The American Obsession with Lawns – Krystal D’Costa This post originally appeared on Scientific American and was published May 3, 2017. This article is republished on Pocket with permission.

Mississippi River Rescue Plan Called Too Big to Fail – Daniel Cusick: Scientific American

NFTs are a dangerous trap Seth Godin

Offshore Core – James Hankins: Law & Liberty Includes some discussion of the Columbia Core Curriculum

The Little Saildrone Survives and A Weak Tornado Hits Our Coast – Cliff Maas

Willful Blindness, Societal Rift & Death of the Dollar – Michael Leibowitz: RIA

Super Hostile Takeovers – Robin Hansen: Overcoming Bias

New study shows that diet has major impact on gut biomes

Grateful Dead, Music

KVRM: Grateful Friday

October 16, 2020 Steve

Since early this morning on KRVM.org Ed K has been hosting a great edition of Grateful Friday.

Check it out . He will be there for several more hours.

And, become a supporter. We upped our monthly sustaining amount and added a one time kicker.

Ecology, ENHS, Geology, Oregon

Steens Mountain

September 19, 2020 Steve

Friday night we enjoyed via Zoom the first meeting of the 2020-21 session of the Eugene Natural History Society. An interesting zoom presentation by John F. Helmer: Steens Mountain: Sharing a Sky Island

Books

Quote June 3, 2020 Steve

“I want to wish each stranger I see in the chairs and lounges around me, every one of them, an untroubled life. I want everyone here to survive what is coming.”

Barry Lopez, Horizon, pg 5