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I find the op-ed declaring Pelosi an "American political giant" almost as repugnant as Douthat. Yes, she did some hugely important things, broke barriers, & was a fierce tactician--until she wasn't. No getting around fact that fascism rose on her watch, & she was too slow, too cautious in the fight.

#LookAndSee (244) #MusicChallenge Champion Jack Dupree - Bring Me Flowers While I'm Living youtu.be/4JaWj8gcvA0?...

Sorry (not really😉) for posting another Bearded Reedling, but had another brilliant day on the Somerset Levels with @cactusfranks.bsky.social This beautiful male taken at Westhay Moor NNR #birds #ukbirds #BirdsSeenin2025 #wildlife #rspb

I tell you what, learn a little bit about cancer and people who think you can cure cancer with diet or supplements do look very silly. This is why cancer biologists have such a hard time not being snarky.

Army Capt. Willibald Bianchi was killed in 1945 after U.S. aircraft, unaware there were prisoners on board, scored a direct hit on a Japanese POW ship.

What Murphy isn't telling you is that Bill Clinton and Dems, along with Republicans passed the Telecommunications Act of 1996 which allowed media conglomerates to buy up huge blocks of local stations. If Murphy offers a Bill to repeal that Act then he's ACTUALLY doing something about it.

Meta allegedly torrented pornographic videos with names like "ExploitedTeens" and "EuroTeenErotica" in service of training one of its AI models. Is this uhhhh superintelligence? www.wired.com/story/meta-l...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced the 19th package of sanctions against Russia. ◾️ EU is banning imports of Russian LNG into European markets; ◾️ 118 more vessels of the Russian shadow fleet are sanctioned (in total, more than 560 vessels are now under EU sanctions);

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A mesmerizing time-lapse of the Sun in ultraviolet light, captured by the Solar Dynamics Observatory spacecraft over a month. -Credits: NASA

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What happens when the leopards eat YOUR face? www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNoX...

A wildlife photographer joked that his wife managed to capture an extraordinary photo that outdid him: a European eagle owl, one of the world's largest, perched on his camera lens.

Opinion | Ghislaine Maxwell was not Jeffrey Epstein’s sole enabler. So why is she the only one in prison? - The Guardian

The ‘dog days’ of summer get their name due to their association with the Dog Star, Sirius, found in the constellation Canis Major. The first visible rising of Sirius occurs during the hot stretch from early July to early September. Woof.

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The strikes happened Saturday amid Tehran’s threat of reprisals that could spark a wider regional conflict.

There are 100k students in med school each year. Room and board is about 100k per year. For 10b a year, med school could be free. We would see a wholesale change in the profession, career paths and the cost of care. It would change the economics for every financial decision doctors

The national park of Zhangjiajie in central China is famous for the towering sandstone pillars that inspired the alternate universe in the 2009 blockbuster “Avatar.” But in recent weeks, the area has become known for its trash-filled caves. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/w...

His sentence isn't long enough. He's only 28. He'll be 52 when he gets out - if he does the whole deal. Plenty young enough to rape hundreds more women. This guy is vile. He is wealthy and raped women if UK and China. Monster. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

The Social Security trust fund could be depleted by 2033, according to a new report from its trustees. There's a simple way to fix this: scrap the cap on the Social Security payroll tax. https://youtu.be/GfZuB7XSFys?si=p8Zw3o6MIfQi9xoo

Republicans are tired of dealing with TikTok as Trump tries to keep the app alive. “I just want finality,” Grassley told us. “I want some certainty and just to know that the Congress isn’t being played when we make a decision [that the app] be sold.”

Folks, I think President Trump really wants a Nobel Peace Prize.

📊 92% of Americans will NEVER be multimillionaires. 🏛️ Yet over 50% of Congress already are. 💰 Citizens United keeps the rich in power and everyone else out. #EndCitizensUnited #PeopleOverProfits

Author and @wsj.com columnist Jason Riley argues Black students are better off without affirmative action. "These programs are not only, according to the Supreme Court, unconstitutional. They don't work." TONIGHT 8:30 pm ET @pbs.org listings: to.pbs.org/39hI6Tf

The work requirements proposed in the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” are more stringent than previous policies considered by Congress and implemented at the state level. As the Senate debates the bill, our analysis explains the proposals in the House-passed version.

A Rhode Island federal judge blocked an order that would have yanked billions of federal dollars for roads, bridges and airport projects in states, including Colorado, that don’t aid in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. By @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social @ashleymurray.bsky.social

Every day for the next ten days is going to be the same backwards (palindromic date): 5/20/25 5/21/25 5/22/25 5/23/25 5/24/25 5/25/25 5/26/25 5/27/25 5/28/25 5/29/25

"How's life treatin' ya, Norm?" "Like it caught me in bed with its wife."

Excellent episode. Tariffs, economy, wages, etc.

Where popes were born: 🇦🇷 Argentina: 1 🇵🇱 Poland: 1 🇳🇱 Netherlands: 1 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England: 1 🇪🇸 Spain: 2 🇵🇹 Portugal: 2 🇭🇷 Croatia: 2 🇬🇷 Greece: 4 🇸🇾 Syria: 5 🇩🇪 Germany: 6 🇫🇷 France: 16 🇮🇹 Italy: 217 Note: some ancient provinces and territories are not included.

Why anyone still gives any of the Clinton's an iota of thought is utterly beyond me.

I’m no street photographer but I came upon these quick portraits from a stroll through Manhattan I’d forgotten, & thought, look at these people. A man w/ an orange ribbon. A cop in front of a green tuxedo. A woman in a bubble. A “big star.”That’s so much of what street photo is—look at these people.

THREAD: It’s devastating to contemplate Virginia Giuffre is the second Epstein victim to die long before her time. I’ve known & told the stories of many victims of powerful abusers who died young. We don’t talk about this enough. Suicides, drug overdoses, deaths associated with alcoholism.

1. NEW John Ullyot, who until last week was chief Pentagon spokesman, has written a piece in Politico in which he says the Pentagon is in “total chaos” and that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is unlikely to remain in his role.

😂😂😂 Me, too!