NEW: Russian President Vladimir Putin is carefully constructing a reality that seeks to portray a Russian victory in Ukraine as inevitable while downplaying the growing domestic economic costs of the war. 🧵(1/8) Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 29, 2026: isw.pub/UkrWar062926

Have a great day Ray!

Slava Ukraini! 🌻

Dieventoren, een oude gevangenis ("Thief's Tower", an old jail) #Amersfoort

Havik, #Amersfoort

Havik, #Amersfoort In the center Velvet Music Store with a great collection of vinyl records.

Hofje "De Armen De Poth", #Amersfoort

Kamperpoort, #Amersfoort

Weverssingel, #Amersfoort

Appelmarkt, #Amersfoort

Het Kapelhuis (1520), #Amersfoort

Krankenledenstraat, #Amersfoort

An immigration attorney says that there are now swaths of people held in immigration detention centers who shouldn’t be detained at all. “The number of people who are detained outside the scope of the law has increased dramatically.”

Nearly 400 local newspapers sue OpenAI, Microsoft over alleged copyright theft newjerseyglobe.com/media/nearly...

This.

When Russia inteferes with elections in the United States or Romania, it's a scandal & - but when Israel intervenes in elections in Colombia, Slovenia, United Kingdom or the United States then it's just democracy in action.

Good morning Everyone🙏✊🏻☮️ UN Enquiry Commission says “If anyone have served in IDF since Oct 2023 should be considered a suspect in relation to Gaza War Crimes ….” UK has 2000+ of these war criminals, will @metpoliceuk be interviewing these soon. If not Y Not? #ToriesGone724 #IsraelIsTerroristState

🚨 2008 Trump just exposed 2026 Trump in the most brutal way possible. In this resurfaced CNN interview, Trump says impeaching Bush for lying America into the Iraq War “would have been a wonderful thing.” He adds : Bush “got us into this horrible war with lies” about

Always remain hopeful & positive. One never knows how well things will turn out.

High above the snow line amid the vast Tianshan Mountains, at an altitude of 3,000–4,800 meters, the Xinjiang Tianshan snow lotus thrives in the extreme conditions of bitter cold, thin air and intense ultraviolet radiation

Pink. Delicate artistic portrait capturing a ballerina in a soft studio gaze, monochromatic warmth and precise color harmony Join us Thursdays at #humansofbluesky and Broadcast this so more people join Show candid humans photos or portraits #luiscordobapharchive #dance #pink #ballerina #portrait

Fox “news” reporting

A #mural by Dutch #artist Judith de Leeuw shows the Statue of Liberty covering her eyes (in shame) in Roubaix, France (in 2025, just before July 4th). Judith de Leeuw, also known as JDL #StreetArt, creates #murals worldwide (41 countries) to draw attention to social issues. [email protected]

First meeting with this terrible thing…..

BREAKING NEWS…!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Crimea calling: “There are widespread layoffs everywhere.”

THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A DOMESTICATED CAT

Wow, that was truly amazing, the Strawberry Full Moon rising over Ely Cathedral this evening. Seen from Little Downham outside of Ely, Cambridgeshire 😍🌝 I didn’t think it was going to shine through the clouds, but it certainly did 🙏🏻🥰 #Fullmoon #strawberrymoon #ElyCathedral #amazing #Wonderful

This is hilarious 😂😂

Be the light. High-contrast black and white composition isolating the upper gallery and glass lantern room of a historic brick lighthouse frames the documentary details of the architectural structure #luiscordobapharchive #scape #light #film #bnw #architecture #lakemichigan #classicmono

My painting "Shimmer of Moonlight on a Garden Rose Bush" Art with flowers www.verakober.com/floral

Havik. #Amersfoort

Krommestraat, #Ametsfoort

Kortegracht, #Amersfoort

Mariënhof, #Amersfoort

Monnikenpoort, south side old city wall #Amersfoort. Entrance by boat.

❗️Kuwait and Ukraine have signed an agreement on military cooperation and the development of the defense industry.

Indeed

“We are now in the third year of the genocide,” Albanese said, arguing that the violence imposed on Palestinians could no longer be understood as the responsibility of Israel alone. www.palestinechronicle.com/gaza-has-ign...

Broadview police arrested a protester for exercising their basic First Amendment rights in public. This is what fascism looks like.

Zooming in a bit closer across the #Antarctic in May, the largest warm temperature anomalies were found over the Antarctic Peninsula (>5°C above the 1981-2010 average). This continues a trend from recent months for this particular region. Data from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5 reanalysis.

Today, Russia has temporarily banned exports of gasoline and kerosene, with full ban on diesel exports under consideration 🔥 Slavyansk-on-Kuban, Russia 👇

A great blue heron perches on the end of a submerged log jutting out of the water at a nature area in Longmont, Colorado. #StunDay #BirdOfTheDay #LifelnTheBalance #bird #birds #birdphotography #ECK #heron #herons #wetland #wetlands #habitat #BirdsSeenln2026

The arm on NBA star Kelsey Plum, who throws a rolled-up jersey to her dad sitting in the upper bleachers. www.reddit.com/r/AbsoluteUn...

Amsterdam Central Station. In front, restaurant Loetje, world famous in the Netherlands for their steaks, baked in a pound of full cream butter. #Amsterdam