not too tiny Tuesday

What a huge bee! I don't know why it stayed in my gladiola so many hours, maybe the amount of pollen was exhausting, maybe it knew the storm that was coming. 

THE SKY IS GOLD IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE
THE SKY IS RED PURPLE BEHIND MY HOUSE
AT THE SAME TIME

Apple is helping me out today. I should have a fully functional ipad in Iceland, hooray. 
AND there is some really complicated irritant I've had for decades that we JUST SOLVED. I think. I think we solved it. And saved me some money. 

"Ukrainian rockets hit Russian-controlled area" Ukraine has not been gaining territory in the east, which is another way of saying that Russia is very slowly gaining territory in the east and paying through the nose for every inch. But, Ukraine is doing better in the south. Today it said it carried out a successful long-range rocket strike in the south. They said it hit an ammunition dump and again, is thanks to the HIMARS system. 

The US and the European Commission are both providing very large sums of money to the Ukrainian government so they can provide essential services. This means hospitals and schools have electricity adn health care workers, civil servants, and teachers get paid. 

The European Space AGency is terminating its cooperation with Russia to explore Mars. 

Northwell Health, the largest health care provider in NY state, developed a telemedicine system for Covid. Now they are using it to offer free consultations to medical workers in Ukraine. Medics, clinicians, and other providers can reach Northwell through platforms including Whatsapp and Telegram. Cool.

New cars in Russia suck. The safety standards post-sanction are garbage. Surprise, surprise, sales are expected to decline 28% in 2022 and could drop as much as 50%. 

Ukraine says Russia lost nearly $1B in equipment during the Snake Island battle.