Heather Billings

Not only is the reflecting pool green with algae, the blue paint/liner is already peeling off. I move to temporarily rename it as a living art installation, "Reflecting on Trump's Presidency." I was already laughing at their efforts to control the algae with H2O2 added manually, 1 gal at a time.

One good thing about H2O2 is it rapidly breaks down to water and oxygen with light exposure, but that also means adding a little at a time to a shallow popl in full sunlight is going to do a whole lot of nothing. And the lack of PPE worn by the staff pouring it in makes me think it was already very

Dammit, they're going up one more level. Psych! 🤣 Probably need it to be able to clip in their fall arrest harnesses out of their way when working. Or they're having fun being the stars of the show. They've probably never had such a cheerful audience on a job before. Saw a couple pausing for bows.

The construction crew is back with another truckload of scaffolding. They were greeting by raucous cheers. I hope they can get done before the next storm system comes through. Looks like it's getting windy there.

People on scene are reporting a double rainbow as the next wave of storms comes in. I've been waiting for this day as much as anyone, but good grief the live chats are full of impatient, conspiracy theorists. The workers aren't climbing a tall metal scaffolding with a thunderstorm coming in. This

Now the crowd is chanting "Take it off!" to the Kennedy Center construction crew. 🤣 I nearly spit out my drink.

Now the crowd is chanting "Take it off!" to the Kennedy Center construction crew. 🤣 I nearly spit out my drink.

I'm back here. I got caught up in whatever mess AI is creating on Meta and they banned me from all of their platforms for a reason that makes no sense, won't show me what they think I said that qualifies for such a ban, won't let me appeal (I tried and they told me it has been over 30 days when it

a bunch of police departments suddenly get banned for their posts on drug busts, though. If I got banned for overuse of the F-word, I'd buy it. Anyway, I have a new account there, which is really me, but of course I have smart friends who are skeptical of friend requests from a new account. Some

I'm back here. I got caught up in whatever mess AI is creating on Meta and they banned me from all of their platforms for a reason that makes no sense, won't show me what they think I said that qualifies for such a ban, won't let me appeal (I tried and they told me it has been over 30 days when it

Biology lesson because even those intending well are getting things wrong. I'll do this over several posts and several days. I'll start with: at the time of conception, there are no germ cells. That is when the pronuclei of the sperm and oocyte join and form the single-celled ovum. It will take 1/2

2/2 about 30 hours for the first cell division to occur at which time the ovum becomes a zygote. It takes about 24 DAYS before primordial germ cells form in the embryo, and yes, those are destined to become oocytes. If we use germ cells at conception to define sex, there is no binary sex, it's null.