@enhydra lutris
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funny how that rhymes with LSD

Was not familiar with the concept of "blood diamonds" before. But needing industrial
diamonds to cool next gen processors is outlandish.

May be able to see a few shooters during my middle of the night wakefulness
episode if I pull out a lounge chair. Be a good highlight to the sky diamonds.

Stay cool.

Not sure if I will catch them this year, definitely will not stay up or set an alarm, but shuld I otherwise wake up between midnight and morning I'll have a peek. High clear skies aren't that common in my area, so the odds are iffy even if I do get up.

According to Dima at the Military Summary Channel there were explosions at facilities in Eastern Russia overnight. If they weren't sabotage then either Ukraine has weapons with ranges of 4,000 and 7,000 KM or else they were launched from somewhere in the Western Pacific. Maybe the Ukies "rented" a missile sub from NATO, but my bets are on sabotage.

Saw at least one mainstream source regurgitating Trump's latest demands without even hinting that the alleged grievances are all lies, sadly typical of todays "news".

Supposed to hit low eithties today, so better get started outside while the sun is still low.

be well and have a good one

@soryang
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collapse. Provisions and arms are running out.
And yet, the trumpet dynasty does not recognize
the folly of their ambitions. I think the generals of
long ago were more sensible than our current crop.

The skies here are looking pretty milky, so may see nothing.

Thanks for commenting.

Well I had a photo Ms. So took on her Iphone, but this laptop with afu MS won't upload it. It was a double rainbow that appeared in the east a few evenings back just before sunset. Thank dog for all the digital improvements...

Speaking of sky, this little literary note I came across by a famous Korean general from the seventh century talks of 天文 tianwen which is "astronomy" commonly in the dictionaries, but it could be interpreted the principles of heaven. I just shortened it to heaven's ways. There's a story behind this little Chinese poem below written by a Korean general reputed to have mastered both the literary and military arts.

Eulji Mundeok 乙支文德 a famous Goguryeo general defeated the Sui Dynasty of China, a much greater power who had unified the Chinese Empire and laid a foundation for the later classical Tang Dynasty. The Sui military campaign to a remote region far from home in Goguryeo, taxed the empire's resources, and couldn't possibly be supported with adequate provisions. By the time Mundeok had lured the Sui army deep into Goguryeo (in current north Korea) his superior defensive tactics and use of geography had already exhausted the much larger tired and hungry Sui forces. Mundeok lured the Sui army to within 30 li of Pyongyang and mocked the enemy with a poem after they ran out of provisions.

神策究天文，妙算穷地理，战胜功既高，知足愿云止。

Wondrous strategy attending heaven's ways
Ingenious tactics master geography
Having won every battle attaining great merit
Know your goals fulfilled, give the order to stop.

This story is new to me. I learned of it on a South Korean history documentary, then checked a couple of other sources including Baidu, and wiki. The Sui Dynasty in China collapsed not too long after this disastrous military campaign against the underestimated smaller power.

Thanx for the OT Q! Don't think I'll be able to see anything in the humid, cloudy skies of FL.