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[AstronomyWatch @SkyFox247]

The Moon rises above #CanaryWharf as seen from @AllyPallyWatch June 11.
#StrawberryMoon #fullmoon

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

We are grateful to all the people of Estonia, President @AlarKaris, and First Lady Sirje Karis for their constant and unwavering support for Ukraine and our people. Today in Tallinn, important meetings are planned with all the Nordic and Baltic countries. The main goal is to secure more strength to protect our people, as well as to prepare for the negotiations and decisions we all expect from the European Union, G7, and NATO summits.

The First Lady’s agenda includes taking part in the expansion of the Global Coalition of Ukrainian Studies, the opening of a Ukrainian-language audio guide in Estonia, and a meeting with representatives of the Estonian Center for International Development to implement joint projects in support of Ukrainian families.

We appreciate the solidarity of Estonia and all our partners who help Ukraine withstand and bring a just peace closer. We thank everyone who supports us.

[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

ZELENSKYY: Russia attacks us with more than 650 drones and 35 to 100 missiles per day. We respond with 300 to 350 drones, it’s not a competitive number. But, when we will have 600-plus drones and missiles, Russians will feel this war the way we do, but they will feel it at home.

[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

This is Iryna, she was only 18.

Yesterday, she passed away after a week-long battle for her life, succumbing to severe injuries sustained during the russian attack on Kyiv on June 2nd🕯

Iryna was a sophomore, studying psychology at Mykhailo Drahomanov Ukrainian State University.

Russia killed her for being Ukrainian.

[InfoGram @_InfoGram_]

🇺🇸Trump has stated 55 times that he defeated Iran.

🇺🇸Trump has stated 35 times that Iran is destroyed.

🇺🇸Trump has stated 38 times that a deal is imminent.

🇺🇸Trump has stated 25 times that the Strait of Hormuz is open.

Elect a clown, expect a circus.

[Peter Symons#NHSLove❤.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿.🍉 @brookebay21]

True

[Keir Starmer @Keir_Starmer]

There is no justification for the acts of violence and arson that we saw in Belfast last night. It is completely unacceptable.

I urge for calm. We must let the police get on with their work.

[OSINTtechnical @Osinttechnical]

Massive Russian gas pipeline explosion reported in Dagestan this evening.

[Lakota Man @LakotaMan1]

The only people in the press who have been brave enough to ask that fucking pervert Trump the tough questions have been women.

Trump fear’s strong, opinionated women.

Because he’s a misogynistic coward.

[OSINTtechnical @Osinttechnical]

First good look at a Ukrainian FP-5 Flamingo heavyweight cruise missile on a combat mission, seen here having already penetrated almost 1000 km into Russian airspace.

At least two of the 40-foot-long missiles hit Russia's VNIIR Progress electronics plant this morning.

[Making Blake's 7 / WHO FX @Blakes7Diary]

What a disaster the RTD2 era turned out to be. I hope lessons have been learned, because I’m still struggling to understand how anyone looked at that last two-part story and the ending with Billie and thought, “Yes, this is the note we should leave Doctor Who on.” If the future was uncertain, why not simply show Ncuti beginning to regenerate? Instead we got an ending that felt designed less to serve the programme than to generate endless speculation and ‘content’.

And then there’s RTD’s latest swipe at the audience. Apparently we were foolish for thinking a Christmas special was on the way - despite a press release and months of hints, teasing and hype strongly suggesting exactly that. It takes a certain brass neck to spend months encouraging expectations and then mock people for having them. His apparent contempt for fans and viewers is becoming quite something to behold.

It’s probably best for both RTD and the audience that he’s moved on. For now, the series needs a proper rest - less a regeneration and more a lengthy stay in rehab. Doctor Who has survived worse, but right now it feels like it needs time to recover from the people who were supposed to be looking after it.

#DoctorWho

[Gianl1974 @Gianl1974]

Trump Tower rises from the center of downtown Chicago on a major north/south street called Wabash Avenue. A petition is circulating to have the city formally rename a four-block strip of Wabash after a certain famous Chicago resident.

If enacted, it would make Trump Tower’s official address 401 N. Barack Hussein Obama Avenue. I’d love that for him.🖕😁🖕

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

Trump stormed out of an interview with NBC's Kristin Welker this weekend when pressed for evidence of his repeated claims of fraudulent voting.

He has no proof because mass voter fraud doesn't exist. It's a pretext for him to try to rig the midterms.

[We Own It @We_OwnIt]

90% of countries in the world can own their water but not us. People in England want their water back. But the government is protecting private water profiteers.

It’s time to give the public a say. @Feargal_Sharkey wants you stand up and be counted. Sign the petition: https://t.co/NdwoKq7k3o

[U.S. Central Command @CENTCOM]

U.S. Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit load onto a UH-1Y Venom aboard USS Tripoli (LHA 7) to conduct aerial sniper and close air support training while transiting regional waters.

[National Memorial Day Concert @MemorialDayPBS]

On D-Day, June 6, 1944, Charles Durning was among the thousands of Americans who stormed the beaches of Normandy. Today, we honor his legacy by sharing the Purple Heart recipient’s powerful firsthand account from the 2004 National Memorial Day Concert.
#MemDayPBS #DDay #CharlesDurning #WWII

[Matt Devitt @MattDevittWX]

RARE GULF EARTHQUAKE: The magnitude 6.1 today near Cuba is officially the 2nd strongest on record in the Gulf. Strongest quake was a 6.4 in the Southwestern Gulf near Mexico in 1959. Considering the shaking in Florida today, the largest known quake ever in the state was a 4.4 in 1879 southeast of Gainesville!

[epistemiccrisis @goldstar002]

#greenscreenvideo #greenscreen This video is my opinion 🤓 #maga #trump #health

[Marco Foster @MarcoFoster_]

Rachel Maddow mocks Trump getting booed at the Knicks game: “When they’re waving at you with just one finger it doesn’t mean the same as another kind of wave. Trump likes to claim New York loves him. New York does not. In Manhattan Donald Trump and JD Vance got 17% of the vote in 2024. Not 70%. 17%”

[KJV Cards @kjvcards]

Celtic Forever - Psalm 23 KJV Song:
https://t.co/C6U6FLxc20

The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green, green pastures.
He leadeth me beside the still, still waters.
He restoreth my soul, he restoreth my soul.

He leadeth me in the paths, in the paths
Of righteousness for his name’s sake.
He leadeth me in the paths, in the paths
Of righteousness for his name’s sake.

Yea, though I walk through the valley
Of the shadow of death, of the shadow of death,
Yea, though I walk through the valley
Of the shadow of death, of the shadow of death,

I will fear no evil: for thou art with me;
Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
I will fear no evil: for thou art with me;
Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

Thou preparest a table before me
in the presence of mine enemies:
Thou anointest my head with oil;
My cup runneth over, my cup runneth over.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
All the days of my life, All the days of my life
And I will dwell in the house of the LORD
I will dwell in the house of the LORD

For ever, for ever, for ever.
For ever, for ever, for ever.
For ever, for ever, for ever.
For ever, for ever, for ever.

[Mukhtar @I_amMukhtar]

Big up, Uncle Ian Wright for speaking up, and he's 100% correct.

Look how Qatar got dragged when they were hosting the World Cup.