The Trump fair on the National Mall just gets more pathetic with each passing day.
BTW: Today's high temperature in Washington is currently predicted to be 102° F/38.8° C.
#DonaldTrump #NationalMall #GreatAmericanStateFair #MAGA #heat #EpicFail
RE: https://mstdn.social/@noelreports/116860876640481213
Cool! Looking forward to 51%.
Fireworks spark thousands of wildfires every year — 32,000 in 2023 alone — and July 4 brings a clear spike.
This year, drought across much of the country makes the risk even higher.
https://theconversation.com/fireworks-heat-and-drought-make-this-july-4th-a-recipe-for-wildfires-286138
GOP stands for "Gross Old Pool" now. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/6/26/800061096/cartoon/reflecting-pool-party/
Chatbots confidently produce translations that miss the mark on metaphor, sentence structure and emotional depth.
There’s a heart behind poetry that AI simply cannot comprehend.
https://theconversation.com/the-art-of-literary-translation-exposes-the-limits-of-ai-282955
Nobel economics laureate Dr. Paul Krugman tells why people hate AI.
This post, from his Substack, is not behind a paywall.
#AI #DataCenters #ForcedUseOfAI
#unemployment #broligarchs #BigTech #PeopleHateAI
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/why-does-everyone-hate-ai
If you are paying more for electronic devices lately, the demand for chips for AI may be to blame.
#Electronics #Apple #Microsoft #AI #RAMshortage
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/apple-price-hike-ipad-macbook-ai-memory-chip-2026-9.7248577
Taking back your digital sovereignty involves sacrifice. If someone tells you it doesn't, they're uninformed or lying.
I think that sacrifice is worth it. Coping with jank makes us more resilient. But it's not easy and it's dishonest to suggest otherwise.
Jon Stewart spoke with Maggie Haberman & Jonathan Swan of the NYT about their new book “Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump”.
#DonaldTrump #USPolitics #JonStewart #TheDilyShow #RégimeChange #USA #TrumpAdministration
#journalism
Ukraine’s SBU says Alpha special forces carried out strikes against Russian air defense systems and military airfield infrastructure in occupied Crimea. According to preliminary data, four aircraft shelters were hit at Saky airbase. Near Kerch, the operation reportedly struck two components of an S-400 air defense system and two Pantsir-S1 systems. #Crimea
RE: https://mas.to/@Techaltar/116798636017740045
With 40% of the country's oil refineries seriously damaged, it's surprising that the stock index isn't lower.
You’re not the only one trying to stop a data center in your community.
https://theconversation.com/how-local-communities-are-challenging-big-tech-data-centers-noise-pollution-and-rising-electricity-bills-284642
Crystalline silica dust from fabricating quartz kitchen countertops is killing the young workers who fabricate them, often by age 50.
https://theconversation.com/quartz-countertops-are-driving-a-public-health-crisis-in-the-us-2-occupational-health-experts-explain-the-surge-of-lung-transplants-and-lawsuits-284888
RE: https://mstdn.social/@noelreports/116781417114844170
Russia has been losing significantly more troops in the past few months.
The time will come when they run out of meat for their meat waves.
Russia's military = 💩
The web is made of people. It's an old Web 2.0 cliche, but I was reminded of its importance — now more than ever — by a few things that happened this week (including @_elena your wonderful post about the TBL book, which I linked to). https://ricmac.org/2026/06/19/the-web-is-made-of-people/
Russian losses per 19/06/26 reported by the Ukrainian General Staff
+1370 men
+2 tanks
+4 ACVs
+58 artillery
+4 MLRS
+1 AD system
+1968 UAVs
+4 GRCs
+4 cruise missiles
RE: https://mastodon.social/@mcfadden/116772471684714315
Pesky critters.
Journalist Jim Acosta visited the reflecting pool in Washington just to see how green it's become thanks to algae from Donald Trump's botched renovation project.
He then placed the algal pool in the context of Trump's autocratic and demented governance.
#Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery, but the fight for freedom didn't stop there.
After emancipation, formerly enslaved Americans built schools, learned to read and write, and pursued higher education – after generations of laws that had made literacy a crime.
https://theconversation.com/juneteenth-reminds-us-of-black-americans-long-struggle-for-education-following-end-of-slavery-284948
@histodons #Histodons