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drones vs. helicopters

(in life, traffic, tech)

helicopter-white-17d08fe193d8b26c5500d46c67cbb219-3600x2400.webp Hearing the helicopter hovering over the nearby freeway this morning makes me wonder if cities/reporters are going to start using drones instead of helicopters for traffic reports/investigations any time soon. COPILOT: Short answer: yes -- ... read more

how to reduce financial stress and protect your mental well-being

(in life, health, money, advice)

woman-money-97ef3727cfffdecbd5d5ab983db285c2-643x379.webp Busy parents juggling work, caregiving, and bills often carry a quiet fear that one surprise expense will unravel everything. That pressure can turn into financial anxiety that follows them to bed, shows up as irritability, and chips away ... read more

denver fires flock, prepares to switch to new roadway surveillance system

(in education, news, collected, surveillance)

flock-camera-cut-down-ed2910bb2a876899cf881e62592663b7-877x759.webp Interesting. The proposed new contractor, Axon, already provides the citys Tasers and body-worn cameras. After months of public pressure, the city of Denver plans to stop using its network of Flock Safety cameras. Instead, city leaders h ... read more

how parents of special needs children can balance life and career successfully

(in life, help, advice, parenting)

families-0a5bea7d8665d64044424d47ce6988ea-1500x1000.jpg Working parents raising disabled children often carry two full-time roles at once, and the overlap is where the hardest work-life balance struggles live. Between school calls, therapy schedules, sleepless nights, and the pressure to stay r ... read more

my myracehorse horses

(in culture, sports, horse-racing)

myracehorse-12b16ff59d5cdae1fda199bb0299af98-505x80.png I own 0. 001% of two fillies through MyRaceHorse. That's one-thousandth of one percent, so even if the horses become millionaires, it doesn't add up to much for me. It's just fun. Elevated, a 2 year-old filly ou ... read more

is your lettuce safe to eat

(in education, news, collected, health)

food-lettuce-2e85f62a0f0281ecfb8dd4c7f0aa650f-621x442.jpg For decades, Americans have been reminded to eat their greens as part of a healthy diet. For many, that now comes with the bizarre concern, Is this safe?The reason for safety concerns over lettuce and many other produce items is simple ... read more

trudeau legalized cannabis in canada, now surplus weed is flooding the port of antwerp

(in education, news, collected)

cannabis-bud-wiki-commons-121c36af9757371fa08b8fe93495894c-1200x630.jpg Legally-grown, illegally smuggled. The Canadians are crushing on the pot industry, that is. After former Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau legalized Cannabis in Canada, the market quickly became saturated, and the surplus high-strengt ... read more

unvaccinated singles have their own dating app... and it's working

(in life, health, vaccines, dating)

woman-baby-refuse-vaccine-6ef453fd7b02e7ba8977189b601704d9-768x512.webp It was inevitable. Know any singles who refuse to date vaxxed people?It's a very nice reward for those who stood strong in the face of incredible peer pressure at the height of the scamdemic. From: Jeffrey PratherOn Wednesday, July 1st, 20 ... read more


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why trump hates press freedom
All would-be tyrants hate freedom of any kind.

trump helicopter nearly collides with passenger jet faa
I wouldn't call a mile away all that close.

after stranger gives boy a piano, a 'mozart level' is revealed in spite of autism
Probably because of autism.

cdi, nyra to launch championship series for 3-year-olds
Stupid. They're excluding the Preakness.

why did nearly 60,000 migrants suddenly storm the border into spain?
It was probably Trump/Netanyahu, in retaliation.

up to 80,000 african migrants have crossed from morocco into spain
Not Spain, proper. A Spanish enclave in Morocco.

softening you up for the east-led nwo
All I hear lately is how bad China is.

nearly half of americans want benjamin netanyahu arrested
Yes!

49% of americans want netanyahu arrested during his visit to the u.s

netanyahu heads to u.s. for trump meeting to discuss iran
To give Trump his marching orders.

fox news reports from china: 'they see everything'
Same as every other government's goal.

'the mark of a true champion': three-time grade i winner journalism retired
Probably for the best. Great horse, but had the worst luck.

they are now hiding the flock alpr cameras in speed display trailers
That won't do them much good in states where a front plate is not required.

did the u.s. bite off more than it can chew in iran?
Apparently.

is ai the preamble to creating the idiocracy?
I thought the idiocracy was already here.

are you undergoing cognitive agency surrender? video #335
Good questions to ask yourself.

good news in history, july 5
I wouldn't call this good news, but it is notable.

we are winning! the ivermectin cancer revolution has made the mainstream media
Once again proving the conspiracy theorists/realists right.

netanyahu says he will not comply with trump's peace deal with iran and will strike iran and lebanon whenever he deems necessary
Time for Trump to treat Netanyahu like an enemy combatant.

immigrant advocacy blob tries fighting trump's crackdown on foreign truckers
How about a crackdown on foreigners in the White House?

americans' trust in federal health agencies has plunged since 2025
Try 2020, immediately following the covid scam.

judge allows medical kidnap of child based on perceived autism of parents
Gates and Musk are said to be a touch autistic. Should their kids have been taken from them?

plurality of americans say big health insurance companies are driving up medical costs
A plurality of Americans are right.

we should not 'integrate' our military with any foreign nation!
No kidding. This can't be Constitutional.

trump thinks cuba is a real threat
Trump has lost all credibility, if he ever had any.

no easy answers for a triple crown under siege
There's a VERY easy answer: space the races out more.

will federal covid indictment turn the tide on washington secrecy?
Only the removal of politicians can fix Washington secrecy.

Random Older Posts

brakes are important

(in culture, writing, blog from 2023)

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I emailed this to my siblings, and the following conversation ensued...

On Tuesday, November 7, 2023 at 03:22:31 PM PST:

Stumbled across this great old photo of our dog Stein "attacking" a strange man in the back yard of ... read more

slovak art, palickovanie

(in culture, arts-crafts from 2008) by doug

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Slovak art by Jana

In the Slovak language, this textile art is called palickovanie (Pronounced: PALL-eech-ko-vah-nyeh)

See also ... read more

conservation: at least 28 bird and mammal species have been saved from extinction since 1993

(in life, health, environment from 2020)

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"Researchers from the UK analysed some of the world's most threatened species and predicted how many would have gone extinct were it not for conservation...

: ... read more

our adoption story

(in family, adoption, holmes from 2010)

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My wife Tara has written up our adoption story in response to that woman (not far from us, unfortunately) who returned that boy to Russia a couple weeks ago.

With the recent headline news about the Russian adoptio ... read more

amazon review rejection

(in education, research from 2024)

Perfect! =F0=9F=98=8A

Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2024 2:36 PM Cc: William Okay, I decided to 'edit' my review to be truthful. Let's see if they accept it ... read more

time to switch from firefox to another browser

(in education, tech, computers, internet from 2021) by hepya

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If this is true, it looks like a good time to get rid of that pesky control freak of a browser, Mozilla Fire ... read more

children are our future

(in education, schools, internet from 2021) by doug

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We have two children in the home-schooling setting and I am preparing to purchase materials for them from this website. I mentioned this before after I watched ... read more

lionel rocha holmes memorial dna fund

(in family, genealogy, holmes from 2017) by doug

lionel-holmes-deddda492653d665781f00c4f2147ef7-548x426.webp This is no longer an active donation drive.

In honor of my father and his strong support for DNA testing of the Portuguese people, I am awarding a free DNA test each quarter who is announced in each issue of O Progresso, the newsle ... read more



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