What I saw at the terrorist rally outside Congregation Adas Torah (Congregation of the Bible) in Los Angeles The LAPD allowed terrorist supporters to occupy both sides of the synagogue while keeping Jewish counterprotesters out. Only a narrow protected lane allowed access.

Putin himself says here that NATO expansion is not an issue for Russia. he could not be clearer. It’s Ukrainian independence and democracy that bothers Putin. He thinks Ukrainians are just Russians with accents who need to be “reunified.”

1/ Putin didn’t invade Ukraine in 2022 because he feared NATO. He invaded because he believed that NATO was weak, that his efforts to regain control of Ukraine by other means had failed, and that installing a pro-Russian government in Kyiv would be safe and easy. The primary goal

No one questions that there are a lot of minerals on the seabed. But no one has yet come up with an economically or environmentally viable method of reclaiming them. This discovery doesn't change that. businessinsider.com/japan-found-en…

The amazing colors of the Anna's hummingbird are caused by iridescence from light scattering off nanoscale structures within their feathers.

Putting two spaces after a period says, "I've been around. I've seen dark things. I take my whisky neat, and wear my progressive sunglasses to bed." One space says, "I don't count words; I count characters. It's a more efficient metric and in line with machine thinking.

Tina was a very special dog. For the last 10 months since she died I’ve been building my mission to save street dogs around the world but also working hard on fulfilling a promise to her. Building a hospital in her name. I’ve some big progress to share… (1/6) 🧵

Post WW2, as scientific publications boomed, IBM researcher HP Luhn tackled the challenge of efficiently indexing and searching through the growing volume of information. This work would lay the foundation for modern information retrieval systems 📝: fermatslibrary.com/s/a-new-method…

My dad is volunteers with Operation Delta Dog (Operation Delta Dog) a great organization that trains homeless dogs to be service animals for vets. Vote in link below to help them win a grant courtesy of SpotOn Gives! gleam.io/g/GiwBG/1hq3mi…

Evan Gershkovich's trial has begun in secret in Ekaterinburg, the city where Russia's FSB arrested him last year. Beyond surreal to see Evan, a superb journalist, in the defendant's glass cage on these ludicrous charges, for which Russia has not provided any evidence.

A blue painted shrine is the latest discovery in Pompeii ‘treasure chest’ cnn.com/2024/06/04/sci… via Roman History

3 \ Gallant: We stand firmly behind the President's hostage deal, which Israel has accepted, and now Hamas must accept - or bear the consequences. We are committed to bringing the hostages home. With no exception. We are committed to defending our people

SCOTUSblog The statute involved in Snyder, 18 USC 666 is commonly used for state actors who engage in fraud where federal funds are involved. These folks can't take bribes. Today, SCOTUS says they can accept "gratuities"-payment after the fact in consideration of official acts. Hole big

.Jim Acosta on the SCOTUS ruling that White House can press social media companies to remove disinformation, "The decision means that DHS may continue to flag to social media companies such as Facebook and posts X that it believes may be the work of foreign disinformation agents."

“When his case comes before a judge this week, it will not be a trial as we understand it, with a presumption of innocence and a search for the truth…” #IStandWithEvan wsj.com/world/evan-ger…

Pranks were different back in the day

World Sports Photography Awards reveals 2024 winners buff.ly/3zvjBSZ

Reminder—Trump had expressed executing people on many occasions while President, according to his own Attorney General. Now the Supreme Court has green lit any official act with full presidential immunity. Germany did the same in 1933. It turned out great.

I toured that sub on a 6th grade field trip back in the day. Pretty amazing and such a small place for so many sailors.

He's such a dope. And anyone who believes him when he says nonsense like this is a dope squared.