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It's totally insane- now with radioactive wasps | A Closer Look (Video)
Maddow: U.S. profoundly changed by authoritarian leader; 'We're beyond waiting and seeing now' (Video)
Sec. Robert Reich: A new Progressive Era will follow this second Gilded Age. (Video)
Scientists discovered a way to reverse time—and possibly erase mistakes. TLDR: In quantum systems.
ChatGPT is not your friend. Be careful what you tell it, lawyers warn. No legal privilege exists between AI companies and their users, which means information such as medical diagnoses, test results, workplace grievances or relationship advice can easily be shared more widely.
THIS is the leading indicator of a recession? “Recession blonde.”
Noem wants ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention centers near airport runways across US to boost migrant deportation "efficiency". Trump administration’s mass deportation machine is working at ‘turbo speed’ to open more ICE facilities, officials say.
What happens to the internet if no one clicks search links? Google's AI Overviews feature can deliver an answer to your question before you click a single link. But it spells bad news for the publishers that write the articles that power these AI summaries: their business models depend on site visits to sell ads. And some smaller publishers have already gone out of business as the use of AI summaries grows.
Aging might be contagious, and this protein could be to blame. Researchers have identified a molecular culprit behind one of biology’s most puzzling phenomena: how cellular aging spreads from one part of the body to another, potentially accelerating the overall aging process.
There is no song of the summer this year. And if there is, it's probably a bummer.
Supreme Court raises the stakes in a Louisiana redistricting case.
The court ordered new briefing, suggesting it could be poised to further weaken the landmark Voting Rights Act.
A terrible five days for the truth. Trump’s latest moves represent an assault on reporting, statistics, and the historical record. (The Atlantic gift article)
'Ozempic masturbation' explained as people share their experience after taking the drug. Ozempic users are claiming they’ve lost interest in masturbating, as experts weigh in on how weight-loss drugs can have a devastating impact on our libidos.
California could slash five GOP US House seats to counter Texas’ move to pad Republican margin. So there.
FACT FOCUS: Trump says he’s cut drug prices by up to 1,500%. That’s not possible. Duh.
Pending home sales drop in June as buyers struggle with affordability. The decline in contract signings, which usually precede sales by one or two months, followed a historically weak spring housing season, which put the market on track to hit a 30-year low in home sales this year.
Florida man who was married to three women at the same time sentenced for felony bigamy.
Quote of the Day:
Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges! I don't have to show you any stinkin' badges!
(from The Treasure of the Sierra Madre).
--John Huston (Wikipedia link)
(More John Huston quotes from the KGB Quotations Database)
Today’s holidays:
Green Peppers Day, International Traffic Light Day, National Night Out, National Couscous Day, National Oyster Day, National Underwear Day, and Work Like a Dog Day.
Astronomy Picture of the Day from NASA.
On This Day:
2022 – Actress Anne Heche crashed her car into a house in Mar Vista, Los Angeles, igniting a fire that put her in a coma and destroyed much of the house.
2022 – Died: Judith Durham, Australian singer-songwriter, member of The Seekers (born 1943) (Video)
2022 – A jury in Austin, Texas decided 'Infowars' host Alex Jones should pay $45.2 million in punitive damages to the parents of a Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victim due to his promotion of false conspiracy theories that the massacre was a hoax.
2019 – Died: Toni Morrison, American author, Pulitzer Prize winner, and Nobel laureate (born 1931).
2010 – The Copiapó mining accident occurred, trapping 33 Chilean miners approximately 2,300 ft (700 m) below the ground for 69 days.
2009 – Died: Budd Schulberg, American author, screenwriter, and producer (born 1914)
2000 – Died: Alec Guinness, English actor (born 1914) (Video)
1998 – “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” premiered on ABC. (Video)
1991 – Died: Soichiro Honda, Japanese engineer and businessman, founded Honda (born 1906)
1984 – Died: Richard Burton, Welsh actor (born 1925) (Video)
1983 – The film “Risky Business” was released, with Tom Cruise starring in his breakout role. (Video)
1983 – Died: Judy Canova, American actress and comedian (born 1913)
1981 – President Ronald Reagan fired 11,359 striking air-traffic controllers who ignored his order for them to return to work.
1974 – Watergate scandal: President Richard Nixon, under orders of the US Supreme Court, released the "Smoking Gun" tape, recorded on June 23, 1972, clearly revealing his actions in covering up and interfering investigations into the break-in. His political support vanishes completely.
1963 – Cold War: The United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union signed the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
1962 – American actress Marilyn Monroe was found dead at her home from a drug overdose.
1962 – Apartheid: Nelson Mandela was jailed. He would not be released until 1990.
1957 – American Bandstand, a show dedicated to the teenage "baby-boomers" by playing the songs and showing popular dances of the time, debuted on the ABC television network. (Video)
1955 – Died: Carmen Miranda, Portuguese-Brazilian actress and singer (born 1909) (Video)
1954 – The film “From Here To Eternity” was released. (Video)
1951 – Canadian daredevil Red Hill, Jr., age 38, attempted to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel made of rubber innertubes, canvas webbing and fish netting that he calls “The Thing.” His body was recovered the next morning. (Video)
1926 – Harry Houdini performed his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping. (Video)
1924 – The comic strip “Little Orphan Annie” was first published in the New York Daily News.
1914 – In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric traffic light was installed.
1888 – Bertha Benz drove from Mannheim to Pforzheim and back in the first long distance automobile trip, commemorated as the Bertha Benz Memorial Route since 2008.
1884 – The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty was laid on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.
1882 – Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, today known as ExxonMobil, was established officially. The company would later grow to become the holder of all Standard Oil companies and the entity at the center of the breakup of Standard Oil.
1861 – The United States Army abolished flogging.
1861 – American Civil War: In order to help pay for the war effort, the United States government levied the first income tax as part of the Revenue Act of 1861 (3% of all incomes over US$800; rescinded in 1872).
1858 – Cyrus West Field and others completed the first transatlantic telegraph cable after several unsuccessful attempts. It operated for less than a month.
1620 – The Mayflower departed from Southampton, England, carrying would-be settlers, on its first attempt to reach North America; it was forced to dock in Dartmouth when its companion ship, the Speedwell, sprung a leak.
1583 – Sir Humphrey Gilbert established the first English colony in North America, at what is now St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.
(For comprehensive lists of the day’s historical events, check here, here, and here.)
Some Birthdays:
1980 – Jesse Williams, American actor, director, producer, and political activist
1966 – James Gunn, American filmmaker (“Guardians of the Galaxy”, “Superman”)
1962 – Patrick Ewing, Jamaican-American basketball player and coach
1956 – Maureen McCormick, American actress (Marcia Brady on “The Brady Bunch”)
1947 – Rick Derringer, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2025)
1946 – Erika Slezak, American actress (“One Life to Live”)
1946 – Shirley Ann Jackson, American physicist
1945 – Loni Anderson, American actress (“WKRP in Cincinnati”) (Video)
1943 – Sammi Smith, American country music singer-songwriter (died 2005) (Video)
1941 – Bob Clark, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2007) (“Porky’s”, “A Christmas Story”)
1936 – John Saxon, American actor (died 2020)
1930 – Neil Armstrong, American pilot, engineer, and astronaut (died 2012)
1906 – John Huston, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1987) (Video)
1850 – Guy de Maupassant, French short story writer, novelist, and poet (died 1893)
(A more complete list of today’s birthdays.)
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