Report: McIlroy's driver deemed nonconforming ahead of PGA Championship
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The top fell off Australia’s first orbital-class rocket, delaying its launch
"This rocket that was involved in the incident on the launch pad this week..."
"The one where the front fell off?"
"Yeah."
"Yeah, that's not very typical, I'd like to make that point."
The top fell off Australia’s first orbital-class rocket, delaying its launch
The Australian startup behind the Eris rocket says the rest of the vehicle was undamaged.Stephen Clark (Ars Technica)
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Former US ambassador to Ukraine says she resigned because of Trump's foreign policy.
"Unfortunately, the policy since the beginning of the Trump administration has been to put pressure on the victim, Ukraine, rather than on the aggressor, Russia," Brink said.
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📝 A deputada Zambelli entrou com um pedido no STF para suspender sua condenação, levantando questões sobre a política atual. O que isso significa para o governo e para a luta política no Brasil? Descubra todos os detalhes e as possíveis implicações dessa decisão. Não perca!
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Zambelli pede suspensão de condenação ao STF no governo
— InkDesign News — A deputada federal Carla Zambelli (PL) foi condenada a 10 anos de prisão pelo Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF), na Primeira Turma, em decisão unânime relacionada à invasão do sistemaTiago F Santiago (INK|DESIGN NEWS)
The Voyager 1 spacecraft was launched in 1977. Now, it’s more than 15 billion miles (24 billion kilometers) from Earth. Its thrusters, which fell silent 20 years ago, threatened to abort the craft's mission — until NASA engineers brought them back to life. @LiveScience has more on “yet another miracle save.”
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'Yet another miracle save': NASA engineers complete nail-biting maneuver to resurrect Voyager 1's long-dead thrusters
More than 15 billion miles from home, Voyager 1's ailing thrusters were threatening to abort the craft's mission. Until NASA engineers brought them miraculously back to life.Ben Turner (Live Science)
The leaders of Britain, France, Germany and Poland agreed on Friday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that Russia's position in peace talks was "unacceptable" and also consulted with U.S. President Donald Trump, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said.
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Supreme Court Blocks Deportations, U.S. Loses Last Top Credit Rating, More
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US Secretary of State says Syria faces ‘two choices, transformation or civil war’
Rubio made the comments during a press conference with his Syrian counterpart, coinciding with reports of talks between Damascus and Tel Avivthecradle.co
Russia and Ukraine agreed to exchange 1,000 prisoners of war from each side, Defence Minister Rustem #Umerov told Ukrainian TV on Friday as talks in Istanbul ended.
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Malaysia’s ‘fish hunters’ target invasive species, one catch at a time
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Malaysia’s ‘fish hunters’ target invasive species, one catch at a time
Invasive species are an issue the world over, and mega-biodiverse Malaysia waterways are threatened by imported fish.Patrick Lee (Al Jazeera)
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Security Theater REALized and Flying without REAL ID
After multiple delays of the REAL ID Act of 2005 and its updated counterpart, the REAL ID Modernization Act, in the United States, the May 7th deadline of REAL ID enforcement has finally arrived.Electronic Frontier Foundation
Quando termina un grande festival sorge una domanda: quali brani avranno una vita oltre l’evento? Una selezione di quelli destinati a restare
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It's official, Meta is just a scam mill and Zuckerberg is okay with that.
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#technology #tech #socialmedia #meta #facebook #instagram #whatsapp
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Events for the 17th of May from Wikipedia:
• 1967: Six-Day War: President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt demands dismantling of the peace-keeping UN Emergency Force in Egypt. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six-Day_…
• Birth (1897) of Odd Hassel, Norwegian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odd_Hass…
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TikTok、広告めぐり「法令違反」とEUが暫定見解–詐欺広告を見つけたら？ – CNET Japan
人気ソーシャルメディアアプリのTikTokは、欧州連合（EU）のオンラインコンテンツ規則に違反していると欧州委員会から指摘された。 欧州委の暫定的見解によれば、TikTokはデジタルサービス法（DSA）が定めるアプリ内の広告情報公開の義務を履行していないという。こうした情報は、利用者が詐欺広告を見分けるのに役立つ。 欧州委はTikTokが広告の内容だけでなく、広告のターゲットや支払い元についても、必要な情報を開示していないと指摘した。 暫定的見解が確定した場合、TikTokは世界における年間…WALKNEWS (WALK NEWS)
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Safer python package installs with audit and consent 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 install.
GitHub - feynmanix/pipask: Safer python package installs with audit and consent 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 install
Safer python package installs with audit and consent 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 install - feynmanix/pipaskGitHub
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Meta is paying $50 an hour to train avatars for smart glasses and VR
"Project Warhol" comes as Meta calls 2025 its "most critical year" for VR, avatars, and AI wearables.Effie Webb (Business Insider)
The white rural reckoning: "Given the damage of Trump’s first-term agriculture tariffs, rural American farmers may have forfeited the right to express surprise or dismay about what’s happening to them — again."
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The white rural reckoning
Trump is betraying the very voters who put him back in power.Tom Schaller (Public Notice)
CBF Recorre ao STF e Pede que Gilmar Mendes Suspenda Afastamento de Ednaldo Rodrigues - Gazeta Brasil-
O presidente afastado da Confederação Brasileira de Futebol (CBF), Ednaldo Rodrigues, acionou o Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF) em mais uma tentativa deGazeta Brasil
New entry of AI-generated #comics and #jokes added to our #website:
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Thoughts on thinking
Link: dcurt.is/thinking
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Thoughts on thinking • Dustin Curtis
I have been stuck. Every time I sit down to write a blog post, code a feature, or start a project, I come to the same realization: in the context of AI, what I’m doing is a waste of time. It’s horrifying. The fun has been sucked out of the process...Dustin Curtis on Svbtle
"#SaudiArabia and #France will host an international conference next month with #UnitedNations backing, establishing an ambitious roadmap for Palestinian statehood with specific timelines and enforcement mechanisms that completely circumvent Israel's position on the matter."
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Saudi Arabia, France to impose Palestinian state without Israeli input
A June UN-backed conference will establish binding timeline for Palestinian state with sanctions for non-compliance, while disregarding Israel's security concerns and not requiring Palestinian recognition of Israel.adin (www.israelhayom.com)
The Tree of Gnosis - The Hermetic Library Blog
Hermetic Library Fellow T Polyphilus reviews The Tree of Gnosis: Gnostic Mythology from Early Christianity to Modern Nihilism [Amazon, Local Library] (Les gnoses dualistes d’Occident) by Ioan P Couliano Despite the subtitle, which seems to imply a na…John Griogair Bell (The Hermetic Library Blog)
At Least Four Dead After Tornado, Storm Batters St. Louis, Mayor Says
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Security Theater REALized and Flying without REAL ID
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"After multiple delays of the REAL ID Act of 2005 and its updated counterpart, the REAL ID Modernization Act, in the United States, the May 7th deadline of REAL ID enforcement has finally arrived. Does this move our security forward in the skies? The last 20 years says we got along fine without it. There were and are issues along the way that REAL
