow fruit.
There are several websites where you can click to generate donations from their sponsors to fund various causes, but did you know that there's one that helps to promote literacy? The Literacy Site has funded more than 5 million books for kids in need and you can help participate just by visiting to click for free every day.
Officials are now saying that we're not going to reach herd immunity since so many people are refusing to get vaccinated. It's incredibly disheartening but not surprising given how many people spread disinformation and vote for "alternative facts" candidates, but I have to say that I'm still heartbroken. This week, my "Poison of Choice" is my second shot, and in two weeks I am going to celebrate!
As much as I love coffee, I've never fazed a barista with my order. Even when I make a couple of subs for lower sugar, my barista has always said it was nothing and they see so many more complex orders each day. It seems really complicated to me, but when I saw this order on Twitter, all I could think was that I'm glad I'm not a barista myself!
Sweden’s Security Service has published some of the findings of its 2020 intelligence report. The report mentioned that Iran, China and Russia are the biggest threats to Sweden’s security. The report also said that the Islamic Republic of Iran is trying to obtain Swedish technology for its nuclear weapons program.
3 nuclear units to become 1st in Japan to operate beyond 40-yr limit English.kyodonews.net
Ambient office = 46 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 108 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 108 nanosieverts per hour
Part 2 of 2 Parts (Please read Part 1 first)
Ambient office = 47 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 93 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 96 nanosieverts per hour
Part 1 of 2 Parts
US President includes nuclear in American Jobs Plan world-nuclear-news.org
Ambient office = 59 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 101 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 98 nanosieverts per hour
Part 2 of 2 Parts (Please read Part 1 first)
Ambient office = 67 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 119 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 122 nanosieverts per hour
