Tis a consummation devoutly to be wished

Every time people deliberately block traffic, the impose an increased risk of harm on others. It is immoral.

This isn't about convenience. It's about harm.

Some of the people in stopped traffic are on their way to care for children, dependent elders, and developmentally disabled adults. Some are on their way to court, and if they are late, an abusive or negligent parent will get custody. Some are hospice nurses on their way to help a patient in agony. Some are on court supervision, and will go to prison if they don't go straight home or straight to work. Some are diabetic with plummeting blood sugar. Some are police officers on their way to a distress call. Some are bringing dozens or hundreds of paychecks from a bank to a workplace. Some have diarrhea. Some have enlarged prostates and urinary tract infections, and need to stop frequently to urinate. Some are on their first week on a job their families desperately need. Some have infants in the car. Never, ever block traffic. There are other ways to effect positive change. Use your imagination. Have a heart.

People know just what they'd like to do. Whatever it is, you've got it, long as it pleases you. Make it last as long as you can. And when you're through, it's up to you to do it again.

There are genes in our DNA that we don't use, for various reasons. When the mutations that cause cancer switch the genes on, then the cancer cells display fragments of the proteins that those genes code for. This gives the body's immune system something to attack. They draw some blood, isolate a few cancer cells, and look for targets. If there are any targets, they can craft a vaccine that makes the body attack them better.

I would like to buy one, but I can't. I need a car that can handle a few inches of snow. I often go to work before the plows have cleared the roads.

https://img1.etsystatic.com/038/0/5137111/il_fullxfull.597903107_4vej.jpg

It was 60% library and 40% bookstore till the bookstore closed. I would look up the book I wanted, then ask the bookstore to order it. Not enough people did that. It was the jewel of the neighborhood.

I will now make a point of buying something imported from Ireland.

I assume that soil saturation affects the transmission of sound. Make a birdhouse on a post, with a solar panel roof and a subsonic transducer in the base. Put a sparse array of these landslide detecting birdhouses (LDBs) on an experimental hillside. Tell an AI to learn which change in sound transmission precedes landslides. Wait for storms, or speed things up with sprinklers. Once you establish predictive power, add a system that makes noise and sends text messages to warn people and notify authorities.