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The Trump administration is trying to break the Forest Service,
to pave the way to privatizing
or even selling off
the 193 million acres of land it oversees
https://www.latimes.com/environment/newsletter/2026-04-30/forest-service-reor…

Why a major reorganization at the Forest Service has people concerned
A common refrain emerged among the sources I spoke with: The Trump administration is trying to break the Forest Service, they claimed, to pave the way to privatizing or even selling off the 193 million acres of land it oversees.

from my link log —
Making wasm a first-class language on the web.
https://hacks.mozilla.org/2026/02/making-webassembly-a-first-class-language-on-the-web/
saved 2026-02-26

Making WebAssembly a first-class language on the Web – Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog
This post is an expanded version of a presentation I gave at the recent WebAssembly CG meeting in Munich. WebAssembly has come a long way since its first release in 2017. The 1.0 version of WebAssembly was already a great fit for low-level languages like C and C++, and immediately enabled many new kinds of applications to efficiently target the web.

2026 NFL Draft first-round pick contract tracker: Makai Lemon becomes first to sign rookie deal

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/2026-nfl-draft-first-round-pick-contract-tracker/

Leaked audio: San Francisco and Austin first responders told the NHTSA that Waymo robotaxis are "backsliding" and committing more traffic violations than before (Aarian Marshall/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/emergency-first-responders-say-w…

Emergency First Responders Say Waymos Are Getting Worse
“I believe the technology was deployed too quickly in too vast amounts, with hundreds of vehicles, when it wasn’t really ready,” one police official told federal regulators last month.

🪵 Nepal’s community forests sit on unsold timber
#nepal

Nepal’s community forests sit on unsold timber
KATHMANDU — The Khorthali Community Forest User Group in Dolakha, central Nepal, produced 1,189 cubic meters (42,000 cubic feet) of timber in 2025 — roughly 18 standard 40-foot shipping containers in volume. However, the group could not sell all of it. About 340 m3 (12,000 ft3) of wood still lies on the roadside. “Community members […]

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Frightened Rabbit:
🎵 Swim Until You Can’t See Land
#FrightenedRabbit
https://frightenedrabbit.bandcamp.com/album/swim-until-you-cant-see-land
https://open.spotify.com/track/01TvwZMbABHX5ZafvBZqVx

Vacation Film Forgotten in 70-yo Vintage Camera Was Developed for the First Time: Do You Know These Skiers? https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/vacation-film-forgotten-in-70-yo-vintage-camera-was-developed-for-t…

Vacation Film Forgotten in 70-yo Vintage Camera Was Developed for the First Time: Do You Know These Skiers?
The developer has taken the time to launch a sort of nation-wide awareness campaign to see if anyone recognizes a face in the photographs.

Meta reports Reality Labs Q1 revenue of $402M, vs. $488.8M est., and a $4.03B operating loss, vs. $4.82B est.; Reality Labs has $80B in losses since late 2020 (Jonathan Vanian/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/29/metas-reality-labs-lost-over-4-b…

Meta’s Reality Labs lost over $4 billion in first quarter
In Meta's first-quarter earnings report, the company said Reality Labs recorded an operating loss of over $4 billion while bringing in $402 million in sales.

2026 NFL Draft: First-round pick signing tracker https://www.nfl.com/news/2026-nfl-draft-first-round-pick-signing-tracker

Tracking fifth-year options for 2023 first-rounder... https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48358999/fifth-year-option-tracker-nfl-players-2023-first-round-draft-class