85 thoughts on “August Games

    1. Good Morning, Pat!

      I’m drinking coffee, and staring at my basket of laundry. lol 😁 You’re a good influence 💖

      Very humid outside, Truck bed cover totally wet. House cooled down 1* over night.

      Headed downstairs to start laundry. 👍

      Have a great day! 😘

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    2. Morning, Pat! Jeez, you do a LOT of laundry! LOL – chilly here this morning at only 60, bright sun. Making a trip to the bank in about an hour or so. This is all sooooo confusing! SMH

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  1. Wolf Moon(@wolfmoon1776)

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    August 27, 2026 01:58

    Fauci’s illegal award-seeking behavior now specifically prohibited by HHS.

    IT’S OFFICIAL: HHS Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has sent out a legal advisory CONFIRMING that if any federal official within the agency does what Fauci did and obtain lucrative awards using their position — they will face consequences

    LONG OVERDUE!

    RAND PAUL:

    “HHS issued… pic.twitter.com/nzTtbe517O

    — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) August 26, 2026

    IT’S OFFICIAL: HHS Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has sent out a legal advisory CONFIRMING that if any federal official within the agency does what Fauci did and obtain lucrative awards using their position — they will face consequences

    LONG OVERDUE!  

    RAND PAUL:

    “HHS issued a new legal advisory making clear that federal officials cannot use their public office to solicit lucrative private awards for themselves.”

    Fauci needs to be locked up.

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  2. DJH

    August 27, 2026 3:25 am

    Ceuta Residents Storm Migrant Camps, Reclaim Beach as City Erupts Overnight
    Ceuta residents moved on migrant encampments at Playa del Trampolín on Wednesday night after more than 2,000 people marched against Madrid’s handling of the crisis. Footage showed crowds tearing down makeshift shelters and forcing illegal migrants from parts of the beach, as riot police rushed in to prevent direct clashes and unrest spread to other districts.

    Joakim Scheffer 27.08.2026

    https://www.hungarianconservative.com/articles/current/ceuta-resident-storm-illegal-migrant-camps-trampolin-unrest/

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  3. this sounds disgusting to me…

    KFC and Oreo are reversing their bizarre fried chicken cookie crossover with a new burger featuring Oreo-style buns, mashed potatoes covered in crushed cookies, and a fried chicken fillet.
    KFC and Oreo are taking their sweet and savory partnership to another level with a burger unlike anything else on the fast-food chain’s menu.
    Earlier in August, the brands teamed up to turn KFC’s Original Recipe fried chicken into an Oreo flavor. Now, Oreo is making its way inside a KFC chicken sandwich.

    https://www.dexerto.com/food/kfc-is-releasing-an-oreo-chicken-burger-with-a-cookie-bun-3401754/

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  4. gees. a gay couple dies in a helicopter crash in another country and it’s covered in the news. Within days, thieves break in and grab anything of value. They’re caught. They produce a NOTARIZED document claiming the couple gave them permission to enter the home and use the vehicles –a Range Rover and Porsche Taycan. Judge says..I gotta see this.
    FTA
    A deplorable duo allegedly swooped in on the home of a Florida couple who had perished in a helicopter crash to steal their prized possessions just days after the fatal accident.
    Geybert Alexander Garcia, 40, and Melany Perdomo, 24, are accused of burglarizing the South Florida home of Adam Hlavaty and Henry Parra, two victims of the August 19 helicopter crash in northern Kenya that killed seven people.
    The Eurocopter EC130 B4 was flying from the Loisaba Conservancy toward the Ewaso Nyiro area of Kenya when it crashed near Mount Ololokwe in Samburu County.
    The pair were arrested Tuesday on charges including burglary of an unoccupied dwelling, grand theft of a vehicle and grand theft, according to arrest reports obtained by NBC.
    According to police, who spoke to NBC, the alleged burglary occurred sometime between August 20 and August 22, at Valencia Avenue, Coral Gables, after news broke that the men were killed thousands of miles away. The break-in was reported by the housekeeper on August 23.
    Police say the Valencia Avenue home had been left in complete disarray, with valuable artwork, jewelry, electronics and personal and business documents allegedly stolen.
    Even the victims’ prized vehicles were allegedly taken: a Range Rover and a Porsche Taycan.
    However, investigators eventually managed to trace one of the victims’ stolen Apple MacBooks to an address in Hialeah. 

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    ‘Your honor, you’ll see that the defendant’s got prior felony convictions for burglarizing homes, money laundering, dealing in stolen property,’ a prosecutor told Judge Mindy Glazer.
    The prosecutor also raised the disturbing possibility that the victims’ deaths had been known to whoever entered their home.
    ‘I don’t know if this home was specifically targeted because I believe it was in the media that the victims passed away,’ the prosecutor said.
    Garcia’s attorney, Paul Basile, however, offered a startling explanation.
    He produced a notarized document that he said came from Garcia’s family and allegedly authorized Garcia to enter the home and use the victims’ vehicles.
    The document immediately drew skepticism from the judge.
    ‘Oh I gotta see this,’ Glazer said. ‘Really?’
    She questioned why the victims would have supposedly handed over access to their home and luxury cars to Garcia, given his criminal record.
    ‘Before they went on their vacation, they decided to give Mr Garcia authorization to use their vehicles, Mr. Garcia, who has a criminal history?’

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    The victims’ friend also described the damage allegedly left behind after the break-in.
    The front door was reportedly destroyed, while a camera and part of the home’s security system were allegedly ripped out.
    For Glazer, the circumstances surrounding the alleged burglary were particularly troubling.
    ‘I’m not going to address anything until I hear from the officers for the probable cause hearing,’ she said. ‘But I mean, it’s pretty egregious to break into somebody’s home of victims who had just perished.’
    Following the afternoon hearing Garcia was ultimately ordered held without bond.
    Perdomo remained behind bars on an immigration hold.

    https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16082447/Vile-burglars-raced-home-Florida-couple-killed-Kenya-helicopter-crash-tragic-deaths.html

    sorry it’s so long but i couldn’t believe the audacity of the thieves. they obviously broke in, ripped out cameras, and stole. IF they had been given permission to enter the house and drive the vehicles, wouldn’t they have KEYS?

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  5. NHnative
    August 27, 2026 7:03 am

    Here is your laugh of the day:
    In this speech, the Indian Government is complaining about their people being ‘Stranded” in India due to the President’s increased vetting of the H1-B Visas.
    “Stranded” in their own country- by us?
    And it’s so bad they speak about this in speech..
    It’s interesting how they view being denied entry as ‘Stranded”.
    Again, another sign of how dependent all these foreigners are upon America.
    The left works so hard to destroy us, and yet the entire world is dependent upon us.

    NEW: The Indian government is complaining their citizens are being “STRANDED” in India due to President Trump’s increased vetting for H1-B visas

    STRANDED. IN THEIR HOME COUNTRIES

    Just leave them there! Please! We DO NOT need them! pic.twitter.com/NYhlkJKNX8

    — L E E REPORT (@LEEREPORTmp) August 25, 2026

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  6. Jake

    August 27, 2026 7:26 am

    ‘Appalling’: FBI arrests Democrat lawmaker on COVID relief fraud charges – August 26, 2026

    https://www.wnd.com/2026/08/appalling-fbi-arrests-democrat-lawmaker-covid-relief-fraud/

    The FBI arrested Massachusetts State Rep. Francisco Paulino (D-Methuen) on Wednesday morning after a federal grand jury indicted the second-term Democrat on 11 counts of wire fraud and money laundering.

    Prosecutors say Paulino treated COVID relief programs like an ATM, fraudulently obtaining more than $700,000 in pandemic unemployment benefits and Small Business Administration disaster loans.

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  7. Just The News: “CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s unexpected trip to Russia this week was reportedly to warn the country not to attack countries that are part of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, sources told multiple news outlets on Wednesday.

    Ratcliffe made his first known Russia trip on Tuesday after a U.S. Air Force jet was spotted flying into a Moscow airport and a diplomatic motorcade moved through the capital. Ukraine said it was notified of the visit, according to CBS News. 

    Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters in Russia that Ratcliffe spoke with intelligence officials in the country, but did not meet with President Vladimir Putin on the trip.

    President Donald Trump also confirmed the overseas trip, claiming it was “semi-routine” in nature and maintained that it was not related to Iran or to Russian desires to test NATO. Sources told CBS that Ratcliffe had also mentioned Iran, stating that the United States would impose additional sanctions if the Strait of Hormuz does not reopen to shipping traffic.

    Ratcliffe and the CIA have not commented on the trip so far.” 

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  8. “An update from Sean Parnell, Chairman of the Afghanistan Withdrawal Special Review Panel, on the Fifth Anniversary of the Abbey Gate bombing”

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  9. Just The News: “Flash floods in Nepal on Wednesday morning have killed at least 157 people and left hundreds of others, including tourists, missing. The massive flooding on the Bhotekoshi River also caused widespread damage to villages and infrastructure, according to the Associated Press.

    Roughly 484 tourists, including 391 from countries such as India, the United States, the United Kingdom and Malaysia were reported missing. Nepal’s prime minister’s office said approximately 93 Nepalis are missing, according to Reuters. 

    The flooding occurred along Nepal’s Himalayan border with China’s Tibet. “We have asked both India and China to help us with the rescue efforts,” said Sasmit Pokharel, a spokesperson for the Nepali government, the wire services also reported.

    A mudslide/avalanche, perhaps triggered by a 4.4 magnitude earthquake, set off the flooding.”

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  10. Just The News: “The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved a new treatment for advanced pancreatic cancer, which is the first to attack a genetic cause of the aggressive, highly lethal disease. 

    The drug, called daraxonrasib, will be sold under the brand name Rasonque, was developed by biotech company Revolution Medicines, the New York Times reported. 

    The drug, which is taken as two pills per day, is not a cure, but it is the first treatment to substantially extend the lives of patients with pancreatic cancer. In a key clinical trial, patients receiving the drug achieved a median overall survival of 13.2 months, compared to 6.7 months for patients offered standard chemotherapy. 

    Some of the patients taking the drug through clinical trials lived for years. 

    While the company didn’t announce how much it plans to charge for the drug, Wall Street analysts have said they expect the drug to cost several hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. Insurance is expected to cover most of that cost, with varying out-of-pocket costs for patients.”

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  11. EXCERPT: “The State Department on Wednesday announced that a foreign tech group provides online infrastructure to U.S. domestic terror groups to conduct violence across the country. The department formally recognized Italy-based Autistici/Inventati as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist group and subsequently sanctioned it.

    According to the State Department, Autistici/Inventati, or the A/I Collective, is a “hacker cell that provides far-left extremists with encrypted communications, calls, and web-hosting services — all concealed from law enforcement. The A/I Collective is a central node in the far-left’s war on our civilization.”

    “These tools are specifically designed to support the operations of far-left terrorist networks, built to enable them to organize, recruit, communicate, disseminate propaganda, share target information and tactics, and carry out violent attacks — all while remaining anonymous, untraceable, and beyond the reach of the law,” the State Department said. It operates in the U.S. and around the world.

    The A/I Collective supported terror groups like Jane’s Revenge, which is responsible for firebombing pregnancy centers across the country after the overturn of Roe v. Wade, according to the State Department. Jane’s Revenge “relied on A/I Collective tools and services to publish official communiqués and claims of responsibility for violent and criminal acts and to incite copycat attacks.”………

    https://thefederalist.com/2026/08/26/us-sanctions-foreign-tech-group-for-providing-infrastructure-for-left-wing-domestic-terror/

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  12. Amazing that such places exist

    Comfortable Book Nook

    Summer Harvest – yummy apricots!

    Awesome Machine

    NOT the way to dunk your head in cold creek water

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  13. FloridaFredOutWest

    August 27, 2026 10:58 am

    A Florida grand jury found the DeSantis administration misappropriated $10 million from a Medicaid settlement, CBS News Miami reports.

    The funds were reportedly diverted to a nonprofit linked to First Lady Casey DeSantis and then to political committees.

    The report concluded there was insufficient evidence for criminal charges but recommended stronger financial safeguards.

    https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/state/2026/08/26/hope-florida-grand-jury-report-leaked-heres-what-it-says/91481836007/

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  14. secret internet used by antifa.

    The public image of Antifa has always been this loosey-goosey street-level chaos, complete with black clothes, masks, pool noodles, broken windows, fights with cops, and somebody always setting something on fire.

    But those who pay even the slightest bit of attention know there’s a lot more to this very coordinated, highly funded network of anti-American storm troopers.

    And one of the biggest things they need are places to communicate without being easily tracked. They need websites, encrypted email, secure chats, and somewhere to publish instructions or brag about what they’ve done.

    That doesn’t sound like an “idea.” It sounds more like a terror network.

    And now, breaking news is coming out of the State Department that reveals just how “organized” they are.

    According to the Trump admin, one Italy-based group was providing digital infrastructure to the violent far-left networks operating in the United States and overseas.

    It’s called Autistici/Inventati, or the A/I Collective.

    And the United States just designated this group a Specially Designated Global Terrorist.

    And that’s a really big deal, folks.

    State and Treasury are going after what they describe as part of the “machinery” behind violent extremist networks in the US.

    The best way to explain it is like this… instead of spending eons chasing random bank robbers, somebody finally started looking at who was supplying all the getaway cars.

    And according to the State Department, A/I isn’t some innocent mom-and-pop internet provider that stumbled upon a few lunatics among its customers. Quite the opposite. The US government says they screened users for ideological approval before giving them access.

    So, the more extreme, the better.

    Now, that old line about Antifa being too loose and disorganized to amount to much doesn’t hold a lot of water.

    Here’s how the State Department announced the move:

    Department of State:

      The A/I Collective builds and provides the digital infrastructure for violent Antifa cells and other radical left-wing networks in the United States and across the world.

      Today, the United States is designating this extremist group as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist.

      The Autistici/Inventati Collective is an Italy-based hacker cell that provides far-left extremists with encrypted communications, calls, and web-hosting services – all concealed from law enforcement.

      The A/I Collective is a central node in the far-left’s war on our civilization.

    The admin isn’t saying that A/I just posted some nasty political opinions or mean memes.

    It says they supplied the digital tools that allowed violent groups to communicate and operate like a terror network.

    Fox News obtained the State Department memo and explained how detailed this network really was.

    The A/I group claims thousands of websites and mailing lists, along with roughly 16,000 mailboxes.

    Fox News: 

      Autistici/Inventati, called the A/I Collective by the State Department, is an Italy-based group that builds highly sophisticated digital infrastructure used by violent left-wing organizations in the United States and Europe, along with Islamic terrorists, according to the State Department. The collective’s services include encrypted chats and email, web hosting, secure video conferencing and streaming and anonymity shields, according to the memo.

      “These tools are specifically designed to support the operations of far-left terrorist networks, built to enable them to organize, recruit, communicate, disseminate propaganda, share target information and tactics, and carry out violent attacks – all while remaining anonymous, untraceable, and beyond the reach of the law,” says the State Department’s memo.

    https://revolver.news/2026/08/breaking-antifa-had-a-secretive-internet-network-in-italy-trump-just-put-it-on-the-terror-list/

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  15. OK, I’m back…..still kinda confused but not as bad as before. I shouldn’t have to go to SS – she said they have sent a letter requesting the ability for the bank to just provide the new routing number. If not, they will send me a form that I can just drop off at the SS office vs. waiting forever for an appointment. Most of my bills I already pay on-line and I just need to change the routing number. There were only a couple I needed to contact to give the new # and that’s done.

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      1. Seems like it will be but we’ll see….I’ll have to start paying my 2 CC’s directly instead of via the bank website……sigh……more PWs.

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          1. Yeah, worst case – the mail system here in NE flat-out sucks! They consolidated and moved everything to Omaha, which made things worse. Things get lost!

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  16. Meanwhile, in Ireland…

    Try not to smile. Just try.

    Going to be an interesting midterm I think….

    Dang, he’s a young punk!!!

    “Flock CEO Garrett Langley just went on Fox and said people need to “Compromise” on their privacy”

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  17. How odd! Very still outside, w/just a slight breeze, bright sunshine, up to 82, and not even ONE bird in sight!!! Not even sparrows!!!! Very strange…..

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      1. Speaking of bats…..when we had our in-ground swimming pool, my parents enjoyed sitting out by the pool in the evening with a thermos of coffee. The bats would swoop down and drink from the pool and we’d sit and watch them.

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  18. This stuff is too deep and wide-ranging for my pea brain but others would appreciate this, I expect.

    “UNDERSTANDING WHERE YOU ARE: Did Anyone Bother to Read Chinese Doctrine?

    ANALYSIS: Chinese doctrine is a blueprint for your recent past, present and foreseeable future”

    Political Moonshine, Aug 27, 2026

    “Did anyone else make time to read actual Chinese hegemonic and military doctrine? I did and it was one of the most important, life-changing decisions made to date.

    Chinese doctrine is a blueprint for your recent past, present and foreseeable future if something significant doesn’t occur [be made to happen] to substantially shift the landscape in favor of regular Constitutional order.

    This is for a reason I repeat often – there’s a distinction between what happens to you and what is being done to you. Failing to discern that distinction is potentially fatal.

    This is especially so when Beijing; with its geopolitical, economic and military modus operandi, is on the other side of that distinction.

    Perhaps Americans are finally coming to realize what was clear to the informed so long ago and maybe not, because an intellectually challenged segment of the population that is incapable of thinking independently or critically remains solely hyper-focused on Orange Man bad.

    It’s that China has been fighting an asymmetrical, irregular and undeclared war against the US for a very long time. For example, I wrote the first piece in the ‘Making the Case for Treason’ series on 06 May 20; threading it right through BHO to Beijing with JRB and a long list of compromised and controlled domestic hostiles in between.

    When the technical aspects of Chinese doctrine are examined and understood; and then overlaid with Cloward-Piven applications and the warfare vector of the CCP’s brand of cultural Marxism, what you get is THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CIRCA RIGHT NOW.

    As infuriating as all of the insanity is where left is right, up is down, black is white, men can be women and women can be men but no one knows what a woman is or where someone being a woman can play ball or go potty, it’s all 100% rational, understandable, coherent and sane once you come to understand the architecture and schematics behind the geopolitical machinery that created it all – Beijing and Chinese doctrine.

    Does it make sense that it was mere happenstance that the timing of a dumbed-down America coinciding with bad economics and the rise of the DSA and communism all converged on this decades-long timeline at this moment? Accidentally after decades of literal infiltration, subversion, co-opting, construction, purchasing, funding, etc.? By chance as communism continues its global rise?

    That’s what they would have you believe – Beijing loves its shadow fighting preferring you not know it’s even there. Read the doctrine – it’s the blueprint and schematics [communism] for the architecture [the CCP] and the machinery [the PLA] to accomplish Beijing’s geopolitical and by default, doctrinal objectives.

    Please realize that entails the capture of the US and its conversion to communism as the enforcement mechanism for global rule; as Beijing ascends its own architecture to supplant the US as the world’s single super power.

    You understand this is why our nation is being overrun with Third World illegals, correct? The Cloward-Piven analysis is as enlightening as it is horrifying.

    The most difficult aspect of putting out highly accurate analysis is two fold – 1: truth is stranger than fiction, the conspiracy label gets applied and no one listens after branding you crazy and 2: the worst part – KNOWING WHERE THINGS GO if the Trump Administration doesn’t follow through as calibrated to the only timeline that matters right now, the 2026 midterms.

    Speaking of elections, all of this and much more was laid-out well BEFORE THE ELECTION OF 2020 and expanded upon since.

    What if?

    -End-

    Dig deeper [archive contains much more on these subjects]:

    Chinese doctrine: https://politicalmoonshine.com/2021/06/27/amerikan-remake-application-of-chinese-doctrine-one-belt-one-road-house-memo-cloward-and-piven/

    Cultural Marxism: https://politicalmoonshine.com/2023/06/08/cultural-marxism-is-ravaging-america-how-systemic-racism-and-the-lgbqt-agenda-have-americans-pitted-divided-and-fighting-themselves-so-enemies-dont-have-to/

    The American Blind Spot: https://politicalmoonshine.com/2021/09/28/the-american-blind-spot-and-chinas-dominion/

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  19. Just The News: “President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday renaming Lake Ontario to “Lake America.” Trump had announced on Monday his intention to do so amid tensions with Canada over tariffs. 

    “The United States is giving serious consideration to changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America in that we don’t expect to doing much business with Ontario any longer. Thank you for your attention to this matter!” Trump said in a post on Truth Social.

    The president signed the executive order in the Oval Office that updated the lake’s name for the U.S. geographic naming service. Trump said the designation change is “effective immediately,” ABC News reported. 

    This is not the first time Trump has renamed a body of water after the country he leads. Shortly after taking office again in 2025, he renamed the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America.”

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  20. “Don’t Miss It Tonight: The Almost-Blood Moon”

    Tonight is the night. Earth’s shadow will swallow more than 96% of the Full Moon, leaving only a narrow bright sliver while the rest of the lunar surface turns dark copper and red. It’s technically a partial lunar eclipse. But only just.

    The Americas have some of the best seats for the show, while Europe is less favorably positioned for maximum eclipse. No telescope needed. Just clear skies. And perhaps an alarm clock depending on where you live.

    🔗 Source: https://strangesounds.org/2026/08/blood-moon-lunar-eclipse-august-27-28-2026.html

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  21. The Last SpaceX Jellyfish?

    People along the US East Coast woke up to an enormous glowing “jellyfish” in the sky on August 25. It was Falcon 9.

    When a rocket climbs out of Earth’s shadow during twilight, sunlight illuminates its expanding exhaust plume high above the darker atmosphere, producing these spectacular glowing umbrellas.

    This one was reportedly visible from Florida all the way to New York City. And despite suggestions this might be one of the last East Coast Falcon 9 jellyfish as Starship eventually takes over more Florida Starlink launches…

    Don’t worry. If anything, Starship should produce an even bigger jellyfish. Because obviously.

    🔗 Source: https://www.wxii12.com/article/spacex-falcon-9-rocket-launch-north-carolina/73523042

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  22. “A Ghost Town Drowned by Lake Mead Is Coming Back”

    In 1938, the former settlement of St. Thomas, Nevada, disappeared beneath the rising waters of Lake Mead. For decades, the town sat underwater. Now declining reservoir levels are revealing its remains again: foundations, roads and traces of a community sacrificed to the creation of one of America’s most famous reservoirs.

    There’s something deeply strange about it. Lake Mead swallowed a town. 88 years later, the desert is slowly giving it back.

    🔗 Source:
    https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/a73524700/st-thomas-town-lake-mead/

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    1. down the highway there was a small town and the Army Corp of engineers flooded it to create a lake. when the water levels get low on the one end, you can see the tops of trees and a roof sometimes. there is no boating or swimming there though. it’s very eerie!!!

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      1. That is the exact word that came to mind!!! I wouldn’t want to live near something like that…..kinda creepy!

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  23. “Aurora Rains Over Skógafoss”

    Sometimes we don’t need a disaster. NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day features a gorgeous image of colorful aurora seemingly pouring over Skógafoss waterfall in Iceland.

    Image Credit & Copyright: Victor Lima

    Green and red emissions largely come from excited oxygen at different altitudes, while nitrogen can contribute blue and pink hues. Waterfall below. Solar particles above. Earth’s magnetic field connecting the two. Beautiful.

    🔗 Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260827.html

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