Jaron

It’s a Thanksgiving listening tradition!

Trump’s Attacks on National Parks is an Attack on Public History | National Council on Public History Within the first few months of Donald Trump’s second presidential term, he and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) waged a war on national parks. Through massive staff layoffs, drastic funding cuts, and attempts to censor interpretation, this administration is undermining public access to our lands and our nation’s diverse histories. As a public historian, …

New on History@Work. Public Historian Victoria Villaseñor covers the Trump administration’s attacks on #NPS, including effects felt by staff and community members at her local park. https://ncph.org/history-at-work/trumps-attacks-on-national-parks-is-an-attack-on-public-history/

Wonder why the regime wants to pretend this history doesn’t exist?

Tesla driver leads CHP on dramatic chase through multiple Calif. cities The police chase spanned several cities and ended in Gilroy, officials said.

The police chase spanned several cities and ended in Gilroy, officials said.

As for healthcare, look no further than insurance and pharmaceutical companies and billionaires if you need a direction to point your pitchforks…

What, are you fucking kidding me? Without immigrants food would be much more expensive. Immigrants are the heart and soul of the entire food supply line, from farm to table!

I mean…I liked this because it’s clever but in reality Dr. Frankenstein really was the monster. In this analogy though, both are horrifying monsters.

while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.

“…Thus, the difficult decision was made to cancel this year's event by the NWS.

The NWS will work with ARRL and SKYWARN spotters to brainstorm ideas to redevelop a spotter appreciation event in 2026.”

From ARRL:

“NOAA's National Weather Service (NWS) has announced the cancellationof SKYWARN Recognition Day (SRD) 2025.

The necessary time and resources required to plan a comprehensive national event for SKYWARN Recognition Day 2025 are not available this year…”

Still probably the scariest book I ever read.

If you really want to troll call it “The Woke Waybook.”

For me it’s like the saying “always carry 2-3 sources of light – and your phone doesn’t count” or how I carry paper maps + compass. Never assume your phone will work. I can’t imagine putting all my eggs in that one (phone) basket.

Last time I was backpacking in the Yosemite backcountry I was shocked we had cell service the whole time. Even video called my wife! However, I still brought ham radios (and was beaconing APRS) because if cell service was going to go down anywhere it would be there!

To quote Marjane Satrapi,

“The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same.”

I mean, I watch local news sometimes to learn about what construction projects in my city are going to affect my commute, but yeah, even the local stations are sources of fear mongering and propaganda.

No One Is Giving Your Kids Marijuana Edibles for Halloween Seriously, no one is doing this.

🎃 It’s Halloween season, which means it’s time for your local news outlets to once again warn viewers about a virtually non-existent threat: the notion that there are groups of insidious people just waiting to give trick-or-treating kids free edibles. #NORML #marijuana #cannabis #halloween

While I think I would enjoy permanent Daylight Savings Time, not being a morning person, my particular brain quirks always make me annoyed that we’re pretending it’s noon at 11am during the summer. But honestly, for God’s sake can we just pick a lane?!? So there that’s my contribution to the ritual.

Before everyone starts with their semi-annual complaints about the time change (not a criticism, I’ll be right there with you) a reminder that we are about to go back to the NORMAL, STANDARD time scheme, where noon is actually noon, etc. some people get it confused every time.

Johnson might claim that Jesus is at the center of his life but what part of the above can you imagine Jesus supporting? There’s nothing “Christ like” about his actions.

It benefits them to keep the government closed. They don’t want it operating anyway. They want to be able to fire people. They want to cancel funding to programs. THEY WANT TO KEEP THE EPSTEIN FILES LOCKED AWAY. They want to do all this while blaming Democrats.

Republicans are the majority in every part of the Federal Government, including the Senate. That’s why they set the agenda in each part…including the Senate. If they wanted to, they could change the rules and open the government tomorrow. Johnson is making excuses and assuming you are an idiot.

Pretty sure there was another bump super recently. Things went “on sale” and then came back higher priced.

Ugh.

Never been and no interest.

I kind of prefer “Silver River.”

I’m always unsure about the reactions of folks in the two clubs I’m a member of so I join meetings via Zoom. I try not to get involved in non-ham politics with other hams because I assume most lean right and I just don’t have the energy, but the very vocal hatred of masks is just wild to me.

Today we celebrate the discovery of America, when, on October 13, 20,979 B.C., Paleolithic hunter-gatherers entered North America from the North Asian Mammoth steppe via the Beringia land bridge, which had formed between Siberia and Alaska during the Last Glacial Maximum.

WTF.

My degree is in History. Godspeed, document everything!