Tootfinder

Good Morning #Canada
OTD in 1972, construction begins on Canada’s largest single-site #Hydroelectric project at Churchill Falls, Labrador. To commemorate this minor historical event in our country's impressive record of hydroelectric technology and power generation, let's focus on one of the newest projects. The controversial Site C in British Columbia will begin filling its reservoir this summer in preparation for starting operations.
#CanadaIsAwesome
https://youtu.be/gZARb7pLQeo?si=Wo5iEWE9ushqGBaS

Ukrainians grapple with how to memorialize a war still being fought: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/10/ukrainians-grapple-with-how-to.html

Be Kind
Human kindness is amazing!
#kindness

Hmmmm… here is a problem I did not anticipate.
Every time I empty the main pond hole of water, (the actual hole under the liner) water returns within an hour or two. I’ve done it 4 times now, and it keeps filling back up with water.
Obviously there is water underground infiltrating into the pond hole, and/or the water table itself is above the bottom of the hole. It is not coming from either of the other holes because they both have the same amount of water in them as they did this morning.
I have “watered” the blueberry patch and hazelnut tree a lot with the water that I have been cleaning the filter with… and we also had lots of water flying around outside the liners yesterday as I tested the pump. So it is quite possible that the ground around the pond is simply well saturated.
I think I am going to have to just keep removing the water (and putting it into the sewer) until it does not refill. We have a week of hot weather coming. Surely that will be enough time for everything to dry out completely.
Otherwise I might run into some issues if the rains return before I can anchor down the pond liner with gravel and get the plumbing in!
How is time already running short!?
Never underestimate the ability of water to find a place where it is not wanted. 😆
#poolpond #backyardProject #diy

Rams WR Davante Adams insists there's no beef with QB Jimmy Garoppolo following 'dark moment' with Raiders

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/ram…

How Disney is grappling with integrating AI into its filmmaking process while safeguarding IP and addressing legal uncertainty, fan backlash, and union concerns (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/business/media/disney-

Overnight fires in the forested mountains surrounding Bursa, in northwest Turkey,
spread rapidly, tinting the night sky over the city’s eastern suburbs with a red glow.
Dozens of severe wildfires have hit the country daily since late June,
with the government declaring the two western provinces of Izmir and Bilecik as disaster areas on Friday.
Bursa governor’s office said in a statement Sunday that 1,765 people had been safely evacuated from villages to the northeast …

Flames threaten Turkey's 4th-largest city as southern Europe grapples with wildfires
Wildfires that have engulfed Turkey for weeks threatened the country’s fourth-largest city on Sunday, forcing more than 1,700 people to flee their homes and leaving a firefighter dead.

How Disney is grappling with integrating AI into its filmmaking process while safeguarding IP and addressing legal uncertainty, fan backlash, and union concerns (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/business/media/disney-

Battery electric vehicles had a market share of 18% last month in Germany; sales 45% higher than in May 2024.
China's BYD up 824%, easily surpassing Tesla (down 36%), but still only 4% share in Germany's BEV market.
https://www.

ChatGPT didn't object to putting a red nose on the dog or painting the rabbits green, but at least it didn't suggest I use staplers on the mice.
#scrooged #chatgpt