And now the Anzû Quartet and friends play Ken Thomson

#music #concert #LongPlay #BRIC

And now Dither play James Tenney

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Kicking off Long Play with Ensemble Signal playing Michael Gordon

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"When it comes to adapting to the consequences of climate change, the federal #government has relied heavily on one flagship program: Building Resilient #Infrastructure and Communities, or BRIC."

"Despite bipartisan support for the effort, the Trump administration issued a memo announcing its intent to shut down #bric ..."

Despite court order, funds remain frozen! #FEMA #climatechange #politics #US

https://www.govexec.com/management/2026/02/despite-court-order-critical-fema-program-remains-frozen/411509/?oref=ge-category-lander-river

RE: https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@HennaVirkkunen/115912058921224731

Now we can start to wonder what the "B" in "BRIC" actually means...

#mercosur #bric

Temo che ci toccherà imparare un nuovo acronimo dopo #PIGS e #BRIC. Asse del disordine | Che cos’è il #CRINK, l’internazionale autoritaria che minaccia le democrazie - Linkiesta.it https://www.linkiesta.it/2025/10/crink-russia-cina-iran-corea-del-nord/

@attualita

#Russia #China #Iran #NorthKorea

Judge blocks Trump admin. from reallocating billions in FEMA disaster relief funds – CBS News

By Hannah Marr, August 5, 2025 / 9:18 PM EDT / CBS News

A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to reallocate more than $4 billion in federal funding geared toward natural disaster mitigation projects, arguing the transfer could lead to “irreparable harm” to flood-prone areas.  

The injunction by U.S. District Judge Richard G. Stearns in Boston followed a July lawsuit brought by 20 states. They argued that FEMA’s Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program had been unlawfully terminated in April 2025 under the Trump administration, with more than $4 billion in unspent funding that had been allocated by Congress redirected without its authority. Stearns wrote that the court was “not convinced” that Congress had intended for the money to be reallocated.

“The BRIC program is designed to protect against natural disasters and save lives,” Stearns wrote.

Stearns ruled that government officials were temporarily blocked from repurposing the funds while the court considers the state’s objections to the cuts.

The July lawsuit alleged that ending the BRIC program would upend disaster preparedness efforts across the country, leaving communities unable to tap into critical funding for hundreds of already-approved resilience projects. Before it was halted, the BRIC program provided funding for local infrastructure projects such as stormwater management systems and the relocation or elevation of buildings in flood-prone zones.

FEMA officials originally announced in April that they were “ending” the BRIC program because it is “wasteful” and had become more concerned with “political agendas than helping Americans recover from natural disasters.” But in a court filing last week, the disaster response agency walked back those comments, stating that they hadn’t cut the program and were still evaluating whether they will end or revise it.

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