I hope this is more than a temporary victory for enforcing the Endangered Species Act...

What’s Going on With Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Skinny Ties? On the campaign trail, the controversial independent is trying—and failing—to conjure the legacy of his father and uncles through his choice in neckwear.

I just noticed something that is really effing weird. Have you noticed that RFK Jr wears early-1960s style skinny ties? Hmmm, why would he do that? What image could he be trying to project from that?

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Social Security Administration could cut up to 50% of its workforce The Social Security Administration is preparing to lay off at least 7,000 people from its workforce of 60,000 — and the final reduction in force number could be as high as 50%, according to two people...

I knew I was cursed. All my life I've had an eerie feeling I'd get stiffed in my senior years, that Social Security and Medicare would get snatched away, right when I came of age to collect on what I'd paid into it all my working life. That day may be coming, and soon.

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Climate Change, Tree Migration, and the Future of Northeastern Forests Dr. Angelica Patterson, a plant ecophysiologist and science communicator, will explore how climate-induced shifts in tree species in northeastern forests may impact their carbon storage potential.

Climate Change, Tree Migration, and the Future of Northeastern Forests

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I love this. The resemblence is uncanny!

Buffett warns of ‘scoundrels’ and ‘fiscal folly,’ cuts exposure to U.S. stocks Instead, the “Oracle of Omaha” has become a “committed” and “long-term” investor in a handful of Japanese companies.

The last time a market prediction from Warren Buffett caught my eye was in the spring of 2009 when he announced he was back in the market and was buying low. I was traumatized by the crash of 2008, sure of a double dip. I lost out big time. Now I see this:

www.marketwatch.com/story/warren...

Top Social Security Official Leaves After Musk Team Seeks Data Access (Gift Article) The departure of the acting commissioner is the latest backlash to the Department of Government Efficiency’s efforts to access sensitive data.

Well, here it is. Somehow I knew that no matter what I did to ensure a reasonable retirement myself, my efforts would be doomed. Wouldn't you know it? Trump gets re-elected, and within one month, Social Security is getting infiltrated by the teenage hacker squad...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/u...

Disentangling the causes of the Northeast's shrinking snowpack Cary Institute’s Geoff Wilson, who manages field and laboratory operations at the Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study in New Hampshire, wanted to find out what might be causing Northeastern snowpacks to shr...

Research with hard data sheds light on the causes of the Northeast's shrinking snowpack. It's not that it's snowing less. It's that it's just enough warmer that the snowpack is that little bit warmer...
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