US officials tell US, UK now striking Iran-backed Houthis targets inside Yemen in response to their attacks on ships in RedSea & GulfofAden - more than a dozen targets ranging from training facilities to drone storage facilities
Florida school: Yeah, this whole "reading" thing is just too risky
https://themessenger.com/news/florida-school-district-dictionaries-escambia-county-sex-ed
The White House budget director seems to have a good bead on the situation in the House. Mainly, that they're all pretty much addicted to the crazy.
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a46319622/budget-shutdown-mike-johnson/
*ANOTHER* 737 MAX problem. This could have been much worse had the plane been at a higher altitude and the pilots not reacted as quickly as they did. This could (and probably will) initiate a grounding of the 737 MAX fleet, again, until they figure out what went wrong. Scary stuff!
“A pilot forgetting to turn it off, that’s all it takes,”
https://www.columbian.com/news/2024/jan/05/boeing-wants-faa-to-exempt-max-7-from-safety-rules-to-get-it-in-the-air/
Just spending my elder years documenting my declining mental faculties. Love cooking, craft beer, snow, theater, and voting liberal. He/Him/Yo