A caterpillar on our back deck, species unknown to me, about 3 cm long.
Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, Business, AI, and Debt:
Trump’s memecoin holders have lost over $3.8 Billion
Internal Report Warns About the Dangers of an AI Bubble
A draft report inside the Treasury Department is set to warn of the risks posed by the artificial intelligence market, likening key aspects of it to the dotcom bubble that upended the U.S. economy when it burst in the early 2000s,
New UK Election Funding Rules Could Hit Reform's Crypto Billionaire Donors
Coronavirus and Public Health:
Ramaswamy’s misleading COVID attack ads on Acton omit his own pandemic advocacy
Iran:
Iran begins long farewell to former supreme leader with calls for Trump’s death
Iran and Oman negotiate a pay model for the Strait of Hormuz
Politics:
Planned Parenthood Wins Back Federal Funding
Planned Parenthood’s beleaguered network of clinics will regain access to hundreds of millions in Medicaid funding this weekend — the fallout of Republicans’ failure to pass an extension of the one-year defunding provision they approved last year.
Starting July 5, clinics around the country can once again bill the federal program for reimbursement after providing non-abortion services, like birth control and screenings for sexually-transmitted infections, to low-income patients. Though other funding threats loom, it’s a lifeline for the struggling organization, which has closed nearly 30 health centers nationwide that collectively served more than 40,000 patients since the defunding provision in the GOP’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act took effect in July 2025.
Judge Demands Answers About Plans for Trump’s East Potomac Golf Course
In a fiery hearing, Judge Ana C. Reyes hammered the government over denials that the president was forging ahead with plans to renovate the course without approval…
“I’m not going to have the president of the United States and the secretary of interior say something in the public — say something very concrete in public — and then come in here in court and say that what they’re saying isn’t actually what they’re saying,” she said.
Trump Suggests Italy’s Giorgia Meloni Is a Stalker
Almost 60,000 far-right extremists in Germany, intelligence agency says
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Trump is rearming America. His sons are invested in the companies selling it weapons.
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What Trump’s July 4 Speech Revealed
The president demanded credit for a history that he regards as a sucker’s mistake.
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Can't resist some US Moth researching... a quick google on your white fluffy caterpillar, leads me to the below website:
https://ownyardlife.com/20-types-of-caterpillars-in-minnesota-pictures-and-identification/
Sadly, the adult moth is not quite as interesting to look at!...
Thanks!