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Former Jan. 6 defendant Kyle Colton says Donald Trump's pardon also covers his child pornography charge because it stemmed from the J6 search warrant. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Seeing today why I got a recent like on this.

BOSTON (AP) — A Russian-born Harvard researcher charged with smuggling frog embryos is being released from federal custody.

www.eschatonblog.com/2025/06/but-...

Just a little too on the nose that they finally decided to make this official just hours after 40% of the entire Senate Democratic caucus voted in support of a bill completely bought and paid for by the crypto lobby.

The dollar's crown is slipping, and fast reut.rs/4n6j7HB

"NASA is shutting down many of its social media accounts, including those dedicated to the Voyager mission and the Mars Curiosity and Perseverance rovers." www.theregister.com/2025/06/11/n...

"This is the reward to the community that defied everybody else" asked Wali Altahif, an Arab-American activist in Dearborn. Arab Americans in Michigan are devastated by Trump's travel ban after they broke hard for him in 2024. apnews.com/article/trum...

Here's what we are reading today: Marco Rubio marked Russia Day by expressing U.S.' support for the Russian people and reaffirming the U.S.' "constructive engagement" with Russia to bring "peace between Russia and Ukraine." This is the 1st time the U.S. has marked Russia Day.

Alice Lake Provincial Park is being evacuated tonight as the Dryden Creek wildfire burns north towards the park. globalnews.ca/news/1123727...

What an asshole

CA Scrub Jay weighing his options. 🌿🪶

I guess one of the things that stuck from elementary school is that the red dot on the seagull’s bill means a mom, so I am powerless in the face of their begging. #birds

Along the bike detour, a nice thank you. #urbanism #biking #vancouver

This is a Man

No urbanist has successfully kept more vehicles off the road than radical degrowth war-on-cars advocate Donald J Trump

Soooooo when do I get to be rude ? fortune.com/2025/06/11/m...

So Linda McMahon sent a letter around to all the superintendent’s requesting that they all stop any programs for special needs, and one super called it “legally incomprehensible” 🙏🏽

you really have no idea how many claims made by politicians get turned into facts by the news media until you really pay attention to lower thirds.

Chart: How views of the United States have changed in select countries since 2024 Last year, 61% of Mexicans had a favorable opinion of the US. This year, 69% have an *unfavorable* opinion. www.pewresearch.org/global/2025/...

More of the glory of AI.

About Indonesia once again turning into a militarized state. kbanews.com/english-edit...

Alberta separatist group’s claim of advancing Indigenous rights has ‘little substance’, says prof

It's 5 o'clock in Anchorage, USA 🍺

Please let it be the one that some court requires to log everything.

BC Ferries picks Chinese shipyard to build four new boats coming in 2029 nationalnewswatch.com/2025/06/10/b...

The ‘Millionaire Exodus’ the UK Media Told You About Never Actually Happened The equivalent of 30 stories a day were published about an exodus of wealthy people that a new study finds was "non existent" bylinetimes.com/2025/06/10/t...

This review of the Anthony Braxton Quartet (England) 1985 live set (four complete concerts!) captures its off-the-chain, almost punk-rock feel. The record he describes is the one I hear when I listen to it. www.allaboutjazz.com/quartet-engl...

It’s official. Studio Execs are now using Chat GPT to evaluate screenplays. Here’s proof from a friend’s pass letter: Not only is it vague and unhelpful, it references one specific — an antique camera. The problem? THERE’S NO ANTIQUE CAMERA IN THE FUCKING SCRIPT.

Well-written.

do u ever just remember the existence of Brookesia Nana the smallest reptile in the world (that we know of) and just start crying because me too 😭🦎

"Black applicants would, on average, need credit scores approximately 120 points higher than white applicants to receive the same approval rate, and about 30 points higher to receive the same interest rate."

Australia sends crews to help #Canada in its fight against wildfires Thank you #Australia 🍁😊 globalnews.ca/news/1123059...

Here's Ottawa's statement on slapping sanctions onto extremist Israeli cabinet ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich.

New: Cram schools for kindergartners are the latest in South Korean college prep. Inside the rise of elite private schooling for 3 to 6-year-olds, and the debate over South Korea’s cutthroat education system and the private education boom. Gift link to my latest from Seoul: wapo.st/3HszspI

if any crave redress of injustice, they should exhibit their petitions in the street

Do your best to not use Uber anything.