January 24, 2026

25 Jan

 

 



 

Week 4  Day 25 Flag Today  44°/17°

Wind 6 mph Gusts 11 mph

Active Fire:  169 miles away Risk of fire: Very Low 

Nearest Lightning: 482 miles away

Air Quality: Fair Mostly Cloudy

Jan Averages: Temps: 44°\18° Moisture:  10 Days

 

Weekly Observations

Week of Christian Unity: 18-25
Sundance Film Festival: 22-2/1
International Snow Sculpting Week: 24-28
Catholic Schools Week: 25-31

Celebration of Life Days: 25-31
Clean Out Your Inbox Week: 25-31
Meat Week: 25-31 
National School Choice Week: 25-31 
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Daily Observations

A Room of One's Own Day Link
IV Nurses Day 
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Macintosh Computer Day
 (Note: On Jan. 22, 1984 in a Super Bowl ad the Macintosh got introduced. Steve Jobs then presented it to the world on Jan. 24, 1984 and it went on sale to the public the next day on Jan. 25, 1984.  There is a big 30th Anniversary event on Jan. 25, 2014. Since Apple considers Jan. 25 the anniversary day for celebration,  this is why I am listing it on the 25th also and not the other dates. )

National Bible Sunday
National Irish Coffee Day
Opposite Day 
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Robert Burns Day 
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World Leprosy Day

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Today’s Meme

 




Today’s Thoughts

Strange weather day. I woke up to clouds, by 7am the sky was clear. Around noon the clouds started coming in. Still expecting some snow today.

No wonder we are confused. The 4th Amendment says that law enforcement can’t enter without a warrant, with a few exceptions. The 2nd Amendment says basically you can ‘stand your ground.’ Following these rules, I fear that more violence is in the future.

For those who are cheering Trump’s treatment of NATO, please review the history of NATO. Most of his statements are easy to debunk with a little time with the history of NATO.

Here in AZ: Tribal members can have ‘Native American’ put on their drivers license or state ID. People in and out of the Native community are divided on whether this is good or wrong. On the good side, this could stop ICE from detaining Native Americans if they have AZ ID. On the wrong side, this is similar to what happened in Hitler’s Germany…having a minority identified on an ID is just like the yellow star. So far, this is voluntary, but what about the future?

Another killing in Minnesota, this time a 37-year-old White male was shot and killed by a Federal Agent. I’ll wait until more info comes out. 

Trivia

Chimpanzees Have Declared War On Gorillas

After millennia of seemingly coexisting peacefully, chimpanzees and gorillas are suddenly in a deadly battle. In early 2019, German researchers noticed increasing violence between the species while observing them inside Loango National Park in Gabon. 

While studying the behaviors of chimps in the park, researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology and Osnabrück University witnessed a brutal attack by two dozen chimps on a group of five Western lowland gorillas, including one baby. The ambush resulted in a long fight between the groups, and the demise of the baby gorilla. Later that year, another attack by a large group of chimps took place in the same park. Again, the gorillas were largely outnumbered, and a baby gorilla died.

While they're both primates - and are even in the same family, Hominidae - the two are very different in temperament. Gorillas tend to be gentle, whereas chimpanzees are well known for their violent tendencies. Although their aggression has mostly been directed internally, researchers believe chimps may be feeling increasingly threatened by gorillas due to various changes to their environment. Decreasing territory and fewer food sources might be making the chimps extra aggressive. But where and when the war will end, nobody knows.

Historic Events

Jan 25 in History

Birthdays with some quotes

Messalina(c. 17/20-48 AD)

Roman Empress (wife of Claudius, infamous for her promiscuity) (born either 17 or 20 AD), born in Rome

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Robert Burns(1759-1796; @37, poor health)

Scottish poet (Auld Lang Syne) considered the national poet of Scotland, born in Alloway, Scotland

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Charles Curtis(1860-1936; @ 76; heart attack)

American Republican Senator (Kansas: 1907-13, 1915-29) and 31st US Vice President (1929-33) who was the first Native American to become a Senator and Vice President, born in North Topeka, Kansas

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W. Somerset Maugham, British novelist and poet (Of Human Bondage), born in Paris, France (d. 1965; @91)

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Virginia Woolf (1882-1941; @59, suicide)

British author (Jacob's Room, To the Lighthouse), born in London

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Ewan MacColl [James Miller], Scottish folk singer-songwriter ("The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"), born in Broughton, England (d. 1989; @74 heart attack) 

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Edwin Newman, American journalist and author (NBC-TV, Comment), born in New York City (d. 2010; @91)

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Dean Jones, American actor (Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo, The Love Bug), born in Decatur, Alabama (d. 2015; @84)

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Corazon Aquino (1933-2009; @76, cancer)

11th President of the Philippines (1986-92), born in Paniqui, Tarlac, Philippines

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Etta James [Jamesetta Hawkins](1938-2012; @73, Alzheimer's)

American singer ("Roll With Me"; "At Last"), born in Los Angeles, California

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Steve Prefontaine, American long-distance runner (Olympics, 1972), born in Coos Bay, Oregon (d. 1975; @24,  traumatic asphyxiation)

Sheila Johnson (77 years old), American businesswoman, 1st African American female billionaire (BET, Salamander Hotels and Resorts), born in McKeesport, Pennsylvania

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Tōru Iwatani(71 years old)

1955 Japanese video game designer (Pac-Man), born in Meguro, Tokyo

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Ana Ortiz (55 years old), American actress (Ugly Betty - "Hilda"), and singer, born in Manhattan, New York

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Volodymyr Zelensky(48 years old)

Ukrainian actor (Servant of the People), comedian, and President of Ukraine (2019-), born in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, Soviet Union

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Alicia Keys(45 years old)

American pop and R&B singer-songwriter, and pianist ("Girl On Fire"; 'No One"), born in New York City

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Lil Mosey(24 years old)

American rapper (Blueberry Faygo), born in Mountlake Terrace, Washington

 

 

…The End for today…

               

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