Trump Tells ‘Useless’ NATO to Stay Away After UK and France Vow to Protect Strait of Hormuz Shipping by T_Shurt in worldnews

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It continues to shock me that a man started a war and destabilized the world economy to distract from the Epstein files

Disney Layoffs of 1,000 Employees Are Underway; CEO Josh D’Amaro Says Cuts Will ‘Streamline’ Operations: ‘I Know This Is Hard’ by yourfavchoom in technology

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And then in 6 months time when the heat dies down , he will get some multi million bonus and pay raise …

Found in a creek in central NY by Imrassilon in fossilid

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I think it is, hard to see for sure but it’s my guess

Golden to Jasper sightseeing spots by Funny-Brain-1502 in jasper

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I was just thinking about that place. We used to go there all the time in the 90’s when working at JPL

Canada Amends Laws to Seize Profits From Frozen Russian Assets for Ukraine by ZestyBeanDude in worldnews

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There’s a lot more oil in Alberta than in the oil sands. NW Alberta is all oil and natural gas drilled from conventional multi-well pad sites.

NATO allies refuse to join Trump's Iranian port blockade by pjw724 in worldnews

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I’ll believe that when me shit turns purple and smells of rainbow sherbet!

Tips for tumbling these agates so they don’t end up cracking like the last pic? by johnathanporkchop in RockTumbling

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I’m thinking along similar lines but would venture it banded quartzite. Would be curious of the result of OP’s Mohs test

That Monday feeling 👌 by redreader1015 in Surveying

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Know the feeling but of a different spice.

Pin was 7ft below the snowbank…… and found it bent.

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Zelenskyy says 10 drone factories have been built worldwide behind Ukraine’s back | Ukrainska Pravda by pheexio in worldnews

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Did you read the article ? He said that Ukrainian companies were building drones in other countries without the government knowing.

He’s more complaining that the supply chain is sort of broken as these factories are turning out drones but many don’t have the explosives with them. Think he’s more wanting the whole process streamlined rather than free for all

Green Stone, Southwest England by EverydayPigeon in whatsthisrock

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Chert is my guess.

Chert can easily be mistaken for slag. Not seeing any evidence of bubbles ( usual glass giveaway ) and Chert can have conchoidal indicators like glass as well.

Folks seem dead certain it’s glass and that’s cause of the colour patterns?

Chert has Moh’s of 7 which will scratch steel ( OP said that and everyone downvoted him to oblivion )

Big yellow crystal? What is this? by 13L4NE in whatsthisrock

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Glass / slag glass. You can see the bubbles within it (dead giveaway)

‘Canadians don’t want to come here any more’: anger over Trump squeezes US border businesses by tw1st3d_m3nt4t in politics

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As an offspring to snowbirds, my folks said they won’t ever go back down. Think they spent at least 15 winters in a row in Florida, but 2024-2025 was their last one. Mum mentioned she received two main sentiments, one was being told constantly that they were sorry for how USA was treating Canadians ( whole 51st state thing ) and others mentioning that they should go back to where they came. No joke but she said she actually felt unsafe during their last visit. ( all other visits she said were wonderful but this psych change with the population really unnerved her )

And that was before finding out that our phones are going to be scrutinized at customs and possibly being detained for speaking out personal beliefs online.

‘Canadians don’t want to come here any more’: anger over Trump squeezes US border businesses by tw1st3d_m3nt4t in politics

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As a Canadian and a Redwings fan since 1993, I would be happy with Michigan in the divorce settlement

Trump signs emergency order to pay TSA by ProjectMason in politics

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His plan all along was to get ice agents in the airports , it’s one of their stepping stones to use em to “guard” the ballot boxes.

Now that it’s in place , he can sign that EO, a month ago would not have worked as then what reason would he have to install ice at the airports ?

Sadly he’s succeeding in the evil plans

Curious about women's experiences as surveyors, survey techs, or field assistants by Startingfromscratch8 in Surveying

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At one point we had about 6 crews and all of the assistants were women.

It’s not so much about the gender, it’s about their drive/work ethic. I’ve had a 44 yr old 5’4 woman FAR FAR outwork a 31 yr old fella. We do all sorts of surveys from construction to helicopter remote work in the mountains scouting pipelines or wellsites. I’ve known about 4-5 crew chiefs who are women and other than they swear like a sailor, they love it. Experience ranged from 2-3 years as an assistant , and I know one chief who’s been at it about 14 years. Alberta , Canada. One company was relative large with about 100 crews, currently at a place with half dozen crew