| These are the most recent diaries filed under this tag: |
|---|
|
For a long time plant science research has been unfortunately under-funded and had less attention from the public. This had led to fewer people studying it, less tool development, less technology ...
by mem from somerville
 41 comments
on Wed Jul 21, 2010 at 05:39 PM PDT
with 35 Recommends
|
|
You probably never heard of it, I hadn't until a moment ago. There's no tag for it on DKOS yet, yet... this could be brewing bigger trouble for the world food supply than anything before. A ...
by route66
32 comments
on Sat Jun 20, 2009 at 04:37 AM PDT
with 16 Recommends
|
|
I think we may all agree that the current crisis in worldwide food prices "reinforces the need for more productive agriculture". You may have heard of Ug99, a virulent strain of black stem rust ...
by Asinus Asinum Fricat
66 comments
on Thu Dec 04, 2008 at 11:21 AM PST
with 68 Recommends
|
Recommended
- Rarely have I thought that a single quote would justify a diary — but after reading Yale historian, Timothy Snyder’s X thread that was posted yesterday — a clear-eyed delineation of the right-wing justices’ placement of dynamite at the door of...142 comments 586 Recs
- Just found this in the internet version of science tabloids which highlights an important new paper originally published last October in the prestigious Proceedings of the Natural Academy of Science {PNAS). If anti-science religious fundamentalists...192 comments 432 Recs
- It frustrates me to no end that the American people have exceedingly short memories and only know what The Media is currently feeding them. During Donald Trump’s first impeachment in 2019 (and ...59 comments 213 Recs
- Two stories. Two questions. Story 1: Driving up the mountain pass last week with my young grandson, our conversation took a fairly common turn: Donald Trump. I usually watch Colin one afternoon a week and he often obsesses about the DT when we first...153 comments 612 Recs
- It must have been Boffo, Donald is steamed enough to weigh in on it. Trump whines about 'absolute disaster' White House Correspondents' Dinner, takes jabs at Colin Jost, as the NY Times critic panned it. Colin Jost’s set this year does not belong in...162 comments 311 Recs
- One of the most pernicious myths spread by the GOP is that the mainstream media is liberal. The history of the mainstream press going back over thirty years indicates that they frequently adopt Republican talking points on the issues and have badly...49 comments 103 Recs
- An orca calf stranded for approximately the last month in a remote lagoon near the tiny community of Zeballos, on the northwest coast of Vancouver Island, swam out of the lagoon on her own at about 2:30 am Friday morning, April 26th. The two-year-old...24 comments 111 Recs
- Take the C&J Insurrectionist Idiot Quiz—Part X Sorry for slacking—we haven't done one of these in a while. Same rules as usual: guess which of these are actual recent arrests, pleas, and/or convictions of some of the MAGA hostages cult idiots who took...68 comments 171 Recs
- Disclaimer: This diary is short and you have probably seen subject, the awfulness of Donald Trump, explored once or twice prior on Daily Kos, maybe even more. What you have not seen before is the case made more eloquently. The excerpt in bold below is...15 comments 34 Recs
- Even Trump’s websites lie. The internet home of Trump Tower is a work of fiction. If you click the “Retail” tab, the link invites you to “EXPLORE OUR IMPRESSIVE PORTFOLIO OF RETAIL TENANTS.” A picture boasts that Gucci, Tiffany, and Starbucks have set...280 comments 970 Recs
- Happy Moonday, Peeps!� Today is going to be downright hot where i live, so that sound you hear is just me…. perspersweatin’!! Because the monster from SD was in the news lately, we all need a ...53 comments 34 Recs
- Yes its that time again, time for the Monday Good news roundup, where your GNR newsroom (myself, Killer300 and Bhu) bring you good news to start your week off right. I’m still off from work, ...58 comments 153 Recs
Recent Diaries
- Tell me you see what’s happening. Like many of us, I’ve been alarmed at the slow sleep-walk our country is taking towards fascism. Case in point, our current Supreme Court is protecting a former president from being held criminally liable for actions...1 comments 0 Recs
- Tennessee governor thinks schools need more guns to prevent shootings Scared students and teachers + more guns in school = less gun violence. Someone definitely failed math on that one. Trump VP hopeful Kristi Noem is very proud of that time she...0 comments 0 Recs
- Fifty years ago, Richard “If The President Does It, It’s Not Illegal” Nixon ran roughshod. If not for the tapes that the Supreme Court (of all people!) decently, sanely, and UNANIMOUSLY forced him to fork over, our governance of/by/for the people might...2 comments 3 Recs
- Warning to all animal lovers in and around The Villages, Florida. May 13th , the Puppy killer Noem will be at the Villages to promote and sell her book. We seem to get a lot of psychos down here. To make bad matters worse, she requires paid admission...5 comments 10 Recs
- The LeMay Family Collections, on the historic grounds of the former Marymount Military Academy in Tacoma, Washington, includes a display of a sitting room.1 comments 4 Recs
- Once again college campuses are the site of protests. Students across the country are camped out protesting US military support for Israel. Why is it that protests erupt on college campuses so frequently? What it is about the university as an...2 comments 7 Recs
- Happy Moonday, Peeps!� Today is going to be downright hot where i live, so that sound you hear is just me…. perspersweatin’!! Because the monster from SD was in the news lately, we all need a ...53 comments 34 Recs
- The students protesting at U.S. colleges are not pro-Palestinians. The protests are against innocent women, children, and men being slaughtered. I support them. They are not antisemitic. Jewish students have join them. These kids are our future...1 comments 3 Recs
- Disclaimer: This diary is short and you have probably seen subject, the awfulness of Donald Trump, explored once or twice prior on Daily Kos, maybe even more. What you have not seen before is the case made more eloquently. The excerpt in bold below is...15 comments 34 Recs
- This is our second monthly report; you can read the first one here. We have a plan. Hope Springs from Field PAC volunteers set the goal (10 Million doors knocked before Labor Day) but i really think they pulled that number out of the air. It sounds...2 comments 32 Recs
- Bill Barr doesn’t want Trump to be President, but he’s going to vote for him anyway. This is an example of “vote no, hope yes”. You all heard about Congressmen voting against a spending bill so they can say they are “fiscal conservatives” in their...7 comments 14 Recs
- A recent piece by Ed Rampell in CovertAction Magazine, which reviews Sebastian Junger and Charlie Sadoff’s new documentary Against All Enemies, leads with two questions: “Is America poised to descend into a second civil war? And, if so, will U.S....23 comments 12 Recs
- Earth Day and Arbor Day being celebrated this month, I could not let April 2024 go without posting a tree poem, so here goes… Tree Love There is a reason why Pagans find trees sacred, Though not to neglect other plants, Trees are the embodiment of...6 comments 8 Recs
- Fort Nisqually was established by the Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC), a London-based fur trading company, on Puget Sound in present-day Washington state in 1833. Fort Nisqually was intended to trade ...5 comments 15 Recs
- As I read "Gone Too Far" critiques of overwhelmingly peaceful but disruptive student protests demanding that universities divest from Israeli-related investments and demand a ceasefire and end to the U.S. military aid that supports the genocidal war on...79 comments 19 Recs
- West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Specials; River City Hash Mondays! Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Marc Elias discussed the GOP's dangerous attorney swap and what it will mean....1 comments 1 Recs
- An examination of findings from the CNN poll reveals things ranging from strange to deeply stupid. It says that the defendant is leading President Biden 49-43. This is what they did: . Surveys were either conducted online or by telephone with a live...32 comments 19 Recs
- Welcome to the New Day Cafe! This is an open thread. The Guardian had a recent piece on uniquely designed “hedges”, as the Brits will say.153 comments 33 Recs
- I was awakened early Thursday morning with a kick to the ribs by Maury Stinklestein, the editor of The Daily Brooklyn Bugler. I was confounded as to how he found me, since I spent the night sleeping in an alley near the court. He said he was informed...3 comments 11 Recs
- This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here. You can hardly miss the news about climate change anymore, or perhaps what I mean is that you (yes, you!) can hardly miss feeling...4 comments 10 Recs
