FYI June 30, 2025

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On This Day

1651 – The Deluge: Khmelnytsky Uprising: The Battle of Berestechko ends with a Polish victory.[8]
The Khmelnytsky Uprising,[a] also known as the Cossack–Polish War,[4] Khmelnytsky insurrection,[5] or the National Liberation War,[6] was a Cossack rebellion that took place between 1648 and 1657 in the eastern territories of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, which led to the creation of a Cossack Hetmanate in Ukraine. Under the command of hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky, the Zaporozhian Cossacks, allied with the Crimean Tatars and local Ukrainian peasantry, fought against Commonwealth’s forces. The insurgency was accompanied by mass atrocities committed by Cossacks against prisoners of war and the civilian population, especially Poles, Jews and Roman Catholic and Ruthenian Uniate clergy,[7][8] as well as savage reprisals by loyalist Jeremi Wiśniowiecki, the voivode of Ruthenian descent (military governor) of the Ruthenian Voivodeship.[9]: 355 

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Born On This Day

1468 – John, Elector of Saxony (died 1532)[30]
John (30 June 1468 – 16 August 1532),[1] known as John the Steadfast or John the Constant (Johann, der Beständige), was Elector of Saxony from 1525 until 1532 from the House of Wettin.

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FYI

 
 
NASA: Astronomy Picture of the Day
 
 
EarthSky News
 
 
This Day in Tech History
 
 
This Day In History
 
 
Interesting Facts
 
 
Word Genius: Word of the Day
 
 
Wise Trivia
 
 
Billy Don Moyers (June 5, 1934 – June 26, 2025) was an American journalist and political commentator who served as the eleventh White House Press Secretary from 1965 to 1967 during the Lyndon B. Johnson administration. He also served as the de facto White House Chief of Staff for a brief period from 1964 until 1965.

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Wickersham’s Conscience: R.I.P. Bill Atkinson, 1951-2025
 
 
 
 
ILSR’s Community Broadband Initiative: Recently in Community Networks… Week of 6/23

 
 
 
 
Mia McPherson’s On The Wing Photography: Young Mourning Dove In Arkansas
 
 
 
 

Kim Komando: These cars have no steering wheels, would you ride in one? And more ->
 
 
 
 
By Colin Marshall, Open Culture: A Visualization of the History of Technology: 1,889 Innovations Across Three Million Years

 
 
 
 

By Barry Levitt , Time: All 29 Pixar Movies, Ranked

 
 
 
 

Shane Parrish (FS), Brain Food: A Good Email
 
 
 
 

Michael R Dougherty: Anchorage Lucky Wishbone MemoriesAn Anchorage, Alaska favorite

 
 
 
 

By Ernie Smith, Tedium: Processing Cycles
 
 
 
 

Wickersham’s Conscience: Following Up and Following Down: June 2024

 
 
 
 
Shaw Ryan Show: Braxton McCoy – Why is the US Government Selling Millions of Acres of Public Land? | SRS #213

 
 
 
 

Cleared Hot Podcast: Episode 393 – Robert Stark – Army Veteran, Author, Alaskan
 
 
 
 

Recipes

By Food Talk Daily/Recipe Round-ups: 10 Addictive Vegan Snacks That Will Have You Coming Back For Seconds
 
 
By Betty Crocker Kitchens: Ice Cream Cone Cakes
 
 
By Betty Crocker Kitchens: Bonnie Butter Cake
 
 
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Love Swept & The Smitten Word

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The Rock Stars of Romance

Book Blogs & Websites:

Alaskan Book Cafe

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Stacy, Carol RT Book Reviews

Welcome to the Stump the Bookseller blog!

Stump the Bookseller is a service offered by Loganberry Books to reconnect people to the books they love but can’t quite remember. In brief (for more detailed information see our About page), people can post their memories here, and the hivemind goes to work. After all, the collective mind of bibliophiles, readers, parents and librarians around the world is much better than just a few of us thinking. Together with these wonderful Stumper Magicians, we have a nearly 50% success rate in finding these long lost but treasured books. The more concrete the book description, the better the success rate, of course. It is a labor of love to keep it going, and there is a modest fee. Please see the How To page to find price information and details on how to submit your Book Stumper and payment.

Thanks to everyone involved to keep this forum going: our blogging team, the well-read Stumper Magicians, the many referrals, and of course to everyone who fondly remembers the wonder of books from their childhood and wants to share or revisit that wonder. Isn’t it amazing, the magic of a book?

907 Updates June 30, 2025

KTOO: Taku River getting close to flooding thresholds; First-ever Alaskan Pro shows off skill at Alaska Scottish Highland Games in Palmer and more ->

 
 
 
 

KTOO: HAARP researchers want you to know they’re just normal Alaskans doing ‘really cool science’ and more ->
 
 
 
 

Alaska Native News: A Fatal Case of Disseminated Gonococcal Infection in Alaska; Diamond Strong: 176th Wing LRS Airman earns NGB first sergeant of the year honors; This Day in Alaskan History-June 30th, 1958 and more ->

 
 
 
 
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KINY: Beth McEwen, Juneau’s Municipal Clerk, Officially retires today and more ->
 
 
 
 

Quotes June 30, 2025

Maybe that’s what life is … a wink of the eye and winking stars.
Jack Kerouac,
poet, writer
 
 
 
 
“To listen well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.”
Chief Justice John Marshall
 
 
 
 
“Don’t be afraid to feel as angry or as loving as you can, because when you feel nothing, it’s just death.”
Lena Horne
 
 
 
 
“Blockchain is the tech. Bitcoin is merely the first mainstream manifestation of its potential.”
Crypto leader Marc Kenigsberg
 
 
 
 
“Too many people opt out and never discover their own abilities because they fear failure. They don’t understand commitment.”
Pat Summitt
 
 
 
 
“It isn’t up to the painter to define the symbols. The public who look at the picture must interpret the symbols as they understand them.”
Pablo Picasso
 
 
 
 
“You have to train your mind as much as your body.”
Venus Williams
 
 
 
 
“If you win through bad sportsmanship, that’s no real victory.”
Babe Didrikson Zaharias
 
 
 
 
“Skills can be taught. Character you either have or you don’t have.”
Anthony Bourdain
 
 
 
 
“If there’s not love present, it’s much, much harder to function. When there’s love present, it’s easier to deal with life.”
Brian Wilson
 
 
 
 

Music June 30, 2025

Redneck Mafia68: Hold my beer (Watch this)
 
 
 
 
Cody Jinks – The Others (Official Music Video)
 
 
 
 
Brand New Key | Melanie acoustic Cover by Sugar Lime Blue #SundayShoutOut
 
 
 
 
Jason Aldean and Travis Tritt – “It’s A Great Day To Be Alive” | CMA Fest 2025
 
 
 
 

Music June 30, 2025

Bryan Race: Feel Good 70s Music – Instant Mood Boost vol. 1
 
 
 
 

FYI June 27-29, 2025

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On This Day

1556 – The thirteen Stratford Martyrs are burned at the stake near London for their Protestant beliefs.
The Stratford Martyrs were eleven men and two women who were burned at the stake together for their Protestant beliefs, either at Stratford-le-Bow, Middlesex or Stratford, Essex, both near London, on 27 June 1556 during the Marian persecutions.

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1495 – A French force heavily defeats a much larger Neapolitan and Spanish army at the battle of Seminara, leading to the creation of the Tercios by Gonzalo de Córdoba.[2]
The Battle of Seminara, part of the First Italian War, was fought in Calabria on 28 June 1495 between a French garrison in recently conquered Southern Italy and the allied forces of Spain and Naples which were attempting to reconquer these territories. Against the redoubtable combination of gendarmes and Swiss mercenary pikemen in the French force, the allies had only Neapolitan troops of indifferent quality and a small corps of lightly-armed Spanish soldiers, accustomed to fighting the Moors of Spain. The result was a rout, and much of the fighting centered on delaying actions to permit the fleeing allied force to escape.

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1170 – A major earthquake hits Syria, badly damaging towns such as Hama and Shaizar and structures such as the Krak des Chevaliers and the cathedral of St. Peter in Antioch.[1]
One of the largest earthquakes to hit Syria occurred early in the morning of 29 June 1170.[2] It formed part of a sequence of large earthquakes that propagated southwards along the Dead Sea Transform, starting with the 1138 Aleppo earthquake, continuing with the 1157 Hama, 1170 and 1202 Syria events.[2] The estimated magnitude is 7.7 on the moment magnitude scale, with the maximum intensity of X (Extreme) on the Mercalli intensity scale.

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Born On This Day

1430 – Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter, Lancastrian leader (died 1475)
Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter, 3rd Earl of Huntington (27 June 1430 – September 1475) was a Lancastrian leader during the English Wars of the Roses. He was the only son of John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter, and his first wife, Anne Stafford.

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1476 – Pope Paul IV (died 1559)[9]
Pope Paul IV (Latin: Paulus IV; Italian: Paolo IV; 28 June 1476 – 18 August 1559), born Gian Pietro Carafa, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 23 May 1555 to his death, in August 1559.[2][3] While serving as papal nuncio in Spain, he developed an anti-Spanish outlook that later coloured his papacy. In response to an invasion of part of the Papal States by Spain during his papacy, he called for a French military intervention. After a defeat of the French and with Spanish troops at the edge of Rome, the Papacy and Spain reached a compromise: French and Spanish forces left the Papal States and the Pope thereafter adopted a neutral stance between France and Spain.[4]


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1443 – Anthony Browne, English knight (died 1506)
Sir Anthony Browne (29 June 1443[1][better source needed] – c. 17 November 1506) was the son of Sir Thomas Browne and Eleanor FitzAlan. He served as standard-bearer to Henry VII,[2] and Lieutenant of Calais.[citation needed]

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FYI

 
 
NASA: Astronomy Picture of the Day
 
 
EarthSky News
 
 
This Day in Tech History
 
 
This Day In History
 
 
Interesting Facts
 
 
Word Genius: Word of the Day
 
 
Wise Trivia
 
 

Condolences
Richard Douglas Hurst (January 1, 1946 – June 26, 2025) was an American actor who portrayed Deputy Cletus Hogg, Boss Hogg’s cousin, in the 1980 to 1983 seasons of The Dukes of Hazzard as well as The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion! in 1997 and The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood in 2000.[1]

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Oscar Holland, CNN: Remember Anna Wintour’s shocking first Vogue cover?
 
 
 
 
KMXT: Authors petition publishers to curtail their use of AI

 
 
 
 
Two Navy Guys: The publishing industry is a hot mess
 
 
 
 

Ha!We still have our landline. Unfortunately we had to go to cordless phones due to static from the nearby Radio antenna.
The Real Slim Sherri: Bring Back the Landline! Retro Tech Revival?
 
 
 
 
Colion Noir: Liked videos • 5 / 5000 Why This Tom Cruise Scene Changed Gun Training Forever
 
 
 
 
Hegseth’s message to the press

 
 
 
 

Cleared Hot Podcast: Full Auto Friday – 6/27/2025

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

Recipes

By Mirella_Bella, Instructables: Speedy Whipped Cream – No Fuss and No Equipment, Only Tupperware
 
 
By scoochmaroo, Instructables: Stained Glass Jello

 
 

Just the Recipe: Paste the URL to any recipe, click submit, and it’ll return literally JUST the recipe- no ads, no life story of the writer, no nothing EXCEPT the recipe.
 
 
DamnDelicious
 
 


 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 

E-book Deals:

 

BookGorilla

The Book Blogger List

BookBub

The Book Junction: Where Readers Go To Discover Great New Fiction!

Books A Million

Digital Book Spot

eBookSoda

eBooks Habit

FreeBooksy

Indie Bound

Love Swept & The Smitten Word

Mystery & Thriller Most Wanted

Pixel of Ink

The Rock Stars of Romance

Book Blogs & Websites:

Alaskan Book Cafe

Alternative-Read.com

Stacy, Carol RT Book Reviews

Welcome to the Stump the Bookseller blog!

Stump the Bookseller is a service offered by Loganberry Books to reconnect people to the books they love but can’t quite remember. In brief (for more detailed information see our About page), people can post their memories here, and the hivemind goes to work. After all, the collective mind of bibliophiles, readers, parents and librarians around the world is much better than just a few of us thinking. Together with these wonderful Stumper Magicians, we have a nearly 50% success rate in finding these long lost but treasured books. The more concrete the book description, the better the success rate, of course. It is a labor of love to keep it going, and there is a modest fee. Please see the How To page to find price information and details on how to submit your Book Stumper and payment.

Thanks to everyone involved to keep this forum going: our blogging team, the well-read Stumper Magicians, the many referrals, and of course to everyone who fondly remembers the wonder of books from their childhood and wants to share or revisit that wonder. Isn’t it amazing, the magic of a book?

Quotes June 29, 2025

If you can’t do what you long to do, go do something else… You might think it’s procrastination, but — with the right intention — it isn’t; it’s motion. And any motion whatsoever beats inertia, because inspiration will always be drawn to motion.
Elizabeth Gilbert, writer
 
 
 
 
You didn’t just find a self out there waiting — you had to make one. You had to create who you wanted to be.
Brit Bennett, writer
 
 
 
 
Any action is often better than no action… If it is a mistake, at least you learn something, in which case it’s no longer a mistake. If you remain stuck, you learn nothing.
Eckhart Tolle
 
 
 
 
The first step toward transforming your life into art is to start paying more attention to it.
Austin Kleon, author
 
 
 
 
We must be willing to get rid of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come.
Joseph Campbell
 
 
 
 
The risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision.
Maimonides, philosopher
 
 
 
 
When I feel lost and can’t make a decision, I just stop and get quiet. I take a time-out. I ask myself, “How does this feel? What do I want my life to be like?”
Kim Cattrall
 
 
 
 
You still have a lot of time to make yourself be what you want. There’s still lots of good in the world.
S.E. Hinton, writer
 
 
 
 

907 Updates June 28-29, 2025

KTUU: A city-owned lot near Elmore and Tudor may soon be the site of tiny residences for homeless people in recovery; Denali Borough: Multiple homes burned in Bear Creek Fire and more ->

 
 
 
 
KTOO: Huna Totem Corporation opens enrollment to descendants and more ->

 
 
 
 

KYUK: Technicians work to restore drinking water in Napaskiak after treatment plant failure and more ->

 
 
 
 
Alaska Native News: Delta Junction Jury Finds Vladimir Kurilchenko Guilty of Sexual Abuse of a Minor; Martin Komok Convicted of Two Counts of Sexual Assault; Enick Bell Convicted on Two Counts of Sexual Abuse of a Minor; This Day in Alaskan History-June 28th, 1922; This Day in Alaskan History-June 29th, 1978 and more ->

 
 
 
 

Fairbanks News Webcenter 11: 22 mushers sign up for 2026 Iditarod on opening day of registration and more ->

 
 
 
 

KUCB: KUCB’s Andy Lusk says goodbye to Unalaska, reflects on reporting in the Aleutians and more ->
 
 
 
 

By Matt Goff, Sitka Nature: Beaver Lake Uplands
 
 
 
 

The Hamilton Spectator: In words and photos, rural Alaska residents reflect on their village’s sustainable practices

 
 
 
 

Simple Living Alaska: Liked videos • 5 / 5000 Summer Has Arrived – Early Garden Harvest, Spruce Tips & Tasting Smoked Beaver
 
 
 
 

Quotes June 28, 2025

The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.
Coretta Scott King,
writer, civil rights activist and leader
 
 
 
 
You see, but you do not observe.
Arthur Conan Doyle
 
 
 
 
I started being a songwriter pretending I could do it, and it turned out I could.
The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time.
James Taylor,
singer, songwriter, guitarist
 
 
 
 
In order to realize the worth of the anchor we need to feel the stress of the storm.
Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.
Corrie ten Boom,
writer, watchmaker
 
 
 
 
And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.
F. Scott Fitzgerald,
writer
 
 
 
 

Music June 28, 2025

alexrainbirdMusic: Indie/Pop/Folk Compilation – June 2025 (2-Hour Playlist)