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I'm an old, lifelong Dem & voter; lover of books, solitude, travel, high mountains, rugged coastlines, wild critters, a few humans, a few cats and good wine.

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"In the 1930s, massive herds were slaughtered without permission... (R)educed from over two million to less than 450 sheep by the 1970s. It's a financial and cultural wound from which the #Navajo people are still recovering. Now, conservation efforts have revived the Navajo Churro."

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STORY: https://mailchi.mp/42f80f9b813f/yaateehpeople

VIDEO: https://drive.google.com/file/d/10f_vDmyhusRN4aGHgcFPcgZ3QGT9widO/view?usp=drivesdk

The alleged pipe bomber started exercising operational security the day after that trip on December 14, 2020 to Capitol Hill, the scene of his alleged crime.

And now, Jeanine Pirro doesn’t want to talk about the trip he made there at all.

https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/28/jeanine-pirro-got-curiously-silent-about-what-brian-cole-did-on-december-14-2020/

Jeanine Pirro Got Curiously Silent about What Brian Cole Did on December 14, 2020 - emptywheel

The accused pipe bomber, Brian Cole, started regularly wiping his cell phone the day after he traveled to Capitol Hill weeks before planting the pipe bombs. But DOJ dropped his December 14, 2020 trip to Capitol Hill from its narrative of his alelged actions.

emptywheel
Agrivoltaics boost crop yields even when the solar panels aren’t generating power. New research from Canada shows that shading crops with elevated solar panels creates a cooler, wetter microclimate that can lift yields and improve performance across dozens of crops, from peppers to pasture grass. These benefits persist even when panels are offline, strengthening the case for agrivoltaics as dual-use infrastructure. The Conversation https://theconversation.com/the-gift-that-keeps-on-giving-how-solar-panels-on-farms-can-help-increase-crop-yields-269264?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
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The gift that keeps on giving: How solar panels on farms can help increase crop yields

A new study finds farmers can enjoy increased crop yeilds under partial shade of solar panels long after they stop working decades from now.

The Conversation
It's only “DEI” if it comes from liberal coastal cities. Otherwise it's just sparkling white supremacy.

You might not notice it in your peer group, when you are not their age, but my daughter showed me that many 20-30yr olds are switching to dumb phones, are cancelling their Facebook/tiktok/twitter accounts and are discovering libraries and printed books. As a conscious decision. Not all of them, but quite a lot and it's growing.

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The median family income in the U.S. has gone from $10,000 in 1970 to $106,000 today, an increase of 10x.

However, the median cost of a house has gone from $25,000 to $445,000, an increase of 17x.

And the median cost of a car has gone from $3,600 to $50,000, an increase of 14x.

The median cost of college has gone from $2,900 a year to $45,000, an increase of 16x.

And the average cost of healthcare per person has gone from $350 to $14,600, an increase of 42x.

The 1948 Donora Smog was the worst air pollution disaster in U.S. history. 60 people died, 1000's were sickened, and it jumpstarted the fields of environmental, public health and The Clean Air Act. #ClimateChange

https://youtu.be/cODG_b5q4Gg?si=qNJqGtMDoAjCnNAt

The Donora Death Smog of 1948 - Donora Smog Museum in Donora, PA - The Birth Of Clean Air

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LOL, Canada's Edison Motors, who are converting log trucks and such into hybrid vehicles, got a cease-and-desist order from Tesla Motors to stop using the phrase, "Stealing Tesla's Ideas".
https://youtube.com/shorts/AoJqGX2hcug?si=HYu4a46nKOWbexSj
Tesla told us to stop

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"(Senator) Tuberville “considers large numbers of people who live here aliens or threats to public safety” and is running for governor. He has tried to downplay his threats, saying his critics are.... “pearl-clutching.” But “no one should treat this as one of Tuberville’s many stupid, provocative statements with no follow-through”....” If elected, Lyman notes, “he will have access to law enforcement resources and the ability to act on his paranoia.”

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-27-2025?

December 27, 2025

Over the Christmas holiday, the Trump administration threw its weight against the U.S.

Letters from an American
“The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was unanimous.’ That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.” - Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH)