Showing posts with label Chestnut blight. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chestnut blight. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 05, 2020

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Can genetic engineering bring back the American Chestnut? The Chestnut blight is the biggest ecological disaster this country has ever faced but it is so little known and so little discussed.

- If this is what casino poker will look like when things re-open I'll pass

- The strategic side gig

- Perhaps the smartest person you've never heard of. In my world Frank Ramsey played for the Celtics teams that won 7 Championships.

- Type 2 diabetes: remission in just one week.

Friday, November 14, 2014

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- The Chestnut blight is a real problem in New England. All of the Chestnut trees I remember from my childhood are gone.

- Heh heh - Homer Kardashian

- Holy crap - what a PR screw up by the Patriots!

- The numbers don't seem to make sense. How can you say something is profitable if you outlay $30 billion and only "hope" to get $5-6 billion back over 20-years?

- Napoleon's bicorn hat is up for auction