It was bath time again, a day late because it was chilly yesterday and too late yesterday evening. Clean, dry and teeth-brushed. Ready to call it a night. 👍

Space weather update: G4 (Severe) storm conditions first reached at 1938 UTC (2:38pm EST) upon CME shock arrival. Please continue to visit spaceweather.gov for the latest information and updates.

The irrational, pathologically narcissistic megalomaniac who wrote (or, ahem, dictated) this letter retains sole launch authority over an estimated 1,770 deployed US nuclear weapons—up to 900 of which are on 24/7 alert atop our 400 ICBMs and 80-100 of our SLBMs aboard submarines on patrol.

A collection of papers gifted to me. Maybe some of you will find a title or two enjoyable reading. :) drive.google.com/drive/folder...

B61-5 trainer preflight controller…

New Mexico is so pretty - these pictures are a real disservice to that outdoor beauty but I had fun taking them. :)

Good Sunday morning all. :) Someone whose explorations and work I really enjoy suggested this as a watch. So here it is, as a bookmark of sorts for myself and perhaps your enjoyment too, youtu.be/xer_rJpbE-M

ICE can’t handle ice is and shall remain objectively funny. You’d think snowflakes wouldn’t struggle with other forms of frozen water.

Ooh, I should be off work that day. I want to go see this moon mission take flight, ideally with close a vantage as I can manage. :D

A very shy lizard hanging out near the Mi Vida uranium mine in Utah. It only allowed this single photograph. :)

My analogy for people older than me was "it was like Los Angeles Aerospace after the Cold War ended" and my analogy for people younger than me is, "Imagine having an entire sector of the economy getting kicked in the face repeatedly" because they don't have any frame of reference for the first thing

This was four years ago. 😄 The time does go to fast but they don't know it and enjoy themselves just as much still today.

Tomorrow: My 13,500 word historical and financial analysis on how the AI Bubble is magnitudes worse than the Dot Com Bubble, with a contagion that will spread throughout the global markets and our society. Here's $10 off annual. edzitronswheresyouredatghostio.outpost.pub/public/promo...

the real problem with cancel culture is that we totally suck at it and the awful people never go away

Has anyone here read this one and care to share your impression, thoughts? I was limited to hand carry everything I picked so left this title on the shelf. But maybe I'll pick it up next time I walk over to Eola Park. :)

“Cats Eye” uranium glass inserts from antique signs before we had retroreflective materials. :)

I drove a friendly colleague over to one of his family member's houses after work this evening to diagnose and repair their malfunctioning water heater. We have it working some with parts on the way now but Olive dog is going to be upset that I didn't get gome before sunset. :/ Messed her routine.

Olive dog waiting on the workday.

I replaced my library card and collected a few things yeaterday. We're learning about Mosquito and associated disease control in Florida. Dave picked that title out of the stack first though leaving me to start with 'Nuclear Warfare In The Middle East - Dimensions and Responsibilities' from 1984.

Found a number of radioluminous articles at a Titusville aircraft junkyard including this old bombsight kept as a decorative item on the owner's desk. They declined to remove it from their workspace.

Abandoned radar station for the Nike surface to air defense system — vacated but unlike most of the missile batteries not yet razed at last check. :) North Key Largo, FL.

She isn't scared by much, fireworks and lightning for example are unconcerning but it turns out people playing drums while dancing is very worrisome.

Relatively lazy Friday off. Sure we have some chores and correspondence to sort but nothing moves so fast as days spent listening to dispatch on the radio. :)

Great article in the UT. "This is such a good example of projects that kick off on the academic side, become a strong collaborative program between academia and public health, and then, once mature, fully get integrated into the public health setting". www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/01/07/c...

In a few years we're all going to see one of the worst graphs we've ever seen

Playing with the other dogs too rough this evening, hurt her eye. 😔

"Biopharma people are shockingly the most reserved — they’re a little too deferential to the F.D.A.” Who'd've thunk that people who actually know about science and drugs would be very fucking cautious about injecting themselves with random completely unregulated powders from China???

Excited to reach 300k soon. Thinking I should mark the occasion by finally replacing the 330V battery. It still works but only well in the cold weather. Sometimes during summer days you lose the electric drive entirely and have to compensate for poor acceleration. 😬 But it's been a great value. 😄

News lag but about 30 minutes ago Trump announced that Maduro and his wife were captured and have been taken out of Venezuela.

this admin is profoundly and absolutely detached from reality, in a directly internet and slop-enabled way that I do think is genuinely unique in history.

Handled the fireworks just fine. :)