For Blake Gerard, a fourth-generation farmer working the flood-prone fields of the Mississippi River bottomlands in Alexander County, Ill., there was no sense in fighting nature.
One Illinois man’s decadeslong fight to convert his fields into rice paddies demonstrates how it’s possible to bring diversity to the Corn Belt, but improbable so long as federal farm policy remains focused on soybeans and corn.
There was a Doonesbury about this back in the 90s. I think it's Mike's mom that planted rice and her crop wasn't destroyed. She watched Rambo movies to get tips from the rice farmers.
I wonder if he's in a position to provide services to others interested in growing rice in the area. If he has capacity for growth in processing equipment he had to buy for himself he may be able to sell that capacity.
George Enescu International Festival. Lahav Shani, piano and conductor, and the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra play:
ENESCU: Intermezzi for string orchestra op. 12.
SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major op. 102.
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No.
Here's your regular reminder that the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) and everything it touches are fucking toxic. I wish I could say that denying this particular genocide was some kind of outlier for them, but it's not. It's just what they do -- over and over.
Continuing on genocidal organizations trading on Palestine while aiding & abetting other genocides, I see ANSWER coalition is in the mix. Another organizer of People's Conference for Palestine. I also see "The People's Forum," along with the usual suspects, Breakthrough News.
This event co-organized by agents of the Eritrean regime was to tell you that #TigrayGenocide was fake. The ANSWER coalition co-sponsored this event gaslighting victims of genocide, with the actual genociders themselves.🧵
#Lobby integraliste attive in Europa contro i #diritti si infiltrano nelle istituzioni. European Parliamentary Forum for Sexual and Reproductive Rights denuncia nel report "The Next Wave": 1,18 miliardi spesi dal 2019 al 2023 in iniziative anti "gender".👇 valigiablu.it/wp-content/uploa…
At 1st, the psychological reactions were acute but predictable—fear, panic, anxiety.Today, we have entered a stage of chronic trauma fatigue, where ppl live in a state of emotional numbness, loss of meaning& internal fragmentation. Ppl don’t cry as they did in the early days;instead, they look at you w/ empty eyes,as if saying goodbye to life w/o leaving it.There is no expression of emotion(...)They speak and act as if death were just another story to tell. @palestine truthout.org/articles/gaza-men…
Wann fährt eigentlich mein Zug? Und wo soll ich überhaupt hinfahren? – Oder doch lieber erstmal einen Kaffee holen? Und muss ich noch Geld wechseln? #bukarest
Das Bild zeigt den Innenraum einer Bahnhofshalle in București, Rumänien. Im Hintergrund ist ein großer, detaillierter Anzeigetafel mit den Abfahrtszeiten und Zügen zu sehen, die in mehreren Sprachen aufgelistet sind. Die Tafel ist in Rot, Blau und Weiß gehalten und zeigt die Abfahrtszeiten für verschiedene Züge, darunter sowohl regionale als auch internationale Züge. Vor der Tafel steht ein Mann mit dem Rücken zur Kamera, der die Tafel fotografiert. Er trägt ein weißes Poloshirt und einen blauen Rucksack. Unter der Tafel befinden sich verschiedene Geschäfte und Automaten, darunter eine Coca-Cola-Verkaufsstation, eine Heralis-Kiosk und Währungsschalter mit der Aufschrift "AMANET". Die Halle hat ein hohes Gewölbe mit einem Dach aus Glas und Stahl, das viel natürliches Licht hereinlässt.
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Meine verzweifelten Versuche, auf dem Boden rumrobbend diese Lupine halbwegs sinnvoll ins Bild zu kriegen ohne komplett schmutzig zu werden sahen sicher witzig aus...😁 Nicht ganz zufrieden damit, aber besser wurde es nicht.
My desperate attempts crawling around on the floor to get this lupine reasonably well into the picture without getting completely dirty must have looked funny... 😁 Not 100 % satisifed with it, but that was the best I could get.
#US employers added just 22,000 #jobs last month as the #labor market continued to cool under uncertainty over #Trump’s economic policies. The Dept of Labor said Friday that hiring decelerated from 79,000 in July & the #unemployment rate ticked up to 4.3%.
When the dept put out a disappointing jobs report a month ago, an enraged #Trump responded by firing the economist in charge of compiling the numbers & nominating a loyalist to replace her.
📷 The remains of the chimney and the furnaces hall of the gas chamber and crematorium II at the site of Auschwitz II-Birkenau.
The crematorium was equipped with five 3-muffle ovens that could burn 1,440 corpses every 24 hours. The undressing space & 210 sq. meter gas chamber were located underground.
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Gli aspiranti volontari potranno candidarsi fino alle ore 14.00 del 15 ottobre. I programmi hanno una durata di 12 mesi e prevedono un compenso mensile
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Etwa jeder Siebte davon gab in der repräsentativen Befragung der IU Internationale Hochschule in Erfurt an, auf der Basis von sogenannten Fake News eine fehlgeleitete Wahlentscheidung getroffen zu haben. Und rund jeder Fünfte hat sich demnach deswegen schon einmal mit anderen gestritten.
praktisch die gesamte wahlkampagne der cdu-csu war eine einzige fake-news-schleuder.
Eine aktuelle Studie der IU Internationale Hochschule in Erfurt zeigt jetzt: Jeder dritte Deutsche ist schon einmal auf politische Falschnachrichten hereingefallen.
Viele Bürger sind nach eigenen Angaben schon Falschnachrichten auf den Leim gegangen. Und die Dunkelziffer könnte einer Umfrage zufolge noch höher liegen.
irgendwie bekommen es die meisten journalistischen entscheider nicht mit, dass überschrift und teaser-text für den größten teil der leser schon der inhalt der nachricht sind. relativierende einordnungen im text liest praktisch niemand. wenn also die fake-news im titel steht, wird sie nicht mehr korrigiert ...
THE GREAT DICK: AND THE DYSFUNCTIONAL DEMON authoir Barry Maher swings by and shares a piece on his favorite songs to write horror for. Look for his book out now from Crystal Lake. #books #music
Il flash mob di Anna Foglietta si è concluso con l'arrivo dei carabinieri che hanno sequestrato una bandiera palestinese e l'opera d'arte We Are Coming
But in the seven months since he was sworn in, Mr. Kennedy has delivered a lukewarm endorsement of the measles vaccine; dismantled a panel of experts who make vaccine recommendations to the government; taken steps that will effectively restrict access to
But in the seven months since he was sworn in, Mr. Kennedy has delivered a lukewarm endorsement of the measles vaccine; dismantled a panel of experts who make vaccine recommendations to the government; taken steps that will effectively restrict access to Covid-19 vaccines; canceled $500 million of grants and contracts for the development of mRNA vaccines; and, just last week, forced out the new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention because she disagreed with him on vaccine policy.
President Trump memorably said he would let Mr. Kennedy “go wild on health.”
L'attrice ha annunciato sui social la nascita del primogenito, avuto dal compagno Édouard Rigaud. Non sono mancate le critiche per via dell'età di lei, che sta per compire 48 anni, ma come ha giustamente dichiarato qualche settimana fa: «Non c'è un m…
Meet Bytebot - a self-hosted AI desktop agent that runs Linux in a Docker container and acts like a real user: it types, clicks, opens apps, handles 2FA, reads PDFs, fills out forms, downloads invoices, automates anything on screen.
Works with OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Ollama. Has web UI, REST API, task history, and full control.
Bytebot is a self-hosted AI desktop agent that automates computer tasks through natural language commands, operating within a containerized Linux desktop environment. - bytebot-ai/bytebot
Si ritorna dopo l'estate con gli studi di figurativo. Questi sono disegni di riscaldamento da foto-reference, di 15-20 minuti l'uno. Manca ancora una componente principale, lo studio in dettaglio dell'anatomia, di cui ho solo una leggerissima infarinatura e che inizierò a breve. Intanto cerco di prendere confidenza coi carboncini.
L'immagine è un disegno in grafite di una figura femminile in una posa cuccioluta. La donna è raffigurata con le gambe piegate sotto di sé e le braccia che le circondano, con la testa china e una mano che tiene i capelli. Il disegno è dettagliato, con ombreggiature che creano un senso di volume e profondità. La figura è nuda, esponendo la sua forma umana in modo naturale. La linea del disegno è fluida e esprime un senso di vulnerabilità e introspezione. Lo sfondo è bianco e semplice, mettendo in risalto la figura centrale. ― L'immagine mostra un disegno in graphite di un uomo nudo seduto su una sedia. L'uomo è rappresentato in una posa dinamica, con la testa rivolta all'indietro e lo sguardo rivolto verso l'alto. Il suo corpo è muscoloso e ben definito, con linee che evidenziano la forma e la muscolatura. La mano destra è appoggiata sulla sedia, mentre la sinistra è leggermente sollevata. La sedia su cui è seduto è semplice, con linee che suggeriscono una struttura robusta. Il disegno è realizzato con tratti delicati e variazioni di tonalità che creano un effetto di volume e profondità. L'immagine è un esempio di disegno anatomico, che mira a catturare la forma umana con precisione e realismo.
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Tech News : Nepal has banned major social media platforms like Facebook, YouTube, and X after they failed to register with the government by the given deadline. T
Habt ihr einen Tipp zu Wasserflaschen. Wir sprudeln selbst, weil wir einfach das beste Wasser haben. Glasflaschen haben wir zu Hause, aber unterwegs und in der Schule sind die doof. Bei den bisherigen schmeckt das Wasser irgendwie nach ner Zeit nach Plastik.
My name is Erik Fleming. I am an African American native of Chicago. I have had the privilege of being an elected official in the Deep South. Therefore I created th…
Tonight's lesson: if your body says stay home, you probably shouldn't go out. But you went out anyway. And realized you should've stayed home while you were out. But now that you're home, you're gonna post about it, aren't ya?
Pentagon officials last week informed European diplomats that the US would no longer fund programmes that train and equip militaries in eastern European countries that would be on the frontline of any conflict with #Russia -- Financial Times
L’UE propone di creare un’area di libera circolazione dei dati con il Brasile @news eunews.it/2025/09/05/lue-propo… Secondo la Commissione il Paese sudamericano garantisce un livello adeguato di protezione delle informazioni, "paragonabile a quello dell'Unione europea"
Hämorrhoiden: Warum Handys nichts auf dem Klo zu suchen haben
Für viele Menschen ist der Gang auf die Toilette mit dem Smartphone normal. Allerdings führt diese Gewohnheit oft zu unangenehmen Begleiterscheinungen, wie eine Studie aus den USA zeigt. Von Tobias Fuhr.
die Forscher schreiben im Abstract selber, dass es sich um eine Korrelation handelt. Menschen mit Problemen verbringen mehr Zeit auf Toilette und greifen eher zum Handy. Eine generelle Empfehlung das zu unterlassen ergibt sich daraus m.M. nach eher nicht
"If people are not aligned with the president’s vision and the secretary’s vision to make our country healthy again, then we will gladly show them the door." — WH Karoline Leavitt on the turmoil rocking RFK Jr.’s MAHA movement.⚡shorturl.at/c6otF #press
Undulating in a Utah Museum of Fine Arts gallery, thousands of glimmering casts seem to float throughout the space. The copper foil pods are the latest project by Yasuaki Onishi.
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Venerdì 5 settembre: l’analisi critica dei fatti economici della settimana con andrea fumagalli @anarchia Appuntamento settimanale, in questo venerdì 5 settembre, con il nostro collaboratore e docente di economia politica, Andrea Fumagalli e la sua rubrica di analisi critica dei fatti economici della settimana. Gli argomenti affrontati sono il summit rivoluzioneanarchica.it/venerd…
"Instead of catching real criminals and terrorists, we are arresting pensioners and disabled people calling for the saving of children’s lives,” Officer A continued. “It makes me question why I’m even in this career anymore.”
Exclusive: An officer described feeling ‘sick’ when they arrested a disabled man for holding a cardboard sign, as the Police Federation issues a stark warning of burnout among cops enforcing the Palestine Action ban. Harriet Williamson reports.
Nubs has figured out that he can ever so gradually nudge my Tonka roller off the coffee table with his right hind leg while no one’s looking. #CatsOfMastodon #CaturdayOnAThursday #NubsTheTailless
Asking NG troops showing up in Portland "Guys, does this look like a war zone to you?" in a friendly, sympathetic manner might be a good tactic. Maybe suggest some good food carts.
Lukashenko knows this. He has carefully avoided making daily life in Belarus suck too awfully, keeping Turchin's "Population Immiseration" index off the boil.
The people around Trump are stupid enough to kill the goose that is laying the proverbial golden egg.
Honestly, hardly surprising given he has been a failure at pretty much everything else he has done in his life.
He would have had a much more successful first term had he just left things as they were and taken the credit for it. Same with the current term. But the narcissist in him cannot do that. He believes he knows better than everybody else, and the result will be his biggest failure yet. Sadly, we all have to suffer the result too.
@Bluedonkey Yup. If #pedophile #Trump hadn't been born rich & illegally given $400m he'd been a shitty used car salesman somewhere & the rest of the world would be a better place.
"Neither the U.S. military nor National Guard troops signed up to be MAGA brownshirts (...) potentially fight citizen militias"
Well, good thing for them the "citizen militias" in the US are exactly the people who *did* sign up to be MAGA brownshirts, and will definitely not be fighting to prevent the US military or National Guard troops doing dictator shit.
By Emily We've taken a part a few AI doomer artifacts on the podcast, including most recently the "AI 2027" web page in Episode 56 but also a Google DeepMind...
AI quite possibly could bring about consequences ranging from total economic collapse to the fall of civilisation to the extinction of all life, if it lived up to the claims proponents make about the capabilities of the technology.
That is one hell of a big 'if.' Maybe all the fear mongering is just trying to convince people that AI is capable of such ruin, because such a dangerous tool must surely also be powerful enough to justify the stock price?
The majority killed in the Lisbon streetcar crash were foreigners, police say.
Portuguese police have said that 11 of the 16 people killed when a popular tourist streetcar derailed in Lisbon were foreigners.
The death toll included five Portuguese nationals, three British citizens, two Canadians, two South Koreans, one American, one French, one Swiss and one Ukrainian, police said, while a further 21 individuals were injured.
Portuguese police have said that 11 of the 16 people killed when a popular tourist streetcar derailed in Lisbon were foreigners. The death toll included five Portuguese nationals, three British …
#Epstein , Epstein, Epstein. My daily reminder. Quid pro quo. Club Fed. "They were predators together, they molested kids together." -Prosecutor. Leniency implies GUILT! #Politics
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