u/TheGreenMan13

It's hard to see as the camera just caught it. I zoomed in as much as I could.

You can see the red cement truck starting to make his left hand turn while his light is red (the light on my road is green). He's basically finished with his turn by the time my light turns red.

I think is a watch fob. The front has a M surrounded by an O and I think オ-エム. Which is OM in Japanese, I think. The back might say something about vehicles, though I really am not sure.

I think the first is 大谷. But I'm at a loss for the meaning. It doesn't help that there is a baseball player with the name 大谷翔平. Only the front is pictured because the back is blank.

I don't have an idea for the second. Front and back pictured.

From the DOE legal filing (page 510 to 512 of the linked pdf.), this news story, and this DOE announcement:

In late 2025 the DOE submitted a list of 624 grants they suggested to terminate to the OMB. 283 of that number were in states that voted for Harris and had 2 Democratic senators, "Blue States". All 283 were canceled. Only 1 of the 341 grants that were in "non-Blue States" was canceled.

The DOE agrees that the decision to terminate the grants was not "based on any programmatic, statutory, cost-reduction, or performance-based factor. DOE accepts that the ... [decision to terminate the 283 grants] ... was based solely on the political identity of the grant recipient’s state, i.e., whether the recipient’s location and/or place of performance was in a Blue State or a non-Blue State."

The DOE stipulation then goes on to blame the OMB (basically controlled by DOGE) for the selection of Blue-State only grant cancellation, even though the DOE was the one to do the canceling.

Some DOE quotes:

"Following a thorough, individualized financial review, DOE determined that these projects did not adequately advance the nation’s energy needs, were not economically viable, and would not provide a positive return on investment of taxpayer dollars."

"President Trump promised to protect taxpayer dollars and expand America’s supply of affordable, reliable, and secure energy. Today’s cancellation’s [sic] deliver on that commitment. Rest assured, the Energy Department will continue reviewing awards to ensure that every dollar works for the American people."

"Using this review process, DOE evaluated each of these awards and determined that they did not meet the economic, national security or energy security standards necessary to justify continued investment."

These are Swiss shooting event cups. Both are marked "Bruppacher 0.800" for the manufacturer and 80% silver. Silver is about $59/oz at the moment. Both cups are probably from the same time frame, the 1920s.

One is stamped "Zürcher Kantonal Standschiessen 1920". It weighs ~91g (3.20993 oz).

The other is more ornate with "Schützengesellschaft der Stadt Zürich." engraved around the rim and the crest of the Society nicely applied to the cup. It weighs ~103g (3.63322 oz).

Buy them for the silver (80%) or for the Swiss shooting history.

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I'm trying to find a face mill that will fit the TTS style arbor in the link below. Everything I've found has been $250-$1000. It there anything to be found for less than $200?

https://tormach.com/tts-shell-mill-arbor-1-2in-31830.html

I was in the rightmost left turn lane. The guy in the leftmost lane decided to turn into my lane instead of staying in his. I saw him and slowed down to avoid him.

There is also a silver SUV that decides to run the red light to kick off the video. That happens so often I didn't even notice until I was editing the video.

"License plate camera" my ass. This one may catch the occasional plate but it is 99% there to scan faces of people shopping at this small garden center. There is another one on the road (facing the road) near the main entrance/exit.

This entrance is really only used for deliveries and the occasional person leaving by that gate. Front license plates aren't needed so the camera won't pick up the plates of anyone leaving that way.

I was in the left lane to pass the truck and a piece of plywood popped out of the uncovered roll off he was hauling.