Monday, June 16
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Door of the home of Minnesota State Sen. John Hoffman.
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Minnesota lawmakers targeted in “politically motivated attack”; suspect apprehended. Authorities say that around 2am local time on Saturday, Minnesota State Senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, were shot multiple times at their home in Champlin, and that the same attacker then went to the house of State Representative Melissa Hortman in nearby Brooklyn Park, where he murdered her and her husband, Mark. Police engaged the suspect at Hortman’s home. He fled, but left a vehicle flashing lights that contained a manifesto listing 50 to 70 names of potential targets, many of whom were abortion rights supporters. Police caught the alleged shooter, 57-year-old Vance Luther Boelter, on Sunday evening after a manhunt that lasted more than 24 hours. The Hoffmans survived and underwent surgery to treat their wounds; John was shot nine times; Yvette, eight.
Army birthday parade, No Kings protests, took place on Saturday. More than 6,000 soldiers and 128 Army tanks filed through Washington, DC, on Saturday evening for the 250th Birthday of the US Army Grand Military Parade and Celebration. “Every other country celebrates their victories. It’s about time America did too,” President Trump said at the event. The parade coincided with the president’s 79th birthday, a detail that irked some critics. A coalition of over 200 groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), labor unions, and progressive advocacy groups, organized the “No Kings” counter-programming, which featured protests in all 50 states that the ACLU estimated were attended by 5 million people. The No Kings website said that its activities were aimed at “people coming together in communities across the country to reject strongman politics and corruption.” The Secret Service had estimated that 200,000 people would attend the DC parade, but did not provide a final figure.
New guidance instructs ICE to pause arrests at farms, hotels, restaurants. The change reportedly stems from lobbying by Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, who spoke with the president on Wednesday regarding farmers’ reports of work stoppage and lost productivity due to ICE raids. On Thursday, Trump posted to Truth Social that “our very aggressive policy on immigration is taking very good, long time workers” away from farms, “with those jobs being almost impossible to replace.” The New York Times reported that, following the post, “some influential Trump donors” lobbied the admin to ensure that restaurant workers were included in any policy changes. Raids at other types of work sites, like garment factories, which sparked the Los Angeles protests, are still permitted under the new guidance.—HVL
Minnesota lawmakers targeted in “politically motivated attack”; suspect apprehended. Authorities say that around 2am local time on Saturday, Minnesota State Senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, were shot multiple times at their home in Champlin, and that the same attacker then went to the house of State Representative Melissa Hortman in nearby Brooklyn Park, where he murdered her and her husband, Mark. Police engaged the suspect at Hortman’s home. He fled, but left a vehicle flashing lights that contained a manifesto listing 50 to 70 names of potential targets, many of whom were abortion rights supporters. Police caught the alleged shooter, 57-year-old Vance Luther Boelter, on Sunday evening after a manhunt that lasted more than 24 hours. The Hoffmans survived and underwent surgery to treat their wounds; John was shot nine times; Yvette, eight. Army birthday parade, No Kings protests, took place on Saturday. More than 6,000 soldiers and 128 Army tanks filed through Washington, DC, on Saturday evening for the 250th Birthday of the US Army Grand Military Parade and Celebration. “Every other country celebrates their victories. It’s about time America did too,” President Trump said at the event. The parade coincided with the president’s 79th birthday, a detail that irked some critics. A coalition of over 200 groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), labor unions, and progressive advocacy groups, organized the “No Kings” counter-programming, which featured protests in all 50 states that the ACLU estimated were attended by 5 million people. The No Kings website said that its activities were aimed at “people coming together in communities across the country to reject strongman politics and corruption.” The Secret Service had estimated that 200,000 people would attend the DC parade, but did not provide a final figure. New guidance instructs ICE to pause arrests at farms, hotels, restaurants. The change reportedly stems from lobbying by Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, who spoke with the president on Wednesday regarding farmers’ reports of work stoppage and lost productivity due to ICE raids. On Thursday, Trump posted to Truth Social that “our very aggressive policy on immigration is taking very good, long time workers” away from farms, “with those jobs being almost impossible to replace.” The New York Times reported that, following the post, “some influential Trump donors” lobbied the admin to ensure that restaurant workers were included in any policy changes. Raids at other types of work sites, like garment factories, which sparked the Los Angeles protests, are still permitted under the new guidance.—HVL
Robert Reich
Corporations are just brands and talent. Surrendering to Trump sacrifices both.
Friends,
Today I want to assess Saturday’s No Kings protests in the context of American capitalism.
Standing up against Trump is not only important politically and morally. It’s also profitable.
Diversity, for example, is good for business. CEOs that have scaled back their companies’ diversity programs in response to Trump’s attacks have misread the market and are now suffering the consequences.
When Target rolled back DEI, the company confronted a consumer boycott, which led to a 17 percent drop in the value of its stock. A similar boycott of Walmart has contributed to an 18 percent drop in its stock value in the past month alone.
At A Glance
Why bosses should give feedback in the morning.
A shipwreck discovered off the French coast.
AI ad for NBA Finals costs $2K, takes two days to make.
Car chase with tractor moves at snail's pace.
Fake flight attendant convicted of booking 120 free flights.
World's largest game of red light, green light.
Hundreds of strangers talk for 30 minutes.
See music video for 50th anniversary of "Psycho Killer."
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What is blood?
The heart pumps roughly 2,000 gallons of blood around the body each day. Human blood has three distinct parts: plasma, white blood cells and platelets, and red blood cells (watch 101). In general, blood ferries oxygen, nutrients, and hormones to cells in need while regulating body temperature and collecting cellular waste and byproducts, such as carbon dioxide, for removal. Explore its functions here.
In adult humans, bone marrow produces all the body's platelets and red blood cells, while other organs, including the spleen and lymph nodes, assist white cell production. Some of these organs also run quality control on blood cells.
Red blood cells are covered in antigens, protein molecules that let the immune system know to boot anything that doesn't match. In humans, the type of antigens you have determines your blood type, leading to four main types (A, B, AB, and O). For blood transfusions, it's crucial that individuals receive blood of their type, or their immune system will reject the donated blood.
... Read our full deep dive on blood here.
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The Master of Suspense
Alfred Hitchcock, 101
Alfred Hitchcock is one of the most influential movie directors of all time. He was the director of more than 50 films and also the host and producer of an American television anthology series.
Hitchcock blended the macabre with gallows humor, sexual innuendo, and terror. He also frequently appeared in his own films. Born in Great Britain in 1899 (see timeline), his six-decade career produced many films now considered classics and helped legitimize the thriller genre.
Nine Hitchcock movies have been inducted into the National Film Registry, and four of them are listed in the American Film Institute’s list of the most important American movies (see list). Hitchcock has influenced generations of filmmakers (like "The Sixth Sense" director M. Night Shyamalan), employing iconic soundtracks, popularizing tropes like the MacGuffin, and innovating camera techniques.
... Read our full deep dive on Hitchcock here.
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'The Gift of the Nile'
Everything to know about ancient Egypt
Historians divide Egypt's timeline into three kingdoms: Old, Middle, and New. A long, broken line of kings further divides its timeline into 31 dynasties. Its history was mostly forgotten until the late 18th century, when Napoleon's armies plundered its treasures and jump-started an "Egyptomania" that endures today (watch 101).
The vast, complex culture ebbed and flowed on the 4,000-mile-long, north-flowing Nile River, whose predictable annual flooding—caused by snowmelt and rains in the Ethiopian highlands—nourished its banks.
Egyptian power began and ended with the all-powerful pharaoh, a Greek term meaning "great house," which only became common usage in modern times. At death, Egyptians believed a person's spiritual parts were separated from the body but required the physical remains or a replica as a place to live. This belief gave rise to mummification (how it works) and extravagant tomb-making.
... Read our full deep dive on ancient Egypt here.
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> How "The Book of the Dead" is a guide for the underworld. (More)
> An interactive map of ancient Egypt's wonders. (More)
> Two hundred years ago, the Rosetta Stone cracked hieroglyphics. (More)
Everything to know about ancient Egypt
Historians divide Egypt's timeline into three kingdoms: Old, Middle, and New. A long, broken line of kings further divides its timeline into 31 dynasties. Its history was mostly forgotten until the late 18th century, when Napoleon's armies plundered its treasures and jump-started an "Egyptomania" that endures today (watch 101).
The vast, complex culture ebbed and flowed on the 4,000-mile-long, north-flowing Nile River, whose predictable annual flooding—caused by snowmelt and rains in the Ethiopian highlands—nourished its banks.
Egyptian power began and ended with the all-powerful pharaoh, a Greek term meaning "great house," which only became common usage in modern times. At death, Egyptians believed a person's spiritual parts were separated from the body but required the physical remains or a replica as a place to live. This belief gave rise to mummification (how it works) and extravagant tomb-making.
... Read our full deep dive on ancient Egypt here.
Also, check out ...
> How "The Book of the Dead" is a guide for the underworld. (More)
> An interactive map of ancient Egypt's wonders. (More)
> Two hundred years ago, the Rosetta Stone cracked hieroglyphics. (More)
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About My Career
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During those 45-50 year of employment, I was laid off, downsized, and/or terminated ten times... that averages out to once every five years. Being laid off and downsized is one thing but being terminated is solely because I REFUSED TO KISS MY BOSS'S ASS and no boss wants to work with people that they cannot control or manipulate.
Because I changed jobs so often, I never stayed in one place long enough to qualify for a retirement program nor to contribute to a 401K except for the last three years of my employment.
In 2015, I convinced my wife to retire with me even though it would be early retirement for her and she had yet to reach the age to qualify for Medicare. I used the money from the 401K that I had for 3 years to pay the premiums on healthcare until my wife turned 65.
Except for 7/8 years where I managed an ARTS COUNCIL, my career was focused on after high school education, either at a community college, a technical institute, a small four-year college, a university, or as a educational consultant designing and teaching training programs for industry.
I did a lot of traveling during my career and during the 8/9 years that I worked at three community college, I earned enough money in monthly mileage reimbursements to make my car payments. So, while the travel was tedious, time consuming, and stressful, I did manage to make it work for me.
When I retired in 2015, I had over 300,000 frequent flyer points of three different airlines, Delta, American, and United. I donated the miles on American and United to sick children and kept the mileage on Delta since it was the least. My wife and I used that mileage to fly to Vegas and to Cancun, Mexico.
I had no idea where my career was headed when I first graduated from college, nor did I have any clues when I earned my MBA, although I knew it would open more doors for me. My focus was always on what I wanted to do not on what other wanted me to do. I had to enjoy my work, otherwise I did not want to work there, and didn't if that happened which it did a time or too.
Careers are not just to earn money and buy things, careers must be rewarding. Most of my career was spent teaching others; I got back just as much as I gave, making it very satisfying.
Perpendicular Planet: A 90° Orbit Over Twin Suns Leaves Scientists Stunned
A Bizarre New System in Space
Astronomers have uncovered one of the strangest planetary systems ever seen. Nicknamed 2M1510, this system appears to include a planet that loops far over the poles of two brown dwarfs—mysterious celestial bodies that are too heavy to be planets but not quite massive enough to ignite like stars. These two brown dwarfs orbit each other closely, while a third one drifts even farther out, orbiting the pair from a great distance.
In most star systems, including our own solar system, planets typically orbit in the same flat plane as their parent star’s equator. The star’s spin also lines up with this orderly layout, creating a calm, pancake-like structure in space where everything moves together. Everyone is “coplanar:” flat, placid, stately.
Sunday, June 15
Speaking Out
What amazes me on a day like today (Father's Day), many of the memes and jpegs I see, depict a father with a son, instead of a daughter or a son and daughter. Not sure what the meaning of this might be, but there is clearly a subtle message being sent.
I used to speak out a lot but cut back after realizing nobody really gave a damn about what I thought because I was not a celebrity or rich and famous. It seems like those are the one we only want to listen to while at the same time, those are the ones that are putting us in the situation we are currently in. Americans never learn their lessons unless they are veterans.
Is our world much better off TODAY than it was YESTERDAY... with the understanding that yesterday is not really yesterday but years ago???
The ways in which we are better are offset by the ways in which we have remained the same or gotten worse... like:
- education
- healthcare
- quality of life
- the American dream
- wealth distribution
- value of the dollar
- global respect
- purchasing power
- national debt
Some say that our politicians are to blame for maintaining the status quo, yet those same politicians continue to get elected... making our comments meaningless since we are not prepared to do anything about them...
ACTIONS SPEAKS LOUDER THAN WORDS but not in the USA... all we have a words... words... words...
It seems there are a group of Americans that do not want the government to reduce its spending that would result in lower taxes and more social programs which makes little sense to me.
It seems there is also a group of Americans who do not want to remove ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS from out country... and yet, these same Americans bitch very loud that no one is above the law.
That makes no sense to me either.
The good part about my life is that I can live my life the way I want to live my life regardless of all this other shit happening around me... NONE OF IT CHANGES MY LIFESTYLE...
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