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2 years ago Capitol was attacked. Man who incited it is now running unopposed for Republican nomination for President. His co-conspirators in Congress are now deciding on next Speaker and on what terms. None have been prosecuted.

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

"Daddy, how big is infinity?"

"Real big. About 14,000 pounds big, son."

Two trees doing tree stuff

#photography #monochrome #bnw

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

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!

If you want to understand the real story behind skyrocketing prices, you have to look at monopoly power.

When an industry consists of just a handful of massive corporations who can coordinate price hikes, everyone gets shafted.

Extreme MAGA House Republicans are already achieving part of their goal — preventing the U.S. government from functioning.

One fascinating thing about the House Republican's self-immolation is how it is substanceless.

McCarthy's opponents have no specific complaints about McCarthy.

They just don't like him.

And McCarthy has no specific rationale for being Speaker.

He just wants power.

$ curl duck

Fine. I'll be House Speaker.

I've been struggling with this myself, so I thought I'd repeat it for other people that might be dealing with the same thing:

Not every hobby needs to be a project. Not everything needs to be a whole *thing* with a goal and an endpoint. It's okay to not finish something. It's okay to pick up something for a bit, explore it, start making something, and then drop it without making any "progress".

Productivity is capitalist bullshit that doesn't need to infect your free time too. Have some fun

Lynn Conway, electricial engineer and computer scientist, co-architect of the VLSI design revolution, and transgender activist, was born #OTD in 1938.

She invented Dynamic Instruction Scheduling at IBM, but IBM fired her when they learned she was transitioning.

Photo: Lynn Conway

Analysis: Which countries are historically responsible for #ClimateChange? #CarbonBrief

▶️ https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-which-countries-are-historically-responsible-for-climate-change/

#ClimateCrisis #EndFossilFuels

Winter juncos are such lovely companions.

I'm really disappointed in some Twitter media friends who decided to stick with Musk while he assaulted journalism.