History is bizarre.

In 1916, Denmark sells what is now the US Virgin Islands to the US. In return, the US states that it "will not object to the Danish Government extending their political and economic interests to the whole of Greenland." One of those islands...

Recap:

I feel sorry for the FBI agents going through the Epstein files looking for Trump mentions. They are bound to miss one of his nicknames, like Stumpy, Mr. Stubbs, Shroom Head, Tiny Tong, Sir Gherkin, etc.

Nothing says "Happy Birthday" like a beautiful bouquet of balloons!

I tried getting tix to the June 14 parade for the military and Baby Bone Spurs, but the SMS phone number verification seems broken. I can't tell if it gave me tickets, but can't retry because it says my number is already used. Can a few thousand others try too?
events.america250.org/events/250th...

"Dumbest day ever ... so far."

All we need now is challenge pissing.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sZu...

CFPB's former chief technologist issues an urgent warning to the court that several years' worth of sensitive data is about to be destroyed, with damaging consequences
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Want to go visit the national parks this year?
Sorry.
The reservation system is shut down, EMT personnel are gone, so don't get hurt or lost. No one can clean the bathrooms or cabins, so they'll be closed. Rangers are fired.

www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

The Problem with Bike Lanes

Here is a colab that fires up your browser's audio recording and writes the recording to a file: colab.research.google.com/drive/1xVRBZ...

I really hope this place doesn't get as bad as that place I just left.