On this day in 1962 Chubby Checker's song "The Twist" (which is credited with starting the dance craze of the same name) went to #1 in the charts two years after first reaching number one spot.

The Rectification of Names: The Emperor's New Foreign Policy

Digby's Hullabaloo: Mindful Vs. Mindless.

driftglass: Orly Taitz Died For Your Sins: Part Two -- Locking Shields.

Attention space nerds! NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory evacuated due to LA wildfire.

Round Up by driftglass of the Professional Left Podcast and Science Fiction University

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