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Knee Deep in the Hoopla
As Trump throws himself a parade, watch protesters across america say, “No Kings”. But… I was worried about Trump’s Army parade — until I saw it. For the Army, this was mission accomplished.
The “No Kings” protest was really, really big. Like, historically big. (According to Wikipedia)
Pentagon’s Pizza Index has accurately predicted 21 crises: Is WWIII next? “Bottom line for journalists: Always monitor the pizzas.”
Stolen iPhones disabled by Apple's anti-theft tech after Los Angeles looting. Apple's retail locations are equipped with advanced anti-theft technology that renders display devices useless once they leave the premises. Instead of a functioning smartphone, thieves were met with a stark message on the screen: "Please return to Apple Tower Theatre. This device has been disabled and is being tracked. Local authorities will be alerted."
A bold idea to raise the birthrate: make parenting less torturous. America has made parenting unusually, needlessly hard. Child care and rent are unaffordable; medical care, even when subsidized, is a nightmare of red tape; family leave is too short and too rare; everyone feels overextended and underachieving.
Florida man urinates on $10,500 worth of Spam and Vienna sausages at Sam’s Club. He then rested on some patio furniture before going to the checkout.
Humpback whale bubble rings may be an attempt to communicate with us. “Make a direct sequel to Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home.” Also, Swarm intelligence: Ants can anticipate obstacles and plan ahead. The experts discovered that crazy ants use a decentralized form of cognition. Instead of individual planning, their colony acts like a brain. They’re teeny tiny Borgs?
Five headlines that quietly hint we’re living in an apocalypse movie. TLDR: The monkeys have started kidnapping, mysterious message from space, millions of bees on the loose, pigeons on Delta flights, nuking the ocean floor. And also,
Goodbye to the world as we know it – Scientists confirm that the Earth is creating a sixth ocean, and this phenomenon can already be observed in the Great Rift Valley. TLDR: A fissure in the African, Somali and Arabian tectonic plates has caused the eruption of the Dabbahu volcano and is already more than 60 kilometers long, and when the Indian Ocean enters the crack, this continent will become a large island and we will have one more ocean.
Venomous cube-shaped creature with 24 eyes discovered at the bottom of a Hong Kong pond. TLDR: It’s a previously unknown species of box jellyfish.
KGB Quote of the Day:
Wherever there is great property, there is great inequality.
--Adam Smith (Wikipedia link)
(More Adam Smith quotes from the KGB Quotations Database)
Today’s holidays:
Bloomsday, Fresh Veggies Day, International Day of the African Child, International Day of Family Remittances, International Waterfall Day, Ladies' Initiated in Baseball Day, Maple Syrup Urine Disease Awareness Day, National Cannoli Day, National Fudge Day, National Tortilla Day, National Vinegar Day, No Orange Clothes Day, Ride to Work Day, Take Your Cat To Work Day, Wish Fulfillment Day, World Refill Day, and World Sea Turtle Day.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day from NASA.
On This Day:
1858 - Abraham Lincoln delivered his House Divided speech in Springfield, Illinois.
1884 - The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson's "Switchback Railway", opened in New York's Coney Island amusement park.
1903 - The Ford Motor Company was incorporated.
1904 - Irish author James Joyce began a relationship with Nora Barnacle and subsequently used the date to set the actions for his novel Ulysses; this date is now traditionally called "Bloomsday".
1911 - IBM founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York
1961 – While on tour with the Kirov Ballet in Paris, Rudolf Nureyev defects from the Soviet Union.
1963 - Soviet Space Program: Vostok 6 mission: Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space.
1965 - Bob Dylan recorded “Like A Rolling Stone” (Video) (Lyrics)
1967 - The Monterey International Pop Festival began. (Video)
1980 - The motion picture The Blues Brothers premiered in Chicago. (Video)
2010 - Hot in Cleveland premiered. (Video: Betty White bloopers)
2015 - Donald Trump announced his campaign to run for President of the United States.
(For comprehensive lists of the day’s historical events, check here, here, and here.)
Some Birthdays:
1829 - Geronimo, prominent leader and medicine man from the Bedonkohe band of the Ndendahe Apache people (Video)
1890 - Stan Laurel, English actor and comedian (d. 1965) (Video)
1907 - Jack Albertson, American actor (d. 1981) (Video)
1917 - Katharine Graham, American publisher (d. 2001) (Video)
1938 - Joyce Carol Oates, American novelist, short story writer, critic, and poet
1941 - Lamont Dozier, American songwriter and producer (d. 2022) (Video)
1952 - Gino Vannelli, Canadian singer-songwriter (Video)
1955 - Laurie Metcalf, American actress (Video)
(Complete list of today’s birthdays.)
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