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This is actually a really interesting type of water retention that long grass does that I've never thought about before!
You can see how much slower the snow on the long grass is melting, which creates a slower percolation of water into the ground!
It's amazing what a difference vegetation can make for communities that struggle with drought conditions!
Today in Hip Hop History:
Gang Starr released their fourth studio album Hard to Earn March 8, 1994
The bipartisan Wisconsin Ethics Commission is recommending prosecutors pursue felony charges against a fundraising group allied with former President Donald Trump after it allegedly circumvented state campaign finance laws in a failed effort to oust a powerful state GOP leader in 2022 who refused to back Trump's unfounded claims of election fraud. The Wisconsin investigation saddles those in Trump's orbit with more legal issues ahead of November's general election.
🗣️ IVF for me, but not for thee
It's been a really rough week for Republicans who hate reproductive rights, and Republican Rep. Michelle Steel of California is no exception.
“As someone who struggled to get pregnant, I believe all life is a gift. IVF allowed me, as it has so many others, to start my family,” she tweeted Thursday. “I believe there is nothing more pro-life than helping families have children, and I do not support federal restrictions on IVF.”
Great! Just one teeny tiny little problem with that, as Inside Elections editor Jacob Rubashkin noted: Steel actually does support federal restrictions. Steel is one of the co-sponsors of the Life at Conception Act, a House bill that “declares that the right to life guaranteed by the Constitution is vested in each human being at all stages of life, including the moment of fertilization, cloning, or other moment at which an individual comes into being.”
And as Rubashkin points out, there is no carveout in the bill for in vitro fertilization. Oops!
PUBLISHED JANUARY 09, 2024
Have you felt like that winter cold just doesn't end? Well, you're not alone. Many who contracted Covid-19 have suffered from long Covid, when the symptoms endure an extended period and can have long-term effects. Now, scientists have found that the common cold and flu can also have "long" versions, which include symptoms becoming chronic. In addition, we are in the midst of a "tripledemic" with Covid-19, the flu and RSV all making the rounds. Experts posit that longer-term illness is here to stay and more people are likely to be affected in the future.
What defines a long illness?
A long illness has symptoms lasting well over what is considered to be the average time for the disease. For most respiratory ailments, the threshold is three months of symptoms. Some have wrongfully thought they were suffering from a long cold or long flu because of the disremembering that happened during the pandemic. "Following the pandemic — when many common viruses weren't circulating widely — some people simply forgot how long symptoms can linger after a standard respiratory illness," usually a period of about two weeks, NBC News reported.