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Just as they’re gearing up for planting season, U.S. farmers already stretched by high input costs and low commodity prices are watching the price of fertilizer go up.
The recent conflict in Iran, the following closure of the Strait of Hormuz, and the resulting impacts to global markets are hitting farmers particularly hard right now.
The wholesale price of urea, the nitrogen input the U.S. imports the most of, had a high-low spread of $460–480 per short ton the week of Feb. 27, j…

Fertilizer Prices Jump as Strait of Hormuz Closure Hits Farmers
Fertilizer prices are rising sharply as the Strait of Hormuz closure disrupts global nitrogen supplies, squeezing farmers just weeks before peak spring application.

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Gaza food prices soar as border closures deepen shortages amid Iran war | Israel-Palestine conflict News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/10/gaza-food-prices-soar-as-border-closures-deepen-shortages-amid-iran-war?traffic_source=rss

A small town in Alberta has its own 'ramen library'
#Canada

A small town in Alberta has its own 'ramen library'
So many options! 🍜

Why I support the SFBay area regional sales tax measure to fund BART, Caltrain and county bus services - losing transit would be a nightmare in so many ways:
‘A big part of my life’: BART riders face higher costs, worse commutes if stations close
https://sfstandard.com/2026/03/10/bart…

‘A big part of my life’: BART riders face higher costs, worse commutes if stations close
Few knew about the potential closures. Riders say they’d face traffic and tolls, or have to move, if their local stations shut down.

Why I support the SFBay area regional sales tax measure to fund BART, Caltrain and county bus services - losing transit would be a nightmare in so many ways:
‘A big part of my life’: BART riders face higher costs, worse commutes if stations close
https://sfstandard.com/2026/03/10/bart…

‘A big part of my life’: BART riders face higher costs, worse commutes if stations close
Few knew about the potential closures. Riders say they’d face traffic and tolls, or have to move, if their local stations shut down.

So glad we spend more than 900 billion dollars on defense, so we can panic and shoot down a mylar party balloon with a high energy laser.
"After the shutdown was lifted, the New York Times reported the military was conducting tests of counter-drone technology.
The weapon…a high-energy laser, was used earlier in the week to target what turned out to be at least one mylar party balloon…"

Aramco sees 'catastrophic consequences' for oil markets if Hormuz strait remains blocked (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/consequences-global-oil-markets-could-be-catastrophic-if-hormuz-closure-2026-03-10/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260310/p11#a260310p11

I've just checked out a #Clojure project I last worked on thirteen years ago, compiled it, ran its unit tests, and they all passed. I then ran `lein ancient upgrade :check-clojure` to upgrade all the dependencies to their latest versions, ran the unit tests again, and they all passed.
I did get one 'deprecated' warning. I can live with that!
It's not stability that I c…

The world is closer than thought to a
“point of no return”
after which runaway global heating cannot be stopped, scientists have said.
Continued global heating could trigger climate tipping points,
leading to a cascade of further tipping points and feedback loops, they said.
This would lock the world into a new and hellish “hothouse Earth” climate
far worse than the 2-3C temperature rise the world is on track to reach.
The climate would also be ver…