A bolt of lighting strikes as fireworks are set off of the Brooklyn Bridge, as seen from Bayonne, N.J., Saturday, July 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Handel - Music for the Royal Fireworks (Complete Score)

Egypt’s Mohamed Salah (10)(5'9"/175cm) shakes hands with Australia’s Harry Souttar (19)(6'6"/198cm) before the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between Australia and Egypt in Arlington, Texas, near Dallas, Friday, July 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Gareth Patterson)

Harry Souttar has been on Australia's 2022 and 2026 World Cup team. He has a brother John (6'1"/185cm) that plays soccer/football in Scotland, and is on the Scotland's 2026 World Cup team.

UPDATE: Egypt 4 Australia 2. AUS knocked out of the World Cup.

https://adrelien.com/the-20-radio-thats-building-an-internet-nobody-can-switch-off/

An easy to understand article explaining

• Where they came from
• What they can be used for
• Recent developments
• Equipment recommendations

TL;DR – Inexpensive (less than $50!) mesh radios than can connect to a phone (or not) and then each other to transmit voice, text, and data over long-ish distances (a mile in an urban area, much more in open spaces)

Trump's tech buddies will get more corporate welfare on our taxpaying dime. This CNN story published on today's date will made me realize this. ICE is spending their giant budget recklessly, the government will likely recoup only pennies on the dollar.

I further predict that in some cases we will eventually find evidence that this was the plan all along. Sites will be sold soon, but we won't find out about the corruption until Trump is out of office in 2029.

https://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/2026/06/a-beloved-kalamazoo-diner-closed-after-53-years-a-regular-is-bringing-it-back.html

Updated decor, some of the same menu and staff with some changes. I can't wait to stop by.

Why didn't a spokesperson ever say to any of the gathered media "Just going to build a scaffold and shroud it, you won't see any letters coming off anytime soon." Very much a long edging with no release! Very unsatisfying!

P.S. timestamps and info in the captions

P.P.S. my new guess is that the leave the shroud up until at least after Sundays festivities if not longer for the needed repairs. Will a pool reporter or a worker get footage behind the shroud of the removal of the letters?

"Most open administration ever"

I wonder if a pool reporter or a worker will get footage of the historic event?

1:35am update - Given the speed the enshrouding is going, they can drag that out til about sunrise.

2am update - MSNOW stopped streaming the Kennedy Center, but CSPAN cam is still streaming

They filed with the court for a 12 hour delay - https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.287972/gov.uscourts.dcd.287972.58.0_1.pdf

3:45am update final report from Jim Acosta on the scene https://substack.com/@jimacosta/note/c-275590092?r=2i8fva

"Most open administration ever"

I wonder if a pool reporter or a worker will get footage of the historic event?

1:35am update - Given the speed the enshrouding is going, they can drag that out til about sunrise.

2:05am update - MSNOW stopped streaming the Kennedy Center, but CSPAN cam is still streaming

They filed with the court for a 12 hour delay - https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.287972/gov.uscourts.dcd.287972.58.0_1.pdf

I swear they are going to remove letters at 3 or 4 am to have the fewest people watching

preparing for a small and symbolic victory!

Seems like almost every bank branch used to have one of these. Not only are there fewer bank branches these days, but the ones that are still around often don't have these anymore.

When the sign had a quite a few burned out bulbs it was fun to try to figure out what the time and temp actually was.

Now they might have a mini electronic billboard that flashes ads/promos and may or may not get to the time and temperature eventually.

Law enforcement officials stand in front of the Collin County courthouse at the verdict was reached in the Karemlo Anthony trial Tuesday, June 9, 2026, in McKinney, Texas.

I've seen similar comparisons, but this is kinda the image I have had in my head for a while. I would love to see a better done version blending in more aspects of the monstrosity on the White House lawn. Or drawn in political cartoon style; I have no talents in that direction.