Kavorka

Backpacking | Hockey | Climate Activist | Skiing | Scuba Diving | Running | Craft Beer | Family | Proud Chicagoan | Solo trip to over 40 countries |

[Kavorka @MikeChereso]

One of my favorite places I’ve ever walked on, hope generations ahead of us have the same opportunity to not only see this gorgeous place, but utilize its benefits for life’s essentials.

[NYT Climate @nytclimate]

Rising temperatures in the Himalayas will melt at least one-third of the region’s glaciers by the end of the century, a report found https://t.co/R4weQ9X6QW

[Kavorka @MikeChereso]

@Rainmaker1973 @grok who is she so I can follow her science

[Kavorka @MikeChereso]

@FDavidsonT COMMMENT! And followed. Excited to see what this journey you’re on is.

[Football Crave @FootballCravee]

Ben Johnson on offseason lifting sessions:

"If I don't do them as a leader, how can I expect my players to do them."

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

Trump is seeking to pay for his new $1.5 trillion military budget by cutting the following:

$510 million - Grants for farmers and agricultural research
$82 million - Loans for rural small businesses (Fully eliminated)
$61 million - Support for farmers and food markets (Fully eliminated)
$240 million - School meals and food education for children abroad (Fully eliminated)
$659 million - Community building grants
$47 million - Support for minority-owned businesses (Fully eliminated)
$449 million - Economic development grants for communities
$1.6 billion - Weather forecasting, fisheries, and coastal protection (NOAA)
$993 million - Scientific research and technology standards
$150 million - Support for American exports and trade
$2.2 billion - Broadband and internet access programs
$8.5 billion - Funding for public schools
$1.5 billion - Vocational training and adult education (Fully eliminated)
$2.7 billion - College access and higher education support
$15.2 billion - Roads, bridges, and infrastructure projects
$1.1 billion - Home energy efficiency and clean energy programs (Fully eliminated)
$1.1 billion - Scientific research funding
$386 million - Environmental cleanup programs
$150 million - Cutting-edge clean energy research
$4 billion - Help paying home heating and cooling bills for low-income families (Fully eliminated)
$768 million - Refugee resettlement assistance
$819 million - Care and shelter for migrant children
$775 million - Local anti-poverty programs (Fully eliminated)
$5 billion - Public health programs, mental health services, and disease prevention
$5 billion - Medical research (NIH)
$129 million - Healthcare quality and safety research
$356 million - Emergency preparedness and disaster response
$1.3 billion - FEMA community disaster preparedness grants
$707 million - Cybersecurity protection for critical infrastructure
$52 million - Airport and transportation security
$40 million - Protection against chemical and biological weapons threats
$53 million - Funding for homeland security operations
$3.3 billion - Community development block grants for local neighborhoods (Fully eliminated)
$1.3 billion - Affordable housing construction grants (Fully eliminated)
$393 million - Programs to reduce homelessness
$529 million - Housing assistance for people living with HIV/AIDS (Fully eliminated)
$489 million - Housing and services for Native American communities
$50 million - Grants to help communities build more housing (Fully eliminated)
$60 million - Enforcement of fair housing and anti-discrimination laws
$58 million - Homebuyer and renter counseling services (Fully eliminated)
$45 million - Renewable energy development programs (Fully eliminated)
$1.7 billion - Grants for local law enforcement and public safety
$20 million - Civil rights mediation and legal access programs (Fully eliminated)
$1.6 billion - Job training for at-risk youth (Fully eliminated)
$395 million - Jobs program for low-income seniors (Fully eliminated)
$234 million - Worker safety and labor protection programs
$101 million - Enforcement of equal pay and workplace anti-discrimination laws
$46 million - Programs to combat child labor and forced labor abroad
$2 billion - International humanitarian aid
$1.2 billion - Food aid for hungry families abroad (Fully eliminated)
$4.3 billion - Global health and disease prevention programs
$2.7 billion - Funding for the United Nations and international partnerships
$642 million - International economic and treasury programs
$315 million - Democracy and anti-corruption programs abroad
$486 million - Grants for public transit projects
$4.2 billion - Electric vehicle charging infrastructure
$372 million - Airline service for rural and small communities
$145 million - Grants for sustainable and equitable infrastructure
$204 million - Loans and investment for underserved communities
$1.4 billion - IRS taxpayer services and enforcement
$100 million - Air pollution monitoring and reduction programs (Fully eliminated)
$1 billion - EPA grants to states for environmental protection
$2.5 billion - Clean drinking water and wastewater infrastructure funds
$90 million - Grants to reduce diesel pollution (Fully eliminated)
$3.4 billion - NASA space and earth science research
$297 million - NASA technology innovation programs
$1.1 billion - International Space Station operations
$143 million - STEM education programs
$309 million - Small business development and entrepreneurship programs
$170 million - Small Business Administration operations
$158 million - Loans for small businesses

[nick wright @getnickwright]

Given the full context of this throw (playoff game, they 100% lose if this isn’t converted, they ended up winning, etc.), this has to be one of the very best plays in recent NFL history.

[Kavorka @MikeChereso]

Thank you.

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

BREAKING: President Trump announces steps to ban large institutional investors from buying single-family homes.

"People live in homes, not corporations." - President Donald J. Trump 🇺🇸

[Kavorka @MikeChereso]

@charnicle Trying to go tonight and never been. Can’t find tickets.. any advice?

[Kavorka @MikeChereso]

@prceofsalt Did you have any luck on this? Trying to go tonight and can’t find tickets anywhere

[Deb @DontCallMeDebby]

Good Saturday morning #SaturdayVibes

[Kavorka @MikeChereso]

Where to travel in 2025.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

US Dollar vs world currencies in 2024

[📊 TradingView]

[Kavorka @MikeChereso]

Torreys

[Nature is Amazing ☘️ @AMAZlNGNATURE]

I just love how baby Elephants have no understanding of how absolutely massive they are so they just behave like big dog

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

How trees secretly talk

[🎞️ Zack D. Films]

[Kavorka @MikeChereso]

Must watch. Food wars.

[Mark Ruffalo @MarkRuffalo]

What power does while we look the other way. From the director of BLACKFISH and producers of SPOTLIGHT, #TheGrab is now in theaters and on digital. https://t.co/rX1sjkLbPo

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

How many animals human kind eats every year

ᴰᵃᵗᵃ ᶦˢ ᶦⁿᵈᶦᶜᵃᵗᶦᵛᵉ ᵃⁿᵈ ᵉˣᵖʳᵉˢˢᵉᵈ ᶦⁿ ᵒʳᵈᵉʳˢ ᵒᶠ ᵐᵃᵍⁿᶦᵗᵘᵈᵉ ᶠʳᵒᵐ ᵗʰᵉ ᵐᵒˢᵗ ᶜᵒᵐᵐᵒⁿ ˢᵒᵘʳᶜᵉˢ ᵒⁿˡᶦⁿᵉ

[Blake Burge @blakeaburge]

In 2011, Denzel Washington was asked to give a commencement speech at the University of Pennsylvania.

Although the entire message is quite good, a single 54-second segment changed the way I think about life...

[CHGO Blackhawks @CHGO_Blackhawks]

Can we interest you in some Ivan Demidov highlights?

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

Leader Jeffries: This is about freedom. If Roe v. Wade can fall, anything can fall. Social Security can fall. Medicare can fall. Voting rights can fall. And God help us all, but democracy itself can fall

[Edward Snowden @Snowden]

A genie appears, and your wish determines the next US President. Who do you want?

[Mike Hudema @MikeHudema]

We should all be furious that as a year of climate fueled event wreaks havok on our planet more isn't being done to stem the tide.

Record heatwaves, record floods, record droughts, and record wildfires. How many more records before we #ActOnClimate?

#climate #renewables

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

This visualization uses the visual metaphor of a submerged porthole window to observe how far our oceans rose between 1993 and 2022.

[NASA, read more: https://t.co/1ERdtKPB9z]