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The moon is still going to look very full but it is waning and so it comes out later and peaks after midnight. 10:12 pm rise

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Waxing gibbous is the best moon phase and the best one to see in the four hours before midnight

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Don’t be like the scientists who dismissed continental drift because their was no plausible explanatory reason behind it.

Only report what you know to be true when recording facts or providing testimony.

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So this is one of my biggest pet peeves. Ridiculous lobbying efforts stalling progress. Companies that make certain roofing materials successfully lobbied to reverse a law passed in Tennessee which mandated using reflective roofing materials which cools temperatures. It is the type of well-reasoned progress we need to make to fight climate change. It isn’t going to save the world on its own but it helps every building and makes a difference. But it is being fought tooth and nail. I get so frustrated.

The two worst examples for me are rubber manufacturers fighting urban trolleys and other public transportation so that they can sell more rubber to tire companies to private cars

And the private prison guard lobby fighting hard to increase mandatory prison sentences across the board so there would be more prisoners in private prisons which would provide job security to private prison guards. Get a different job!!!!

Aaahhhhhhhhh.

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What happened to blogs? - a literary journal and rss feed with plans to publish a magazine and webpage and rss feed

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A bit optimistic for Artemis III to be on the moon in two years

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The president and vice president wear make-up and either that matters or it doesn’t because it does seem to inconsistently matter to them in a way that makes it seem like a lie you would say about them but they so obviously both wear make-up so you can’t discriminate over who boy or girl wears make-up.

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The sun is only now leaving Pisces and entering Ares. You have the cusp all wrong. It looks like the sun is in Pisces still today.

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What are these birds making a racket?

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Important update on tariffs and what order to call the Smoot-Hawley Tariffs

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I deleted my Twitter and so I may be posting more musings here. My aim is not to replace my twitter scrolling addiction but maybe to have my occasional pronouncements find a place here

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Peak tulip magnolia bloom

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I just laughed a whole lot watching this

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[record scratch] You may be wondering how I got here, 8:00 am on a Saturday, 9° F (-12° C) outside, sitting on an icy picnic table, getting my butt wet. Well, there are many reasons. Let's say dedication.

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The Ransom of Frederick. New Maryland Civil War Trails historical marker on Market street by old city hall metal walking tour sign. 160th anniversary of the event. Ten year anniversary of the sesquicentennial reenactment with the props preserved.

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Barbara Fritchie House historical marker #TheNationalRoad #FrederickMD