ALIENS ARE WATCHING EARTH AND FILING COMPLAINTS WITH THE UN
For generations, human beings have wondered: What would alien life from another planet be like? But we rarely ask the opposite: What would they think of us?
It’s a question that can produce some, well, uncomfortable answers if you happen to be an earthling.
“If I were looking at Earth from a distance, I would be pretty disappointed,” theoretical physicist Avi Loeb says. “Most of our investing is dealing with conflicts to prevent other people from killing us or us killing others. Look at the Ukraine war over a little bit of territory. That is not a sign of intelligence.”
Ah, humanity: a species so busy squabbling over parking spots on a blue-green rock that we’ve somehow managed to become THE intergalactic punchline. With our premier export being war—Ukraine included—and a world riveted by whether extraterrestrials are lurking in shadows or just doing a cosmic drive-by, you have to admire the government’s masterclass in suspense. They tease us with UFO files like a Netflix series on hiatus, tantalizing but never delivering, all while serious folks in the Pentagon claim the only “threat” might be whatever’s causing near-misses with our jets—because, of course, in the vast silence of space, the aliens might just be bored Navy reviewers. Meanwhile, the rest of us, from a medical pro spotting mysterious yellow lights over Michigan to Harvard physicists imagining ET chuckling at our mess, are left with one big celestial question: If space travelers are watching, will they abduct our leaders first to save the rest of us? Or just flip the channel to another galaxy? Stay tuned.
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Chester Burton "Chet" Atkins, Mister Guitar (1924)June 20, 2026
Atkins got his first guitar by making a trade with his brother, and it was arguably the best deal he ever made. Although he struggled with shyness and suffered from severe asthma—he had to sleep sitting up and often fell asleep still holding his guitar—he became an accomplished guitarist and went on to release several hit records, develop a signature line of guitars, and help create country music's "Nashville sound." What did "Mr. Guitar," as he came to be known, trade to get that first guitar?
Atkins got his first guitar by making a trade with his brother, and it was arguably the best deal he ever made. Although he struggled with shyness and suffered from severe asthma—he had to sleep sitting up and often fell asleep still holding his guitar—he became an accomplished guitarist and went on to release several hit records, develop a signature line of guitars, and help create country music's "Nashville sound." What did "Mr. Guitar," as he came to be known, trade to get that first guitar?Today’s Holiday
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West Virginia DayJune 20, 2026
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Excluding water, tea is the most widely consumed drink on the planet, drunk either hot or cold by half the world's population. The vast majority of tea sold in the West is black tea, made from fermented leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant. Generally stronger in flavor and more caffeinated than the green and oolong varieties, black tea retains its flavor for several years and has long been an article of trade, serving as a form of currency into the 19th century in what countries?
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