Green thumbs. #grickledoodle #gardening #horror #husbands #cartoon #art #drawing #funny #humor

As the #Pentagon stays quiet, AP reconstructs a #US strike killing over 100 Iranian #children

A US missile killed Iranian schoolchildren four months ago. We still don’t know the full story

#TrumpsWar #IranWar #Iran #war #Trump #WarCrimes #RulesOfWar #InternationalLaw #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast
https://apnews.com/article/iran-school-strike-baluch-trump-2a134a5c74d80db763db4c3eb6d0d847

Today #arXiv officially leaves Cornell to become an independent nonprofit org. Details:
https://blog.arxiv.org/2026/06/30/arxivs-next-chapter/

Today the good people of the world commemorate the passing of Google Reader thirteen short years ago on July 1, 2013.

To honor their memory (and in lieu of flowers) please add an RSS, Atom, JSON or equivalent feed to your web site and keep building towards a web that connects people in meaningful and positive ways.

Higher ocean temperatures keep the atmosphere warm for longer, provide extra energy to storms and increase evaporation, thus enhancing the potential for extreme precipitation and flooding
#GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition
https://www.commondreams.org/news/hottest-june-oceans-on-record

#Meme #Humour

“Hello?” a voice said on the other end of the line. This time, the president had picked up.

“I’m writing a story about a big supporter of yours in the oil industry, Jeff Hildebrand,” I said. “Can I ask what you think about him?”
https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-called-trump-hildebrand?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Oil #Gas #Trump #Journalism #Media #Journalists

Not just #crypto deals: 🚨"#Trump racked up 10s of $Ms from fees & lic deals in new hotel, resort & condo deals overseas.🚨Many of those Cs were at the same time negotiating w the US over tariffs, military aid & other impt matters.

A property🚨in the UAE took in $10.4M; 1 in Saudi Arabia being built by a RE developer close to the ruling family sent his co $Ms +in Bucharest, RO, & another in QA each sent Trump $5M.

➕>$86M🚨from setlls with media & SM cos.
#Kleptocracy #USPol
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/30/trump-1bn-crypto-businesses-2025?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Stained glass window in the Mazovian Museum, Plock, Poland.

The Museum is a restored Art Nouveau / Secession style building from the early 20th century in the Old Town, compiling the biggest collection of Art Nouveau in Poland.

#ArtNouveau #Architecture

In 2026 TMZ is now doing better political reporting than most news media companies. Video link in comments.

Video: https://xcancel.com/tmz/status/2071674546399363439

The orchids are doing well this year. Especially in the huge area now deer fenced off.

I just ordered a nose hair trimmer online, because, well, I need to trim my nose hairs, and a nose hair trimmer sounded like the right tool for the job.

One of the images says it's the "best for lovers". I suspect someone in the factory in China that is selling them has some odd ideas about what lovers do in the West.

This paper took forever to publish. All the co-authors are astronomers, so we initially started with astronomy journals, and they didn't like it. Not astronomy-enough, I guess. So we tried a space journal instead. Here's the article from Acta Astronautica: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0094576526004091

And here's the non-paywalled version on the arXiv: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2512.09643

You may remember I wrote a bunch about this months ago when we first put it on the arXiv. Now it's peer-reviewed, and officially DONE.

There are only two types of people who talk seriously about data centers in space:

People who don’t know what they are talking about.

People who think you are stupid.

This July 4, I’m celebrating what makes me proud to be an American: Dolly Parton and her Imagination Library 🦋

“While the world was busy singing along to ‘Jolene,’ Parton was quietly building one of the largest childhood literacy programs on the planet” 📚

https://www.marinij.com/2026/06/28/marin-voice-welcome-to-dolly-partons-imagination-library-of-marin/amp/

Does anyone have good recommendations f resources for book authors to learn about book publishing contract basics? #WritingCommunity #amWriting

Taking an example from @NorcalGma2 I just signed up to send handwritten postcards to voters in swing states.

They supply the postcards and addresses, you buy postcard stamps (61 cents, but the price goes up in a week and they're good forever, I ordered 100 online from USPS.com)

Let's work together and win this fall!

https://secure.ngpvan.com/bcp6GpoxVEC3b1bF0GqgZg2?

🚨 NEW: "Donald Trump ​reported more than $1.4 billion in income from ‌his family’s crypto ventures last year, showing how he now earns most of his income from digital assets ​that have benefited from his policies"

Tom Bergin and Koh Gui Qing for @Reuters

#news #uspol #politics #trump

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-reports-more-than-14-billion-income-crypto-ventures-2026-06-30/

30 June 1891 | A Polish man, Kazimierz Lipka, was born in Sidzina. A monk, Augustinian (OSA)

In #Auschwitz from 4 November 1941.
No. 22407
He was murdered with a phenol heart injection on 24 February 1942.
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Learn about the fate of Christian clergy and religious life in the camp: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_18_duchowienstwo/