The best time to start gardening is 5 years ago. Second best is right now. It does take some time, depending on what you are starting with, to get the soil to peak production. Keep in mind the old maxim: Poor gardeners grow weeds, good gardeners grow crops, great gardeners grow soil.
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Charlotte Cowles, financial advice columnist for The Cut, offers advice for federal student loan borrowers who are navigating the complicated system, especially as President Trump threatens to shut down the Department of Education, and key components of former President Biden’s student loan relief plan are tied up in court.
Charlotte recommended these organizations for listeners looking for help with their student loans:
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In the newsletter from my researchers ’ union there was a feature today about academics racing to archive publicly available data from the US that is in danger of being deleted or altered. Amazingly, they started a month before the Trump inauguration. Great foresight.
This might be of use to some here, either as contributors or as a resource:
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This is a direct link to their archive tracker
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Video and transcript:
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One of the commenters said this;
"There are four prongs to resistance;
Social protest and persuasion
Economic noncooperation
Political noncooperation
Nonviolent acts of disobedience
There must be masterful coordination and strategic implementation. This is not haphazard or spontaneous, and there is personal risk."
Some of this is happening already, but it sounds like one of the key things is that behind-the-scenes coordination and organisation is vital.
If the Dem Party is left to its own devices, the political non-cooperation aspect is not happening.
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Yesterday: I had never heard the word “forktangular”.
Today: My favourite word is “forktangular”.
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It really is spoontastic.
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Sporktacular?
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This one’s normal,
but, man! There are a lotta bizarre sporks out there!
The double-ended ones are such ridiculous things
Are these for spearing slices of meat, then getting the gravy? That’ll make a mess of your place setting.
With these, if you want to use both ends, you’ll also make a mess.
These and the one below have the added “bonus” of a serrated edge.
???
I define the spork as “A cross between a spoon and a fork that will stab you in the mouth.” With a bonus serrated edge, you run the risk of the added enjoyment of also slicing your mouth.
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But at least it’s serrated plastic, so you know it won’t accidentally cut your food, only your lip.
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Oh, that last one’s made of metal. Prolly still only capable of cutting lips and tongues.
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I’m a big fan of the Super Spork (the red and black ones pictured). I have one in titanium that I keep in my backpack. They’re great for an on-the-go lunch and the double-ended part doesn’t generally cause a lot of mess because I’m not usually eating a food that requires both forking and spooning when I’m on the go.
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Those are our usual for back country camping. They come in eating-size and pot-stirring size.
Tender, freshly caught trout? Does the job nicely. 
If it doesn’t, then you’re cooking it wrong…
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