Opinion | The Real Lesson From the Hunter Biden Saga – The New York Times

On another occasion, the Biden family staged an intervention, and Hunter stormed out of the house. Biden ran down the driveway after his son. “He grabbed me, swung me around and hugged me,” Hunter wrote. “He held me tight in the dark and cried for the longest time.”

“It’s Dad,” the president says in the message, and he sounds near tears. “I’m calling to tell you I love you. I love you more than the whole world, pal. You gotta get some help. I don’t know what to do. I know you don’t, either. But I’m here, no matter what you need. No matter what you need. I love you.”

 

 

Covid-19 cluster being monitored at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, officials say – Boston 25 News

 A recent outbreak of Covid-19 among staff and patients at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center has officials monitoring those cases closely, the hospital announced Saturday.

Universal masking has been implemented on the affected unit, hospital officials said in a statement.

Source: Covid-19 cluster being monitored at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, officials say – Boston 25 News

Scientists alarmed by extreme marine heat wave in North Atlantic – The Washington Post

…if temperatures remain at 4 to 5 degrees Celsius above normal through to September, we could witness a significant die-off in critical species for the marine ecosystems that surround the UK, such as kelp and seagrass, as well as oysters and various fish species that are important for regional economies.” Source: Scientists alarmed by extreme marine heat wave in North Atlantic – The Washington Post

Integrity and Trust — Gone!

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Integrity and Trust.  Over the past year or so, the Supreme Court, once the most trusted of the three branches of government, has lost both its integrity and the trust of the public.  I turn to the wisdom of Robert Reich for his ideas on how to restore integrity and trust to the Court …


Three reforms to restore trust in the Supreme Court

On the anniversary of Dobbs, and the revelations about Alito

By Robert Reich

24 June 2023

Trust in the Supreme Court has hit an historic low. A Quinnipiac poll last week found that only 30 percent of registered voters approve of it.

Why don’t Americans trust the Supreme Court?

Because its opinions appear arbitrary, capricious, and partisan. Just look at Dobbs vs. Women’s Health Organization, which reversed Roe v. Wade a year ago today — and with which the majority of Americans disagree.

And because Supreme…

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10 Interesting Things I Found on the Internet #105

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Watch a beautiful kitten transform into an adult, journey along with a dog school, learn how to help a grieving person, enjoy some roaring 20’s art of birds and blooms, some floaty ambient sounds and much more in edition #105 of 10 Interesting Things I Found on the Internet. Hope you enjoy it


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Edition #105 of Interesting Things I Found on the Internet is brimming with caring mother #cats, #birds in riotous colours, a #Dali inspired wardrobe and a woman who never gave up saving a #tree, your fortnightly fix #ContentCatnip


Watch little kitten Kiki grow from newborn to more developed kitten

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An attempted military coup, in photos Prigozhin’s Wagner Group took control of Rostov-on-Don, but stopped short of Moscow — Meduza

On June 24, just after 8:30 p.m. Moscow time, Prigozhin abruptly announced that Wagner forces would stand down and retreat to their field camps. The following photos show Wagner Group fighters en route to Moscow, before Prigozhin called off the coup. Source: An attempted military coup, in photos Prigozhin’s Wagner Group took control of Rostov-on-Don, but stopped short of Moscow — Meduza

History Wipeout?

This is complicated – archive organizations that offer information for free may lose, in court, their ability to archive and offer information for free. Archive.org is a risk. There is no guarantee that the Library of Congress, the Smithsonian, as well as national archives of a number of countries will remain open for free.

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I’d like to hear from you on this one. An Opinion Guest Essay in the NY Times June 21, 2023 appears to be a warning voice in the wilderness about the unregulated loss of history via the internet.  Titled The World’s Digital Memory Is at Risk, it is by Nanna Bonde Thylstrup. Dr. Thylstrup is a professor at the University of Copenhagen.

“As a scholar of digital data, I know that not all data loss — the corrosion and destruction of our digital past — is tragic. But much data loss today occurs in ways that are deeply unjust and that have monumental implications for both culture and politics. Few nonprofit organizations or publicly backed digital libraries are able to operate at the scale needed to truly democratize control of digital knowledge. Which means important decisions about how these issues play out are left to powerful, profit-driven corporations or political…

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