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SpaceX rocket crashes into moon at 8700 kilometres per hour
SpaceX rocket crashes into moon at 8700 kilometres per hour | New Scientist
A rocket launched last year is thought to have smashed into the lunar surface this morning, creating the moon's newest crater
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Brown University has a widget that tracks the cost of the Iran war to American consumers (as contrasted to whatever the Pentagon is spending). Per-household cost now exceeds $600. iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu
There may well be active duty troops in the Middle East right now who have family members locked in ICE jails. Congress authorized Military Parole-in-Place specifically to avoid this situation. But the Trump admin has shown little care to families caught in this situation.
AILA@aila.org · 5h ago"President Donald Trump’s administration has detained dozens of parents and spouses of active-duty U.S. troops as it rolls back immigration protections for military families to pursue its mass deportation agenda." https://bit.ly/4br4M4m
ᴛʀᴀɪʟᴇʀ'ꜱ ꜰᴏʀ ꜱᴀʟᴇ ᴏʀ ʀᴇɴᴛ ʀᴏᴏᴍꜱ ᴛᴏ ʟᴇᴛ, 50 ᴄᴇɴᴛꜱ ɴᴏ ᴘʜᴏɴᴇ, ɴᴏ ᴘᴏᴏʟ, ɴᴏ ᴘᴇᴛꜱ ɪ ᴀɪɴ'ᴛ ɢᴏᴛ ɴᴏ ᴄɪɢᴀʀᴇᴛᴛᴇꜱ ᴀʜ, ʙᴜᴛ, ᴛᴡᴏ ʜᴏᴜʀꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴘᴜꜱʜɪɴ' ʙʀᴏᴏᴍ ʙᴜʏꜱ ᴀɴ ᴇɪɢʜᴛ ʙʏ ᴛᴡᴇʟᴠᴇ ꜰᴏᴜʀ-ʙɪᴛ ʀᴏᴏᴍ ɪ'ᴍ ᴀ ᴍᴀɴ ᴏꜰ ᴍᴇᴀɴꜱ ʙʏ ɴᴏ ᴍᴇᴀɴꜱ ᴋɪɴɢ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴏᴀᴅ - ʀᴏɢᴇʀ ᴍɪʟʟᴇʀ ᴀʀᴛ ʙʏ ᴍᴀᴛᴛ ᴛᴜᴍʟɪɴꜱᴏɴ
If you've ever wondered what AC Slater is up to aside from being MAGA, turns out he's posting weird AI fetish content about his niece....?
Bluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."
Why do we tolerate Elon Musk’s overt racism?
Jamelle Bouie: Why do we tolerate Elon Musk’s overt racism?
Elon Musk spends a large part of his free time fomenting violence and spreading the same hateful ideology that motivated some of the deadliest shootings and attacks ever to happen on American soil. It...
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SpaceX rocket part to hit Moon early Wednesday; scientists eager to see data on collision
Discarded SpaceX rocket to crash on Moon early Wednesday
The upper stage of a Falcon 9 rocket will be traveling at 5,400 miles per hour when the collision occurs.
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Racial slurs and a Google search for car washes: What court records reveal about L.A. immigration raids
Racial slurs and a Google search for car washes: What court records reveal about L.A. immigration raids
The court records were made public this week by the ACLU, which is part of a coalition seeking to bar an “ongoing campaign of suspicionless and discriminatory detentive stops” in the Central District ...
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ICE agents descended on a cannabis farm. The lives of an army vet, a farmworker and professor changed forever
ICE agents descended on a cannabis farm. The lives of an army vet, a farmworker and professor changed forever
Raids on the Glass House Farms in California became a ‘litmus test’ for how much violence agents could inflict during Trump’s deportation campaign
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Pioneering orchestral musician Booker Rowe has died The violinist was a long-time member of the Philadelphia Orchestra and one of its first Black musicians, having retired in 2020 after nearly 50 years
Pioneering orchestral musician Booker Rowe has died
The violinist was a long-time member of the Philadelphia Orchestra and one of its first Black musicians, having retired in 2020 after nearly 50 years
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August 3, 1967: Yoko Ono, Lion Wrapping Event, Trafalgar Square, London.
when people say "do your own research" they generally mean "do not trust anyone with any relevant training or experience"
Marc Veldhoen@marcveld.bsky.social · 2d agoI'm a full Professor of Immunology and fully vaccinated. I didn't get vaccinated out of obedience, but after decades of studying the immune system and evaluating all evidence. Calling that "lack of critical thinking" is not an argument. It's ideology masked as pretend intellect.
U.S. Customs And Border Protection Strips Traveler Of Global Entry After $21,000 Confiscation At Philadelphia Airport
U.S. Customs And Border Protection Strips Traveler Of Global Entry And Confiscates $21,000 At Philadelphia Airport
U.S. Customs and Border Protection revokes a traveler's Global Entry over an overlooked entry rule, issuing a stark warning for all travelers.
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This Is What Summer Vacation Looked Like Over 50 Years Ago
This Is What Summer Vacation Looked Like Over 50 Years Ago
Things might have looked a little different, but the days were still long, hot, and filled with summer fun.
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Excerpt from 'And The Hippo Were Boiled in pTheir Tanks' by William S. Burroughs (February 5, 1914 – August 2, 1997) & Jack Kerouac #beatgeneration
![I had the feeling that all over America such stupid arguments were taking place on street corners and in bars and restaurants. All over America, people were pulling credentials out of their pockets and sticking them under someone else's nose to prove they had been somewhere or done something. And I thought someday everyone in America will suddenly jump up and say "] don't take any shit!" and start pushing and cursing and clawing at the man next to him.
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𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗖𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗱𝘄𝗶𝗻 August 2, 1924—December 1, 1987
Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and the self-mythologizing Beat Generation A new book focuses afresh on the movement that produced “On the Road,” “Naked Lunch” and “Howl.” archive.ph/jni0m
AЯT & MUƧIC HAPPΞNING: Happy 66th birthday Chuck D. (August 1, 1960) ❝Government and culture are two diametrically opposed forces—the one blinds and oppresses, the other uplifts and unites.❞
Bailey Pendergrass, one of Berkeley's last eccentrics, dies at 74 #RIP In the '80s and '90s, Bailey Pegasus Pendergrass III was a concert promoter for the Berkeley Square
Bailey Pendergrass, one of Berkeley's last eccentrics, dies at 74
"He has had a generational impact on the music here. He's Keyser Soze legendary."
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Petty fascist DA Hochman is charging an LAPD officer with 16 felonies for blowing the whistle on virulent racism in the department. He’s sending a message about what sort of department he wants to see. www.latimes.com/california/s...
LAPD officer who recorded colleagues' racist comments charged with felony eavesdropping
Los Angeles County prosecutors on Friday charged an LAPD officer with felony eavesdropping for making secret recordings of his colleagues' racist, sexist and homophobic comments on the job.
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Somewhere there is a guy complaining his wife won't let him have a skull toilet
