After intro courses like Stop the Bleed, I can recommend Wilderness First Aid (two days) & Wilderness First Responder (two weeks) offered by groups like NOLS, National Outdoor Leadership School:
nols.edu
I get no kickback, I just really got a lot out of the experience.

CPR, Stop the Bleed & first aid are useful skills for ‘ordinary’ life, not just an apocalypse.
[ stopthebleed.org ]
They’re also interesting to learn about.

The news about Musk’s team, none of whom AFAIK are sworn federal employees, forcing access to high-security government computer systems, sounds like a violation of Title 18 USC 1030, which is a felony.

uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?r...

More thoughts about consequences of canceling remote work for government employees: increased commute time & stress, gas consumption, potential accidents, & road maintenance (costs borne by local governments). All this in the name of efficiency.

The Trump administration proposes to cancel remote work for many employees. This will require re-acquisition of many expensive leases cancelled previously. Trump also proposes selling government-owned buildings he considers badly managed. I wonder who would buy & lease them back to the government.

I needed a laugh, and this felt timely:

youtu.be/VsC8cKxSjfk?...

The classic “Van Loon’s Lives” (1942) is a series of historical essays packaged as a fantasy in which ghosts of famous people come to dinner.
His description of an evening with Robespierre and Torquemada is riveting for its contemporary feeling.

I may have shared a post without meaning to. It was interesting but I didn’t mean to press that button. I’m new to this.
What a lame first post.