If I'm going to get all author fancy and put a double initial in my name, it's going to be C.M. and it will stand for Calculated Mediocrity 😜😂

Great Lakes region, USA. July 2026.

Europe’s first-ever dedicated non-alcoholic craft beer festival has kicked off in Warsaw, placing Poland on the frontier of the fast-growing alcohol-free beer market while also spotlighting the nation’s wider shift towards mindful drinking.

The Bank’s new policy suggests that bonds linked to thermal coal are now too risky to sit on its balance sheet, as an international shift away from dirty fossil fuels towards greener energy could end up wiping out their value.

The 5,120 heat-related deaths in Germany in 2026 through June 28, published by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), is therefore an estimate. But that does not mean the figure is pulled out of thin air. “It is based on a statistical correlation,” says Alexandra Schneider, a meteorologist, epidemiologist and deputy director of the Institute of Epidemiology at Helmholtz Munich.

Alt: bluesky screenshot. The text of the post reads: “Someone please pay me to cover nothing but rural festivals I’m having THE TIME OF MY LIFE at the Elkhorn Rib Festival”.

@designedbyleanne

…the fires destroyed thousands, or even tens of thousands, of items belonging to sellers who work through Wildberries, Russia’s largest online retailer. Very rough, preliminary estimates put the damage at more than 50 billion rubles. Up to 15% of the company’s total warehouse space may have been affected…

Summary

The arrests of the online influencers known for their misogynistic views come after years of investigations in Britain and Romania. The new charges concern offenses dating back to 2010, officials said.

Upstream images vs bazzite: https://github.com/ublue-os/countme/blob/main/growth_upstream_with_bazzite.svg

Upstream images vs bazzite: https://github.com/ublue-os/countme/blob/main/growth_upstream_with_bazzite.svg

Some called it reckless dumping. Others warned it would be detrimental to an already dwindling ecosystem. And for a while, these concerns seemed valid. Even the researchers running this giant experiment had their doubts as no visible progress was initially seen.

Tulsi Gabbard’s brother was arrested and charged after he allegedly tried to lure several children to his Waikiki hotel room on Sunday.

Weeks prior, [Varla] said, his wife had accidentally entered their daughter’s middle name in the last name field when booking through United for a flight operated by Air Canada. Varela said they spent roughly 15 hours on the phone in the two weeks leading up to the trip trying to fix the error, and were bounced repeatedly between the two airlines’ customer service lines.

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/40424835

Persephone taking a snooze.

Jen Sorensen | Mastodon

New York (AFP) – New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani is in talks over whether to try to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during an upcoming UN summit, he said in an interview published Saturday – prompting a sharp rebuke from Netanyahu’s camp.

https://mod.gov.ua/en/news/total-russian-combat-losses-in-ukraine-as-of-july-19-2026

https://www.gazette-drouot.com/en/lots/10221059-stavsky-vladimir-3a-1900-1943—-

“In 1970, a scandal hit the Philippines over the stormy break-up between then President Ferdinand Marcos and his mistress of two years, Dovie Beams. On many occasions, she had hidden a tape recorder under a bed while having sex with the president. The recording of their sexual encounter was publicly played at the radio station of the University of the Philippines and consisted of the following segments:

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/63649669

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – Russian strikes killed one person and wounded 13 others in Ukraine’s capital on Sunday after Kyiv launched a deadly wave of drones that struck e-commerce warehouses in Russia.

Logseq 2.0 finally arrives.

Looks like a suicidal person might have been in crisis and either jumped, shot himself or something. There’s multiple police agencies with snipers ready. The bridge is closed and there’s a ton of cars diverted to the street exit before the bridge. Some of the people are going back to Kitsap or to the ferrys which basically will take an additional hours. Or you can go to Olympia and go around.

@Thecoastalmouse

@tishaillustrates

https://mod.gov.ua/en/news/total-russian-combat-losses-in-ukraine-as-of-july-19-2026

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