#EAS #WEA for Carter, #OK; #Cotton, #OK; #Garvin, #OK; #Grady, #OK; #Jefferson, #OK; #McClain, #OK; #Stephens, #OK: National Weather Service: A FLASH #FLOOD WARNING is in effect for this area until 10:15 AM CDT. This is a dangerous and life-threatening situation. Do not attempt to travel unless you are fleeing an area subject to flooding or under an evacuation order. Source: NWS Norman OK ** DO NOT RELY ON THIS FEED FOR LIFE SAFETY, SEEK OUT OFFICIAL SOURCES ***
#EAS #WEA for Comanche, #OK; #Cotton, #OK; #Kiowa, #OK; #Stephens, #OK; #Tillman, #OK: National Weather Service: A FLASH #FLOOD WARNING is in effect for this area until 9:00 AM CDT. This is a dangerous and life-threatening situation. Do not attempt to travel unless you are fleeing an area subject to flooding or under an evacuation order. Source: NWS Norman OK ** DO NOT RELY ON THIS FEED FOR LIFE SAFETY, SEEK OUT OFFICIAL SOURCES ***
#EAS #WEA for Carter, #OK; #Cotton, #OK; #Garvin, #OK; #Grady, #OK; #Jefferson, #OK; #McClain, #OK; #Stephens, #OK: National Weather Service: A FLASH #FLOOD WARNING is in effect for this area until 7:15 AM CDT. This is a dangerous and life-threatening situation. Do not attempt to travel unless you are fleeing an area subject to flooding or under an evacuation order. Source: NWS Norman OK ** DO NOT RELY ON THIS FEED FOR LIFE SAFETY, SEEK OUT OFFICIAL SOURCES ***
#EAS #WEA for Comanche, #OK; #Cotton, #OK; #Stephens, #OK: National Weather Service: #TORNADO WARNING in this area until 9:30 PM CDT. Take shelter now in a basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris. Check media. Source: NWS Norman OK ** DO NOT RELY ON THIS FEED FOR LIFE SAFETY, SEEK OUT OFFICIAL SOURCES ***
#EAS #WEA for Cotton, #OK; #Jefferson, #OK; #Stephens, #OK; #Clay, #TX: National Weather Service: #TORNADO WARNING in this area until 9:00 PM CDT. Take shelter now in a basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris. Check media. Source: NWS Norman OK ** DO NOT RELY ON THIS FEED FOR LIFE SAFETY, SEEK OUT OFFICIAL SOURCES ***
#EAS #WEA for Comanche, #OK; #Cotton, #OK; #Stephens, #OK; #Tillman, #OK: National Weather Service: SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING in effect for this area until 5:15 AM CDT for DESTRUCTIVE 80 mph winds. Take shelter in a sturdy building, away from windows. Flying debris may be deadly to those caught without shelter. Source: NWS Norman OK ** DO NOT RELY ON THIS FEED FOR LIFE SAFETY, SEEK OUT OFFICIAL SOURCES ***
#EAS #WEA for Franklin, #GA; #Hart, #GA; #Stephens, #GA; #Anderson, #SC; #Oconee, #SC; #Pickens, #SC: National Weather Service: #TORNADO WARNING in this area until 5:45 AM EST. Take shelter now in a basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris. Check media. Source: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC ** DO NOT RELY ON THIS FEED FOR LIFE SAFE
#EAS #WEA for Franklin, #GA; #Hart, #GA; #Stephens, #GA; #Anderson, #SC; #Oconee, #SC; #Pickens, #SC: National Weather Service: #TORNADO WARNING in this area until 5:45 AM EST. Take shelter now in a basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris. Check media. Source: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC #Franklin, #GA; #Hart, #GA; #Stephens, #G
#EAS #WEA for Franklin, #GA; #Hart, #GA; #Stephens, #GA; #Anderson, #SC; #Oconee, #SC; #Pickens, #SC: #Tornado Warning issued February 16 at 5:10AM EST until February 16 at 5:45AM EST by NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC Source: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC #Franklin, #GA; #Hart, #GA; #Stephens, #GA; #Anderson, #SC; #Oconee, #SC; #Pickens, #SCwx** DO NOT RELY ON THIS FEED FOR LIFE SAFETY, SEEK OUT OFFICIAL SOURCES ***
Basement home of one of Stephens brothers, former Nebraska farmer. Nyssa Heights district, Malheur County, Oregon
#Stephens #Nebraska #NyssaHeights #MalheurCounty #Oregon #America #DorotheaLange #undefined #photography #DorotheaLange
Home of one of the Stephens brothers, farmers from Nebraska. Nyssa Heights district, Malheur County, Oregon
#Stephens #Nebraska #NyssaHeights #MalheurCounty #Oregon #America #undefined #photography #DorotheaLange
![A black and white photograph depicting a rural scene. A narrow wooden path leads directly towards a modest, one-story building with a pitched roof that appears to be in disrepair or abandoned state as there are overgrown plants on its sides. The pathway is framed by tall grasses or weeds flanking both sides extending into the distance creating perspective lines. There's visible wear and tear along the wooden path suggesting it might not have been used recently.
The sky above seems clear, hinting at a bright day but with no direct sunlight falling onto this particular scene as shadows are soft and diffused across all surfaces in sight. On either side of the frame on both top corners, white handwritten-like text is visible which appears to be part of an artistic or descriptive overlay rather than being directly related to what's captured within this photograph.
The overall composition evokes a sense of abandonment, solitude, with no human presence evident; it hints at rural life and suggests that despite its desolation there was once activity here. The structure might have been used for farming-related purposes given the surrounding vegetation and proximity to agricultural fields which can be inferred from other images in this collection.
The photo seems taken during a time when such structures were common, perhaps mid-20th century based on architectural style and photographic technique but without specific dating infor [...]](https://mastodon.ozioso.online/system/media_attachments/files/113/514/378/553/050/555/original/527aee95eff0647c.jpeg "A black and white photograph depicting a rural scene. A narrow wooden path leads directly towards a modest, one-story building with a pitched roof that appears to be in disrepair or abandoned state as there are overgrown plants on its sides. The pathway is framed by tall grasses or weeds flanking both sides extending into the distance creating perspective lines. There's visible wear and tear along the wooden path suggesting it might not have been used recently.
The sky above seems clear, hinting at a bright day but with no direct sunlight falling onto this particular scene as shadows are soft and diffused across all surfaces in sight. On either side of the frame on both top corners, white handwritten-like text is visible which appears to be part of an artistic or descriptive overlay rather than being directly related to what's captured within this photograph.
The overall composition evokes a sense of abandonment, solitude, with no human presence evident; it hints at rural life and suggests that despite its desolation there was once activity here. The structure might have been used for farming-related purposes given the surrounding vegetation and proximity to agricultural fields which can be inferred from other images in this collection.
The photo seems taken during a time when such structures were common, perhaps mid-20th century based on architectural style and photographic technique but without specific dating infor [...]")
The Defense Tech Newcomers,
Venture capital executives like
#Joe #Lonsdale are well positioned to profit in the second Trump administration
A founder of the A.I.-powered data analytics giant #Palantir Technologies, he has more recently delivered billions of dollars to defense sector start-ups such as #Anduril and #Epirus and #Saronic.
Executives at these defense technology firms have been frustrated at the slow pace of the Pentagon’s shift away from traditional contractors like Lockheed Martin
to venture-capital-backed start-ups selling cutting-edge tools like A.I.-powered drones.
“Current regulatory regime still favors the legacy defense corporations and crowds out upstarts,”
Mr. Lonsdale, who donated more than $1 million to Mr. Trump’s affiliated political groups,
said in an email to The New York Times.
#Trae #Stephens, another defense-tech venture capitalist and donor to Mr. Trump, said that the open question will be if the president-elect can limit turnover in leadership at the Pentagon, which was a problem during his first term.
“You need to have enough stability that someone can come in and take a leadership position and drive to a better outcome,”
Mr. Stephens, who works at #Founders #Fund and is a founder of #Anduril, said in an interview last week.
#Harold #Hamm, the billionaire founder of the Oklahoma-based oil and gas giant Continental Resources, donated more than $4 million to political groups that supported Mr. Trump.
Most of it came after Mr. Hamm and other oil-industry executives attended an April dinner at Mar-a-Lago, Mr. Trump’s Florida residence and club,
where he pressed the executives to contribute to his campaign, suggesting they would save far more than that in avoided taxes and legal fees after he repealed environmental regulations.
More recently, Mr. Hamm has been part of Mr. Trump’s transition team, which is pushing to
eliminate a ban on new natural-gas export terminals
and to abolish the Biden-era tax credit on electric vehicles
— meaning more continued demand for oil and gas, as Reuters first reported last week.
“The mineral wealth of the U.S. government is tremendous, but you have to develop that,” Mr. Hamm said in an interview last week with an industry trade publication, Hart Energy. “Certainly, Trump will do that.” Mr. Hamm declined a request to comment.
Stephens brothers, who own combine cooperatively, getting ready to go out to their lettuce field after dinner. Nyssa Heights district, Malheur County, Oregon
#Stephens #NyssaHeights #MalheurCounty #Oregon #third #Worcester #undefined #photography #DorotheaLange
Many GOP billionaires balked at Jan. 6. They’re coming back to Trump.
Trump’s team has used a soft touch with the billionaires and has shown more sophistication than some expected
At the center of some of the discussions has been top Trump aide #Susie #Wiles, who often comes armed with data and is viewed as “impressive and professional,”
Trump is also growing his fundraising team in Palm Beach, where Republican National Committee employees and others are expecting to move to raise money.
At Wiles’s suggestion, Trump has engaged in “#call #time,” dialing billionaires himself. In the past, he had been resistant to such measures.
Trump could desperately use the cash infusion as his campaign and the RNC trail Biden and the Democratic National Committee, and as he faces growing legal bills.
Next month, he is planning a fundraiser hosted by a range of billionaires, including
oil tycoon #Harold #Hamm,
sugar magnate #Jose “Pepe” #Fanjul,
real estate mogul #Howard #Lutnick,
megadonors #Rebekah and #Bob #Mercer,
wealthy business executives #Todd #Ricketts and #Warren #Stephens
and real estate magnate #Steve #Witkoff,
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/29/trump-billionaires-gop-donors/
