In this context, DHL is a pass-though agent making payments to the government on your behalf, so they should owe you the refund.

I logged a missed call at 4:46am ET (0846UTC) from a Japan mobile number. No voice message was left. Are any of my overseas friends trying to call me?

A severe M7.4 earthquake just occurred 100 km ENE of Miyako, Japan, at 0753UTC. I'm concerned this was related.

earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

Revolutionary Pushback: Past and Present YouTube video by Dr. Joanne Freeman

@jbf1755.bsky.social Penguins are strictly native to the Southern Hemisphere; there are none anywhere near Alaska.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=36HA...

A Few Thoughts for Those Who Can't Sleep -- About History Matters! YouTube video by Dr. Joanne Freeman

People bringing "Chutzpah" cans to Mount Vernon for @jbf1755.bsky.social to sign:

"To bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance."

www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFGU...

Lawrence: RFK Jr. lied to Congress when he denied saying ‘every Black kid’ should be ‘re-parented’ MS NOW’s Lawrence O’Donnell and Michael Steele discuss RFK Jr. lying during a House hearing when he was confronted with his past comments that ‘every Black kid is now just standard put on Adderall, on...

We knew RFK Jr was crazy, but this demonstrates a new level of evil, not only saying every Black child should be taken away from their biological parents and "re-parented" — the video clip of him saying it is included here — but then lying to Congress denying he said it.

www.ms.now/the-last-wor...

I don't believe in the existence of an anti-Christ, but I readily concede that if Trump was the anti-Christ then he would be doing exactly what he has been doing.

I think you missed the joke: Marxists by definition are atheist materialists who do not believe the anti-Christ exists.

If Trump was the anti-Christ, what would he be doing differently?

Well, the Marxists are unlikely to ask the question.

That's obviously unconstitutional: a tax of this kind cannot be imposed on non-residents while exempting residents. This is not a close call.

There's no actual evidence he is _not_ possessed.

Inflation easily reaches zero when there is no money.

At this point, I'm desperate enough to bless the cheesemakers.

Screw Disneyland.........right now Budapest is the "Happiest Place on Earth"

God and Caesar Donald Trump has picked a fight with the Pope. What it reveals about both men.

Donald Trump: A Man for No Seasons.

terrymoran.substack.com/p/god-and-ca...

Hungary's conservative icon Orban defeated by centre-right opposition Hungary's veteran nationalist leader Viktor Orbán lost power to the upstart centre-right Tisza party in Sunday's national election after 16 years in office.

I've never so much as set foot in Hungary, but I wish I was there for the street parties. My uncle escaped to the US many years before Hungary became a modern, liberal democracy. Throwing out the fascists is incredibly encouraging.

www.reuters.com/world/europe...

I'm so old that I remember in past decades it was perfectly normal and expected for the pope to condemn war.

What the Heck Just Happened YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson

The telegraph changed everything in the 1840s. Have @hcrichardson.bsky.social and @jbf1755.bsky.social read "The Victorian Internet" by Tom Standage?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ijdt...

I just learned of the Hungary election result from this post! Thank you.

BREAKING: Hungary just saw a stunning political shakeup. Opposition leader Péter Magyar says Prime Minister Viktor Orbán personally called to congratulate him on his victory, marking the imminent end to Orbán’s long grip on power.

Live updates: US and Iran agree to a two-week ceasefire Iran says it has accepted a two-week ceasefire in the war, and will negotiate with the United States in Islamabad beginning Friday. President Donald Trump said Tuesday he’s pulling back on his threats...

Oops: "JUST IN: Iran includes ‘acceptance of enrichment’ in Farsi version of its ceasefire plan, something missing from English versions"

apnews.com/live/iran-wa...

Trump is threatening literal genocide. Vance is in Hungary making campaign appearances supporting their neo-Nazi candidate.

I do not understand how my great country has surrendered moral authority and deteriorated to this. We defeated the original Nazis at the expense of tens of millions of lives.

Gorsuch carefully set a trap for Sauer.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elk_v._...

Gorsuch carefully set a trap for Sauer.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elk_v._...

From the people who invented the guillotine.

jedi_rohien Artemis II 1h The Artemis II crew got a message today from Jim Lovell, who recorded it before he died last year.

The Artemis II crew got a message today from Jim Lovell, who recorded it before he died last year: 🥹🌝

The should start calling him "Donald Hussein Trump."

We're gonna need a bigger Hague.

I do not know how to convey the enormous amount of encouragement and optimism this inspires in me.

You can't make an egg without breaking a few omelettes.