Today in Labor History March 17, 1968: The U.S. Army Chemical Corps killed over 6,000 sheep while illegally testing a nerve gas agent at the Dugway Proving Ground in Skull Valley, Utah. A 1998 report, the by Air Force Press was the "first documented admission" from the Army that a nerve agent killed the sheep at Skull Valley. The incident inspired Stephen King's novel “The Stand.”
Natalie Cline, a full-grown adult who is a school board member from Granite School District in #Utah, targeted a 16-year-old adolescent #female basketball player in a social media post, insinuating that the student is #transgender - apparently bc she is muscular and has short hair 😑 >>>
Utah ranks among worst in the world in this critical climate change metric
The Beehive State’s ranking rises to 19th when compared on a per capita basis. On average, each person in Utah generates more than 18 tons of carbon dioxide annually.
That is about 3½ tons more than the average American, and 10 tons more than the average Californian
The desert north of Milford, #Utah, is full of a strange mix of land uses. There are large solar farms, extensive wind turbines, several geothermal plants, and then loads of pig farms.
Utah HB 157 is now onto the governor. It prevents the state from intervening in situations where parents are trying to force #transgender youth to be cis, or factoring it into custody disputes. It follows similar bills in congress that would prevent courts from declining adoptions to non-affirming parents.
Getting where we want to go takes concentration and focus, because no path is as straight and easy as a bowling lane.
Concentration and focus require that we set aside the things that don't matter, siren calls of the tech, political and entertainment world that promise to take us places, but never actually do.
The high cost of rapid #COVID tests in the U.S. forces bad choices even on people who would like to be #COVIDcautious.
Because I stockpiled eight tests per person per month for the entire period when they were covered by insurance, and also thanks to my wife's awesome job that keeps her well-supplied with tests, we have as many as we need.
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@jik In #Utah, the state health department will provide up to 12 free Covid home tests per month "for those who face financial barriers to accessing test kits or testing services on their own. Home test kits will only be mailed to Utah addresses." No documentation of financial status is required. https://coronavirus.utah.gov/utah-covid-19-testing-locations/
I have visited this ruin, that sits on the rimrock of a small canyon, several times and there is usually a raven perched on top. I love how the raven's mournful croak rides on a lonely wind that hauntingly echoes down the canyon as if searching for a sign of the long lost tribes who once lived there. (Four Corners area, 4/26/20215.)