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NEW: A string of previously unreported break-ins at National Guard armories in Tennessee is part of a recent series of similar crimes across the US. @dell.bsky.social has the scoop. (No paywall bc FOIA) www.wired.com/story/myster...
A string of US armory break-ins, kept quiet by authorities for months, points to a growing security crisis—and signs of an inside job.
About 80% of the department’s roughly 450,000-person staff are union members. www.militarytimes.com/veterans/202...
About 80% of VA's roughly 450,000 employees are union members, but the department will no longer honor its contracts with the bargaining units.
The VA is one of the top employers of veterans nationwide. Our federal unions defend VA nurses, counselors, and case workers so they can do their jobs and serve those who’ve served. Don’t be fooled—this is not about making the VA better—this is about taking away their rights. We will fight back!
The Department of Veterans Affairs is terminating collective bargaining agreements with several key government unions representing its employees. cnn.it/4fqBfIt
The Department of Veterans Affairs is terminating collective bargaining agreements with several key government unions representing its employees.
“We’re about the fix, not the fight,”
This is such a great article of how collaboration across diverse interest groups can address problems using data-informed decisions. Might just help our salmon rebound someday. www.sacbee.com/news/califor...
Recent fish and water crises have challenged these groups to set aside their competing interests and become unlikely allies.
6 volcanoes erupted across Kamchatka just days after a magnitude 8.8 quake. Among them was Krasheninnikov, which last erupted 500-600 years ago. Seismic shifts likely triggered the activity. A 7th, Mutnovsky, is showing signs of heat, but no prediction yet. ⚒️🌋🧪 #Earthquake #Kamchatka
Six Russian volcanoes erupted shortly after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake stuck nearby, with a seventh possibly to follow.
RFK Jr. is targeting mRNA technology, a major scientific advancement that allowed for the rapid development of coronavirus vaccines. wapo.st/4lhtvKe
On Aug. 6, 1945, the world changed forever.
The U.S, in the middle of World War II, dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. Three days later, the U.S. dropped a second atomic bomb on another Japanese city — Nagasaki. Japan, an Axis power, surrendered soon after, ending the war. 🧵
Constitution sections on due process and foreign gifts just vanished from Congress' website
Include provisions such as habeas corpus, forbidding the naming of titles of nobility, and forbidding foreign emoluments for U.S. officials. www.404media.co/constitution...
Part of Article I Section 8, and all of Sections 9 and 10, which address things like habeas corpus, nobility, and militias, are gone from Congress's website for the Constitution.
Amazon tried & tried to get drones working for their deliveries. They had technical failures, safety issues, noise complaints, logistics, public pushback, you name it.
If he thinks Amazon couldn't figure out drone deliveries, but Starbucks can, he's out of his mind.
Amazon’s fleet of drones has a long, rich history of not working, but at least we’re finally starting to understand why they keep falling.
The FAA will now let commercial drones fly beyond the operator’s line of sight.
The move will "unleash American drone dominance," Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said.
As a result, Duffy said, " You may get a Starbucks cup of coffee from a drone."
