PEREGRINE PULP

I was wanting to learn about and write something on how leaded gasoline became a thing. But then I came upon the biography  of its inventor.  Thomas Midgley, Jr. was born in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania in 1889. He grew up in Columbus, Ohio and studied engineering at Cornell, earning a Master’s of Engineering in 1908 and a PhD in mechanical engineering in 1911. Five years later he was working for General Motors, at their Dayton Engineering Laboratories (DELCo) subsidiary in Ohi

A pair of revelations have surfaced relating to the pandemic. I didn't catch these being widely reported when they took place many months ago, they did not land anywhere in my news feeds, and neither were being shared or commented on by anyone I know. Instead, I accidentally stumbled upon one of these long after the fact and then the other while looking for more information about the first. DP (DURING PANDEMIC) In 2021, the US FDA was posting messages on social media and the

Folks seem to think people (other people) believe nonsense due to poor intelligence, low educational attainment, or lack of knowledge....

NON-FICTION Today, August 22, 2024, a fellow recorded a video on his phone as he witnessed the Marinovka air base, on the Don river in...

You wake up on the floor of a small windowless room. Disoriented, you sit up. You're not sure where you are or how you got there. In front of you is a desk. Hanging on the wall behind the desk is a tattered old poster under glass in a modern frame. The poster reminds you of something from some war you learned something about. In thick black type, the artefact reads: DON'T WORRY YOU'RE FAR TOO SAVVY TO BE MANIPULATED BY PROPAGANDA The image accompanying those words is the head

In 2020 a massive wildfire, known as the CZU Lightening Complex Fire , broke out in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Initially, several small fires were sparked by lightening. Those fires eventually grew and coalesced into one much larger conflagration. Part of that fire surrounded and consumed the ancient old-growth forests of Big Basin Redwoods State Park , along California’s central coast, just south of San Francisco and north of Monterey Bay. Though ignited by an unusual lightn

You’ve heard about the devastations to the world’s reef ecosystems. Most notably, the Great Barrier Reef off Australia’s east coast saw...

Narendra :  They’re not trying to hide anything from you, though. Adrenalina :  Aren’t they? Narendra :  They would if they could. For...