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Hyperion and the Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons.

The #DistantWorlds3 expedtion has reached Eictach KU-D d13-4 known as Eclipsion Halo.

This system's outer Gas Giant has a Trojan Moon, a binary moon orbiting just 2200 km apart.

This is the news that there was a shortage at the Winter Olympics.

YouTube video by Player One Stories THIS IS ARC RAIDERS - Cinematic Short Film (4K)

THIS IS ARC RAIDERS - Cinematic Short Film (4K)
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Student who punched another student holding pro-ICE sign at Lake Zurich High School received 2-day suspension No criminal charges were filed, but the student who punched another student for holding a pro-ICE sign at Lake Zurich High School last week received a two-day suspension and is back in class.

This hero chad is going to get laid so much 👏🫡😃

Also, I don’t just condone and approve of violence against nazi, but also against people wearing Ray-Ban Meta smartglasses, so I support this lad’s punch 200 %
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A Moon shadow sliding across Antarctica. This play of light & darkness happened during the February 17 annular solar eclipse.

Great catch by the GEO-KOMPSAT 2A satellite, watching Earth in visible & infrared light. 🔭🧪

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A closeup view shows the NASA’s Artemis 2 SLS (Space Launch System) rocket with the Orion spacecraft and launch abort system atop at Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026. The Artemis 2 test flight will take Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA, and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen from the CSA (Canadian Space Agency), around the Moon and back to Earth.

First a hydrogen leak. Now a separate *helium* leak is causing a delay in NASA's Artemis 2 mission around the Moon.

The giant rocket is rolling off the launch pad, with the flight delayed to April 1 at the earliest. 🧪🔭

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Scientists discover why high altitude protects against diabetes Living at high altitude appears to protect against diabetes, and scientists have finally discovered the reason. When oxygen levels drop, red blood cells switch into a new metabolic mode and absorb lar...

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1/ Far too many wargames and simulations of how Russia might move against a NATO neighbour treat the front-line states as a military vacuum, or an empty chessboard where it is only the moves of Russia and of slowly-arriving NATO reinforcements that count. But that's far from the truth.

#EliteDangerous
#StellarScreenshots
I posted a screenshot of this location a couple of hours ago in total darkness, I just logged on to this view now. Absolutely breath taking.

Giant tortoises return to Galápagos island after nearly 200 years The native species was driven to extinction by sailors in the 1800s. Now, 158 juvenile giant tortoises have been reintroduced to the island.

Hey @tkingfisher.com , have some good animal news:

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The Ghost in the Shell 2026 Teaser

Looks very faithful to the original manga art style
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YouTube video by The Guild The Guild - "Game On" (avail on iTunes!) A Bollywood Themed Gamer's Anthem

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Level up, feel the bliss
Forward slash, almost kiss!
Game On!
Invite Sent! (Game On!)
Hop on Vent! (Game On!)
Say it proud! (Game On!)
Screw the crowd! (Game On!)
No one else to please. (Game On!)
I'll press your hot keys! (Game On!)

Why is this not the official one

An embroidered patch shows a scene in space with an asteroid hurtling towards earth and a Tyrannosaurus rex (also in space) with its mouth open, either screaming or trying to bite the asteroid (I don't know). Along the top of the patch it says "NEO SURVEYOR." At the bottom of the patch it says, "NEVER AGAIN."

This unofficial patch for the NEO Surveyor project that my husband brought home from work is sending me.

YouTube video by Jonathan Pie A Royal Reckoning

A Royal Reckoning.
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Congratulations I guess.

This shot was taken stationary to the extremely fast rotating ring around the star, explaining why the stationary stars in the sky seem to rotate very fast, which is causing the streaks #EliteDangerous

“Perhaps even as dense as what is widely considered to be the densest thing in the universe, Professor Perez of Orion University.” 😂

Another fascinating analysis of how the physics of the realistic universe simulation of Elite Dangerous holds up against actual theoretical physics.
All in all, remarkably well.

War and Peas Comic Panel 1: A narrator's voice begins, "The Sun has risen. Its golden orb quietly—" The Sun, depicted with a grumpy face, interrupts with, "EXCUSE ME, I do not 'rise.'" Panel 2: The Sun, now with an angry expression, shouts, "You all revolve around me!" Panel 3: The Sun continues, "Without me, you idiots would all be DEAD!" The background remains a clear blue sky with mountains in the distance and people looking at the sun. Panel 4: The narrator's voice resumes, "The Sun, a narcissistic asshole, has risen." The Sun glares down at the tiny people below shooting sunrays. The people flee.

The path to ubiquitous AI | Taalas By Ljubisa Bajic Many believe AI is the real deal. In narrow domains, it already surpasses human performance. Used well, it is an unprecedented amplifier of human ingenuity and productivity. Its wides...

The path to ubiquitous AI

Using online AI is expensive.
For most use cases a cheaper hardcoded hardware version of the LLM would be sufficient and much cheaper
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OMG OMG Miku Expo 2026 announced !

Cancel all my plans !
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But more importantly...BEARDS ! 🧔‍♂️

I am so old I remember helping build this ancient and better Internet before css ruined everything.

Live updates: Supreme Court strikes down Trump’s sweeping tariffs, upending central plank of economic agenda The U.S. Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump's sweeping global tariffs, handing him a loss on an issue crucial to his economic agenda.

lol

lmao

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Panel 1: Two flowers with faces stand side by side in a grassy field under a blue sky with clouds. The yellow flower says, "Damn. That bee is buff." The purple flower looks on as they both watch bee fly by. Panel 2: The yellow flower, in close-up, says, "Those muscular legs. I bet they could carry so much pollen..." Panel 3: We can now see the regular bee flying by. Panel 4: The yellow flower, looking disappointed, says, "Man, I'm horny."

Two panel comic. Panel 1: a museum display of a megalodon jaw fossil, with some museum goers standing around it. There is a graphic on the information tablet next to the fossil, depicting the approximation of the megalodon’s full size compared to a human. Panel 2: “3.6 million years ago:” we see the true megalodon as it existed, a small shark with ludicrously large, juicy lips.

A war foretold: how the CIA and MI6 got hold of Putin’s Ukraine plans and why nobody believed them Drawing on more than 100 interviews with senior intelligence officials and other insiders in multiple countries, this exclusive account details how the US and Britain uncovered Vladimir Putin’s plans ...

A war foretold:
how the CIA and MI6 got hold of Putin’s Ukraine plans and why nobody believed them
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