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America Remembers part 13

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Durango and Silverton 2

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Riding the Durango and Silverton, October 24, 2024

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Oklahoma City National Memorial

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(via Facebook)

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DOGE’s Cuts at the USDA Could Cause US Grocery Prices to Rise and Invasive Species to Spread

Thousands of US Department of Agriculture employees, including food inspectors and disease-sniffing-dog trainers, remain out of work, leaving food to rot in ports and pests to proliferate.

BEFORE HE WAS abruptly fired last month, Derek Copeland worked as a trainer at the US Department of Agriculture’s National Dog Detection Training Center, preparing beagles and Labrador retrievers to sniff out plants and animals that are invasive or vectors for zoonotic diseases, like swine fever. Copeland estimates the NDDTC lost about a fifth of its trainers and a number of other support staff when 6,000 employees were let go at the USDA in February as part of a government-wide purge orchestrated by the Trump administration and Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

Before he received his termination notice, he says, Copeland had just spent several months training the only dog stationed in Florida capable of detecting the Giant African land snail, an invasive mollusk that poses a significant threat to Florida agriculture. “We have dogs for spotted and lantern flies, Asian longhorn beetles,” he says, referring to two other non-native species. “I don’t think the American people realize how much crap that people bring into the United States.”

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Apparently there's a parade in Enniscorthy that is smaller. There's also a parade in Matunuck RI that goes from The Pub to The Ocean Mist (check out their concerts and their breakfast/brunch spread, great view especially on stormy days) that's 150 feet long, but this one in Little Compton/Adamsville is 61 feet shorter, so, way to go, I guess. Looks like it's got everything a parade needs: Horses both small and large: Check. Veterans marching against dictators (looks like the guy on the right might be a Korean War vet but I haven't zoomed in to look at medals yet, good on him for marching): Check. Pipers: Check. A dragon/snake: Check (didn't know that was a thing for Saint Patrick's Day parades but it should be, so, good job.) Photos found on Reddit.

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Make Your Own Stencils

I've been meaning to post the graphic images I made for my stencils. Well, here they are!

Each one is set so both axes are 100 pixels per inch. I made both a regular image and one colored red for easy tracing.

RESIST PROJECT 2025 Stencil - 28" x 22" 100ppi

SEEK TRUTH Stencil - 28" x 22" 100ppi

FUCK TRUMP Mini-Stencil - 14" x 11" 100ppi

Let me know if you want any others. Have fun.

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“I literally WANT my tax dollars to support National Parks, science, education, conservation, mental health, and helping marginalized people. In case that wasn’t clear.”

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Flora, Illinois

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Newton, Illinois, hometown of singer/actor Burl Ives.

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Pontiac, Illinois

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Princeton, Indiana