@doktrock@toad.social2026-06-24 00:33:06
Mineralogical Society: The Special Collection (Vol. 1) issue - ALL papers are available to read:
"150 years of the Mineralogical Society: Past Discoveries and Future Frontiers" #Mineralogy #MinMag
@cdarwin@c.im2026-06-25 01:00:21
Like Narcissus, the mythical figure who gave name to Trump’s most prominent personality flaw,
the president became fixated on the famous Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool,
hoping to repaint it so that it mirrored his imagined brilliance.
Instead, the algae-ridden water has turned into an on-the-nose metaphor for his own decrepitude,
as tourists have begun swarming it so they can mock this totem of Trump’s failures.
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk2026-06-23 19:48:35
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-06-22 18:30:31
Woman Allegedly Cited After Dipping Hand Into Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool (TMZ.com)
https://www.tmz.com/2026/06/22/woman-cited-lincoln-memorial-reflecting-pool-for-dipping-hand-in/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260622/p66#a260622p66
@cdarwin@c.im2026-05-22 23:13:19
Memorial Day, an occasion to honor America’s war dead, originated from attempts to heal from war and prevent its recurrence.
First called Decoration Day, the holiday involved decorating the graves of Civil War soldiers and commemorating their sacrifices.
Some leaders at the time promoted the idea that the holiday could advance post-war reconciliation between the North and the South.
(Though that desire for reconciliation conflicted, to some extent, with advancing redress fo…
@davidaugust@mastodon.online2026-04-23 17:19:11
Mike Reid, who served as chief science officer for the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, known as PEPFAR, has quit the position because the State Department is considering withholding assistance from people with HIV in Zambia to push the country into signing a favorable critical-minerals deal with the U.S. (hand to ear as if getting an update) I’m now hearing: the United States is the bad guys.
@heiseonline@social.heise.de2026-05-17 06:05:00
@deabigt@universeodon.com2026-05-23 02:35:44
A Sinkhole Has Swallowed Part of a LaGuardia Runway Just Days Before Memorial Day, and Hundreds of Flights Are Already Cancelled https://aeroxplorer.com/articles/a-sinkhole-has-swallowed-part-of-a-laguardia-runway-just-days-before-memorial-day-and-hundreds-of-flights-are-already-cancelled.php
@cdarwin@c.im2026-06-24 04:47:25
Federal law enforcement agents were spotted installing AI-powered surveillance towers at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in the latest escalation of Donald Trump’s weird obsession.
In one video shared by TMZ Tuesday, U.S. Marshals escorted an LVT Mobile Security Unit to the edge of the Reflecting Pool.
In another video a day earlier, Daily Mail reporter John Michael Raasch witnessed a surveillance tower being towed in circles around the supposedly embattled landmark by U.S. Pa…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-06-24 02:39:48
Trump's motorcade drove directly across the drained Reflecting Pool while it was being painted.
On May 7, Trump paid a visit to the Reflecting Pool to meet with reporters and inspect the new paint personally.
To get there, the motorcade drove across the drained Reflecting Pool from the Washington Monument side.
It made an impressive spectacle,
but may have damaged the bottom of the pool in the process.
Not that this administration cares much about science, …
