The roar of a B-1B Lancer assigned to the 7th Bomb Wing, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, over Washington, D.C., tonight. 🇺🇸 As America approaches its #Freedom250 anniversary, military flyovers remain a powerful tradition—honoring the past, celebrating the present and inspiring future generations. #UFCWhiteHouse

OMG 🔥 We got a B1-B Lancer nighttime FLY OVER at UFC Freedom 250 🇺🇸

🇺🇸 The 50 star American flag flying today was designed in 1958 by 17 year old Robert G. Heft as a high school class project. He got a B-minus on it. The teacher claimed the design "lacked originality" and jokingly remarked that if Heft didn't like the grade, he should get the flag accepted in Washington. Heft called his teacher's bluff. He sent his physical prototype to his congressman, Walter Moeller, who forwarded it to the design pool. Out of more than 1,500 submissions, President Eisenhower picked his design. His teacher later changed his grade to an A. Thank you, Robert! The flag is beautiful! 🇺🇸

I had no idea. John Milius.

Absolutely none of this happened.

Thank you for making this week so effin’ amazing! For embracing Anika, Loren so profoundly. Aimee Mann for joining us on Time Stand Still in tribute to Neil. To you, our fans, your steadfast support is what has made this a reality. Forever grateful! 📸: rosshalfin

I want to make something clear on Slackware adding XLibre to the pre-release build (so that everyone knows what to expect): This does not, necessarily, mean that the next shipping version of Slackware will include XLibre (instead of Xorg) by default. It simply means that XLibre is now both a) officially included in the Slackware build system and b) is being tested for inclusion in the shipping version (with the possible removal of Xorg being part of that). An incredibly important step towards replacing Xorg with XLibre.

CEMA Alert: A Severe Thunderstorm Warning has been issued for Chatham County until 7:15 PM. Damage to roofs, siding, and trees possible. Seek shelter indoors.

My mom's in hospice, and gave me the compact that my grandfather gave to my grandmother as an engagement gift shortly after he enlisted in WW2 in 1940 (Canada). He landed in Normandy and fought his way through Europe in a series of Sherman tanks. My mother would not meet him until she was 3 when he returned. I spent some time restoring it, and gave it to my daughter for graduation today. Here are a few pics! The first one is "before". I've never heard of Stratton, but it's pretty!

Jack wishes everyone a Happy🇺🇸 #FlagDay!🇺🇸Proudly fly your #AmericanFlag 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

West Side Highway, New York City, 1977.

"There are only 25 satellites launched a year, every year, and that's not going to change." Ryhmes with the current defense ecosystem.

Longtime 'Today' show movie critic Gene Shalit dies 'peacefully' at 100 trib.al/BRqpBV9

My Symbian Museum now has its oldest fully working device. This is the 9210 from 2000. 26 years ago. I’ve had the battery repaired and am now seeking to hack in the original MMC apps. Soooo geeky, I know. But it keeps me off the streets!! See also stevelitchfield.com/classic-… 🙂

Have you ever heard an electric muffler?

Everyone always talking about “talent density” in Silicon Valley when we really should be talking about how 80% of pretzels in America come from a small region of Pennsylvania

SAMSUNG'S OWN WARRANTY JUST BACKFIRED Louis Rossmann's 4TB SSD died under warranty. Samsung offered a $330 refund and claimed they had no replacement stock. The same drive is on Samsung's own Amazon store for $949 - and their own warranty says he's owed market value. - He paid $330 for the 990 Pro under two years ago, today it costs nearly 3x that - Samsung's warranty literally promises a refund of the "then current market value" if they can't replace it - They claimed a memory shortage while selling the exact drive on Amazon by the dozen - He's giving them 60 days before filing in Travis County small claims court They wrote the clause. They just never thought prices would triple.

Think of this. He murders his girlfriend in 1963. He is tried, convicted and sentenced to life with a chance for parole after the jury deadlocks on the death penalty. He spends 21 years in prison and gets out in 1984. The year after his release he meets a new girl who is a drug addict and prostitute. They become roommates. He stabs her within the year and dismembers her corpse while high on crack cocaine. He admits to the murder, but claims it was in self-defense. For some odd reason, the charges are downgraded to manslaughter even though the autopsy results found 33 stab wounds. Only 12 years are added to his revoked life sentence. He applies for parole 15 times over the next 34 years, but is denied until 2019 when he is released due to his advanced age of 81 years. He quickly finds another roommate, a 68-year-old lesbian woman. Less than three years later, he murders this roommate and (again) dismembers her corpse. He pleads not guilty, claiming another female associate did it. This case finally makes it to trial in 2026 - a full four years after the murder. Think of the waste. The two unnecessary deaths, the unnecessary trials, the wasted prison space - all for a guy who should've been put to death sixty years ago after his first murder. And now we are having to waste space again in a prison for some 88-year-old serial killer psycho. It's just absurd.