VCT's cutting-edge finlets are set to make a significant impact on aircraft performance and sustainability.

EASA Green Lights Installation Of Drag-Reducing Fins On Boeing 737 NG Variants

^{Tatenda Karuwa (Simple Flying)}

Schiphol Airport has become the first major international airport to introduce hydrogen-powered vehicles into daily ground operations, advancing its goal of emission-free operations by 2030.

https://www.aviation24.be/airports/amsterdam-schiphol-ams/amsterdam-airport-schiphol-launches-world-first-pilot-with-hydrogen-powered-vehicles-in-daily-operations/

ATR has been selected by the EU’s Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking to lead two major projects that will pave the way for low-emission regional flight. By 2030, ATR will operate the world’s first hybrid-electric regional aircraft, using an ATR 72-600 test bed.

https://www.aviation24.be/manufacturers/atr/atr-chosen-by-clean-aviation-to-lead-hybrid-electric-regional-aircraft-development/

Still-classified 9/11 documents create the same confusion as Kirk's killing

Charlie Kirk, 9/11 Have This In Common

^{Ken Klippenstein}

0.3.0c Patch Notes

Changes and Improvements

• There is now a short grace period at the start of a sprint where being hit will not heavy stun you. This is equal to the minimum sprint duration, so you can now never be stunned out of an accidental sprint. The minimum sprint duration has been increased slightly to support this change.
• The Undying Will Monster modifier no longer affects other Rare Monsters with Undying Will.
• Players can no longer revive if they die while having a stolen Kurgal's Last Gasp modifier.
• The duration of the ground effects from the Infested Cadaver and Blackblooded Proboscite Abyssal Monsters has been halved.
• Zelina, Blood Priestess no longer heals from her attacks that hit player minions.
• The sorcerers surrounding Torvian, Hand of the Saviour's arena now have visuals indicating when they are actively empowering Torivan.
• Various skills used by The Prisoner are now red-flash abilities.
• Improved how the Vessel of Kulemak's cold beams function in party play.
• Draiocht Hengestones, Karui Beacons, and Temporal Tether all now dynamically spawn near the player on Map completion.
• Many Act Four Monsters can now be bound as Spectres.
• Ancestral Warrior Totem now uses the weapon in the Weapon Set it has been assigned to, and no longer disappears if swapping to an invalid weapon or Weapon Set.
• The Gemling Legionnaire's Integrated Efficiency Passive Skill now actually applies by modifying each skill, which means those modifications also apply to minions from those skills. The description has been updated to clarify that the bonuses also apply in the case where supports and skills are socketed together in meta gems.
• Chance to not consume crossbow ammo stats found on Ammo Conversation support gems and the Passive Skill Tree now roll their chance per ammo spent instead of once per skill use, meaning they interact correctly with the Hailstorm Rounds skill. Their wording has been updated accordingly.
• Volcanic Fissure's fissure limit is now displayed and can be modified by sources of + to limit.
• Toxic Domain now requires a Bow, Spear, or Crossbow to use.
• The His Scattering Calamity Skill granted by The Unborn Lich Unique Staff now has "Duration between Launching Wellsprites is 1.2 seconds", which can be affected by modifiers to Skill Effect Duration.
• The Turn the Clock Forward Notable Passive Skill once again provides 15% increased Projectile Speed.
• The Fairgraves' Curse Unique Bow can once again be obtained.
• Added a button to the character selection screen to have your character be logged into town/hideout instead of the last area. This is identical to the existing behaviour where you can Ctrl + Click on the login button.
• Boulder Ants are no longer considered beasts, and have been temporarily disabled as a Spectre.
• Updated the wording on Omen of the Sovereign, Omen of the Liege and Omen of the Blackblooded to clarify that they can only be used with Weapons and Jewellery.
• Updated the Molten Shrine world map icon to indicate that it provides a permanent bonus.
• Improved the performance of some Abyssal Monster skill effects.
• Improved audio telegraphing for some Abyssal Monster skills.
• Improved the performance of some Abyssal Monster modifiers.
• Improved the performance of the Benedictus, First Herald of Utopia boss fight.
• Improved the telegraphing of Benedictus, First Herald of Utopia's maze skills.
• Improved the visibility of The Seven Pillars world map icon for Qimah.
• Improved stash and stash settings navigation when using a controller.
• The Hostile Takeover Quest can now be completed by speaking to Ange in any of your Hideouts. Previously, this quest could only be completed by speaking to Ange in Shoreline Hideout specifically.
• The Stash and Guild Stash in The Ziggurat Refuge have swapped locations.
• Dodge Roll Effects and Level-up Effects are now listed under their own sections in the 'Extra' tab of the Cosmetics panel.
• Re-enabled the Demonfire Ember Fusillade microtransaction.
• Time of Need's audio no longer plays in hideout areas.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where you could be unable to dodge roll out of sprinting with the "Keep Sprinting While Moving" option selected.
• Fixed a bug where you could not target objects while sprinting.
• Fixed a bug where Crossbows occasionally jammed and ignored reload/shoot inputs when the reload button was released too soon.
• Fixed a bug with Herald of Plague where anything that caused the ongoing buff to recalculate, such as changing the reservation amount, caused it to add the base spread radius to itself again.
• Fixed a bug with Berserk where anything that caused the ongoing buff to recalculate, such as changing the reservation amount, caused it to add the base stats to itself again.
• Fixed a bug where the Feast of Flesh Skill was not granting any recovery on consuming a corpse.
• Fixed a bug where the following skills were not scaling with modifiers to area damage: Toxic Growth, Magma Barrier, Whirlwind Lance (whirlwind only), Freezing Mark, Voltaic Mark, and Bloodhound's Mark.
• Fixed a bug which caused Blasphemy to become indefinitely disabled in a weapon set after you failed to meet the Spirit requirements for it.
• Fixed a bug where leech applied to you by totems via the Font supports was much higher than it should be due to not being affected by enemy leech reduction.
• Fixed a bug where leech applied to you by totems via the Font supports did not account for level scaling in party play.
• Fixed a bug where Living Lightning Support was not triggering correctly after the explosion of a Poison Cloud.
• Fixed a bug where Rapid Casting III was not providing increased Cast Speed for each different Spell you had Cast in the last eight seconds.
• Fixed a bug where triggering some skills while moving could reapply movement-speed penalties from previously used skills. This was most noticeable with the Corpsewade Unique Boots.
• Fixed a bug where Ancestral Warrior Totem using Molten Blast would deal no damage if you are dual wielding Maces.
• Fixed a bug where Perfection Support's buff couldn't accumulate more than one stack and wasn't being removed properly.
• Fixed a bug where Encase in Jade didn't consume Jade stacks if it didn't grant any Guard.
• Fixed an issue where too much Area of Effect could prevent Shield Wall from being used with the Ahn's Citadel Lineage Support.
• Fixed a bug where the benefits provided by Quality on Banner Skills were not functioning correctly.
• Fixed a bug where allocating the same weapon for each weapon set with the Giant's Blood Keystone allocated could cause your second weapon set to become invalid after area transitions.
• Fixed a bug where charges gained because of the Combat Frenzy skill weren't considered to have come from that skill, and thus were not affected by some Supports applied to Combat Frenzy that affect charge gain.
• Fixed an issue preventing Orb of Storms and Solar Orb from being supported by Unleash. These skills are still unintentionally unable to be supported by Spell Echo and Spell Cascade --- this will be fixed at a later date.
• Fixed a bug where Sealed Vaults could sometimes fail to spawn an Idol of Estazunti nearby.
• Fixed a bug where the Boar, Fox, Ox, and Rabbit Talismans could not be obtained.
• Fixed a bug where Essences that can be applied to Armour could not be applied to Foci and Bucklers.
• Fixed a bug where the Essence of Hysteria could not be applied to Bucklers.
• Fixed a bug where one of the arena blockers in the final Act 4 boss fight wasn't being disabled at the correct time.
• Fixed a bug where the final Act 4 boss could fail to progress the fight after knocking the player down.
• Fixed a bug where you could skip the Torvian, Hand of the Saviour boss fight by skirting around the edge of the area.
• Fixed some cases where Diamora, Song of Death could fail to return to her arena after diving into the water.
• Fixed a bug where the visuals of the Vessel of Kulemak's triple beam could become incorrect when slowed.
• Fixed a bug where Krutog, Lord of Kin, could lose aggro during his stomp skill.
• Fixed a bug which caused some terrain in the Flotsam Map to sometimes be inaccessible.
• Fixed a bug that sometimes prevented players opening the Derelict Mansion and Sacred Reservoir Maps.
• Fixed a bug where the Wisps leading to the Derelict Mansion sometimes did not display correctly
• Fixed a bug where it was not possible to reach the final part of the Vessel of Kulemak fight if a player had died and revived during the fight.
• Fixed a bug where active blocking the snowball created by Rakkar, the Frozen Talon could sometimes fail to prevent the damage.
• Fixed a visual bug where effects in the Slick Map area could become over-brightened.
• Fixed an issue where players on Xbox could lose sound effect audio, which persisted until relaunching the game. We're still investigating similar issues for PlayStation users.
• Fixed a bug where Navali would show up in your hideout uninvited and refused to leave your waypoint.
• Fixed an issue where The Hammer of Kamasa was unobtainable in Standard (or the Standard version of a league) on a character that had died in the Hardcore version of that league.
• Fixed an issue that prevented you from completing The Grand Quest (quest) and from obtaining your first 2 Expedition Skill Points if you had held a Logbook before talking to Dannig and obtaining your rewards.
• Fixed an issue where Respawning at Checkpoint after opening a chest that dropped a Torn Map Piece didn't drop that quest item in the new instance.
• Fixed a bug where opened strongboxes would not visually appear open after respawning at a checkpoint.
• Fixed an issue where if you entered Act Four underleveled from normal the Vendors wouldn't have any Act Four items available for purchase.
• Fixed a rare issue where players could get stuck behind The Hooded One in the Ziggurat Encampment.
• Fixed an issue where you were incorrectly told that Alva has completed one of your Currency Exchange orders instead of Ange. Ange deserves the credit for her hard work!
• Fixed a bug where Map Node and Waystone descriptions were not displaying increased Experience or Gold gain when applicable. These were still applying, just not displayed.
• Fixed an issue where killing some Map Bosses counted as killing their campaign variants, causing some Map Pins on the World Area to be marked as if you had killed them in the campaign.
• Fixed a bug where modifiers to minion duration would not be correctly reflected on the skill information panel. This is purely a display fix, as they were already being applied correctly in practice.
• Fixed an issue where Magma Barrier had an outdated, misleading Duration tag.
• Fixed an issue where some small Passive Skill names had not been updated to the new function they have in 0.3.0.
• Fixed a bug where the dynamic culling for the King of the Mists' pustules effect was too aggressive.
• Fixed a bug where the dynamic culling for the Amanamu's Void ground effect was too aggressive.
• Fixed a bug where Rog constantly invited you to come visit his shop sometime.
• Fixed a bug where the stash user interface could extend off-screen in some aspect ratios when using a controller.
• Fixed a bug where you could fail to use skills near a Tempest Bell on controller if the skill was bound to the same button as interact.
• Fixed a bug that caused you to be unable to apply Skin Transfers when using a controller.
• Fixed a bug where some microtransactions that are unavailable to be purchased directly could show up in the Microtransaction Shop's 'New Items' section.
• Fixed a client crash that could occur with the Steward of Kulemak Abyssal Lich Notable Passive Skill.
• Fixed 5 other client crashes.
• Fixed 4 instance crashes.

Early Access Patch Notes - 0.3.0c Patch Notes - Forum - Path of Exile

Path of Exile is a free online-only action RPG under development by Grinding Gear Games in New Zealand.

^{Path of Exile}

Earlier this month, Chinese nationals working with Nasa suddenly found themselves denied access.

Archived version: archive.is/20250911111515/bbc.…

Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.

Nasa bans Chinese nationals from working on its space programmes

^{Yvette Tan (BBC News)}

Sweden is budgeting another 70 billion crowns ($7.47 billion) for military support to Ukraine over the coming two years, Defence Minister Pal Jonson said on Thursday, adding the country also stood ready to lend further support Poland if needed.

Archived version: archive.is/20250911170409/reut…

Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.

The ICE raid on more than 300 South Korean workers in Georgia could impact future South Korean investment in the US.

Archived version: archive.is/newest/edition.cnn.…

Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.

Latvia's airspace will be closed to a depth of 50-kilometres along its eastern borders with Russia and Belarus from 18:00 on September 11th until at least September 18th, with the possibility of an extension after that, Defence Minister Andris Sprūds (Progressives) announced at a press conference on Thursday.

Archived version: archive.is/20250911163937/eng.…

Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.

UPDATED: Latvia closes airspace along its eastern border

Latvia's airspace will be closed to a depth of 50-kilometres along its eastern borders with Russia and Belarus from 18:00 on September 11th until at least September 18th, with the possibility of an extension after that, Defence Minister Andris Sprūds…

^{LSM+ English (LSM)}

At least five drones targeted an airport near the Polish-Ukrainian border, according to Spiegel.

Archived version: archive.is/20250911210352/kyiv…

Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.

Russian drones targeted Poland's Rzeszow Airport, key aid hub for Ukraine, media reports

^{Kateryna Hodunova (The Kyiv Independent)}

Terrifying that you can commit cold-blooded murder and return home without consequence.

Archived version: archive.is/20250911091351/wego…

Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.

Illinois psychopath travels to Palestine, executes unarmed teen, doesn't see what the big deal is – We Got This Covered

^{David James (We Got This Covered)}

Patients regained movement in the experimental phase of polylaminin, capable of regenerating the spinal cord in people who suffered organ rupture

Archived version: archive.is/newest/www1.folha.u…

Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.

Groundbreaking Brazilian Drug, Considered Capable of Reversing Spinal Cord Injury, Presented in São Paulo

^{Folha de S.Paulo}

Of course, the main purpose of posts by Russian trolls is to incite arguments among different groups or ideologies: conservatives versus liberals, pro-life versus pro choice, pro-immigrant groups versus border wall enthusiasts, etc. Researchers say as outrageous as much of this content appears to be, Americans can’t help but to click.

After analyzing over 2,500 of these Russian posts, researchers discovered they generated clickthrough rates as much as nine times higher than the norm in digital advertising campaigns. In a rather poor reflection of human nature, it seems that controversy, lies, and fear mongering do very much equal clicks.

“We found that fear and anger appeals work really well in getting people to engage,” says lead author Chris Vargo, an assistant professor of Advertising, Public Relations and Media Design at CU Boulder, in a release.

This is the first ever study to examine the infamous Russian troll company known as the Internet Research Agency (IRA). Researchers based their work on posts and ads put online leading up to the 2016 presidential election, but these findings are still very relevant today.

Study: Russian Trolls Supremely Effective At Exploiting American Fear, Anger Online

After analyzing over 2,500 posts by Russian trolls, researchers discovered they generated clickthrough rates as much as nine times higher than the norm in digital advertising campaigns.

^{John Anderer (StudyFinds)}

by Nehemiah Frank and Ezekiel J. Walker
Sep 11, 2025

He also attacked civil rights leaders and the laws that reshaped the nation. “Clarence Thomas was a far better black role model to celebrate than Martin Luther King. Period. End of story. This guy is not worthy of a national holiday,” Kirk said.

At Turning Point USA’s America Fest in 2023, he went further: “MLK was awful. … We made a huge mistake when we passed the Civil Rights Act in the 1960s.”

Charlie Kirk Is Dead—But Black America Remembers His Racism

Charlie Kirk assassinated at Utah event; Black America recalls his racist words as nation confronts violence and division.

^{Nehemiah Frank (The Black Wall Street Times)}

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/36023983

by Nehemiah Frank and Ezekiel J. Walker
Sep 11, 2025

He also attacked civil rights leaders and the laws that reshaped the nation. “Clarence Thomas was a far better black role model to celebrate than Martin Luther King. Period. End of story. This guy is not worthy of a national holiday,” Kirk said.

At Turning Point USA’s America Fest in 2023, he went further: “MLK was awful. … We made a huge mistake when we passed the Civil Rights Act in the 1960s.”

Peter Link

2025-09-11 23:46:43

Charlie Kirk Is Dead—But Black America Remembers His Racism

by Nehemiah Frank and Ezekiel J. Walker
Sep 11, 2025

He also attacked civil rights leaders and the laws that reshaped the nation. “Clarence Thomas was a far better black role model to celebrate than Martin Luther King. Period. End of story. This guy is not worthy of a national holiday,” Kirk said.

At Turning Point USA’s America Fest in 2023, he went further: “MLK was awful. … We made a huge mistake when we passed the Civil Rights Act in the 1960s.”

Charlie Kirk Is Dead—But Black America Remembers His Racism

Charlie Kirk assassinated at Utah event; Black America recalls his racist words as nation confronts violence and division.

^{Nehemiah Frank (The Black Wall Street Times)}

His death is already sparking comparisons on the right to the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.

“This is a War,” Turning Point Action COO Tyler Bowyer posted on X, later adding on Bannon’s War Room: “The anger you feel right now must turn into activism.”

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.), who previously worked for Turning Point USA, posted: “We are not murdering people. Leftists are. We are re-living the 60s. The tides have turned. Examples need to be made. Their hate will be their downfall.”

https://thehill.com/newsletters/the-movement/5499697-charlie-kirks-assassination-turning-point-conservative-movement/

cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/37260844

Pro

2025-09-11 14:46:21

China penalises social media app Xiaohongshu(RedNote) over negative posts

The news hub

As a leading global news agency, AFP offers quality multimedia content in video, text, photo and graphics in six languages and now reaches North American audiences

^{US AFPNews}

cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/37266403

Pro

2025-09-11 16:33:31

Reality Is Ruining the Humanoid Robot Hype: The obstacles to scaling up humanoids that nobody is talking about

Humanoid Robots: The Scaling Challenge

​It takes more than building a humanoid robot to build a humanoid robot product.

^{Evan Ackerman (IEEE Spectrum)}

cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/37268108

::: spoiler Dive Deeper
Source: Commission of inquiry into the psychological effects of TikTok on minors.

Recommended reads in french:
- TikTok Commission of Inquiry: Report recommends banning social media for under-15s;
- TikTok Commission of Inquiry: "We saw an ocean of harmful content," says rapporteur Laure Miller.
:::

Imposing the ban and a 10 pm to 8 am curfew for 15- to 18-year-olds would "send a signal both to children and parents" that social media "is not harmless" for the young, Laure Miller, the MP who compiled a parliamentary inquiry's report, told AFP.

With more than 1.5 billion users worldwide, TikTok -- owned by China-based ByteDance -- has been especially under fire from Western governments in Europe and the US in recent years.

Concerns raised over the platform have included content encouraging suicide, self harm or an unhealthy body image as well as its potential use for foreign political interference.

French President Emmanuel Macron has already backed a social media ban for children and young adolescents, following in the footsteps of Australia which started drafting its own landmark ban for under-16s last year.

Meanwhile TikTok is in legal limbo in America, as President Donald Trump has permitted the platform to continue operating there despite a law requiring its sale.

The service was also singled out as a vector for Russian influence when Romania's presidential election was controversially annulled last year by the country's supreme court.

Launched in March, the French parliamentary committee set out to examine TikTok and its psychological effects on minors after a 2024 lawsuit against the platform by seven families accusing it of exposing their children to content pushing them towards suicide.

Members put forward Thursday's recommendations -- welcomed by Laure Boutron-Marmion, a lawyer representing the families -- after months of testimony from families, social media executives and influencers.

Pro

2025-09-11 17:05:58

French lawmakers urged a social media ban for under-15s and "digital curfew" for older minors

::: spoiler Dive Deeper
Source: Commission of inquiry into the psychological effects of TikTok on minors.

Recommended reads in french:
- TikTok Commission of Inquiry: Report recommends banning social media for under-15s;
- TikTok Commission of Inquiry: "We saw an ocean of harmful content," says rapporteur Laure Miller.
:::

Imposing the ban and a 10 pm to 8 am curfew for 15- to 18-year-olds would "send a signal both to children and parents" that social media "is not harmless" for the young, Laure Miller, the MP who compiled a parliamentary inquiry's report, told AFP.

With more than 1.5 billion users worldwide, TikTok -- owned by China-based ByteDance -- has been especially under fire from Western governments in Europe and the US in recent years.

Concerns raised over the platform have included content encouraging suicide, self harm or an unhealthy body image as well as its potential use for foreign political interference.

French President Emmanuel Macron has already backed a social media ban for children and young adolescents, following in the footsteps of Australia which started drafting its own landmark ban for under-16s last year.

Meanwhile TikTok is in legal limbo in America, as President Donald Trump has permitted the platform to continue operating there despite a law requiring its sale.

The service was also singled out as a vector for Russian influence when Romania's presidential election was controversially annulled last year by the country's supreme court.

Launched in March, the French parliamentary committee set out to examine TikTok and its psychological effects on minors after a 2024 lawsuit against the platform by seven families accusing it of exposing their children to content pushing them towards suicide.

Members put forward Thursday's recommendations -- welcomed by Laure Boutron-Marmion, a lawyer representing the families -- after months of testimony from families, social media executives and influencers.

Commission d'enquête TikTok : "On a vu un océan de contenus néfastes", témoigne la rapporteure, Laure Miller

Laure Miller (Ensemble pour la République) et Arthur Delaporte (Socialistes) ont présenté les conclusions de la commission d'enquête sur TikTok, lors d'une conférence de presse à l'Assemblée nationale, ce jeudi 11 septembre.

^{Raphaël Marchal (LCP - Assemblée nationale)}

Seth Harp’s best-selling The Fort Bragg Cartel exposes the degree to which America’s drug trade and attendant violent crime are connected to its foreign wars. It’s a timely read as Donald Trump uses both to justify radical new expansions of military power.

The Drugs Are Coming From Inside the Military Base

^jacobin.com

Far-right Rep. Lauren Boeberg added an amendment to the Pentagon budget that targets the BDS boycott movement against Israel.

The House Just Passed a Bill Punishing “Politically Motivated” Boycotts of Israel

^{Matt Sledge (The Intercept)}