John C Spies

Land acquisition, entitlement, permitting and project management; blues & live music addict; world news junkie; once decent ping pong player

John C Spies
flipped into Health
Science
Prominent scientists call for more investigation into origins of coronavirus
Live Science - Rachael Rettner
The authors argue that current evidence is not strong enough to determine if the virus originated from nature or from a lab leak. More than a dozen …
May 16
John C Spies
flipped into War
Russia
Russia’s Military Has Some Crazy Ideas for a New Sniper Rifle
19fortyfive.com - Peter Suciu
It is hard to improve upon perfection, which is why the changes to the Cold War era Dragunov SVD rifle have been rather small even in recent years. …
19 hours ago
John C Spies
flipped into WTF??
Cities
This Online Community Is Collecting Pics Of Urban Hell, And Here Are 75 Of The Worst Ones
boredpanda.com - Rokas Laurinavičius, Mantas Kačerauskas
Not every building is as beautiful as the Palace of Versailles. Or blends into its surroundings as well as the Macallan Distillery. On the contrary, …
1 day ago
John C Spies
flipped into Health
Aging
With age, insufficient tryptophan alters gut microbiota, increases inflammation
eurekalert.org - Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University
With age, a diet lacking in the essential amino acid tryptophan -- which has a key role in our mood, energy level and immune response -- makes the …
1 day ago
John C Spies
flipped into Politics
U.S. Elections
Ohio Republican official charged with felony for voter fraud
Salon - Meaghan Ellis
This article originally appeared on AlterNet. According to NBC News, Edward Snodgrass, trustee in Porter Township, has admitted to committing voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election. Court records...
1 day ago
John C Spies
flipped into Health
Lsd
Microdosing LSD modulates the perception of time independently of other consciousness-altering effects
psypost.org - Christian Rigg
Lysergic acid diethylamide, or LSD, is a drug which produces a variety of cognitive, perceptual and behavioral changes in users. One of these is …
1 day ago