Notices by AI6YR Ben (ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org)

Hmm, here's a brand new media format I haven't run into before. Something called (I think) "Playtape" #vintagemedia

@mattblaze They used to quarantine the astronauts in Airstreams? LOL.

@mattblaze Wow, 21 days?!? Interesting.

@paul_ipv6 @W6KME @larand @moira @cookiesinheaven I only know Peter/Paul and Mary. I have heard of the Kingston Trio, but can't recall any songs of theirs. The others I have not heard of. What genre? Folk?

Researchers used electric stoves to treat asthma. It worked.

"Led by Dr. Ash Sehgal, a professor at Case Western’s School of Medicine, researchers recruited families from across the Cleveland and Akron areas where at least one person had asthma. Using funds from the Biden-era Inflation Reduction Act, they replaced gas stoves with electric induction stoves in 91 homes.

And then they did something unprecedented: They studied whether people got less sick after they stopped cooking with gas. It was the first time time scientists had replaced gas ranges with electric ranges and examined the health impacts. "

https://www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/electric-stoves-asthma

#inductionovens #airquality #health #electrification #publichealth

ABC7: One of the Army's largest bases closes a dining facility after roach infestation

A video posted online appeared to show roaches crawling on kitchen walls.

"...Fort Hood, Texas, one of the Army's largest bases, has closed one of its dining facilities after a video circulating on X appeared to show dozens of roaches crawling across the walls of the facility's kitchen. ..."

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https://abc7.com/post/fort-hood-roaches-video-armys-texas-base-closes-dining-facility-roach-infestation-killeen/19564791/

#roaches #military

Hmm, free Airstream. I wonder if it comes with a lot of rats.

@cookiesinheaven only 3 unsorted records to go in this batch... Doris Day (who I thought was an actress), some guy named Glen Campbell, and Sergio Mendes & New Brasil 77. Determining which ones get donated back to a thrift store, lol. Also a pile of classical stuff... not sure I will ever listen to those, ha ha. (Despite playing a lot of classical music in my youth, it makes me sleepy lol)

@cookiesinheaven LOL yes, probably

LA Times: Measles surges dramatically in California among children and young adults

"...California has confirmed 52 measles cases in the first 6½ months of the year; that’s more than double the 25 cases reported in all of 2025...."

(paywall)
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-07-23/measles-surge-dramatically-in-california-among-children-young-adults

Employer is requiring specific OS versions on mobile devices to access resources, lol. (which means... since they are not providing the mobile devices, ah well, I guess no work messages on the phone. 🤷 )

RNZ: School students successfully launch high-altitude balloon into the atmosphere

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/science-and-technology/775782/school-students-successfully-launch-high-altitude-balloon-into-the-atmosphere

#hab #education

Tonight's random record listening session. Mancini '67.
(Yes, everyone knows Henri Mancini, even me, lol)
#music #lps

@Affekt @tsherrygeo @LabSpokane LOL I once installed a ham radio in a Ford Raptor (designed to look intimidating), and it in an area with four wheel drive low ONLY and the thing was WRECKED. All the crap on the outside are just plastic pieces snapped into place to make it look bulky. And most of the interior pieces, too. As soon as that thing hits 4wd and gets any frame tweaking (ie uneven roads) the plastic panels all snap and fall off...

SAND VS. AUTOS

Who wins? LOL.

Sand vs. Sedan (no contest!)
Sand vs. lifted pickup trick (lol, no contest, sand)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKSJdqGq3FQ

#TSBertha #TropicalWx

KTLA: Uber rider claims driver asleep in Tesla on trip to Santa Ana

"...An Orange County rideshare customer captured cellphone video of his driver apparently asleep behind the wheel of a Tesla in Full Self-Driving mode...."

https://ktla.com/news/california/tesla-driver-asleep-full-self-driving-uber-oc/

#uber #fsd #sleeping

BBC: Google burning through cash with spiralling AI costs

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c235n47g8g8o

#Ai #AIpocalypse

LOL, recursive script and sed = clobbered myself, ha ha. Who needs a malicious AI when you have a defective brain-to-fingers interface? 🤪 #bash

BBC: Modelling scout linked to Epstein found dead in Paris

"A modelling scout linked to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has been found dead at his home....Siad's name appeared thousands of times in the Epstein files released by the US government. He denied knowing of the threat Epstein had posed."

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp8en38vpd3o

#epstein #epsteinfiles

Ghost pepper setting fruit! Evil hot... #gardening #hotpeppers