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Potato peels instead of the US

Ontario-geofish [20:20:00]

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 We don't need their stinkin' fresh veggies.  I just got this from googs ai.Potato peels contain many vitamins and minerals, including: Vitamin C: 8 grams per potato skin, which is 9% of the daily value (DV) Iron: 4 grams per potato skin, which is 23% of the DV Potassium: 332 milligrams per potato skin, which is 7% of the DV Calcium: 20

Alpena Michigan Microfossils

Louisville Area Fossils [19:13:00]

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My cousin screened through a lot of micro material I brought back from Alpena Michigan USA in October 2021. It was found in the Potter Farm Formation and dates to Middle Devonian Period (Erian Age). The brachiopod fossil in boxes 110 & 117, 76-77, and another in 109 appear to be a Strophondonta crassa (Imbrie, 1959). Rectangles 107, 108, and 115 appear to be Aulopora coral fossils with some that had grown on a branching bryozoan. Cornulites appear to be in boxes 60 and 61. A [...]

What’s up with your perforated parapophyseal ramus, Apatosaurinae indet. BYU 20178? — Featuring: What have we learned?

Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week [18:24:58]

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I happened to be reading back over Tutorial 34: How to document a specimen, when something caught my eye in the example photo we used of how to capture the label and appropriately positioned scalebar along [...]

Cut inflammation and live to enjoy the ice cycle

Ontario-geofish [16:21:00]

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 We are going to have a wonderful ice cycle.  Hopefully, this is a minor cycle and not a major one.  So, when you are out shovelling huge amounts of snow in the border months, you [...]

Residual heat in the water still holds back full winter

Ontario-geofish [12:42:00]

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 Those of us under the protection of water-heat gods can still wait before digging out the carrots.  Our peppers are finally gone.  We are all clear and cold in [...]

Linux -- we have bugs instead of zero-days

Ontario-geofish [17:52:00]

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 Today marks another russian zero-day for Windows.  You have to be an idiot to run that stuff, but everybody does.  Most people are happy with 'Security by Obscurity" which [...]

State of the Oceans - The Death of All Heat

Ontario-geofish [13:32:00]

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 30 days hath November.  So, after I pigged out on Black Friday, it is time to do a summary of the oceans.  In Physics-Land, all our heat energy comes from the Pacific, but with the [...]

Down to Earth Extra December 2024

Geology in the West Country [12:13:00]

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Down to Earth Extra December 2024 The December 2024 edition of Down to Earth Extra has been published. You can download it HERE or you can read it below.