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Covid-19 & The Lab Theory Resurfaces
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Original: http://rodboyle.com/index.php/68-calgary/2986-wuhan-covid-19
Now, more credible sources are being vocal about entertaining the same theory. Some good research and analysis, I'm inclined to agree, but - read the whole article and make up you're own mind.
Link: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/coronavirus-lab-escape-theory.html
The Intelligence of Octopodes
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Much ado has been made about the intelligence of Octopodes, or Octopuses. So I wondered, has anyone ever thought to put a touch-screen in their aquarium? I mean, they could learn to change the background (different deep sea backgrounds, videos of other octopuses, predators, etc). What would they choose? Would they learn to operate it?
I mean, there should be a movement to get computers to or swipe screens to them, see what they do with them.
Because I'm curious.
Henry Miller on Writing
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A combination of shitty internet and craptastic laptop have got be back into reading chapter books.
Although - to digress for a moment - how in the hell is 2GB RAM not enough memory to surf the net? I mean, 10 years ago this would have been more than enough. Now, I have to go slow, 1 tab at a time, wait for the page to load, the trifling dopamine rewards of tidbits of information have pretty much dropped to nothing.
Anyways, this was a great read - it's as if you're taking part in an intelligent, albeit one-sided conversation, you can't help but be struck by the grandness of spirit, he recalls a young Thomas Wolfe (Of Time and the River), an irrepressible zest for life, spontaneous, vital, brilliant ideas and thoughtful digressions. He acknowledges the controversy and defends his writings about Sex & Pornography, argues against obscenity and censure, there are previously unpublished letters and selections from drafts of his novels, this was probably his most enjoyable book. (**Note, strictly speaking, he didn't write this as a book, it was posthumously assembled by his publishers)
And, in curious coincidences as if to remind me that "books are the way" on Page 100, in Italics, he's written "For the Time Being", recalling the last book I read, so onward...
Permineralization
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"Permineralization is a process of fossilization in which mineral deposits form internal casts of organisms."
The overflow at the hotsprings making casts of roots:
Now, I've this idea that if I hide a few stuffed dolls or animals under there I might in a few months have something curious for my desktop. My daughter and I tried it with one of her favorite stuffies at Big Hill Springs near Cochrane a couple of years ago - to no effect, wrong spot, but here, given how mineral-rich the waters are, might just yield better results.
More: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permineralization
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