We are the Borg. You will be assimilated. Your musical distinctiveness will be added to our own.

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Greetings.

Jewish date:  12 ’Adhar 5770 (Parashath Teṣawweh).

Today’s quasi-holidays:  National Pistachio Day, For Pete’s Sake Day.

Worthy cause of the day:  “Save BioGems: Take Action: Whales in Danger”, “Take Action: Tell Royal Bank of Canada's CEO to Stop Financing the Tar Sands”, and “Take Action: Break Up Insurance Monopolies”.

Today’s news and commentary:

• “Forget x-ray vision, these fish have UV vision”
  
• “Space Junk Mess Getting Messier in Orbit”
  
• “It's in the Details: For Ecofriendly Auto Detailing, Do-It-Yourself Is the Only Way to Go”
  
• “Element 112 joins the periodic table”
• “Planet Unwinds in 'Death March'”
  
• “Tribes show best camels at beauty pageant”:  I was not aware anyone considered camels beautiful.

Today’s weird thing is “Triumph of the Cyborg Composer”, which deals with artificial creativity and many people’s resistance to the idea.  Enjoy, share the weirdness, Shabbath shalom, and happy Purim.

Aaron