When I feel my faith in humanity slipping, I think of this email Steve Jobs sent to himself as he was dying.

Water drops are amazing!

This is who we are…

There is hope for urban water quality. nytimes.com/2024/09/04/tra…

Acknowledging a problem is a necessary first step.

If you go to a good university, and there are many, you can get a great education if you work at it. If you don't work at it, you can get a mediocre education at even the finest universities.

The 'Falkland Islands' was the first case [postwar] where any country decided that an aggressor should not succeed. It was the first case of upholding international law. And if I might gently remind you, it's probably because of that Argentina has democracy today.

A bit of a complicated chart, but if you spend a bit of time looking at it I hope you find it valuable. The chart shows in which country women had the highest life expectancy in each year since 1840. Back then, women lived longest in Sweden, where they had a life expectancy of

This clip shows how some color blind people see colors [📹 sakata_yoshi]

A common action problem in a dynamic world.

Systems of rights, in this case water rights, usually have deep and sometimes disturbing roots with present implications. Rights are never completely easy. An excellent post. californiawaterblog.com/2024/09/08/exp…

“There is nothing with which every man is so afraid as getting to know how enormously much he is capable of doing and becoming.”

Paper of the year contest over? "When beer is safer than water: Beer availability and mortality from waterborne illnesses" Finds: •Beer scarcity associated w/ higher mortality •Beer had a significant impact on health during the Industrial Revolution sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

As we all grieve the immense loss of actor James Earl Jones (Star Wars, The Lion King), I wanted to celebrate one his funnier milestones, reading Letterman’s best Top Ten List, reciting commercial jingles with his spectacular, powerful, booming voice. #RIPJamesEarlJones

A plane spoiler is designed to reduce lift Spoilers are either deployed at controlled angles during flight to increase descent rate or control roll, or fully deployed upon landing to quickly reduce lift.

Modern life in a bureaucracy more focussed on compliance than mission.

‘I won’t let them drink the water’: The California towns where clean drinking water is out of reach calmatters.org/environment/wa…

The entire internet, 50 years ago. Change can come fast.