FROM JEFF DUNTEMANN:  Souls in Silicon: Tales of AI Confronting the Infinite.

Veteran computer tech writer Jeff Duntemann turns his talents to the challenges that “strong” artificial intelligence may face in this, his latest collection of SF tales. Stories include the novelette “Borovsky’s Hollow Woman” (written with Hugo and Nebula Award winner Nancy Kress), “Guardian,” (nominated for the Hugo Award), “The Steel Sonnets,” “Marlowe,” “Silicon Psalm,” “Bathtub Mary,” “STORMY vs. the Tornadoes,” and “Sympathy on the Loss of One of Your Legs,” plus excerpts from his novels of strong AI, The Cunning Blood and Ten Gentle Opportunities.

HE’S RIGHT, YOU KNOW:

The thug treatment of @CaitlinClark22 by the @WNBA is pathetic. pic.twitter.com/ScLDKKIEQp

— Tim Burchett (@timburchett) June 25, 2026

MORE POSTS LIKE THIS NEED TO BE EVERYWHERE (YES, YES, MY PLACE TOO):  From the 13 Colonies’ Insurrection to Independence: The Birth of the Young American Republic.

CONFERENCE OF CLIMATE ACTIVISTS PREDICTS THE WORLD WILL WARM UNLESS WE SACRIFICE TO THEIR DEITIES:  Phew, what a predictable forecast!

THEIR DEDICATION TO BA’AL PRECLUDES SUCH NICETIES AS HUMAN DECENCY OR RESPECT FOR PRIVACY:  Rep. Cammack Fires Back Over the Left’s Shameful Use of Her Ectopic Pregnancy Story.

I DON’T GET THE IMPRESSION HE FEARS A PRIMARY CHALLENGE:  John Fetterman Is the Only Democrat Calling Out the Commies Who Swept New York’s Congressional Races.

OPTIMISTS, OR JUST DUMB?  Schumer And Jeffries Think The Socialist Zombies Won’t Eat Them.

SURE, BUT THAT WAS BY DESIGN AND OVER DECADES. WE’VE JUST STARTED TO FIGHT BACK:  Parallel Thinking.

DID I MENTION NOT HAPPY?  “A Total Defeat,” a “Capitulation,” a “Catastrophe”, Warns a French Trump Supporter Regarding the Iran-USA Treaty. 

NOT HAPPY WITH ANY OF THIS. I HOPE THERE’S SOMETHING I’M MISSING:  IRGC Attacks Cargo Ship as Iran Asserts Control Over Hormuz Strait.

‘CAUS OF COURSE THEY DO:  It’s Summer Again, So Media Tees-Up Another Round of ‘Heat Dome’ Mania.

WON’T WORK IF YOU REMEMBER:  The media’s current strategy with this wave of enforcement is simple: treat every development as its own isolated headline so the larger pattern stays invisible.

OKAY, THAT’S FUNNY:  After he was done beating the absolute brakes off the guy who allegedly threatened to rape his wife & grandkids, Pastor Spell told his church: “I fulfilled scripture, I laid hands on the sick.”

UPSETTING JAPAN IS A BAD IDEA:  Fake USB Sticks Spread China-Linked Virus in Japan’s Army.

YOU CAN ONLY SOLVE IT FOR YOURSELF:  How Do We Get Back to a Sense of Place?  The teams competing in the World Cup soccer games are filled with free agents who follow their fortunes rather than remain in one place. This reality is an apt metaphor for the modern American.

For reasons both public and private I no longer live in Colorado, but Colorado will always be home.

DEVELOPMENT:

'Welcome to the Money Belt,’ Trump on Pennsylvania’s economic reinvention–our interview discussing regions rapidly reinvention as well as him becoming part of an elite group of POTUS to ever visit the Army War College that includes Washington & Eisenhower https://t.co/lWY7bvD3kO

— ZitoSalena (@ZitoSalena) June 24, 2026

OPEN THREAD: Tonight we will blog the dragon. And the comments will taste like cherry wine.

SPACE: What is Starfall? A look at SpaceX’s mysterious new return capsule.

THIS COUNTRY IS GREAT. DON’T LET THE COMMIES RUIN IT AS THEY HAVE ENGLAND AND EUROPE:

Oh, it gets better than that.

Say what you want. No thought police will knock.

Shoot what you want. Mostly.

Eat what you want.

Drive for miles. Not kilometers.

Buy a big house. With a big yard.

Set the temp inside your big house where you want. Fahrenheit, you'll have to… https://t.co/hwle2mCRz8

— Northern Barbarian (@xnoesbueno) June 26, 2026

LIFT: Strength Training Is Linked to Longevity, 30-Year Study Finds.

SLOW-WAVE SLEEP, THAT KNITS UP THE RAVEL’D SLEEVE OF CARE: One Stage of Sleep Seems Critical For Reducing The Risk of Dementia.

PRIME DAY DEAL: Vitamix 5200 Blender, Professional. #CommissionEarned We have one, and I love it.

OUT: MARS IS UNINHABITABLE. IN: MARS WILL BE UNINHABITABLE FOR A WHILE. Why Mars May Remain Uninhabitable for Centuries.

MARK FELTON: The Reichstag Red Flag — How the Soviets Faked An Iconic WW2 Image.

SOON, OBESITY WILL BE A LIFESTYLE CHOICE: New oral GLP-1 drug delivers up to 12% weight loss in 36 weeks.