The Advertising I get on Daily Kos

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Friday November 13, 2020 · 7:47 AM PST

2020/11/13 · 07:47

I’m not sure what these ads say about me, or what the advertisers know about me but I hate them none the less… lets take a look at each ad.

1. Cashflow ad…. yes I am interested in businesses and how to make them more profitable

2. Netflix… yes I watch Netflix, but I don’t try to optimize it in my life

3. %place woman with a decision to make…. I guess they have identified me as empathetic

4. Zero Trust!, lol I do not trust any bullshit on the internet. That ad is spot on but i would never clickety click

5. I am both a Pootie and Woozle person…. I view nature as natural.

6. Bra and Panty sets….. this ad is weird. I have seen the same stock photo of this woman with many subtitles… I guess It’s designed to make men like me to look twice. Yes, she has nice breasts.

The reason I did not subscribe to the one time offer from Marcos for AD free DKos back in the day is that the Ad’s tell me something about how digital marketeers are trying to influence me.

What do your ad’s tell you about yourself?

COVID-19 Morning Meditations

yuriwho

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Monday July 27, 2020 · 7:56 AM PDT

2020/07/27 · 07:56

YouTube Video

I have finally achieved meditation! After n-months of grief I decided to let my house cat into the wild! She was born in a barn with 3 siblings… the others were already adopted. My cat was approx 3 months old when I rescued her from a cat shelter that had rescued her as a kitten with no owner in sight!

Today, I decided to set her free to the world!

I opened the door and carried her across the threshold!

She is still outside now!

I have faith in her wisdom of the world.

She walked timidly outside at first………………….

Now she is loud and proud!

Hear me ROAR!

I watched her for at least an hour….. she was careful

She likes it under the engine of my Dodge pickup

In the moment, she is aware!

Got me thinking about this song, by a young brown female with the bold moniker H.E.R.

I present “Do To Me”

enjoy

She is still outside, smelling the flowers and watching the MOTHS!

A Wednesday Evening Reflection on Life and Death

yuriwho

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Tuesday July 21, 2020 · 10:44 PM PDT

2020/07/21 · 22:44

20th November 1968: Portrait of American musician Joni Mitchell seated on the floor with her acoustic guitar in her lap. This image was from a shoot for the fashion magazine Vogue. Mitchell wears a white cotton dress. (Photo by Jack Robinson/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) — A young and ambitious Joni

YouTube Video

I am writing my will……. it’s a crazy thing to think about…. my death.

I made some very personal phone calls…. “Will you please collect and organize my life for sale or transfer to my wife and my son.”

Got me thinking, especially during COVID-19… think of all the great people that have already died! This got me thinking about all the amazing community writers here on DKos.

Marcos, you are a jerk with a lot of cool friends…..

Nuf said

I was thinking of one of the greatest writers to ever grace these bits and bytes of a blog …... Exmeardon!

Here is an example of her graceful words... www.dailykos.com/…

So eternal with every word.

She was grace on paper.

I remember writing a post to her as she lay in the hospital bed dying of cancer….. I sent her this video…. It’s a cover of a Joni Mitchell Blue album Song by the name “River”. She wrote this album after having an abortion. She was opining on life and death too.

Exmeardon was touched, and relayed the fact that Joni Mitchell “Blue”, the Album was a touchstone in her life, she thanked me with grace from a hospital bed knowing her fate.…

It’s such a beautiful song!

Here on this big blue ball of hope!

Sleep well!

Grifter in Chief

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Sunday July 05, 2020 · 10:54 PM PDT

2020/07/05 · 22:54

US President-elect Donald Trump and his wife Melania leave St. John's Episcopal Church on January 20, 2017, before Trump's inauguration. / AFP / Nicholas Kamm (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)

Even the most innocent photo reveals the man beneath….…

She…. looking apprehensively at her Husband who can barely walk on his own……..

Disdain and Pity on the faces of those around them…

A failed King…www.poetryfoundation.org/...

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Is The Donald capable of reading, walking sure-footedly or drinking with one hand?

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Guru material

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32 votes

In debt to the Russian Mafia

167 votes

A Requiem for the Demise of Cursive

yuriwho

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Wednesday June 24, 2020 · 4:01 AM PDT

2020/06/24 · 04:01

This is gonna be rare when your grandkids are adults

I started a daily journal by taking notes for every Phone call and Zoom meeting back in March. First I did it for the new business I had just launched. Being the ever-frugal Scotsman (by birth) I went to the dollar store to buy some pens after having written ~½ of a full journal book (my third) and left it in the rain…..

That morning, I had discovered a soaking wet journal…. and had lost ~2-3 weeks of diary because I was mostly using an ink pen… the ink was partially soluble in water and had smeared the cursive just like my first experiment in chromatography so many years ago.

My son, who is a pro-gamer @ 14, or so he thinks, can barely write in block letters! He signs his name with poor block letters representing his initials.

I feel as though I have failed him.

He also struggles with his times tables!

He is very smart, but oh so lazy.

Anyway, back to that day….. I went to the dollar store, as I walked the aisles I started grabbing stuff that I thought would be useful and very affordable. Full basket. Ashtrays, BBQ lighter, clipboards, sharpies, journal book… then I got to the pens.

So many Chinese knock-offs of the famous brands like Bic or Biro (monopolies everywhere)…. I grabbed a pack of 20 cheap Chinese Biro knockoffs.

What a difference a good Biro can make!

My handwriting immediately improved, and I began writing much smaller to fit more on each page… my hand skill was suddenly similar to the days of yore when I practised calligraphy with a special metal quill….

My son will never know that sensation.

It's the Economy! STUPID

yuriwho

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Friday May 22, 2020 · 10:16 PM PDT

2020/05/22 · 22:16

People enjoy the beach amid the novel coronavirus pandemic in Huntington Beach, California on April 25.

This simple refrain was composed by the lizard king James Carville and it strikes me today as arrogant, condescending and just plain wrong. Sure, that is what most people are concerned about with respect to politics, but it’s the policy of a panderer not a leader!

The problem we face is convincing selfish people to stop being greedy! Yes, I know that the disadvantaged in society are suffering right now….. but they are not the ones screaming from their hovels demanding that profit be king.

We face a public health crisis, and no amount of money printing and circle jerking will fix that without addressing the underlying cause. We need to let our Scientists and Doctors figure this out and support them in every way possible even if it means drive-by birthday parties till Biden gets elected.

Please wear a face covering, if just to be a responsible human that cares about not harming others. Stop being selfish!

We can beat this but it takes a team effort and TRUST ME, this battle only reinforces the primary message of the Democrats….. Universal Health Care!

I know the other side will play dirty. It’s time for us to do what is right, support our front line workers, play to our strengths! The Truth! Fight for Health Care…. and Science! They are both under siege…

First they came for the Scientists……..

Jeff Flake could save the Republican Party tomorrow morning

yuriwho

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Thursday September 27, 2018 · 7:47 PM PDT

2018/09/27 · 19:47

Jeff Flake attended a bi-partisan meeting of the gang of 4 after the hearing. Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins, Joe Manchin & Jeff flake, all potential swing votes on this nomination’s success or failure. According to reporters, Manchin said they were all undecided still.

Perhaps in that meeting, they discovered that adding up their own electoral calculus thoughts with their voting intentions would result in Brett Kavanaugh being appointed to, and becoming the swing vote on the Supreme Court. Despite the fact none of them seem to personally want him in that role, if for no other reason than the Supreme Court would be diminished and asterisk’d for it’s rigged partisan kangaroo court nature.

Jeff may have realized that a vote forward from the committee would likely result in a partisan 50-50 vote with Mike Pence as the decider. Certain confirmation of Bret Kavanaugh, and a supreme court damaged in reputation for a generation. Indeed the reputation of America as a Democracy being at stake.

Jeff Flake is rumoured to be considering a 2020 primary run for Presidential nominee vs. Trump. He could derail the Judicial committee vote tomorrow with a no vote, killing the nominee before it would force all senators to make their own personal future election influencing votes on the nominee.

Jeff Flake is retiring from the Senate, and is therefore not up for re-election. How would this influence his position as a potential 2020 primary challenger to The Donald? Would he still be able to raise money for a Presidential Primary? Would it be the right thing to do? Would he garner or lose votes?

If he torpedoed the candidate tomorrow morning he would be able to challenge Trump in the Primary as “The Saviour of the integrity of the Supreme Court, a true American Patriot who puts principles over Party, the only sane choice to save the republican party.

I’ll bet he does not sleep tonight.

Sweet Dreams Jeff!

A Texan is Saving Greece

yuriwho

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Friday February 20, 2015 · 4:59 AM PST

2015/02/20 · 04:59

Irony? ........

Untill recently he was an obscure academic in Texas writing books about macroeconomics.....now he makes Angela Merkle's knees quiver. He is the 'Sexiest Man in Europe'

Follow below the firewhisp of delight for more Read More

God Save the Queen with Common Decency

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Saturday January 17, 2015 · 8:16 AM PST

2015/01/17 · 08:16

Brian May, the famous guitarist from the rock band Queen has started to engage the public in the UK with a new campaign centred around common decency.

As far as I can tell, it's a quest for democracy in it's original form and a fight against special interests. I'm interested to learn more and I already hit subscribe.

Here's the first video on the topic, more blow the fold.

yuriwho for SciTech

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Monday December 08, 2014 · 9:03 PM PST

2014/12/08 · 21:03

As we move toward shorter communications (Twitter) both online and off (can I call you later?). Two short films have randomly gathered my attention. The first movie is about college life as a student that has room mates/house mates. I have had both. I am a veteran of the academic student life. First, I was an undergraduate co-op student which required moving every 4 months for 5 years, then I was a Ph.D. student which required for me: moving 3 times in 6 years. During my Postdoc years I did not need to move as I had finally reached harmony with my house mates and managed to stay in the same city while now attending a completely new UNI Environ. In fact our house was legendary within the local community and to our neighbours and the police (most of the above liked us). When I finally got an Academic job I only brought my girlfriend along (whom is now my wife).

The first short film I present is about living with other students. It speaks for itself and is pretty much spot-on with regard to housemate fights based on my vast experience:

This Is It from Alexander Engel on Vimeo.

The second film is much more disturbing in a Rod Serling kind of way.......however I think it is important to share. Here's the link to "The Landing"

THE LANDING - Short Film from Perception Pictures on Vimeo.

I hope you enjoy them both.

Cheers,

Yuri

p.s. I'm sorry that I am unable to embed these videos...I am hoping DK5 will fix these issues. So just click the links to watch.

Meet the next Prime Minister of Canada: Justin Trudeau

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Sunday October 19, 2014 · 9:15 PM PDT

2014/10/19 · 21:15

Justin Trudeau grew up on 24 Sussex Drive Ottawa (our White House). His Father was Pierre Elliot Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada from 1968-1979. Like his father, Justin is running under the Liberal Party flag. He supports legalization of maryjane, is anti war and pro-choice including assisted suicide (with regulations). He is young, currently 42. He recently released his first autobiography titled Common Ground.

Last night he launched his campaign for Prime Minister in 2015 with an hour long interview on the Canadian CTV show W5 (who what when where why).

Sadly I cannot find a way to embed this video but here is the link to the interview: http://www.ctvnews.ca/...

If you want to hear his version of his life, watch the interview and read his autobiography.

yuriwho for SciTech

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Friday April 12, 2013 · 10:26 PM PDT

2013/04/12 · 22:26

Graphene won the Nobel Prize in 2010. A two dimensional lattice of sp2 hybridized carbon atoms with an extended Pi network that allows for the free flow of electricity within the plane of the layer of graphene. An electrical conductor. It was initially fabricated by sticking a piece of Scotch Tape to a piece of graphite and peeling off one layer of graphene at a time. Nobel Prize

Lets fast forward to now:

new uses for graphene and new ways to make graphene and stacked sheets thereof.

Heres an novel idea, lets stack two (or more) graphene sheets together in order to create the most high efficiency super capacitor ever known.

This has now been done.

Through research in Prof. Richard Kaner's lab (Chem and Biochem, UCLA), graduate student Maher El-Kady discovered an new way to make graphene and a way to stack in separated layers .....

a way to make super-capacitor batteries.

The Super Supercapacitor | Brian Golden Davis from Focus Forward Films on Vimeo.

I think this may be one of the best discoveries of the last century.

The big question is, can it be scaled safely into commercial batteries?

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