David Knowles

2 months ago | wsbtv.com | David Knowles

Breaking Sen. Strom Thurmond’s record for the longest Senate speech in history was just one of the things Sen. Cory Booker accomplished on Tuesday. Portions of his 25-hour-and-five-minute speech, which began Monday evening and ended Tuesday night, were viewed by millions of Americans, either on social media, on evening newscasts, at a time when President Trump has dominated headlines.

2 months ago | yahoo.com | David Knowles

Texas Tech scientist Katharine Hayhoe has spent the past 20 years grappling with the question of how to convince skeptics that global temperatures are rising and that climate change poses a threat to life as we know it. After earning a PhD from the University of Illinois and moving with her husband to deepred Lubbock, Texas, in 2005, she quickly realized that whether someone believes in climate change often boils down to where one resides on the political spectrum.

2 months ago | yahoo.com | David Knowles

For Florida, the state with the most golf courses in the United States, rising summer temperatures are forcing changes to the way the game is played. Andy, a 43-year-old resident of Jacksonville who asked that his last name be withheld, follows a mental checklist to deal with oppressive summer conditions on the golf course. “Drink water beforehand, bring electrolyte powder for drink mixes, wear a wide-brim hat, wear sunscreen and bring a cooling towel,” he told Yahoo News.

2 months ago | wsbtv.com | David Knowles

BERKELEY, Calif. — Over 1,000 demonstrators filled the street in front of a Tesla dealership Saturday in this Bay Area city synonymous with the free speech movement of the late 1960s, to voice their displeasure with Elon Musk’s efforts to dramatically scale down the federal workforce. “This whole thing about an unelected person doing so much damage to the federal government...

2 months ago | deathandbirds.com | Chloe Hope |Emily Powell |Brad Montague |David Knowles

Hello. This post is about Death & Birds. A pair of Pheasants have, joyously, made our garden their home. We’d heard them for weeks, their squawks getting closer and closer until one morning, there they were; she, hesitant in the long grass, he walking boldly across the lawn. Now, whenever the Pheasants are home, we move differently. They insist a slower pace.