The Trump administration in late March announced an extensive reorganization of the Forest Service, the federal agency responsible for managing 193 million acres of public lands across 43 states, the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.

As part of the changes, 57 of 77 research stations across the country will be shuttered,
with the headquarters relocating from Washington, D.C., to Salt Lake City.

While the overhaul is billed as an effort to improve efficiency, conservationist Jim Pattiz says it will effectively destroy the agency

http://www.democracynow.org/2026/4/20/forest_service

NPR received its largest-ever donation from a living donor this week
when billionaire philanthropist Connie Ballmer gave $80 million to the media organization.
Ballmer — a former member of the NPR Foundation's board — told the Wall Street Journal that she poured money into NPR because
“we need fact-based journalism, and we need local journalism.”

She told the paper that she's been a fan of the organization since her 20s and that she listens to it “when I walk, I listen in the car, I listen at home and at work."
"I support NPR because an informed public is the bedrock of our society, and democracy requires strong, independent journalism,"
Ballmer said in a statement on Wednesday.
"My hope is that this commitment provides the stability and the spark NPR needs to innovate boldly and strengthen its national network"

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/npr-donation-steve-ballmer-la-clippers-wife-b2960394.html

That’s genius: EU regulations as a Git repo – every regulation is a Markdown file, every amendment a commit. 15,700+ regulations from 1958 to present.

@EU_Commission should offer this directly.

https://github.com/legalize-dev/legalize-eu

#europe #regulations #europeanunion #github

Once again, I didn’t have my great camera with me. But I had one. And that’s the best one you could ask for.

#bloomscrolling #photography #naturephotography #everydaylight