I love how creative people can be. This is brilliant.😆

Dozens of companies are hiding how you can delete your personal data, The Markup and CalMatters found. After our reporters reached out for comment, multiple companies have stopped the practice.

Visiting the Giant’s Causeway in Northern Ireland as I wait for sunset.

The tech billionaire Network State project called California Forever couldn't win voter approval in Solano County. 70% opposed it—Dems and Reps alike. Now, as I predicted, the billionaires will use state power to get their way. Expect Gavin Newsom to veto the will of the people here. Why?

Anticrepuscular Rays over Sicily: The Sun has just set... in the opposite side of the sky. Pictured here are anticrepuscular rays apparently converging in the east in this image of the limestone plateau in the heart of the Hyblaean Mountains of southeastern Sicily, in Italy.

A stunningly beautiful, yet deftly inventive photograph from the one and only @fuzyjoe.bsky.social

OK, people. It takes 2 minutes to write a letter to Congress, a few extra if you personalize it. Russ Vought's attempt to take over ALL federal grant funding is anti-democratic and dangerous. We need MORE letters. Let's tip it over 2000 today. actionnetwork.org/letters/oppo...

It’s easy to get caught up in the ticking of the clock, rushing to reach the next destination. But today, let’s remember finding your true direction matters much more than your speed. Be gentle with yourself, trust your inner compass, & honor the beautiful path you are on. #Jaye’sMorningLight

Welcome to Robber Barons 2.0 Affirms what pretty much everyone already intuitively senses. But still… wow.

The Moon appears half-illuminated in this photo captured by the Artemis II crew on flight day 6. The terminator—the difference between light and darkness—provides a stark contrast and even greater perspective of the Moon’s rocky, uneven, and otherworldly surface features.

Ten years after the UK voted to leave the EU, there are signs that their relationship in research is healing. One big win came with an agreement in April: starting in 2027, the UK will rejoin Erasmus+, an EU exchange scheme used by PhD students and university staff. Another is the news that the UK

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Archaeologists: D.C. Capitol May Have Once Been Used For Legislating

yet another PADDLIN' projections page is live detailed knockout paths for all the favorites www.expectinggoals.com/p/detailed-k...

A terrible opinion, that no doubt has Project 2025 and Russell Vought’s fingerprints all over them… contact your DC House and Senate reps to demand this opinion be rescinded!

"Plato contended that in a thriving republic, if anyone acquired more than four times the wealth of the poorest citizens, he should donate the surplus to the city. Not five million times the wealth of the typical family [what Musk has] — four times the wealth of the poorest."

For a lot of us, Father's Day is a jumble of mixed emotions This is the 2nd Father's Day since my dad passed away in March 2025, and I greatly miss him. I wrote then about his life, his passion for knowledge, and how the America he'd symbolized was vanishing, just like him share.inquirer.com/GSVFTI

“If we want the world to live in peace, we must begin with ourselves. Enough with insults, enough with bullying, enough with all those things that wage war between people, between communities, between countries!” Pontifex Maximus today. Is he talking about anyone in particular? No doubt about this.

Good morning all. Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme from @robcrank68.bsky.social is #RedBeaks, any bird with Red on its beak; the Alt theme is #Paridae. Here's Mike's whiskered tern ejecting water on the wing. Central Crete, March 2025.

💖 hope this brings ya joy 🪄 🧡💙❤️ #caturday 💜🧡💙

Went for a hike.

BREAKING NEWS…

Thanks to AI, Google is about as reliable as asking your older brother in the 80s.

Well sure, but seems like cheating when 40 are dead and unable to respond to test questions.

It’s been five years since Alex Jones lost InfoWars to the Sandy Hook families. As the verdict came down, he asked: “Do these people actually believe they’re getting any money?” He hasn't paid them a penny. Well, The Onion is going pay them anyway. The new InfoWars begins July 2nd at 8 p.m. ET.

Good news: The Trump administration is abandoning its plan to dismantle a $368 million ocean monitoring system critical to understanding climate change and marine ecosystems, bowing to a bipartisan backlash on Capitol Hill. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/c...

Cervical cancer deaths fall to zero in young women given vaccine. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Good morning welcome to Tippetty tap tap Thursday The world can be noisy, so don’t forget to listen to the little voice inside that says, “You’ve got this.” Some days, simply getting through with kindness in your heart is more than enough

Singing from cell to cell. Donate to the legal defense of the union members who were indicted for loving their neighbors. @labornotes.bsky.social labornotes.org/blogs/2026/0...

What a treasure!!!✨ So glad to have been able to see you both @montepoole.bsky.social at the amazing Marcus Books store, a treasure in its own right.

The aurora australis arcs over Earth during an active solar event in this photograph taken on June 5, 2026, from the International Space Station as it orbited 271 miles above the Indian Ocean southwest of Perth, Australia.

The Dalai Lama believes we have everything we need to make the 21st century a peaceful, compassionate century—and it starts with each one of us. Through education, awareness, and nurturing our inner peace and compassion, we can transform our families, our communities, and our world.

Marking July 4 and #America250: a free, short, nonpartisan Harvard online course from Thomas Patterson on the U.S. Constitution—open to everyone: bit.ly/FreeCourseHa... (click “audit for free version)

TIL that Kenny Loggins has a trans son and that he is a super awesome and supportive dad.

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TONIGHT: While Trump holds his little birthday cage match at the White House, we’ll be joining the nationally livestreamed night of joy, music, and action with Jane Fonda, Patti Smith, Julia Roberts, Lily Gladstone, Bette Midler, Rufus Wainwright, and many more friends of the First Amendment.

Harry Enten: Just 16% of Americans say UFC White House fights are appropriate. Even among Republicans, just 31%. 28% of Americans believe in telepathy. Americans hate what’s happening today. And they should.

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Two of the best music interviewers of the last 25 years.

In DC on June 24? Online from anywhere that day? USC Annenberg with program on local civic engagement. Deb Fallows and others (including me) will be speaking. Join us! annenberg.usc.edu/events/cclp/...

Time Stand Still has been my anthem for forever. I will be weeping when I see Rush play it live tonight! Great write up here for your Rush fans or anyone who strives to live in the present. #Rush

One of the most colorful auroras I have ever seen - November 2025.

Okay, this is certifiably nuts.

At the start of 2026 there was an air of uncertainty about China’s clean technology industry. Companies such as electric vehicle maker BYD and battery giant CATL had enjoyed years of strong growth as China stole a march on the global transition to electrified transport.

When you’re down 29…when you pull off the greatest comeback in NBA finals history to go up 3-1

this cafe was demolished today after the pier where it stood was storm damaged & the city determined it was safer to take it down than let it crumble into the ocean: www.gofundme.com/f/support-ch... 😢💔