From our walk today there were fungi; everywhere on the trails.
The remaining ones are anybody’s guess. I’m not picking them.
Plenty of chatter about whether, or not, Artificial Intelligence is safe. Including its ability to singularly wipe out the human race.
Between you and me, I'm of a mind that AI is more likely to be a force for good. If I worry about anything it would be a nefarious human using AI to commit harm on other humans.
Of course, I got the book in the photo as a Christmas present in 1968. Almost six decades ago it was prescient. If you've read it like I have you'll recall this...
"Open the pod bay doors, HAL."
This year the September full moon is called the Harvest
Moon.
The Harvest moon can occur in
either September or October because it coincides with an astronomical event –
the autumnal equinox. The full Moon that occurs nearest to the Autumnal Equinox
(September 22 or 23 depending-upon your time zone) takes on the name Harvest
Moon rather than its traditional name – the Full Corn Moon or Barley Moon. As a consequence of an orbital quirk the moon is at a very shallow angle to the eastern horizon rising 20 to 30 minutes later each night instead of the usual 50 minutes. This geometry provides for several consecutive evenings of bright twilight illumination right after sunset. The phenomenon historically allowed farmers to work later into the night bringing-in their harvest.
The indigenous Anishinaabe people of the our Great Lakes region call this moon Waatebagaa-giizis or Waabaagbagaa-giizis, the Leaves Turning or Leaves Falling moon.
In the Northern Hemisphere and in our time zone the Harvest Moon tomorrow night, yet will appear 99% full this evening.
And enjoy the music...
If you think stealing an election is a big deal; how about your noggin?
Albert Einstein's brain was stolen on April 18, 1955 by Dr. Thomas Stoltz Harvey, the Princeton Hospital pathologist who performed his autopsy. He took the brain against Einstein's stated instructions to be cremated.
Yikes!
Lest you find this ghoulish, in the 19th and 20th centuries it was not uncommon to collect and study the brains of high-achieving people - including notorious criminals - to look for physical traits linked to their accomplishments and behavior.
Harvey was under the impression that the brain of the world's leading physicist must possess some distinct physical abnormalities. While not a neurologist, and likely acting on impulse, Harvey found himself in a unique historical moment to preserve the organ before it was lost forever.
Einstein had specifically left instructions to be cremated and thus prevent his mortal remains from being idolized. Harvey managed to obtain reluctant and retroactive permission from Einstein's son, Hans Albert, on the strict condition that the brain be used only for legitimate scientific research.
While the brain no longer exists as an intact organ it has been divided into hundreds of fragmented specimens and microscope slides scattered across several locations.
The vast majority of the tissue is safeguarded at the Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center. Access to this collection is restricted to the public and therefore not accessible to casual visitors.
Philadelphia's Mütter Museum is the only location you can actually see pieces of the physicist's brain. There is an exhibit where you can view 46 cross-section slices of the brain tissue mounted on microscope slides.
Alas, Harvey distributed individual pieces and slices to friends and acquaintances around the world. While many of them have been accounted-for there are likely some that are that are in private hands or university collections as historic oddities.
In the end, Einstein's remains were cremated and subsequently scattered at an undisclosed location.
You can learn more about this story here.
Universal Pictures was responsible for the creation and promotion of the flat-topped monster famously played by Boris Karloff.
In my lifetime I've seen:
In adulthood I've seen:
Then there was this:
It stars Oscar Isaac as the brilliant, yet arrogant surgeon and Jacob Elordi as the tragic monster. It is reasonably faithful to the original novel and the spectacular gothic design, moody lighting, and distinct period details add to its excellent production value.
You can find on streaming television.
I recommend it.
Whenever we make the rounds of the trail camera trap line the most common critter showing-up has got to be the whitetail deer; hands down. This is followed by raccoons. Nevertheless, coyotes make an appearance almost every time we download a batch of digital images.
Anyway, here's some recent captures of the highest-order predator in our neighborhood.
And if you see one slinking around with an anvil or a stick of dynamite watch out!
Our little raspberry patch is cranking-out some big ones!
These were flash-frozen and added to those in the freezer.
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