Mastodawn

B-52s are now flying missions over Iran, I hear today.

Perhaps it's a fuel-efficiency thing, using less jet fuel to haul bomb tonnage over Iran.

Or maybe Trumpo expects the Iranians to surrender after a nuke or two, like the Japanese in World War II. The nuclear capability for a B-52H is the AGM-86B, a cruise missile that can deliver a variable yield W80 nuclear warhead of 5 to 150 kilotons (1/3 to 10 Hiroshimas).

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Bert 4d ago

Saw an article about this that linked to a video on another platform. I don't love posting content from elsewhere, but I will make exceptions....

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seachanged Mar 22

A list from the excellent Merlin app, from Cornell University, that identified birds from their songs today:

Oak Titmouse
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Sparrow
House Finch
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Acorn Woodpecker
American Robin

There eas a Eurasian Ring-necked dove in there, too, but the phone could not hear it.

seachanged Mar 21

Spring Equinox was yesterday!
First full day of Spring will be today!

I'll duty today for the Tomatoes of Summer. Surely it's not too soon. Scallions this year, and dill.

It's early for the planned runner beans, but I can make clear the way for them.

seachanged Mar 18

I can clearly see birds leaving their overnight roosts in a few frames of NEXRAD doppler radar every morning. Using the "local radar" setting in the "Set View" tab at radar.weather.gov, and selecting Hanford radar in the Central Valley, I can see spreading circles of green that center on wetlands and refuges in the Central Valley.

It's unseasonably warm here. I don't think I've used our hot weather house adaptations this early in the year. We're not heat-adapted yet, so it seems even hotter.

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seachanged Mar 14

New new filter is the right length, but the female fittings on the filter are aluminum, and the flare nuts are brass. That'll be a problem later, for sure.

Found the vent line for the tank and stuck a cork in it to staunch the siphon, and got the new filter in place AND figured out the trick for getting the bracket back on.

Reattached the PCV line that had pulled off of the air intake, far downstream of the mass airflow sensor. That would certainly cause a P1074, which has not recurred.

seachanged Mar 10

The mockingbird cells,
under a cold, tired moon,
pass secrets of Spring.

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Joanna Holman Mar 5

Worth checking if your library gives you access to the Freegal music platform. On it you get 5 free mp3 downloads a week and unlimited music streaming. The catalog is a bit patchy but there's plenty of good stuff there. Over the course of a few months I've been using my 5 downloads a week to build up a collection of songs and albums I love but didn't yet own and to support local artists

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A slow prop plane flew overhead a few minutes ago. Flightradar24 says it left Hollywood Burbank Airport at 2 AM, and is expected to land in Oakland, CA at 3:44 with its cargo. The direct vent water heater is cycling on and off at regular intervals to heat the slab, purging the ignition chamber, waiting, and then igniting and burning for a 10 minutes before shutting down thermostatically. I'm writing documentation as a soporific, to purge the perseverating thoughts of a groundhog day meeting.

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sara Mar 1

"I was born in an Iranian prison. My parents were held in their jails. My uncles lie in their mass graves. Nothing you can tell me about the crimes of the Iranian regime that I haven’t lived in blood and bone. That doesn’t mean I want my people bombed, maimed, killed, their homes in ruins. If your vision of liberation comes only through the destruction of innocent lives, then it’s not freedom you’re after.”

Sahar Delijani

#iran

https://evergreenreview.com/read/an-interview-with-sahar-delijani/