Pico Iyer--90th birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama--

https://time.com/7295709/dalai-lama-90-legacy-pico-iyer-essay/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

Of Trump--Musk--

When the pagoda is finished

The scaffolding is removed.

Old Burmese saying.

How Musk can hurt Trump--3 articles--scroll down in link.

https://www.aol.com/primary-challenges-stranded-astronauts-elon-154450230.html

Panis Angelicus--Bread of Angels--original lyrics by St. Thomas Aquinas.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tufbM2TJoBs

13 junta aircraft shot down since 2021 coup--myanmar.

https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/war-against-the-junta/thirteen-myanmar-junta-aircraft-shot-down-since-coup.html

Darwinism--

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwinism

Factoid--Voltage used in Canada--

AI Overview

In Canada, the standard voltage for household electricity is 120 volts (120V). This is the same voltage used in the United States. The frequency of the electricity is 60 Hertz (60Hz).

The Scopes Monkey Trial and Darwin's Theory of Evolution--

https://www.mentalfloss.com/history/law/scopes-monkey-trial-facts

The male penis--facts.

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/527234/12-facts-about-penis?dicbo=v2-aq2RqqT

Slow cooker chicken dinners--

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/these-5-slow-cooker-recipes-need-only-5-ingredients-and-a-glance?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

Negotiation Theory.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanitarian_principles

Capital 4th Concert--rather red--

https://www.google.com/search?q=4th+of+july+concert+2025+youtube+video&client=firefox-b-1-d&sca_esv=525216ec48595097&ei=nbRoaNfME9CU5OMPzrWH0Aw&oq=4th+of+July+Concert+2025+you&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiHDR0aCBvZiBKdWx5IENvbmNlcnQgMjAyNSB5b3UqAggBMgUQIRigATIFECEYoAEyBRAhGKABSMOtAVCaBVi3oAFwBHgCkAEDmAGDA6AByCqqAQkxNi4xOS4xLjS4AQHIAQD4AQGYAiSgArMdqAIKwgIEEAAYR8ICExAAGIAEGEMYtAIYigUY6gLYAQHCAgsQABiABBiRAhiKBcICDhAAGIAEGLEDGIMBGIoFwgIQEAAYgAQYsQMYQxiDARiKBcICCxAAGIAEGLEDGIMBwgIKEAAYgAQYQxiKBcICCxAuGIAEGLEDGIMBwgIEEAAYA8ICBRAAGIAEwgIGEAAYAxgNwgIGEAAYFhgewgIIEAAYBRgNGB7CAgcQABiABBgNwgIGEAAYDRgewgIIEAAYogQYiQWYAxHxBVQ5CVIbSjvbiAYBkAYIugYECAEYB5IHBzEyLjIzLjGgB9P7AbIHBjcuMjMuMbgH9xzCBwkyLTEyLjIxLjPIB9gC&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:e8c62948,vid:HZUfyEww87o,st:0

Love in the Asylum--read by Dylan Thomas himself--interpreted in dance, animation, adult.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/06/30/musk-warns-republicans-voting-for-trump-mega-bill/84422289007/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

Elon Musk unleashes another round of well-documented criticism.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/06/30/musk-warns-republicans-voting-for-trump-mega-bill/84422289007/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

The Big Ugly Bill--Musk criticizes--

https://www.aol.com/dramatic-vote-senate-pushes-ahead-124013124.html

"Iranians" who have been here 47 years arrested/deported. They never refer to themselves as "Iranians"--they always say Persians.

https://apnews.com/article/iran-immigration-arrests-us-trump-deportations-9a4136657bda3a277125738807848368

One came bc her father was executed by the Shah.

Several supported Aung San Suu Kyi from Burma.

Some came via Teheran after Khomeini returned from Paris in 1979.

I knew then he would pull Iran back to the Middle Ages.

When he died there was pandemonium, his remains almost falling out of coffin as it was airlifted by helicopter.

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US strike on Iran 7 b--all for very little--will only set Iran back a few months.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/29/world/iaea-iran-enriched-uranium-intl

Justice for Myanmar says Belarus supplying Burma weapons systems and training--

https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/belarus-supplies-air-defense-system-to-myanmar-junta-activist-group.html

The Complete Persepolis--pdf version.

https://rhinehartadvancedenglish.weebly.com/uploads/2/2/1/0/22108252/the-complete-persepolis-by.pdf

Persepolis 1 & 2--by Marjane Satrapi--

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persepolis_(comics)

How to resist authoritarianism--Google search results--

https://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+resist+authoritarianism&client=firefox-b-1-d&sca_esv=f7a3d7663a73d1dc&sxsrf=AE3TifPLp73LQ3jstBuYZTen_KGZ4jK-sw%3A1751209270165&ei=NlVhaMbdCd-p5NoP78zigQU&oq=How+to+resist&gs_lp=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&sclient=gws-wiz-serp

What is Reiki?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reiki

Special--Long preview of Maus--famous graphic novel set in Poland.

https://www.google.com/books/edition/Maus/sSLKDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA2&printsec=frontcover

Wow--evolution of rats in the city (Chicago)

https://www.aol.com/lifestyle/rodents-chicago-evolving-real-time-123000725.html

Massive medieval hospital found under sinkhole in York, UK.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-sinkhole-opened-up-on-a-street-in-england-revealing-the-remains-of-a-massive-medieval-hospital-180986890/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

DOGE loses control over Govt funding websites--

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/27/doge-loses-control-federal-grants/

Amal Clooney and Alice--King's Trust Award Recipient--in UK

Queen Rania of Jordan--

https://www.hellomagazine.com/fashion/royal-style/840780/queen-rania-shimmering-fendi-gown-makeover-jeff-bezos-wedding-party/

The Accountant 1 & 2--featuring autism and Ben Affleck

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Accountant_(2016_film)

Michelle Obama at 61

https://www.aol.com/michelle-obama-mocks-rumors-her-150052904.html

Supreme Court sides with Trump on Birthright Citizenship.

https://www.npr.org/2025/06/27/nx-s1-5435786/scotus-birthright-citizenship-universal-injunctions

Amal Clooney--the epitome of good breeding, class, style and taste.

https://www.hellomagazine.com/hfm/fashion-trends/840541/amal-clooney-perfect-lbd/

Novelists and Love--They are--or we are--just like other people--though maybe more intense

and more open about their feelings. https://getpocket.com/explore/item/famous-literary-relationships-from-best-to-worst?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

Achingly beautiful--long preview of A Passage North--set in Jaffna

https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Passage_North/aLhPEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0

The grandmother--grandson interaction is more absorbing than the romance with the Tamil Tiger activist--just hinted at so far.

Reminiscent of Anthony Marra's Bosnia novel--

Kyi May

Fiction set in Sri Lanka--

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Story_of_a_Brief_Marriage

Jaffna in Sri Lanka--formerly Ceylon.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaffna

Jaffa in Israel--

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaffa_Subdistrict,_Mandatory_Palestine

Human Rights Organisations--AI/Google search results.

https://www.google.com/search?q=human+rights+organizations&client=firefox-b-1-d&sca_esv=9df8d0d36b3fc424&sxsrf=AE3TifPnPW9tVYn_sNF_hPV_w9XcbAAFXg%3A1751022620369&ei=HHxeaLmaFtel5NoPzMvFIA&oq=human+rights+&gs_lp=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_owCsgcGMC4xMi4yuAe6EMIHCDItNC4xMC4yyAe3AQ&sclient=gws-wiz-serp