Ambivalent Engineer

The conventional wisdom is that, if North Korea detonates a nuclear missile near any US or allied territory, be it Guam or Seattle or Tokyo or Seoul, the US will massively retaliate: The NK air defense will be eliminated along with their offensive artillery...

The Los Angeles Times has the best tool that I've yet seen for understanding the amount of water used in agriculture.  It lets you put together various proteins, starches, vegetables, and drinks to make a typical dinner, and shows you how much water...

I just found Wayne Hale's blog.  Be careful reading this thing, I just lost nearly an entire night of sleep.  The latest update, which covers the launch of STS-93, is just breathtaking.
Here's a video which documents the folks at mission control scrambling to figure out what is going on with their bird during the ascent....

On Friday I took a quick trip to the Sierras to grab some Ponderosa pine forest images with a drone.  Initially, the logging road was just gorgeous.
Then I got to some bits that were less than gorgeous.  These roads don't see much use (I saw one other couple in a pickup during several hours on site), and I think these portions are probably just completely ignored until it's time for another logging...