Happy Hour: Lester Young – I’m Confessin’ …
Panhandle Slim… Art for Folk…
Mystery
Why is the Earth’s gravity weakest in an area of the Indian Ocean? https://t.co/98fjMGgOuX
— Susan Jordan #FreePalestine 🇵🇸 (@Moonbootica) June 28, 2023
Heat wave
A heat wave blanketing the southern United States broke records in Texas as residents hunkered down to endure several more days of triple-digit temperatures that in recent weeks have caused at least nine deaths. https://t.co/GeexjQioXw
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 28, 2023
Smoke gets in your eyes
People seem to have this idea that yes, we should deal with climate change, but it should not inconvenience anyone in the least little bit. Sigh.
The latest plume of harmful smoke has blanketed an area spanning from Iowa and Minnesota to western Pennsylvania.https://t.co/HjVar7dtih
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) June 28, 2023
And then we have the other end of the weather extremities:
A mention of California might conjure images of wildfires and droughts, but scientists say that the state is also the site of extreme, once-a-century “megafloods” — and climate change could amplify just how bad one gets.
Very popular with readers: https://t.co/BN67NbJhJB
— Capital Weather Gang (@capitalweather) June 28, 2023
Come on, you already knew this
"Aides said he talked about Ivanka Trump's breasts, her backside, and what it might be like to have sex with her, remarks that once led (former Chief of Staff) John Kelly to remind the president that Ivanka was his daughter.”
Now accepting apologies.
— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) June 28, 2023
Business model
Refusing payment for medical care and drugs has become a staple of health insurers’ business model, consumer advocates said. Less than 1% of claim denials are appealed and that’s money “left on the table that the insurers keep,” one said. https://t.co/fT4K9wvOOW
— Robin Fields (@fieldsrobin) June 28, 2023
Is this a trick question?
New: Smoking weed is about to be legal in Maryland, so can police officers partake? Baltimore's police union @FOP3 wants relaxed cannabis policies around random drug testing and recruitment. State training commission is in charge, mulling it all over. https://t.co/N2ZYck4zet
— Ben Conarck (@conarck) June 28, 2023
Every accusation is an admission
Trump brings defamation suit against E. Jean Carroll over rape claim https://t.co/PjnzEK6tuk
— New York Post (@nypost) June 28, 2023