Trump said today that the deployment of the USS Abraham Lincoln (now at sea for an uninterrupted 240 days) was "not nearly long enough." Not nearly long enough for what? Open mutiny? Collective psychosis? Also: the US war against Iran is "going very well." apnews.com/article/trum...

Trump says USS Lincoln's record time at sea during Iran operations 'not nearly long enough'

President Donald Trump is downplaying concerns about the USS Abraham Lincoln's extended deployment in the Middle East.

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Useful tips for happiness: 1. Embrace changes 2. Be grateful (for really specific things) 3. The sky doesn’t change, even in a storm 4. Anger is like frost on the grass 5. You don’t need quiet to find peace 6. And it helps to help other people Full article: www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Nine life lessons from the happiest man in the world: from embracing tiny changes to not overthinking meditation

Stressed out, endlessly scrolling and never satisfied? Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, the Buddhist monk with off-the-charts levels of contentment, may have the answers …

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Abdul El-Sayed was outspent 9-to-1 by AIPAC and corporate Super PACs in the most expensive Senate Democratic primary of all time. Last night, he proved that organized people can beat organized money.

Lessons from El-Sayed's win in Michigan: "Democrats can brand their Republican opponents as lackeys... of Elon Musk, big oil, big pharma or AI – and highlight the connection between their campaign funds and their support for policies that hurt ordinary people." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Abdul El-Sayed offers a template for Democrats to defeat Trumpism | Peter Beinart

The candidate has crafted a progressive nationalism and shown his party how to turn Republicans’ financial advantage against them

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A surreal glimmer of self-awareness by #ElonMusk in which he uses his own bizarre behavior as possible proof the universe computer simulation created by aliens “The things I’m doing are so preposterous that it’s hard to believe they’re real,” www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Elon Musk says he got ‘carried away’ with Trump – but still holds on to contentious political views

In interview, billionaire says instead of running ‘Doge’ he should’ve ‘worked on my companies’ and shares extreme predictions

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The #ChrisMartin World Cup final halftime show featured slogans: “all of us a family”, “I am you and you and you”, and “stars that make a galaxy." "They're sentiments that would feel trite in more privileged times, but feel radical and essential in 2026." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

We’ve been desperate for someone to take on Donald Trump. Who knew it would be Coldplay’s Chris Martin? | Simon Price

The World Cup left us with some surprising heroes. Kudos to pop’s leader of the bland and his very public rebuke to hatred and division, says music journalist Simon Price

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A major thunderstorm outbreak is unfolding across the interior Pacific NW. While not "dry thunderstorms" (w/briefly heavy showers), numerous wildfire ignitions are still likely due to strikes outside of rain cores, severe pre-existing drought, & heatwave to follow. #ORwx #WAwx

“It’s a vivid example of him overestimating his own abilities, the nature of the problem, thinking his magic powers could overcome everything,” [Trump biographer Timothy L. O’Brien] said in an interview. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/u... (1/2)

Washington Is Fenced In for the 4th as Trump ‘Beautifies’ the Capital

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Boring Loop in Las Vegas: 1 driver for every 4 passengers Elizabeth Line in London: 1 driver for every 1500 passengers “If you were to take what should be public transportation planning and turn it into a neoliberal nightmare, this is exactly what you would get" www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

‘A neoliberal nightmare’: my ride on the Vegas Loop – Elon Musk’s answer to traffic jams

Ten years ago, after complaining that traffic was ‘driving him nuts’, Musk’s Boring Company began building underground tunnels to ease congestion on the roads. Did he overpromise and underdeliver?

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Jacqueline Novak succinctly summarizes the dynamic of an influencer / celebrity life: "Constructed thing intercepting with real life patterns and then the intersection of the two..." post.substack.com/p/when-peopl...

“When people are silent and let you talk, it’s inherently humiliating”

Comedian Jacqueline Novak talks mockumentary, realism, and vulnerability on camera

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"Each day of the trial, the courtroom filled with community members. Current and former students and colleagues, members of the California Faculty Association from various universities and students who had heard about the case all came to show support..." www.huffpost.com/entry/jonath...

Trump Admin Dealt Another Blow In Court After Protester Found Not Guilty

California philosophy professor Jonathan Caravello, who was accused of tossing tear gas in the direction of federal agents, faced up to 20 years in prison.

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Key quotes from an important look at both the power and limits of Trump's #realitydistortion abilities and how both COVID-19 and the war with Iran function as reality wall: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

‘Battle of the titans’: Trump’s distorted reality on Iran war runs into a brick wall

War is testing operating principle that has guided Trump for decades: construct a narrative, declare it to be true and relentlessly force the world to submit to it

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#DevCollaborative on "transactional" vs "consultative" web work: "You wouldn’t go to your car mechanic and ask for a new transmission. You’d describe the problem... If you want a new feature on your website, the first thing we’re going to ask you is 'Why?'" devcollaborative.com/blog/consult...

“Complexity resists his whim. It bores him.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Trump’s ego-trip war has collided with economic reality but he can’t undo the damage | Rafael Behr

The US president’s doctrine of lawless military adventures harms American interests and boosts Vladimir Putin, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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Stephen Miller, Homeland Security Advisor, White House said this yesterday. @hcrichardson.bsky.social compares him to US Senator James Henry Hammond (D-SC) in 1858. He was a wealthy enslaver who made a very similar point to justify the enslavement of black people. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

What if insurance companies took on big oil to del with rising claims? “Jones argues that insurance companies should use their clout as institutional investors and divest from, and even sue, the fossil-fuel companies that have driven the climate crisis” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

‘Delays, lowballs, outright denials’: how the LA wildfires have exposed the US’s broken insurance industry

Insurance practices in an age of climate volatility raise troubling questions about home ownership and housing affordability – the bedrock of the American middle class

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Training is absolutely not the problem with ICE & with the DHS. Not at all. They’re hired & trained to do this. They want to do this. And the orders to do this come from the very top of the government & are approved by the president himself. Training doesn’t change that.

A personal look at how US testing of nuclear weapons disproportionately impacted indigenous peoples of the Southwest…

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Today, on the day of remembrance of Downwinders, I look at the Manhattan Project’s legacy through the lens of the Doomsday Clock. Read the full piece here: open.substack.com/pub/jacqueli... #ManhattanProject #Navajo #Downwinders #EnvironmentalJustice

Part of what’s changed about particle physics is that the romance between the military industrial complex and particle physicists ended — kind of. They’re trying to reboot it using AI as the staging ground. Beware narratives that tell you AI is the only or most important path forward.

The headline is weeks old, but the joke is chillingly on point technically. LLM hallucinations are bad. Now let’s give them weapons. Here is more on the US military’s continuing refusal to heed basic AI survival tips from literally every sci-fi film with AI: www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

" #Wikipedia ... is the byproduct of something... remarkable: strangers on the internet disagreeing on matters of existential gravity and breathtaking pettiness, and through deliberation and debate, building a common ground of #consensusreality " www.theverge.com/cs/features/...

Wikipedia is under attack — and how it can survive

The site’s volunteers face threats from Trump, billionaires, and AI.

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. @profgalloway.com coined the term “Marie Antoinette with blazers” to describes the impunity of the extremely wealthy men who corresponded with #Epstein. I wrote about how the exposure of these entitled plutocrats and ICE raids are opening cracks in Trump’s facade: open.substack.com/pub/davidnmo...

Epstein and ICE Are Cracking Trump’s Armor

Guest contribution by Tim Nafziger

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Me Too was Pearl Harbor for elites. Most of them saw Harvey Weinstein and thought, "that could be me," and since then every hint of accountability for elites, or mass movements by peasants, has further convinced them they are facing an existential threat that must be destroyed at all costs.

🚨BIG changes happening -- ICE leadership is being purged tonight. The old guard, which prioritized targeted enforcement operations aimed at people with criminal records, is being replaced with Border Patrol and Gregory Bovino's "Midway Blitz" style. Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.

A look at how ChatGPT and #GenerativeAI are being used to polish or completely take over chats in dating apps. "she found herself checking with the bot between every message, and requesting five variations before choosing the one that sounded most like her." www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

‘I realised I’d been ChatGPT-ed into bed’: how ‘Chatfishing’ made finding love on dating apps even weirder

Where once people were duped by soft-focus photos and borrowed chat-up lines, now they have to watch out for computer-generated charm. But it’s one thing to use a witty phrase – another thing entirely...

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"For immigrants in the system, these chaotic transfers can feel like a punishment, designed to wear people down, said Faisal Al-Juburi, head of external affairs at the legal aid group Raíces." Global Crossing Airlines (GlobalX) runs the majority of ICE flights. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Plane to purgatory: how Trump’s deportation program shuttles immigrants into lawless limbo

44,000 immigrants, 1,700 flights, 100 days: a Guardian investigation of leaked flight data and government detention data reveals the inhumane journey of immigrants shuttled around and outside the US

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‘Let’s just power it on and update [it] and see what happens,’' [greentheonly] recalled [Tesla] suggesting. 'If I wanted to destroy evidence on the computer, that would be exactly the advice I would give.' He easily found the data #Tesla claimed it had "lost" www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Tesla said it didn’t have key data in a fatal crash. Then a hacker found it.

The key evidence was presented last month to a jury, which found the company partially liable for the 2019 crash in Key Largo, Florida.

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"A team of guards then rushed in and began beating individuals indiscriminately with batons, and fired teargas at them, the detainees said." “They’ve beaten everyone here, a lot of people have bled..." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... #AlligatorAlcatraz

Detainees report alleged uprising at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’: ‘A lot of people have bled’

Reports of incident were denied by Florida and Ice officials as detainees say they were beat and teargas was fired

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From @tnafziger.bsky.social’s most recent email, a piece about what he’s learned in the work to save Oak Flat. www.christiancentury.org/features/apa...

The fight for sacred land

As the Apache Stonghold group tries to save Oak Flat, they invite us to strip away layers of colonization.

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“Fighting alongside Apache Stronghold is not just about saving Oak Flat. It is about recovering the rootedness of our ancestors: everyone beneath their vine and fig tree, in peace and unafraid (Mic. 4:4).” – @tnafziger.bsky.social www.christiancentury.org/features/apa...

The fight for sacred land

As the Apache Stonghold group tries to save Oak Flat, they invite us to strip away layers of colonization.

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