Have You Ever Wondered What A New Concrete Stilling Well [stream gauge] Looked Like?
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H/T Roy Socolow, USGS
"While doing research on the USGS stream gaging program for a local presentation, [he] found this beautiful image of a classic stilling well from the Kentucky archives. Intakes and valve stems in perfect condition, hand pump and flush tank ready to fill, no kerosene or funky well water smell, and the clock weights on the Stevens recorder have plenty of travel room. Makes them] think of the good old days climbing down well ladders to “muck out” wells. Many of these “tanks” of instrument shelters still exist with either working intakes or as converted bubble gages. Many others have been decommissioned due to safety issues (falling or confined space hazards). Thanks to the men of the #CCC and #WPA..."
#gage #streamflow #instrumentation #hydrology #measurement #history #waterresources #stillingwell #recording #USGS #fedscience #fedservice
@USGS
#WoodyGuthrie came to the #PNW to write tunes about the #WPA. In this video one of his #protest times is used to accompany footage of Ice going after peaceful protesters in #Portland. youtu.be/_qjcZKAbCdA?...

All You Fascists by Woody Guth...
All You Fascists by Woody Guthrie. Portland animal dancing protests. DEAN MEDIA 2025 (c).

YouTube
There Was a Plan to Save These New Deal Masterpieces. Then Trump Won.
A feasibility study was underway about restoring the ailing federal building that houses important Ben Shahn frescoes, Philip Guston murals, and other FDR-era artwork. But the Trump administration put a stop to it.
https://newrepublic.com/article/201204/ben-shahn-murals-new-deal-cohen-building-trump
#CulturalHeritage #ArtHistory #Murals #MuralArt #Frescoes #WPA #NewDeal #ModernArt #FascismInTheUSA #AmericanArt
There Was a Plan to Save These New Deal Masterpieces. Then Trump Won.

A feasibility study was underway about restoring the ailing federal building that houses important Ben Shahn frescoes, Philip Guston murals, and other FDR-era artwork. But the Trump administration put a stop to it.

The New Republic
So #apple removed #ice app from the #appstore? Here's an easy way around this. Don't build native apps. Build #wpa apps using #blazor and #wasm and get access to all kind of native features.
It'll get added to the user's home screen like any other app.

"Bridge"
Teableau for 08/25/25

The painting is "Bridge" by Joseph Stella, 1936, for the WPA. You know, back when the US federal government could actually do something good for the country and its people.

#Tea #WPA #Art #GreatDepression #Teableau #TeaCozy #TeaCosy #BlackTea #GreenTea #VintageChina #Handmade #Sewing #Painting #1930s #ArtDeco #ArtNouveau #NewDeal #JosephStella

Your art history post for today: by Reginald Marsh (1898-1954), “500,000 Czechs on Nazi Front,” 1938, tempera on masonite, 24 x 18 in. (61 x 45.7 cm.), photo: Christie’s New York, 23 May 2013. #arthistory #painting #WPA #socialrealism

Context: in 1938, Germany annexed Austria. Taking over the northern part of Czechoslovakia (known as the Sudetenland) was Hitler’s next priority. The leaders of Britain, Italy, France, and Germany met in Munich to discuss the issue September 29-30, 1938. They pointedly did not include leaders of Czechoslovakia in the meeting.

The Allies agreed in that meeting to German annexation of the Sudetenland in exchange for Germany’s pledge of peace. This agreement is known as the Munich Pact.

And we all know how much a Nazi pledge of peace turned out to be worth. Never take a dictator at his word. Not then, not today.

#ELF scores week 13:

Ended games:
09.08.2025, 15:00 #BTH 31 @ 34 #ENT
09.08.2025, 17:00 #SRG 44 @ 3 #CCE
09.08.2025, 18:00 #WPA 36 @ 50 #VIE
09.08.2025, 18:00 #HEL 0 @ 77 #PAR
10.08.2025, 13:00 #HSD 7 @ 40 #NOR
10.08.2025, 13:00 #MBR 27 @ 30 #MUN
10.08.2025, 13:00 #FGY 28 @ 21 #PRA
10.08.2025, 16:25 #SRT 24 @ 34 #RHE

#EuropeanLeagueOfFootball #ELF #ELF2025 #ranELF

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