Category: Food

These Solar-Powered Carnivorous Flatworms Divide and Conquer | Deep Look

Tiny marine flatworms called acoels hunt for prey in coral reefs. They’re referred to as “plant-animals” because they’ve got a partnership with photosynthetic algae that live inside of them. But this acoel’s real superpower is its ability to regenerate any part of its body!

Researchers are studying a species of tiny marine flatworm called an acoel that has some surprisingly amazing abilities, despite being smaller than a grain of rice.

“They have two very obvious superpowers,” says Dania Nanes Sarfati, a researcher at Stanford University who studies acoels.

“They are able to regenerate any part of their body. And they also have a very intimate relationship with algae that they keep inside their bodies that they exchange energy and other nutrients with.

When you look at them, they just look like a little worm, but if you look inside you can see there’s this green photosynthetic algae that are living between the acoel cells.”

In addition to catching prey to eat, acoels will flatten themselves out in sunny spots so that their photosynthetic internal algae can absorb sunshine.

“It’s like they’re on vacation every day,” says Nanes Sarfati. — What are acoels? Acoels are a group of small, simple, soft-bodied flatworms that mostly live in marine environments.

Acoels lack a permanent but they do have a mouth that they use to eat prey. — What do acoels eat? Acoels eat tiny prey like planktonic plants and animals that float in the water. An acoel will expand its head like a net to engulf its prey and then jam its meal into its mouth. —

How do you pronounce acoel? Acoel is pronounced “a seal.”

Saddly it has happened that …

I tried from the time I got up, every minute that I could stand to sit in my chair before the pain drove me out to my bed or to at least move.  But still I am 2 days behind on the notification bell of blogs I follow and more important … My beloved comments.  I simply have run out of steam.  Ron brought me a supper of a huge roast beef / gravy sandwich which he admitted he knew was far too much for me.  He then cut it in half and added a few of the fried sliced potatoes, which are grand when hot, not such when cold.  Yes he loves me but he is on a kick to try to get me to eat more, which I don’t want.  He can eat as much as he likes, I never judge, but he seems driven to get me to eat more all the time.  In our last A1C tests his blood sugars were high while mine were very low.   Oh well.   I am not judging as next time it could be reversed. 

But the point is I have run out of steam.  I am tired to the point where every other key I hit seems to be the wrong one.  I need rest, the medications, pain, and the other stuff have had their say.  Love each one of you but sadly it ends here for today.   Good news, I will see you in the morning.  Normally the pain drives me from bed by 3 or 4 am so I might catch up then.  Hugs, loves. Scottie

An Uncomfortable Fact

An Uncomfortable Fact

I realize many people who come here also may go there.   Roger is a well read accomplish author who is well versed on history and is up to date with much going on in the world.   Please go to his blog and read his report on the Sudan crisis and the suffering of the people there.  Man’s inhumanity towards each other knows no bounds or depth, but seems endless.   Hugs.  Scottie

White-opia – The MAGA Secession Paradise!

For all the Trump fans who keep talking about seceding from the US – this is the way….

Some old ones I won’t get to do long posts on.

Mighty Christian of this first one.  Good old republican Christian concern and caring.  Hugs.  Scottie

FL Senate Passes Bill Banning Worker Heat Protections
Read the full article.
The bill’s author, state Sen. Jay Trumbull, previously appeared here for his successful bill allowing medical professionals to refuse to treat LGBTQ patients. Last year, he authored a bill allowing businesses to sue to block local LGBTQ rights ordinances and other regulations.
DeSantis Gets Huge Loss In “Don’t Say Gay” Settlement
Of note, the lead attorney in the lawsuit is Roberta Kaplan, who is best known to most as E. Jean Carroll’s attorney. Kaplan was also Edith Windsor’s attorney in the landmark Supreme Court ruling on DOMA.
US Spy Agencies Fear Briefing Trump Upon Nomination
Trump Hit With Huge Bill In Failed Steele Dossier Suit
Kremlin Launches Multiple US-Based Fake News Sites
Navy Demoted Ronny Jackson After Trump WH Probe
Read the full article. Per the report, Jackson continues to call himself a retired admiral even though he was demoted to captain.
MTG Refuses Johnson’s Call For Decorum During SOTU
DeSantis To Sign Bill Requiring Permit To Sleep In Public
Secret Male Christian Group Plots “National Divorce”
This is quite a story and as you’d expect a portion of their ideology centers against LGBTQ people.

OK with this first batch I am trying to reduce the 74 posts window I have open.  I have to start shrinking these windows.  That means I can not go deep in depth on each thing I think is important to share.  So for a few days I am going to shotgun a bunch of older stuff out.  Do I expect everyone to read all of them?   NO!  What I hope is people see story titles that interest them, open them, and follow the story which is what I do.  So expect a few more of these as I clear out old tabs.  Hugs.  Scottie

How and why

Seriously, Why Do Trump Fans KEEP SUPPORTING HIM?? | Christopher Titus | Armageddon Update

Working on two posts I started yesterday when I couldn’t hold anything down or anything in.

Starting about Friday I was starting to feel “under the weather”.   All weekend I got feeling worse.  I really was starting to suffer on Monday.  Buy Tuesday at 3 am the stomach distress was really painful, and by 4 am I was throwing up.  Also I was having with the other end, the part attached to what I sit on.  All day I would try to eat and end up in the bathroom.  Also a lot of gas was coming both ways when there was nothing solid to come out either end.  Plus I felt horrible.  I spent most of the day in bed Tuesday, I had spent a lot of Monday in bed, some of the day Sunday in bed … I think you can see the progression.  

I let a lot of people down on Tuesday.  Randy had gotten me a gift and wanted to talk.   I was so sick that I barely was able to open the package before a trip to the bathroom and back to bed.  Ron had planned to go out for lunch, it was going to be a celebration of returning to more normal times, because the only time since covid hit in 2020 we have been out to eat was with Randy, and then again with Randy and his folks.  Sadly it won’t happen this week.   

This morning I woke at 4 am, my normal time to wake.  I walked to the bathroom and I was so nauseous I knew I better not try to get up.  I stayed in bed, until 5:30 am.  Got up, even had a couple cups of coffee and tried to eat a bit of food.  It was a very small bit.  But it stayed down.  Until … 

Ron got up and I started moving around helping him get the trash ready to be taken out.  The Park now insists it all be out by 8 am, but rarely do they pick it up right after that.  But if they do and you call or put trash out after they go by, they won’t pick it up, but leave it.   Before it was 10 am and everyone seemed to have it out by then.  If someone forget and put it out after, when a park worker went by on their golf cart they would just grab it, taking it with them. But the park is going much more corporate and much more focused on profit over people’s happiness.   

All the movement and bending caused both ends to open up again and expel their contents.  Damn it.   So I am not quite as bad as yesterday but still not able to function, and as you see thinking is harder for me than normal.  Ron has given me medication to help me with it all.     I am trying to catch up, but before anyone goes to the effort to remind my self to take care of myself, I am doing that, and trust me I am putting needing to throw up, get to the toilet, and lay down as much as I can stand with my bone, spine, muscle pain.  

So the post I started yesterday morning will again have to wait as I go lay down.  Oh the pill Ron gave me is working, but not enough.  Best to all, and sorry I missed your posts and comments.   While I might be able to sometimes read from the toilet, it is often not the first thing on my mind.  😥🤢🤮😣Hugs.  Best Wishes.  Scottie

I started this post about 8:20 am right after Ron took the trash out.  It is now 1 pm, and I am going back to bed again.   Hugs.  Scottie

Let’s talk about numbers, timelines, and plans….

Let’s talk about generations and a shift….