Daily Archive: March 11, 2021

weekend plans

/// March 11, 2021

Weekend Plans Post: Daylight Saving Time and The Storm Of The Century

This weekend is going to be spent buckling down, going outside periodically to sweep the accumulated snow off of the sidewalk and getting back inside and getting warm again

Helicoptering in from Camp David after four days of silence, President Biden Speaks on Afghanistan from the White House before departing back to Camp David

Andrew Donaldson

/// March 11, 2021

Prime Time Covid: President Biden Address to Watch and Discuss

President Biden made his first prime time address to the nation after signing the latest Covid Relief Bill that marked his administration’s first major legislative accomplishment.

Derek Chauvin Sentenced

Andrew Donaldson

/// March 11, 2021

3rd Degree Murder Charge Reinstated in Derek Chauvin Trial

In the first major development in the Derek Chauvin trial for the death of George Floyd, the judge has reinstated the third degree murder charge.

Rubin Observatory

/// March 11, 2021

Mini-Throughput: Rubin Observatory Edition

This amazing feat of engineering is going to make a huge number of breakthroughs on some of the outstanding problems in astrophysics.

/// March 11, 2021

A Four Time Pot and a Train to Catch

“He’s shakin’ like a leaf.”

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