4 chapters across the catalog
Meetup Reports, Knoxville and the JCD Birthday Extravaganza
Listeners provided reports from recent meetups, including a small gathering in Knoxville and an upcoming "birthday extravaganza" for John Dvorak in Oakland, California. Other events were noted in Osaka, Japan, and Raleigh, North Carolina. The hosts emphasized that these meetups serve as a vital network for "first responders" in the No Agenda community.
A CBS report on the flooding of the Tidal Basin in Washington DC is analyzed. While the report mentions the ground is sinking, it primarily blames climate change. The hosts point out the logical inconsistency of media reports claiming specific regions like Canada are warming "twice as fast" as the rest of the world.
A PBS NewsHour report on "cloning" cherry blossoms in Washington D.C. is ridiculed by the hosts. They point out that "cloning" trees via cuttings and grafting is the standard, centuries-old method of propagation for fruit and ornamental trees. They mock PBS and NPR for presenting basic agricultural techniques as high-tech scientific breakthroughs.
PBS Science Wednesday, Tree Cloning and Fruit Propagation
A PBS NewsHour segment on "Science Wednesday" reported on efforts to "clone" Washington D.C.'s cherry blossom trees. The hosts mock the report for treating cloning as a high-tech breakthrough, noting that fruit trees and grapes have been propagated through cuttings and grafting (cloning) for centuries. They criticize the PBS staff for a fundamental lack of scientific understanding regarding basic horticulture.
