RegularJoe

Drought conditions in Texas have worsened, with severe impacts on crops such as winter wheat and livestock feed availability.

“Things are looking bad for far south Texas, where climate outlooks suggest higher than normal probabilities of dry conditions over much of the state,” said William Baule, regional climatologist at the Southern Regional Climate Center and research assistant professor of atmospheric sciences at Texas A&M University.

U.S. Drought Monitor data, published April 2, showed drought conditions intensified from March 24 –31. There was no change in abnormally dry conditions (D0), while drought categories (D1–D4) worsened overall.

Moderate drought increased 4.48 points to 88.98% (D1). Severe drought worsened sharply by 7.27 points to 62.81% (D2). Extreme drought was up 6.74 points to 29.34% (D3). Exceptional drought weakened by 0.86 points to 4.96% (D4).

The drought has made it difficult to take soil samples, according to Dwayne Peirce, Texas A&M AgriLife agriculture and natural resources agent, who has pulled samples since the 1990s.

“I've never had the difficulty that I've had this spring, pulling soil samples for our spring and summer crops,” he said. “It's taken me, on an average, at least twice as long, if not three times as long, to sample the field. Just trying to find a location that's soft enough to get the probe in the ground has been difficult.”

From the wikipedia page

Rodney Bingenheimer saw Van Halen at Gazzarri's in the summer of 1976, and convinced Gene Simmons of Kiss to see them perform. Impressed, Simmons produced a 29-track Van Halen demo tape, entitled "Zero", at Village Recorder studios in Los Angeles, with post-production overdubs completed at Electric Lady Studios in New York. Simmons suggested changing their name to "Daddy Longlegs." However, a very disappointed Simmons could do no more once Kiss management decided that Van Halen "had no chance of making it".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Halen

Flamebait. Begun the flame wars have.

The Texas State Board of Education met this month to discuss potential changes to how social studies is taught under the state’s Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for K-12 social studies curriculum.

The Texas Education Agency has also published a recommended reading list of literary works developed with input from more than 5,000 Texas English teachers, according to a previous report by The Center Square.

Teachers and historians have raised concerns about elements of the proposed standards.

So apparently he pocked about 26 million according to this article from Dec 09, 2019:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/sami-bebawi-snc-lavalin-1.5383469

The prosecution is trying to prove SNC-Lavalin transferred about $113 million to shell companies used to pay people who helped the company collect money and secure contracts in Libya, beginning in the late 1990s.

What remained in the accounts after the kickbacks were paid was split between Bebawi and Riadh Ben Aissa, a former colleague, the Crown alleges, with Bebawi pocketing $26 million.

So even if he spent some of it, he should have considerably more than $100K.

Perhaps you're thinking of Love is like a Rock?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcbndNeCO-s

For clarity the platform is called Snowflake.

While numerous cloud storage and SaaS vendors were targeted using the stolen tokens, BleepingComputer has learned that the majority of the data theft attacks targeted the cloud data platform Snowflake.

The headline is not calling the customers snowflakes.

https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=iranian+response+to+US+two+week+ceasefire

When I grew up there was a company that said "Wednesday was Prince Spaghetti day".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_spaghetti

Piers.

It appears to be trying to walk the role of mediator.

Iran and Oman are reportedly drafting a protocol to monitor ship transit through the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian state news agency IRNA reported on Thursday, citing an official.

https://www.wionews.com/photos/iran-and-oman-draft-protocol-to-monitor-strait-of-hormuz-traffic-reports-1775144034617

Oman grapples with its national identity as a neutral mediator after Iran’s attacks

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-oman-neutral-mediator-iran-attacks-national-identity/

For Oman, the Strait of Hormuz is a windfall and a burden

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/03/30/for-oman-the-strait-of-hormuz-is-a-windfall-and-a-burden_6751959_4.html

The world may never know.