Day: April 12, 2021

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I am increasingly looking forward to getting out of town this weekend

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I am increasingly looking forward to getting out of town this weekend. 🏕

The forecast looks iffy for Friday, so I am not sure if I will head north or west until Friday mid-day, but I have all day off so I could certainly leave Thursday either before or after work. It’s been a long time since I’ve spent a night in the woods by a fire, and sometimes the best way to get back to a normal sleeping routine. I am not sure if I will be totally off-the-grid without cell service, but regardless a night in the woods is far better then any night at home. It should be nice enough Saturday that I can lay back in the hammock with  a good book, maybe go for a hike, and be relaxed. And with the rain later this week, the fire risk should be a lt lower.

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Berlin in July 1945

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War can be a horrifying thing but so can it be relief be knowing that it's over. 

Florida’s toxic breach was decades in the making | Florida | The Guardian

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‘No community should suffer this’: Florida’s toxic breach was decades in the making | Florida | The Guardian

This toxic industry has plagued the state for decades. Central Florida is the phosphate capital of the world; the state produces 80% of the phosphate mined in the US, as well 25% of the phosphate used around the world. An estimated 1bn tons of phosphogypsum is housed in about two dozen stacks that dot the Florida landscape, some looming as high as 200ft, each with its own pond of acidic wastewater on top. And every year, about 30m more tons are added to them.