James Schmeling
@jschmeling.bsky.social
Speaking only for myself. Nonprofit leader. Military, Veterans, Family supporter/advocate. #NatSec #Defense #NDU #NDUF Air Force veteran. Born and raised in Iowa. #IowaLaw #IowaState Midwesterner by temperament (I wave at passing cars and neighbors)!
How is How I Met Your Mother 20+ years old? And why do I think of Friends as that old when it’s even older? Oh, maybe I’m old.
January 10, 2026 at 2:58 AM
How is How I Met Your Mother 20+ years old? And why do I think of Friends as that old when it’s even older? Oh, maybe I’m old.
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In a December news conference, @vanhollen.senate.gov said employment at NASA Goddard in Maryland had fallen from more than 10,000 to about 6,600.
NASA library closure in Maryland the latest in Trump cuts to space research
The Trump administration will close NASA’s largest research library, located at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, this week.
www.thebanner.com
January 1, 2026 at 10:03 PM
In a December news conference, @vanhollen.senate.gov said employment at NASA Goddard in Maryland had fallen from more than 10,000 to about 6,600.
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For beginners, it can be difficult to know what to put in alt text, as well as when alt text is needed and when it isn't. This decision tree from W3C helps you determine what to do, based on specific situations.
www.w3.org/WAI/tutorial...
www.w3.org/WAI/tutorial...
An alt Decision Tree
Accessibility resources free online from the international standards organization: W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI).
www.w3.org
January 1, 2026 at 2:31 PM
For beginners, it can be difficult to know what to put in alt text, as well as when alt text is needed and when it isn't. This decision tree from W3C helps you determine what to do, based on specific situations.
www.w3.org/WAI/tutorial...
www.w3.org/WAI/tutorial...
Well this doesn’t bode well:
December 30, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Well this doesn’t bode well:
I assume there is no way for the average voter to know the time from drop off to sort? And that it can vary as much as the local postmaster likes, staffing, rain, sleet, or snow delays. Nor dark of night? Like, say, early November?
USPS quietly changed its postmark rules — mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The “official” date is when it hits automated sorting — sometimes days later
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
December 30, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I assume there is no way for the average voter to know the time from drop off to sort? And that it can vary as much as the local postmaster likes, staffing, rain, sleet, or snow delays. Nor dark of night? Like, say, early November?
Just a few miles from my home town. Northwest Iowa does not need more bad weather to devastate the rebuilding efforts already ongoing from 2024 floods.
ESTHERVILLE,IA (EST) ASOS reports gust of 83 knots (95.5 mph) from NW @ 2020Z -- KEST 282049Z AUTO 31032G44KT 1/4SM FZFG BLSN BKN007 OVC014 M11/M13 A2990 RMK AO2 PK WND 31083/2020 SNE47 P0000 $
December 28, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Just a few miles from my home town. Northwest Iowa does not need more bad weather to devastate the rebuilding efforts already ongoing from 2024 floods.
Container ships translate into quick capacity for vertical launch systems. I’d imagine some modern command and control. Defensible? Cheap expendables? www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
Container Ship Turned Missile Battery Spotted in China - Naval News
Images of a Chinese shipping vessel carrying several containerized vertical launch cells systems appeared online.
www.navalnews.com
December 28, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Container ships translate into quick capacity for vertical launch systems. I’d imagine some modern command and control. Defensible? Cheap expendables? www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
There could be so many lives lost as Russia ignores deterrence. Sad but clearly the understandable.
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have withdrawn from the Ottawa Convention banning anti-personnel mines, with Finland and Poland set to follow.
December 28, 2025 at 2:11 AM
There could be so many lives lost as Russia ignores deterrence. Sad but clearly the understandable.
Won the 1.4 Billion Powerball drawing. $4. Woohoo! Or as my wife said, “So you lost $16?” Well, sure, do the math. Thanks for that.
December 28, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Won the 1.4 Billion Powerball drawing. $4. Woohoo! Or as my wife said, “So you lost $16?” Well, sure, do the math. Thanks for that.
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perfect metaphors don’t exis—
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 6:35 PM
perfect metaphors don’t exis—
This seems like a good re-use of reactors to me. Not an expert by any means, but rather than have them all sit at a DoE disposal site? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Nuclear Developer Proposes Using Navy Reactors for Data Centers
A Texas power developer is proposing to repurpose nuclear reactors from Navy warships to supply the US grid as the Trump administration pushes to secure massive amounts of energy for the artificial in...
www.bloomberg.com
December 27, 2025 at 10:09 PM
This seems like a good re-use of reactors to me. Not an expert by any means, but rather than have them all sit at a DoE disposal site? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Congratulations Boeing on the B-52 engine contract award! Will we see them fly another 75 years? finance.yahoo.com/news/boeing-...
Boeing awarded $2 billion engine replacement order, Pentagon says
Dec 23 () - Boeing has been awarded a $2 billion order related to the B-52 commercial engine replacement program, the Pentagon said on Tuesday. (Reporting by Costas Pitas).
finance.yahoo.com
December 25, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Congratulations Boeing on the B-52 engine contract award! Will we see them fly another 75 years? finance.yahoo.com/news/boeing-...
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The federal government abruptly cut nearly $12 million in grants to the American Academy of Pediatrics in retaliation for criticizing policies of Health Secretary RFK Jr., the organization alleged in a new lawsuit.
National pediatrics association sues, claiming HHS grant cuts were retaliatory
The American Academy of Pediatrics says nearly $12 million in grants cuts were made because it criticized Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s policies.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 24, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The federal government abruptly cut nearly $12 million in grants to the American Academy of Pediatrics in retaliation for criticizing policies of Health Secretary RFK Jr., the organization alleged in a new lawsuit.
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This year’s contributors to the Bulletin’s “Voices of Tomorrow” section, which features essays and opinion pieces by rising experts, focused heavily on the threats posed by nuclear weapons.
Here’s a sampling of insights from our newest voices: buff.ly/HhkNFq6
Here’s a sampling of insights from our newest voices: buff.ly/HhkNFq6
December 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
This year’s contributors to the Bulletin’s “Voices of Tomorrow” section, which features essays and opinion pieces by rising experts, focused heavily on the threats posed by nuclear weapons.
Here’s a sampling of insights from our newest voices: buff.ly/HhkNFq6
Here’s a sampling of insights from our newest voices: buff.ly/HhkNFq6
Fraudsters out in force today. Multiple calls from different google voice numbers claiming to be Wells Fargo, Capital One, etc. My solution? Blow their eardrums out by repeatedly pressing 9 until they hang up. My favorite line “go ahead and call whoever you like” when I said I’d call fraud line.
December 23, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Fraudsters out in force today. Multiple calls from different google voice numbers claiming to be Wells Fargo, Capital One, etc. My solution? Blow their eardrums out by repeatedly pressing 9 until they hang up. My favorite line “go ahead and call whoever you like” when I said I’d call fraud line.
This has not been the Monday before Christmas I had expected.
December 23, 2025 at 1:19 AM
This has not been the Monday before Christmas I had expected.
Not sure if that’s me or if it was my dad. I don’t think he ever had a disorganized box but he sure had every cord.
this is the greatest feeling, when the cord box proves its utility to a family member
December 20, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Not sure if that’s me or if it was my dad. I don’t think he ever had a disorganized box but he sure had every cord.
Huge opportunity for doctors and systems to advertise that they believe in and follow the most current science.
Breaking news: The Trump administration plans to shift the federal government away from directly recommending most vaccines for children and suggest parents consult with doctors to make their own vaccine choices.
U.S. plans to stop recommending most childhood vaccines, defer to doctors
The plan, which is not finalized, suggests children get fewer shots and shifts to a model telling parents to consult doctors to make their own vaccine choices.
wapo.st
December 19, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Huge opportunity for doctors and systems to advertise that they believe in and follow the most current science.
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I’d bet someone was having fun and hope they don’t get fired. Probably useful for some people I can think of. Probably like The Eagles song - you can checkout anytime you like but you can never leave?
December 19, 2025 at 11:28 AM
I’d bet someone was having fun and hope they don’t get fired. Probably useful for some people I can think of. Probably like The Eagles song - you can checkout anytime you like but you can never leave?
I’d bet someone was having fun and hope they don’t get fired. Probably useful for some people I can think of. Probably like The Eagles song - you can checkout anytime you like but you can never leave?
December 19, 2025 at 11:28 AM
I’d bet someone was having fun and hope they don’t get fired. Probably useful for some people I can think of. Probably like The Eagles song - you can checkout anytime you like but you can never leave?
I smiled. Maybe even grinned and chuckled quietly.
I went to the doctor today and he told me that I needed more leafy vegetables and whole grains in my diet, and I couldn’t agree with him more. He is a good doctor. 😂
December 18, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I smiled. Maybe even grinned and chuckled quietly.
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The Trump administration is going after the attorneys nationwide who protect and defend disabled people. This is a huge attack on civil rights. P&As do all sorts of often hidden work such as leveraging their position to get into immigration detention facilities on behalf of disabled detainees.
Disability Rights Lawyers Threatened With Budget Cuts, Reassignments - KFF Health News
The Trump administration wants deep funding cuts for state-based legal services for disabled people, as rights advocates say the Justice Department pushed out many of its lawyers who worked on such is...
kffhealthnews.org
December 17, 2025 at 1:59 AM
The Trump administration is going after the attorneys nationwide who protect and defend disabled people. This is a huge attack on civil rights. P&As do all sorts of often hidden work such as leveraging their position to get into immigration detention facilities on behalf of disabled detainees.
When did the Economist start echoing the style of The Onion? www.economist.com/business/202...
A short guide to every business-hotel room
The world’s most commoditised experience
www.economist.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:27 AM
When did the Economist start echoing the style of The Onion? www.economist.com/business/202...
Is it weird I remember my great grandmother watching this?
Anthony Geary, who rose to fame in the 1970s and ‘80s as half the daytime TV super couple Luke and Laura on “General Hospital,” has died. He was 78.
'General Hospital' star Anthony Geary of Luke and Laura fame dies at 78
Anthony Geary, who played Luke Spencer on the longrunning soap opera "General Hospital," has died. He was 78.
bit.ly
December 16, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Is it weird I remember my great grandmother watching this?
Good article and fascinating background of the new MI6 chief. apnews.com/article/brit...
Britain’s MI6 spy chief says Putin is dragging out peace talks and wants to subjugate Ukraine
The head of Britain’s MI6 spy agency says President Vladimir Putin is stalling efforts to end Russia’s war on Ukraine, and is testing the West with tactics that fall “just below the threshold of war.”
apnews.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Good article and fascinating background of the new MI6 chief. apnews.com/article/brit...