At first glance, the Nixon Foundation's Instagram is unassuming. Like any memorial account, a black-and-white headshot of the former president accompanies a sentimental mission statement. But scroll farther down, and you'll find something altogether different. Short videos set to hip hop tracks showcase Nixon's "GOAT" status. The captions assert his dominance. It's prompted young people to wonder: Was Nixon the victim all along? [Vanity Fair, ungated]

‘She was in Germany’s biggest battle since the second world war, but the army took years to recognise her PTSD. Annika now runs a farm with pigs and geese where struggling veterans come to stay’

Annika Schröder’s story is an amazing one. She was in the military here in Germany for almost 20 years. She joined when she was young, adventurous and needed to earn money – they let her do fun things like jump out of an aeroplane and drive a tank. But then she got deployed to Afghanistan, and within a month her unit got sent on a rescue mission, which is now infamous as the Good Friday Battle – the biggest German military battle since the second world war. She recovered two dead soldiers and one who was heavily wounded, but went on to develop severe post-traumatic stress disorder. It took the Bundeswehr (German army) over a decade to fully recognise that. Meanwhile she was discharged because they said she wasn’t fit to do her job any more. In 2025 there was a television documentary made about her life.

She now gets a full army pension that she can live off and has started what’s called a veteran farm outside Leipzig, where she keeps pigs and geese and two dogs. This image was taken in her kitchen there. Living self-sufficiently helps with her PTSD and while the dog in the picture isn’t an official support dog, it helps her feel calm.

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Fiep Westendorp behoorde tot de beste Nederlandse kinderboekenillustratoren. Het Rijksmuseum bezit geen enkele tekening van haar, maar toont nu wel een begeesterend overzicht van haar oeuvre.

Vanwege de hitte worden wegwerkzaamheden, schoolreisjes en evenementen in Nederland afgelast.

gnsk has added a photo to the pool:

HOUTEN (ANP) - Het is woensdag officieel de warmste 24 juni sinds het begin van de metingen in 1901, meldt Weeronline. De temperatuur in De Bilt steeg om 14.30 uur naar 32,8 graden en daarmee werd het oude record van 32,6 graden uit 2005 verbroken. Het is volgens het weerbureau het zevende datum-warmterecord van dit jaar.

Het landelijke record van 36,5 graden werd gemeten in IJmuiden in 1976. Dat record is woensdag niet verbroken. Wel komt het woensdag in de buurt daarvan met een landelijk record van 35,4 graden.

Weeronline zegt dat er mogelijk meer hitterecords volgen de komende dagen. Ook in andere Europese landen, zoals Frankrijk en Engeland, is het deze week "uitzonderlijk heet".