Archaeologists: D.C. Capitol May Have Once Been Used For Legislating WASHINGTON—Calling the discovery the “clearest proof yet” of how the U.S. government was originally designed to function, archaeologists published new evidence Thursday that suggests the Capitol build...

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Lighten up!

King Restores British Rule Over U.S. “We lost the colonies because our King went insane,” Charles added. “But now the shoe’s on the other bloody foot, isn’t it?”

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LONDON (The Borowitz Report)—In a move that was widely hailed across the free world, on Friday King Charles III of the United Kingdom reasserted British rule over the colonies formerly known as the United States of America.

Google translate cannot identify this language, so it is unable to translate this post into English.

Denmark is roughly the size of maine, not the size shown in your images.

With Denmark being part of NATO, will we have to defend them from ourselves? That would involve Americans shooting at Americans. That should be easy for masterminds like Hegseth to figure out. ')

In 1972, out of Caltech with a PhD in geophysics, I interviewed at Livermore. Went well but at the end my host wanted to conclude by meeting "Edward". His almost inhuman arrogance made such an impression on me that I chose to join a private contractor in San Diego rather than accept LLNL's offer.

The Bright Side: Wild cat feared extinct for 30 years rediscovered in Thailand An elusive wild cat long feared extinct in Thailand has been rediscovered three decades after its last recorded sighting, conservation authorities said. Camera traps in southern Thailand’s Princess Si...

The Bright Side: Wild cat feared extinct for 30 years rediscovered in Thailand f24.my/BddX.BS

The tall spiky trees look more like spruce.

Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.

It looks like Putin is serious about starting a wider war with Europe!

2/2 Overestimation was driven by assumptions of stable per capita demand, while actual per capita water demand declined by 1.9% annually
Water demand management incentives increased from 2000 to 2020, with outdoor non-voluntary incentives and rebates emerging as dominant tools

Water Demand Projection Accuracy and Demand Management Trends in California Cities Water suppliers in California overestimated future water demand by 25% for 5-year projections and 74% for 20-year projections Overestimation was driven by assumptions of stable per capita demand,...

Water Demand Projection Accuracy and Demand Management Trends in California Cities - Capone - 2025
Key Points
Water suppliers in California overestimated future water demand by 25% for 5-year projections and 74% for 20-year projections 1/2

Sinking Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’: Has the Ukraine war reached Senegal? A Turkish-owned oil tanker that recently visited a Russian port was heavily damaged by explosions off the coast of Senegal last Thursday. While Kyiv has not claimed responsibility for the attack, the…

Sinking Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’: Has the Ukraine war reached Senegal? f24.my/Bb4s.BS A Turkish-owned oil tanker that recently visited a Russian port was heavily damaged by explosions off the coast of Senegal last Thursday.

Looks like this time, instead of the union voting to strike, the owner/operator is going for a lockout.

Trump renews the nuclear arms race?
I got this from a link on KOMONEWS (Seattle), attributed to Sinclair's TNND.

Artillery Shell Detonated Over Interstate 5 During Marines’ Celebration, California Officials Say

Newsom was right!

Furious Kim Jong Un Claims Trump Stole His Idea of Gathering Generals “That asshole totally ripped me off.”

Furious Kim Jong Un Claims Trump Stole His Idea of Gathering Generals. .... The only one I didn’t have on my target list was Portland. Why is he attacking Portland? That makes zero sense.” open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...

2/ Turning Democrats into the vehicle for this coalition will take a struggle — a bruising, messy contest to seize the reins from a party establishment that will be scrambling for its life. But working people fight much harder battles every day. It’s about time they had somebody in their corner.

Opinion | Democrats Are in Crisis. Eat-the-Rich Populism Is the Only Answer.

Half a century later, the moment for building a great progressive majority party has arrived, a coalition asserting itself against a sclerotic political elite, our economic overlords in Big Tech and Wall Street and a radical right crusading against its own country.

Young woman who rallied for liberties in Iran is now 'looking for freedom' from ICE detention Melika Mohammadi Gazvar Olya fled Tehran after participating in the “Woman, Life, Freedom” protests following the September 2022 death of Mahsa Amini in custody. After a dangerous journey across Centr...

After a dangerous journey across Central America, she was detained upon arrival in the US. The young Iranian asylum-seeker has been incarcerated for nearly three years in an ICE detention center.

A Plea for Free Speech in Boston (1860) National Constitution Center Historic Documents Library record for A Plea for Free Speech in Boston (1860)

Douglass ended with an admonition to his audience—and to the nation—about the importance of free speech and the exchange of ideas in a democratic society.

US West Coast states announce new agency for vaccine guidelines California, Washington and Oregon announced Wednesday they will form a new public health body to issue vaccine guidelines, saying the move is needed to counter the Trump administration's growing "poli...

Speaking for myself, New Mexico should join in this.

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As it says, "This post is about guns.

Deep-sea worms fight poison with poison to survive in hydrothermal vents Combining arsenic and sulfide in skin cells forms a less toxic mineral—and turns the animals bright yellow

Deep-sea worms fight poison with poison to survive in hydrothermal vents |
The worm accumulates arsenic in its skin cells, which reacts with sulfide to form clumps of orpiment. Orpiment is still toxic, but much less so than either of its precursors alone, so the worm can tolerate it.

Nope, not a gift link. :'(

It's even more 'special' when your start up a little draw on Victoria Island to see what kind of rock is exposed in an outcrop ~100m up there and a polar bear strolls out and cuts off your view. I may have a photo stashed somewhere (I never throw anything out), but I was 22 then and I'm 82 now.

Thus disarming a very large Democratic leaning state! :'(

"Resistance is futile!" - The Borg Collective

LIVE: Tsunami warning issued for Hawaii after M8.7 earthquake off Russia The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center says the earthquake struck at 1:25 p.m. HST off the east coast of Kamchatka.

A tsunami warning is issued for the state of Hawaii following a magnitude-8.7 earthquake off Russia. Officials listed a wave arrival time of 7:10 p.m. HST in Hanalei.🧪
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