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From : 6-3 majority rule that presidents may "urge" social media to remove disinformation. The majority found that the plaintiffs didn't have standing (i.e. hadn't suffered an injury or loss).

cnn.com/2024/06/26/politics/so

If you have Paramount Plus ... Watched this 1961 Twilight Zone episode last night. It's about a librarian condemned to death for being "obsolete" because books have been banned.

Inspired by many sources, name-checks Hitler and Stalin, but also speaks to today's book-banning.

Also ... Burgess Meredith.

paramountplus.com/shows/video/

From : Rep. Anna Luna (R-FL) will force vote to have Attorney General Merrick Garland arrested and dragged before the House for trial.

Comment ... Are the Republicans plotting this as counter-programming to Thursday night's presidential debate? πŸ€”

thehill.com/homenews/house/473

For those of you with Facebook access, my amateur smartphone video of this afternoon's launch of the weather satellite. Be sure to wait for the double sonic booms at the end.

facebook.com/100000747763996/v

is now targeting 5:26 PM EDT / 2:26 PM PDT for the launch and landing from Pad 39A. The payload is a hurricane satellite. Watch live now on the NASA TV YouTube channel. Must see TV!

youtube.com/watch?v=21X5lGlDOf

From : Judge Merchan says the gag order will be lifted after July 11 sentencing. In the interim, can attack witnesses, but individual jurors are still protected.

nytimes.com/2024/06/25/nyregio

is targeting 5:16 PM EDT for the launch of the GOES-U satellite from Pad 39A.

Because it's a NASA payload, the NASA YouTube channel will carry the launch, starting at 4:15 PM EDT. You'll want to watch; a Falcon Heavy launch and landing is must-see TV!

Right now, the weather forecast is only 30% favorable, but it's a two-hour launch window.

youtube.com/watch?v=21X5lGlDOf

Following the thread on today's classified documents hearing, Judge Cannon seems to have spent much of the morning questioning the special counsel's budget and funding, as if that's relevant.

cnn.com/politics/live-news/tru

Breaking from : Ths morning's spacewalk was cancelled after Tracy Caldwell Dyson's EVA suit's service and cooling umbilical unit started leaking water.

blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/20

Okay, this is a new frontier in personal dorkiness .. The Chicago Manual of Style merchandise store.

chicagomanual.threadless.com/

is targeting 1:15 PM EDT / 10:15 AM PDT for a launch from Launch Complex 40. Watch live on the Spaceflight Now YouTube channel.

youtube.com/watch?v=Uk_WDWzNfY

@MLClark As with many Trek episodes, it wraps up a little too neatly. Months of depression and survivors' guilt resolved by one thrilling mission?! Meh. But TV back then was still episodic, so it had to wrap up to satisfy future syndication possibilities.

The Delta Flyer has a *lot* of windows. Those are vulnerable points for an attack. Sure, it's pretty to look outside, but Voyager tends to piss off people in the Delta Quadrant.

Fin. (6/6)

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