…Have you heard of “Barbenheimer”, also on the WP opinion page today? It’s the “campy, mindless confection of Mattel-meets-mushroom-cloud content that this nuclear meet-cute has produced.”…

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…Speaking of fun, did you have a good time at the picnic yesterday? My quick look at Twitter suggests that you spent the whole evening posing for photos with various Congress people & their families, including my Rep. Mike Thompson & his nephew….

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It’s a national holiday in Burma. On July 19, 1947, General Aung San, was shot along with 5 other Burmese leaders…

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…Why are you meeting with Israeli President Isaac Herzog (IH) today? He’s just a ceremonial leader so I’m surprised you are spending time with him….

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Are you a math person? When I googled “Biden math,” I got: “Biden's Math of Just Taxing the Rich Doesn't Add Up,”  “Joe Biden Has a 'Math' Problem That He Can't Solve” about your low approval rating, & “Bottlenecks and Bad Math: Biden's FY24 Budget Request.”

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A sensational person, Evelyn Boyd Granville, the 2nd Black Women to get a PhD in math recently died. Please acknowledge her passing….

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…Have you seen the KCS news about the Panasonic electric car battery plant in DeSoto KS, where each job created will cost taxpayers $2 million?…

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…Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi is talking about “inclusive dialogue to achieve peace that is durable.” She’s demonstrated her commitment to the effort by carrying out 110 “intensive and inclusive” engagements with stakeholders in person, virtually and by phone, in the last seven months….

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…you need to go to the Temppeliaukio Kirkko. It’s the most distinctive church you’ll ever visit. As a Lutheran establishment, it lacks ornate adornments, but it’s awe inspiring, nonetheless. Check it out while you’re in Helsinki today.

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…I was hoping to write an encouraging letter that included musings about Vilnius, the City of Divine Mercy where the Gate of Dawn has a rendition of Mary who some have seen come to life. But I am too distracted by your dealings with RTE to conjure up spiritual suggestions….

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…Did you have fun meeting up with King Charles this AM? Did you bond over the challenges of fathering alienated sons?…

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…Have you read the Master & Margarita, the bizarre book written 1928-1940 in Russian & published in censored form in the USSR in 1966–67? Its magical realism is too complicated to describe but its theme of the role of evil in the world has stuck with me….

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…That’s why it’s a wonderful thing that we have almost completed the task of destroying our stockpile of 51,000 M55 rockets with GB nerve agent that have been around since the 1940s….

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…“Global temps hit (unofficial high) - & stayed there.” … Antartica is having an exceptionally mild winter. It’s bad. Please make some noise about the climate crisis so the kids know you care.….

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Regarding Burma, please give a shoutout to the Karen Women’s Organization which just “successfully convened its 8th Congress from 29 June to 1 July 2023, noting an increase in women’s participation in the wake of the 2021 military coup (with a) remarkable increase in the number of young women representatives.”

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