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This tiny little feather just wafted on a breeze and knocked me over. What a shock.

There is no reason to be buddying up to Russia/Putin. None. This is gross.

Sartre was talking about anti-Semites, but the quote works as well for MAGA: Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The anti-Semites have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past. - Jean-Paul Sartre

Also funny how they whinged and complained about masks but have no comment on the ICE gestapo being masked up.

More and more losses for Russia this week. Dang. Ukraine hacks Russia's Tupolev bomber producer The intelligence includes detailed information about engineers and staff responsible for maintaining Russia's strategic bombers, such as the Tu-95 and Tu-160, which form a key part of Russia's nuclear triad. "In particular, we have obtained comprehensive information about individuals directly involved in servicing Russian strategic aviation," the source added. "The result will obviously be noticeable both on the ground and in the sky."

If you wanted to see the "huts" the Ukrainians used to launch their strike, click this. https://bsky.app/profile/twmcltd.bsky.social/post/3lqrjetcwt22g

A few photos of Ukraine's handiwork.

Today is the 45th anniversary of the tornado outbreak in Grand Island. June 3, 1980: A Look Back At The Historic Grand Island Tornado Outbreak Tuesday, June 3,1980 marked one of the most unique tornado events to ever impact Nebraska, if not the entire United States. It is arguably an unparalleled event in meteorological history. This tornado outbreak provided the basis for a book and television movie, as well as tornado and engineering research. During the early evening hours, a massive supercell thunderstorm complex developed just north-northwest of Grand Island. This complex moved very slowly southeast through the area at around 10 MPH. Over a period of just under 3 hours, this storm complex would produce multiple tornadoes in and around the city of Grand Island. This many slow-moving, damaging tornadoes affecting such a small-but-populated geographic area makes it an one-of-a-kind event, but what made it even more unique was the fact that 3 of the 7 tornadoes were anti-cyclonic! Five people lost their lives as a result of these tornadoes, with around 200 people injured. Hundreds of homes and businesses were destroyed, with a total damage of nearly 300 million dollars (in 1980 dollars).

Reading up a little on Ukraine's raid, that was some damned fine work, and amazing results. One of the most shocking parts of the whole caper was that it was conducted by Ukrainian agents working inside Russia. In complete secrecy. Ukraine was able to drive trucks near four Russian air bases, unload cargo (huts), which contained the drones. Originally it seemed like they sent drones from inside Ukraine. While that would be bad, this is far worse. The drones were left near the bases, and then activated when it was time to strike. The trucks & huts appear to have been booby-trapped to burn after use. If Ukraine can pull this off once, what's stopping them from doing it again? What other operations do they have lined up? One report I read said Ukraine's strike may have knocked Russia out of Superpower status. They lost planes they can't replace, and cannot project power nearly as effectively. To top it off, it appears that all of the "delivery drivers" were able to exfiltrate Russia before the attack. Ukraine appears to have lost no personnel in the operation. Just brilliant work.

He is clearly sundowning. That was just a word salad.

I can't imagine a current wold leader tightening the noose around their own neck more quickly than Putin assassinating Zelenskyy. How long would Putin last after Zelenskyy's death? Eight hours? 12?

This is how I saw my first Husker game as a little kid. We all packed into buses at oh-dark-thirty and went down to Manhattan and watched the Scoring Explosion team rip the Wildcats.

This seems like an amazing idea and a terrible idea all wrapped into one. Imagine a battlefield lit from space. No more fumbling around in the dark. Also, imagine the collateral light pollution, and how this will further restrict our view of nighttime skies.