June 3 - The Strange Things Humans Turn Into Symbols

June 3, 2026 — Today is National Egg Day, which somehow turned into an episode about symbolism, public identity, and the strange emotional meaning humans assign to things.Today’s episode looks at the shooting of Andy Warhol… the rare 2012 transit of Venus that reminded people how small they are compared to the cosmos… and Facebook’s suspension of Donald Trump, which highlighted how powerful private digital platforms had quietly become.Plus, the birthday of Josephine Baker, whose life repeatedly crossed the boundaries between celebrity, activism, performance, and politics.A lot of today’s stories ended up becoming about symbols:the ones humans create,the ones people emotionally attach themselves to,and the ones that eventually start shaping society back.Anyway… that was the strange trail June 3 ended up taking me down.