Thrilled to announce my commitment to @WVCKnightsBSB to continue my academic and baseball career in Wenatchee. Thanks to my family, coaches, and teammates who helped me reach this goal. Appreciate Coach Vaughn for this great opportunity. #swordsup @HelenaLegion @BaseballBigSky

@jahimes What if I told you that you didn’t need to spend two hours fighting traffic on the Merritt Parkway? Time to #VisitVermont! 🌲🍁

IT'S THE DAIRY ISSUE! Our staff reports: The Forecast for Vermont's Dairy Farms Is for Fewer — and Much Larger — Operations 🐮; Lake Advocates Say Vermont Has Botched Regulating Pollution on Dairy Farms 🐄; The Life and Times of a Vermont Dairy Cow 🥛 https://t.co/OzpLADWOZO

The conservative vision of free speech in two consecutive sentences

⚠️A plume of Canadian wildfire smoke is forecast to drift over the area Tuesday and could lead to decreased air quality. Here's one model's depiction of the smoke, where orange colors correlate to concentrations of 25μg/m3 or greater. #NYwx #CTwx #NJwx

This a Caitlin Clark account now.

Cops will really lie with the explicit purpose of putting children in jail then stand behind podiums and call themselves heroes

The Ukrainian postal service has released a stamp featuring artwork by Banksy to mark the first anniversary of the full-scale Russian invasion. It also says "FCK PTN" on it in Ukrainian.

Here's a data point, and I'm not sure what it means, but I posted this blog post simultaneously to both Twitter and Mastodon. 🐦 Twitter (86,000 followers): 14 RTs, 89 likes. 🐘 Mastodon (8,400 followers): 547 RTs, 781 likes.

Montpelier, Vermont recorded its warmest January on record, with a mean temperature of 29.1 degrees F. The updated Top 10 warmest Januarys:

My boss asked me to email him an "e" with an accent above it

State of the Twitterverse for Twitterrific, Tweetbot other third party apps. Spoiler alert, we don’t know much yet! https://t.co/MitHGHDi0h

11yo Jonah Larson is exceptionally talented at a skill usually seen in Grandma's house — crocheting! Not only does Jonah crochet elaborate pieces, but he also does it extraordinarily fast! This young man has a bright future ahead of him! #BlackExcellence 🎥: TikTok/60secdocs

Based on current trends, this is 2030 best selling SUV

What a quote.

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Two-year ban on foreign homebuyers takes effect in Canada

Let’s start the year by reflecting on the colossal waste of resources in Bitcoin mining: During 2022 Bitcoin consumed 161 TWh of electricity in total, exceeding a country such as Sweden. Related CO2 emissions were ~90 Mt; again negating the entire global net savings from EVs.

10 years on, the influence of the NY Times' "Snow Fall" interactive piece remains strong. "No longer are charts, maps and animations considered last-minute sweeteners for completed articles."