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Loretta Lynn and Banned Songs

RIP Loretta Lynn. Not sure if its true but I read that this trailblazing songwriter had more of her songs banned from radio airplay than every other male country artist *combined* in the 20th Century. Loretta Lynn had more songs banned from radio than every other male country artist combined in the 20th century. pic.twitter.com/IOchPjwmWL […]

DART Impact Video

Follow up to a post from last week… Same video as before of ATLAS observing the DART impact, but tracked sidereally (with the stars). Each frame is about 40 seconds, and the entire sequence is about two hours. pic.twitter.com/p7Sgvfu2CK — ATLAS Project (@fallingstarIfA) September 27, 2022

¶ Posted 27 September 2022 § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, science

Music Monday – “The high black water, a devil’s daughter/She’s hard, she’s cold and she’s mean/But nobody taught her, it takes a lot of water/To wash away New Orleans”

“Hurricane” – Band of Heathens

¶ Posted 26 September 2022 § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: weather

Friday Fun Link – NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART)

No big deal – NASA is only planning to shoot an asteroid out of space in a day or so!

¶ Posted 23 September 2022 § FridayFunLink ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, science

Music Monday – “God save the queen/’Cause tourists are money/And our figurehead/Is not what she seems” (aka Decorum and The Queen’s Death)

There are lots of interesting angles to the Queen’s death – cultural, historical, sociological, religious, etc. etc. – but one that fascinates me is this notion of “decorum”… https://www.twitter.com/MsPackyetti/status/1567987415704379393 There’s a parallel to gun violence in the States where politicians will quickly say “It’s not the time” to talk about gun violence…right after a mass […]

¶ Posted 19 September 2022 § Jobs § MusicMonday § Politics § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, history

Friday Fun Link – 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony

With so much focus on the UK and the meaning of the Queen’s death, I’m reminded of the amazing opening ceremony from the 2012 Olympics in London which captured so many unique aspects of British life and culture (while also being a real thumb to the nose to the 2008 Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony!)

¶ Posted 16 September 2022 § FridayFunLink § MemoryLane § Politics § PopCulture § UK § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, history, movies, music

Music Monday – “And yes, I let you use me from the day that we first met/But I’m not done yet/Falling for you, fool’s gold”

“Elizabeth My Dear & Fool’s Gold” – The Stone Roses

¶ Posted 12 September 2022 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, music

Secular Sunday – The Longer Lasting Harm of 9/11?

9/11 was caused by religious extremism but an ever-longer lasting harm of this attack is the culture of conspiracy theories that sprang up around the attacks which continues to affect our society in ways ranging from vaccine hesitancy to lack of faith in government to the idea that mass shootings are actually false-flag operations are […]

¶ Posted 11 September 2022 § MemoryLane § Politics § SecularSunday § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, economics, education, health, history, science

Walking Sharks…

Confirmation of evolution and nightmare fuel, all rolled up in one! These fins were made for walking! #SharkWeek ? Island of the Walking Sharks pic.twitter.com/ivppSWKng1 — Shark Week (@SharkWeek) July 28, 2022