Today, Michelle and I are proud to announce that we will be hosting the dedication ceremony for the Obama Presidential Center on June 18th in Chicago, and welcoming the public on June 19th.
We can’t wait for you to visit. Go to obama.org to learn more.
oh yes happy Strade Bianche Day to all who observe it. #StradeBianche
There is no amount of money in the world that would lead me to fight a Vietnamese refugee that grew up in Louisiana
(Also I really want to try a Korean style Po’ Boy)
The findings that come from an DNA studies fascinate me. The fact that DNA can even be extracted from ancient bones (and sometimes teeth) is amazing.
Ancient DNA Reveals Europe’s Last Hunter-Gatherers Survived Thousands of Years Longer Than Expected share.google/WJYszOE4b4PE...
Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.
Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?"
The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
Minnesota National Guard members have arrived at a federal building and were directed to distribute donuts, coffee, and hot chocolate to anti-ICE protesters. Guard members were issued reflective vests so they would not be mistaken for federal agents.
Alex Pretti was an American hero. He saved lives. He protected people. He cared deeply about his community, unlike the murderous thugs who killed him.
The very last thing he did was try to help a woman who had been pepper-sprayed and violently shoved to the ground by ICE. 1/
Two days ago it was Elissa Slotkin. Last week it was Jerome Powell. Before that, Mark Kelly. Weaponizing the justice system against your opponents is an authoritarian tactic.
The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.
BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani is officially mayor of New York City
CBS pulled the 60 Minutes CECOT segment, but Canada aired it anyway.
The segment was streaming via Global TV and YouTube (since taken down). Having a VPN set to Canada helped. 🇨🇦
My take, there is no reason we shouldn’t see this. Most of it was known information, easily searchable.
1/5
Aerial view looking down on a river running through a village. The focal point of the picture is a pink-painted inn on a stone arch bridge in a valley covered with snow.
Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 5
‘Snowstorm in a Pennine Valley’
Artist: SR Badmin
A sassafras tree changing colour, seen in weak morning sunlight. The sky is studded with clouds.
The painted trees, the air so still,
The rustling leaves that strew the hill
John Clare
I’m quoted in this one. Please give it a read and share it.
So high time for all Councils to be out planting the streets with shade trees
Maybe Fed Govt could even help - such a tangible project better than a fake ‘offset’ scheme!
Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize - her incredible optimism has already changed her country. I spoke to her, and wrote about her, at the beginning of this year:
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
South Australia hit –11¢/kWh today—and it’s not even summer. 135% renewables in the grid, utilities paying us to use energy. This is the future Tony Seba mapped out: solar, wind & batteries pushing prices below zero. Fossil baseload is fading fast; superabundance nears. #EnergyTransition #Renewables
Post from President Trump on Truth Social: Six people were killed, and 24 people were shot, in Chicago last weekend, and JB Pritzker, the weak and pathetic Governor of Illinois, just said that he doesn’t need help in preventing crime. He is CRAZY!!! He better straighten it out, FAST, or we’re coming! MAGA. President DJT
Why don’t you send everyone proof of life first?
(Either way, Chicago doesn’t want you here)
An apartment complex. A headline reads: "Did Switzerland Solve The Housing Crisis?"
The way that housing co-ops work in Switzerland may seem foreign to many. But the central idea is simple: What if homeownership had no profit motive and no capital gains? Advocates say their model could reshape how the world thinks about affordable housing. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/r...
View of the central Copenhagen pedestrian street where it widens into a gorgeous square with fountain
One of the most successful pedestrian streets in the world, the Strøget in Copenhagen, was filled with cars until a 2 year pedestrianization pilot project in 1962. The opposition argued “no cars means no business,” but the street has been a massive retail success, the city’s busiest shopping street.
In a walled suburban garden (that looks like something produced for a Britain’s floral garden set) two people sit in deck chairs in the full sun, reading
Other work by the Ladybird artists
‘August’ (Whitbread calendar, 1958)
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
EU fossil fuel share is collapsing. Coal, oil + gas 🔥
Top drops from 2004 → 2024:
🇩🇰 Denmark: 76% → 12% 🏆
🇵🇹 Portugal: 73% → 15%
🇳🇱 Netherlands: 91% → 46%
🇮🇪 Ireland: 95% → 55%
🇬🇷 Greece: 90% → 50%
🇫🇮 Finland: 44% → 5%
Clean power isn’t a future dream—it’s already the present. ⚡ #EnergyTransition #EU
Stage 7 Saint-Malo to Mûr-de-Bretagne Guerlédan - Big stack in the final kms #letourdepoupees #couchpeloton #sbscycling #TDF2025
Stage 1 Lille Métropole to Lille Métropole - Typical crash on the cobbles...uphill #letourdepoupees #couchpeloton #sbscycling #TDF2025
“You have to hold developers to high standards. You don’t just let anything get built. The answer isn’t to say ‘no’ to everything—it’s to say, ‘Yes, if.’ If it meets our vision. If it improves our public realm. If it creates benefits, not just burdens.”
My @sarasotamagazine.bsky.social interview.
Missing poster for Troll DJ
Where is #TrollDJ ?!! #couchpeloton
Everybody loves Caleb Interv-Ewan #letourdepoupees #couchpeloton #sbscycling #TDF2025
downloading this before a flight is solidarity
