Hiring freeze effect on federal wildland firefighters.
No paywall.
#Wildfire #Disaster

https://www.nbcnews.com/weather/wildfires/hiring-freeze-firefighters-deadly-forest-service-captain-warns-rcna192494

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/us/politics/trump-funding-freeze-farmers.html?unlocked_article_code=1.xU4.YYv3.o_Svimw7UsGq&smid=url-share

Trump’s Funding Freezes Bruise a Core Constituency Farmers

A rapid-fire array of directives by the Trump administration have left farmers and businesses in rural America reeling.

By Linda Qiu and Julie Creswell
Linda Qiu and Julie Creswell talked to more than three dozen farmers, current and former Agriculture Department employees, representatives of farm and industry groups, experts and researchers for this article.

Published Feb. 13, 2025
Updated Feb. 15, 2025

#ROSETTA INTERNATIONAL MISSION
COMET #67P/CHURYUMOV-GERASIMENKO

Target #PHILAE
Date 12 nov 2014
OSINAC Color Filter Orange

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ESA/Rosetta/MPS/OSIRIS/UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA/j. Roger

Microsoft enabled the notorious "Recall" with the last update (for Windows 11 copilot+ enabled pcs only). It's part of the OS and can't be uninstalled. This software stores metadata about EVERYTHING that appears on your screen, including passwords/urls/images/videos/any messages you send or emails etc

To disable this gross spyware, run the following as admin on the command line:

Dism /Online /Disable-Feature
/Featurename:Recall

#Windows #Spyware #Recall #PrivacyAbuse

Read about True Value hardware declaring bankruptcy today: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/true-value-declares-bankruptcy-sells-174128698.html

Which seemed odd to me, as they've been around for long time selling low-priced items.

It took me exactly one search to find perhaps another reason beyond the claimed "the housing market stalled and consumers have become far more picky about discretionary purchases like hardware” for the news: