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Twitter is just a place I come to rant, take a break from playing WoW, or RT cute animal stuff. How about you?

[maricam @maricam58]

The original Bodega Cats...

[Judge Don Willett @JusticeWillett]

One nation in all of human history staked its existence on a single blazing truth: every soul enters this world crowned in God-given rights beyond the reach of any earthly power. 250 years later, America remains the boldest wager ever placed on human liberty. ❤️ 🤍 💙

[U.S. Navy Band @usnavyband]

Happy Fourth of July! 🇺🇸

Enjoy the United States Navy Band’s live performance of “The Star-Spangled Banner” from the Great American State Fair as we celebrate Independence Day and our nation’s 250th birthday!

#FourthofJuly #America250 #USNavy #Freedom250

[German Embassy Washington @GermanyinUSA]

🎆 Happy 250th Birthday, America! 🇺🇸

Today, we're celebrating in style — lighting up the Brandenburg Gate in honor of 250 years of American independence.

[maricam @maricam58]

I just love this...and my country. Happy 250th, America!

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🇺🇸 If this isn’t one of the most ‘Murica’ things you’ve ever seen!

A bald eagle flying off to the U.S. National Anthem.

🎂 Happy 250th Birthday, America!

Writer: Jamie

[maricam @maricam58]

@ichitoryu Whaaa...?

[NBC News @NBCNews]

A rare copy of the Declaration of Independence lost for 250 years has been discovered in London, where it is now the only known example of its kind outside the United States. https://t.co/4e76jNJh3l

[Matthew McConaughey @McConaughey]

bets still on the table America, yet.

[CBS News @CBSNews]

More than 100 tall ships and navy vessels from around the world have voyaged to New York Harbor to commemorate America's 250th anniversary.

Organizers for Sail4th 250 say Saturday's event features the largest international maritime gathering in modern U.S. history.

[maricam @maricam58]

Yeah, heaven forbid a small farmer make any money. But I do feel like something is missing here. I'm gonna follow this one.

[ABC7 News @abc7newsbayarea]

A Reedley, California farmer is being sued for trying to sell his nectarines after allegedly breaking a contract, so instead, he's giving them away for free. Thousands of people have shown up at his small orchard to collect buckets full of free nectarines. More here: https://t.co/k8aZurnuIH

[ABC7 Eyewitness News @ABC7]

After a heart-stopping moment over the weekend, there are two pieces of good news from the beloved Big Bear bald eagle nest! Eaglet Luna took a leap of faith and fledged on Monday morning, meaning Jackie and Shadow are officially empty nesters. In another positive update, Luna's eaglet sister, Sandy, was spotted on Monday, one day after she accidentally fledged and fell out of the nest. 🦅🦅

Read more: https://t.co/sKGhun30O5

[USGS Volcanoes🌋 @USGSVolcanoes]

California Volcano Observatory Weekly Update for June 29, 2026: All volcanoes in California were at normal background levels of activity for the last week.

Is it a really overdone fried egg? A pancake? A flower? Nope, it's a volcano!

Sutter Buttes is the only volcano in California's Central Valley. Rising over 2,000 feet (610 m) over the valley floor, this enigmatic edifice was formed between 1.6 and 1.4 million years ago. Geologist James Dana described the cluster of hills as "an island in a vast prairie of millpond smoothness" when he first encountered Sutter Buttes in 1841, and the impression is certainly accurate. But what is a volcano doing so far away from any other volcanoes in California?

Instead of being part of the Cascade volcanic arc, like Lassen Peak and Mount Shasta, Sutter Buttes are related to the same Coast Range volcanic activity which formed the Clear Lake volcanic field. They may be related to a buried, inactive fault that separates the granitic and metamorphic rocks of the Sierra Nevada to the east, and the oceanic rocks of the Coast Range to the west. As shown by geophysical surveys, other faults intersect this deep, north-south-oriented crustal fault, possibly creating pathways for magma to ascend through the thick sedimentary rocks of the Central Valley.

The eruptions that formed Sutter Buttes must have been a sight to see. The first magma to push through the sediments was sticky rhyolite, which formed thick, pasty domes and pyroclastic flows when explosions released trapped gas. After 30,000 years or so, bigger eruptions of andesite and dacite lava through multiple vents in the core of the volcano created even larger lava domes. They also warped the surrounding sedimentary rocks so much that their original horizontal layers became vertical or even overturned! During these eruptions, explosions and collapses formed pyroclastic flows, which flowed downslope and made a thick apron of debris all around the central domes.

Though spectacular in appearance, Sutter Buttes isn't active anymore, and seems unlikely to ever be active again. It's simply a picturesque - and intriguing! - feature in California's Central Valley.

📷: This aerial photo, taken from about 40,000 feet and looking east, highlights the rugged central lava domes and smooth circular debris apron of the Sutter Buttes. (This photo has been edited to remove the airplane wing and window and enhanced for clarity.) USGS photo by J. Ball.

For the full text of this week's update, visit https://t.co/oQ7wo6WCDc

#USGS #CaliforniaVolcanoes #SutterButtes

[PBS News @NewsHour]

David Clayton-Thomas, the lead singer of Blood, Sweat & Tears, has died.

On songs like "Spinning Wheel," "And When I Die" and others, Clayton-Thomas brought a bluesy tenor to a band known for its genre-bending sound.

They played at Woodstock in 1969, and a year later won the Grammy for Album of the Year, beating out the Beatles' "Abbey Road."

Clayton-Thomas split with the group in 1972 and went on to release more than a dozen solo albums.

His publicist says David Clayton-Thomas died Wednesday in Toronto. He was 84.

[maricam @maricam58]

Rest in peace, sir!

[Rolling Stone @RollingStone]

David Clayton-Thomas, Blood, Sweat, and Tears Singer, Dead at 84

A memorial concert for the vocalist, who sang "You've Made Me So Very Happy," is in the works.

More: https://t.co/tkaJuEsjB8

[Jim Geraghty @jimgeraghty]

What we have are young people who grew up comfortably to older Millennial, Generation X, or late Baby Boomer parents, who think the level of wealth and success their parents achieved is the baseline. But what they saw growing up was often what their parents had achieved after at least a decade in the workforce, and often considerably longer. The peak earning years are, supposedly, from 45 to 54, although it varies a lot. It is unrealistic to expect that when you’re starting your career, you will be able to afford a lifestyle comparable to what your parents enjoyed in their middle age or later middle age.

[Tony Lane 🇺🇸 @TonyLaneNV]

A woman hiking in Canada nearly became a grizzly’s next meal and the video circulating right now is genuinely one of the most intense wildlife encounters you will ever watch - her dog is with her, a massive grizzly is right there, and somehow she kept her head together long enough for both of them to walk away breathing.

That is not a small thing. Most people talk tough until nature is standing ten feet in front of them and every instinct in your body is screaming to run, and running is exactly the worst thing you can do.

Grizzlies are built to chase, they top out over 700 pounds and can cover ground faster than any human alive. The people who survive these moments are the ones who override pure fear with pure discipline and this woman did exactly that.

If you hike, camp, or spend any real time in the wilderness - bear spray is not optional, it is the difference between a story you tell and one somebody else tells about you.

Could you have kept your cool?

Hats off to her.

[maricam @maricam58]

I got the emergency warning message on my phone but didn't feel a thing 69 miles away from the epicenter.

[CBS Evening News with Tony Dokoupil @CBSEveningNews]

Several people were injured when a 5.6 magnitude earthquake shook parts of Northern California on Wednesday. Officials say it’s the biggest quake to strike the area in nearly nine decades.

[Brandon Gill @realBrandonGill]

How exactly can Congress allow somebody to take an oath to defend the Constitution of the United States if they openly advocate for eradicating the country?

[maricam @maricam58]

"According to Gramsci, revolution can only happen if the underpinnings of society are removed. In short, institutions like organized religion, education, and the family structure itself must be hollowed out and destroyed."

When DSA tells you who they are, believe them.

[RealClearPolitics @RCPolitics]

Mamdani, Marxists and the Rest of Us https://t.co/cA0W8k2Ohc

[Charles C. W. Cooke @charlescwcooke]

My eight-year-old just started asking me about the guillotine in detail. What is it? Who used it? Was it exported out of France? Eventually, I asked him where he’d learned that the guillotine even existed.

“Tom and Jerry.”

[maricam @maricam58]

THREAD

Thankfully, we have ppl who look into these groups for the gen'l public, otherwise most of us wd never know the true origin of the group. The lengths to which dishonest ppl go to hide themselves, their agendas & actions is expected but appalling nonetheless.

[DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican]

🚨🧵 BREAKING - The "conservative" protest against AI data centers has an anti-ICE NGO organizer, a DSA member, Facebook money.

Other than that, totally grassroots.

Axios ran an "exclusive" Wednesday about a "conservative group" called Humans First planning a nationwide day of protest against AI data centers on July 18. Amy Kremer is chairing it and invoking the Tea Party.

Axios didn't mention that Humans First was incubated by the Center for AI Safety, an organization funded with millions from Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz. Or that its original staff included a Sunrise Movement organizer who sat in at Pelosi's office with AOC and a DSA member who organized for Kamala Harris.

NBC News described CAIS as having founded Humans First "to be a sort of Trojan horse to make AI safety issues more palatable to a conservative political audience."

@ParkerThayer exposed the Action Network backend.

As always, patience as I pull together the thread. 👇