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"…Every filthy stupid thing that happens is happening in the open, now: Captains of industry line up to shake Trump's hand at…big birthday party he threw for himself…every new blast of rank & ancient bigotry or proudly pig-stupid backwardness arrives w/o euphemism or qualification. Trump is not just figuratively walling himself off from…DC, & glowering down at its residents, he is literally doing all those things."

Promises Made, Promises Kept: The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool Absolutely Looks Like Shit Now | Defector
If everyone in the United States weren’t living downstream from its consequences, it would be a pretty good tragic flaw that Donald Trump wants more than anything to be seen as a brilliant man who has always been right about everything when he is transparently a butterfingered dunce whose professional expertise more or less begins…

The De-Trumpification Process Begins Now (Brian Beutler/Off Message)
https://www.offmessage.net/p/detrumpification-kennedy-center-ballroom-joyce-beatty-washington-monument-lincoln-memorial-arlington-national-cemetery-iran-war-surrender
http://www.memeorandum.com/260617/p64#a260617p64

"EU's race for lithium and rare earths sidelined calls to reduce consumption, finds study"
#EU #EuopeanUnion #Lithium

EU's race for lithium and rare earths sidelined calls to reduce consumption, finds study
In 2024, the Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA) came into force. The regulation is intended to secure Europe's supply of critical raw materials, especially minerals and metals such as lithium, cobalt, and rare earth elements. The EU is therefore focusing on reducing its dependence on third countries such as China, boosting domestic minerals and metals production, and expanding recycling. In a study published in Communications Earth & Environment, researchers at the Helmholtz Centre for Environme…

Experimental Demonstration of Gravitational Impact on the Speed of Light / Exploring the gravito-optic effect for gravity sensing applications: #Gravitation

The Trump administration has repeatedly claimed without evidence that the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool’s peeling lining was the work of vandals.
An independent analysis has concluded otherwise.
After reviewing photographs and satellite imagery, and speaking with experts,
The Washington Post found that the extensive gashes in the pool liner were likely the result of improper application.
The Thursday report noted that the tears appeared in at least seven places

Reflecting Pool peeling probably caused by application flaws, experts say
President Donald Trump has blamed vandals, but a Washington Post analysis finds that the peeling tracks closely with stages of the renovation process.

Numismatist alert!
I just found this very old penny in my pocket because it *stuck to my headphone case's magnetic clasp*
Wait, you say. Isn't ol' Abe supposed to be copper (or copper and zinc)?
Apparently not in 1943!

Rescuers were still searching for three missing people on Wednesday
after a boat involved in a memorial service sank in the cold, fast-moving waters of San Francisco Bay near Alcatraz Island, authorities said.
At least one person died and 16 people were rescued after the boat capsized on Tuesday afternoon in what witnesses described as “rough seas”,
San Francisco’s fire chief, Dean Crispen, said.
He said the passengers on board were mostly family members, and that a …

Search continues for three people missing after Alcatraz boat disaster
One person dead after pontoon boat involved in memorial service capsized in San Francisco Bay on Tuesday

Global War on Terrorism Memorial Foundation Unveils Initial Design Concept for National Mall Memorial (Global War on Terrorism Memorial Foundation)
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/global-war-on-terrorism-memorial-foundation-unveils-initial-design-concept-for-national-mall-memorial-302796811.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260610/p93#a260610p93

The exhibit, which could be accurately described as an elegiac tribute,
will honor the warm-hued bucket seats and
L-shaped, conversation-friendly sectionals that are soon to be retired by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
As outlined in its 2025-2029 capital plan, the MTA will purchase 1,500 new subway cars in a $10.9 billion move,
replacing about 22% of the existing fleet — and with them, the orange bucket seats. 
Regina Shepherd, director of the Tran…

Orange Subway Seats Will Soon Kick the Bucket. This Museum is Hosting a Memorial.
The New York Transit Museum’s “Ode to the Orange Seats” will eulogize the soon-to-be retired sunset-colored bucket subway seats of yore.

Algae thwarts Trump's $14.2m attempt to turn reflecting pool 'American flag blue' (Callum Jones/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/16/algae-trump-lincoln-memorial-reflecting-pool
http://www.memeorandum.com/260616/p52#a260616p52