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Daily Bookmarks to GAVNet 12/03/2021 greeneracresvaluenetwork.wordpress.com/2021/12/03/dai…

Monarch butterflies may be thriving after years of decline. Is it a comeback?

theguardian.com/us-news/2021/n…

#MonarchButterflies #PopulationIncrease #DataAnalysis

Ignorant and Afraid - by eugyppius - eugyppius: a plague chronicle

eugyppius.substack.com/p/ignorant-and…

#politicians #bureaucrats #propaganda #information #ignorance #fear

The ultrafast snap of a finger is mediated by skin friction

royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

#FingerSnapping #sound #friction #EnergyReleaseStructures #MathematicalModels

A NorCal butterfly sanctuary didn’t see a single monarch in 2020. This year, there’s thousands.

sfgate.com/bayarea/articl…

#MonarchButterflies #PopulationIncrease #DataAnalysis

Is Vladimir Putin preparing for war?

newstatesman.com/world/asia/202…

#russia #power #chaos #pandemics #ClimateChange #HumanMigration #CivilUnrest

Age of Invention: Bears, Bulls, and the Bard - by Anton Howes

antonhowes.substack.com/p/age-of-inven…

#history #england #patents #monopolies #IndustrialRevolution

In a first test of its planetary defense efforts, NASA's going to shove an asteroid

npr.org/2021/11/22/105…

#AsteroidTrajectory #PlanetaryDefense #SpacecraftRam

Scientists peered into an octopus' brain — and were astonished at what they saw

salon.com/2021/11/23/sci…

#octopus #brain #intelligence #ResearchResults

Brainwashing has a grim history that we shouldn’t dismiss

psyche.co/ideas/brainwas…

#brainwashing #CoercivePersuasion #history

Einstein didn't usually save his drafts. But a rare manuscript worth millions is up for auction.

usatoday.com/story/news/wor…

#einstein #manuscript #auction