Two Texans, General Dwight Eisenhower and Admiral Chester Nimitz, toast each other with mint juleps on March 28, 1946. These two men are hugely responsible for drawing up and executing the plans that allowed the U.S. and its allies to win World War II.

Wow -- one of the climbers atop the Empire State Building appears to have gotten down on one knee and proposed to the other

My Inuit calendar offers this artwork for July by Kenojuak Ashevak - “Between Friends.”

Marco Rubio is against birthright citizenship. But Marco Rubio *is* a birthright citizen. Ted Cruz is against birthright citizenship. But Ted Cruz was born in Canada. He only got US citizenship by a birthright citizenship law because of his US mother. They are both shameless hypocrites.

`Golden ripples` #synthart #AIイラスト

This man makes me wish I lived in Georgia so I could vote to reelect him to the Senate. I guess I'll just have to wait to vote for Jon Ossoff @ossoff.bsky.social when, hopefully, the Dems draft him to run for President! 🇺🇸 #AwesomeOssoff2028

American Music and American Prisons Overlap More Than You Know www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/b... Johnny Cash...recognized the humanity of incarcerated men/became a spokesman....counseled musically gifted prisoners...spoke to Congress about prison reform/pushed for rehabilitation programs

#Poetry #painting #Summer It is morning, and again I am the lucky person to be in it - Mary Oliver 🎨 Kaoru Yamada

Sweet potato workers in Merced county, CA. This wheel is used to plant the sweet potato. The colors on the wheel (Yellow and Orange) represent how close or far each plant will be. Different varieties of sweet potatoes need more or less space to grow. #WeFeedYou

Supreme Court Lifts Spending Limits on Political Parties and Candidates www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/u... The money wasted on political campaigns is truly appalling. For the recent CA primary, our mailbox was stuffed with glitzy campaign flyers. All went straight into the recycle bin.

Trump’s Moneymaking Run: Unrivaled in Presidential History www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/u... Overall, Mr. Trump’s revenue in 2025 jumped to at least $2.2 billion, compared with a minimum of $622 million in 2024 before he returned to office.

The Second Amendment was written at a time when every community had its own "well regulated militia." There was no standing army. THIS was the young nation's only means of defending itself.

Trump Pulled in at Least $2 Billion After Returning to the White House www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/u... "Anna Kelly, WH spokeswoman, said in a recent statement that Mr. Trump 'only acts in the best interests of the American public,,' and that 'there are no conflicts of interest.'" 😂🤣😂🤣😂

Love and war meet in this Hellenistic terracotta relief. Dating to around 200 BC, it shows Ares beside Aphrodite, with traces of original paint still visible. National Archaeological Museum, Athens. #History #HistoryMatters

Her name is Dr. Tatiana Erukhimova, PhD (Physics) and she loves to teach. 😃 people.tamu.edu/~etanya/

NEW: Oil companies are blasting millions of gallons of toxic waste underground each year — less than a half-mile from Enid, Oklahoma’s water wells. But to protect their city, officials must appeal to the state agency that created the problem. With @readfrontier.bsky.social

Socialism for the wealthy, feudalism for everyone else.

Owl of Athena! 🦉❤️ A rare Athenian silver decadrachm, c. 467 BC. Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museum, Berlin 📷 ArchaiOptix #Archaeology

My painting WESTERN STORM

The local bands that get permission to play in Dupont Circle on the weekends draw bigger crowds (admittedly, a guy with a kazoo might draw a bigger crowd than this⬇️.

www.bostonglobe.com/2026/06/29/m... Buildings are subsidized or even owned by the governmen and permanently affordable, accommodating people who are poor and those who have higher incomes under the same roof.

Afternoon sunshine and clouds in my garden 🌼 Scottish Highlands 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Tom Kean Jr. was healthy enough to authorize stock transactions up to $190,000 during his nearly 4-month absence from the House. There’s more to this story than he’s saying.

We’re Only Starting to Grasp the Pitfalls of Using A.I. at Work www.nytimes.com/2026/06/29/b... "managers tended to vet documents less carefully when told an A.I. employee had produced them...missing errors that other managers caught when told they were vetting the work of a human."

"Having a Sister #2" by artist Sergiu Ciochină

Trump on Legislation to Address the Nation’s Housing Crisis: ‘It’s a Yawn’ www.nytimes.com/2026/06/29/u... His self-proclaimed expertise is real estate. Yet he is bored by the fact that basic housing is unaffordable for a vast swath of Americans. He certainly doesn't try to hide who he is.

People who can barely afford food or rent are stuck paying a trillionaires bills. Fuck that.

Mayor Mamdani and the NYC DOT announced today that each member of the champion New York Knicks will be honored with a temporary street co-naming in Manhattan. Here are the street locations for each player:

Men from American 17 Airborne Division just after the drop in operation Varsity, the crossing of the Rhine River, in March 1945. #WW2 #HISTORY

I do not think there is sufficient appreciation for how catastrophic yesterday’s decision in Slaughter is for this country. As Justice Sotomayor said in her dissent and she intoned from the bench yesterday, “today the majority reshapes our Govt.”

June 29, 2026 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc... “Trump constantly and explicitly holds up his naked corruption *as a badge of honor* that his supporters are supposed to thrill to (and see benefit for themselves in). He thinks corruption is the highest form of winning.”

God bless all three. They helped save the world.

Looks like a very happy pack!

Memory Eternal, Lance Cps Armando Ortiz Canseco. Our family lost a young pilot in flight training accident WW-II. Also 21 years old. The grief is lifelong for those left behind.

Here in the United Stats we've been dragging our feet for decades. In 2000, the Supreme Court decided GWB would be President instead of Al Gore, who wanted to do something to stave off this catastrophe. And now: Our President is a climate science denier. From this morning's LA Times:

Coins of the Parisii tribe in Gaul.

If vehicles keep swelling, cities “could lose between 8.5-14% of their on-street parking capacity by 2040. London and Berlin alone are each projected to shed around 100K spaces…in dense cities, it’s a major issue worldwide.” #Carspreading pushes out more than parking spots. Tax cars by the inch.

#OTD in 1944. Meet Sergeant George Dring (Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry) and his crew after destroying five tanks on 26 June 1944. #WW2 #HISTORY

Finally! The Justices have sided with the people instead of the current President!

For #MacroMonday, once again in my garden. Look 👀 at the legs. Working hard. Take care of yourselves and each other. Remember we are all just passing through. Be kind. #Bee #NaturePhotography #photography #BloomScrolling #ECK #Ireland

Maya Chen Mul-style effigy incense burner, Dzibanché, a major Maya city in Quintana Roo, 1200–1500CE. The cylindrical body held burning copal incense. A human or divine figure is attached to the vessel. The figure represents a young wind deity or a priest wearing the attributes of a wind god.

White House Secretly Swayed Board Meant to Stop Civil Service Politicization www.nytimes.com/2026/06/28/u... "The ruling broke w decades of precedent, accepting the White House’s argument that Article II of the Constitution gives Trump the power to dismiss officials without due process."

Firefighters Mourn 3 Fallen Comrades as Blazes Ravage Utah and Colorado www.nytimes.com/2026/06/28/u... Fires are raging. Firefighters are dying. Unprecedented heat and drought are obviously causing more and more conflagrations. And still: Our President denies climate science.

‘Heat Dome’ Could Bring Triple-Digit Temperatures to the Midwest and Eastern U.S. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/28/w... And we have a President who claims that climate science is a hoax!

Rats, Leaks and Broken Elevators: Repair Backlog Plagues Federal Buildings www.nytimes.com/2026/06/28/u... The G.S.A. owns about 1,475 buildings/properties in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

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]

Trump Cut a Billion-Dollar Mining Deal. His Sons Stand to Profit. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/28/w... "Ahead of the deal, the Trump administration approved preliminary applications for as much as $1.6 billion in federal financing for the American company...."

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