Disney's Lakeshore Lodge
Disney is on a never-ending quest to put their hand in your wallet in various ways.  One of those ways is through their "Disney Vacation Club" properties (a/k/a Time Shares) that exits around Walt Disney World.




They just keep popping up, and in my humble opinion ruin the aesthetics of the property on which they are built.  And as we saw during the pandemic, Disney has to make them avail
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Artemis Moon Mission
I'm just barely old enough to remember the first moon landing in 1969 (my parents woke me up and I have a recollection of the grainy video on our TV, of Neil Armstrong stepping out onto the lunar surface).  And I've essentially been a fan of the whole space program ever since. Those of you who know me know that my graduate research was a NASA-funded grant related to the Space Shuttle. So you likel
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The Astronaut walk out door
The Artemis astronauts emerged from their quarantine facility and took a moment to wave to the cameras before heading over to the launch pad.  But did you know that this is *the same* walk out door that has been used throughout NASA's space flight program?  Yes, these astronauts quarantined in the same facility!You can watch a short video I made on the topic here:https://youtu.be/mh0O-vZvGGQBy https://bitchindave.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-astronaut-walk-out-door.html

Don’t let the door hit you in the butt …
Here's to hoping that one day, justice catches up with her …
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Incredible new NASA images reveal Saturn in a new light — and it's all thanks to a telescope team-up from Webb and Hubble | Space
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, scientists took some amazing visible light photos of Saturn. Then, they turned the James Webb Space Telescope to it, and got some incredible infrared shots of Saturn. Using both, they currently have a pretty detailed https://www.space.com/astronomy/saturn/incredible-new-nasa-images-reveal-saturn-in-a-new-light-and-its-all-thanks

Wind & Solar Generated A Record 17% Of U.S. Electricity In 2025 - CleanTechnica
In spite of the derision, we've reached a point where wind and solar power generation in the US combined to provide about 17% of the total power in 2025. It's only a modest increase over 2024, but it's nice to see it headed in the right https://cleantechnica.com/2026/03/20/wind-solar-generated-a-record-17-of-u-s-electricity-in-2025/

All 5 fundamental units of life’s genetic code were just discovered in an asteroid sample
Wow. Scientists have looking for what defines life. They came up with 5 "fundamental units of life" that are genetic markers that establish the baseline. And they have found all 5 of the returned sample from the asteroid Ryugu. Which suggests that life could exist beyond the earth. It doesn't mean it does, of course, it just https://bitchindave.blogspot.com/2026/03/all-5-fundamental-units-of-lifes.html

Out of control wealth inequity
Here's a little something for you.  The "top 1%" refers to the top 1% of households or individuals in a country with the highest income or net worth, representing an elite group with significant financial resourcesAt the end of 2024, to be considered in the top 1% on net worth in the US one had to have around $10 million, which is a shit ton of money…But at the end of 2025, that number https://bitchindave.blogspot.com/2026/03/out-of-control-wealth-inequity.html

Kryptos - the sculpture at CIA headquarters.
Back in 1990, artist Jim Sanborn created a sculpture for the CIA that was appropriate in that it had 4 parts which had a code embedded on them. The codes were all different and he challenged anyone to decipher them all.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kryptos 3 were deciphered fairly quickly by cryptographers at the CIA, though the results were kept secret for a https://bitchindave.blogspot.com/2026/03/kryptos-sculpture-at-cia-headquarters.html