Marjane Satrapi, Author of ‘Persepolis,’ Dies at 56 www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/w...

BREAKING: CBS News has terminated 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley's contract following his vocal disagreements with the new leadership under Bari Weiss.

Peabo Bryson, Soul Singer Known as the Voice of Love, Dies at 75 www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/a...

Barry Meier really is one of the best to ever do it, as his latest, for @atavist.com, demonstrates

Raymond Berry, Hall of Fame Receiver for Champion Colts, Dies at 93 www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/s...

“.. You're fucking crazy. You'd be in prison if it weren't for me. I'm saving your ass. Everybody hates you now. Everybody hates Israel because of this." @axios.com www.axios.com/2026/06/01/t...

Raymond Berry, Hall of Fame Receiver for Champion Colts, Dies at 93 www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/s...

Trump to CNBC: Not worried about oil prices if Iran blocks the Strait of Hormuz.

“.. Inflation-adjusted disposable personal income growth fell by 1.1% y/y in April. Rarely have we seen that kind of a decline outside of recessions.” - Schwab

Recovering from yesterday’s big gay festival with coffee and a brilliant verse novel about a Dominican-American teenager who joins a slam poetry club and learns to stand up for herself. This is brilliant so far. 📚💙

Now reading Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata, tr Edward G Seidensticker. My fourth or fifth time reading this. I think it might have been the first Japanese novel I ever read, though I didn't connect with it at all first time around. And look at me now!

Our enemies are pooping in their pantaloons seeing this greatness personified.

Massie reacts to the push to “integrate” 🇺🇸 & 🇮🇱 militaries

Getting off US tech: a guide disconnect.blog/getting-off-...

A little too orderly #bloomcounty #billthecat #opus #goodmorning #comics #oliver #outland #SteveDallas

An Iranian ballistic missile strike on a Kuwaiti air base within the past 24 hours caused minor injuries to several Americans and seriously damaged two MQ-9 Reaper strike drones www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Oscar winner and San Francisco resident Marcia Lucas — the former wife of George Lucas who edited the original “Star Wars,” “American Graffiti” and “Taxi Driver” —  has died.

No comment from Mercedes-Benz, which has two large assembly plants and reports employing more than 11,000 people in the U.S... -- www.cnbc.com/2026/05/29/m... by Michael Wayland and Luke Fountain @cnbc.com

Also from @wsj.com "Worker compensation—wages and benefits—grew 0.8% in the first quarter from the fourth, while domestic corporate profits jumped 2.7%. As a result, labor’s share of gross domestic income (conceptually similar to GDP) sank to 51%, the lowest since records began in 1947. " #economy

ROSENBERG, on that downward GDP revision to 1.6%: “.. Strip out the swing from the federal government reopening and the contribution from non-farm inventories, and that headline GDP number would have only been +0.8% QoQ annualized.”

RIP. According to David Kennerly, "Phuoc was known for walking point on combat patrols, exposing himself to grave danger in pursuit of the best photos." #Photojournalism #Photography apnews.com/article/dang...

EPB: “.. Real personal income per capita is falling apart. .. It's now $3,842 below the 2009-2020 trend and accelerating lower.”

US GDP: 2023: 2.9% 2024: 2.8% 2025: 2.1% 2026 YTD: 1.6%

Don Lemon just shared that the DOJ filed for a search warrant and demanded the list of his paid YouTube subscribers. For now, the judge denied the request. When I was telling you why I got off Substack and moved ONEST to EU servers, I wasn’t kidding. Pay attention. Pls.

Jeffrey directed me in my first play at Wesleyan, The Real Inspector Hound. A lovely, talented, modest man who really knew his old Hollywood history. And his Bway Women on the Verge should have gotten more love! They're calling our class.

We are 25 days away from my 25th year Relaying for the @americancancersoc.bsky.social! Help me reach my goal of raising $3,000 personally and help our Shamrock Angels team raise our $10K goal! Donate at main.acsevents.org/goto/jlizak

Sonny Rollins, Giant of the Jazz Saxophone, Is Dead at 95 www.nytimes.com/2026/05/25/a...

An estimated 1,011,027 troops have been killed between the “shot heard ‘round the world” fired in Lexington, 1775. An estimated 82,000 service members remain unaccounted for from conflicts dating back to World War II; bout 41,000 are presumed lost at sea. Memorial Day honors them all.

Video shows Israeli soldiers forcing two siblings to sit on the ground with their hands behind their heads beside a military jeep, before blindfolding one of them and arresting both children during a raid on al-Mughayyir village in the occupied West Bank.

Herring Burger #bloomcounty #billthecat #opus #goodmorning #comics #oliver #outland #SteveDallas

Rob Base, one-half of Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock, who was best known for the hit “It Takes Two,” has died. He was 59

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Wrong Porch #bloomcounty #billthecat #opus #goodmorning #comics #oliver #outland #SteveDallas

Barney Frank, former Massachusetts congressman and gay rights advocate, dies at 86 Frank was a leading co-sponsor of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act. abcnews.com/Politics/bar...

NBC-- "Mark Fuhrman, the former Los Angeles Police detective who became infamous as one of the leads investigating O.J. Simpson after the deaths of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown, and her friend Ron Goldman, has died. He was 76."

Dohrn's parents, Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn, helped found the the Weather Underground. "I knew that the FBI was chasing us," he says. His memoir is Dangerous, Dirty, Violent, and Young. n.pr/4ny5jGg

The International Criminal Court issued secret arrest warrants for five Israeli officials, including three politicians and two military officers. Source: Haaretz

Jack Douglas, Producer for Aerosmith and Lennon, Dies at 80 www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/a...

Claudine Longet, Entertainer Who Shot Olympian Boyfriend, Dies at 84 www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/u...

End of an era! chicago.suntimes.com/obituaries/2...

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A third of the way through this book and I’m already calling it a must read. A tradwife influencer wakes up in 1855 and has to live the life she cosplays online. SO freaking good so far.

When the state is disenfranchising its Black voters, there's zero question why ROOTS was just banned in Knox County, Tennessee, schools. "Age-Appropriate" my ass. www.wbir.com/article/news...

This is amazing - @kevinolearytv 🤡 is fearmongering about Chinese agents opposing his giant Utah data center… but it’s 2 young local girls in Utah who hilariously call him (and his “dumbass hat”) out👇🏽 Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DYU074V...

Read/Watch: A Sunken Russian Ship, Nuclear Reactor Questions, and North Korea VIDEO INSIDE www.onestnetwork.com/read-watch-a...

The USA has blocked 5 players from Iraq's team from coming to the World Cup. Including one who plays in the English Football League. Boycott the World Cup.

RIP Rex Reed, who was certainly never dull.

Craig Morton, who spent 18 years in the NFL and became the first quarterback to start the Super Bowl for two franchises — the Dallas Cowboys and Denver Broncos — has died. He was 83. n.pr/4d1aE5q