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#CoronaDischarges Glow on Trees Under Thunderstorms: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2025GL119591 -> Thunderstorms conjure ghostly coronae in treetops, observed outdoors for the first time: https://news.agu.org/press-release/thunderstorms-conjure-ghostly-coronae-in-treetops-observed-outdoors-for-the-first-time/ - the weak electric discharges may set off ultraviolet sparkles over large swaths of forest under storms, potentially impacting canopy health (this is fringe geophysics but some amateur astronomers are going after corona discharges - esp. in webcam images from mountain sites - with a vengeance, so here goes).

I remember receiving the email to apply for the All Bodies on Bikes gravel team,
the way my heart jumped up and said yes.
This was a contradiction to the facts my logical mind knew.
I had never ridden on gravel.
I didn’t have a lot of free time to train.
This desire to be on the gravel team had come out of nowhere.
I’d never planned to do a gravel race.
If I were going to apply to be on a team, shouldn’t it be for something I had thought of doing…

I Rode My First Gravel Race at 53 and Became a Cyclist on the Way
For Summer Russo, a self-described big-bodied rider who had never touched gravel, the path to riding 54 miles of Oklahoma red dirt at the 2026 Mid South gravel race began not with a plan, but with a heart that said yes before her mind could talk her out of it. At 53, with a 34-mile personal record to her name, Summer joined the All Bodies on Bikes gravel team – a program built on the radical premise that cycling belongs to every body – and discovered something she hadn't been looking for: h…

"Auch [Tradwives] sind ein postpatriarchales Phänomen, weil sie zwei Dinge verbinden, die im klassischen Patriarchat unvereinbar waren: Hausarbeit machen und öffentlich sein. Eine Influencerin hat das mal gut beschrieben: Das Einkommen ihres Mannes reicht nicht für die Familie, also verdient sie mit Haushalt Geld und kann für ihr Kind da sein. Das ist ihre Antwort auf das Versäumnis der liberalen Gesellschaft, Familie und Beruf miteinander zu vereinbaren." Hmm.

Antje Schrupp spricht über Tradwives, weibliches Begehren und was es für Veränderung bräuchte
Feministin Antje Schrupp hat ein neues Buch geschrieben. Ein Gespräch über Tradwives, weibliches Begehren und was es für Veränderung bräuchte.

Programming language tradeoffs.
https://www.garfieldtech.com/blog/language-tradeoffs

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers:
🎵 Into The Great Wide Open
#NowPlaying #TomPetty #TheHeartbreakers
https://absolutemusicrecords.bandcamp.com/track/into-the-great-wide-open
https://open.spotify.com/track/63xBnyUVKIupzjHno4wFs3

I know any manager or executive would grumble at this post: of course they’re aware of these tradeoffs, of course they’re measuring it, of course they’re managing it.
I am skeptical.

John Harbaugh on Kayvon Thibodeaux trade chatter: 'Everybody's tradeable' but not 'what you focus on' https://www.nfl.com/news/john-harbaugh-on-kayvon-thibodeaux-trade-chatter-everybody-s-tradeable-but-no…

Why MAGA men actually loathe tradwives - Salon.com
https://www.salon.com/2026/04/08/why-maga-men-actually-loathe-tradwives/