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Distinctions between chain and local have been superseded by the split between online and in-person shopping.

Two universities collaborate on courses for maple adaptation to climate change The University of Vermont and the University of Maine are collaborating on a new online course intended to help maple producers prepare for and adapt to climate change

The colleges say climate change projections for the maple industry include a shorter season, more extreme weather and pest and disease damage.

It’s almost like Putin and Netanyahu control our foreign policy.

Ex-Army JAG Says Hegseth “Establishing a Pattern of Issuing Illegal Orders” (2paragraphs) U.S. Representative Eugene Vindman (D-VA), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, criticized Defense Secretary Pete Hegsethafter Hegseth’s Friday pr...

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Iran live updates: 2,200 Marines headed to Middle East President Donald Trump announced "major combat operations" against Iran on Feb. 28, with massive joint U.S.-Israel strikes.

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Countries are negotiating rules to mine the deep sea. The U.S. is pushing ahead alone With growing interest in mining critical metals from the seafloor, countries are now negotiating international rules. The Trump administration is forging ahead on its own, speeding up environmental re...

As if there’s actually an environmental review under trump
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Know your history.
Jimmy Carter went on to build more affordable homes than any other president.

How Our Warming Climate is Affecting Spring and the Allergy Season - Updated for 2026 Meteorological spring began on March 1 and includes the months of March, April and May. So yay, it's finally spring where we can look forward to the weather gra

of the 241 cities analyzed, 236 of them (98%) have observed an increase in the average spring season temperature by 2.6 degrees F since 1970
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Trump suddenly seems anxious to end the war as American casualties mount and Iran finds ways to hit back Trump's military campaign against Iran is facing unexpected resistance, as officials report 140 U.S. service members were wounded in initial strikes.

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Trump suggests high oil prices are a positive after bragging about low gas prices last month The about-face comes as Trump's team has struggled to offer a clear plan for opening up the critical Strait of Hormuz so that tankers full of oil and natural gas are no longer stranded.

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Judge finds ‘compelling and troubling’ evidence of racial profiling by federal agents in Minnesota • Minnesota Reformer A U.S. district court judge in Minnesota found “compelling and troubling” evidence that federal agents racially profiled Somali and Latino residents during the immigration crackdown known as Operation...

Links:

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Should drivers turn to EVs as the war spikes gas prices? Here's what to know Drivers of gas-powered vehicles are much more vulnerable to fluctuating prices that result from global conflict than those who charge their cars.

People who buy EVs have a "really substantial" gas savings over the life of their vehicles even without government tax credits, said Peter Zalzal, an attorney with Environmental Defense Fund. https://to.pbs.org/4lqon8s

Pentagon says about 140 U.S. troops have been injured in Iran war so far, 8 severely "The vast majority of these injuries have been minor, and 108 service members have already returned to duty," Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said in an emailed statement.

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Almost Springtime when we see Snowdrops popping up through the ground

‘A sobering preview’: extreme heat now affects one in three people globally, study finds Rising temperatures making it hard even for young, healthy people to safely do normal physical tasks in many regions

The Heat Will Kill You First

used unsparing language to describe what he called “Christian nationalism,” saying such beliefs were “fundamentally un-Christian,” a “perversion” of his faith tradition, “unbiblical” and “heretical.”

Books Are Meant to Be Slow The erosion of deep reading weakens our capacity to grasp complex ideas.

“If deep reading cultivates empathy,” Joel Halldorf writes, “the attention-fracturing, dopamine-hitting, scroll-spurring design of digital media often undermines it”:

"A rash has apparently appeared on president Trump's neck, which is just above his collar. Apparently someone accidently washed his shirt in holy water" Michael Ché - SNL

For those who have forgotten the past 40 years:

Tax cuts for the rich
...don’t trickle down

Boosting military spending
...doesn’t bring peace

Slashing regulations
...doesn’t create jobs

Folks, we’ve seen this all before.

Bodycam video contradicts ICE claims in fatal shooting of Ruben Ray Martinez Video of last year's fatal shooting of Ruben Ray Martinez obtained by CBS News appears to contradict claims that Martinez was shot by an ICE agent because he "accelerated" and "intentionally ran over"...

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so ICE lied again, what a surprise

Trump on rising gas prices because of his #Iran war of choice/distraction: "If they rise, they rise"

Hey MAGA...is THIS what you voted for?

Exclusive: US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike, sources say U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent ​strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children on Saturday but have not yet reach...

Exclusive: US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike, sources say - www.reuters.com/world/middle...

I’m thinking James Talarico can win the Texas Senate seat…

The War to End all Wars & Nothing has Change...

Exclusive: Ukraine's F-16 jets were starved of US-made missiles for weeks Ukraine's F-16 fighter jets didn't have enough missiles to shoot down Russian drones and missiles for more than three weeks after supplies from Kyiv's partners dried up just as Moscow was preparing a ...

Exclusive: Ukraine's F-16 jets were starved of US-made missiles for weeks - www.reuters.com/business/aer...

Trump is diverting missiles from an ally fighting an aggressive enemy who is definitely a threat to us & giving them to Netanyahu to use in his war against Iran which is no real threat to us!

the president continues to put his own narcissism over the good-paying union jobs

Leaked Interior Department database reveals US plans to revise historical information The U.S. Interior Department said a database revealing how President Donald Trump's administration planned to revise information on key phases of ​American history at national park sites was deliberat...

Monday revealed the scope of the Trump administration's ​effort to revise or remove information on African-American history, LGBT rights, ​climate change and other topics at hundreds of national park ⁠sites.
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