• Virgin Mary apparitions “not always real,” says Pope • Atlanta approves funding to build ‘Cop City’ despite fierce opposition • Henry Kissinger had a birthday party at the New York Public Library, and you weren’t invited • Scientists successfully transmit space-based solar power to Earth for the first time • What happened when a Brooklyn neighborhood policed itself for five days • Federal judge backs trans kids in lawsuit over Florida’s ban on the use of puberty blockers and hormone therapy • Much of Reddit will go dark June 12-14 in protest against API changes which will essentially kill 3rd party apps • Reddit Enhancement Suite: “We think we should be fine, but we aren’t 100% sure• New York finally gets its first worker-owned cooperative cocktail bar  

• ‘Zombie viruses’: Ancient diseases climate change will bring back • Florida’s strawberry industry threatened by climate change • Carbon dioxide soars to a new record in Earth’s atmosphere as climate change continues unabated • Dutch report warns about negative impact of climate change on health of citizens worldwide • Carbon dioxide soars to a new record in Earth’s atmosphere as climate change continues unabated 

• Sheriff’s deputy caught on camera slamming a handcuffed inmate’s head into a concrete wall with no apparent provocation • Cop covers for political player with sex offender past • Cop hired after charges of sexual abuse of minor and domestic violence faces new count of reckless homicide • Police and prosecutor re-charge man almost beaten to death by cops • Another Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department gang member admits the department has plenty of gang members

•  Florida high school offers refunds and reprints over yearbook’s “disgusting and wrong” LGBTQ+ content In addition to pictures of smiling students, the pages featured terms including “genderfluid,” “sexual orientation,” “queer,” and “nonbinary,” as well as the rainbow Pride flag.• Texas Governor signs legislation ending trans healthcare for minors • Hygiene education gives conservative news hosts a dirty feeling • Haley falsely links rise in girls’ suicidal thoughts to trans athletes 

Mystery links
There’s no knowing where you’re going• Click • Click • Click •
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My browser history
without the porn• It started with shirts emblazoned with slogans like, “Live Laugh Lesbian” and “Queer Queer Queer” getting tossed to the floor and it ended with a corporation putting its Pride display back in the closet • Marian Anderson’s “defiant performance” at the Lincoln Memorial • Visit to Sweethaven • Advertising outlasts sponsor • Mariners old-timers remember 116-win season 

♫♬  It don’t mean a thing  ♫
if it don’t have that swing• Beginnings — Chicago • King of the Road — Roger Miller • La Vie En Rose — Louis Armstrong • Political Science — Randy Newman • Tra La La – The Banana Splits 

Eventually, everyone
leaves the building• Ed Ames • Roger Craig • Astrud Gilberto • Paolo Portoghesi • George Riddle

6/7/2023   
Cranky Old Fart is annoyed and complains and very occasionally offers a
kindness, along with anything off the internet that’s made me smile or
snarl. All opinions fresh from my ass. Top illustration by Jeff Meyer. Click any image to enlarge. Comments & conversations invited.