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Perseid meteor shower: How and when to watch The annual Perseid meteor shower — which inspired John Denver to write “Rocky Mountain High” more than 50 years ago — is underway now.

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I don't know what a Labubu is and I don't care enough to look it up.

A DOGE kid gets beat up in DC and it’s DefCon1; hundreds of bullets into federal buildings with officer killed in Atlanta and it’s crickets; violent mob attacks Capitol wounding dozens of officers and it’s pardons for all.

Exclusive | White House to Vet Smithsonian Museums to Fit Trump’s Historical Vision Top White House officials will scrutinize exhibitions, internal processes, collections and artist grants ahead of America’s 250th anniversary.

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Below are the 30 U.S. cities with at least 100,000 residents that had the highest number of crimes against people, per 100,000, according to the latest FBI data report.

Goodness, Washington, D.C., forgot to be included!

JD Vance & Jim Jordon's Ohio makes a stellar showing. Heck of a job on crime!

This piece is delicious.

I feel like lately I recommend both of these books to someone at a rate of once a day.

“capital put under armed occupation because regime henchman named Big Balls got the absolute piss beaten out of him by a child” would probably get cut from a Zucker brothers movie script

Me, watching the two end-of-season Newport balls: These anonymous people dance really well. Too well. Oh. Wait. I'll bet they're Broadway people, too.

what if the historical novel that Carrie Bradshaw is writing is … The Gilded Age

Al Jazeera says its correspondent Anas al-Sharif has been killed in Gaza, and Israel confirms it Broadcaster Al Jazeera says its correspondent Anas al-Sharif has been killed in Gaza City, and Israel’s military confirms it.

Broadcaster Al Jazeera says its correspondent Anas al-Sharif has been killed in Gaza City, and Israel’s military confirms it.

BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.

FFS.

He didn't "kick off".

It's not a "jibe".

He said, with dignity and restraint, what we were all thinking - that Al-Obeid didn't just "die" - he, like tens of thousand of other innocent civilians, was killed by Israel as part of its ongoing programme of ethnic cleansing.

OK, a few things on this absurdity:
1. The 2020 Census was conducted by the Trump administration.
2. The only systematic results of undercounts that the Census has acknowledged were undercounting communities of color in almost all states.

usually if you ask experts why an empire fell they’ll say it’s nuanced and multifaceted, so i think it’s kind of cool that with America future historians will get to just say like “oh they took the idiot train to moronsville”

At least the Savannah Bananas livestream their games. I didn't even make it into the lottery to be able to try for tickets. Hello, YouTube.

Tonight, please spare a thought to all our scientists and public health workers who have dedicated their careers to saving millions of lives.

Despite their amazing work they are constantly threatened due to politicization and the unfettered spread of misinformation.

It should not be like this 💔

Multiple times this year I’ve had coffee with fellow immigrants who grew up in corrupt third world countries and the shared sentiment has been that Americans don’t understand how bad things are going to get.

the decades-long project to make sure nothing like Watergate can ever hurt a Republican president again is one of the most successful political projects ever enacted, to our everlasting detriment

So, this is too long and elliptical already, but no, I don't think it's lack of critical thinking or being untouchable. I think the problem I see is evangelicals weaving their faith into their identity as Americans. That's always dangerous, imo. /6

If the federal government can simply seize privately held patents then that is the end of the U.S. patent system, the legal basis for American innovation.

I think it was Richard Clay, but maybe that's too obvious?

OK, it's time to close the laptop and settle in for the first two episodes of Outlander: blood of My Blood. I'm not a romance novel kind of gal, but this show's universe has my attention. I really need a significant break from everything Trump administration.

Oh, but do seek out @montemader on TikTok and then the guy who's a personal chef in the Hamptons for an even better weird Tiktok experience. That's what I've been watching in between Jesus Christ Superstar at the Hollywood Bowl and Hamilton Best of Wives spoof videos for days.

I'm saving my baseball time for tomorrow's Savannah Bananas game here. I really need the joy. I did take care of myself, though. I had a DEXA scan with body composition analysis, a resting metabolic rate test, and I got set up with a personal trainer. After 30 years of helping others, it's me time.

I have lost 35 lbs. since April 5. Only 65 more to go. My therapist is concerned I have an eating disorder, but I'm like, whatever it takes.

A black and white cat with arms outstretched on a bed

Anyway, it's International Cat Day and I haven't seen nearly enough photos of cats in my feed today. This is Princess Leia.

Two things:

1. This is over a simple attempted carjacking. It's nothing but a fascist power grab.

2. The Trump administration doesn't have enough federal law enforcement to police DC, patrol 7,500 miles of border, arrest 1,000 immigrants a day and occupy major cities. They cannot do all this.

"Let's restore the Confederacy only less science and more pedophilia"

Florida man recently found roaming on the roof of the house he's squatting at holds press conference to announce imaginary numbers