To whom it may concern, I am requesting and applying for a waiver to enable me to go to the United States of America. Back in 2009 while trying to leave the U.S. after helping an expat return to the States, I was pulled over at Port Huron, Michigan for an exit search that violated the border patrol’s own stated protocols....
"Save The Old Oak Tree!" And start growing more of them from the acorns. Our children's children could use an oak grove, I'm sure. (old.reddit.com)
This well is so important to Lacey, WA, the city may use eminent domain to take private property (www.yahoo.com)
Google scrambles to manually remove weird AI answers in search (www.theverge.com)
Americans, what's the plan if Trump wins the election in November? (serious)
Quiet Nourishing (i.ibb.co)
Massive explosion rocks SpaceX Texas facility, Starship engine in flames (interestingengineering.com)
Blind and deaf dog Teddy got lost in a neighbor’s yard. Police called to help him shot him dead (www.independent.co.uk)
Documents detail chaos at giant homeless camp where Olympia firefighters were assaulted (komonews.com)
LPT Do it. (mander.xyz)
Conservatives: "Hey want to hear a joke?" *Transphobia* (lemmy.world)
Right to Flex Arms (lemmy.sdf.org)
Microplastics found in every human testicle in study (www.theguardian.com)
U.S. governors urge Turks and Caicos to release Americans as Florida woman becomes 5th tourist arrested for ammo in luggage (www.cbsnews.com)
Fossils (mander.xyz)
‘We don’t have a democracy’: why some Oregonians want to join Idaho (www.theguardian.com)
The Yellow Bittern of Cathal Buí Mac Giolla Ghunna as translated by Seamus Heaney
The Yellow Bittern...
Summer Night by Langston Hughes
Summer Night...
Letter of remorse to the Department of Homeland Security by Peter Watts, PhD
To whom it may concern, I am requesting and applying for a waiver to enable me to go to the United States of America. Back in 2009 while trying to leave the U.S. after helping an expat return to the States, I was pulled over at Port Huron, Michigan for an exit search that violated the border patrol’s own stated protocols....
Hearing is be-leafing: Students invent quieter leaf blower (hub.jhu.edu)
Check out a Lacey fair, listen to music and read zines at the downtown library (www.allsides.com)
Take a tour of 1990s film locations in Western Washington (www.king5.com)
Single Issue Voters will save the world! (lemmy.world)
George W. Bush’s Original Paintings Are Making Their Disney Theme Park Debut (people.com)