Glasses are perhaps the most non-invasive method of vision correction, followed by contact lenses. Each have their drawbacks though, and some seek more permanent solutions in the form of laser eye …
The Whitehorse Trail was very overgrown along most of its length, with long stretches where no trail surface was visible at all through the grass. It was pretty bumpy with loose gravel in places, so a cyclocross bike would do much better than a road bike.
"Pritzker, Newsom threaten to quit National Governors Association over Trump troop deployments"
Bipartisan US governors' group faces division over Trump's deployment of troops to states
Newsom and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, both potential 2028 presidential candidates, contend Donald Trump's troop deployments should be a matter of concern for all governors. But some Republican governors have supported Trump's actions, and the national governors' group has not taken a position.
“I’m not sure the policy issue of whether the Constitution allows for federal involvement in the state and the National Guard is something that the NGA would want to tackle,” said Republican Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe, who co-chairs the organization’s task force on emergency management and public health.
The Democratic governors of Kansas, Michigan and Minnesota already have left the NGA this year. Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly said she didn’t think the roughly $100,000 annual dues paid by the state were a good investment and encouraged the group to push back against canceled federal grants.
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Trump administration threatens no back pay for federal workers in shutdown
Donald Trump signed into law after the longest government shutdown in 2019 legislation to ensure federal workers receive back pay during any federal funding lapse. But in the new memo, his Office of Management and Budget says back pay must be provided by Congress, if it chooses to do so, as part of any bill to fund the government.
The move by the Republican administration was widely seen as a strong-arm tactic — a way to pressure lawmakers to reopen the government, now in the seventh day of a shutdown.
“There are some people that don’t deserve to be taken care of, and we’ll take care of them in a different way,” Trump said during an event at the White House.
He said back pay “depends on who we're talking about.” Asked a second time about backpay for furloughed federal workers given that the requirement is spelled out in law, Trump said: “I follow the law, and what the law says is correct.”
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Company bids less than a penny per ton in biggest US coal sale in over a decade
A Navajo tribe-owned company bid $186,000 to lease 167 million tons of coal on federal lands in southeastern Montana on Monday in the biggest U.S. coal sale in more than a decade.
The offer from the Navajo Transitional Energy Co. (NTEC) equates to one-tenth of a penny per ton, underscoring coal’s diminished value even as President Donald Trump pushes to mine and burn more of the heavily polluting fuel.
Federal officials did not immediately say if they would accept the offer. It was the only bid received. Two NTEC representatives attended the sale at the Bureau of Land Management local office in Billings, Montana. They declined to comment after it was over.
At the last successful government lease sale in the region, a subsidiary of Peabody Energy paid $793 million, or $1.10 per ton, for 721 million tons of coal in Wyoming.
Is the United States truly "one nation?" While the country is often defined as a single entity, the reality is that there are actually closer than 12 nations united under a single flag. Within the United States today, there are different cultural nations that each have their own values, priorities and preferences. And each of these nations compete and cooperate with each other depending on the issues. Oh, and the most important bit? These nations do NOT fall along state borders.
In this video, we'll cover what the 12 Nations of America are, how they formed historically and what they look like geographically, what it means for a single country to actually have 12 different nations within it, and what each nation would look like IF they were ever independent.
proportional representation might get us close to matching that map but it depends on district definitions and number of seats. State borders probably contribute a lot of dysfunction but sticking to two-party voting methods is going to be a problem no matter where we draw lines.
What I'm saying is that it makes zero sense to cram so many regional cultures under a single government. This sort of situation (basically badly drawn national borders) is also why the Middle East and Africa are so unstable.
For example, I don't want people in Florida having any influence over my life.
yes but geography is an accident of history, and we are where we are. Proportional STARvoting.org would be a force against gerrymandering in general, to the point that it might move state borders or at least forms of federal government, as 3rd thru 10th parties gained momentum to better represent those interests federally. A few states could start the Pacific trend and maybe even Idaho thru Missouri could get on board with better representation over this throw-your-vote-away brinksmanship.
Having now watched the video, I think it's still stuck in a red/blue, perhaps gradient of purple mindset, where splitting the country into 12 or 50 geographic areas still misses representing people in some ways. The size of district in proportional representation could be larger with more seats and the borders start to matter less. What is the local govt's authority and responsibility, is a tough question for some people, or maybe we should charge for parking but build housing.
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We Are Not Fascists, and If You Call Us Fascists, We Will Arrest You
Donald #Trump deserves nothing but praise, and I, #StephenMiller, will not stand idly by while the radical left tries to sow chaos by painting Trump as some sort of #self-obsessed, jingoistic #nationalist.
Calling the president, or any member of this administration, a fascist is tantamount to inciting #violence
We are not fascists, and if you call us #fascists, we will throw you in jail.
Finally back on 70cm. The dipole as-is can only cover the upper ~14 MHz of 70cm, but I'm going to see about getting some even smaller brass tubing so I can extend the legs even further. 🤔
And if that doesn't work, I have plenty of variable capacitors in my shack. 👍
After even further experimentation, I discovered that the lower leg can remain fixed at 10.5cm for the upper part of 70cm. Just need to change the upper leg to 15cm almost exactly. 👍
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"BREAKING: UK Arrests Journalist Sarah Wilkinson After Israeli Abduction
🇬🇧 Sarah Wilkinson was arrested the moment she landed back in Britain, days after being kidnapped and detained by Israel during the Global Sumud Flotilla.
Stephen Miller Melts Down as MAGA Is Blamed for Fire at Judge Diane Goodstein’s House
Judge Diane Goodstein, who ruled against the Trump administration in a high-profile voter registration case, had been walking her dogs on a beach when her $1.1 million Edisto Beach home went up in flames around midday on Saturday.
Goodstein had reportedly been receiving death threats for a few weeks, the local FITSNews reported.
Three people were hospitalized after the blaze, which is being investigated by authorities.
Her husband, Arnold Goodstein, was forced to jump from the first floor to escape the blaze. He is understood to have suffered multiple broken bones. He is a former Democratic state congressman and state senator.
Two others were rescued by neighbors and paramedics from a marshy area at the rear of the house. Goodstein’s son, Arnold Goodstein II, is also in the hospital, but the extent of his injuries is not known.
Last month, Judge Goodstein issued a temporary restraining order to block the Trump administration’s Department of Justice from getting access to the South Carolina Election Commission’s voter registration data.
Democratic congressman and attorney Daniel Goldman, who served as lead counsel in the first impeachment of Donald Trump, was quick to tag Miller on X with footage of the fire.
“Stephen Miller and MAGA-world have been doxxing and threatening judges who rule against Trump, including Judge Goodstein,” Goldman wrote on X.
“Today, someone committed arson on the Judge’s home, severely injuring her husband and son. Will Trump speak out against the extreme right that did this??”
Miller was quick to respond, calling Goldman “deeply warped and vile.”
Still can't get control over the USB serial interface to work. This is the full output I get in minicom after resetting the Heltec V3, after which the port is no longer responsive. #Meshcore #LoRa
ESP-ROM:esp32s3-20210327
Build:Mar 27 2021
rst:0x1 (POWERON),boot:0x29 (SPI_FAST_FLASH_BOOT)
SPIWP:0xee
mode:DIO, clock div:1
load:0x3fce3808,len:0x4bc
load:0x403c9700,len:0xbd8
load:0x403cc700,len:0x2a0c
entry 0x403c98d0
[ 2606][E][Wire.cpp:499] requestFrom(): i2cWriteReadNonStop returned Error -1
[ 2616][E][Wire.cpp:513] requestFrom(): i2cRead returned Error -1
[ 2623][E][Wire.cpp:513] requestFrom(): i2cRead returned Error -1
[ 2629][E][Wire.cpp:513] requestFrom(): i2cRead returned Error -1
[ 2636][E][Wire.cpp:513] requestFrom(): i2cRead returned Error -1
[ 2642][E][Wire.cpp:513] requestFrom(): i2cRead returned Error -1
[ 2649][E][Wire.cpp:513] requestFrom(): i2cRead returned Error -1
[ 2655][E][Wire.cpp:513] requestFrom(): i2cRead returned Error -1
[ 2662][E][Wire.cpp:513] requestFrom(): i2cRead returned Error -1
[ 2668][E][Wire.cpp:513] requestFrom(): i2cRead returned Error -1
[ 2675][E][Wire.cpp:513] requestFrom(): i2cRead returned Error -1
[ 2681][E][Wire.cpp:513] requestFrom(): i2cRead returned Error -1
[ 2688][E][Wire.cpp:513] requestFrom(): i2cRead returned Error -1
[ 2694][E][Wire.cpp:513] requestFrom(): i2cRead returned Error -1
[ 2701][E][Wire.cpp:513] requestFrom(): i2cRead returned Error -1
[ 2707][E][Wire.cpp:513] requestFrom(): i2cRead returned Error -1
[ 2714][E][Wire.cpp:513] requestFrom(): i2cRead returned Error -1
[ 2720][E][Wire.cpp:513] requestFrom(): i2cRead returned Error -1
[ 2727][E][Wire.cpp:513] requestFrom(): i2cRead returned Error -1
[ 2733][E][Wire.cpp:513] requestFrom(): i2cRead returned Error -1
[ 2740][E][Wire.cpp:513] requestFrom(): i2cRead returned Error -1
[ 2746][E][Wire.cpp:513] requestFrom(): i2cRead returned Error -1
[ 2753][E][Wire.cpp:513] requestFrom(): i2cRead returned Error -1
[ 2761][E][Wire.cpp:513] requestFrom(): i2cRead returned Error -1
[ 2767][E][Wire.cpp:513] requestFrom(): i2cRead returned Error -1
[ 2774][E][Wire.cpp:513] requestFrom(): i2cRead returned Error -1
[ 2781][E][Wire.cpp:513] requestFrom(): i2cRead returned Error -1
[ 2799][E][Wire.cpp:513] requestFrom(): i2cRead returned Error -1
[ 2807][E][Wire.cpp:513] requestFrom(): i2cRead returned Error -1
[ 2813][E][Wire.cpp:513] requestFrom(): i2cRead returned Error -1
[ 2820][E][Wire.cpp:513] requestFrom(): i2cRead returned Error -1
[ 2827][E][Wire.cpp:513] requestFrom(): i2cRead returned Error -1
[ 2834][E][Wire.cpp:513] requestFrom(): i2cRead returned Error -1
[ 2841][E][Wire.cpp:513] requestFrom(): i2cRead returned Error -1
[ 2847][E][Wire.cpp:513] requestFrom(): i2cRead returned Error -1
[ 2854][E][Wire.cpp:513] requestFrom(): i2cRead returned Error -1
[ 2861][E][Wire.cpp:513] requestFrom(): i2cRead returned Error -1
[ 2868][E][Wire.cpp:513] requestFrom(): i2cRead returned Error -1
[ 2875][E][Wire.cpp:513] requestFrom(): i2cRead returned Error -1
[ 2881][E][Wire.cpp:513] requestFrom(): i2cRead returned Error -1
[ 2888][E][Wire.cpp:513] requestFrom(): i2cRead returned Error -1
[ 2896][E][Wire.cpp:513] requestFrom(): i2cRead returned Error -1
[ 2902][E][Wire.cpp:513] requestFrom(): i2cRead returned Error -1
Having trouble figuring out how to #Meshcore on the Heltec V3 I got. Everyone is all "web installer" this and "web installer" that, but I'm not using Chrome. >:(
@enot if using any companion, serial on a minicom can only be used to get some logs, if enabled (and you shouldn't get logs if using usb_companion) ...
To interact with the node you'll have to use a client that talks companion radio protocol (android client, web client or meshcore-cli) over usb or ble depending on the firmware you installed
% meshcore-cli -s /dev/ttyUSB0 -b 115200
INFO:meshcore:Serial Connection started
INFO:meshcore:Connected to 36E496E5 running on a v1.9.0-b92d9bd fw.
Interactive mode, most commands from terminal chat should work.
Use "to" to select recipient, use Tab to complete name ...
Line starting with "$" or "." will issue a meshcli command.
"quit", "q", CTRL+D will end interactive mode
The #Courage of #Ordinary #People Stops #Fascism Fascism rises when people stay silent. Join the movement for democracy—organize, speak out, and build people-powered resistance before it’s too late.
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You’re invited: NO KINGS National Day of Action Details: 📅 Date: October 18, 2025 📍 Location: Over 2000+ locations and growing. RSVP today and bring your voice to the movement! ",,,
Having trouble figuring out how to #Meshcore on the Heltec V3 I got. Everyone is all "web installer" this and "web installer" that, but I'm not using Chrome. >:(
I ended up getting it to boot to the MeshCore firmware UI by holding the program button and running this, but the USB serial interface isn't coming up. :(
I ended up getting it to boot to the MeshCore firmware UI by holding the program button and running this, but the USB serial interface isn't coming up. :(
image re-upped for details in addition to all the obvious violations here, one law enforcement norm is that one does NOT put cuffs on somebody then take them back off (with exceptions granted for certain personal safety situations, which this was absolutely not)
Federal Agents Handcuff Chicago Alderperson At Hospital ER
A video of the Friday afternoon incident shows Fuentes at the hospital, asking federal agents if they had a signed warrant and telling the agents a man — who they had detained — has constitutional rights. Fuentes is not seen touching the agents, one of whom tells her he will arrest her if she does not leave.
Fuentes again asks the agents if they have a warrant, and an agent grabs Fuentes, spins her around and handcuffs her hands.
“This is an alderperson who is being under arrest,” a person off-screen says in the video.
“This is a hospital. Do you have a signed judicial warrant for him?” Fuentes says to the agents.
“We told you to leave,” says the agent who handcuffed Fuentes. “Now you are under arrest for impeding.”
Fuentes was led outside the hospital and released. She was told that if she went back inside, she would be arrested, witnesses said.
In another incident caught on video Friday, federal agents inside a car randomly threw tear gas into a Logan Square street while people — including a 2-year-old — were outside nearby.
Minnesota utility regulators unanimously approved the controversial sale of Duluth-based Minnesota Power to a pair of private investment firms, one of which is owned by BlackRock, the world’s largest asset holder.
The city is doing some work on South 228th Street, so the trail is closed around it. I didn't know about this since I used Frager Road/Green River Trail to head south. The detour took me on busy SR-181 most of the way to South 212th Street, but thankfully traffic was pretty light.
These days, you can buy full graphical LCD or OLED displays for just a few dollars. However, if you’re so inclined, you can actually get your own segmented LCDs made to suit your own projects…
Finally back on 70cm. The dipole as-is can only cover the upper ~14 MHz of 70cm, but I'm going to see about getting some even smaller brass tubing so I can extend the legs even further. 🤔
And if that doesn't work, I have plenty of variable capacitors in my shack. 👍
Did you try varying the center (gap) spacing? Have focused on minimizing this with some dipoles in the past to good success. Did you incorporate a sleeve balun at the feed? Have had unbalanced feed dipoles yield narrower bandwidths. 73
Rite Aid, the U.S. pharmacy chain that operated more than 2,000 stores nationwide as recently as 2023, announced Friday it has officially shuttered all of its locations after years of financial struggle.
“All Rite Aid stores have now closed. We thank our loyal customers for their many years of support,” the company said on its website, which continues to allow customers to request prescription and immunization records.
Despite more than six decades in the pharmacy industry, Rite Aid has been facing financial challenges for years. The company most recently filed for bankruptcy protection in May. At the time, Rite Aid operated 1,250 locations nationwide — a significant drop from its roughly 2,000 stores in 2023.
Rite Aid previously filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in October 2023, which allowed it to cut $2 billion in debt and close hundreds of stores.
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in reply to 😀🚲 • •What I'm saying is that it makes zero sense to cram so many regional cultures under a single government. This sort of situation (basically badly drawn national borders) is also why the Middle East and Africa are so unstable.
For example, I don't want people in Florida having any influence over my life.
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