Here is what’s about to be shut down:

national parks
national museums,
food safety inspections
government loans to small businesses
permits to build on federal land
Women, Infants & Children program (groceries for low-income families)
paychecks to military families
paychecks to most government workers

Been thinking about how people in Sinclair markets can maybe watch ABC live without supporting Sinclair...

1. Sign up for Sling Select for 29.99/mo

2. Use your new Sling account to enable Live TV on abc.com

3. Cancel your cable. Tell them it's because they carry Sinclair affiliates

This should give you live access to ABC7 (LA) and some other local ABC markets, as well as streaming access to FX and National Geographic.

If anyone tries this from an embargoed market, let us know how it works

Happy Iowa wildflower Wednesday!

This week Diane Porter features the lovely Winged Loosestrife and explains how it got that common name. (I love Diane's magnified photos.)

#Iowa #wildflowers #nativeplants #bloomscrolling
https://www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/09/24/iowa-wildflower-wednesday-winged-loosestrife-2/

Johnson: Stock Trading Ban Makes Job Too 'Unattractive'

https://crooksandliars.com/2025/07/gop-senator-stock-trading-ban-makes-job?utm_source=social&utm_medium=twitter&utm_content=105315

Longtime TV news director Dave Busiek:

“The video on the Fox News website runs three minutes and 38 seconds. In that time, I counted 26 jump cut edits. The “time code” from the camera indicates the interview started at 7:18 and goes to 7:42. That means the interview is at least 24 minutes long, but we only hear 3:38 of it"
https://davebusiek.substack.com/p/undercover-and-over-the-line-a-sloppy

8 Things to Know About New Research on Earth’s Rapid Drying and the Loss of Its Groundwater
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Decades of NASA satellite data reveal how quickly the planet’s underground stores of fresh water have been depleted and how their use is contributing to rising sea levels. Here are the key takeaways.
https://www.propublica.org/article/groundwater-fresh-water-depletion-research-science-advances-takeaways?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Science #Climate #Environment #ClimateChange #Water #NASA #Data

If these numbers are hard to process, think of it this way.

Your lemonade stand has pulled in $8 dollars in cash. To get the $8 dollars, though, you spent $443 making the lemonade.

That’s right. You spent $443 to collect $8. Total loss: $435.

Is this a promising business? No. It’s no business at all.

But you tell passersby, “Look at my thriving lemonade stand!” And they decide your business is actually worth $47,000. https://mastodon.social/@jeffjarvis/114959489116169895