Dr. Tahani Amer
Dr. Tahani Amer Acting Associate Director of Flight Dr. Tahani Amer is a distinguished NASA leader with over three decades of experience in engineering, science, program management, and strategic leadership across federal and private sectors. She currently serves as the Acting Associate Director for Flight Programs in NASA’s Astrophysics DivisionContinue Reading
Real World: NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Mission
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Young Galaxy Cluster
ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, S. Fujimoto NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope takes us 4.4 billion years in the past with this July 3, 2026, image of a young galaxy cluster, MACS J0553.4-3342. The cluster is composed of two actively merging sub-clusters, roughly equal in mass. Each sub-cluster is anchored onContinue Reading
University of Kansas sends trans employee legal notice for using women’s bathroom
The University of Kansas has sent a trans employee a legal notice for using the women’s restrooms on campus. Siobhán Kirchstein, who works as a janitor for the Kansas Geological Survey at the university, told the Lawrence Times on 13 July that she received an email from Katie Verner, theContinue Reading
Canadian wildfire smoke turns air hazardous in the US Midwest. Officials say stay inside
Heavy smoke from Canadian wildfires is darkening skies in parts of the U.S. The smoke on Thursday reduced visibility for commuters from the Great Lakes to parts of the East Coast, Read MoreContinue Reading
America Tried Permanent Daylight Saving Time but It Didn’t Last. Could It Work Now?
MedPage Today) — It’s an idea whose time, as it were, may have come — again. The twice-yearly changing of the clocks in the U.S. could be a thing of the past if legislation currently in Congress that calls for permanent daylight time makes…Continue Reading
The Traitor’s Biggest Abuse of Power Isn’t Getting Enough Attention
A reminder for Todd Blanche and any U.S. Senator who thinks he’s fit to serve as Attorney General.Continue Reading
Rheinmetall arms factory in Berlin sparks controversy | DW News
Thousands of demonstrators gathered in Berlin to protest the conversion of a Rheinmetall car parts factory to making munitions. Germany has been a major producer and exporter of arms for decades. Now the government is spending even more money on defense, sparking a debate about its moral costs. #dwgermanpolitics ForContinue Reading
Iranian drones shot down over Iraq’s Erbil
Security sources told Reuters an explosive-laden drone was shot down by air defenses over Erbil, Iraq, and local media reported that Kurdish forces shot down eight explosive-laden drones over the Kurdish city. #iran #iranwar #iraq #erbil #dronesContinue Reading
FOSS Weekly #26.29: Mint Goes Wayland, OpenBook Reader, Terminal Shortcut Tips, Linux Handheld Computers and More
Linux Mint has taken the slow road to Wayland while everyone else rushed ahead, and it looks like that paid off. Cinnamon’s Wayland session is dropping the experimental label with Mint 23 this Christmas, shipping alongside X11 as a fully supported option. And Wayland is not really as slow asContinue Reading
Remapping the Useless AI Slop Copilot Key in Linux
I recently bought an external Dell keyboard that came with a dedicated Copilot key. Since I don’t use Microsoft’s Copilot, the key was doing nothing useful. My new Dell Keyboard comes with a CoPilot key So, I decided to map it to the YouTube Music web app. There is noContinue Reading
Are humans really the ultimate super-predator?
Humans are often described as the planet’s ultimate “super-predator,” but wild animals do not fear every human the same way. After analyzing three decades of research, scientists found that animals become much more alert and spend less time feeding when people pose a real threat, such as hunters or fishers.Continue Reading
A newspaper publisher called immigrants ‘parasites’ on July 4th. A priest criticized him for publishing racist AI ‘slop’
In an Independence Day editorial, the newspaper in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania — yes, that Gettysburg — referred to undocumented immigrants as “parasites” and called for a return to “the American spirit.” Now, the publisher of the Gettysburg Times, located in a city with deep ties to the Union’s Civil War victory, isContinue Reading