October 15, 2020 Night

Good evening! Rain showers and 60 degrees in Delmar, NY. β˜” There is a south-southwest breeze at 8 mph. πŸƒ. The dew point is 52 degrees.

Kind of a rainy evening but earlier on it was clear πŸŒƒ and I was able to go for my evening walk 🚢🏻. That’s good as with the weather tomorrow I’ll probably be stuck home and not be able to do my walk. I sat out back for a while but I’m pretty tired 😴 for some reason and I’m laying in bed πŸ›.

For a while I was feeling a bit achy and after going to the library πŸ€“ to work for a while went home 🏑 and took my temperature and I was 98.6 degrees. Every little sniffle and I’m sure I have COVID-19. πŸ€’ But even when you’re socially isolated there are still allergies and I’m getting ols πŸ§“ to boot.

That said, it was a delightful afternoon working down at the park bench at library. πŸ–₯ I miss going down to the library and working outside. I usually just stay in my truck down there because it’s safer with Coronavirus πŸ‘Ύbut the danger of sitting on an outdoor park bench is pretty low especially on a sunny and breezy day like today was until the rain came through late. 🌞

Tonight will have a chance of rain, mainly after midnight. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 50 degrees at 6am. 11 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around September 21st. Southwest wind 5 to 8 mph becoming light and variable after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 38 degrees. The record low of 25 occurred back in 1978.

Tonight will have a New 🌚 Moon with 0% illuminated. The Blue 🌝 Moon is on Saturday, October 31. The darkest hour is at 12:42 am, followed by dawn at 6:41 am, and sun starting to rise at 7:10 am in the east (101Β°) and last for 2 minutes and 57 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 11 seconds later than yesterday. πŸŒ„ The golden hour ends at 7:48 am with sun in the east-southeast (108Β°). Tonight will have 12 hours and 57 minutes of darkness, an increase of 2 minutes and 47 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will rain. 🌧 High of 53 degrees at 11am. Seven degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around November 2nd. Maximum dew point of 50 at 6am. πŸ–οΈ Northwest wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 63 degrees. The record high of 88 was set in 1947. There was a dusting of snow in 2009.❄

I am concerned that I had left my USB hub πŸ”Œ and Bluetooth adapter either down at the library or it fell out of my bag. I’ve been looking around, I’m hoping I’ll find it inside as with the rain I’m sure it will be destroyed. That said, those little Bluetooth adapters I get from China πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³ on AliExpress are only a couple of dollars.

In four weeks on November 12 the sun will be setting in the west-southwest (246Β°) at 4:35 pm (Standard Time),πŸŒ„ which is one hour, 37 minutes and 21 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had cold, partly sunny, freezing rain showers and temperatures between 33 and 19 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 49 and 33 degrees. The record high of 68 degrees was set back in 1909.

Looking ahead, Thanksgiving πŸ¦ƒ is in 6 weeks, 7:15 AM Sunrise βŒ›οΈ is in 8 weeks, Bill of Rights Day πŸ“œ is in 2 months, Christmas Eve πŸŽ… is in 10 weeks, New Years Eve πŸŽ† is in 11 weeks, Coldest Week of the Year 🌬 is in 13 weeks, Wolf Moon πŸŒ• is in 15 weeks, Don’t Cry over Spilled Milk Day πŸ₯› is in 17 weeks and National Drink Wine Day 🍷 is in 18 weeks.

The average motorist drives 680,000 miles in their lifetime

QAnon’s Obsession With #SaveTheChildren Is Making It Harder To Save Kids From Traffickers | FiveThirtyEight

QAnon’s Obsession With #SaveTheChildren Is Making It Harder To Save Kids From Traffickers | FiveThirtyEight

It’s hard to argue against a phrase like “save the children.” Which, presumably, is why QAnon uses it as a hashtag. The growing online conspiracy cult has co-opted the phrase to push falsehoods about pedophiles who run the world. But in promoting its radical worldview, QAnon has made life difficult for the organizations actually trying to save children. And the results could be putting kids at risk.

QAnon is a baseless conspiracy regardless of how deep you go, but its fixation on pedophilia is particularly unmoored. Devoted QAnon followers believe — to varying levels of detail — that there is a secret cabal of powerful elites who run an underground pedophilia ring, and that President Trump is currently working to bring these evildoers to justice. If you go all the way down the rabbit hole you’ll find theories about Bill Gates injecting tracking devices into every citizen, blood libel, devil worship and draining kids of a chemical compound called adrenochrome to become immortal. But the underlying connective tissue of QAnon is that bad people, mainly Democrats, are trafficking children and Trump is the only one who can stop them.

 

America’s Most Generous Presidents – WorldAtlas

America’s Most Generous Presidents – WorldAtlas

Often a more genuine measure of the philanthropic side of politicians is their work following terms in a major office. Three US presidents stand out among their peers for their charitable work both during and after their presidencies: Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama. While there are certainly other presidents and politicians who are generous in their philanthropic work, these three offer an interesting array of causes, socio-economic climates, and timelines.

Biden Leads Trump By Double Digits : NPR

2020 Election Poll: Biden Leads Trump By Double Digits : NPR

With less than three weeks to go until Election Day, Democrat Joe Biden has taken a double-digit lead over President Trump, according to the latest NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll.

The former vice president leads Trump 54% to 43% among likely voters in the poll. It's the highest level of support Biden has achieved since the poll began testing the head-to-head matchup in February. Biden has never been below 50% in the question in the Marist poll, and Trump has never been above 44%.

Essays, Now Written and Posted

Over the years I’ve written many essays I’ve never posted here. Some of them are ideas that are under developed, others are things forgotten. Sometimes I just want to wait to post commentary on an issue once it’s fully played out. But over the past few weeks, I’ve been trying to post more, post some things written long ago, because I think they are either relevant or quite interesting for people to read.

Overlook Mountain Fire Tower

Indian Head Mountain offers some of the best views in the mountains crossed by Devil's Path. Here to the south-east from Indian Head Mountain is the Overlook Mountain Firetower which overlooks the Hudson River in the distance.

Taken on Monday October 5, 2009 at Indian Head Mountain.