A Comparison of Diversified Versus not Diversified Economies in 2 Pictures

2019 figures comparing Moldova and Russia’s economy. Russia’s is over 75% extractive resource industries. Moldova’s has no noticeable extractive resources on the chart (I am counting wood products as renewable in both cases. Which of these economies will be more resilient to change and disruption? Which one will be easily brought to it’s knees by […]

The Ukraine War April 15th and 16th – 13 Tweet Chain

1st The Kyiv Independent: ⚡️More than 10,000 volunteers register to help rebuild Ukraine.

The volunteers currently work in the demined areas of Kyiv Oblast. They are cleaning the streets by picking up dismantled debris and participating in the search operations, according to the State Emergency Service.
9:07 AM · Apr 16, 2022

Iris of the babbling brook Loquacia

Iris of the babbling brook Loquacia A checkerboard pattern of climbing vines says ‘no, this is where it’s at, like it or not’, and in a moment without thought, we follow. There are vases of flowers and strange galleries in a house of shifting construction, there are bears riding bicycles in the streets of Toledo and […]

900 grocery stores reopen in kyiv after siege ended – + daily russian casualties

https://twitter.com/KyivInd…/status/1513127564633640961… “ Kyiv is reopening after siege: 900 grocery stores, 460 cafes working, 535 car repair shops, 35 food markets, 55 bakeries, 75 clothes and shoes stores open, according to the city administration. The map of businesses that are open:” https://twitter.com/KyivInd…/status/1513065890060902404… “These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of April 10, according […]

The Epson Ecotank and Unsplash.com

I got an printer from the Epson Ecotank line a while back. Recently I realized that with free photos from Unsplash.com, this enabled me to, if I so chose, wallpaper my home with 8.5″x14″ (legal paper – get it at office depot just like the regular stuff). Since the Epson Ecotank allows you to print […]

Ocean Summit / 30% Protected by 2030 goal

Over 8,000 people attended, with free registration and no travel, something that would have been impossible before Covid moved everything to video conference. One presenter noted that last years’ virtual UN World Ocean Forum had over 60,000 daily attendees. There seems to be a lot of momentum behind the 30/30 goal of protecting 30% of the oceans by the year 2030. The proportion has doubled to 7.5% in the last decade.

Command Line Mutterings

peel > persona.veneer ; get img {take a look} else ++ days kite_scheme : random flag #a.throw alert! dart : Exception Handler // No Method Unacceptable Exception x.array : polymorphism ? > .invocation@ stack interjection {catch : sprites} {check : method } verify logical match Heuristic modified hash value ************* continue big image: https://lostinmist.blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/funbig.jpg First Version […]