theburningmud

Framed in green

Surprise 1-2 feet of snow up here in Decorah. Had to wade out to my car and excavate it. Other cars had a foot tall snow block on their roof. Plows, graders, loaders and dump trucks are out on the roads. Barely anyone at work right now. Had to bust through snow banks to get here.

Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor Rich Man Poor Man Beggar Man Thief - Radiohead

My fav song as a kid!

Hitler also wanted to build an arch. The Schwerbelastungskörper.

The Zone of Zero Interest

10 surprising ways ai and climate change are connected-

-wow, it's really cold for some strange reason after all these gas powered data centers opened up!

etc. etc.

Reason 452 why I C E shouldn't fuck with northerners.

They are never, ever going to win in Minnesota.

Decorah tonight. #Water quality townhall with Chris Jones, candidate for #iowa #ag secretary.

Chris Jones launches Iowa ag secretary campaign with call to 'retreat from ethanol' Clean water advocate and author Chris Jones formally launched his campaign for Iowa secretary of agriculture Thursday with a sharp critique of the state's farm economy — calling for a "retreat from et...

www.thegazette.com/state-govern...

Reason 452 why I C E shouldn't fuck with northerners.

Absolutely Ratio'd

Flock Exposed Its AI-Powered Cameras to the Internet. We Tracked Ourselves. Flock left at least 60 of its people-tracking Condor PTZ cameras live streaming and exposed to the open internet.

SCOOP: Flock left at least 60 of its AI-powered, people-tracking surveillance cameras exposed and livestreaming to the open internet. We tracked ourselves. The exposure highlights the power of these cameras and types of things they're tracking. Not just cars.

www.404media.co/flock-expose...

This Flock Camera Leak is like Netflix For Stalkers YouTube video by Benn Jordan

Using a search engine, we found 67 unsecured admin panels for Flock Safety cameras. The majority of them use AI to zoom in and follow people.

I had both live and 31 days of archived footage from retail parking lots, forest trails, playgrounds, etc. @404media.co

youtu.be/vU1-uiUlHTo?...

They logged out Yellow River here in Iowa.

San Francisco sues nation's top food manufacturers over ultraprocessed foods The city of San Francisco filed a lawsuit against some top food manufacturers on Tuesday, arguing that ultraprocessed food from the likes of Coca-Cola and Nestle are responsible for a health crisis.

The city of San Francisco filed a lawsuit against some top food manufacturers on Tuesday, arguing that ultraprocessed food from the likes of Coca-Cola and Nestle are responsible for a health crisis. n.pr/48hVZ3v

Which states are most exposed as soybean exports falter? - Investigate Midwest U.S. soybean producers are ending 2025 facing one of the most uncertain markets in recent years. China, by far the largest buyer of U.S. soybeans, has sharply reduced its purchases throughout the year...

Say it with me:

American farmers overproduce low value commodities for an increasingly competitive global market and other countries like Brazil and Argentina are happy to compete in an ecological race to the bottom, replacing rainforest with soybeans and selling them to China.

Cocaine for me but not for thee.

More cities are seeing PFAS pollution in drinking water. Here's what Louisville found Workers at the drinking water plant in Louisville, Ky. saw a sudden spike in the level of a 'forever chemical.' They traced it up the Ohio River to a factory embroiled in a pollution lawsuit.

Workers at the drinking water plant in Louisville, Ky. saw a sudden spike in the level of a 'forever chemical.' They traced it up the Ohio River to a factory embroiled in a pollution lawsuit. n.pr/3M80fdi

I bet most of this is unwanted, expired food from schools and supermarkets, which is nobody's fault exept the companies that over-produce wastefully. And not just because of the prices, people don't want to-go or other perishable pre-made convenience food because of the quality anyways.

I was called the other N word for openly expressing ideas like this 10 years ago.

It's going down again.

Kids who use social media score lower on reading and memory tests, a study shows Data from a large, ongoing study of adolescents shows a link between increasing social media use and lower cognition and memory in teens.

Data from a large, ongoing study of adolescents shows a link between increasing social media use and lower cognition and memory in teens.

I will start defacing this currency as soon as it reaches me.

Filming propaganda while terrorizing residents.

Hegseth said yesterday he wants to ban any symbols of “superficial individual expression” by people serving in the military. Of course, he was probably talking about dangerous things like rainbows.

Why scientists are using corals from other countries to help save Florida's reefs The past three summers have been the worst on record for Florida's coral reefs. To try to restore them, scientists are breeding corals that can handle heat better, using coral from other countries.

The past three summers have been the worst on record for Florida's coral reefs. To try to restore them, scientists are breeding corals that can handle heat better, using coral from other countries. By @lsommer.bsky.social

Okinawa had its hottest September at 1.6C above the average. I filmed this mass coral bleaching last year, but didn't have the heart to share. Total annihilation of the first few meters of depth. This stuff happens before our eyes, and yet people who think it isn't real keep gaining power.

exactly like the Chinese surveillance state