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Waiting on #Kershaw to break the #Dodgers all time strike out record.

While we watch and wait let us remember with pride Don Sutton who in a land of all stars was the quiet consistent working man who went out ever 5th day and did his job for 23 seasons.

Looking at the amazing images from #JWST. It is an amazing instrument that will expand our understanding of the universe.

Because of cost and complexity it will be a singular unique resource to the scientific community. I wonder if #Astronomy could also benefit from a constellation of less ambitious but more numerous space-born instruments that could vastly expand the non-terrestrial telescope time available.

What science could be done with 20, 30 or more telescopes sized to be placed into orbit on a Falcon 9? #SpaceX could be asked to fund the launches as an offset for the light pollution caused by #Starlink, perhaps? What would it look like if most major Universities could afford to run their own space telescope, even if a more limited instrument than JWST? we've seen what a 10-fold reduction in access to LEO has done for terrestrial observation, what can be done with space observation if it doesn't take years of government funding to make it happen?

There is a similar issue with track classes (placing students in learning setting with those of similar skill levels). When done with care and equity it helps both high and low achieving students learn and stay engaged, but in practice it is never done right.

Engaged parents push their children into advanced classes they are not actually suited for, while otherwise gifted students are held back not because they lack skill or learning, but because they lacked opportunity or were actively discriminated against.

In actual practice, tracking does more harm than good, and I can see an argument that using medication to try to solve behavioral issues that have their roots in social and cultural factors can be just as harmful.

There are real people who have real medical issues who are helped by drugs like #Welbutrin and #Adderall. There are also people who have a completely normal problem with sitting in a classroom for 6 hours that is not a medical problem. Our issue is that our society dose a piss poor job distinguishing the two.

This is the summation par excellence of my social media experience.

Observation from my 30 years of Lay church leadership: We have gone through repeated cycles of discovering that not everyone in our congregations agrees on an issue, choosing the "right" side on that issue, and watching the rest leave, then asking why we are so few.

The "right" response to COVID is just the most recent iteration of that cycle. People apparently cannot pray with others who have a different take on mask mandates and vaccinations now.

# [New EV vs. old beater: Which is better for the environment?](https://arstechnica.com/cars/2022/04/new-ev-vs-old-beater-which-is-better-for-the-environment/)

TL;DR:

* If you are buying a new car anyway the EV will be better than an ICE car in about a year.

* If you have an ICE car now, buying a new EV will save on carbon output after about 2 years

So, your next car should be an EV, and if you want to get a new EV to replace your old ICE car you will not be adding carbon because of the manufacturing assuming you keep a car for 3+ years. (And of course if you are a new-car-every-3-years person then make your next car and EV)

#Dodgers lost on a lot of offensive failure. 😥 #CT# has some 'splaning to do.

Well that was short lived.

And speed does not slump! #Dodgers #TreaTurner

The question has come up about why the Storm Father is so different in the released prelude than in the first 4 books. There has been a lot of speculation that He is lying to Gavalar. However I come at this from the perspective that the Storm Father was too frank with Gavelar and has chosen to not disclose any information to Delenar unless he asks.

In other words I take the position that the prelude gives more information than was reveled in the first 4 books -- which fits Sanderson's style of parsing out an ever more complete picture as the narrative progresses.

Who schedules a church meeting during a #Dodger game? Well that's over now.

Hey wait what happened to the crushing lead we had when I left?

I am a big #BrandonSanderson fan and would post some thoughts on the #StormlightArchive, but I want to know about #spoiler protocols first.

I have some thoughts on book 5 prolog.

#NewHere

Walker Beuhler complete game shutout win! #Dodgers