One of the easily-predictable consequences of a warmer planet is more violent weather. The New York Times had an article a couple of days ago, titled What’s Going on Inside the Fearsome Thunderstorms of Córdoba Province?. Among its vivid descriptions is this one of the fleet of radar trucks being used by researchers:
Raised ( Read more... )

She got the which of the what-she-did, Hid the bell with a blot, she did, But she fell in love with a hominid. Where is the which of the what-she-did? from The Ballad of Lost C'Mell.

I'm not quite sure how I managed to fall into the Cordwainer Smith rabbit hole this time, but all the evidence points to looking up something ( Read more... )

So yet another day has gone by without practicing my singing, working on any of my unfinished projects, studying the things I'm trying to learn, or writing a blog post. So this is filler again.
A lot of the day was taken up with another dive into the writing of Cordwainer Smith, particularly about light sails.
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