Morality

Here's an article about morality that pits relativism against absolutism, and largely ignores practicality.

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Birdfeeding

Today is partly sunny and mild.

I fed the birds.  Not much activity today, but I saw a brown thrasher near the fly-through feeder yesterday.

EDIT 9/14/21 -- I gathered blackberry lily seeds from the barrel garden and planted them in the savanna.

Much thunder and a little spitting rain; we could use the rain.

EDIT 9/14/21 -- I gathered blackberry lily seeds from the barrel garden and planted them nearby.  The ground is barely damp from drizzle.

EDIT 9/14/21 -- I did more trimming around the purple-and-white garden.

I saw a green tree frog hopping around the purple-and-white garden.  :D  That makes the count 4 green and 3 gray, 5 of them this year.

Today's Smoothie

Today we made a smoothie with:

1 cup R.W. Knudsen Just Black Cherry juice
1 cup Brown Cow vanilla yogurt
1 banana
1/2 cup tropical fruit mix
1/2 cup ice

This one came out a rather odd shade of mauve, on the thin side, with a mellow tropical flavor.  Not bad.

Exomoons

 ... may increase an exoplanet's changes of hosting life.  Of course, some moons are big enough to do that themselves.

Tardigrades

 ... have another superpower, resistance to ultraviolet light.

Ancient Microbes

Okay, it's fascinating that they are still alive.  But reviving them?  Maybe not such a great idea.  There was a savvy science fiction story, "The Greatest Dying," about that.

Toilet-Training Cows

 ... can be done, and would have environmental benefits at scale.  Also the derivative materials have uses, if anyone thinks that far.

Restoring Mammoths

This article looks at the possibility of restoring mammoths. 

I find the snow-clearing argument very interesting.  That's testable, and we don't actually need a mammoth to do it.  We could use mechanical means to create the effects that mammoths did, and observe the results.

My reasons for support are spiritual and restorative.  Humans contributed to their loss, so it would be good to restore them, to the best of our ability.