8 Aug
Weather
Expectations
Week 32
Day
220 Flag Today 87°/56°
Wind 7 mph
Gusts 7 mph
Risk of fire: Extreme Active Fire: 64 miles away
Nearest Lightning: 262 miles
away Humidity: 23%
Air Quality: Fair Sunshine Breezy
July Averages: Temps: 82°\51° 9
days with rain
Today’s Observances:
Dalek
Day Link
Digital Nomad Day
International Cat Day Link Link
The Date to Create
Global Sleep Under The Stars Night
Happiness Happens Day Link
International Female Orgasm Day Link
International Infinity Day Link
Middle Children's Day
National CBD Day Link
National Bowling Day Link
National
Garage Sale Day
National
Fried Chicken & Waffles Day Link
National Mochi Day
National Pickleball Day Link
National Spam Musubi Day Link Link
National Whataburger Day Link
Odie Day (Garfield's pal)
Sleep Under The Stars Night Link
Sneak Some Zucchini Onto Your Neighbor's Porch Night Link
The Wicket World of Croquet Day Link
Wear Your Mother's Jewelry Day
Weekly Observances:
International
Psychic Week: 2-8 Link
National Exercise With Your Child Week: 2-8 Link
Single Working Women's Week: 2-8
Knights of Columbus Family Week: 2-8
National Farmers' Market
Week: 2-8 Link
National
Health Center Week: 2-8 Link
International
Assistance Dog Week: 2-8 Link
Stop on Red Week: 2-8 Link
Old Fiddler Days: 3-8 Li`nk
National
Bargain Hunting Week: 3-9
National Hobo Week: 6-9
Tall Timber Days: 7-9
Twins Days: 7-9 (Sturgis Rally: 7-16 Link
Elvis Week: 8-16 Link
Fresh Quotation:
Today’s Reflection:
A very nice summer day.
I ordered and had some groceries delivered. This is so easy.
Late yesterday afternoon we had another nice gentle female rain. So
great to have a rain that soaks in instead of being runoff.
I was working in Tonalea during much of the early days of the Benett
Freeze Area between Navajo and Hopi tribes and the US gov’t. Now all these
years later, the Hopi are finally getting some of their land returned. Last
week they got 45,000 acres back a part of the Nava-Hopi Land Dispute. As I remember
it, neither tribe wanted the dispute; it was Congress in DC that made ALL the
decisions. So excited to see that this is finally being settled. As I’ve
mentioned before, the Navajo and Hopi had been peacefully sharing the land for decades
before the government stepped in.
Historical events
Cool to know:
At 2.89 billion monthly users, Facebook overshadows China's
(1.4 billion) and India's (1.3 billion) populations.
Today in
Science:
A growing clamor of
voices is calling for the United Kingdom’s new prime minister, Andy Burnham, to
reinstate funding for the iconic Lovell radio telescope, at the Jodrell Bank
Observatory, near Manchester.
UK Research and
Innovation (UKRI), the country’s main funding agency, announced on 27 July that
in 2028 it would cut all of its £2.8 million (about US$3.8 million) annual
funding for e-Merlin, a network of seven UK radio telescopes funded by one of
UKRI’s divisions, the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC).
E-Merlin provides Lovell’s only scientific funding, and unless alternative cash
is found, the telescope will stop operations.
“To close it down would
be to poke out some of the world’s clearest eyes on the sky,” reads an
open letter to save the telescope, which calls the move “foolish and
short-sighted”. The letter is signed by stars of science and the arts,
including the British astronaut Tim Peake, particle physicist and musician
Brian Cox and the UK poet laureate, Simon Armitage. As well as being used to
study the cosmos, Lovell tracks human-made objects, including modern space
debris and, famously, the rocket that launched the Sputnik-1 satellite in 1957.
The wider Jodrell Bank
site, which is owned by the University of Manchester, will continue as a site
for scientific outreach and as headquarters of the Square Kilometre
Array (SKA), a network of antennas in Australia and South Africa that,
once completed, will make up the world’s largest telescope. The STFC is
investing £327 million in the SKA between 2021 and 2030.
The defunding is part
of a wider
array of cuts that are the result of a prioritization exercise
conducted by the STFC under the previous prime minister, Keir Starmer, and the
Department of Science, Innovation and Technology. That department, which was
created just three years ago, has now been disbanded and merged into a wider
business department.
Picture of the Day:
Commended entry from the
“Sport” category – 2021 Drone Photo Awards
Title: Enjoying Wrestling
Description: “On a holiday when the market is fully closed, a make-shift
ring has been arranged on a narrow lane of the busiest business zone. A
full-fledged tournament is on and the spectators including hundreds of market
employees, are enjoying the matches in full tempo from some informal galleries.
This was captured from the attic of an old high-rise structure to have a bird’s
eye view.” Amitava Chandra
Harper’s Index from Funny Times:
Estimated number of Americans who worked two
full-time jobs in January 2015: 172,000
In Januiary 2026: 476,000
Today’s Birthdays:
Shawn Mendes Pop Singer
28 years old
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Alysa Liu Figure
Skater 21 years old
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Dustin Hoffman Movie Actor
89 years old
Birthplace Los Angeles, CA
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Roger Federer Tennis
Player 45 years old
Birthplace Basel, Switzerland
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Keith Carradine Movie Actor 77 years old
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Princess Beatrice [UK] Princess 38
years old
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That’s
All for Now
