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#PPOD: One of the interesting celestial events happening this year would be the seeming disappearance of Saturn's rings from our perspective on Earth. Astrophotographer Sebastian Voltmer captured this view of the gas giant, sans rings, using his C11 EdgeHD telescope. Credit: Sebastian Voltmer 🧪 🔭
May 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
#PPOD: One of the interesting celestial events happening this year would be the seeming disappearance of Saturn's rings from our perspective on Earth. Astrophotographer Sebastian Voltmer captured this view of the gas giant, sans rings, using his C11 EdgeHD telescope. Credit: Sebastian Voltmer 🧪 🔭
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Trump urges Speaker Mike Johnson to raise taxes on the wealthy, adding new wrinkle to massive GOP bill www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Trump urges Speaker Mike Johnson to raise taxes on the wealthy, adding new wrinkle to massive GOP bill
Trump privately pressed Johnson to increase the tax rate on the highest earners and close the so-called carried interest loophole.
www.nbcnews.com
May 9, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Trump urges Speaker Mike Johnson to raise taxes on the wealthy, adding new wrinkle to massive GOP bill www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
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Catholics Overseeing Gaza Church Send Message as New Pope Inherits War https://twp.ai/4inUJK
www.newsweek.com
Catholics overseeing Gaza church send message as new pope inherits war
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May 9, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Catholics Overseeing Gaza Church Send Message as New Pope Inherits War https://twp.ai/4inUJK
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Born Robert Francis Prevost, Pope Leo XIV identifies as white, yet his family history connects him directly to Black and Creole communities in Louisiana.
Wassup, Da Pope ✊🏾
Wassup, Da Pope ✊🏾
May 9, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Born Robert Francis Prevost, Pope Leo XIV identifies as white, yet his family history connects him directly to Black and Creole communities in Louisiana.
Wassup, Da Pope ✊🏾
Wassup, Da Pope ✊🏾
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When asked about the image, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the archbishop of New York who is friendly with Trump, said "it wasn't good" and that he hoped Trump had nothing to do with it.
Catholic leaders criticize Trump for posting apparent AI photo of himself as the pope
When asked about the image, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the archbishop of New York who is friendly with Trump, said "it wasn't good" and that he hoped Trump had nothing to do with it.
www.npr.org
May 4, 2025 at 3:47 PM
When asked about the image, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the archbishop of New York who is friendly with Trump, said "it wasn't good" and that he hoped Trump had nothing to do with it.
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Israel Closes Ben Gurion Airport after Houthi Ballistic Missile Strike https://twp.ai/4inNcd
www.newsweek.com
Israel closes Ben Gurion airport after Houthi ballistic missile strike
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May 4, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Israel Closes Ben Gurion Airport after Houthi Ballistic Missile Strike https://twp.ai/4inNcd
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Mark Zuckerberg’s charity quietly cuts funding for affordable housing, homelessness groups
Mark Zuckerberg’s philanthropy quietly cuts funding for affordable housing, homelessness groups
Many Bay Area housing orgs were caught up in the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s push to end ‘social advocacy’ grants in the wake of DEI scrutiny.
www.mercurynews.com
May 4, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Mark Zuckerberg’s charity quietly cuts funding for affordable housing, homelessness groups
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As we’ve said before now confirmed. FOIA requests reveal that DOGE employees are pulling in six-figure salaries, with many holding the title of “Expert,” a specific Office of Personnel Management (OPM) designation that pays around $190,000 a year.
May 4, 2025 at 2:10 AM
As we’ve said before now confirmed. FOIA requests reveal that DOGE employees are pulling in six-figure salaries, with many holding the title of “Expert,” a specific Office of Personnel Management (OPM) designation that pays around $190,000 a year.
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Earlier this week: heat wave in Paris.
Today: hail storm.
Maybe our planet is trying to tell us something?
Today: hail storm.
Maybe our planet is trying to tell us something?
May 4, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Earlier this week: heat wave in Paris.
Today: hail storm.
Maybe our planet is trying to tell us something?
Today: hail storm.
Maybe our planet is trying to tell us something?
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🤬 Russia attacked Slovyansk with six Geran-2 drones, all of which hit a construction site in the Zaliznychny microdistrict.
❗️Equipment and premises were damaged, but there were no casualties.
❗️Equipment and premises were damaged, but there were no casualties.
May 4, 2025 at 8:43 AM
🤬 Russia attacked Slovyansk with six Geran-2 drones, all of which hit a construction site in the Zaliznychny microdistrict.
❗️Equipment and premises were damaged, but there were no casualties.
❗️Equipment and premises were damaged, but there were no casualties.
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The collapse of Roman Britain in 367 AD was preceded by three summers of severe drought, according to a study of tree-ring records, suggesting environmental crisis as catalyst for Roman Britain’s decline. 🧪
Asking Trees to Solve a Roman Conspiracy
Tree-ring records suggest that drought played a role in Roman Britain’s decline
nautil.us
April 29, 2025 at 10:27 PM
The collapse of Roman Britain in 367 AD was preceded by three summers of severe drought, according to a study of tree-ring records, suggesting environmental crisis as catalyst for Roman Britain’s decline. 🧪
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The traits humans inherited from Neanderthals likely helped us adapt to different climates and spread across the world. 🧪
How Neanderthals Kept Our Ancestors Warm
New DNA studies reveal more benefits from our hominin friends
nautil.us
April 30, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The traits humans inherited from Neanderthals likely helped us adapt to different climates and spread across the world. 🧪
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Evidence of Mesolithic hunter-gatherers on the island of Malta could reshape our understanding of human settlement in the Mediterranean. 🧪
A New Story for Malta
Evidence of Mesolithic hunter-gatherers on the island could reshape our understanding of human settlement in the Mediterranean
nautil.us
May 1, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Evidence of Mesolithic hunter-gatherers on the island of Malta could reshape our understanding of human settlement in the Mediterranean. 🧪
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In this new episode of Nautilus Narrations, join cosmologist Paul M. Sutter on his journey through the four stages of “quantum grief" and find out how he learned to stop worrying, and love uncertainty.
bit.ly/3GEpC3x
bit.ly/3GEpC3x
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Uncertainty | Nautilus Narrations with @PaulMSutter
"Quantum mechanics is confusing, nonintuitive, and seemingly nonsensical. What I found through my journey is that this confusion and senselessness isn’t a bug, but a feature, and creates a new way to see our everyday life," writes cosmologist Paul M. Sutter. "Instead of interpreting quantum mechanics, I ultimately realized, maybe we should just submit to it—and let quantum mechanics interpret our own lives." In this episode of Nautilus Narrations, join Sutter on his journey through the four stages of “quantum grief" and find out how he learned to stop worrying, and love uncertainty. You can enjoy more of Paul M. Sutter's work on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/@PaulMSutter Follow him on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/paulmsutter/ And visit his website: https://www.pmsutter.com/ This article originally appeared in Nautilus Magazine. Read it online: https://bit.ly/4d0AJjs Get more Nautilus: Subscribe to our FREE newsletter: https://bit.ly/4gAlFul Join Nautilus: https://bit.ly/4do5pte Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nautilusmag/ X: https://x.com/NautilusMag Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NautilusMag TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nautilusmagazine Threads: https://www.threads.net/@nautilusmag Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/nautil.us Shop: https://bit.ly/3XYXNce Nautilus is the foremost literary science publication to find rigorous science writing told with impeccable style. Our stories will light up your emotions, and introduce you to a delightfully weird and surprising mix of big ideas — ideas that will be debated long into the future. #quantummechanics #nautilus #nautilusnarrations
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May 2, 2025 at 4:05 PM
In this new episode of Nautilus Narrations, join cosmologist Paul M. Sutter on his journey through the four stages of “quantum grief" and find out how he learned to stop worrying, and love uncertainty.
bit.ly/3GEpC3x
bit.ly/3GEpC3x
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Most scholars understand music is an evolutionary adaptation enabling social bonding through lullabies and dance. Yet in Paraguay, the indigenous Northern Aché society does not sing to children or dance together. Why? 🧪
This Plaintive Song Is From a Land Without Lullabies
A rare tribe lacks music for dancing or soothing their young ones
nautil.us
May 3, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Most scholars understand music is an evolutionary adaptation enabling social bonding through lullabies and dance. Yet in Paraguay, the indigenous Northern Aché society does not sing to children or dance together. Why? 🧪
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#ICYMI: On this week's SETI Live, Franck chatted with scientists Artem Y. Burdanov and Julien de Wit from MIT about how they used JWST to find 138 small asteroids, improving our planetary defense capabilities. Watch the full interview: youtube.com/live/Igqlj7r... 🧪 🔭
May 3, 2025 at 3:02 PM
#ICYMI: On this week's SETI Live, Franck chatted with scientists Artem Y. Burdanov and Julien de Wit from MIT about how they used JWST to find 138 small asteroids, improving our planetary defense capabilities. Watch the full interview: youtube.com/live/Igqlj7r... 🧪 🔭
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BUFFETT this am:
“Trade should not be a weapon. In the United States, we've won. I mean, we have become an incredibly important country starting from nothing 250 years ago. There’s nothing like it.”
“Trade should not be a weapon. In the United States, we've won. I mean, we have become an incredibly important country starting from nothing 250 years ago. There’s nothing like it.”
May 3, 2025 at 2:32 PM
BUFFETT this am:
“Trade should not be a weapon. In the United States, we've won. I mean, we have become an incredibly important country starting from nothing 250 years ago. There’s nothing like it.”
“Trade should not be a weapon. In the United States, we've won. I mean, we have become an incredibly important country starting from nothing 250 years ago. There’s nothing like it.”
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Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) has been losing with corporate America, with one big exception: the people who actually own the companies. cnn.it/44OgrYb
May 2, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) has been losing with corporate America, with one big exception: the people who actually own the companies. cnn.it/44OgrYb
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✅ DEI Update of the Day™
Shareholders from these 11 corporations have voted to reject anti-DEI proposals in 2025:
American Express
Apple
Boeing
Coca-Cola
Costco
John Deere
Disney
Goldman Sachs
Levi Strauss
Pfizer
Visa
Shareholders from these 11 corporations have voted to reject anti-DEI proposals in 2025:
American Express
Apple
Boeing
Coca-Cola
Costco
John Deere
Disney
Goldman Sachs
Levi Strauss
Pfizer
Visa
May 1, 2025 at 7:33 PM
✅ DEI Update of the Day™
Shareholders from these 11 corporations have voted to reject anti-DEI proposals in 2025:
American Express
Apple
Boeing
Coca-Cola
Costco
John Deere
Disney
Goldman Sachs
Levi Strauss
Pfizer
Visa
Shareholders from these 11 corporations have voted to reject anti-DEI proposals in 2025:
American Express
Apple
Boeing
Coca-Cola
Costco
John Deere
Disney
Goldman Sachs
Levi Strauss
Pfizer
Visa
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What a line from Warren Buffett this morning:
“Be kind, and the world is better off. I'm not sure that the world will be better off if I'm richer."
[applause] 🙏🏼
“Be kind, and the world is better off. I'm not sure that the world will be better off if I'm richer."
[applause] 🙏🏼
May 3, 2025 at 2:39 PM
What a line from Warren Buffett this morning:
“Be kind, and the world is better off. I'm not sure that the world will be better off if I'm richer."
[applause] 🙏🏼
“Be kind, and the world is better off. I'm not sure that the world will be better off if I'm richer."
[applause] 🙏🏼
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Living Colour releases their debut LP today in 1988 — with “Cult of Personality”, a song inspired by a chat during rehearsal about what makes a leader charismatic.
“Vernon played a riff,” said drummer Will Calhoun. “And next we knew we had a song. All while we were setting up for sound check.”
“Vernon played a riff,” said drummer Will Calhoun. “And next we knew we had a song. All while we were setting up for sound check.”
May 3, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Living Colour releases their debut LP today in 1988 — with “Cult of Personality”, a song inspired by a chat during rehearsal about what makes a leader charismatic.
“Vernon played a riff,” said drummer Will Calhoun. “And next we knew we had a song. All while we were setting up for sound check.”
“Vernon played a riff,” said drummer Will Calhoun. “And next we knew we had a song. All while we were setting up for sound check.”
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Should this happen, the event would be countered by a massive turnout of citizens protesting his birth.
May 2, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Should this happen, the event would be countered by a massive turnout of citizens protesting his birth.