Stop the Idiocracy: June 2026

Saturday, June 6, 2026

The price of hope: Madison and her dreams beyond the Garden gates.

An impressionistic fantasy painting of a sorrowful young blonde woman seated cross-legged amid a dreamscape of basketballs and celestial spheres. She weareth an oversized white New York jersey bearing the number 47. Tears streak her cheeks as she gazeth upward with yearning, disappointment, and fragile hope. About her lie scattered basketballs, crumpled paper, and pale crystalline forms. Above, immense blue-and-amber planets hang from vine-like tendrils against a deep indigo starry sky. The setting is a mystical grotto where natural and cosmic elements merge. Warm ochre, amber, cream, and midnight-blue dominate, with textured brushwork like an oil painting. Isolation, devotion, and the endurance of hope amid prolonged uncertainty.

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Let them eat cake, he says. Knicks fan Trump dismisses concerns over $9K NBA Finals tickets at MSG: “They can watch it on television.” Unclear whether he will be paying to attend Game 3 on Monday evening. {Basketball Network 6 June}

https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/watch-television-trump-dismisses-outrage-084501972.html

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Daisy and the last brisket in Texas

A detailed surrealist illustration blending mid-century pin-up with 1970s progressive-rock art. Foreground, a tearful blonde cowgirl beneath a cream hat, her curled hair lit by amber light. She weareth a fitted ivory corset top and frayed denim shorts—exhaustion, frustration, resilience. Behind stretcheth a Texas barbecue landscape of smokers, grills, cattle pens, and smoke. The sky erupteth into nebulae, Saturn, floating mesas, and impossible rock formations. Enormous cuts of smoked brisket and oversized grilling utensils drift through the heavens. Warm oranges, golds, violets, and smoky blues dominate. Distant cattle, smoke plumes, and glowing horizons speak of scarcity, labour, and cultural tradition under strain. Richly layered, theatrical, and emotionally charged.

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Are we 'great' again yet? Texas BBQ joints close as beef prices soar amid 75-year low cattle supply and Iran war costs. {ABC News 5 June}

https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/food/story/texas-pitmasters-express-concern-amid-beef-shortages-rising-133612016

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