America’s bees and beekeepers are losing a valuable ally just when they need its help most.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to soon close the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center,
a 6,500-acre agricultural research station in Maryland that is home to the nation’s premier bee research and disease diagnosis hub, the Beltsville Bee Research Lab.

The closure comes at a critical moment for bees.
In winter 2025, many beekeepers lost over half their operations as pesticide-resistant varroa mites spread,
bringing deadly viruses.
The losses have led to low honey production,
and soaring fuel costs have made shipping bees cross-country for agricultural pollination increasingly expensive, further stressing the industry.
https://theconversation.com/shutting-down-federal-bee-labs-threatens-bees-beekeepers-and-the-us-food-system-283358

I bought a 100 pack of these stickers and have been slapping them on gas pumps when I fill up. Just my little F-you to the red hat wearing, cult followers in my area.

Happy Friday everyone.

This is the Oklahoma School Superintendent who tried to mandate purchasing a Bible to place in each public school classroom and force teachers to teach about it, who wanted to administer ideology tests to all public school teachers, who tried to require that every classroom play a video of him praying for trump, and who wanted to install a chapter of Turning Point USA in every high school in the state.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Walters_(American_politician)

#oklahoma #religion #publicschools #publiceducation #firstamendment #hypocrisy #christianity

The US🚨has cleared ~10 Chinese firms to buy Nvidia's 2nd-most powerful #AI chip *H200, but not ​a single delivery has been made so far -leaving a major tech deal in limbo as CEO Huang seeks a breakthrough ‌in #China this week.

Approved Chinese firms incl Alibaba, Tencent, ByteDance. Lenovo & Foxconn win US approval as: distributors.

US harliness argue🚨#Nvidia sales to #China could erode US AI ldrshp.

Trump gives #Xi access to AI chips. What else will he give up?
#USPol
https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/us-clears-h200-chip-sales-10-china-firms-nvidia-ceo-looks-breakthrough-2026-05-14/

The free world did not beat Adolf Hitler to let amateur Hitler take over America.

Vote in November.