Local plumbers two steps ahead of every university administrator in america 👏

A human rights lawyer who fled China, applied for asylum in the US, and was delivering packages for Amazon when ICE took him this week:

Trump / Miller are now limiting student visas to 4 years. PhD programs typically run 5-6 years in many disciplines.

I did not know that Rob Reiner's last line in his last role was as George Washington saying, "we're fucked," in Larry David's HBO series (Bootlegged scene: youtu.be/-3XaD00AXD0)

"The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service could soon declare that pygmy rabbits or Florida manatees are threatened with extinction. But under a policy change issued by the Trump administration on Friday, Americans could still kill, trap and harass them."

Each buoy weighs approximately a ton. Floating downstream, headed for bridges + a dam. What could possibly go wrong?! “Hundreds of massive orange buoys, each weighing approximately a ton, were swept into the Rio Grande shortly before midnight as the river burst its banks due to torrential rains.”

Probably more helpful to think of them not so much as “Canadian wildfires” but rather “climate change wildfires currently consuming Canada”

The Editor-in-Chief of Science got caught using AI the same way I catch students using AI: Failing to scrub his links.

Laugh of the day. Science wins every time.

One doc dumped tonight includes tip to FBI that "China had collected private US user data from millions of TikTok accounts, to include name, ID and address” so Chinese govt could make fake drivers’ licenses to request ballots. Problem w/ conspiracy theory: TikTok doesn’t ask for street address

This will be a sound bit for sure -- what happened to the Todd Blanche from the SDNY. it's a sad story. you are willing to sacrifice everytihng you once believed in. Quotes Caro: Power doesn't corrupt as much as it reveals. Blanche; I'm still here. I'm the same person i once was. A patent lie.

Even Todd Blanche’s friends know he is too dangerous to serve as AG. His record speaks for itself. www.ms.now/opinion/todd...

The truest form of patriotism is not pretending we are perfect. It's loving this country enough to keep fighting for what it promises to be. Freedom. Equality. Justice that does not stop at anyone's door. That is the America worth celebrating today, and the one worth building.

For those who have forgotten the past 40 years: Tax cuts for the rich ...don’t trickle down Boosting military spending ...doesn’t bring peace Slashing regulations ...doesn’t create jobs Folks, we’ve seen this all before.

Here's a montage of what Lindsey Graham thought of Donald Trump before he became a lackey and humiliated himself.

Lindsey Graham once saw Donald Trump for what he really was and spoke out against him. Then Graham decided to support Trump because DJT was a winner, saying the Republican party needed to win. He then abased himself repeatedly in favor of the amoral President. That is his sad, pathetic legacy. .

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I'm gonna do this with a lobster trap and run in Maine.

Recommend these posts about the reenactment of the toppling of the statue of George III in New York. [Genius move to make it a piñata. Add this to things I didn’t know re Revolutionary War history.] Now off to check if our libraries have Erin L Thompson’s book.

Solar panels occupy less than a quarter of 1% of all prime farmland in North Carolina today, according to a new research report analyzing land use. Golf courses use more than solar energy does. Full report: https://ncnewsline.com/2026/06/26/solar-has-minimal-impact-on-nc-farmland-new-study-shows/

I think in a way "AI" is a symptom of how much we've made uni & research about "deliverables" and not the process. As is plagiarism. And it's showing in the borked automation that we're trying to throw at the problem as that kind of band-aid that falls of when there's rain in the next town over.

An American story, with remarkable reporting by Adrian Carrasquillo of The Bulwark. Should be a gift link.

sometimes a news photo is also a Far Side cartoon

The reason we have the absolute smashing women's soccer league that we do is because of Title IX inclusion requirements that they're desperate to eliminate.

every so often Zelensky gets a chance to go back to to being a funny guy on tv and it's like his eyes light up and he loses 5 years of age look at his face man is SO HAPPY to just be crushing a punchline

Headline failure writ large. Even the story says that the 1% increase in unauthorized workers relative to local labor - corresponded w/ roughly a 1% increase in local employment with NO evidence it reduced avg wages - was associated w/ a roughly 2.2% rise in home prices & a 1.4% increase in rents.

New in PN with @juddlegum.bsky.social: How Kalshi infects the news "Since last December, both CNBC & CNN have promoted Kalshi to viewers extensively, frequently vouching for its accuracy. The existence of financial ties between the networks & Kalshi, however, is disclosed to viewers inconsistently"

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Santa Fe, NM, is a treasure trove of history and historical markers, and you can find some related to the 1680 Pueblo Revolt, including one as part of a series of sidewalk markers, and another giving context to pre-revolt politics. Pre-1776 colonial life in America wasn’t confined to the East Coast.

Nothing more “Trump is an adult child” than him saying “I want all the planes and all of the fireworks for my party,” which he, of course, see as his party. Again, child.

Photographer Helen Levitt, Two Children Dancing, New York, 1940 #WomensArt #FridayFeeling

Bumpy hasn't been in our care long, but he has already bonded quickly with his Keepers, Festus and Jackson. He peeks above the water to watch their comings and goings and loves to nestle between their feet. A forehead scratch is always well received too, thank you very much.

Site's getting hammered because of this but: web.archive.org/web/*/https:... Of course we saved it.

The American innovation featured is Mutt’s Sauce as sold on TikTok? The jokes write themselves. As faras Occupy Mars, I wish Elon Musk would move himself off this planet. Tomorrow would be preferable.

Talarico: Every bar has that guy. He’s loud, he’s obnoxious, he makes all the women in the bar feel uncomfortable. He hears you say your name to the bartender and then adds his drink to your tab when you’re not looking. That’s Paxton. And I don’t know about y’all, but I’m done picking up his tab.

Did Pete Hegseth single-handedly raise the R₀ of flu?, by @jeremyfaust.bsky.social ; no. What happens is in line with epidemiology. open.substack.com/pub/insideme...

This dementia-addled loon can’t remember what he said or did 2 weeks ago. Specifically, when he celebrated higher oil costs because “when oil prices go up we make a lot of money”. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

Crocheted canopy for shade in public space, created by 40 local women of Cartaya, Spain #WomensArt

Training on copyrighted material may or may not be a problem for AI companies. Illegally obtaining the data is definitely a problem www.gadgetreview.com/millions-of-...

NEW: Pope Leo XIV’s new archbishop of New York, Ronald Hicks, celebrates the Knicks’ title with Mayor Zohran Mamdani at the city’s Puerto Rican festival.

This National Indigenous History Month, explore resources from the Day Schools Project that help Survivors, their families, and researchers discover and better understand day school records.  www.canada.ca/en/library-a...   #NIHM2026

"we ran 125 million barrels of oil through the Strait" is a classic "large number dummy" trick because under normal circumstances, 20 million barrels passed through the Strait of Hormuz every single day. "we've gotten 125 million barrels through" actually means transport has slowed to a trickle.

Kharkiv art museum is burning as the enemy tries to destroy culture at any cost. This is Kharkiv mayor helping to evacuate the art pieces

Last time the Knicks were NBA champions was the year the DOJ charged Fred & Donald Trump with housing discrimination based on race.

Trump used the Armed Forces Full Honor Cordon — soldiers who escort fallen heroes and heads of state — to usher UFC fighters past Abraham Lincoln’s statue like they’re celebrities on a red carpet. I am LIVID.

Telemundo TV commentator: "We are one of the only networks in the world to not show ads during the World Cup cooling breaks. We prefer the old school way. We should be able to see what the players do. We show fans, people enjoying, not the corporate direction of football."

Rep Joyce Beatty is still at the Kennedy Center at 2:25 am. She’s got our moral support. God bless her for all she’s done to remove the illegal name from the Kennedy Center. And thanks to C-SPAN for having a live feed.

Curtain closing and the Show is over due to the poor performances by the letters D O N A L J T R U M P H E, No refunds will be issued.