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I got nothing. Or rather, too much to easily put in a post at this time of night.

Here’s a Montezuma sunflower from my yard. They grow to a meter and a half, with multiple blooms on a stem. They’re also perennials, a big plus for me.

 

There’s a series of articles out in Foreign Policy on the South Atlantic flash of September 22, 1979. Enough material has now been declassified that people are concluding that yes, it was a nuclear test by Israel with the help of South Africa. I may write something on it later, but here’s a Twitter thread I did earlier this evening.

 

 

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  1. 1.

    Jerzy Russian

    The Vela satellites discovered what are now known as gamma ray bursts. It was quickly realized that the sources of these bursts must be celestial, as opposed to nuclear explosions near Earth. It is now believed that most gamma ray bursts are the result of an explosion of a very massive star at the end of its “life”.

  2. 2.

    Geoduck

    The UK continues its seeming death-spiral: the Thomas Cook travel company collapsed overnight, stranding thousands of tourists and forcing the government to mount a rescue operation. Good thing they’ve got cool heads in charge over there right now.

  3. 3.

    trollhattan

    Last evening I heard a bird ruckus and on investigating spotted this bad-ass atop the neighborhood’s tallest tree.

    Took a chance on going in the house to fetch my camera and luckily, he/she stayed put and posed for a long while. Neighbor and I speculated on the species and while I was convinced it was a Cooper’s or sharp shinned hawk, am now leaning towards peregrine falcon. Either way, these passing birds must have yelled “holy shit!” in bird when they spotted him.

  5. 5.

    Yutsano

    So…Israel’s worst kept secret was pretty much confirmed and covered up by the US from its inception? GOOD TO KNOW!!!

  8. 8.

    Duane

    @trollhattan: Those are great pictures. Falcons like to perch on the light poles at athletic fields. Sometimes I’ve found ploofs of pigeon feathers on the field. Hell yeah holy shit!

  9. 9.

    trollhattan

    @Yutsano:
    Cooper’s? I’m out of my league with bird I.D.

    Location is southern Sacramento Valley, so within the migration corridor and we see all sorts of interesting birds when we bother to look up.

  12. 12.

    Sister Golden Bear

    I’ve not had a chance to watch the GLAAD LGBTQ presidential forum, but here’s three round-ups:

    autostraddle.com/booker-and-warren-shine-biden-grates-at-lgbtq-forum/

    vox.com/identities/2019/9/21/20876742/lgbtq-presidential-forum-winners-losers

    newnownext.com/lgbtq-presidential-forum-glaad-takeaways/09/2019/

    FWIW, I’ve heard criticism on queer circles that the questioning of Harris was unfairly antagonistic, given that Harris has a long history of LGBTQ allyship.

    That said, her 2015 role as California attorney general in 2015 in arguing on behalf of the state to withhold gender reassignment surgery from two transgender inmates who were prescribed the procedure while serving out their sentences is problematic — and it’s disappointing that she wasn’t better prepared to address it. (Warren has a similar problematic episode in her past, but made amends earlier this year.)

    As all three reports noted, disappointedly there were not questions about “FOSTA-SESTA, the bill intended to stop sex trafficking but, instead, has sent sex traffickers underground and made consensual sex work much more dangerous, a reality that disproportionately affects queer and especially trans people, who make up a statistically significant portion of the sex working community.”

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    Leto

    @trollhattan: We have a couple of hawks in our area. There’s a park behind us and the Schkuylkill river in front of us which provide a plethora of hunting opportunities. Like @Duane: said, I’ve seen them sitting on the telephone poles out here surveying the land. They’re medium sized but still plenty big.

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    Fair Economist

    @trollhattan: I see hawks reasonably often here in urban Southern California, which I consider a great sign for tolerable air. Just last week one flew by within 20 feet of me, and made quite an impression. Normally they prefer to keep their distance. He had been perched, took off, and flew fast and straight by me so I assume he had somewhere he wanted to get to, badly enough to ignore me.

  22. 22.

    West of the Rockies

    So, late night folks, will this be a genuinely, importantly big week in Trump’s decay of support? Will we hear something meaningful about Ukraine? Or is this him again shooting someone on 5th Avenue to the collective disinterest of all witnesses?

  28. 28.

    Chris T.

    Sooo… Israel’s getting tense
    Wants one in self-defense
    The Lord’s our shepherd says the psalm
    But just in case… better get a bomb!

  36. 36.

    Steeplejack

    I’m up late. Got into a musical mood after watching episodes 4 and 5 of Country Music at Sighthound Hall with my brother. Took me back to our Saltine-American roots (h/t Betty Cracker). Looked up some country stuff, honkytonk division, on YouTube, then went on to some other stuff. Now listening to Coltrane’s “Equinox,” which prostratedragon posted above. A good nightcap.

    Tomorrow (today, Monday) Bro’ Man and I are driving to Annapolis to drop off some rugs from Sighthound Hall to be professionally cleaned. Don’t ask me why Annapolis. It’s a road trip and we will get a good lunch somewhere, Google and Yahoo willing, so I am okay with it.

  38. 38.

    Steeplejack

    Now considering whether to stay up for the actual moment of equinox at 3:50 a.m. EDT. ? Alarm set for 7:00. Three hours’ sleep would be okay in my current sleepscape. Bro’ Man driving tomorrow (today). I’m just riding shotgun, navigating and watching out for rug pirates. Also finding lunch.

  43. 43.

    Amir Khalid

    On CNN’s frontpage right now there’s a photo of a lion cub playfully pouncing on his dad’s testicles. I think the photo feature will be worth a look.

  46. 46.

    RAVEN

    Awright dudes, part one of epic retirement week was a success, now to the airport and Louisiana rig fishing!

  58. 58.

    Sister Rail Gun of Warm Humanitarianism

    @NotMax: I think he’s talking about us jackals.

    I’ve been reviewing kitten footage. As much noise as they were making yesterday, there should be something worth uploading.

  61. 61.

    G.E.T. Rules

    @West of the Rockies: You didn’t get the memo? The Ukraine story makes two generations of Bidens look pretty scummy so that one needs to go down the ole’ memory hole. The only one who gets to push it is establishment second choice Warren, sort of like how Hillary was the only one allowed to push the picture of Obama wearing a turban.

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