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Sky pilot
Lehigh Valley PA
"The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it". H.L. Mencken
https://boinc.berkeley.edu
lhc@home, rosetta@home
US Army vfw
Sky pilot
Lehigh Valley PA
"The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it". H.L. Mencken
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· Feb 19
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
- Thomas Jefferson
- Thomas Jefferson
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This is a vivid, horribly relevant read. “She does not sleep well. And as you lift up her pajama top to check her rash one morning, you see that her breathing is labored, shadows pooling between her ribs when she sucks in air. You suffer an icy moment of realization: This is a medical crisis.”
This Is How a Child Dies of Measles
When your family becomes a data point in an outbreak
www.theatlantic.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:35 PM
This is a vivid, horribly relevant read. “She does not sleep well. And as you lift up her pajama top to check her rash one morning, you see that her breathing is labored, shadows pooling between her ribs when she sucks in air. You suffer an icy moment of realization: This is a medical crisis.”
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“Lehigh County should never be a place where human suffering is treated as a business opportunity,” Siegel said in a news release Friday. “We are asking property owners to stand with our community, reject the expansion of inhumane detention practices”
Lehigh County leaders urge warehouse owners not to sell to ICE
Lehigh County Executive Josh Siegel rallied a group of local elected officials to urge industrial property owners not to sell to immigration enforcement agencies as recent warehouse sales in Berks …
www.mcall.com
February 7, 2026 at 12:45 AM
“Lehigh County should never be a place where human suffering is treated as a business opportunity,” Siegel said in a news release Friday. “We are asking property owners to stand with our community, reject the expansion of inhumane detention practices”
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A month-long boycott of big tech companies to protest ICE. Thanks for having me, @jaketapper.bsky.social.
February 3, 2026 at 7:37 PM
A month-long boycott of big tech companies to protest ICE. Thanks for having me, @jaketapper.bsky.social.
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"Penn climate scientists warn global warming will ‘exacerbate storms’ following record snowfall" by Norah Findley for The #DailyPennsylvanian: www.thedp.com/article/2026...
Penn climate scientists warn global warming will ‘exacerbate storms’ following record snowfall
Earth and Environmental Sciences professor Leigh Stearns said that there is “a lot of evidence” that extreme climatic events will worsen in the future.
www.thedp.com
January 31, 2026 at 3:06 PM
"Penn climate scientists warn global warming will ‘exacerbate storms’ following record snowfall" by Norah Findley for The #DailyPennsylvanian: www.thedp.com/article/2026...
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John Oliver did a thorough episode about it - youtu.be/Ejoi9yfLVCc?...
Medicare Advantage: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
youtu.be
December 29, 2025 at 9:48 PM
John Oliver did a thorough episode about it - youtu.be/Ejoi9yfLVCc?...
Simply a bad idea launching east over the Gulf of Mexico with the heavy commercial air traffic between the states and everywhere Central and South America.
“The proposed exchange, which has not previously been reported, has alarmed some conservationists and archaeologists. They worry that SpaceX could degrade tracts that are home to numerous endangered species as well as artifacts from a Civil War-era battlefield.”
Trump May Give 775 Acres of a Federal Wildlife Refuge to SpaceX
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Simply a bad idea launching east over the Gulf of Mexico with the heavy commercial air traffic between the states and everywhere Central and South America.
Lehigh Valley, do it
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www.traderjoes.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Lehigh Valley, do it
www.traderjoes.com/home/contact...
www.traderjoes.com/home/contact...
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As the nights are getting lighter, we figured that this was worth a re-share 🎼😎🎶
youtu.be/8Mf2YQQw98g?...
youtu.be/8Mf2YQQw98g?...
Feeling Light - Dave Dark and the Sharks
YouTube video by Rich Wilde
youtu.be
January 8, 2025 at 10:38 PM
As the nights are getting lighter, we figured that this was worth a re-share 🎼😎🎶
youtu.be/8Mf2YQQw98g?...
youtu.be/8Mf2YQQw98g?...
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Can generative AI be trusted to draw chemical structures? Not yet, according to two chemists who want to see the community take a tough stance against its use.
The chemistry community should ban drawing chemical structures with generative AI, chemists warn
AIs like Microsoft's Copilot, Google's Gemini and OpenAI's ChatGPT still make serious errors rendering structural formulae
www.chemistryworld.com
October 15, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Can generative AI be trusted to draw chemical structures? Not yet, according to two chemists who want to see the community take a tough stance against its use.
Kessler Syndrome
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Gemini - Kessler Syndrome: Space Debris Cascade
Created with Gemini
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October 14, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Kessler Syndrome
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"Castles made of sand, fall in the sea, eventually". Jimi Hendrix
Markets braced for chaos after Trump triggers record-breaking crypto crash share.google/KOsBZCNVrH45...
Markets braced for chaos after Trump triggers record-breaking crypto crash share.google/KOsBZCNVrH45...
Markets braced for chaos after Trump triggers record-breaking crypto crash
City traders on alert for panic selling after $400bn slump in less than 24 hours
share.google
October 11, 2025 at 10:37 PM
"Castles made of sand, fall in the sea, eventually". Jimi Hendrix
Markets braced for chaos after Trump triggers record-breaking crypto crash share.google/KOsBZCNVrH45...
Markets braced for chaos after Trump triggers record-breaking crypto crash share.google/KOsBZCNVrH45...
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Incredible!
China is building 1.8 GW floating solar plant that will operate in July 2026.
Cost is $2.2 billion.
China plans 100 GW of floating solar by 2030!
Petrostate politico heads explode.
Truly incredible!
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/09/22/c... #energysky
China is building 1.8 GW floating solar plant that will operate in July 2026.
Cost is $2.2 billion.
China plans 100 GW of floating solar by 2030!
Petrostate politico heads explode.
Truly incredible!
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/09/22/c... #energysky
China building 1.8 GW offshore PV project in Bohai Sea
A state-led 1.8 GW offshore PV plan in Changli, China's Hebei province, is set to become a model for large-scale marine solar development, with completion targeted by mid-2026.
www.pv-magazine.com
September 23, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Incredible!
China is building 1.8 GW floating solar plant that will operate in July 2026.
Cost is $2.2 billion.
China plans 100 GW of floating solar by 2030!
Petrostate politico heads explode.
Truly incredible!
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/09/22/c... #energysky
China is building 1.8 GW floating solar plant that will operate in July 2026.
Cost is $2.2 billion.
China plans 100 GW of floating solar by 2030!
Petrostate politico heads explode.
Truly incredible!
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/09/22/c... #energysky
May 2020. Airborne infectious disease. Trexler Memorial Park.
September 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
May 2020. Airborne infectious disease. Trexler Memorial Park.
"It Takes A Village". It takes herd immunity
September 4, 2025 at 2:22 PM
"It Takes A Village". It takes herd immunity
Gemini - Starlink Contamination Harms Ozone Layer
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g.co
August 28, 2025 at 4:17 PM
