Top U.S. Media Reject New Pentagon Press Restrictions Pushed By Hegseth The Department of Defense has introduced a new press policy requiring the Pentagon to authorize any reporting on itself. Top TV news outlets have rejected the pledge; only the far-right outlet One Ame...

The Pentagon's new media policy is "a watershed moment," says David Schulz, director of the Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic at Yale University. "The Trump administration has made the suppression of speech that it doesn’t like a governing principle since it took office."

The amazing world of fungi – in pictures Dr Tom May, a mycologist at the Royal Botanic Gardens and an expert witness at the Erin Patterson trial, has collaborated with renowned fungi photographer Stephen Axford for Planet Fungi, a new book from CSIRO Publishing full of incredible macro-photography

The amazing world of fungi – in pictures

Hark, Speaker Mike Johnson! Looking at all the many, many pics of the enormous, joyous “No Kings” rallies throughout the United States today, I am struck by what lovely weather your Lord and Savior provided. Apparently, God is a fan of, as you claimed, "America-hating Antifa terrorists." Glory!

U.S. approaching 340 mass shootings this year after deadly weekend At least eight were killed in Mississippi and four in South Carolina.

Very messed up
www.axios.com/2025/10/13/u...

The worst thing about Bluesky is not being able to edit your own posts.
"Cavendish" should read "Standish"

Conglomeration continues.
This is Stellantis

That's the Republican world in a nutshell

Delay in Russian Cargo Airship A600: Plans Pushed Back The highly anticipated first flight of the Russian cargo airship A600, developed by Aerosmena, has hit a snag. Initially set for 2024, the project faces delays.

The "bugs" in Aerosmena's efforts will take some time to fix...
www.pacewell.com.pk/blog/delay-i...

France's "Flying Whale" is also perhaps too lightweight to be seriously considered for cross-continent cargo delivery (60 tonnes)
www.flying-whales.com/en/the-lca60t/

World's largest plane finally set to launch – with $2.5bn orders lined up The Airlander 10 is a cross between an airship and a conventional plane and is the largest aircraft in the world - and the 302ft-long vehicle even has a cheeky nickname

The Airlander, due in 2029, is possibly too lightweight to be useful as a cargo carrier (10 tonnes payload), but it is being designed to carry passengers as well.
www.themirror.com/news/world-n...

Aerosmena’s “UFO” shaped airship aiming for 2024 launch - AGN Russian airship manufacturer Aerosmena is to launch its lenticular-shaped 600 tonne payload airship in 2024. The aircraft has been designed to perform transport and logistics tasks regardless of groun...

As soon as the bugs are fixed, I think massive airships will be the best way for Canada and Mexico to augment trade with each other.
aerospaceglobalnews.com/video/aerosm...

(but hardly anyone gets a window seat)

Natilus Debuts its New Passenger Aircraft "Horizon" to Decarbonize Global Commercial Aviation - Natilus Reducing Global Air Freight Costs By 60% Through The Use Of Large Autonomous Aircraft

It would be good to see this get off the ground.
natilus.co/natilus-debu...

Slow Horses season 5 brings back the best group of characters on TV – review The Apple TV+ favourite returns with superb performances and a script that’s as sharp as ever. The only thing it needs is more River Cartwright

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Apple TV's "Slow Horses" is one of the best shows on TV right now.
Gary Oldman's "Jackson Lamb"and his counterpart, Kristin Scott Thomas' "Diana Taverner" are standouts in these stories, penned by Will Smith.
Saskia Reeves is also brilliant as "Cavendish".

The planet has entered a ‘new reality’ as it hits its first climate tipping point, report finds | CNN The widespread death of coral reefs is the first in a series of catastrophic and potentially irreversible tipping points the world may hit, according to a landmark report produced by 160 scientists ac...

also from this week...
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CO2 levels in atmosphere have tripled since 1960s, highest in 800,000 years: WMO report | CBC News Heat-trapping carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere jumped by the highest amount on record last year, soaring to a level not seen in human civilization and "turbo-charging" the Earth's climate and c...

Up and up and up
www.cbc.ca/news/science...

How the Ostrich Farm Cull Has Unleashed Threats of Violence | The Tyee The CFIA union head says members and their families are being threatened.

The 'Convoy Grunts' are crawling out from under their rocks again.
The rabble-rousing issue this time? An ordered cull of 400 ostriches on a BC farm to halt the mutation of the H5N1 virus.
A similar outbreak in a prison wouldn't prompt a cull order.
There'd be another way
thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...

Chinese doublespeak is key to gaining more global power.

How Canadian steelmakers are 'greening' their steel | CBC Climate Change News Steelmaker Algoma says U.S. tariffs on steel are pushing it to more quickly transition to electric steelmaking. Here's why decarbonizing steel is such a big deal, how it's being done in Canada and wha...

Steel manufacture has a new way forward...
www.cbc.ca/news/climate...

hahaha, idiotic New York Post false patriots

Pity poor Trump, whose Nobel hopes were dashed by common sense | Dave Schilling Maga supporters are upset the president didn’t receive the peace prize. One thing’s for sure: it’s all about him

N.B.: Schilling is using the word "pity" sarcastically.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Americans should be able to see that the U.S. president intends to dismantle the U.S. legal system, making it into his own tool of retribution and revenge.
The U.S. democracy has never been under more intense attack.

What?
He actually thought he might be a serious contender?

I just cannot understand what is the matter with the other 65% who continue to go to the U.S.

This is the 'Trump Touch'

I've heard that this president is incontinent and smells foul.
The expression on Li's face would seem to confirm that rumour.

Good.
The world's second highest-ranked education institution has rejected this president's gangster-style "protection" scheme.

I'm pretty sure China could get by without trading with the U.S. at all.
And it's very likely China has a few retaliatory measures to lob at the U.S. should this president move ahead with his "100%" whimsy.

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