Are you telling me my tax dollars are being sent to rebuild all the shit that Pete Hegseth blew up also with my tax dollars

They were seriously debating using the military to throw anyone who disagreed with them in jail…

Overnight Russia struck a sacred 11th-century Christian cathedral in Kyiv and killed five emergency service workers in Kharkiv. I saw the destruction of irreplaceable history at Pechersk Lavra in Kyiv after strikes hit residential buildings and sent children to the hospital. Attacks against civilians and on sacred Christian sites are unacceptable. This outrage must stop and this war must end. Ambassador Davis

John Prevost, the pope’s older brother, rang from Chicago with a computer problem — because Bob, as the family still calls him, has always been the one who fixes these things. “John, I’m the pope,” Leo reminded him. The reply came without a pause: “Oh, sorry pope. My computer is broken.” thelettersfromleo.com/p/john…

Deadly Russian strikes across Ukraine overnight spark an intense blaze at a 1,000-year-old monastery in Kyiv, one of the country’s most important religious and cultural landmarks. nbcnews.com/world/ukraine/ru…

The reflecting pool on the National Mall is full of algae and turning a bright green color, like the Chicago River on St. Patrick’s Day, one DC tourist told me.

Yesterday, Hawai'i's Kīlauea had its 49th eruptive episode, with lava fountains reaching about 700 feet (210 meters) into the air.

4.4 standard deviations from the mean?! To put into perspective how strong this El Niño has the “potential” to be, I plotted it on the Bell Curve/ distribution of all El Nino, La Niña, & neutral months since 1850 (over 2K). The dynamical model ensemble median forecast peak anomaly is 3.3°C in December 2026. Comparing against all Nino (3.4 region) values yields a value of 4.4 sigma for this event, plotted outside the extreme right tail, next to the current record of 2.8C in 2015. Keep in mind this is not the relative index, so it does not account for global warming, and the fact that higher SST anoms are easier to achieve now due to the higher starting baseline. #elnino 1/ 🧵

Listen to this absolutely haunting sound. Putin’s attack on the Lavra must be condemned by leaders around the world. It’s also a wake-up call, Ukraine *is* the Lavra, it’s survived but only by facing off the utter barbarity of Putin’s regime

After flooding Sunday into Monday, flash flood concerns continue for Central, South & Southeast Texas & the Hill Country. 4 things at play: 1️⃣ Front moving south at a snail's pace 2️⃣ Rain-making moisture at ~150% of normal for mid-June 3️⃣ Approaching tropical-ish low 4️⃣... /1

BREAKING WSJ: The Trump Justice Department's senior leadership closed an investigation of Paramount's bid for Warner Bros. Discovery before career staffers who were concerned about the acquisition had an opportunity to object, according to people familiar with the matter. wsj.com/business/media/justi…

Mohamed Hussein went to the Texas Republican convention to convince himself he had a place in the GOP. He left in tears. What he found was a party that didn’t want him, that told him to leave the country. via @RenzoDowney @TexasTribune: texastribune.org/2026/06/15/…

America's emergency oil stockpile tumbles to its lowest level since the Reagan administration. cnn.it/4xww6qY

We spent over $70B bombing them. We will spend $300B to rebuild them. We lost this war, and now we will be funding Iran.

Earlier this month, a record 15.4°C was recorded at Esperanza Station, more than 20°C above average. During winter, Antarctica should be rebuilding ice, stability, and resilience. Instead, that foundation is weakening. 📷 Mike Louagie / Ocean Image Bank ow.ly/HOwr50Zc2vq

Took a 20 mile bike ride this morning to check out the Reflecting Pool

RT @GasBuddyGuy: 🚨 BREAKING: The Strategic Petroleum Reserve has just fallen to its lowest level since August 1983- 340.3mb. That's a 42 yr…

Barnard's Star racing through space over a seven year period Barnard's Star is a faint red dwarf located just 6 light-years away in Ophiuchus. It holds the record for the highest proper motion of any known star, racing across the sky at over 10.3 arc seconds per year, first measured by E.E. Barnard in 1916. This rapid apparent motion makes it shift noticeably against the far more distant background stars. In 2024–2025, astronomers confirmed four tiny sub-Earth-mass planets orbiting it (Barnard’s Star b, c, d, and e). With masses between 0.19 and 0.34 Earth masses, these rocky worlds orbit very close to their star on periods of just 3–7 days. Detected via precise radial velocity data from ESPRESSO and MAROON-X, they are far too hot for life but represent an exciting breakthrough in finding planets around one of our nearest stellar neighbors. A true cosmic speedster with its own planetary system!

This is beyond ludicrous. Why the hell are U.S. Marines and soldiers saluting a UFC fighter? The military swears an oath to the Constitution, not celebrities, influencers, or the latest personality cult. Watching service members rendered as props for a UFC spectacle is beneath the dignity of the uniform and beneath the dignity of the country.

This is the official channel of the United States Army broadcasting a private corporations live feed. This is illegal. No one in the Republican Congress will lift a finger.