Saturday, 25 October 2025

TREE HOUSE NEWS 🏡

Land of Whispering Pines 🌲

Good morning! May the Great Spirit bless you 🙏

This morning here at Tree House Newsroom, it looks like the sun is rising in an ever-growing tinge of orange over the trees, 🌄 with what appears to be only intermittent clouds. I was outside in my Green Space 🍃 for a bit earlier, when it was still dark, 🌌 and I needed a light jacket to 🥼 be comfortable enough to sit in my Green Space 🍃 with my coffee ☕ this morning, or standing at a bus stop 🚎🛑 while waiting for a bus 🚎 🥼. Well, you wouldn't be waiting for an elephant at a bus stop 🐘 unless you work for the circus, right? 🤡 Then you may wonder where you're going to put your elephant 🐘 on this bus, 🚎? Then Gus the Bus driver 😎 says,' back seat row, no luggage. The elephant leaves his trunk at the bus stop 🌶🐘🚎🛑

OK, enough of that for today.

ANOUNCEMENT:

I have an appointment today at 12:00 to get my COVID-19 shot, so I don't want to miss it as the COVID-19 season closes in on us again. I am pretty sure I will not have the news finished before then, and I refuse even to attempt racing against the clock. I was never very good at that, and I have no desire to mess up and end up taking an extra hour or more to fix the messes afterward. Yesterday was a disaster that way, and I didn't even have an appointment; I don't want a repetition of yesterday.

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

- Google Search -

Time Anxiety

Worrying about not having enough time is a form of time anxiety, which is the fear of wasting time or the unease about time passing too quickly. This feeling can create a vicious cycle where the anxiety itself leads to procrastination and more wasted time, further increasing stress. This anxiety can range from a daily sense of being rushed to deeper existential dread about not achieving your goals. ...

How time anxiety manifests:
Daily time:*
Future time:
Existential time:
Procrastination:
Over-scheduling:

How to Manage Time Anxiety

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My Opinion:

I believe this is the best description I have come across thus far in my research on this topic. I still very much have an interest in the topic, for I have this disorder as well, and the only cure I have found for myself is to find retirement. OK, with that said, retirement from doing physical or mental work behind a desk or on a construction site, doing it by the clock, is stressful—even for a regular person, or even a hardened one. After a while, that stress catches up.

I remain active with the outside world through Social Networks. I express my thoughts, feelings, and opinions on local and world events, where I can still feel useful in society without worrying about a clock on the wall. I don't give a fiddler's fiddle about getting comments, though I wouldn't mind getting some. What's more important to me is whether anyone is reading my comments. Some social networks don't have view numbers. I would appreciate it very much if you read it, heart it, ❤️ or, if you don't like it, post a thumbs down 👎 —simple as that.

_*If I were still in the workforce, I would certainly have fun in a drone designing research facility with no clocks, nanotechnology, and even work on the theory of anti-gravity, moving past Einstein's Field Equations (EFEs): 🤖🕹🔬🧬☢️🌌 It's called "CURIOSITY!" I shouts to the cosmos, arms outstretched.

🤣😂😆

Signed: The Fairy Lady from the 5th Dimention.

BREAKING NEWS:

Pentagon to use $130 million donation from anonymous Trump ‘friend’ to pay military members

The Trump administration plans to funnel a $130 million donation from an anonymous ally of President Donald Trump toward paying military service members during the government shutdown, the Defense Department confirmed on Friday.

“The donation was made on the condition that it be used to offset the cost of Service members’ salaries and benefits,” chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said in a statement to CNN, adding that the money was accepted under the department’s “general gift acceptance authority.” The move marks a striking departure from government procedure for funding the military, which traditionally relies on public funds appropriated by Congress. And it raised immediate questions about the donor’s identity and motivations for cutting the nine-figure check to the government.

The $130 million donation is unlikely to make any meaningful impact toward covering salaries of the roughly 1.3 million active duty military troops, netting out to about $100 per service member...

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Updated Oct 24, 2025, 5:11 PM ET - Updated 16 hr ago

- CNN -

As pressure mounts, here's where every Indiana senator stands on Trump's redistricting push

The pressure is mounting on Indiana's Senate Republicans, who are the roadblock to President Donald Trump's plan to redraw the state's congressional map mid-decade.

It's reached a fever pitch since Senate President Pro Tempore Rodric Bray, through a spokesperson, revealed publicly in Politico Oct. 22 that his caucus doesn't have the votes to redistrict. Since then, a handful of vocal state senators who support redistricting have doubled down, and one prominent Senate leader ― Chris Garten of Charlestown ― made clear his positive position for the first time. Meanwhile, conservative activists from outside Indiana have vowed to come to here to rally and organize against Indiana senators who've opposed redistricting.

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Updated October 24, 2025 - 12:57 P.M. ET

- Indianapolis Star - com -

CANADIAN NEWS:

'Don't Need America': Canada SNAPS Ties With U.S. After Fiery Carney-Trump Clash, Tariff Crisis?

Prime Minister Mark Carney vows to double Canada’s non-U.S. exports amid rising U.S. tariffs, warning that America’s protectionist trade shift is strangling investment and threatening jobs. Carney declared the “era of economic dependence on the U.S.” over, urging Canadians to “take care of ourselves” by expanding global trade with India, China, and other partners. He said tariffs have hit industries like steel, autos, lumber, and aluminium hard. With over 75% of exports tied to the U.S., Carney’s bold plan signals a major economic pivot toward self-reliance, energy independence, and global market diversification.

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