Bill Pulte, Trump's unqualified acting DNI, has chosen as his chief of staff a GOP election lawyer who oversaw a poll watching program that included Jack Posobiec and other conservative conspiracy theorists. The lawyer appears to have no experience in the intel community.

This part.... I know someone who flipped a red seat... someone who actually gets work done & has had her bills passed.... Rep. Underwood.

Pollution. What’s the cost of labor & materials? I’ve seen what happens to y’all’s extremities during this time…. How many people even asked for this? Will there be enough EMTs & firefighters available? So many questions, such a stupid timeline. #4thofJuly

It was my patriotic duty to write this piece. www.sciencenews.org/article/alga...

The American Southwest, my home, is burning — massive and deadly. That anyone could look at this map and still not think we have a real #climate problem (or that laying off firefighters saved us any $$) is so deranged. We all sadly predicted this, incl. me on our @azcentral.com podcast weeks ago.

Already a terrible fire weekend in the US Southwest. Three firefighters killed + two seriously injured in far W CO on Sat (Snyder-Mesa Fire). The Cottonwood Fire (E Utah) is approaching 100K acres + 0% contained. Pockets of thick smoke reached the Denver/Boulder area on Sat night.

Utah is burning. The fires are nowhere near contained, hundreds of thousands of acres have burned and three firefighters have already died. But the same MAGAts who have spent the last 18 months blaming Newsom and Bass for the L.A. fires are calling Cox a p*ssy for listening to wildfire experts. 🤦‍♀️🤡

Our hottest week of the Summer so far is on the way. Big time heat will be building across the East Coast. Keep that in mind if you are traveling for the 4th of July!

This animation shows how the next European heatwave may take shape. This coming week, a sustained easterly flow descending from Spain's high inner plateau leads to extensive adiabatic warming of descending air, building a lot of heat just W of Europe, which later returns east.

As expected, yesterday was the last day of the heatwave here, & what a relief. Despite being in June, it was the most intense heatwave on record here across each of 4, 5, 6, & 7 days duration.

A serious and still-escalating wildfire outbreak is now underway across interior West, and has today expanded beyond NV & UT into western CO & AZ/NM. Extreme fire behavior and rapid spread is widespread; adverse conditions expected for 7+ days. #UTwx #COwx #AZwx #NMwx [Thread]

Remember: 1) Watch Duty (website /app) is the best tool to follow real time wildfire activity; 2) Under highly extreme fire weather conditions like theses, fires can & will do "seemingly impossible" things. Be prepared, be careful, & evacuate early if you sense potential danger.

NOAA SPC has once again upgraded today's fire weather risk in western Colorado & Four Corners region to "extremely critical"--marking rare third consecutive day. Multiple existing fires will likely make further large runs today, & new ignitions willl take off quickly. #COwx #AZwx

Incredible chart from @propublica.org. If you don’t follow enviro stuff closely, your instinct might be that the hold-your-nose solution (carbon capture from fossil fuels) would be the “pragmatic” one versus covering Earth in solar panels, which seems utopian. In fact it’s the opposite

France recorded ~1,000 excess deaths during the record-breaking heatwave this past week, with 85% of the deaths being people aged 65 and over. The sharpest increase are people dying at home in the Île-de-France region that includes Paris and its suburbs.

Common loon coming in for a landing: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/oddlysatis...

The Stonewall Uprising was a riot for equality, love and the freedom to be who you are. We won't let today's bigots erase this pivotal moment for progress and undo everything those brave LGBTQ+ Americans fought for.

It's not easy being meme-d. #Oh-Gee-I-See-Algae 👀

🎉 Mazel Tov to @jamieforlouisiana.bsky.social! Donate to him TODAY! secure.actblue.com/donate/senat...

Ford has rehired hundreds of senior engineers after replacing them with AI backfired and has cost the company billions of dollars. AI adoption is blamed for Ford being the most recalled automaker in the U.S. with 51 recalls covering over 11 million vehicles in the first half of 2026 alone.

I’m going to repost this every time l see it. A lot of people really think we’re joking when we say that a good chunk of Black Folks in this country are fed up & indifferent. Something broke in 2024 & I’m not sure why so many don’t recognize the gravity of the situation. Either way…good luck🤷🏾‍♀️

#WeekYforYonder #Photography #AlphabetChallenge #Sunrise #OuterBanks

Bird watching #birds

Mama mallard duck and her babies.❤️ #birds #photography #birdsofbluesky

A male Common Yellowthroat giving a good look at his bright sunshiny throat.

They are fascinating and smart!

Seaside Serenity Haystack Rock Cannon Beach Oregon There’s nothing quite like waking up early enough to catch Haystack Rock wrapped in a soft pastel-hued layer of morning mist. The calm tide creates a perfect mirror reflection on the wet sand which is absolute poetry #oregon #cannonbeach #sunrise

Biden: Trump wants to give your money to the January 6 insurrectionists. My god. These people don't deserve to be compensated. They deserve to be put in jail for a long, long, long time.

Dark Brandon 100% more coherent than Mango Mussolini

Thank You President Joe Biden! Well Said Sir! We All Miss Having You In The White House. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Thank You for being a President for all Americans. You are a man of HONOR, INTEGRITY, COMPASSION, & Decency. Most of all you are a good & decent man. Thank You for showing true leadership. 🫡🇺🇸🗽

The U.S. may have pressured Iraq to take actions, another potential destabilizing event.

Seeing reports of heavy deployments of Iraqi special forces with their humvees and tanks inside Baghdad’s Green Zone, which has been closed. Reports are emerging of arrests targeting pro-Iranian senior government officials on corruption-related charges.

Iran is now carrying out retaliatory attacks on Bahrain and Kuwait following U.S. strikes on Iran

Off again with his civilisational destruction.

From earlier strikes but just released in last few minutes… CENTCOM: U.S. Navy and Air Force fighter jets conducted strikes tonight on 10 Iranian military targets at multiple locations in and near the Strait of Hormuz for Iran's drone attack on M/T Kiku.

Statement likely means this round may be over. Ball is back in U.S court, we will see if further actions are taken.

Tens of thousands march in the first Budapest Pride since Viktor Orbán was voted out - The Associated Press apple.news/AmbS8N1o5TZa...

Ossoff: On Wednesday of this last week he said the war was "Done." And then on Thursday another ship was struck. On Friday the president was bombing again. This is what happens when you send your son-in-law, Jared, to cosplay as a diplomat

Ossoff: "While hundreds of thousands of Georgians lose their healthcare, Mike Collins builds Trump a ballroom. They worked harder burying the Epstein files than they ever worked to lower your grocery bill."

Ossoff: "This is what happens when you send your son in law Jared to cosplay as a diplomat. Despite zero qualifications, Prince Jared was tapped to lead Middle East diplomacy. Now remember Jared's slush fund already got $2 billion from the Saudi Crown Prince ... "

Arguably, the strongest heatwave ever observed in Europe. The map shows maximum temperatures in Denmark on Saturday, 27 June 2026. New all-time records in Ødum and Odense (37.0°C), shattering the old June record (35.5°C, 1947) as well as the old all-time record (36.4°C, 1975). Map: meteorolog.dk.

As @extremetemps.bsky.social has documented, all time-record high temps in northwest Siberia past couple of days. Beliy Island (73.3ºN) hit 28.3C (83F), apparently the highest temp so far north anywhere in the world. But this heatwave is distinct from the European heatwave. #Arctic #ExtremeWeather

🚨BREAKING: Federal court REJECTS Department of Justice lawsuit to gain access to Pennsylvania voter records. Another victory for Elias Law Group and its clients. Another defeat for DOJ. DOJ is now 0-10. 👀 ELG remains undefeated! 🗳️⚖️💪 www.democracydocket.com/cases/pennsy...

Big brother made sure to give his sister the ball, thrown by her favorite player (Jake Mangum of the Bucs). She was wearing his jersey at the time and Jake said it was the first time he saw his jersey in the wild.

Ossoff: "When they gathered in Atl to remove Black elected officials not by defeating them at the polls, but by manipulating maps to dilute minority power, they saw you mobilize & they backed down. A wave is building ... let's make sure they hear it down at Mar-a-Lago, that GA will bow to no king!"

Ossoff: I don’t know if you saw the mess in Washington last week. The president was so humiliated in Hormuz, he threw his toys out of the stroller and refused to sign the affordable housing bill.

“On June 28th, 2021, the temperature maxed out at 116 degrees in Portland, which was hotter than Phoenix, Arizona, and Death Valley, California.”

Portland has made progress distributing cooling units and planting trees since 2021, but many residents remain vulnerable to deadly heat waves.

“Scientists like me are beginning to sound like a broken record. Yes this is climate change, yes it’s us, yes we have the solutions, no we’re not implementing them fast enough. It’s now a question of what kind of future we want for ourselves & whether we’re willing to do what it takes to secure it”