Right now the world is really messy.
Has anyone brought you flowers lately? 🌷
If not, here’s one for you. 🥰
Have a beautiful day!
Trump Declares Dubious Emergencies to Amass Power, Scholars Say nytimes.com/2025/06/10/us/poli…
Trump Declares Dubious Emergencies to Amass Power, Scholars Say
In disputes over protests, deportations and tariffs, the president has invoked statutes that may not provide him with the authority he claims.Adam Liptak (The New York Times)
Motorcycle tourism in the Alps? How do the locals endure this?
I went hiking at the Furkajoch in Vorarlberg yesterday. This is a pass that leads from the Bregenzerwald to the Laternertal and finally to the Rhine Valley. ABYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
From the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker:
CNN national correspondent Jason Carroll was detained along with his crew and escorted out of a protest zone by police officers while documenting anti-deportation demonstrations in LA June 9:
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CNN correspondent detained, removed from protest zone in LA
Jason Carroll, a national correspondent for CNN, was detained live on air and escorted out of a protest zone by …U.S. Press Freedom Tracker
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Srečko Katanec is awarded a Order of Friendship (Dostlik Ordeni) by the President of Uzbekistan, as the country progressed to the World Cup 2026!!
Former Head Coach of Uzbekistan's National Football Team a Slovenian Srečko Katanec is awarded a State Order 🎖️, as well as material remuneration.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Holy shit! I can't believe that I just realized what my theme song should be for the week.
"California, preaching on the burning shore
California, I'll be knocking on the golden door
Like an angel standing in a shaft of light
Rising up to paradise, I know I'm gonna shine"
Estimated Prophet (Live at Barton Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 5/8/77)
#GratefulDead #California #LosAngeles #StopIce #Resist #Protest
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Les bibliothèques de A à Z
Aujourd’hui, le Book Club rend hommage aux bibliothèques. Comment penser leur spécificité, leur organisation et les pratiques qui s’y déploient ? Quels savoir-faire mettent en œuvre ceux qui les font vivre et avec quels enjeux politiques ? Trois bibl…France Culture
I have made a free page to review all salaries in public services in Croatia. No more guesses.
You probably, like me, have heard the discussions about salaries in the public sector, and you have now been able to simply and quickly check the specificBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Securing DDEV’s Future: Our Commitment to Financial & Community Sustainability
How we’re building governance, financial, and community structures to ensure DDEV thrives beyond any single maintainer.Randy Fay (DDEV)
More than a million people now have Alexa Plus
And Amazon says it’s coming to everyone this summer. But we still don’t know how well the souped-up smart assistant will perform.
More than a million people now have Alexa Plus
Amazon’s generative AI-powered smart voice assistant launched in March and is slowly reaching more homes.Jennifer Pattison Tuohy (The Verge)
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questions for our billions' dreams
Is it a blankness, a lack, an inability? How do functioning people not feel the pain, the shame, the horror at insanity that engulfs, destroys hope for noble stories, soul destiny, journey of humanity? How do we so self-injure, inure to stench of rot…Laurie Corzett (Laurie’s Substack)
Attorney General Bonta, Governor Newsom Ask for Immediate Court Order Blocking Unlawful Use of Military, National Guard for Law Enforcement in California Communities
OAKLAND — California Attorney General Rob Bonta and California Governor Gavin Newsom today asked the court to take immediate action to block President Donald Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and the U.S.State of California - Department of Justice - Office of the Attorney General
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The Director of 'How to Train Your Dragon' Talks Beefing Up Gerard Butler's Arc
https://gizmodo.com/the-director-of-how-to-train-your-dragon-talks-beefing-up-gerard-butlers-arc-2000613169?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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The Director of 'How to Train Your Dragon' Talks Beefing Up Gerard Butler's Arc
io9 spoke to Dean DuBois about how re-doing the first 'How to Train Your Dragon' set up chances to lay more direct paths to potential remakes of the sequels.Sabina Graves (Gizmodo)
Ileana Garcia Criticizes 'Inhumane' Immigrant Arrests
"I never thought leopards would eat MY face!"Alan Herrera (Comic Sands)
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What we know about Trump deploying National Guard for LA protests
Protests broke out in Los Angeles after ICE agents carried out immigration raids in June 2025.
From Project Gutenberg:
Tractor PrinciplesThe Action, Mechanism, Handling, Care, Maintenance and Repair of the Gas Engine Tractor
by Roger B. (Roger Bradbury) Whitman
Get it at: gutenberg.org/ebooks/67569
Tractor Principles by Roger B. Whitman
Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.Project Gutenberg
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