Cat Meow Translator
An engineer who used to work for Amazon has created a new "cat translator" app. The app supposedly translates the cat's meows to help you decipher its speech, which would be incredible if it really works.
November 2020
Post-Election Feelings
Every election we've had in my adult life has felt tumultuous and scary, particularly when Bush II was in charge. Then we had Trump's reign of horrors and I discovered I missed Bush II. Does anyone else think this is an incredibly toxic way to elect a leader? Something this divisive and often mean-spirited needs to be changed, especially when we get someone so abusive and hate-mongering in charge afterward who refuses to accept election results.
Favorite Things About Being An 80s Kid
As a Millennial whose birthday is this week, I'm feeling rather nostalgic and thought it might be fun for us to reminisce about our favorite memories from the 1980s. While the decade wasn't nearly as perfect as our rosy-tinted glasses tend to make it seem, there was still so much to celebrate and remember fondly.
Boozy Cranberry Drinks
Now that Trader Joe's has their yummy cranberry beverages available for sale, I've got cranberry on the brain! I love cranberry-flavored beverages and look forward to the lemon-lime cranberry blends every year, but I've never really tried cranberry-flavored alcohol. How about you?
Veteran's Day Deals
On November 11, many businesses celebrate Veteran's Day with a myriad of deals and services for our vets or members of the current armed forces. Most of these are restaurants, but plenty of stores also have special deals or veteran rates, so if you have served our country, be sure to take advantage of these specials.
Pumpkin Spice Latte Dip
As a big fan of pumpkin dip, I was thrilled to run across this awesome pumpkin spice latte version. Normally I simply mix whipped cream with pumpkin and a few spices to create a quick dip to go with Nilla Wafers or graham crackers, so this will be a welcome new flavor!
The coffee granules look like they're the biggest change in this dip, but I bet the yogurt adds a nice flavor and texture, too. I love PSLs anyway, so I bet this will be phenomenal. Get the whole recipe here.
Foster Farms Bold Bites
As someone who is always looking for low-sugar snacks for on-the-go, I was excited to learn about Foster Farms Bold Bites. They have some awesome looking flavors of snacks that are low in both sugar and calories. It's boneless, skinless chicken breast with bold flavors packaged in a portable, non-perishable bag!
I think these would be great for a quick addition of protein to salads, too, which I'm also excited about. I am always adding lunch meat to my salads because I forget to cook up some chicken the day before, so it would be a very convenient and flavorful option.
New Marsupials Discovered
At the beginning of 2020, hearts broke around the world as we watched fires rage in Australia. The outcome was far from good, and too many tragedies have happened since. This news doesn't make up for it, but it is a nice way to end the year.
Obscene Comments
"In the footage, revealed by the Washington Post, Mr Trump is heard bragging to TV host Billy Bush about trying to have sex with a married woman"
Trump Taxes
President Donald Trump’s businesses have hemorrhaged hundreds of millions of dollars over the last two decades, according to a bombshell report published on Sunday by The New York Times.
Nuclear Reactors 832 - New Book Attacks Reprocessing Spent Nuclear Fuel To Produce Plutonium - Part 2 of 2 Part
Part 2 of 2 Parts (Please read Part 1 first)
Each country has the right to waste their own money as they see fit. However, the subject of spent nuclear fuel reprocessing has a significance beyond any single country’s choice of worthwhile projects. The continued production of plutonium poses serious problems for the entire world in terms of the environment and global security.
Nuclear News Roundup Nov 06, 2020
3D-printed fuel parts complete initial irradiation cycle world-nuclear-news.org
Geiger Readings for Nov 06, 2020
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 70 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 97 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 98 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 831 - New Book Attacks Reprocessing Spent Nuclear Fuel To Produce Plutonium - Part 1 of 2 Parts
Part 1 of 2 Parts
Geiger Readings for Nov 05, 2020
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 124 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 85 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 87 nanosieverts per hour
Nuclear Reactors 830 - China Seeking Advanced Nuclear Power Reactor Technology From France
China has been expanding a lobbying campaign aimed at important French politicians in an attempt to acquire billions of dollars worth of French nuclear technology. Critics of the effort say that Beijing will use such technology to expand its global influence and undermine global security with its "debt-trap diplomacy".
Nuclear News Roundup Nov 04, 2020
Holtec and Hitachi GE to provide used fuel storage to Japan neimagazine.com
Geiger Readings for Nov 04, 2020
Latitude 47.704656 Longitude -122.318745
Ambient office = 115 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 111 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 118 nanosieverts per hour
Radioactive Waste 781 - Korea Is Going To Test Radioactivity Decontamination Technologies At The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant In Ukraine
There was a massive nuclear accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, near the city of Pripyat in the north of Ukraine in April of 1986. A test was being conducted on the emergency backup systems for core cooling. The operators triggered a reactor shutdown, but a combination of unstable conditions and reactor design flaws caused an uncontrolled nuclear chain reaction instead.