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The White House’s war on Harvard will test the guardrails that Congress put in place after Watergate, Natasha Sarin writes: wapo.st/3GPcjNQ





EFF STATEMENT ON THE 1ST QUARTERLY LABOUR FORCE SURVEY FOR 2025 effonline.org/eff-statement-on…

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Voyager 1’s Primary Thrusters Revived Before DSN Command Pause


As with all aging bodies, clogged tubes form an increasing issue. So too with the 47-year old Voyager 1 spacecraft and its hydrazine thrusters. Over the decades silicon dioxide from an aging rubber diaphragm in the fuel tank has been depositing on the inside of fuel tubes. By switching between primary, backup and trajectory thrusters the Voyager team has been managing this issue and kept the spacecraft oriented towards Earth. Now this team has performed another amazing feat by reviving the primary thrusters that had been deemed a loss since a heater failure back in 2004.

Unlike the backup thrusters, the trajectory thrusters do not provide roll control, so reviving the primary thrusters would buy the mission a precious Plan B if the backup thrusters were to fail. Back in 2004 engineers had determined that the heater failure was likely unfixable, but over twenty years later the team was willing to give it another shot. Analyzing the original failure data indicated that a glitch in the heater control circuit was likely to blame, so they might actually still work fine.

To test this theory, the team remotely jiggled the heater controls, enabled the primary thrusters and waited for the spacecraft’s star tracker to drift off course so that the thrusters would be engaged by the board computer. Making this extra exciting was scheduled maintenance on the Deep Space Network coming up in a matter of weeks, which would troubleshooting impossible for months.

To their relief the changes appears to have worked, with the heaters clearly working again, as are the primary thrusters. With this fix in place, it seems that Voyager 1 will be with us for a while longer, even as we face the inevitable end to the amazing Voyager program.


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Having all of your teeth left in your mouth in adulthood- too woke for Ron DeSantis.

Gov. DeSantis signs bill making Florida 2nd state to ban fluoride from its water system | PBS News
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A new lifer today, at least since I've been recording. A Caspian Tern seen at Tiburon while waiting to depart to Angel Island. #Birds 🪶 #Photography #BirdPhotography #Nature #FujiFilm #XT5



Il salotto di Villa Le Sughere si accende con la musica e i movimenti del ’68
Ultimo appuntamento della stagione venerdì (16 maggio) dalle 19,30

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"Thames Valley Water admitted this week that senior managers are in line for “substantial” bonuses linked to an emergency £3bn loan. Ministers now plan to use new powers to block bosses taking bonuses worth hundreds of thousands of pounds as the company fights for survival."

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"Ontario is killing its Endangered Species Act. Here’s what you need to know"
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Even Once Reluctant Scholars Now Agree on Israel's Gaza Assault: It's a Genocide | Common Dreams


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"Melanie O'Brien, president of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, told NRC that #Israel's deliberate blockade on "food, water, shelter, and sanitation" convinced her the #Netanyahu government was carrying out a #genocide, while Segal pointed to "openly genocidal statements" by #Israeli leaders.

"But for all it is about the sum of what would apply separately as 'ordinary' war crimes," NRC reported. "The picture as a whole makes it a genocide. That is how the term is meant, says [British professor Martin] Shaw: 'holistic.'""


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This is necessary to enable Star Trek: The Motion Picture to happen.


生活保護世帯の食事・入浴回数減少、物価高生活状況の悪化浮き彫りに…山梨県が緊急調査 : 読売新聞オンライン yomiuri.co.jp/national/2025050…


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Is Germany’s powerful finance minister in over his head?
https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-powerful-finance-minister-lars-klingbeil-over-his-head/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Romania’s Simion wants a broad coalition. Good luck with that.
https://www.politico.eu/article/romania-george-simion-broad-coalition/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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#gazetadobrasil #jornalismo #noticias #politics Futuro do emprego: 10 profissões em alta até 2030, segundo o Fórum Econômico Mundial gazetabrasil.com.br/ciencia-e-…


Can Labour still own the North?
https://www.politico.eu/podcast/westminster-insider/can-labour-still-own-the-north/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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COVID-19 cases are surging in Hong Kong and Singapore, with Hong Kong seeing its highest levels in a year.

Singapore reported a 28% rise in cases and a 30% jump in daily hospitalisations in the week through May 3, prompting health alerts in both cities.

Source: archive.md/mpdYW

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At Providence Hospital in Anchorage, Alaska today. Mom didn't quite make it to the labor/delivery room. 💗 Photo courtesy of Providence Hospital. #Alaska #AlaskaWildlife #Moosetodon #MooseBabies

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