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Deciding when to recess the House to "district work periods" isn't some inherent or longstanding power of the Speaker.
It was only added to the rules for the first time in this Congress.
Otherwise this would have required the full House to vote on it, which could have been defeated.
As expected, in order to avoid a vote on extension of the ACA,
Mike Johnson is gaveling the House into recess.

Scott Horton (@robertscotthorton.bsky.social)
As expected, in order to avoid a vote on extension of the ACA, Mike Johnson is gaveling the House into recess.

"But as you can see, the programs do come at a cost... we estimate about $27.4m a year goes to the administrative costs and also the projected fare revenue reduction."
I'm waiting for the slide where they estimate the much higher cost of all the unmetered parking spaces across the city, and of turning off meters at 6pm and on Sundays. I'm sure that'll definitely be later in this presentation, right?

Endangered marmots make comeback on Vancouver Island
CBC reports that efforts by conservation groups to restore Vancouver Island marmots – a separate species endemic to the island that was near extinction twenty years ago – have rebounded to more than 400 animals.
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Deadline Extended - AI and the Study of the Ancient Near East https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20138002/deadline-extended-ai-and-study-ancient-near-east

Scientists Make Stunning Find Inside Prehistoric Wolf’s Stomach https://www.404media.co/scientists-make-stunning-find-inside-prehistoric-wolfs-stomach/

Quantitative chemical mapping with XMapTools: Workflows for EPMA, SEM and LA-ICP-MS workshop May 25 at GAC-MAC conference in St. John's, Canada. Plus, other exciting sessions! #geology #mineralogy 🧪⚒️

GAC-MAC 2026 St. John's
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For #TextureTuesday some more WIP snapshots of STRATA, a generative system I've been on/off working on since 2014 (in Clojure/TypeScript/Zig, originally for the cover design of HOLO magazine), loosely based on 1950s research/experiments by Barricelli, somewhat related to cellular automata and extended to use a different and much larger set of "reproduction/collision rules" f…

Deadline Extended - AI and the Study of the Ancient Near East https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20138002/deadline-extended-ai-and-study-ancient-near-east

House Speaker Mike Johnson says
he won't call a vote to extend enhanced subsidies under the Affordable Care Act,
effectively guaranteeing they will expire at the end of this month.
That means higher insurance premiums will go into effect for millions of Americans who get coverage through Obamacare next year

House Republican leaders ditch vote on ACA funding, all but ensuring premiums will rise
House Speaker Mike Johnson says he won't call a vote to extend enhanced subsidies under the Affordable Care Act, effectively guaranteeing they will expire at the end of this month.

Deadline Extended - AI and the Study of the Ancient Near East https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20138002/deadline-extended-ai-and-study-ancient-near-east