MORE OF THIS FOR THE 250TH!  How to Think About the American Revolution.

THIS IS THE FUTURE WE WERE PROMISED, AND IT OFFERS MUCH INSIGHT INTO THE PAST:  The Herculaneum scrolls are speaking again.  Breaking news from Naples reveals two new ancient books not seen in 2,000 years.

AYE, AND THE CLANKERS AND ALL: The week in Sarah And The Clankers!

AT LIBERTY CON, BUT DID THE MEME POST:  Memes At Liberty.

FROM JEFF DUNTEMANN:  Souls in Silicon: Tales of AI Confronting the Infinite.

Veteran computer tech writer Jeff Duntemann turns his talents to the challenges that “strong” artificial intelligence may face in this, his latest collection of SF tales. Stories include the novelette “Borovsky’s Hollow Woman” (written with Hugo and Nebula Award winner Nancy Kress), “Guardian,” (nominated for the Hugo Award), “The Steel Sonnets,” “Marlowe,” “Silicon Psalm,” “Bathtub Mary,” “STORMY vs. the Tornadoes,” and “Sympathy on the Loss of One of Your Legs,” plus excerpts from his novels of strong AI, The Cunning Blood and Ten Gentle Opportunities.

MORE POSTS LIKE THIS NEED TO BE EVERYWHERE (YES, YES, MY PLACE TOO):  From the 13 Colonies’ Insurrection to Independence: The Birth of the Young American Republic.

CONFERENCE OF CLIMATE ACTIVISTS PREDICTS THE WORLD WILL WARM UNLESS WE SACRIFICE TO THEIR DEITIES:  Phew, what a predictable forecast!

THEIR DEDICATION TO BA’AL PRECLUDES SUCH NICETIES AS HUMAN DECENCY OR RESPECT FOR PRIVACY:  Rep. Cammack Fires Back Over the Left’s Shameful Use of Her Ectopic Pregnancy Story.

I DON’T GET THE IMPRESSION HE FEARS A PRIMARY CHALLENGE:  John Fetterman Is the Only Democrat Calling Out the Commies Who Swept New York’s Congressional Races.

OPTIMISTS, OR JUST DUMB?  Schumer And Jeffries Think The Socialist Zombies Won’t Eat Them.

SURE, BUT THAT WAS BY DESIGN AND OVER DECADES. WE’VE JUST STARTED TO FIGHT BACK:  Parallel Thinking.

DID I MENTION NOT HAPPY?  “A Total Defeat,” a “Capitulation,” a “Catastrophe”, Warns a French Trump Supporter Regarding the Iran-USA Treaty. 

NOT HAPPY WITH ANY OF THIS. I HOPE THERE’S SOMETHING I’M MISSING:  IRGC Attacks Cargo Ship as Iran Asserts Control Over Hormuz Strait.

‘CAUS OF COURSE THEY DO:  It’s Summer Again, So Media Tees-Up Another Round of ‘Heat Dome’ Mania.

WON’T WORK IF YOU REMEMBER:  The media’s current strategy with this wave of enforcement is simple: treat every development as its own isolated headline so the larger pattern stays invisible.

OKAY, THAT’S FUNNY:  After he was done beating the absolute brakes off the guy who allegedly threatened to rape his wife & grandkids, Pastor Spell told his church: “I fulfilled scripture, I laid hands on the sick.”

UPSETTING JAPAN IS A BAD IDEA:  Fake USB Sticks Spread China-Linked Virus in Japan’s Army.

YOU CAN ONLY SOLVE IT FOR YOURSELF:  How Do We Get Back to a Sense of Place?  The teams competing in the World Cup soccer games are filled with free agents who follow their fortunes rather than remain in one place. This reality is an apt metaphor for the modern American.

For reasons both public and private I no longer live in Colorado, but Colorado will always be home.

I’M NOT IN THIS ONE, BUT SOME FRIENDS ARE:  The Based Book Romance Sale!  Now Through June 30.

CRONYISM IS ONLY BAD WHEN REPUBLICANS DO IT:  LAUSD replaces Carvalho after he disgracefully resigned amid school system’s looming financial crisis and education shortcomings.

THEIR REGISTRATIONS LIST AN OFFICE AS RESIDENCE?  Leaked list of Hollywood megastars drags them into shocking LA voting debacle.

ARE THEY CLAIMING A SOCIALIST LIED? I’M SO SHOCKED!  Dad of Mamdani-backed NY primary winner Aber Kawass, who downplayed 9/11, was deported for property fraud — not ‘cruel’ immigration as she claimed.

WE NEED HIGHER NUMBERS:  ICE has arrested 10,000 migrant gang members so far in Trump’s second term, DHS reveals.

WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TIKTOK AND SEWAGE?*  Sickening TikTokkers are doing the ‘Austin Boppers’ dance and reenacting teen’s murder by Karmelo Anthony.

*Sewage can be used as fertilizer.