for your monday amusement: a look at the state of things.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow
#Politics #Trump
Kyle Cheney of #Politico on X says the #KennedyCenter has certified to the judge that Trump's name has been removed.
#Space #NASA #Russia
From #ArsTechnica: NASA puts its astronauts in evacuation mode when the Russians threatened to use a hacksaw to fix a link in their PrK module. The Russians finally backed off and agreed to decommission the module.
arstechnica.com/space/2026/0...
#Politics #Trump
Overnight from AP: Workers started to remove Trump's name from the #KennedyCenter but left around 3:30 AM EDT. They placed tarps around the scaffolding so the public can't see, but a photographer found a gap and got a picture of a letter being removed.
apnews.com/article/trum...
#Politics #Trump
Breaking from #CNN: A DC appellate court declined to stay removal of Trump's name from the Kennedy Center.
The name is supposed to be removed by 11:59 PM EDT tonight.
www.cnn.com/2026/06/12/p...
#Politics #Trump
#MSNOW about to report from the #KennedyCenter. The livestream is already running.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Svj...
#Politics #Trump
Not many livestreams going now at the #KennedyCenter. Apparently most of them shut down once the tarp went up. But @meidastouch.com is streaming. Nothing going on.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l33M...
#StarTrek
I have a #Substack where I look at the writing behind the original Star Trek series' scripts and their writers. The latest column looks at "Arena," the Gorn episode, famous for shooting on location at Vasquez Rocks.
You can find the columns at www.thewrittentrek.com.
#Space #SpaceX
For all the fuss about Elon #Musk becoming a trillionaire, yesterday's IPO made COO Gwynne Shotwell a billionaire.
Gwynne is universally respected within the industry. Many people refer to her as "The Sane One." Gwynne is who makes SpaceX a success.
www.forbes.com/profile/gwyn...
#Politics #Trump #Iran
Breaking from @nbcnews.com: Both Trump and the prime minister of #Pakistan are saying a ceasefire agreement has been reached with Iran.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
