Harold Asmis @hasmis@qoto.org

So fun being a grandpa. We get the kid all worked up, and then give him back. I firmly believe that parents should bond with their kids, when nobody else wants them. :)

#physics #weather **Two types of computer modelling** One, favoured by the influencers uses no physics, and is a pattern extrapolation. To get the last warm cycle, they had to input a 'temperature riser' to match the, then current, rising temps. The other type is 'game physics' or modelling using first principles. I prefer the latter, but there is no funding to get it right. I read a paper that did prime ocean modelling. They said that every hot and cold cycle in the past could be explained by ocean currents, but they didn't run the current cycle because that was obviously carbon I hope they survived.

Every Spring, the log deadheads, in the cottage lake, rise to greet the Sun.

#physics #weather Such a beautiful day in Toronto, took the grandson out for a walk. You can see the mist clouds coming in.

#physics #weather **Long version** I have to do this for my 3 blog readers.

https://ontario-geofish.blogspot.com/2022/12/new-cold-blob-coming.html

My 3 Mastodon readers can ignore this.

#physics #weather **New cold blob repels ocean wind** This is the same as last time. Quite amazing.

#weather **Check the pipes** My hose nozzle in the garage was pouring when I went to check the microgreens. It was plastic and I was using it to water the greens. Garbage now.

**A Quandry** Is it that people have stopped 'working' from home, or the death of bitcoin? Poll at 11.

#physics #weather **MIMIC is fixed!** We have two cold blobs coming to hit NA and Europe. First - rain on frozen ground, and then a flash freeze.

**Drone Boats** I thought this article was interesting.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/drone-boats-navy-usvs-research-automation-nato-1.6661191

**AI dominates Twitter news** Freelancers need the money.

https://boingboing.net/2022/12/27/tesla-stock-sinks-another-11-as-elon-hypes-russian-prime-minister-tweet-predicting-u-s-civil-war.html

This is a horrible image, but people gotta eat.

#physics **Mouse ultrasound on drones now** This will be the latest thing, next to those useless mosquito suckers. Perhaps they will claim they are good for that, as well.

**Oh yee, of little faith** Yea Virginia, there is no **Twitter Claus** The scum of the Earth need to find something else for their living.

https://techcrunch.com/2022/12/27/there-is-no-next-twitter-and-thats-ok/

#physics #weather **MIMIC continues to be attacked by left-wingers** Or probably not, it's just that they don't respond to my constant hectoring. Maybe someone else can give it a try. Anyway, two very strong plumes are warming us and Europe. the plumes are low, so expect cold soon. In the meantime, we get lots of rain on frozen ground.

**Nerd's Guide to Girls** I am amused at the nerds here talking about 'What women want" Ha, ha. I am 100% single-focus nerd. It's an inherited mental condition that burns out your brain at age 40, and tries to kill you. The main symptom in high school is that you are terrified of girls. You try to get over it in University, but you have no hormones, and you can't react to female hormones. Everything is plastic. I did programming, physics, and read a lot. These days, the guys do endless computer games. The poor girls only have high-testosterone guys, who mop the floor with them. At some time they get sick of the abuse, but there are no alternatives.
At age 26 I had a high paying job, my own apartment overlooking the city and a car. I decided I should talk to girls. There followed a life, for a while, that should be a comedy. Eventually, I reproduced. All's good.

Before you all ask, the rubber things are there for one of 3 reasons.

1. So the baby can pick up a jar and chug the brine.
2. Pickling 'Free the Nipple'
3. It's a one-way valve for fermentation, and X razor cut.

**Christmas gift pickles** This was a pickle kit that uses the brine method, which is the same as sauerkraut. In the background is the mandolin, nicknamed **Vlad the Impaler**. It has caused much blood. Now, the rule is to not go within 3 ft of it without the cut-proof gloves. These are a cheap ammie thing, with stainless steel threads. Much to the dismay of my cut fingertip, the 'safety' holder is useless.

I want **Bold** text.