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It's a bell siphon, the following video explains how it works. There's a coffee brewer that uses this principle.

https://youtu.be/_vV_z_0lFQ8?feature=shared

The ‘Flying Flapjack’ that Never Flew: The Story of the Vought XF5U

https://theaviationist.com/2024/12/15/flying-flapjack-vought-xf5u/

"Nearly a year into the first outbreak of the bird flu among cattle, the virus shows no sign of slowing. The U.S. government failed to eliminate the virus on dairy farms when it was confined to a handful of states, by quickly identifying infected cows and taking measures to keep their infections from spreading. Now at least 875 herds across 16 states have tested positive.

Experts say they have lost faith in the government’s ability to contain the outbreak.

“We are in a terrible situation and going into a worse situation,” said Angela Rasmussen, a virologist at the University of Saskatchewan in Canada. “I don’t know if the bird flu will become a pandemic, but if it does, we are screwed.”

https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/bird-flu-spread-cattle-poultry-pandemic-cdc/

Warmed up about 10 degrees last night, know the are calling for several days with a chance of rain. It is warm enough for outdoor smoking, been too cold for a couple of weeks.

Written in 2015. Our government and military are well aware of drone activity out of country and within our borders.

https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1050&context=cgu_facbooks

Cold but the wind has died down, beautiful ocean effect snow barely accumulating.

Cold AF. Single digits. No cigar tonight