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Source: The oceans are in deep trouble. The Trump administration just ditched a vital deep-sea monitoring system | CNN

The Trump administration has teed up a pricey celebration for the country’s 250th anniversary, but the cost is apparently more than the White House can chew. To foot the bill, officials are diverting roughly $90 million away from the National Parks Service, The Washington Post reported Wednesday. Source: Trump Is Plundering National Parks to Pay for His Vanity Projects | The New Republic

Source: AP finds dozens of kids separated under Trump faced separation again | AP News

Everything’s Coming Up Roses!

(Me: always lying, always accusing of what he does) Source: Trump claims without proof Democrats are ‘trying to steal’ California primaries | Donald Trump | The Guardian

I progetti compresi all’interno del piano nazionale di ripresa e resilienza (Pnrr) vengono sostenuti principalmente dal recovery and resilience facility (Rrf) uno strumento finanziario istituito dall’Unione europea. Il Rrf è stato finanziato attraverso le entrate tradizionali dell’Unione europea, come i contributi sull’Iva, e obbligazioni a titolo europeo. L’Unione europea ha infatti inserito dei…

Source: Thursday Fun Mix | beetleypete

Last night, as I was about to sleep, my wife suddenly said, “Could you please check whether the gas switch is turned off? I have a feeling I may have forgotten to switch it off after using the stove.” I went to the kitchen and discovered that her suspicion was correct, the gas switch was not turned off. While I was there, I also noticed that a water tap had been left slightly open, allowing a…

“As long as we continue to ignore our divine side and the Divine Wisdom and highly specialized faculties and abilities we have, as long as we refuse to use them or exercise them, we will remain in all of our mental and worldly affairs, nothing more than creatures of the animal kingdom. Religions say we should put our faith in God, but as Rosicrucians, we say that we should put our faith in the…

Uncle Ahmad ran a small bakery in a working-class neighbourhood for years. The first time that he noticed an elderly man coming almost every day, looking at the bread, counting his coins, and leaving without buying anything, his pride was quietly battling hunger. Uncle Ahmad called him the “100th customer” and gave him free bread as a “prize.” The man accepted with trembling hands and tearful…

Denver’s geothermal system will be powered in part by sewage

And so, Alabama will likely replace a Black Democratic lawmaker with a white Republican, using a map that previous courts have said violates the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution. Republican lawmakers currently in power appear to be trying to grab as much power as they can as President Donald J. Trump deteriorates both personally and politically — Read on…

Our plan is radical – but by transforming how we live on a finite planet, nearly everyone gains, says Thomas Piketty and researchers from the World Inequality Lab — Read on www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/04/a-good-life-for-the-99-isnt-a-pipe-dream-it-can-be-done-heres-how

By teaching children about sustainable solutions now we help them to think sustainably, create solutions, identify future opportunities understand …How Future-Ready Education: Empowers Children for a Sustainable Future

Weekly Wisdom 4 June