Sam Ose

Iowa egg supplier denies allegations of human trafficking An Iowa industrial egg supplier is denying allegations that it engaged in human trafficking or threatened immigrant workers with deportation in retaliation for their complaints. In March, attorneys fo...

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April 5th I don’t know how this all turns out, and neither do you, but I have to confess it doesn’t look good. I wish we were headed for a picnic, for a waltz in the park. I wish we were not ruled by broken men who want to damage everything that they cannot possess. I wish I could tell you what we do now. The street is littered with the petals of cherries that bloomed before the big wind came. Tonight there will be frost, and tender buds will burn. But still, the woods are unfolding into green, and just outside my door some frog is bellowing for all he’s worth. Who knows what happens next? All I can tell you is that the fields are ablaze with dandelions who have never known the meaning of defeat. —Lynn Ungar 4-4-25

The FAA is close to canceling a $2.4 billion contract with Verizon to overhaul the communications system that serves as the backbone of the nation’s air traffic control and is awarding the work to Musk’s Starlink. Follow the money and see where it goes.

Fun fact: Krissy and I met because she saw me dancing and decided she had to have me

State Auditor's report finds Iowa job training program director embezzled over $430,000 (Des Moines) -- An investigation by the state auditor's office found the leader of a taxpayer-funded program helping Iowans get job training embezzled over $400,000 in a seven-year period.

Rob Sand actually accomplishing what Trump and Musk blather about.

Is that the correct link? Not working here.

Only 13 states have outlawed child marriage while 26 states have banned healthcare for trans kids and we're supposed to be civil and dignified about all of it

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Today's moment of parenting joy: teaching my kid how three-way and four-way light switches work and they immediately understand that it's fundamentally the same as computer logic gates.

Where This Xmas Card’s Going, We Don’t Need Batteries! Energy harvesting, the practice of scavenging ambient electromagnetic fields, light, or other energy sources, is a fascinating subject that we don’t see enough of here at Hackaday. It’s pleasing then …read more

Where This Xmas Card’s Going, We Don’t Need Batteries!

So today I discovered that *someone* had organized a small-scale but nonetheless successful write-in campaign to elect me as a local Soil & Water Conservation District commissioner. I got a grand total of 6 votes, more than enough to win the coveted seat.

a typical Facebook argument in which every response is generic - "comment comment comment" followed by "reply reply reply" followed by "misguided defensive personal attack"

I have arrived. When does the dopamine drip begin?