Politics:
An actual courtroom confession by Barr? Why isn't this getting more coverage? No wonder he's afraid to go back for additional testimony:
https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2019/5/1/1854621/-Sen-Harris-gets-AG-Barr-to-admit-he-never-even-reviewed-the-underlying-evidence-in-Mueller-Report?detail=facebook&fbclid=IwAR3HeRX6m-akxCrCBehBojNDHLN1wFsHp5ZuMQhRa6oaSb9tukZe5Bnpk7A
Buttigieg has been campaigning in California, which puts him
in competition with Kamila Harris for rich donors:
https://www.politico.com/amp/story/2019/05/09/buttigieg-california-donors-1313119
Why Biden is a terrible candidate:
https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/fr/cp0/e15/q65/60087798_593822484359870_7134417299766771712_n.jpg?_nc_cat=1&efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.xx&oh=f1b8efdd7abe42b65060b6f45a4c4783&oe=5D5DCAE3
I hope I'm not losing free views over this article. Somebody tries to link Democrats vs. Trump to some Roman guy who fell into a trap, but without providing any proof that there even is a trap and what it might be:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/like-hannibal-of-antiquity-trump-is-baiting-the-democrats-into-fighting-on-his-turf/2019/05/10/7f1addfa-7348-11e9-9f06-5fc2ee80027a_story.html?utm_term=.52469ccd5d99
An article from shortly after the fire which does an amazing job enumerating what survived:
https://www.thevintagenews.com/2019/04/17/notre-dame-damage/?fbclid=IwAR0FjXt8VZ9Lzm1bZUNsVNU_bS6-GUnTu5Q9baJ2zwYV4fMJ9IHpoPG1Naw
Also:
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/24/arts/music/notre-dame-organ-fire.html?fbclid=IwAR0uZVrqmAJmJDUelYFoncimZQEfg_zxpTxBM0x5kGmiTWPwsnY7ioqhhxs
I couldn't figure out how to insert an inline picture in the new OWA. It turns out that there is just a little icon of a picture in the frame for every compose window!:
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/office-365-emails-inserting-pictures-inline/0b7b54d8-e32e-431d-8065-48b3d41a2638
There seems to be no way to have a blank cell be the result of a formula. The only real answer is to have the negative result of a formula be a special word, value, or character, and then key on that as needed later:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18768020/if-statement-how-to-leave-cell-blank-if-condition-is-false-does-not-work
PewDiePie, a trash human being, is shocked that murders are being committed in his name:
https://www.engadget.com/2019/04/28/pewdiepie-asks-for-end-to-meme/?sr_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR3qpXQDvpAl-gBUJBWh2zNTpYFwxWNKaCy8Z6FtJfV1d68EgwDydc-a2pg
A nice picture of Marcia:
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10218233018554166&id=1151141007&anchor_composer=false
The incredible "one take" tap number, and some of the background behind it:
https://twistedsifter.com/videos/nicholas-brothers-jumpin-jive-cab-calloway-stormy-weather/?fbclid=IwAR2hP8sxPr7n0yw01_TXGpHegINhAyFlcnPn2RsQwxcbxSQpEMOAxKbnKII#.XGM5Wdkrhrc.facebook
A strange satellite experiment. It shot a harpoon, at itself!
https://spaceflightnow.com/2019/02/15/experimental-british-satellite-tests-harpoon-in-orbit/
Wait, Candice has non-Hodgkins Lymphoma???
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2309243582693608&id=1988646198086683&anchor_composer=false
Even worse behavior than usual by a fraternity:
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/01/us/swarthmore-fraternities-rape-attic.html
Some interesting answers about comparing well drilling charities (the question implies more than one but I've only found one):
https://www.quora.com/Which-charitable-water-well-drilling-organizations-in-Third-World-countries-are-most-effective
The new malaria vaccine that we've been hearing about turns out to be only 39% effective. It's good that they are distributing it anyhow:
https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/04/malaria-vaccine-rollout-is-a-gamble-an-imperfect-tool-used-imperfectly/?fbclid=IwAR0bB-diPrVjP-cB3yqcpFQEDcsJVcZ5LTTgSiFG76BbXtQGx_1LHEYgNzc
The article about the latest AIDS treatment news has the words "end to the epidemic":
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/may/02/end-to-aids-in-sight-as-huge-study-finds-drugs-stop-hiv-transmission?CMP=soc_567&fbclid=IwAR2OkF2ZaaqqGXLFrOv8gkQQJZqITONSMRLf5g6gADCrWRLmt1Jj2wWddvY
This Pokemon wiki has long episode plot descriptions that, while not quite accurate sometimes, answered my questions about the story arc of the latest series:
https://pokemon.fandom.com/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_the_Series:_Sun_%26_Moon_-_Ultra_Adventures
https://pokemon.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Seasons
The exciting news about the new Denisovan fossil. Note that the Ars article is a really good explanation of how modern science is being used to link these widely scattered fossils together:
https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/05/finally-a-denisovan-specimen-from-somewhere-beyond-denisova-cave/?fbclid=IwAR3XBpyzWB5PU1ylg_yjQFdluvPMp3RE9H2imWFp0X4X11zRUBVetdqRYT8
The link to CFIN's farm:
https://www.communityecologyinstitute.org/community-ecology-center.html
https://www.facebook.com/communityecologyinstitute/
This article about a post-midlife author is so breathless and namedroppy that it could have been written in 1922. Oh, it's the New Yorker:
https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/david-brooks-conversion-story?utm_source=pocket-newtab
The comments are 10 pages of griping about how much threads on Twitter suck:
https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/bl391m/elon_musk_on_twitter_spacex_needs_to_demonstrate/
On the anniversary of Neil Armstrong's ejection from the LLRV, the many gifs of the event promoted me to do some research:
https://www.airspacemag.com/videos/armstrongs-close-call/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_Landing_Research_Vehicle
Chernobyl has been in the news this week for some reason. The abandoned towns in the exclusion zone are a popular photography subject, but even the eerie images can't overcome the banality of the presentation in this article:
https://www.businessinsider.com/photos-abandoned-chernobyl-exclusion-zone-after-nuclear-disaster-david-mcmillan-2019-4?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=auddev-test12348&fbclid=IwAR0h2g_78kXAXbXh_58pr94qMY0p4YOZM2c8x-zrGW6MzIlK53D4kidt2Q8#then-on-april-26-1986-a-reactor-at-the-chernobyl-nuclear-power-plant-in-ukraine-exploded-shooting-out-toxic-radioactive-particles-across-parts-of-europe-4
The New Yorker history, brought on by the HBO drama about Chernobyl:
https://paidpost.newyorker.com/article/chernobyl?fbclid=IwAR224GxwAqwtJ1o-npud0cYgJJNQwDmlTh0aX3IyG0O35bZyvLAOA0ozia0
A nice analysis of The Beatles' 'Help' vocal layering:
https://www.culturesonar.com/the-beatles-help-breaking-down-the-vocal-tricks/?fbclid=IwAR39sDSgT6U2pPOFzhVH0c8Tg7dWMFNNUUjO8_5EpAV64Ixo-kLqRYyzmSo
The "Alzheimer's is prions" crowd claims success in a recent study, although I don't see how age-related drops in protein levels support this theory:
https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2019/05/414326/alzheimers-disease-double-prion-disorder-study-shows?fbclid=IwAR0l4gtrt6FDSZC8yR5JgzpUgEnoEST0uRQv5FE8fcOoUWMxVXNcVGIsyHw
A new experiment with superionic ice uses X-ray crystallography to verify the structure of samples created in a few billionths of a second. This stuff supposedly exists in quantity in gas giants:
https://phys.org/news/2019-05-giant-lasers-crystallize-shockwaves-revealing.amp
Jalebi links:
An article about history and ethnicity:
https://www.thelongestwayhome.com/blog/food-around-the-world/nepalese/jalebi/
The Wikipedia article:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jalebi
A recipe:
https://m.recipes.timesofindia.com/recipes/jalebi/rs53099699.cms
A recipe on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wuJYFCN9P8
This article mentions jabeli at a North Laurel Indian market that seems no longer to exist:
https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/howard/laurel/ph-ll-ethnic-markets-1128-20131125-story.html
A "new type of endlessly recycable plastic", PDK, is a clever bit of chemical engineering. More soluble than recyclable, it at least has close to 100% recoverability of its component chemicals, when soaked in acid FOR 12 STINKING HOURS:
https://www.sciencealert.com/at-last-we-have-a-plastic-that-can-be-efficiently-recycled-over-and-over-again/amp
The "Minecraft Browser Game" in this article looks like a lame repackaging of disappointing PiCraft, but some of the related links at the bottom of the article on other Minecraft topics look interesting:
https://kotaku.com/minecraft-is-now-a-browser-game-is-still-good-1834611805/amp
I guess that I need to read the links in this article to really understand what happened in "WW2's strangest battle":
https://www.wearethemighty.com/articles/that-time-when-americans-and-germans-fought-together-during-world-war-ii
Spoiler for the stupid coffee cup controversy:
https://hypebeast.com/2019/5/emilia-clarke-game-of-thrones-starbucks-cup-origin?amp=1
This Chinese sci-fi movie is on netflix and sounds interesting:
https://io9.gizmodo.com/netflix-stealth-dropped-chinese-sci-fi-blockbuster-the-1834565000?utm_campaign=socialflow_io9_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow&utm_source=io9_facebook&fbclid=IwAR3nfCpt20HVl9xVeW0zmNeFaWG-h2quZI1-_oAkdKbMFtwgppdu7wAi3xE
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_wandering_earth
A really great history of the research into the Cosmic Background Radiation. It was discovered while building the first microwave telecommunication network, and among other things we have learned is that the plane of our solar system is aligned with it?
https://arstechnica.com/science/2014/05/50-years-with-the-big-bangs-smoking-gun/?fbclid=IwAR2skkSXG41R1gGOpCwj-KLvrggLWYG6WFnaM3uHZBbq_EcgjH1qyvZ8tNo
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axis_of_evil_(cosmology)
Some more background on the seizure of the North Korean ship. It was trying to sell coal to raise money for the country: https://www.foxnews.com/world/ap-explains-whats-behind-rare-us-seizure-of-n-korea-ship.amp
Very intact anglo-saxon grave found in England: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/may/09/britains-equivalent-to-tutankhamun-found-in-southend-on-sea
Some research, some cheap shots at the "Gut Doctor Begs You To Throw Out This One Vegetable" ads on webpages: https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/5/8/18537279/chum-box-weird-sponsored-links-gut-doctor
A cartoon about artificial languages that taught me names of several that I'd never heard of before, and that the first ones were from 1870! https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/fr/cp0/e15/q65/59862904_2037915486334442_8112245120998309888_o.png.jpg?_nc_cat=107&efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.xx&oh=e55937ddbfe1c51d179cb62814371b3d&oe=5D592454
A breathless review of Detective Picachu: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/05/detective-pikachu-film-review-this-is-how-you-adapt-a-video-game-for-theaters/?fbclid=IwAR35fybrLxHQ05ccYeihKsaKHPDSBQG9cZO1tHictjmlhQDhhScoFEHA7c4
Background of the SWAT team raid on a reporter in LA: https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-sf-reporter-police-raid-adachi-20190511-story.html?outputType=amp
This "leading animator" was involved with Ren and Stimpy and other highly recognizable cartoons, but these articles oddly make him sound like a backgrounder:
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/rip/chris-reccardi-leading-animation-industry-artist-dies-at-54-173590.html
https://www.animationmagazine.net/people/passings/ren-stimpy-powerpuff-girls-artist-chris-reccardi-dies-age-54/?fbclid=IwAR0lkpqrJHycO78m_6mDo6CgXV0bor-OEs545Uz3QtMti7j4JPP1njJBQiA
Liedenfrost droplets
https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/05/study-finds-ultimate-fate-of-leidenfrost-droplets-depends-on-their-size/?fbclid=IwAR2AgrL_eqZ23B3PVnZZKmyva-xK-XNtjoRLfmuVz1hBWR_yDCmsKjRhL38
The spacex time machine:
https://spacextimemachine.com
A farm like CFIN's:
https://www.nrdc.org/experts/lena-brook/biggest-little-farm-bumpy-and-beautiful-road-farming-healthier-planet?fbclid=IwAR1NuGRU0j2_eMu4eTpFZUroCK-AjNRsJcp_hUkKYEkLE76HZtmrGKtjECs
plastic found at the bottom of the Marianas trench:
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/victor-vescovo-deepest-dive-pacific/index.html?gallery=0
A new WannaCry is comming, apparently:
https://www.engadget.com/amp/2019/05/14/windows-7-xp-rds-vulnerability/
An amazing article about teenagers as the barometer for the decay of american morals:
https://thebaffler.com/salvos/teenage-pricks-pareene?fbclid=IwAR21M6HzkfzU9ljl2OyN5M90qriNvU4tZa3_il3L-4vfAEt0qUchf81vLB0
Forbes has been on fire with science articles recently:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2019/05/14/this-is-why-mars-is-red-and-dead-while-earth-is-blue-and-alive/amp/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/marshallshepherd/2019/05/13/heres-why-we-cannot-just-nuke-hurricanes/?fbclid=IwAR17wnAy24fftEsj80qJBS5nvYc3legZ1nmVFz74EzSNReV1XXilegQvHgI#5abb7aba7928
https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2019/05/11/ask-ethan-how-well-has-cosmic-inflation-been-verified/?fbclid=IwAR2pUNZmQ9WC0YAEplS_OeOq2YORRIgvDbyK32_csY3GTGJJ05oInruzsWQ#6e1c06b31d07
An interesting article about a never-pursued Darpa proposal for a rocketplane that would use both SpaceX and Rocketdyne engines:
https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/blff76/the_pd2_a_lesser_known_nasadarpa_proposal/
An attempt to compare Brexit to a failed Danish attempt to expand their borders. Some interesting points and interesting history, but the direct comparison is a stretch:
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/06/world/europe/brexit-denmark-1864-movie.html
Current info on some of my favorite cartoonists that I haven't heard from in a while:
https://mobile.twitter.com/heliothaumic?lang=en
https://mobile.twitter.com/yeahduff?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
fictioncircus.com/mwhf/
fictioncircus.com/Jeanne/comics/
https://mobile.twitter.com/manwhohatesfun?lang=en
https://mobile.twitter.com/badmachinery
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/abortion-is-immoral-except-when-it-comes-to-my-mistresses?fbclid=IwAR276BogmgSP8XPExT33nNTbaffZpnKF8Dl610_V9sqJt25uG8MY85ujr9k
A story about last year's show that explains the "Kids' Cabaret" that will also occur this year, as well as a review of the show that makes you feel like you saw it. Also, one of the Coward twins seems to have gotten a lame part:
https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/howard/laurel/ph-ll-lmph-aladdin-web-0816-story.html
An evangelist is masquerading as 25 separate identities on Facebook and was unmasked. Why isn't this front page news?:
https://www.snopes.com/news/2019/05/16/tldr-kullberg-network/?fbclid=IwAR3uRFJSxpoUNUkYsz3xJ13b7mMRDuYfvN0W1YFrmWPkBulln9GAVRbWhgU
How to find our pho place:
https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1CDGOYI_enUS705US706&hl=en-US&biw=320&bih=492&ei=fOXdXNWHJa_v_QahzYaIBA&q=pho+dat+thanh+columbia+md+number&oq=pho+dat+thanh&gs_l=mobile-gws-wiz-serp.1.0.0i71l5.0.0..7304...0.0..0.0.0.......0.U976x7Nw1y8#trex=m_t:lcl_akp,rc_f:lac,rc_ludocids:14597874367900386167,rc_q:Pho%2520Dat%2520Thanh,ru_q:Pho%2520Dat%2520Thanh
An ICE prisoner from Cameroon of all places who Ken seems to be sponsoring:
https://www.change.org/p/immigration-and-customs-enforcement-ice-help-us-save-our-friend-s-life?recruiter=1884308&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial&recruited_by_id=113a3a40-d349-012f-a0bd-40401fa5e37a&utm_content=mit-15277626-10%3Av2
https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/fr/cp0/e15/q65/60639315_2394466207242980_9143824921795756032_n.jpg?_nc_cat=110&efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.xx&oh=5e6664953a9476afcece68517a87d4da&oe=5D6438C2
249mph bullet trains. Alfa-X. To be tested for 3 years and not enter service until 2030! Air and magnetic speed brakes, and earthquake proof!
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2019/05/japanese-railway-company-starts-testing-249mph-bullet-train-speeds/?fbclid=IwAR2SR2BN7nyr_d2r8zzwB53PYecmKId1K_DPydBQGeFnE1Hcbf5yTNM0mLA
Explainer for the just published New Horizon results:
https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/05/first-results-from-new-horizons-time-in-the-kuiper-belt/?fbclid=IwAR133EvkhzK2WRC5IymEfWRUgeQ4bYCiCUnVgf-UA2wBL8nMpNEnlcYxmsY
What happened with the Solar Shingles (factual):
https://www.technologyreview.com/f/613541/teslas-trumpeted-solar-shingles-are-a-flop/?utm_medium=tr_social&utm_campaign=site_visitor.unpaid.engagement&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR0Jx8nUW6KebtS9HvPgQyvB0_cWkuaCHuoAix9se6m9Frdyr3yROBMntEI
Fascinating setback in the European right wing assault:
https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2019/05/austria-chancellor-kurz-announces-snap-election-190518170506716.html
SE2 is coming out in September maybe. The XR is out now but doesn't sound great:
https://www.macworld.co.uk/news/iphone/iphone-se2-3500611/
Lots of old SE1's on ebay about as cheap as androids:
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2334524.m4084.l1311.R1.TR3.TRC1.A0.H0.Xiphone+se+128gb+ve.TRS0&_nkw=iphone+se+128gb+verizon&_osacat=0&_odkw=iphone+se+128gb&_sacat=0
Older iPad minis at 128gb are cheaper too.
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2334524.m4084.l2632.R2.TR12.TRC2.A0.H0.Xipad+mini+12.TRS0&_nkw=ipad+mini+128gb&_osacat=171485&_odkw=ipad+mini&_sacat=171485
Diamond Dogs was supposed to be "1984".
https://amp.theguardian.com/music/2019/may/19/david-bowie-nineteen-eighty-four-george-orwell-diamond-dogs-dorian-lynskey
Interesting background, but after the article is a great review of every album:
https://ultimateclassicrock.com/david-bowie-diamond-dogs/
My two running routes:
http://www.mappedometer.com/?maproute=748644
http://www.mappedometer.com/?maproute=748650
The word is tsundere:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsundere
https://www.google.com/search?q=tsundere&rlz=1CDGOYI_enUS705US706&oq=tsund&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0l3.3699j0j4&hl=en-US&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8
Lisa's iPad is a mini4, apparently:
https://www.google.com/search?q=MK6L2LL%2FA&rlz=1CDGOYI_enUS705US706&oq=MK6L2LL%2FA&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i58j0l2.15301j1j7&hl=en-US&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8
The incredible story of how gravity wave detectors were designed and built:
https://www.npr.org/2019/05/19/723326933/billion-dollar-gamble-how-a-singular-hero-helped-start-a-new-field-in-physics
The real story of Thomas Beckett is so interesting than just the murder! He became quite drunk with church power and it went on forever before he was killed, with mad excommunications and trips to France and the Vatican:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Becket_controversy
Cute picture of a cat imitating lion statues:
https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/fr/cp0/e15/q65/60355237_2077032575740016_5312577857401126912_n.png.jpg?_nc_cat=1&efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.xx&oh=28d006d780a23a748521d801eb02d317&oe=5D525397
How to find find my new accountant:
https://www.google.com/search?tbm=lcl&ei=kDvkXMSeF6uu5wK_laroAw&q=Wakely+and+kline+laurel+md&oq=Wakely+and+kline+laurel+md&gs_l=psy-ab.3..33i299k1.8184.14055.0.14473.28.23.1.4.4.0.236.2027.12j5j1.18.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..5.23.2077...0j0i131k1j0i67k1j0i131i67k1j0i10k1j0i22i30k1j0i22i10i30k1j33i22i29i30k1j33i160k1.0.x_TuyAiBT2w#rlfi=hd:;si:17131875526312806557;mv:!1m2!1d39.09984797731903!2d-76.84975998542649!2m2!1d39.09948802268097!2d-76.85022381457351!3m12!1m3!1d204.10171843728347!2d-76.8499919!3d39.099668!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i982!2i810!4f13.1
The other accountant in Laurel. They have a nice suite at Laurel Lakes:
https://rtmcpa.com/
This therapist for T is no longer at Patuxent Ave, and here schedule is pretty full:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/cynthia-lengrand-columbia-md/72034
An article about drinking a lot of water. Nice to see somebody else's journey:
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/what-happens-when-you-drink-a-gallon-of-water-a-day
Dr. Google diagnoses T:
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/oppositional-defiant-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20375831
Telescope view of the Starlink satellites all in a row!
https://amp.businessinsider.com/starlink-video-netherlands-astronomer-spacex-satellites-2019-5
What the hell can't Drmocrats do anything right?
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1010336
