Harold Asmis @hasmis@qoto.org

Toronto Snow A very wet snow, and now it is getting frozen solid.

#physics Physics of air quality I don’t have much to say, but I’m thinking that the physics here is as bad as anything else. The story is all controlled by those who have skin in the game. They have ‘qualifications’ and the influencers parrot them. I’m thinking of uvc on titanium oxide. I’ve rigged this up a few times, and it gives a nice fresh scent like the outdoors. This gives out hydroxyl ions, and I’m thinking that someone should be bold enough to have a hypothesis that a heavy saturation of this in the air is harmless and stops covid from getting in the eyes. However, anything new is instantly sued in the US. Too bad. We’ll just have to go with things that don’t work.

NHL massive tanking - not Leopards They all want the new whiz kid. I’m not linking any more, since they all have paywalls, but it can be found using search.

Social media landmines Bunch of wimps.

https://www.ft.com/content/8d995a24-d77c-4208-a3a6-603d8788ebcd

#physics #weather Normal winter For NA, at least. Europe is a mess. Still not much air coming down the Bering Str. so we just get clippers.

Horrible sleazy adds showed up I’m glad they’re gone now. I’m still terribly worried that the exponential growth impacts the linear growth of moderators. That’s how every chat I’ve been on for 40+ years has died. :(

It’s perfect snowman making snow. 6 inches of heavy packing snow. Everyone on the street were talking about the 30-ish kids artistic endeavours. One was a naked woman with a huge rack. I was embarrassed. Of course, these days….

#physics #weather Moore Snoo Wow, a neat storm in Toronto.

#gardening New Seeds We just discovered a great hack. Nobody gets photo prints any more, and we have these albums hanging around. We just got in our seeds for the season. I start the tomatoes in March under the lights. I may start the onions earlier, but extreme cold makes things difficult in the garage.

Toronto Snow It’s coming in really heavy now. I’ll have to get the snowblower out one day. We don’t drive much, and I’ll try not to drive in a storm.

Drones All I want is to go straight up from the summer hut, and take aerial shots, as high as possible. I’m amazed that Aliexpress now has good ones at $50 cdn. I’m 50/50 with those guys, but cheap enough, and I’ll take the gamble. Maybe I should wait to be more in the recession….

Google breaks me up This is not like the at&t days. These things go so slowly that the company just dies by itself. However, this is a good signal that AI will prove to be their demise.

#physics #weather No Go El Nino At this point, the end of January, we must declare the death of Mr. El Nino. Perhaps, some might want to go on for another couple of months?

US lawsuits Just reading on Teflon found in underwear. This is a universal contaminant because it doesn’t react to anything, like a water molecule. It passes right through you. However, the trial lawyers saw easy prey and had a lab test it. They found teflon at an unstated concentration, could be one in a billion. The company immediately threw $5 mil at the them to go away.
Now, it’s trans fats that I have been eating since I was born. All US companies will fall to this. In Canada, drugs are perhaps 10 times cheaper than in the US. That’s because the liability risk there is 10 times more. The covid vaccines were sheltered from these lawsuits, and I expect more shelters or everything will go under.

Tanks This is fine news for the morning. It’s the only counter to the Stalin technique of sending millions of poorly equipped canon fodder over the front.

#physics #weather A perfect Alberta clipper It’s unusual to see the air flow so perfectly from the NW. The Arctic is starting another heavy cold flow through the Bering Str. This should push storms back to California.

#physics #weather Europe blocks warm air This is cute. The warm air from Africa is turning at Italy. The Siberian air keeps pouring in.

Ha, forgot this. More coffee!

#physics #weather Snow Snow for Toronto. It’s still dark outside, and looking at this, I need another coffee…