OPEN MIC THURSDAY 18th JUNE 2026

FACT OF THE DAY: Magnetars have magnetic fields so strong they could strip the iron from the hemoglobin in your blood from thousands of miles away.

POLITICAL QUOTE OF THE DAY: “People who call themselves supporters of Israel are actually supporters of its moral degeneration and ultimate destruction.”
― Noam Chomsky

POLITICAL HAIKU OF THE DAY:

Trump proclaims “peace won”;
The Strait returns to what it was—
War circles back home.

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