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March 13, 2026

Off to wstch TV. I wish there was a way to trick the streaming TV services that I'm young so I don't have to...

watch/listen to all the %&@#&÷/[%@#)(@# medical, pills commercials!!!
Yes, I often turn the sound down; but
Gaaaaah!!!

Unless everyone gets them; but I think they mine your info and tailor ads to some degree. I can't imagine like
15 - 30+ ish yr olds listening to all that!

March 2, 2026

FYI Science Fiction Fans: the series Fringe is *now back* on (free) Pluto TV!

Yay! Love that show! In my top 4 SF shows. Looks like they have all 5 seasons.

Yeah, I could do without some of the horror aspects! Ick!
Still, so increasingly interesting, clever moving, funny at times.
Enjoy!

March 1, 2026

For those who love Daylight Savings Time! March 8th

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YIPPIEEEE!!!!! 😄🥰🎉🎉🎉

February 21, 2026

Nothing like setting up a Digital Test Piece to figure something out, annnnd...

forgetting what I was going to test!


😑😑😑😑😑

(Hopefully, I'll remember! 👍 )


February 21, 2026

dbl post

February 19, 2026

U2 drops New POLITICAL EP; 5 Songs, and a poem! Called 'Days of Ash-

Good stuff! Good vids!
America/u know who, Israel/Palestine, Women in Iran, Ukraine.
Hope this works

PL80sr_OFD9CFmlBuTHNeqKcYWqyjLKW08

😑 it doesn't. And copied right from YT.
Maybe bc tied in w Apple pay?

Will try again
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL80sr_OFD9CFmlBuTHNeqKcYWqyjLKW08&si=Mz-lDGjera41ipFR

YESSSSS!! THIS time - it worked!🎵🎶 👊

February 17, 2026

Soil Restoration Experiments in Australia using Sheep's Wool...

I couldn't copy anything so I'll do my best. From daily galaxy.
I've had a moderate interest in gardening; floral, and food for decades.

This is in Queensland, Australia.l They've been watching former farming areas get depleted. Have used synthetics for restoration, but they've expensive, and carry their own environmental costs.

Someone(s) came up with trying sheep's wool in aiding soil restoration. This is not your wool for making yarn, but the short fibers [the long fibers interlock better for creating yarns]. It seems this wool is a financial bother to get rid of by the sheep farmers.

The wool is made up of keratin and contains nitrogen, sulfur, carbon that are needed for soils, and crops. The keratin breaks down slowly, letting these nutrients stay in the ground longer; and longer than the synthetic applications which leach into groundwater relatively quickly.
They put down a layer a few centimeters thick.

There is a 35% increase in moisture retention. Wool can retain 1 1/2 to 2xs it's weight in moisture. This helps increase certain microorganisms that break down the keratin, among other things, and create real soil that roots can grow through.
It's tturned dusty areas that blow away in the winds into healthy soil again.

The wool has problems in clumping; so it's either being broken down into pellets that can be mixed into the ground, or made into a composite containing organic matter. These both help keep some holes in the soil as well, helping with air circulation. Turns out it's the only thing so far that promotes moisture retention, and aeriation.

There are now start ups doing wool recycling into these soil making applications; creating new jobs in rural areas.

Europe is now investing these methods.

February 10, 2026

Dang! (a poem)

Dang!
I hear -no- cheering
I guess he hasn't gone away
Well' it's not yet dinertime here
Maybe we'll still be lucky today
Oh, the cars will be a 'honking
People be LOUD, and clear!
The news will spread like Wildfire !!!
I'll be grinning from ear to ear.
So keep on keeping on
Get all the joy you can for strength
It might be a day, a month, or more?
Ohhh, no, not a whole year?!
I'll keep the bubbly stashed away
But, oh, be ready to pour!

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About electric_blue68

flaming liberal! :D Possibly progressive in some areas (not sure where the ?line is if there is one) Think FDR, Eleanor Roosevelt, Paul Wellstone, Ted Kennedy. Artist (Fine [drawing, getting back to painting, digital(!) art, artist books (where various book forms are used to make an art piece), assemblage sculpture] & Commercial [graphic, design, traditional pu & m, some illustration] , Crafter (unique wire jewelry, yarn work, occasional other crafts), Photographer. Loves the pursuits above, my city, cities, piblic parks & gardens, the deep countryside (been in the high desert of AZ, and up in The Rockies), nature, music, reading, cultures from around the world, space & earth sciences, science fiction, some history, food [:D].
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