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13 Day 86 Flag Today
74°/43° Wind 8 mph Gusts 17 mph
Active
Fire: 52 miles away Risk of fire: Extreme Nearest Lightning: 964 miles away
Air
Quality: Moderate Sunshine Breezy
Mar.
Averages: Temps: 54°\24°
Moisture: 12 days
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Weekly Observations
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22-28 International Week of Solidarity
with People's Struggling Against Racism & Discrimination Passiontide |
22-28 Passion Week Shakespeare Week Link National Farm Workers Awareness
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Daily Observations
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Celebrate Exchange
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National Scribble Day |
Today’s Quotes
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Today’s Memes
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Today’s Thoughts
Another great spring day. No complaints.
Andy, Faith and I had lunch at a new Mexican place…Mi Tesoro…at
the Flagstaff mall. It is listed as contemporary Mexican cuisine. The food was
very good. In English it means: my darling or my treasure. The atmosphere
was nice. Staff was very helpful. I wore my avocado shirt and got compliments
from the staff.
By sending ICE to airports has made the line at every Starbucks at the
airport much longer.
TSA, ICE, civilian Coast Guard employees, Border Patrol, and
FEMA are not being paid during this 40+day shutdown. The starting salary for
TSA workers is $35,000 with the average pay around $46-55,000. These jobs/careers
should not be in this mess. There was a plea from the Flagstaff airport asking for
gift cards to be donated to the unpaid workers in Flagstaff. The shutdown is unacceptable
and must end.
META and YouTube were found negligent in a landmark decision that they did
not protect kids from AI chats. The fine sounds huge, until you realize that
these companies are worth over a trillion. This is far from over. Expect to see
more lawsuits, and of course, many more appeals. So crazy.
Real Hoaxes
The
Cardiff Giant (1869
In 1869,
laborers in Cardiff, New York unearthed a ten-foot stone figure that looked
like a petrified man. News raced through the region, and crowds paid admission
to view the marvel.
The
giant’s realistic features and weathered surface convinced many it was a
prehistoric relic or biblical curiosity.
The
statue, however, was a carefully carved gypsum figure commissioned by George
Hull. He created it to mock literal interpretations of scripture and to profit
from public fascination.
Local
businessmen amplified the spectacle, and rival showmen even produced competing
giants, further muddying the waters of truth.
Experts
soon spotted tool marks and inconsistent geology, and the hoax unraveled.
Still, the Cardiff Giant demonstrated how spectacle plus ticket sales can
override careful inquiry.
Curators
and newspapers learned to insist on provenance and method, not just a good
story. When a find appears out of nowhere with immediate commercial framing,
your guard should go up.
Ask
where, how, and by whom it was found, then look for independent testing.
Amazement is fine.
Verification turns amazement into knowledge instead of a costly lesson.
Try Rebus
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Historic Events
REBUS ANSWERS
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Sitting on top of the world |
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Birthdays
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Michael York,
British actor (Cabaret, Logan's Run, 3 Musketeers), born in Fulmer,
Buckinghamshire (84 years old) φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Tom Sullivan,
blind actor (If You Could See What I Hear), born in Boston, Massachusetts (79
years old) φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Quentin Tarantino (63
years old) American director and screenwriter (Pulp
Fiction), born in Knoxville, Tennessee φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ American pop singer-songwriter
("Without You"; "All I Want For Christmas Is You";
"Hero"; "We Belong Together"), born in Huntington, Long
Island, New York φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Canadian actor (Castle,
Firefly, Superman, The Rookie), born in Edmonton, Alberta φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ American pop singer (The Black
Eyed Peas - "I Gotta Feeling"), born in Hacienda Heights,
California φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Brenda Song,
American actress (The Ultimate Christmas Present), born in Carmichael,
California (38 years old) φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ |
Wilhelm
Röntgen (1845-1923; @77, cancer) German physicist who
discovered X-rays (Nobel 1901), born in Lennep, Rhine Province φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ English industrialist and automobile founder
(Rolls-Royce), born in Alwalton, England φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Gloria
Swanson (1899-1983; @84) American actress (Sunset
Boulevard, Queen Kelly) and producer, born in Chicago, Illinois φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ American cartoonist (creator
of Scrooge McDuck), born in Merrill, Oregon φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Cyrus Vance, US Secretary of State (1977-80), born in Clarksburg, West
Virginia (d. 2002; @84) φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Dick
King-Smith (1922-2011; @88) English writer whose
"The Sheep-Pig" was the basis of the film "Babe", born in
Gloucestershire, England φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Sarah Vaughan, American jazz and pop singer ("Body and Soul;
"Broken Hearted Melody"), often known as "Sassy" and
"The Divine One", born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 1990; @66, lung cancer)
φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ David Janssen David Harold Meyer, American actor (The Fugitive, Harry
O), born in Naponee Nebraska (d. 1980; @48, heart attack) φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Cale
Yarborough (1939-2023; @84) American auto racer (NASCAR
Cup Series 1976, 77, 78; Daytona 500 1968, 77, 83, 84), born in Timmonsville,
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…The End for today…
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