NASDAQ is now down over 10% since January 20. At what point does “Trump Slump” become “Trump Crash”?

The Apprentice comes to Prime Video.

This will likely be the year that I cancel Amazon Prime, after signing up within six months of when it was first announced. My one little wallet won’t make much difference, but I’ll feel much better about myself. Same as eating vegan or conserving energy.

Large Study of Dietary Habits Suggests More Plant Oils, Less Butter Could Lead to Better Health

The researchers examined diet and health data from 200,000 people followed for more than 30 years and found that higher intake of plant-based oils, especially soybean, canola, and olive oil, was associated with lower total, cancer, and cardiovascular disease mortality, whereas butter intake was associated with increased risk of total and cancer mortality.

This really shouldn’t surprise anyone except perhaps for scientific illiterates like the Secretary of HHS.

Generation Z Is Losing a Skill We’ve Had for Over 5,500 Years: 40% Can’t Communicate Properly Anymore

Because…wait for it…handwriting is in decline.

I’m sure that somewhere there are Akkadian tablets bitching about the youth no longer studying cuneiform due to that new-fangled Aramaic.

“Trail Door”

Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/7.1, 1/20s, ISO 2500. Larison Creek Trail.

Enough negativity for one morning. Have a grouse.

(Seen on the trail a couple days ago. Alas, had a short lens mounted so this is heavily magnified.)

Top US health agency makes $25,000 buyout offer to most of its employees

And where is the $2 billion ($25K x 80K) for this supposed to come from? Oh, that’s right, Congress has voluntarily ceded the power of the purse to our new co-Presidents.

Republicans worry Trump’s tariffs could harm economy

They’re just now figuring this out? Some people are a little slow on the uptake, I guess.

Trump’s Plan to Fix Egg Price Crisis Is Already Falling Apart

What a surprise, wannabe dictator can’t magically make eggs appear from thin air.

Meidas Touch Network

On the one hand, it’s nice to see progressive media trying to be as brash and popular as regressive media. On the other, their whole “Trump is losing and even Republicans are revolting against him” narrative seems to me to be incredibly wrong.

“Dance of the Rhododendrons”

Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f/6.3, 1/30s, ISO 250. Larison Creek Trail.

MOOSEHEAD BREWERIES INTRODUCES THE PRESIDENTIAL PACK

If I wasn’t on the wagon I’d be ordering one.

“Green Trail”

Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 28mm, f/8, 1/5s, ISO 1250. Larison Creek Trail.

Vitamin A? Cod liver oil? Experts say there’s no replacement for measles vaccination

The fact that this story even has to be reported is profoundly depressing.

“Moss Buds”

Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro @ f/6.3, 1/125s, ISO 500. Shot at Silver Falls State Park.

“South Falls”

Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/3,5, 1/45s, ISO 200. In-camera HDR. Silver Falls State Park.

Really there’s just too darned much scenery at this park.

“Behind the Curtain”

Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/10.0, 1/60s, ISO 400. Silver Falls State Park., behind Middle North Falls.

By the way, most of my photos are cropped to 16x9 aspect ratio. They’re CC-BY-NA licensed, so feel free to grab the full-size versions for wallpaper if you want.

“North Falls”

Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/3,5, 1/60s, ISO 200. HDR program plus some heavy-handed work in Darktable. Silver Falls State Park.

“Reach for the Sun”

Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro @ f/4.0, 1/125s, ISO 1000. Shot at Silver Falls State Park.