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My husband and I went to the new local library to vote early and as we approached the building a very nice volunteer sitting at a table outside said, "Are you here to vote? Go in and turn left." He said, "That's what I plan to do." She got it and laughed.

Canada: I am sorry for your current tragedy. Thank you for being our sane friend all these years and for supporting us militarily. We will fix this situation and come to beg your forgiveness.

I worked in a high school at a desk job for 2 years. My prayers are for those in Bend, Oregon who are suffering because of the shooting and the deaths and injuries at their school.

I worry that the Democratic leadership will not have the stomach to do the things that "accountability" will involve. Republicans have been so good for so long in inflicting and enjoying pain but Democrats cannot tolerate causing pain for very long. They cave. Justice will take courage and for years

Photo of the south entrance of the Hotel Dieu taken March 2025 while waiting in line to visit Notre Dame. The courtyard in which the remnants of the Celtic oppidum, recently located, is behind the arcaded entrance in the photo.

Archaeologists in Paris have uncovered what they think is ancient Lutetia, a Celtic oppidum mentioned in Caesar's Gallic Wars that had never been found. 🧪🏺

Louis XIV was a fraud. Trump is a fraud. So much that is the same in a comparison between the two. I studied and wrote about Louis XIV for long enough to be sure of his deceit. My book *Second Son* is a good read and a good way to get out of the doom loop for a little while.

By moving to the “center,” Democrats have failed to fight the forces that led us to Donald Trump: widening inequality, economic insecurity, and the unchecked political power of corporations and the rich. Political centrism is nonsense. There is no middle ground between democracy and oligarchy.

#PPOD: This fragment of the Hillsborough meteorite crashed through the roof of a New Jersey home in 2024, delivering an unusually pristine sample of a primitive asteroid directly to Earth. The rare CM1/2 carbonaceous chondrite contains material altered by ancient salty fluids... 🧪 🔭

Life will always find a way, no matter the obstacles..

The real height of the Coloseum, represented by 2000 drones: a rendering project by Amsterdam-based artist duo Studio Drift. Original post

A very good article talking about how solar electricity has become cheaper than coal and gas electricity over the last several years. oilprice.com/Alternative-...

Trying to fall asleep but a terrible thought is keeping me awake: On the same day news came that the feds are starting to round up and sell for slaughter U.S. wild horses and...that Trump says he will push lots of red meat into the market to help prices but won't say where the meat will come from.

A rooftop wind turbine that could change the way we think about home energy Imagine generating electricity from the wind without needing a massive tower, a huge plot of land, or a traditional wind farm. The technology shown here is designed to bring small-scale wind generation directly onto rooftops

Mitch McConnell, whether he is comatose or not alive, is not going back to his desk at the capitol.

The Spanish national bike race started today in Monaco. The racers are starting time trials inside the lobby of the casino (yep - really) plowing out the front door into the streets of Monaco - some good views of the yachts in the harbor - and these are YACHTS!

L’incendie qui menace la presqu’île touristique du Cap-Ferret avait parcouru vendredi en fin de soirée plus de 19 000 hectares et menaçait des communes de la métropole de Bordeaux. 110 000 personnes ont été évacuées. Par La rédaction de Mediapart

Already watching the Tour de France starting in Barcelona. Every year in July we travel France's back roads and village streets for 3 weeks. This year the race goes thru my husband's research area in Burgundy.

Après l'affaire Lyhanna, mobilisation pour une loi globale contre les violences sexuelles

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Two dogs wait on the frontline every morning. One white. One gray. They know when the volunteer is coming. This bowl is the only meal they’ll have today. hfu.org

If you possibly can, hold off on the posts about dead pets. I love dogs and cats and have had a lot of them that I miss every day but I try to avoid passing that pain onto others. It's not that I don't care, it's that I care too much & more grief loaded on is unbearable.

Here is a link to my interview with my local radio station about my book on the Man in the Iron Mask, a masked French prisoner of state whose identity was never known. Second Son. It's a 'can't put it down' read. #history #paris chapelboro.com/town-square/...

There is a French website www.arbres.org that has lots of info on old and historic trees. The photos are self explanatory if you don't speak French. My non-fiction book on the Man in the Iron Mask (Second Son) shows that a historically important tree in Picardy holds the clue to the mystery.

"Amine le Conquérant", le youtubeur franco-marocain qui mène la vie de châteaux

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