Got about an inch or a bit more of heavy wet snow yesterday. It is already melting off the cars, grass, and pavements. We are supposed to have warmer temps over the next week or so. Well, March is almost here and I am about three weeks away from first planting.

Another round of rearranging, stacking for donations and pitching. We will continue tomorrow. Even after the major effort is done I have a whole bunch of sorting to do with what is left.

This Nature post doesn't really surprise me. We have moved away from most aerosol sprays of any kind though it is surprising how hard it is to find the cleaning supplies without propellent sprays. We have also gone to more basic cleaning supplies: basic soaps without the additives and in bar form often, white vinegar, etc.

So--the Canadians also have a student loan problem.  I think the problem is in the basic shift to loans and away from grants, scholarships and such, coupled with the rising costs of higher education which puts paying out of pocket out of reach. I wish student loans in this country were taken care of in bankruptcy but they aren't.

Unfortunately, crappy ideas seem to spread rapidly. China's experiment with a "social credit system" whereby your worth is not only calculated by your income, net worth, wealth and popularity but by how well behaved you are judged, I am sure, in such a way as to discourage protest and unconventionality. Germany is thinking of trying something similar. How soon will it be tried here?