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Nicolas Escurat A flash of lightning, and then—something else. High above a storm, a crimson figure blinks in and out of existence. If you see it, you are a lucky witness of a sprite, one of the least-understood electrical phenomena in Earth’s upper atmosphere. Sprites occur at some 50 milesContinue Reading

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A pilot signals to a crew member before takeoff from NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, on Aug. 21, 2025. Accompanying him in the high-flying ER-2 aircraft is one of the most advanced imaging spectrometers in the solar system. NASA/Christopher LC Clark Called AVIRIS-5, it’s the latest inContinue Reading

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Pope Leo speaks to journalists as he leaves Villa Barberini. #pope #popeleo #villabarberini #religion #UnitedHealth #live #Reuters #News Keep up with the latest news from around the world: https://www.reuters.com/Continue Reading

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All links are libro.fm affiliate; each purchase earns a small percentage of income for the site. In the Event of Love by Courtney Kae, narrated by Melissa Moran (f/f) Second Chances in New Port Stephen by TJ Alexander, narrated by Aden Hakimi and Feodor Chin (trans m/m) I’ll Be Gone forContinue Reading

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LONDON (AP) — Britain announced sanctions against Russian media and ideas outlets on Tuesday as the U.K’s top diplomat warned Western nations must raise their game to combat information warfare from “malign foreign states.” Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said the U.K. was imposing sanctions on the microblogging Telegram channel RybarContinue Reading

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LONDON (AP) — Google faces fresh antitrust scrutiny from European Union regulators, who opened an investigation Tuesday into the company’s use of online content for its artificial intelligence models and services. The latest regulatory flexing by Brussels risks antagonizing President Traitor 47’s administration, though EU officials denied they were singlingContinue Reading

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A year after the fall of Syria’s Assad regime, and months after deadly sectarian clashes in the country’s southern region of Sweida, the Druze community is still reeling. Their experience has cast a shadow over how inclusive the new Syria really is for minorities. #syria #sweida #druze #assad For moreContinue Reading

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Electric vehicle sales are rising rapidly around the world. But few people who purchase these cars know anything about the workers who produce them. Labor activist Raraa Rahmawati is trying to change that for one group of EV supply chain workers: the more than 230,000 Indonesians who toil in the nickel miningContinue Reading

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The fundamental appeal of Traitor 47 was always that maybe it could be you. Some breaks, some TV time, and you’re walking into the Oval Office after remaking your party into thousands of Little You’s. But nobody ever bought into the fantasy of falling asleep in public, losing all verbalContinue Reading