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Updated with photo, for what it's worth.

I got out yesterday after work and wrapped my fruit trees and currant bush, but I forgot about my raspberry and gooseberry bushes (luckily it didn't end up freezing last night). I don't have any way to get any sort of cover over them, and it is supposed to be in the 20sF early tomorrow, Tuesday morning.

I'm not what sure do. I guess I could set an alarm for some time in the middle of the night to check the temperature, then if it is trending below 30°F, run the hose spray over the bushes, hopefully making ice that would coat their leaves at 32°F rather than dipping below that.

Another option would be to put one of my temperature sensors out near the berry bushes to see what kind of microclimate I've got there, and then if that drops, protect them with the water. Those bushes are generally more protected by structures and the lay of the land than everything is out front. Maybe that area won't hit the freezing mark?

This is #Kansas, so I'm used to losing fruit crops because the weather in April didn't cooperate.

This dip tonight means we likely won't get any peaches or pears from local trees unless farmers go to extremes to try to keep those from freezing. I don't remember having Kansas peaches more than one time over the last 10 years because of April freezes.

Peaches seem to be the most sensitive, which is part of why I've never planted a peach tree. 😞

Tariffs threaten to upend markets that Missouri and Kansas farmers depend on: 'Absolutely bad news'

U.S. row crop farmers produce enormous quantities of food, and they depend on selling lots of it overseas. They thrive under free trade policies.

They're also big spenders, laying out billions on the heavy equipment, seed and fertilizer they use, making them doubly vulnerable to tariffs.

#tariffs #Missouri #Kansas #farmers

kcur.org/news/2025-04-04/tarif

KCUR · Tariffs threaten to upend markets that Missouri and Kansas farmers depend on: 'Absolutely bad news'By Frank Morris

>>Customs agents in Dallas told Cortez Martinez that he had been ordered removed in absentia on June 11, 2024, and that his documents to travel had been issued in error.

Cortez Martinez said he had never been notified of a removal order<<

#Kansas #KansasCity #DACA #Immigration #Deportation

thebeaconnews.org/stories/2025

Beacon: Kansas City · Kansas City-area man deported after visiting grandfather’s grave in MexicoBy Mary Sanchez

Some context for what happened at the Kansas State Capitol between members of The Satanic Grotto and their attackers as Satanists performed a Black Mass is defiance of Christian nationalists and the law.

queersatanic.com/satanists-do-

“Our side never does shit”

Sometimes our side punches a motherfucker who tries it.

#TheSatanicGrotto #SatanicGrotto #Satanism #Satanic #SatanicRitual #BlackMass #TheDevilOfKansas #Kansas #KansasStateCapitol #antifascism #Blasphemy

Important contextual information here is that Schroeder is a "Warrior for Christ" Christian extremist already arrested once for calling in a bomb threat on a Pride event in Wisconsin a couple years ago, not just "some helpful guy":

> Online records showed that Stewart, 42, was jailed briefly Friday afternoon on suspicion of disorderly conduct and having an unlawful assembly, then released on $1,000 bond.
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> The Kansas Highway Patrol, which provides security at the Statehouse, said two others who entered the building with Stewart also were arrested for unlawful assembly, Jocelyn Frazee, 32, and Sean Anderson, 50. Frazee had no bond set; information for Anderson was not available online.
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> Witnesses and friends identified the young man trying to snatch away the Black Mass script as Marcus Schroeder, who came to counterprotest with fellow members of a Kansas City-area church. Online records show Schroeder, 21, was arrested on suspicion of disorderly conduct, with his bond also set at $1,000.
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> A friend of Schroeder’s, Jonathan Storms, said he was trying to help a woman who also sought to snatch away Stewart’s script and “didn’t throw any punches.”

Full article:
apnews.com/article/satanic-gro

Schroeder's prior arrest in Wisconsin:
wkow.com/news/christian-warrio

jsonline.com/story/communities

Eine Babysitterin in Kansas wollte ein Kind beruhigen & suchte nach Monstern unterm Bett. 😱 Was sie fand, war aber kein Monster, sondern ein echter Mann! 😲 Der Eindringling wurde festgenommen. 👮‍♂️ Mehr dazu hier: n-tv.de/panorama/Babysitterin- #Babysitter #Gruselgeschichte #Kansas #Einbruch #newz

n-tv NACHRICHTEN · Schock im Kinderzimmer: Babysitterin sucht "Monster" unterm Bett - und findet MannBy n-tv NACHRICHTEN
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During last weekend's Tesla Takedown protests, a Tesla customer was seen exiting a Kansas Tesla dealership to do multiple Nazi salutes in front of a cybertruck.

The Nazicar loving Nazi then tried to get protesting soccer moms with their kids to fight him while claiming to be a former US military service member.

Eventually a woman, presumably his wife, was seen dragging the hate filled Tesla customer back into the dealership.

Kansas lawmakers want to loosen vaccine requirements amid a measles outbreak in the state

An outbreak of measles in southwest Kansas continues to grow. State health data shows 10 people in Grant, Stevens and Morton counties, all under the age of 18, have tested positive for measles since the start of this year.

#measles #Kansas #vaccinerequirements

kcur.org/health/2025-03-25/kan

A rash caused by the measles on a child's face.
KCUR · Kansas lawmakers want to loosen vaccine requirements amid a measles outbreak in the stateBy Bek Shackelford-Nwanganga

#Measles arrives in #Kansas, spreads quickly in #undervaccinated counties
In the 2023–2024 school year, rates of kindergartners with their two shots stood at 83% in the Hugoton school district and 80 percent in the Moscow school district, according to state data. Those rates are significantly below the 95% threshold needed to block the onward community spread of measles—one of the most infectious viruses known to humankind arstechnica.com/health/2025/03
Who needs a bioweapon when we don't #vaccinate?

Ars Technica · Measles arrives in Kansas, spreads quickly in undervaccinated countiesBy Beth Mole