Welp, here we are again "celebrating" 1/6, the convicted felon's (TFC) failed coup. Five years later and we haven't learned the lesson: justice delayed is justice denied. Congress had their chance, but the McConnell-led Senate didn't convict TFC after his second impeachment. Their rationale: the court system is the appropriate venue to punish him for his actions (and inactions) that infamous day.
And we're still paying the price.
That said, it looks like the tide is turning. Mark Kelly refuses to be cowed and others in the Pentagon are pushing back against those vindictive actions. There's a vote coming in Congress to overturn his first veto of the 2nd term. SCOTUS might declare illegal his abuse of tariffs. The misadventure in Venezuela may rapidly backfire.
Hide and watch.
Shifting topics, there was set of Nature's Notebook observations to be made yesterday, followed by an online "murmuration." That Zoom chat involved about 16 various NN users. I'm reminded that I need to pull together a slide deck for a lightning talk about our BioPark group for the NN virtual conference coming up later this month.
In things both political and natural science, I'm find solace in the story of the candle and the sun. A candle complained about being small next to the sun. The sun replied, "In darkness, your light matters more than mine." Small things can have profound effects at the right time.
I'll end by noting that the sun is returning. Today has about 50 seconds more sunlight than yesterday.
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