Let’s call this “odds and ends,” as we do on occasion.

And we’ll start at what some may interpret as signs of the wimes—whether warning or promise—in the sky.

You have perhaps seen this one of the sky above and behind the Washington Monument before recent celebrations and more to the point, two days after the nation was consecrated to the Sacred Heart by a gathering of U.S. bishops at Mary, Queen of the Universe Basilica in Orlando.

We ran it by both ChatGPT and Gemini to check, as we often do, if it was A.I.

Gemini said it was authentic. ChatGPT said it was computer-generated. A second try with Gemini said the picture was legitimate but had been enhamced with articifical means, which amounts to both chat engines being correct in their own styles.

It turns out—or at least we are told—that the original was more like this (seen on “X”):

Fight night energy is taking over DC.

UFC Freedom 250 is almost here. 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/Zdqv8eS2HY

— The White House (@WhiteHouse) June 13, 2026

What if anything does it mean?

There is the promise in a rainbow (dating back to Noah) while lightning is usually more associated with judgment.

Some saw an angel. Some a demon.

You discern.

The same can be said of the smoke rising last week (June 19) from a massive wildfire near Miami. Is there a serpent with mouth open (a “gaper”)?

Here is simply the sky as a “cold blob” responsible for potentially catatsrtophic shifts in India’s monsoon season takes hold.