Saturday, June 13, 2026

What climate change feels like in the Dadu district of Pakistan


AI-generated image:  Manus 1.6 Lite
Headline:  New York Times, 6/8/2026

Zia ur-Rehman reports:
Pakistan ranks among the countries most vulnerable to climate change, and few districts here have experienced as many climate extremes as Dadu. 
The temperature in the district, in southern Pakistan, reached 124.7 degrees Fahrenheit, or 51.5 Celsius, on May 28, the highest in the country this year. 
“It feels as if the sun has come down closer to the earth,” said Abdul Khaliq, 48, a farmer.

Related posts:
May-June 2026
Climate change turned up the heat on Planet Earth (May 2026 worldwide edition).  (6/11)

April 2026
If right-wing parties gain control, then Europe will only get hotter (b/w Looney Tunes at the Heartland Institute).  (4/30)

March 2026

February 2026

January 2026
Climate change as a matter of fact:  That's why it's called "extreme weather".  (1/29)
 

Donald Trump fumbles the ball in the effort to halt the spread of screwworm

 
AI-generated image:  Manus 1.6 Lite
HeadlineThe Hill, 6/13/2026

Experts have been tracking the path of parasitic fly as it moved steadily northward in recent years, and Trump administration officials said they spent months preparing for the first cases. 
But key agency staffing cuts under President Trump after years of the government being in cruise control are testing that readiness. 
“These developments obviously represent a serious threat to our livestock and wildlife, but they haven't caught us off guard. We have been tracking this pest for a long time, and we have fought before, and we will do so again,” Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins said during a recent press conference.

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Massive expansion of UW Health Digestive Health Center in Madison Wisconsin (June 2026 construction site visit)



Photos by Retiring Guy


Headline and rendering: Wisconsin state Journal, 11/11/2025

Sabine Martin reports:
UW Health is expanding its existing Digestive Health Center on Madison’s West Side to build a four-story medical center offering patients urgent and primary care. 
The construction of the estimated $122 million University Row Medical Center, at 750 University Row, marks a step toward UW Health’s plan to vacate its aging 20 S. Park St. clinic. The new clinic will offer adult and pediatric primary care, rehabilitation, urgent care, imaging and laboratory services and a pharmacy. 
Construction is slated to finish up at the end of 2027, and the first patients are expected to have appointments at the beginning of 2028.



Wider aerial view




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6-story, 146-unit Madison Yards apartment building (June 2026 construction site visit)

 
Photos by Retiring Guy 






The plan for Block 3 includes 199 residential units, 10,000 retail/coffee shop, and underground parking.
 
Arrow points to Block 3 as shown on rendering





2023

2021
Around the block, Madison WI: Hill Farms apartments.  (10/10/2021)The Hamptons at Hilldale (North Segoe Road and Vernon Boulevard).  (6/21/2021)

2020


2011
Wehrmann's at Hilldale: "I can’t stay in business being someone’s showroom".  (1/28/2011)

GET ME REWRITE: MAGA-fried Bari Weiss Clown Show continues to chase away viewers at CBS

 
Headline:  TV Insider, 6/5/2026

Martin Holmes reports:
CBS just got a nasty wakeup call. The network has a long way to go to match the numbers Stephen Colbert was bringing in with The Late Show, which aired its final-ever episode on May 24 following its shocking cancellation. 
This past Monday (June 1) offered a clearer picture of the new landscape of late-night, as both ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! and NBC’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon returned with new episodes for the first time since Colbert said his final farewell. 
Kimmel’s show benefited the most, dominating in the 11:35 pm time slot with 2.185 million total viewers and 295,000 viewers in the coveted 18-49 demographic, per Nielsen figures. Compared to the same period last year, the show was up 53 percent in total viewers and up a massive 178 percent in the key demo.  [emphasis added]

As for CBS:

  • 628,000 total viewers
  • 82,000 in the 18-49 demographic
  • down 65% in total viewers


Related posts:
June 2026
MAGA-fried Bari Weiss is not the adult in the room at CBS News.  (6/10)

May 2026

April 2026

March 2026

February 2026

January 2026

2025
Looks like Bari Weiss forced CBS News to chase a dream yesterday.  (11/5)
(7/18)

2023
WATCH LIVE!!!  Mainstream media savors its Leslie Moonves Trump moment:  "It may not be good for America, but it's damn good for us".  (6/13)

2018

2016

2015

Screwworm update from The Texas Tribune

 

Berenice Garcia, Jayme Lozano Carver and Stephen Simpson report,  graphics by Hien An Ngo:
On June 3, the New World screwworm was detected in a three-week-old calf in Zavala County by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Since then, the agency reported more screwworm infestations in Texas. 
The fly poses a multibillion-dollar crisis for the state’s cattle industry, which generates $41 billion a year. It could also increase already record-high beef prices nationwide. 
It’s unclear how many cases could hit Texas. Nearly 28,000 cases have been detected in Mexico since November 2024, according to Mexican officials.
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Yet another headline that pairs job loss with AI (Pleo edition)

 
Top headline:  TUM Partners of Excellence, 12/5/2024
Bottom headline:  The Next Web, 6/12/2026
On 11 June, Pleo told finance teams that AI agents would soon free them from administrative work. The next day came the Pleo layoffs: the Danish spend-management fintech had cut around 50 of its own staff, most of them in engineering and data. 
The product launch came first. 
Pleo unveiled a suite of “agentic” AI, software agents that, the company says, autonomously handle expense-policy checks, invoices, treasury monitoring and bookkeeping, escalating only the cases that need a human. “Agentic AI gives finance leaders a clear path to free themselves from administrative tasks,” chief executive and co-founder Jeppe Rindom said. A beta is due in July. 
The cuts surfaced a day later.

Related posts:
June 2026:
Acrisure. (6/6)

May 2026
Cisco Systems.  (5/14)
General Motors.  (5/13)
Meta 1984.  (5/11)
IA edition.  (5/8)
Freshworks.  (5/7)
Coinbase.  (5/7)

MISCREANT PREACHERS: Sexual exploitation of a child in the Name of the Lord (#328 in a series)

 
Screengrab and headline:  Church Leaders, 6/10/2026

Saez, 30, was initially charged with production of child sex abuse material (CSAM) in 2023 after federal agents “conducted a cursory review” of his phone. The district attorney’s office characterized Saez’s crimes as “unspeakable.” 
“The defendant’s sexual exploitation of minors, both in person and online, is horrific, and he now faces at least 15 years in prison for his unspeakable crimes,” said District Attorney John J. Durham following Saez’s guilty plea.

"Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter! Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and shrewd in their own sight!"  (Isaiah 5:20-21)
 

Other miscreant preacher posts (which cover a multitude of sins):. 
June 2026
Derek Nelson.  (6/9)
Alan Chambers.  (6/9)
Elie Dorcius.  (6/6)

May 2026
Robert Byrnes.  (5/19)
Terry Reed.  (5/8)

April 2026 (19)
Leslie Williams.  (4/29)
Joshua Trent.  (4/28)
Emilio Alberto Esperanza-Pacheco. (4/27)
Philip Vaught.  (4/23)
Kevin Johnson.  (4/18)
Ryan Pena.  (4/7)

March 2026 (29, a new monthly record)
February 2026 (23, a new monthly record)
Caleb Flynn.  (2/26)
Tyrell Brown.  (2/24)
Jonathan Elwing.  (2/22)
Garrett Harmon.  (2/21)
Elco Vallier.  (2/19)
David Rodgers. (2/17)
Rod Loy.  (2/15)
William Robbins.  (2/13)
Robert Whipley.  (2/12)
Isaiah Teague.  (2/5)

January 2026 (14)
Michael Mohr.  (1/30)
Wesley Brobeck.  (1/19)
Korey Lavergne.  (1/17)
Michael Howard.  (1/16)
Joshua Price.  (1/10)
Bruce Neal.  (1/8)

December 2025 (15)
Enrique Molina.  (12/30)
John Paul.  (12/19)
James Watford.  (12/17)
Doug Overmyer.  (12/13)
Joseph Herzing.  (12/10)
Robert Sullivan.  (12/8)
Danny Varnadore.  (12/7)
Roger Scalice.  (12/6)
James Stockton.  (12/3)
Michael Martin.  (12/2)

November 2025 (16):
Mark Vega.  (11/28)
Stephen Santeli Castro.  (11/26)
Yersson Solarte.  (11/23)
Jason Allen.  (11/21)
Glenn Rosenbaum.  (11/17)
Adolfo Castillo.  (11/16)
Quintilo Segrero.  (11/14)
Matthew McGinley.  (11/11)
Eli Regalado.  (11/7)
Andrew Ervin.  (11/6)

October 2025 (15)
Robert L Carter.  (10/23)
Xamie Reyes.  (10/20)
Luis Sosa.  (10/19)
Silas Shelton.  (10/17)
Adrian David.  (10/9)
Virgil Mozee.  (10/7)
Robert Morris.  (10/3)
Ryan McElrath.  (10/2)

September 2025 (10)
Macario Garcia.  (9/26)
John McKinzie.  (9/20)
Isaac Tilden.  (9/19)
Diego Fuller.  (9/17)

August 2025 (7)
Neal Creecy.  (8/22)
Shelton Burkart.  (8/15)

July 2025 (11)
Eli Regalado.  (7/23)
Kenneth Flowers.  (7/18)
John Gibson.  (7/15)
Roy Andrews.  (7/3)

June 2025 (11)
Justin Rhodes.  (6/26)
Dominic Foor.  (6/14)
Ryan McElrath.  (6/10)
Jim Mustain.  (6/7)
Nathan Roach.  (6/3)

May 2025 (11)
Daniel Lamppin.  (5/30)
Alan Buresh.  (5/29)
Daniel Champ.  (5/13)
Paul Dyal. (5/11)
Leo Parker.  (5/8)

April 2025 (7)
Brad Swink.  (4/12)
Jaime Arriaga.  (4/10)
Darren Day.  (4/8)

March 2025 (17)
Joshua Lucero.  (3/26)
Jeffrey Summers.  (3/24)
Sergio Guardia.  (3/22)
Marvin Upton.  (3/21)
Rodger Strong.  (3/20)
Britt Taylor.  (3/19)
Daniel Menelaou.  (3/15)
Robert Morris.  (3/14)
Jose Saez Jr.  (3/12)
Waymon Jordan.  (3/8)

February 2025 (9)
Jesse Santos.  (2/26)
Ruel Barbee.  (2/16)
Lee B. Patrick.  (2/14)
Timothy Nall.  (2/7)

January 2025 (14)
John Fiedler.  (1/26)
James McMillan.  (1/25)
Jeffrey Merrow.  (1/18)
Johel LaFaurie.  (1/17)
Jeff Taylor.  (1/16)
Dallas Majewski.  (1/15)
Bruce Hollen.  (1/14)
Timothy Nall.  (1/9)
 
December 2024 (14)
Edward Monk.  (12/23)
Joshua Lough.  (12/22)
Ignazio Medina.  (12/20)
Anthony Odiong.  (12/19)
Vincent Bishop.  (12/9)
Arturo Alarcon.  (12/8)
Hunter Eubanks.  (12/7)
Roy Shoop.  (12/5)

November 2024 (19)
James McMillan.  (11/30)
Charles Sulivant.  (11/24)
Geoffrey Carter.  (11/22)
John Radcliff.  (11/21)
Garrett Harmon.  (11/20)
Edward R. Monk.  (11/16)
George Bell.  (11/14)
Jose Mora.  (11/13)
William Pounds.  (11/12)
Charles Randall.  (11/9)
Jackson Gatlin.  (11/7)
Charles Goff.  (11/1)

October 2024 (25)
Stephen Johnson.  (10/27)
Josh Howerton.  (10/26)
Craig Stone.  (10/26/2024)
Steven Lawson. (10/25).  
Scott Crenshaw.  (10/25)
Byron Copeland.  (10/25)
Josiah Anthony.  (10/25)
Ronald Goines.  (10/24)
Tony Cammarota.  (10/24)
Robert Morris.  (10/24)
Mike Buster.  (10/23)
Tony Evans.  (10/23)
Terren Dames.  (10/23)
James Randolph.  (10/23)
Matt Queen.  (10/18)
Roy Shoop.  (10/12)
Gabriel Mills.  (10/3)

September 2024 (16)
John Raymond.  (9/27)
Juan Barrios.  (9/23)
Demiro Johnson.  (9/22)
Glen Dean McCoy.  (9/22)
James Swanson.  (9/21)
William Dunfee.  (9/21)
Steven Lawson.  (9/20)
Rocky Goodwin.  (9/19)
William Johnson.  (9/17)
Tim Ballard.  (9/13)