@Corb_The_Lesser

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So then I said, "Yes, Chicago is a great city for shopping, but, I'm sorry, I can't help you get a visa."

Jon Corbly. Eastern North Carolina, the flat part, pretty close to sea level.

Eye-opening passage from Haberman & Swan's new book about Trump during his second term:
Russia’s Presidential Administration has issued “recommendations” to media outlets on how to cover the country’s fuel shortage.
https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/06/25/kremlin-tells-loyal-media-to-downplay-fuel-shortage-and-publish-photos-of-gas-stations-without-lines
Kremlin tells loyal media to downplay fuel shortage — and publish photos of gas stations without lines

Russia’s Presidential Administration has issued “recommendations” to media outlets on how to cover the country’s fuel shortage, a source at one state media outlet told Meduza. A second source at a separate pro-government outlet confirmed the information.

Meduza

RE: https://flipboard.com/@associatedpress/top-stories-u7govdf1z/-/a-HGuju3PiR86pcq9OGLjlkg%3Aa%3A3199720-%2F0

The proper name for a Required Reading List is Required Belief List.

Republicans in #Texas and everywhere aren't interested in teaching children. They're interested in manipulating public schools to brainwash children with their own hateful religious and cultural dogma.

Russia’s Kremlin-backed Max messenger has blocked chats in at least four Russian regions where users were tracking gas availability.
https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/06/25/russia-s-state-backed-messaging-app-max-blocks-regional-chats-where-users-tracked-gas-availability-and-shared-information-about-lines-at-filling-stations
Russia’s state-backed messaging app Max blocks regional chats where users tracked gas availability and shared information about lines at filling stations

The Max messenger has blocked chats in at least four Russian regions where users were tracking gas availability and sharing information about lines at filling stations, the outlet 7×7 reported.

Meduza
It'd be great if search engines would let me permanently filter out results that begin with a number, things like "12 Surefire Annoying Clickbait Search Results"

RE: https://flipboard.com/@bbcnews/top-stories-hc55lmo2z/-/a-RWd9f33XRsS9ozTKEc0Yow%3Aa%3A3199692-%2F0

Sounds hellish.

DC folks can compare this to the Beltway closing for hours on a July afternoon and no one has AC in their car.

"I genuinely don’t understand why we’re being asked to buy a book with important information about Trump when that information could have already been reported in the newspaper employing the two journalists who wrote said book."

https://charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/a-legacy-media-slower-than-lincolns

A Legacy Media Slower Than Lincoln's Ghost

All the news that's fit to package for a book tour.

Charlotte's Web Thoughts

RE: https://halo.nu/@theguardian_world_news/116789369323093049

I imagine Iran is taking lessons from Trump's War on the Reflecting Pool.

No clicking Like unless you get it -- it's reasonably geeky.