u/BuckeyeReason

>Candida auris, a drug-resistant yeast that has spread in American hospitals since it first appeared in the United States in 2016, is still gaining ground. Clinical infections more than doubled in three years, from 2,882 in 2022 to 6,197 in 2024, according to a CDC surveillance report released June 30, 2026. The organism colonizes the skin of hospitalized and long-term-care patients, usually without harm, but in the very sick it can enter the bloodstream, where infections are often fatal. It threatens people whose defenses are already compromised, not the healthy public. It is dangerous because it resists our front-line antifungal drugs.

https://www.reddit.com/r/climatechange/search/?q=Candida+auris&cId=ae0c7e48-84dc-4e08-b616-08e1f832e113&iId=d968ed72-2702-4171-8546-e13c31178c22

BF added:

>Candida auris thrives in warmer environments with high salt (unlike other candida species) and is thought to have emerged as a human pathogen due to global warming.^([6])

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candida_auris

>Nearly unbeatable and difficult to identify fungus has adapted to global warming and can now survive the warm body temperature of humans. With a 50% mortality rate in 90 days, meet Candida auris, the first pathogenic fungus caused by human-induced global warming

https://www.reddit.com/r/climatechange/comments/dnrlbo/nearly_unbeatable_and_difficult_to_identify/

Mentor 2026 threw down for my babies!! Great night! Have fun yall!! Drive safe!!!!

There seems to be a consensus that solid state EV batteries will increase silver demand.

https://goldsilver.com/industry-news/article/silvers-tesla-moment-solid-state-battery-thesis/

https://thesilverindustry.substack.com/p/solid-state-silver-intensity-could

This perhaps largely is influenced by Samsung solid state EV batteries that reportedly will greatly increase EV battery silver consumption.

https://www.miningvisuals.com/post/silvers-emerging-role-in-ev-battery-chemistry

However, Hyundai has patented solid state EV batteries using copper. It's not clear how much silver these Hyundai solid state batteries will utilize.

https://carbuzz.com/hyundai-solid-state-battery-breakthrough/

It's also not clear how much silver will be used in Toyota solid state EV batteries.

>While other developers, including Toyota, QuantumScape, and ProLogium, are pursuing alternative solid-state chemistries, Samsung SDI's silver-carbon approach is among the most advanced toward commercial production.

https://www.miningvisuals.com/post/silvers-emerging-role-in-ev-battery-chemistry

Toyota's solid state EV battery formula doesn't appear readily available. E.g., I haven't seen any estimate of silver consumption in Toyota solid state EV batteries.

Google AI Overview "toyota solid state battery silver consumption" (emphasis added)

>Toyota’s solid-state battery (SSB) prototypes focus on utilizing a sulfide-based solid electrolyte rather than a silver-carbon composite. While competitors like Samsung heavily pursue silver in their "anode-less" batteries (which consume up to 1 kg of silver per 100 kWh pack), Toyota's specific consumption is much lower. [1, 2, 3, 4]

>Conventional EV batteries use roughly 25 to 50 grams of silver, primarily in electrical and thermal management. While next-generation solid-state architectures—including Toyota’s and QuantumScape's—rely on new proprietary solid electrolytes and current collectors, Toyota specifically targets a different chemical composition and manufacturing approach that minimizes reliance on silver compared to alternative anode-less designs. [1, 2, 3]

>Toyota is actively developing these batteries for commercial release between 2027 and 2028. By relying on sulfide solid electrolytes, the company aims to achieve a massive 745 -mile (1200 km) range and up to a 40-year battery lifespan. [1, 2]

Also, will Perovskite materials eventually be used in EV solid state batteries in place of silver?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-state_battery

Obviously, if anybody can document that all EV solid state batteries must increase silver consumption greatly, it would be greatly appreciated!

E.g., currently massive Utah wildfire conditions are destroying forests, releasing large amounts of carbon and other greenhouse gases, and exacerbating one of the mounting positive feedback loops that are accelerating climate change impacts.

>The world’s forests form a vast network of carbon reservoirs, keeping carbon sequestered from the atmosphere, where its presence is disrupting Earth’s climate systems. Many corporate, national and state climate policies rely on forests’ ability to store carbon—often tracked and funded through a system of “carbon credits” issued to polluting industries in exchange for protecting and restoring forests.

>But when trees die suddenly—from wildfire, drought or insect infestation—vast amounts of greenhouse gases are released, exacerbating ongoing climate change. And the warming climate is accelerating this problem by making such disturbances more frequent and severe.

https://attheu.utah.edu/research/carbon-markets-underestimate-risks-u-s-forests-face-from-climate-change/

https://www.reddit.com/r/climatechange/comments/1ufzcru/warming_may_slow_forest_growth_and_cut_carbon/

https://abcnews.com/US/new-utah-wildfire-triples-size-prompting-evacuations-closing/story?id=134127185

Escalating snow droughts caused by climate change atmospheric warming are negatively Utah and other western forests. Drought impacts also are exacerbating snow melts, further impairing forests.

>Trees are being pushed past critical thresholds. Cumulative stress has triggered massive mortality events across the region, such as the 2012 to 2016 California drought that claimed over 100 million trees.

>And drought years often go hand-in-hand with wildfire — narrow rings are often corroborated by fire-scars. When a large region of the West has drought, we are more likely to have more widespread and typically larger fires, DeRose said.

>Weaker trees also lose other natural defenses.

>"Drought-stressed trees can’t produce the resin and chemical defenses to repel bark beetles," he said. “That gives an opening for insects to devastate millions of additional acres.”

>Drought stress is driving a long-term shift in what Utah’s forests look like. Drought-vulnerable species like pinyon pine and aspen can succumb in dry years. The loss of forest canopy creates a feedback loop for the region’s water problems. Without shade to protect the winter snowpack, the snow melts and evaporates faster, which means less predictable runoff for the reservoirs and communities downstream.

https://www.usu.edu/today/story/this-years-snow-drought-is-etching-itself-into-utah-forest-history

Utah governor Spencer Cox says Utah trees now are "Roman candles just waiting to be lit."

"Trees ... look the same as they’ve looked every other year,” he said, pointing at trees near the University of Utah campus, which recently saw a large fire burn the nearby mountainside. “But they’re not, they’re dying inside, they’re Roman candles just waiting to be lit.”

https://www.idahostatejournal.com/freeaccess/utah-gov-cox-orders-july-4-fireworks-ban-amid-devastating-wildfires/article_f96c2600-2f5d-4810-8329-efdeadb23aa5.amp.html

https://www.knau.org/knau-and-arizona-news/2026-06-18/prolonged-western-drought-is-even-killing-hearty-pinyon-juniper-forests

With Trump cuts to climate and environmental research, we're unlikely to learn how badly Utah and other western forests have been impacted, nor how much greenhouse gases have been released.

>The superintendent of Mentor Schools, Craig Heath, announced in a letter to families on Monday that the district's fee structure for certain activities and tuition is changing because the district's levy failed.

>The district is eyeing $6.6 million in budget cuts for the 2026-2027 school year, but changes such as staffing reductions and other measures have already been implemented to help reach that goal, and the increased fees represent only a small portion of the overall budget reduction plan.

https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/oh-lake/levy-failure-prompts-mentor-schools-to-make-fee-changes-for-upcoming-school-year

Services impacted include preschool tuition (now $200/month); no funding for elementary school trips; sixth-grade camp fee will increase to $250; fees to participate in athletics, marching band, and Science Olympiad will increase 20 percent; and $9.50 will be charged all students annually for paper fees.

The system also is considering cuts to bus routes.

In 2024, the Washington Post ranked the Cleveland Museum of Art as the 7th best in the U.S. The CMA has free general admission, including to its spectacular digital arts gallery, not mentioned by the Washington Post in the following description of the CMA.

>One of America’s oldest and wealthiest museums, the Cleveland Museum of Art is housed in a complex of buildings surrounded by a park, with additions and expansions by, among others, Marcel Breuer and Rafael Viñoly. It boasts a vast enclosed courtyard and lucid displays of European Old Masters, arms and armor, American, modern, and Islamic textiles, to name a few. Among its most famous masterpieces are Pablo Picasso’s early “La Vie,” George Bellows’s “Stag at Sharkey’s,” Claude Monet’s “The Red Kerchief,” Jacques-Louis David’s “Cupid and Psyche” and Caravaggio’s “The Crucifixion of Saint Andrew.” It also has reliably first-rate displays of contemporary art. Compared with peer institutions, its exhibition program has been sleepy of late. But it remains a cultural powerhouse with healthy attendance figures (more than 700,000 last year). — Smee

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/art/2024/10/24/20-best-art-museums-in-america/

Not a mention of the complete renovation and expansion, likely at a cost of about $500 million in current dollars, earlier in the century that converted the CMA into a fully digital, 21st century museum. One of the digital features added was the unique ArtLens Gallery, an interactive digital gallery, which is undergoing its third renovation and will be reopened in late July. According to Google AI Overview, only a handful of U.S. art museums possess digital, interactive galleries, and likely the CMA digital gallery once again will be enchantingly unique, as described in the following OP.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Cleveland/comments/1ufoodj/artlens_reimagined_to_reopen_at_the_cleveland/

No mention in the Washington Post article that the CMA is an encyclopedic museum with one of the best Asian art and textile collections in the U.S. It now features a gigantic atrium and lots of natural light.

No mention in the Washington Post article that in addition to free admission, the CMA is an extremely visitor friendly with a plethora of benches and uncluttered displays, an excellent visitors cafe, restaurant, visitors store, and art library.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Cleveland/comments/1qhg7rf/cleveland_museum_of_art_ingalls_library_and/

Even more than in the past, the ArtLens Gallery alone likely merits a visit to the CMA!

Visitors also can download the ArtLens App to plan their visit and to obtain detailed background information about paintings, statues, etc., as the App turns smartphones into a pocket guide to the museum.

>Turn your smartphone into a pocket guide to the CMA with ArtLens App. Use it as a companion within the museum or as a way to explore and create from home. The app is a resource before, during, and after a visit to the museum or for anywhere you are. Download before arriving, plan your visit, and create or browse tours. While visiting, use the interactive map as a guide to navigate the museum, and keep track of your favorite artworks. After your visit, explore even more of the CMA, including the open access collection.

https://www.clevelandart.org/digital-innovations/artlens-app

For persons interested in visiting the Cleveland Museum of Art to experience the ArtLens Reimagined gallery, perhaps explore this OP for other Cleveland attractions, hotels, restaurants, mass transit, etc.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Cleveland/comments/1m3t7cr/visiting_downtown_cleveland/

The CMA is not in downtown Cleveland, but located in University Circle, one of the nation's top cultural centers. UC and downtown are connected by the Red Line rail rapid and the 24/7 Healthline bus rapid (called the Healthline because it passes through the Cleveland Clinic main campus, one of the nation's largest and most highly ranked medical facilities). RTA day passes are $5, and less for seniors.

https://www.universitycircle.org/

The CMA also has excellent grounds, including its Fine Arts Garden and the Wade Lagoon.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Cleveland/comments/1gf3fsn/cleveland_museum_of_art_is_a_masterpiece/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Cleveland/comments/19a33sg/the_cleveland_museum_of_art_from_above/

https://www.tourlakecounty.com/events/

Unlike "This is Cleveland," the "Tour Lake County" website doesn't appear to offer the ability to generate calendars for specific dates, while also automatically listing a detailed calendar for the immediate weeks ahead.

https://www.thisiscleveland.com/events/event-calendar

Thisiscleveland.com also offers an Annual Events schedule featuring major events:

https://www.tourlakecounty.com/events/

I didn't see the Fairport Harbor Folk and Country Fest listed on the tourlakecounty.com website....

https://www.reddit.com/r/MentorOh/comments/1tpa137/fairport_harbor_arts_and_culture_alliance_to_host/

>Country Redford is one the bands that will perform at the Folk and Country Fest on May 31 at Memorial Park in Fairport Harbor Village. The fest, which runs from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m., is one of four free concerts sponsored this summer by the Fairport Harbor Arts and Culture Alliance. (Courtesy of Fairport Harbor Arts and Culture Alliance)

>To kick off its 2025 concert season, the alliance is presenting Folk and Country Fest. The event takes place from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. May 31 at the gazebo in Memorial Park, 301 Third St.

https://www.news-herald.com/2025/05/23/fairport-harbor-arts-and-culture-alliance-to-host-outdoor-summer-concerts/

https://www.fhaca.org/events.html#/

https://www.fhaca.org/#/

How have visitors to Jaja, located in IntroCleveland across from the West Side Market, enjoyed the renovated and transformed restaurant since its reopening in February? Not only has the menu changed, but also the dining room's atmospheric design.

>When guests do return to the dramatic upper-level dining room, they will find a Jaja a little less maximalist than its predecessor. The faux greenery that gilded the skylight ceiling has been removed, as have many of the ornate decorative details, leaving the 80-seat dining room “more composed,” according to Abbe.

https://www.clevescene.com/food-drink/after-a-15-month-hiatus-jaja-in-ohio-city-to-re-open-on-tuesday-february-3rd/

>Beyond the menu, the group focused on refining what already made Jaja feel like an escape. Guests still pass through a small lobby and dramatic elevator ride before emerging into the lush rooftop dining room, where the service team guides the pacing so diners can settle in and relax. 

>Rather than overhaul the look, the group opted to clean it up. Vines were removed from the trellis, about 20 taxidermy birds came down to reduce visual clutter, and the overall palette shifted from a floral, aviary feel to something more grounded and earthy. 

https://clevelandmagazine.com/articles/first-look-jaja-returns-to-ohio-city-with-a-reimagined-menu-and-renewed-vision/'s

Jaja's reviews aren't as stellar as in the past, when it was one of the most highly rated restaurants in Cleveland. Jaja hasn't recovered a high rating yet.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Cleveland/comments/10s3759/yelp_current_reviewer_ratings_of_10_best/https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g50207-d26886865-Reviews-Jaja-Cleveland_Ohio.html

https://www.jajacleveland.com/

https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/knicks-vs-cavs-schedule-dates-031753093.html

With warm weather here and increasing, the risk of tick bites and resulting Lyme disease is a greater concern.

Here are some articles describing how to prevent tick bites, including the use of insect repellents and permethrin insecticide to treat clothing, gear and shoes.

https://www.lyme.health.harvard.edu/preventing-tick-bites/

https://www.cdc.gov/ticks/prevention/index.html

https://time.com/7297252/permethrin-ticks-mosquitoes-insecticide/

Here are some threads on Lyme disease and tick bite risk.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Cleveland/comments/1jh7f9j/what_greater_clevelanders_need_to_know_about/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Cleveland/comments/1s8rpf9/tick_season_advice/

Here's an opportunity to check out attractions throughout Ohio for future trips of exploration.

The event is featured in the first episode of this Ideastream Applause show:

https://www.ideastream.org/shows/applause/episodes/ohio-road-trip-and-tri-c-jazzfest-academy-3aivev

>The state of Ohio is home to 88 counties brimming with quaint towns, bustling cities, museums, theme parks, historical sites, sports venues, parks, vineyards, Lake Erie and so much more! Let members of the Western Reserve Photographic Society take you on a photographic adventure to discover what our great state has to offer.

https://www.lakemetroparks.com/events-activities/events/picture-this-spring-art-show/?banner=/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Benetka-Road-Bridge-Ashtabula-spring-art-show-1920-by-Nancy-Murnyak.jpg

The show also features Ohio memorabilia!