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Author: Raine    Date: 06/16/2026 14:17:19

Prayers to the Friends and family of those lost in yesterday's B-52 bomber in California.

Edwards Air Force Base shares latest update on B-52 crash. Eight crewmembers on board. "Initial indications are that the crash was not survivable."

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— Nicholas Slayton (@nslayton.bsky.social) June 15, 2026 at 6:24 PM


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Comment by Raine on 06/16/2026 14:36:11

Workers dumping hydrogen peroxide into the Reflecting Pool this morning

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— Molly Ploofkins (@mollyploofkins.bsky.social) June 16, 2026 at 8:21 AM


Comment by Raine on 06/16/2026 14:46:46
Iranians say addressing Trump’s 'mental illness' head on helped secure deal: journalist
“Senior Iranian psychologists began working with the negotiating team to try to cater the messages that the Iranians were sending via mediators back to Donald Trump to try to take into account what they say as his specific mental illness and mental deficiencies,” Scahill said in an interview with Democracy Now published on Monday.

“Almost quite clinically, they said [they] began to see this process yielding results as [they] worked with psychologists to send these communications to Donald Trump, and they credit that, in part, with getting to this point where Trump finally accepted some version of his manufactured and almost entirely false victory narrative.”


Comment by Raine on 06/16/2026 15:02:44

Trump is backing away from getting Iran's enriched material: "You could make the case, why even bother? It's not very valuable stuff."

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) June 16, 2026 at 8:20 AM


"The Atomic Energy just reported"



Comment by TriSec on 06/16/2026 20:37:15
Hi all.

It is that time of year when I am working any and all available hours. Most weeks, I have no idea what day it is. This is one of those weeks.

I was up at 02:30, and driving a bus at Logan Airport by 5am.

I just noted on Bluesky....

Boston is full of Iraqi nationals today. They seemed to be mostly ex-pats, from the States and Canada. I'd presume any actual Iraqis would have had an arduous journey to get here, if they were even allowed in at all.

I switched off my "tourism filter" two years ago when I left the business. I did try my level best today to be kind and welcoming....despite my usual gruff and short-tempered exterior.



(BTW...I have no thoughts on the B-52 crash. I am a little more interested in the skydiving accident that also happened yesterday, especially since CNN had no idea what they were talking about in their reporting of it.)



Comment by TriSec on 06/16/2026 20:38:51
Aren't these pool guys? You'd think they would know how to deal with it, especially since Trump himself considers this a "really big pool. I mean, it's huuuuuuuuge."



Quote by Raine:

Workers dumping hydrogen peroxide into the Reflecting Pool this morning

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— Molly Ploofkins (@mollyploofkins.bsky.social) June 16, 2026 at 8:21 AM



Comment by Raine on 06/16/2026 23:12:42
Quote by TriSec:
Hi all.

It is that time of year when I am working any and all available hours. Most weeks, I have no idea what day it is. This is one of those weeks.

I was up at 02:30, and driving a bus at Logan Airport by 5am.

I just noted on Bluesky....

Boston is full of Iraqi nationals today. They seemed to be mostly ex-pats, from the States and Canada. I'd presume any actual Iraqis would have had an arduous journey to get here, if they were even allowed in at all.

I switched off my "tourism filter" two years ago when I left the business. I did try my level best today to be kind and welcoming....despite my usual gruff and short-tempered exterior.



(BTW...I have no thoughts on the B-52 crash. I am a little more interested in the skydiving accident that also happened yesterday, especially since CNN had no idea what they were talking about in their reporting of it.)

Glad to fill in for you, Tri.