White-Fronted Geese in Flight. © Copyright 2022 G Dan Mitchell.
A flock of white-fronted geese in fllight abainst a blue winter sky.
We were recently out photographing migratory (and other) birds in California’s Central Valley, squeezing a visit in between the series of recent and continuing winter storms. I describe these visits as being about “bird... (continues: https://gdanmitchell.com/2023/01/06/white-fronted-geese-in-flight-3)
#birds #bif #wildlife #migratory #geese #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #photography #flight
‘It never stops’: killings by US police reach record high in 2022 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/06/us-police-killings-record-number-2022
@rbreich could the Dems nominate the imprisoned Joel Greenberg to shine a light on Gaetz’ seedy side?
Satyendranath Bose was a brilliant theoretical physicist born this week in 1894 in East Bengal (now Bangladesh).
In 1924, while on faculty at the University of Dacca, he wrote a short paper to Albert Einstein about indistinguishable particles related to quantum theory.
Einstein immediately recognized Bose’ genius, translated the work into German & made sure it was published. Bose ideas led to Bose-Einstein statistics which continue to be studied in quantum mechanics. #science #history
@ct_bergstrom all the torque in the world won’t make that not look dumb.
@bryanhansel I will look into that. I think I will take the approach a colleague suggested— talk to the students about it from the very start. And structure some exercises where they have to evaluate the validity and accuracy of the AI generated answers.
The system I accessed worked well and I had my first dose of Paxlovid within 3 hours of my first call to my doctor. The only hurdle was I had to snowblower the alley exit, which I had cleared this morning, because the city plowed it shut. #COVID #COVID19 #publichealth
I managed to avoid the Covid for nearly 3 years…but not today. I have to say that the takeoff since my positive test at 1PM has been impressive. Glad I got all the recommended #CovidVaccination and now scrambling to get Paxlovid. Next pandemic we need to rapidly scale up a health services corp with any interested college students, retirees, the general public, etc to facilitate more rapid testing/screening, vaccination and antiviral prescribing. Look at VA model t #COVID #COVID19 #publichealth
@bryanhansel it’s going to be interesting to see how my students papers sound this spring
This year, India is expected to officially overtake China as the most populous country in the world.
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/01/04/1145500583/this-baby-could-push-india-past-china-to-become-the-worlds-most-populous-country
Wetlands Pond, Winter Sky. © Copyright 2022 G Dan Mitchell.
Winter dawn clouds reflected in a California Central Valley wetlands pond.
We were not sure quite what we would find this morning. We had been photographing in this area over the past couple of day, mostly in less-than-spectacular conditions. The first day was marked by the passage of an exceptional weather system,... (continues: https://gdanmitchell.com/2023/01/05/wetlands-pond-winter-sky)
#winter #sky #wetlands #sunrise #dawn #clouds #nature #landscape #photography
RT @RepRaskin@twitter.com
Caving in to right-wing insurrectionists and their chaos isn't the solution. It’s the problem. https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1611001447201529863
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/RepRaskin/status/1611009424679632900
BTW, here's a little interesting fact. You may have noticed that cameras in the House the last few days are frequently focusing on groups of congresspersons and areas other than the front of the chamber. This is NOT typical. C-SPAN operates the cameras and feeds them out. Normally, House leadership controls where the cameras point, and that is virtually always to the front, avoiding any other areas or groups of persons in the chamber. But with the House leadership in limbo, C-SPAN has full control, and they're wisely making the most of it!
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