Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 06-09-26

I am on a daily Pook-Emu Bee links roll. Today, I keep it doing with a third consecutive edition of the links.

  1. Construction of jail in tony NYC nabe turns into potentially deadly ‘clown show’ with failling debris: records, locals (Nicole Rosenthal, Kevin Sheehan, and Katherine Donlevy for the New York Post. June 8, 2026.)

Boerum Hill is "tony" but that particular stretch of it was not "tony"…

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Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 05-07-26

After bouncing back from missing Tuesday with daily Pook-Emu Bee links yesterday, we make it two days in a row with your daily collection of links for May 7, 2026.

  1. Mamdani to announce free 2026 World Cup fan events across NYC (Mary Frost for Brooklyn Daily Eagle. April 27, 2026.)

Deputy Mayor for Economic Justice Julie Su said the World Cup is an opportunity to celebrate all of the city’s…

Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 05-06-26

I missed publishing daily Pook-Emu Bee links yesterday due to a work deadline. But we are back today with nine new links from around the world wide web.

  1. Famed Atheist Richard Dawkins — Author of ‘The God Delusion’ — Believes AI Is Conscious (Scott Pinsker for PJ Media. May 5, 2026.)

My conscious brain is struggling to decide which of many possible one-liners to go with. Let us keep it simple…

Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 04-17-26

Today is Friday. That means it is time for our last Pook-Emu Bee link collection of the week (Saturday's links come in the Newsletter Leaf Journal).

  1. Gemini adds personalized AI image generation using your preferences (Fla for AlternativeTo. April 17, 2026.)

Google Gemini now enables users to generate deeply personalized images, with Nano Banana 2, by drawing on their preferences and Google…

U.S. Special Operations Forces Rescue Air Force Officer

We welcome Easter with the remarkable news that U.S. Special Operations forces successfully extracted the second airman (a Colonel, according to President Trump) who had been shot down over Iran on Thursday (see report in the New York Post). I was thinking about the ongoing war and search-and-rescue effort when I shared in our newsletter an Easter account from a sailor in World War II.

To quote…

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Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 03-01-26

I am late with today's selection of Pook-Emu Bee Links, but we need not allow a backlog to form (I have enough backlog as it is).

  1. The Eerie 'Blood' Moon Will Grace the Night Sky Next Week, Thanks to a Total Lunar Eclipse (Margherita Bassi for Smithsonian Magazine. February 27, 2026.)

Sounds neat but New York City does not look like the best place to see it (but I did see the recent…

Happy Presidents’ Day (2026)!

I have been busy lately. For that reason I did not have time to do anything special for President's Day. I present a quote from an article I wrote about an interesting passage from the Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge:

As I looked on him and realized that he personally represented the glory and dignity of the United States I wondered how it felt to bear so much responsibility and little thought…

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Donald Trump Mural (Photos and Video)

Satirical mural by ZSORRYON in Los Angeles, USA, showing Donald Trump smiling while lying in bed with a devil-like figure!

The piece references the July 2025 South Park episode where Trump is literally portrayed in bed with the devil, critiquing his political persona and alliances through animated satire.

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TVBOY’s Latest Street Art Takes on Trump, Musk & Power

Street artist TVBOY is back with another striking political mural, this time taking aim at Donald Trump and Elon Musk.

The artwork, titled Welcome to the Year of the Snake, is a satirical nod to Disney’s Robin Hood, with a clear message about power, manipulation, and ego.

More: Elon Mask: Street Art Takes Aim at Musk’s Controversial Salute and Far-Right Ties

A Familiar Villain: Trump as…

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Satirical Street Art: Elon Musk and Donald Trump Under the Public Eye

Street art is one of the most powerful ways people can express their opinions about the world, and these two pieces are no exception.

They don’t just decorate the streets; they shout messages that demand to be heard.

Opinion Piece: This article reflects the author’s perspective on the social and political messages conveyed through these works of street art.

More: Elon Mask: Street Art Takes…

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