MACRON: On Ukraine, I believe what happened in recent days is very important. For the first time in 18 months, all G7 members signed the same joint text. And Americans, together with us, reaffirmed their support for Ukraine’s territorial integrity and sovereignty.

Some good news: church grounds and graveyards across Ireland are becoming havens for birds, bees and bats as part of a biodiversity project inspired by Pope Francis. www.rte.ie/news/regiona...

“Revolt in small Georgia town appears to ward off ICE detention center. Social Circle announces Homeland Security has canceled plans to convert warehouse to detain up to 10,000 people.” The proposed camp “would have been one of the largest immigration detention centers in the country.”

Congress is getting ready to remove the requirement that shell companies register their real owners. The bill "will restore America’s status as the leading offshore haven"

“‘We want a new Albania’: protests against Jared Kushner-backed resort turn anger on government” 6/21/26

I’m really glad President Zelenskyy is saying this out loud. More people need to realize this.

Crimean authorities have stopped selling fuel to individuals and businesses as shortages become acute. Ukrainian strikes are slowly cutting access to the peninsula, hitting fuel trucks and ferries. www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukr...

Wow, what a night out in Kharkiv! Have you ever tried running from one bar to another during an air raid alert? It’s a rather unique experience. Still, I’m grateful to be alive, and to be able to celebrate that life with my friends in the city that refuses to be bombed into obedience.

Michelle and I had fun surprising the first group of visitors to the Obama Presidential Center on Juneteenth. Come check it out!

🇫🇷 Alta Ares’ interceptor drones couldn’t handle Middle East heat and desert conditions. Ukrainian engineers helped fix them in just 10 days – now the French company plans to produce them in Ukraine too.

Today is #ShowYourStripes day! This year, St Michael's Tower atop Glastonbury Tor is encouraging everyone to use the Climate Stripes to start a conversation about climate change and the actions they are taking. Thank you @nationaltrust.org.uk! Graphics: www.ShowYourStripes.info

The majority of my business colleagues are Israeli and Ukrainian. What a time to be so close with so many people in the thick of world changing events…

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🇬🇧 Defence Secretary Dan Jarvis: We now have a limited window of opportunity. Ukraine’s forces are fighting with incredible determination and momentum. They are counting on us to help keep them going. We cannot and will not let them down. Thank you, and Slava Ukraini!

For first time, Americans are getting more of their electricity from solar than coal #Climate

Every farmer needs pulses: They pull 60% of their nitrogen straight from the air. Pulses can fix 30-150 kg N/ha/year — worth $50B globally in fertilizer savings. Stop buying what nature gives free. #RegenerativeAg #SoilHealth

Today, I'm thinking about the fact that 50% of mainline Protestants polled by PRRI were OK with undocumented people being sent to internment camps until they can be deported. What a failure of discipleship. It's a shocking number. So much work to do in churches. prri.org/research/the...

Wow! 200,000km² of ocean declared entirely off-limits to fishing in some of the most biodiverse waters on earth 🌏 That's a win 🙌 #oceanoptimism oceanographicmagazine.com/news/papua-n...

ZELENSKYY: Unfortunately, Russian side is choosing war again. Everyone heard today's response. A weak response. Putin simply does not want to end the war. I think this response disappointed many people around the world. Putin does not want to change anything,

This is excellent. Cool to hear YNH echo the core thesis of @americanpromise.bsky.social around the ninety minute mark

Couldn’t be more proud of my Senators these days

Remarkable leadership

Nerd-a-licious. My fave

I know some talented southern journalists and know of many more. This is, in no way, a sleight. It’s amazing to me that a UK ‘newspaper’ founded in the 1830s is doing this kind of reporting…here. A quick look into their ownership structure is informative

from 2022-2025 one of the dangerous cells of white power terrorists were active in the South. They shot up a journalist’s home, doxed activists and reporters, held rallies outside an SPLC office and a journalist’s home, and built an armory of illegal weapons. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

It’s a joy to browse this app & think something I didn’t expect to think today: I kinda miss @alfranken.bsky.social — I hope he once told a younger Joe that it’s raining because God is crying. And when Joe asked why God was crying, he replied that it was “probably something you did”. #DeepThoughts

I follow r/Conservative on Reddit. Today I saw a post amplifying this story, suggesting it’s a further complication for D voters who might already be squeamish about the “Nazi tattoo”. For me the subtext was “libs” can’t stomach it. What if they can? And what if he gets some 2024 R voters b/c of it?

This headline under appreciates the creativity, capacity, and power of elites like PT. To say Argentina is “the end of the world” presumes he couldn’t get to Mars or a neighboring star system. Which would be a fine retreat, indeed. Aim high and think big, Pete.

I also think dictators like Putin correctly understand that they cannot admit a mistake or withdraw from one without losing power. Therefore, I believe this war will be ended by someone else.

Heather Cox Richardson introduced a new project today, and it's worth checking out: open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

Hmmm

I’m headed up to Two Harbors to meet with the emergency responders and local officials working around the clock to contain the wildfires. The state will provide every resource we can to help communities recover and rebuild.

Yesterday, a new generation of civil rights activists marched from Selma to Montgomery to fight for voting rights. As states across the country try to make it harder for citizens to be heard, we need to learn the lessons of those who came before us and refuse to take our democracy for granted.

Chinese newspaper cartoon (Today... 😂 )

Feeling overwhelmed with all of this. LISTEN. Another Louisiana resident (Marshawn is the only name we have) testifies against the state’s racial gerrymander, speaking truth to power up and down the hearing room and predicts how this story will end. Speak your truth, fight and believe.

Unbelievable. How many more preposterous stories like this are out there that we haven’t heard? The quotes in this story… www.acep.org/news/acep-ne...

Too many of the tech CEOs, who built empires on the foundations of innovation, security, and economic power they had no hand in creating, base their view of the world on Three Body Problem instead of Project Hail Mary.

🚨BREAKING: The U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) has allowed Alabama to select a different map for this year’s congressional elections in a stunning, last-minute move to interfere with another state primary election that has already begun. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Lichen in Grand Marais

It’s 55 degrees on May 3rd. Someone should tell the inland lakes of northern Minnesota (just south of Pigeon River).

High Falls at Grand Portage this weekend.

I’m so proud. After huge amounts of stress, hard work & self-doubt, I have finally finished my first novel. I think I might read another one.

I have worked daily with amazing UKR citizens both inside (and more increasingly outside) the country. This sentiment from General Petraeus cannot be overstated.

For my friends up north

Getting to know Canadians well enough in my career to learn about their kids and the choices they make as young adults, I’ve long thought we’re way behind in the US in creating a path to a secure middle class life via “the trades”

Judge Leon is waking up to this. www.muellershewrote.com/p/todd-blanc...