News from johnpatrick.com
Ukraine SpaceX’s Starlink low-Earth orbit satellite network now has nearly 500,000 users and is available in 32 countries and nine languages. Continued expansion will bring high speed Internet service to other country except Afghanistan, Belarus, Cuba, China, Iran, North Korea, Russia, Syria, and Venezuela. There are now 15,000 Starlink satellite dish terminals in Ukraine with service throughout the […]
News from johnpatrick.com
Ukraine The EU Summit agreed on candidate status for Ukraine and Moldova. The President of the European Commission Ursula Gertrud von der Leyen congratulated the new candidates on joining the EU: “Today is a good day for Europe. Congratulations to President Zelensky, President Sandu, and Prime Minister Garibashvili. Your countries are part of our European family. […]
News from johnpatrick.com
Covid I had been lucky for more than two years. Perhaps two vaxes plus two boosters and being cautious helped but maybe my immunosuppressed status was a factor. Seven days after returning from a week in Montreal, I tested positive. The symptoms were mostly mild and after three days I feel 90% normal. Seems the […]
Why Do We Need Trees?
Why Do We Need Trees? Life on Earth depends on energy coming from the Sun. The greenhouse effect has protected life on Earth from unlivable cold conditions for as long as life has been here. To keep greenhouse gases in perspective, we need to remember greenhouse gases are a good thing, but only if there […]
News from johnpatrick.com
Ukraine A posting on Telegram says almost every day, the Bureau of Investigation reveals new cases of the burning of Russian passports by citizens residing in Ukraine. Men and women, people of various professions and all ages are expressing their protest against the war. A 64-year-old Russian citizen who has lived in the Lviv region […]
