Space-Age Cumbia From the Meridian Brothers: Tiny Desk Concert

MusicJuly 2023 • Views: 14,548

You gotta love a band that names itself after siblings that don’t exist, and under a name that doesn’t match anyone in the band. At least I do.

Felix Contreras | July 7, 2023

I’ve been a fan of the edgy sonic traditions of the Meridian Brothers for a while now, and jumped at the chance to bring the duo’s space age cumbia direct from Bogotá, Colombia to the Tiny Desk. And band leader Eblis Alvarez did not disappoint.

Right from the start, the band’s cumbia-infused grooves floated beneath almost otherworldly electronic keyboard sounds in “Guaracha U.F.O.,” eventually incorporating Alvarez’s signature, sly “I know something you don’t”-style vocals. It’s easy to be tricked by the eccentricities of the instrumentation and the offbeat vocal stylings, but Alvarez is a man with a vision, using his vast knowledge of Colombian folk and pop music to do things like pay tribute to an imaginary salsa band that never existed, as he did on its last album.

Things were very real during the group’s turn behind the Desk, as he and his band challenged the audience to bring along what they knew to meet him in his world of recycled beats — played by his dedicated crew of Colombian musicians — off-kilter vocals and imaginative storytelling lyrics on “¿Dónde Estás María?”

He and his band pulled off a powerful version of “Bomba Atómica”, a sort of calling card that speaks to Alvarez being influenced by the rich history of Colombian cumbia and surf rock guitar, for a song that is essentially a frantic warning of the end of the world. Alvarez acknowledged the audience’s appreciation with two raised fists, as if to celebrate how the real world dipped their toes into his realm of the imaginary, and everyone was better for it.

SET LIST
“Guaracha U.F.O.”
“¿Dónde Estás María?”
“Bomba Atómica”

MUSICIANS
Eblis Javier Alvarez Vargas: guitar, keyboard, cello, vocals
Alejandro Forero: keyboards
Cesar Quevedo Barrero: bass
María Angélica Valencia Sanchez: saxophone, percussion
Mauricio Ramírez Echeverri: drums
Alejandro Araujo Larrahondo: percussion, vocals

TINY DESK TEAM
Producer: Felix Contreras
Director: Kara Frame
Audio Engineer: Josh Rogosin
Creative Director: Bob Boilen
Series Producer: Bobby Carter
Videographers: Kara Frame, Sofia Seidel, Michael Zamora
Editor: Michael Zamora
Audio Assistant: Brian Jarboe
Production Assistant: Ashley Pointer
Photographer: Zayrha Rodriguez
Tiny Desk Team: Suraya Mohamed, Maia Stern, Hazel Cills
VP, Visuals and Music: Keith Jenkins
Senior VP, Programming: Anya Grundmann

#tinydesk #MeridianBrothers

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107 comments

silverdolphin Jul 8, 2023 • 10:59:04am

This daylily is Euphoric. It is one of my best bloomers and a real joy to see in the yard. It really shows the color complexity of a daylily bloom.

Euphoric Daylily

PhillyPretzel ✅ Jul 8, 2023 • 11:00:39am

re: #1 silverdolphin

Beautiful flower.

BeenHereAwhile Jul 8, 2023 • 11:04:30am

How much residual burn time do Starlink satellites have after achieving orbit?

Nonya Bidniss
@Nonya_Bidniss@mas.to
SpaceX #Starlink satellites made 25,000 collision-avoidance maneuvers in just 6 months

“unless regulators cap the number of satellites in orbit, collisions will soon become a regular part of the space business…[leading] to rapid growth in the amount of space debris fragments that are completely out of control…The end point of this process might be the Kessler Syndrome…an unstoppable cascade of collisions”

Starlink/commercial megaconstellations suck.
#space

space.com
Jul 08, 2023, 12:09

retired cynic Jul 8, 2023 • 11:07:29am

re: #1 silverdolphin

Thank you for doing this series. There is a home about three miles from me that has a HUGE display of daylilies. It is a joy to drive past, and so far I have been able to stay on the road.

BeenHereAwhile Jul 8, 2023 • 11:10:51am

Thanos Jul 8, 2023 • 11:17:41am

Ian and Todd:

Don’t Tread On Me

PhillyPretzel ✅ Jul 8, 2023 • 11:20:32am

Power went out and it is back on again.

A Cranky One Jul 8, 2023 • 11:22:00am

A Cranky One Jul 8, 2023 • 11:23:36am

darthstar Jul 8, 2023 • 11:25:34am

Getting close to having my mom here for 24 hours and everyone’s still breathing. Came back from the dog walk and she had Fox News on and the volume at 75. I calmy took the remote, muted the TV, and switched to golf which she’ll watch.

darthstar Jul 8, 2023 • 11:26:12am

re: #8 A Cranky One

Take my money!

PhillyPretzel ✅ Jul 8, 2023 • 11:36:33am

I just checked the neighbors section of my ring doorbell and yes it was a power failure. Thank heaven the power is back on.

William Lewis Jul 8, 2023 • 11:46:37am

re: #9 A Cranky One

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And Ford said “Ya’all can’t resist this F150 can you … “

jeffreyw Jul 8, 2023 • 11:48:34am

Mastodon

PhillyPretzel ✅ Jul 8, 2023 • 11:49:56am

re: #14 jeffreyw

Mmmm. That looks great.

William Lewis Jul 8, 2023 • 11:56:46am

Instant Pho isn’t bad. Better than most ramen.

But air fry a chicken thigh, rip it up and chop up a little green onion and toss them into the instant Pho Ga? That’s as close to Saigon as I’ve found here. Perhaps one of the local restaurants but I haven’t found one yet :)

Nojay UK Jul 8, 2023 • 11:58:18am

re: #5 BeenHereAwhile

Travelling on the shinkansen in Japan you’ll pass by fields which have a sign, “727”. I think this is a company that makes flower fragrances for perfumes, cosmetics, soaps etc.

William Lewis Jul 8, 2023 • 11:59:38am

PhillyPretzel ✅ Jul 8, 2023 • 12:01:07pm

re: #18 William Lewis

That looks good.

Joe Bacon ✅ Jul 8, 2023 • 12:06:35pm

Hey Hey RFK, You’re Hanging Out With Yet Another Hitler Apologist Today

wonkette.com

In his continuing effort to convince the public he should not be president of any entity larger than a Hyundai Elantra, 🤣 Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has apparently spent time cozying up to a wingnut who thinks Hitler was misunderstood or something. Which, now that we think about it, might not be that weird a thing for a Kennedy to think.

The nut du jour is James Corbett, an Alex Jones clone, Sandy Hook truther, 9-11 truther, climate change truther, the World Health Organization has a secret plan to take over the world truther, the Rockefellers are conspiring with the Vatican to fake an alien invasion truther, and who knows what else.

We’re not making any of those up, by the way. We lack that level of imagination.

But it is the vaccine truther arm of Corbett’s octopus of crazy that captivates RFK and his organization, the Children’s Health Defense, an Orwellian name for a group advocating against vaccines if we’ve ever heard one:

Joe Bacon ✅ Jul 8, 2023 • 12:07:59pm

re: #14 jeffreyw

…insulin…shot…needed…to…recover…from…that…nuclear…carb…bomb…

Belafon Jul 8, 2023 • 12:17:02pm

I was chatting with one of the kids and a sibling runs over to exclaim that mom is back. They all got super excited and he explained that mom gets to pick up a food donation on Saturdays that gets them through the week, “But the bread goes moldy fast.” 💔 We’re at $2520!!! https://t.co/HXZ8sRT0CI

— Gretchen Winter, MD 🌼 (Warning: Feral) (@gretchemaben) July 8, 2023

Belafon Jul 8, 2023 • 12:20:39pm

The world is going to get an eyeball. It needs to be a googly eye:

MSG spending $2.3B to build the Las Vegas Sphere and make the world’s biggest eyeballs ever is totally worth it pic.twitter.com/OOQ7JYVZN8

— Trung Phan (@TrungTPhan) July 7, 2023

GlutenFreeJesus Jul 8, 2023 • 12:27:40pm

re: #23 Belafon

I mean. That’s cool and all. But $2.3b would go a long way in helping the homeless and hungry in Vegas. But what do I know.

🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈 Jul 8, 2023 • 12:32:33pm

re: #24 GlutenFreeJesus

I mean. That’s cool and all. But $2.3b would go a long way in helping the homeless and hungry in Vegas. But what do I know.

I’m sure they expect to bring in more than this costs in visitor dollars. That would not happen if they just gave the money away.

JC1 Jul 8, 2023 • 12:34:44pm

re: #24 GlutenFreeJesus

I mean. That’s cool and all. But $2.3b would go a long way in helping the homeless and hungry in Vegas. But what do I know.

It’s not just a giant LCD display. It’s a 20k seat state of the art concert venue.

wrenchwench Jul 8, 2023 • 12:39:32pm

re: #26 JC1

It’s not just a giant LCD display. It’s a 20k seat state of the art concert venue.

Will the eye keep it from being shot up by automatic weapons? I hear many Las Vegans would like that feature.

Joe Bacon ✅ Jul 8, 2023 • 12:40:05pm

re: #23 Belafon

The world is going to get an eyeball. It needs to be a googly eye:

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They better not be using an image of my eye without forking over a nice fat royalty check!

sizzzzlerz Jul 8, 2023 • 12:43:16pm

re: #23 Belafon

The world is going to get an eyeball. It needs to be a googly eye:

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How many LEDs are in that thing and how many servers are required to drive them? The smoothness of the video would suggest quite a few. Also, what must the power draw be when thing is on full brightness?

🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈 Jul 8, 2023 • 12:44:16pm

re: #29 sizzzzlerz

How many LEDs are in that thing and how many servers are required to drive them? The smoothness of the video would suggest quite a few. Also, what must the power draw be when thing is on full brightness?

The light show inside that thing is going to be amazing.

sizzzzlerz Jul 8, 2023 • 12:46:15pm

re: #30 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈

The light show inside that thing is going to be amazing.

It isn’t clear what is inside. They haven’t released any pictures yet. They have said that its both a concert venue as well as a movie theater. Not sure whether the outside can be seen from the inside.

Belafon Jul 8, 2023 • 12:54:13pm

wrenchwench Jul 8, 2023 • 1:09:25pm

Mastodon

wrenchwench Jul 8, 2023 • 1:13:51pm

Hidden spider. On a skateboard. Skateboard is tiny, AND the spider is big.

Click to Reveal

Mastodon

gocart mozart Jul 8, 2023 • 1:24:13pm

Is Kudlow back on the plant based nose candy?

— gocart mozart (@EdMix13) July 8, 2023

PhillyPretzel ✅ Jul 8, 2023 • 1:29:42pm

re: #35 gocart mozart

Hmm. I always thought that beer was made from barley and hops. I know that wheat is sometimes used too. Aren’t those plants?

EPR-radar Jul 8, 2023 • 1:33:17pm

re: #36 PhillyPretzel ✅

Hmm. I always thought that beer was made from barley and hops. I know that wheat is sometimes used too. Aren’t those plants?

Beer comes from cows. Every red-state red-blooded America beer-drinker knows this.

PhillyPretzel ✅ Jul 8, 2023 • 1:36:01pm

re: #37 EPR-radar

Wiki disagrees with the so-called red-state Americans.
en.wikipedia.org

The Ghost of a Flea Jul 8, 2023 • 1:37:48pm

re: #36 PhillyPretzel ✅

Hmm. I always thought that beer was made from barley and hops. I know that wheat is sometimes used too. Aren’t those plants?

The 1516 Reinheitgebot.

The first form of the wokeness pathogen.

gocart mozart Jul 8, 2023 • 1:38:48pm

Cheryl Hines is a lot dumber than I thought, or maybe she is under the spell of a secret RFK mind control device.

damn she’s stupid. they’re perfect for each other pic.twitter.com/WAKw0Ok9k9

— bad_stats 🕜💵🖨️🕣 (@thebadstats) July 8, 2023

PhillyPretzel ✅ Jul 8, 2023 • 1:42:13pm

I went back to the neighbors section on my ring doorbell and there were a lot of people without electricity. It is a good thing that PECO responds as fast as they do.

Moe Avattar Jul 8, 2023 • 1:43:58pm

re: #23 Belafon

i used to work for the company that’s doing those projections

wrenchwench Jul 8, 2023 • 1:49:01pm

True here, also.

Mastodon

ckkatz Jul 8, 2023 • 1:51:16pm

The Meridian Brothers was a fascinating choice. Thanks for posting it!

Just listening to the various melodies that drifted in and out of the first song. I recognized a lot of them. But am not enough of a scholar to know where they originated. The second song, “Where is Maria” is based on Andean music. But adapted nicely to the band, its style and its message.

And I prefer the salsa music style that the “Atomic Bomb” exhibits. (Brass, piano) Although the chant like singing is not my favorite. I suspect that it is based very loosely on Cumbia and Salsa chorus style.

The Ghost of a Flea Jul 8, 2023 • 1:54:55pm

I haven’t been peeking in on Twitter.

Admittedly, I miss my daily ration of shitposters, and the occasional sidebar thread where some expert just peels a subject to reveal all it’s internal complexity.

HRH Stanley Sea Jul 8, 2023 • 1:56:31pm

re: #40 gocart mozart

Cheryl Hines is a lot dumber than I thought, or maybe she is under the spell of a secret RFK mind control device.

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He’s cheated on her probably 15 times so far.

ckkatz Jul 8, 2023 • 1:59:31pm

re: #1 silverdolphin

Very nice flowers!

She was a daaay-lily
One day flower, yeah!
It took me one day to find out
And I found out….

About 20 years I used to work with a guy who the president of the Northern Virginia Hemerocallis Society. And the VP of the Daylilly Society. One time I asked him why there were two societies. He responded that it was the same 10 people and used to be a single club. But for that one time that there was spat…

Every fall they had an event where they sold off cuttings from the members’ gardens.

He also used to bring in cut flowers and show them to other members of the team. And then would eat them. As the flowers are supposedly all edible. (Although he said that the reddish ones tended toward the bitter side.)

wrenchwench Jul 8, 2023 • 2:13:13pm

Mastodon

BeenHereAwhile Jul 8, 2023 • 2:14:28pm

huffpost.com

Belafon Jul 8, 2023 • 2:15:21pm

re: #49 BeenHereAwhile

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huffpost.com

Republican

gocart mozart Jul 8, 2023 • 2:18:18pm

The QAnon movie “Sound of Freedom” is based on fake stories told by child-trafficking grifter @TimBallard who went on @FoxNews to spread Wayfair conspiracies.

He says a “pedophile network” trafficking children from Ukraine to POLAND, has the “same agenda as the woke left.”

This… https://t.co/AnHgTlxMbp pic.twitter.com/MUX0t3HdkH

— Jim Stewartson, Anti-disinfo activist 🇺🇸🇺🇦💙 (@jimstewartson) July 8, 2023

ckkatz Jul 8, 2023 • 2:20:51pm

Happy Caterday

Happy #Caturday pic.twitter.com/oT07uGd7l1

— Larry the Cat (@Number10cat) July 8, 2023

GlutenFreeJesus Jul 8, 2023 • 2:23:29pm

re: #48 wrenchwench

There should be a version for us regular folk. HOA Version.

ckkatz Jul 8, 2023 • 2:25:46pm

re: #51 gocart mozart

Hmm a ‘pedophile network’ exporting children from Ukraine to the West. Why do these nutcases all sound like Russian propaganda? I wonder where they get their funding and support?

wrenchwench Jul 8, 2023 • 2:27:12pm

re: #53 GlutenFreeJesus

There should be a version for us regular folk. HOA Version.

Perhaps we need a federation of sites for complaints in certain categories.

ckkatz Jul 8, 2023 • 2:38:43pm

re: #45 The Ghost of a Flea

I haven’t been peeking in on Twitter.

Admittedly, I miss my daily ration of shitposters, and the occasional sidebar thread where some expert just peels a subject to reveal all it’s internal complexity.

You show wisdom!

From what I have seen, the rate limiting and death of tweetdeck seem to have been a major blow to many.

A small number of folks I followed have left twitter pretty much altogether. They seem to mostly do substacks or their own website rather than move to a specific social media platform.

The rest seem to have significantly reduced their postings. From 10-20 or more a day, to maybe 5 or so.

And there are the hardcore dead-enders and the lost souls, who are asking “Hey! Where did everybody go?”

I still get value out of it. But the time needed to go through the reading list keeps getting shorter and shorter.

And I keep hoping that the writers I find worthwhile will coalesce onto a social media platform so I can again easily follow them.

Joe Bacon ✅ Jul 8, 2023 • 2:38:53pm

re: #51 gocart mozart

And that latest QAsshole flick with QWacko Caviezel is going to be show in right wing churches…

Backwoods Sleuth Jul 8, 2023 • 2:40:38pm

re: #48 wrenchwench

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“Faculty Meeting” made me fall on the floor laughing.

Now, I need somebody help me stand up…

retired cynic Jul 8, 2023 • 2:41:33pm

re: #58 Backwoods Sleuth

I resemble that remark.

ckkatz Jul 8, 2023 • 2:42:59pm

re: #51 gocart mozart

Sounds like this observer agrees with your post -

Can’t believe that people are calling “Sound of Freedom” a “QAnon-adjacent” movie just because its lead actor constantly talks about adrenochrome and he spoke at a QAnon conference, where he was introduced to the stage by a man who claims he’s the living JFK Jr. https://t.co/97LLxryw23

— Travis View (@travis_view) July 7, 2023

gocart mozart Jul 8, 2023 • 2:45:25pm

re: #60 ckkatz

They are both anti Qanon reporters.

gocart mozart Jul 8, 2023 • 2:45:36pm

pic.twitter.com/zW4sIE8Zl3

— The Thinking Atheist (@ThinkingAtheist) July 8, 2023

ckkatz Jul 8, 2023 • 2:49:44pm

Tik-Tok hosting “Elaborate Hoaxes”. I guess my best response is how to not waste my time and focus on these lies.

A TikTok video has gone viral of a guy saying he was on that flight where a woman yelled about a fellow passenger being “not real.” The guy claimed a Reptilian creature winked at him. I tracked the guy down and he told me his hoax was a “social experiment” https://t.co/7OHFuOfDzO

— Matt Novak (@paleofuture) July 8, 2023

.
From Forbes article -

A video has gone viral on social media this week featuring a woman on an American Airlines flight who was yelling about a fellow passenger being “not real.” The video has inspired countless conspiracy theories on TikTok about shapeshifters and aliens. But a companion TikTok video supposedly from another passenger on that flight is a hoax, even though it’s been viewed well over 15 million times.

Taken together, the two videos serve as a great example of how any popular content online can now inspire viral videos that piggyback on each other until nobody knows what’s true anymore—one of the biggest challenges of the social media era.

*snip*

The original video of the woman in mental distress has been posted and re-posted on TikTok millions of times, and shared on other social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Many people on those sites insist the woman must’ve seen a Reptilian—a fringe conspiracy theory that some people are actually secret reptiles who wear human suits to blend in with the rest of humanity. Some versions of the conspiracy theory insist these creatures are actually aliens from another planet. And it seems like many people have been taking advantage of this strange situation’s popularity online to spread their own wild (and fake) stories about what the woman saw.

In fact, one man made a video claiming to have been on that flight when he really wasn’t. Kole Lyndon Lee, who has a presence across several social media platforms on screenwriting and filmmaking in Los Angeles, posted a TikTok video that told an elaborate story about how he was also actually a passenger on that flight from Dallas to Orlando.
*snip*

Forbes - Viral Video About Lizard-Like Airline Passenger Winking Actually An Elaborate Hoax

The Ghost of a Flea Jul 8, 2023 • 2:54:14pm

re: #60 ckkatz

Sounds like this observer agrees with your post -

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That’s Travis from QAnonAnonymous.

QAA is a great podcast. They do a great job of both summarizing long trends and doing their own research on current events.

Their entry of Caviziel—Enter the Carvortex—is funny but also deeply disturbing. A really informative thing they went over recently was Cambridge Analytica…which I was particularly interested in because it didn’t go how I expected, they laid out that the whistleblower was deliberately exaggerating CA’s successes so that when he started his next venture—doing basically the same work—he had cachet.

Which to me is really interesting, because that’s actually a midpoint between the basic lie at the bottom of information-collecting megacorps—that with enough personal information they can sell you ad space that will work especially well—and the newer but homologous jeremiad-but-still-hype warnings about AI that AI makers are doing.

ckkatz Jul 8, 2023 • 2:54:20pm

This super viral image of a baby penguin selfie with 83,000 retweets, 536,000 likes and 30 million views is AI-generated. It’s not real. pic.twitter.com/NsAtosoSrT

— Shayan Sardarizadeh (@Shayan86) July 8, 2023

ckkatz Jul 8, 2023 • 2:56:19pm

re: #61 gocart mozart

re: #64 The Ghost of a Flea

I am really glad that you both are following this topic.

Egregious Philbin Jul 8, 2023 • 3:07:27pm

re: #60 ckkatz

I have friends on FB pushing that Qanon bullshit. And surprise suprise, they are also big into MLM’s and Trump, etc…

ckkatz Jul 8, 2023 • 3:10:39pm

re: #66 ckkatz

I am really glad that you both are following this topic.

To add -

There are a lot of things associated with qAnon that seem to involve (hostile) state level and military grade psy-ops. The subject can get complex and very detail oriented.

My time and focus for this subject is limited due to other demands.

So I greatly appreciate others who are willing to spend the time and effort to become knowledgeable enough to help others sift through things.

sagehen Jul 8, 2023 • 3:13:48pm

re: #60 ckkatz

Sounds like this observer agrees with your post -

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reminder: Caviziel on Person of Interest flat-out refused to do the storyline where his character had a romantic relationship with Detective Joss Carter (Taraji P Henson) because inter-racial relationships were against his religion, he’d quit the show if they insisted.

Joe Bacon ✅ Jul 8, 2023 • 3:27:10pm

re: #69 sagehen

reminder: Caviziel on Person of Interest flat-out refused to do the storyline where his character had a romantic relationship with Detective Joss Carter (Taraji P Henson) because inter-racial relationships were against his religion, he’d quit the show if they insisted.

Ah the old curse of…the chip-chopped…

…this is a Pittsburgh thing…we know what the right wing Xtian thing is…

Captain Ron Jul 8, 2023 • 3:30:50pm

Florida County Reports More Malaria Cases [VIDEO]https://t.co/nmcFtUsn16

— JoeMyGod (@JoeMyGod) July 8, 2023

nines09 Jul 8, 2023 • 3:36:18pm

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Joe Bacon ✅ Jul 8, 2023 • 3:39:22pm

re: #71 Captain Ron

Florida Republicans just gonna sit back and do nothing about the spread of malaria cases?

And let me guess! RFK will tell people to exercise more and Fraudster Marianne Williamson will tell malaria victims to have a “spiritual conversation” with the invading parasites…

ckkatz Jul 8, 2023 • 3:41:56pm

so much for GOP whining about Biden being anti- gas and oil https://t.co/TuOCFdFZrD via @WSJ

— Jennifer Now at Threads Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) July 7, 2023

ckkatz Jul 8, 2023 • 3:54:16pm

Sam Bushman — the CEO of the largest “constitutional sheriff” group in the country — is at a white supremacy event called “Dixie Fest.” “Constitutional” sheriffs continue to argue they are NOT white supremacists.
🧐https://t.co/5EMiSe2mKa

— Jessica Pishko (@JessPish) July 8, 2023

Moe Avattar Jul 8, 2023 • 3:56:01pm

re: #73 Joe Bacon ✅

Florida Republicans just gonna sit back and do nothing about the spread of malaria cases?

No, they’ll sit back, do nothing and blame immigrants and Biden.

Florida Panhandler Jul 8, 2023 • 3:57:42pm

re: #73 Joe Bacon ✅

Florida Republicans just gonna sit back and do nothing about the spread of malaria cases?

And let me guess! RFK will tell people to exercise more and Fraudster Marianne Williamson will tell malaria victims to have a “spiritual conversation” with the invading parasites…

More horse paste, please

Dangerman (sigh...only in America) Jul 8, 2023 • 3:59:23pm

Florida Panhandler Jul 8, 2023 • 4:00:09pm

re: #75 ckkatz

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“Constitutional Sheriff” = hopeful future warlord.

ckkatz Jul 8, 2023 • 4:01:53pm

When you decided to work as a wedding drone videographer after the war. pic.twitter.com/1EqtISbJLi

— ✙🍒 Constantine 🍒✙ (@Teoyaomiquu) July 8, 2023

ckkatz Jul 8, 2023 • 4:05:17pm

re: #76 Moe Avattar

No, they’ll sit back, do nothing and blame immigrants and Biden.

And, of course, claim that the government can’t do anything for the citizens.

ckkatz Jul 8, 2023 • 4:07:00pm

re: #79 Florida Panhandler

“Constitutional Sheriff” = hopeful future warlord.

True.

Although I wonder whether some of these fascists in remote areas are already close to that.

🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈 Jul 8, 2023 • 4:07:24pm

Sodium is a lot cheaper than lithium, much more environmentally friendly, and works better in the cold than lithium ion batteries do, but it has a lower energy density. It looks like we shouldn’t be using lead/acid batteries at all.

Chinese electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers BYD and Huaihai Holding Group have announced a partnership to become world leaders in producing sodium-ion batteries for small EVs.

BYD’s subsidiary FinDreams signed an agreement with Huaihai in June to build a sodium-ion battery production site in China, according to a press release shared by CnEVPost, which covers China’s EV industry. The companies aim to “jointly create the world’s largest supplier of sodium battery systems for micro vehicles,” the release said.

The partners’ bid to lead this sector could be an important development in the broader race to produce sodium-ion batteries. By challenging the dominance of lithium-ion batteries used in most EVs, this promising technology could one day drive down EV costs and improve the environmental impact of battery-making.

Sodium-ion batteries are gaining traction thanks to a ‘game-changing’ new partnership: ‘The battery of the future’ (The Cool Down via MSN)

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Eclectic Cyborg Jul 8, 2023 • 4:08:54pm

Couple of photos of the beautiful Florida spring where I spent most of my day:

PhillyPretzel ✅ Jul 8, 2023 • 4:10:19pm

re: #84 Eclectic Cyborg

That looks so peaceful.

Teddy's Person Jul 8, 2023 • 4:11:31pm

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nines09 Jul 8, 2023 • 4:16:47pm

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Eclectic Cyborg Jul 8, 2023 • 4:18:57pm

re: #85 PhillyPretzel ✅

That looks so peaceful.

The photo was taken around 9 AM so yes, it was pretty quiet there at that time. Place was packed out by 11:30 though.

BigPapa Jul 8, 2023 • 4:19:40pm

Mastodon

ckkatz Jul 8, 2023 • 4:22:41pm

re: #84 Eclectic Cyborg

Indeed very beautiful!

If you are willing to disclose… Where is there?

You reminded me of the old Berra-ism:

“Nobody goes there anymore… It’s too crowded.”
- Yogi Berra

sizzzzlerz Jul 8, 2023 • 4:25:19pm

re: #16 William Lewis

Instant Pho isn’t bad. Better than most ramen.

But air fry a chicken thigh, rip it up and chop up a little green onion and toss them into the instant Pho Ga? That’s as close to Saigon as I’ve found here. Perhaps one of the local restaurants but I haven’t found one yet :)

Definitely a problem for those with Type II diabetes as one bowl contains 43 grams of carb. 45 g is usually the recommended amount per meal.

Also, for those with high blood pressure or other sodium intake issues, one bowl also contains 63% of the recommended daily intake of sodium.

I’m not saying to avoid this but just be aware. It isn’t health food.

DodgerFan1988 Jul 8, 2023 • 4:28:59pm

What a sad & dark day.

The final 3 survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre sued for justice. Sadly, Tulsa County District Judge Caroline Wall grants City of Tulsa’s motion to dismiss the case with prejudice, meaning the case can’t be refiled.https://t.co/kJRnvQweL2

— Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@QasimRashid) July 8, 2023

Critical Race Theory: Exhibit Z

Eclectic Cyborg Jul 8, 2023 • 4:31:33pm

re: #90 ckkatz

It’s a place called Morrison Spring in the FL panhandle.

sizzzzlerz Jul 8, 2023 • 4:34:34pm

re: #71 Captain Ron

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ckkatz Jul 8, 2023 • 4:39:42pm

re: #93 Eclectic Cyborg

It’s a place called Morrison Spring in the FL panhandle.

Just looked it up on Google.

50 million gallons of crystal clear water daily. One of the most popular freshwater scuba diving sites in Florida. The pictures are amazing.

It sounds incredibly beautiful!

Egregious Philbin Jul 8, 2023 • 4:39:57pm

re: #93 Eclectic Cyborg

I scuba dove Ginnie Springs, clear as hell, but it got boring after 15 minutes, because I saw it all.

Nojay UK Jul 8, 2023 • 4:43:18pm

re: #83 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈

Sigh… “theoretical” and “prototype” and… Another Biggest Battery Breakthrough Since Breakfast announcement. I spotted the “Na in carbon” bit, that’s guaranteed to be “carbon nanotubes” which fills in another square on my Battery Vapourware Bingo scorecard. Don’t hold your breath, in other words.

ckkatz Jul 8, 2023 • 4:44:14pm

“‘Join Starfleet’ they said. ‘See the galaxy’, they said.” pic.twitter.com/VySzEnoE6Y

— Dennis Detwiller (@drgonzo123) June 24, 2023

Dangerman (sigh...only in America) Jul 8, 2023 • 4:49:44pm

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Dangerman (sigh...only in America) Jul 8, 2023 • 4:50:58pm

re: #99 Dangerman (sigh…only in America)

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ckkatz Jul 8, 2023 • 4:51:23pm

re: #89 BigPapa

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Dangerman (sigh...only in America) Jul 8, 2023 • 4:56:59pm

Reporter: Can you just say once and for all whether or not the cocaine belonged to the Biden family?

KJP: They were not here on Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday so to ask that question is incredibly irresponsible.. pic.twitter.com/lZJ4mOfZRY

— Acyn (@Acyn) July 7, 2023

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