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'There's a lot of focus on military targets,' says a prominent journalist and women's rights activist in Tehran, 'but almost nothing is being said about the civilian casualties'
Today, the dollar value of circulating stablecoins is around $250 billion. For that sum to be backed with sufficient reserves, it is estimated that last year issuers purchased $40 billion of US Treasury bills, more than any foreign buyer of Treasuries during 2024. In the same year, the stablecoin issuer Tether alone reported annual pre-tax profits of $13 billion — not bad for an offshore company employing around 100 people.
Hum, isn't this a ploy to keep the dollar afloat against the US' own sanctions ?
A dive down the rabbit hole of what it actually takes to make a seemingly simple supermarket product - and what happens when that product gets embroiled in a trade war
About 80 per cent of American tin cans are made from imported steel. And since that steel can’t easily be substituted, the companies that make those cans will have little choice but to pay the tariffs imposed by Donald Trump.
I think anyone conforming to a strict rigid archetype of manliness is going to wonder secretly about the other world.
I'm not sure if it makes them eggs. I think once they stop caring about it, the stress of their place in the world will wash away, and they can just be themselves (average dude with some girly interests) and actually relax into their masculinity instead of reaching always for an impossible archetype
Ukraine should accept the current situation on the front lines and the impossibility of regaining previously lost territory in order to achieve progress in the peaceful settlement of the armed conflict.
ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot’s first mission to the International Space Station now has a name: εpsilon. The mission name and patch were announced today at the Paris Air Show by ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher, French President Emmanuel Macron, and Sophie Adenot, who joined remotely from the United States, where she is training for her spaceflight.
Sophie Adenot is one of the five astronauts selected from ESA’s most recent astronaut class of 2022. Following the successful completion of their basic training in spring 2024, Josef Aschbacher announced during the Space Council in Brussels that Sophie and fellow graduate Raphaël Liégois had been assigned their first missions to the International Space Station, currently planned for 2026.
The εpsilon name and patch reflect the power of small, yet impactful contributions and how multiple parts unite to create a whole.
In mathematics, “ε” represents something small. In the extensive collaborative effort of space exploration, involving thousands of participants, all roles, including the astronaut's role, stay small yet meaningful.
The hummingbird, central to the patch, embodies this idea; though one of Earth’s smallest birds, it plays a crucial role in the jungle’s ecosystem, pollinating numerous plants.
Encircling the patch is a ring of small dots, symbolising the many small contributions that together make great achievements possible. All these little actions that can be coordinated to form a circle and close the loop. At the top, three of these dots are coloured – blue, white, and red – representing Sophie’s home country, France, and ESA’s exploration destinations: Earth, the Moon, and Mars.
The name εpsilon, being the fifth Greek letter and the fifth brightest star of the Leo constellation, also follows the French tradition to name human spaceflight missions after celestial bodies. It also pays tribute to the five career astronauts of ESA’s 2022 class.
Three lines emerge from the “i” of the εpsilon, shaping the tail of a shooting star, a poetic reminder that dreams keep us alive.
At the base of the patch lies a rounded blue shape, representing Earth’s surface and its natural beauty: mountains, forests and landscapes that Sophie enjoys exploring. It serves as a reminder of our motivation for spaceflight: to explore, learn, and return with this knowledge to benefit life on Earth.
From an emotional perspective, the same message is conveyed. In life's intricate tapestry, small threads contribute to create the most beautiful patterns. A kind word, a gentle smile, a moment of patience - these seemingly insignificant actions can transform lives and shape destinies. This patch invites each of us to embrace the potential of our smallest actions as they ripple outward, touching hearts and inspiring souls.
During her εpsilon mission, Sophie will perform numerous scientific experiments, many of them European, conduct medical research, support Earth observation and contribute to operations and maintenance aboard the International Space Station.
Marking the first public day of this year’s International Paris Air Show, the President of France Emmanuel Macron visited the Paris Space Hub.
ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher and Director of Human and Robotic Exploration Daniel Neuenschwander welcomed President Macron, introducing him to the assembled French astronauts and a group of young space professionals in attendance.
French ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot joined by video link from the United States, where she is training for her upcoming mission to the International Space Station. Sophie detailed some of her training, explaining that no two days are alike. Fellow astronauts Thomas Pesquet, Jean-François Clervoy and Claudie Haignéré also addressed Sophie and offered their advice for her time in space. Together President Macron and Sophie announced that her mission will be named εpsilon, and revealed her mission patch.
Speaking about the development of the space industry, President Macron said Europe must increase investment in commercial space, and emphasised the importance of complementarity of public and private investment – particularly with the upcoming ESA Council at Ministerial level and ongoing discussions for the next EU multiannual financial framework. He also mentioned the developing need for dual-use space capacity including surveillance. President Macron highlighted the importance of research and of making Europe a destination for researchers in line with the EU Choose Europe for Science initiative. He also called on Europe to improve its competitiveness in space. Watch a replay of the visit.
A new Letter of Intent between the European Space Agency and Dassault Aviation was also announced, signalling the common interest of the organisations in working on low Earth orbit exploration, in particular orbital vehicles.
Japan, seeing how strongly this “Asians defeating the West” narrative resonated in Asia, made it their main propaganda arc: they decided to frame their own imperialism and colonialism as a fight for justice, positioning themselves not as conquerors but as liberators freeing their Asian brothers from the yoke of white supremacy and coining slogans like “Asia for Asians” and the “Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere.”
In war on Iran, US empire seeks hegemony in West Asia (Middle East), destroy Axis of Resistance, colonize Palestine, destabilize Iranian revolution, preserve petrodollar, prevent de-dollarization, divide BRICS, break up Iran-Russia-China partnership.
Le premier dit : « Le sionisme n’aurait jamais pu gagner sans l’holocauste ». Le second ajoute : « Netanyahou, il a fait un peu exprès de laisser faire pour reconquérir Gaza ». Qui sont-ils ? Où s’expriment-ils ? Combien de temps s’écoulera-t-il avant qu’ils ne soient injuriés dans tous les médias, convoqués par la police et gardés à vue ? Eh bien il s’agit respectivement de Daniel Cohn-Bendit et de Luc Ferry, ça se passe sur LCI et nous sommes le 19 mai 2025. Quant à la réprobation publique et à la convocation au commissariat, nous attendons encore. Ainsi va la tectonique des plaques.
L’ahurissant retournement de veste qui s’opère sous nos yeux, et l’autoblanchiment collectif à sa suite, resteront comme un cas d’école dans l’histoire de la propagande.
Tant que Netanyahu faisait massacrer les palestiniens, le sionisme ne causait aucun problème à personne, bien au contraire, être antisioniste était allègrement assimilable à de l'antisémitisme mais évidemment avec cette petite faute de parcours avec l'attaque de L'Iran... Il y a un doute qui se profil et la réplique est amère.
In the end, Lagarde’s proposal is less about global strategy and more about justifying greater EU centralisation. But what Europe needs is not “more Europe” — it’s a different Europe altogether.
“Pro-Palestinian activists in the UK say they broke into the Royal Air Force (RAF) #BrizeNorton base in Oxfordshire on 20 June and #damaged two #military #aircraft before escaping undetected”
Pro-Palestinian activists breach UK airbase, damage two military aircraft
Pro-Palestinian activists in the UK say they broke into the Royal Air Force (RAF) Brize Norton base in Oxfordshire on 20 June and damaged two military aircraft before escaping…
Israel’s new front with Iran signals the Netanyahu government’s willingness to induce terror in its own public, writes Miko Zeldes-Roth from Jerusalem.
Polling shows Israel’s aggression in Iran has the overwhelming support of Israeli voters. This is due in part to the decades of groundwork that has been laid by liberal Israeli leaders who have called for attacking Iran to maintain Israeli dominance.
Jason Kingsley, the modern knight, discusses what a single day might have been like in a remote border castle on the marches of a medieval kingdom. Who did w...
The first guy, a big black snake, I almost stepped on while I was #trailrunning and way too focused on my podcast. We watched each other for a while until he went into the plant cover beside the trail.
The second little guy, a smooth green snake, slithered down the fallen tree and hung out with me and my friends while we were hanging out in the woods. We named him Clyde and watched him come in and out of holes in the bricks around the area.
The next generation of people doing the hard work of advocating for mustangs and burros on public lands, and caring for them when they are removed, hasn’t started showing up
The Gaza Municipality announced on Wednesday that it was forced to significantly reduce its basic services due to fuel shortages and the ban on new fuel imports, as local and international organizations are unable to provide it.In a press release, t
It's currently 27C (80F) in this city, with 41% humidity and a wind speed of only 3mph - and it's forecast to be hotter tommorow, and hotter still towards the end of next week!
I wouldn't mind, only among the persistent symptoms of long Covid is heat intolerance, thought to be due to damage to the hypothalamus. Plus the double-glazed French windows and doors turn this place into a greenhouse in hot weather.
President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree on June 20, imposing sanctions on 56 individuals and 55 Russian, Chinese, and Belarusian companies involved in
A #ThankGNU! to Dario Armani and David Klann for helping the FSF to promote #FreeSoftware. To see a longer list of those who have helped us financially in our advocacy for #SoftwareFreedogm and awareness, visit: u.fsf.org/45m
If you’re interested in how powerful forces of marketing & manipulation make the positive change we badly need MUCH harder, read @grantennis.bsky.social’ great book “Dark PR.” Nice to spend a Paris day (he lives here) walking in Grant’s Canal neighbourhood & talking about how change REALLY happens.
TEHRAN - A senior US official familiar has told Middle East Eye that Israel, along with the U.S., were exhausting supplies of ballistic missile interceptors, just days into the war with Iran.
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The Tennessee Funeral Directors Association has publicly acknowledged the existence of white fibrous clots in corpses, with 64% of embalmers and funeral directors attending its Convention reporting sightings of the clots in the first half of 2025. The clots were found in an average of 17% of all corpses.
In addition to the white rubbery clots caused by the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, 70% of respondents reported signs of micro-clotting, and 39% observed an increase in infant deaths in 2025.
Former USAF Major Tom Haviland joined Nicholas Hulscher on the Focal Points podcast to discuss the first state-level acknowledgement of the white fibrous clots at a meeting of the Tennessee Funeral Directors Association.
#US / Thomas Friedman: self-serving meets redundant
There are so many silly things in Thomas Friedman’s column it’s difficult to choose a highlight. Maybe one indication he’s delusional in an old-fashioned colonial way would be this particular advice he dispenses to the #Trump administration, right after suggesting gifting Israel with even more bombs, now adding B-2s: “Recognize Palestinian right to self-determination while requiring them to develop credible, corruption-free leadership.” Thomas Friedman, clearly a genius, is asking the most corrupt regime in U.S. history to demand corruption-free leadership from the Palestinians.
Disregarding the colonial arrogance (the Palestinians’ right to self-determination is not dependent on Trump’s goodwill), but what about looking in the mirror first? When Friedman indulges in ideas like “coercive diplomacy,” he basically admits he’s an imperialist, or rather an imperialist wannabe. It’s a euphemism for imperialism, not a philosophy and not diplomacy. It’s the opposite of diplomacy, in fact. He says the U.S. has the right to dictate terms to sovereign nations, that American interests should drive regional solutions, and that military threats are legitimate diplomatic tools when used by the dominant power.
But the cherry on top is this:
[…] “But the Israeli Jews have no Belgium. They are as indigenous to their biblical homeland as the Palestinians, no matter what ‘anticolonial’ nonsense they teach at elite universities. Therefore, you will never out-crazy the Israeli Jews. If push comes to shove, they will out-crazy you.”
Never mind Friedman’s evangelical orientalism mixed with a familiar populist tone—I believe he was always an opportunistic coward—but maybe someone should remind him that Romania (where his grandfather was born) was never part of Palestine. Most of the Russian Jews who started exploring colonization in Palestine in the second half of the 19th century barely survived the first year, and most ran back home. So much for indigeneity, I guess.
But honestly, when I see him gushing over ideas Dennis Ross came up with, I’m thinking maybe it’s time the White House should hire fewer Jewish “special advisers,” negotiators, and envoys to the Middle East and add a couple of Palestinians to the mix? It’s becoming absurd.
Actually, I’m not sure why he’s using #Belgium and the #Congo as his reference point. Why not stick with #Britain? After all, they eventually left Palestine too. They also refused to implement the partition plan—or any plan, for that matter—that wasn’t acceptable to both communities: the Arab majority and the Jewish minority, which consisted mostly of non-indigenous people who had arrived in Palestine illegally.
Seeing usually smart folks getting rope-a-doped into arguing for LLM utility like there's a moral justice zero-sum trolley-problem slider between "useful" and "ethical" and we're just arguing about the best setting
But the real problem is even dumber
-is its mere use a climate disaster? Yes -is its data provenance founded on theft? Also yes -will it be used to ruin ordinary workers' lives? Yup -will it ruin countless organizations who think they're buying their way to cheap labor? That too
I don't think she believes it, I think she's just having fun and making money being an outrageous liar. But, if she does believe it, I'd like to hear the story of how she got that way.
In the summer 2025 issue of the NASA History Office’s News & Notes newsletter, examples of leadership and critical decision-making in NASA’s history form the unifying theme. Among the topics discussed are NASA’s Shuttle-Centaur program, assessing donations to the NASA Archives, how the discovery of the first exoplanet orbiting a sun-like star catalyzed NASA’s exoplanet […]
In the summer 2025 issue of the NASA History News & Notes, examples of leadership and critical decision-making in NASA's history form the unifying theme.
Israel has imposed a strict censure on any news relating to the Iranian strikes. No intl journalists allowed and Israelis get arrested if they share clips of the strikes. So this is a good analysis if you wish to have an idea of what's really happening. From min 7:37 you can see the Israeli air defence in the centre of Tel Aviv (talk about human shields) and Iranian missiles landing. So...
Jon Elmer, contributing editor, reports on the first week of the war with Iran launched by Israel on the morning of 13 June 2025. Your gift supports The Elec...
So the rate of interception trumpeted by Israel is not what happens in reality. They say most Iranian missiles get intercepted.. Yes, by the ground, because that's where they hit. Haifa has shut down oil + gas facilities. From Al Mayadeen: "Shipping giant Maersk announces stop of shipping to Haifa Port on account of Iranian missiles"
Government buildings, Mossad, the stock exchange, military bases, are just some of the targets hit by Iran. Israelis are getting a taste of their own medicine and they are not allowed to leave the country. Wealthy Israelis have been fleeing by yacht for Cyprus, in a case of 'rats abandoning by boat' Jon Elmer also gives an analysis of the weaponry used by Iran. Incidentally, I've seen on YouTube ...
I've seen on YouTube an Israeli govt funded ad showing the range of Iranian missile, saying that they can hit anywhere in Europe. That's another big fat Zionist lie. Jon Elmer elaborates on the Iranian missile specifications and you'll see that they can reach all of the US military bases in the region but won't get to the UK ... er, no. The Israeli govt is flooding YouTube with made up shit. If you see them, pls block and report.
Risky Medications: The FDA has given more than 20 foreign factories a special pass to continue sending drugs to the U.S. even though they were made at plants that the agency had banned.
FDA Secrecy: The agency did not proactively inform the public when drugs were exempted from import bans, and it did not routinely test the medications to ensure they were safe.
A Generic Drug Scandal That SHOCKED Even Us!
Here is yet ANOTHER mind boggling generic drug scandal. The FDA keeps worrisome data under wraps! How trustworthy are your generic drugs?
Still going huh? I'm processing the shock of being so much older than seems reasonable considering the circumstances. Time perception has been flowing fast and slow at the same time.
Fool me three times, there’s a little bit of shame to go around here. Admittedly, maybe I should have caught on to your character by now, but you know, you’re the one doing the fooling. This doesn’t have to be a black-and-white situation.
Fool me four times, I’m big enough to admit that the shame is leaning back towards me. After three times, I really should have been a little more skeptical. You’ve got me there.
Fool me five times, shame is entirely on you again. The only explanation for you fooling me five separate times is that you had some really clever trick that I couldn’t possibly be expected to figure out. Obviously, I don’t know what it was, but it must have been so good, and you should definitely have known better.
Fool me six times, and maybe who gets the shame just isn’t the right framework to think about this anymore. The two of us have a relationship at this point, and it’s clearly dysfunctional. Maybe we should stop trying to figure out who’s to blame and start working on how we can make things better.
Fool me seven times, and you’re not exactly showing me you’re as dedicated to doing the work of improving this relationship as I am.
Fool me eight times and I’ll be like, “Hey, could you maybe stop that?” And then you’ll be like, “Oh, yeah, I’ll stop. I didn’t realize it was bothering you so much.” And I’ll go, “Wait, really?” and you’ll be like “Yeah, totally. Shame on me,” and anyway, that’s a ninth time right there.
Fool me ten times and I’ll be like, “Ohhhhhhhh, you were just fooling me again!” and you’ll be like, “Yeah, obviously. That cannot be a surprise to you at this point.”
Fool me eleven times and you’re probably gonna start wondering if there’s something else going on here. Am I only pretending to be fooled by you? Do I have a secret plan that I’m unfolding underneath your very nose? Are you actually the one being fooled?
Fool me twelve times and, no, it’s definitely not some big plan. I really am getting fooled every time.
Fool me thirteen times, and you start to wonder why you even bother. Are you getting something from continuing to fool me over and over again, or is it just a habit now? Could it maybe be… Love?
Fool me fifteen times and you hope it isn’t love, because it’s getting to be a chore. Has it even been just fifteen times? Or did you lose count?
Fool me sixteen times and you start getting lazy with it. You just say stuff like, “Hey, I’m definitely not about to go to the bathroom,” right before you go to the bathroom. Does that even count? But then I’m like, “HOLY COW, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?” and yeah, apparently it does.
Fool me seventeen times and I’m like, “Wait a second…. You’re not trying to fool me, are you?” And for a moment, you think I’ve caught you, and it’s finally over. But then, I’m like, “No, that’s messed up. You wouldn’t do that to me a seventeenth time.” It’s never over.
Fool me eighteen times and something is wrong, with me and maybe also with you. A person shouldn’t be fooled this many times. That’s simply too much shame. This must be destiny. This must be a trap.
Fool me nineteen times, because you can’t escape from it any more than I can. You can’t stop fooling me just as I can’t stop being fooled. You are caught in a web of lies, and you are the one spinning them.
Fool me twenty times and you feel yourself unraveling. This is your Hell. Your shame. I will never release you. I will never see through your lies. And you will never stop lying.
SARS-CoV 2 was discovered at the end of 2019. That's why it's called "COVID 19" not "COVID 20" And it spread worldwide in January of 2020. So March has nothing to do with its birthday.
I both love and hate that you keep updating it. The fact you've kept it going is incredible, and it's still funny, but also a steady reminder that we live in the worst timeline 😩
ffs, I was literally in the 'palpable and rising discomfort' stages of worry for my own mortality when I picked up the phone to distract myself from the missed-bus dread of it all. And then this. The year 2000 was 8 years ago, and that's final, bucko.
an arbitrary 180 days beyond halfway between two other arbitrary values? With a graph mentioning a 4th value _and_ an odd ratio I can’t see any of these 4 fitting?
At SPIEF 2025, Hon. Catherine Omanyo, member of Parliament of Kenya for Busia County, shares her excitement about her first visit to Russia and expresses excitement about all the opportunities the Rus...
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Happy Birthday COVID! Officially 5 years old today! The time has flown by and a lot has happened.
There is a lot about the last 5 years that I regret, a lot I'd like to forget, yet also a lot that I'm really proud and happy about.
See you at 525%"
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2020 [|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][ ] 520%
Happy Birthday COVID! Officially 5 years old today! The time has flown by and a lot has happened.
There is a lot about the last 5 years that I regret, a lot I'd like to forget, yet also a lot that I'm really proud and happy about.
See you at 525%\"
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