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COLD WAR: Four Russian warships, one of them a nuclear-powered submarine, are now stationed in Cuba. Experts believe they are here in part because Biden let Ukraine use US weapons inside of Russia.

• https://notthebee.com/article/four-russian-warships-have-reached-cuba-and-now-sit-just-200-miles-from-the-florida-coast

OLYMPICS: [N.b., the first bit is true. He has been barred from the Olympics. The rest is from Babylon Bee.] – After the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) made a shocking ruling on Thursday that Lia Thomas, a man, would not be allowed to compete on the U.S. women’s Olympic team, Thomas requested further clarification on whether he might be allowed to still just hang out naked in the women’s locker room on occasion or something like that.

“That’s fine if I can’t compete, but can I, maybe, I dunno, just hang out naked in the women’s locker room?” said Thomas to the committee, according to sources. “I can, you know, help with the swimming gear and towels and whatnot. And I’d be naked while I’m doing it. No big deal.”

“That shouldn’t be too much to ask for a brave trans pioneer like me.”

Thomas’s request to lurk in the locker room invoked the spirit of Pride Month, saying all he wants is the right to creep out women while at the same time indulging in his own gross fetish even if he won’t be allowed to humiliate those women in competitive sports.

At publishing time, Planet Fitness and 24 Hour Fitness had both reached out to tell him he’s welcome to hang out naked in their women’s locker rooms any time.

• https://babylonbee.com/news/disqualified-lia-thomas-asks-if-he-can-still-just-hang-out-naked-in-the-olympic-womens-locker-rooms
• https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/transgender-swimming/2024/06/12/id/1168501/

PHILATELY: [15:02 and 16:17] – Tin Can Mail … it was a real thing.

GRAMMY NOTES: In other stamp collecting news, here is a photo of Bootz helping Mama Buzz soak stamps from the ginormous grab bag she got for a song at a thrift shop. They’ve been having so much fun exploring and researching the stamps from this amazing bag of treasures!

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CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9N54-kiyeCU for two beautiful dives.