Friday Morning

What Is Coming?

 Albuquerque is experiencing mid-70s temperatures in the last week of February.  That is unprecedented in my experience.  One has to be apprehensive about what the summer will bring.  What are the chances the issues will be rationally explored in tonight’s State of the Union?

I am going to try to  watch the event on PBS along with the Democrats’ response.  I’m not optimistic.

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Update

From The Nation:

The Planet-Sized Hole in Trump’s State of the Union Address

 

Sky Drama

Winter Sky

Sign of the Times

The Ants Are Back

 Seen here they are at their last supper on a 3/4-inch square of cardboard with a drop of borax ant poison.  We have had a very mild winter which likely enabled the restoration of the colony.  I'm hoping catching the problem early with the attractant-laced insecticide will do the trick.

 The best article I've seen so far about the lack of a reasonable justification for human space travel has shown up in an unlikely place. The New Atlas website is devoted to exhibiting the latest technical gadgetry.  It is an entertaining resource if you just want an overview of what new tech toys are on the market.  And yet...

The New Atlas article by David Szondy, Humans in space: Are astronauts obsolete?, provides a thorough history of Space Travel, its sky-high costs, and the fundamental reasons why including human crews is a dead end.