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  • TALK LIKE A PIRATE DAY | September 19

    09/19/2024 6:31:10 AM PDT · by Red Badger
    National Day Calendar ^ | September 19, 2024 | Staff
    TALK LIKE A PIRATE DAY All you bilge rats, Aaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrgh! Get ready to celebration Talk Like a Pirate Day September 19. #TalkLikeAPirateDay As you are out and about today, don't be surprised if people are saying, "Ahoy Matey," "Avast," "Aye, Aye Capt'n," "Land ho!" "Hornpipe," and many other pirate-like phrases, because it's International Talk Like a Pirate Day. While ordering your coffee in the drive-thru, ask if they have change for gold bullion. Try testing your pirate language out at the library when asking for the location of Moby Dick. The pirate language always fairs well in rough seas. Settle...
  • US Air Force Celebrating 77th Birthday

    09/18/2024 5:51:22 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 24 replies
    KFDX/KJTL ^ | Sep 18, 2024 | Jalen Wells, Emily Faith
    The United States Air Force celebrated its 77th birthday on Wednesday, Sept.18, marking the point at which it became a separate entity from the rest of the military. The Air Force officially became a separate division of the U.S. military when President Harry Truman signed the National Security Act of 1947. To this day, the Air Force continues to aim high and fight, as it delivers airpower anytime and anywhere to serve and protect our nation. This is a special shoutout to all of our airmen and women at Sheppard Air Force Base and to all members of the U.S....
  • Is MG on Its Way Back to the US Market?

    09/18/2024 12:34:18 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 61 replies
    Auto Week ^ | September 09, 2024 | Todd Lassa
    * Chinese-owned British automaker MG plans to build an assembly plant and R&D facility in Mexico. * The facility is being designed to assemble 100,000 units annually in its initial phase. * No other details on the facility—including exactly where it will be located—have yet been released. The Chinese-owned British auto brand MG has announced it will build an assembly plant and a research and development facility in Mexico. Before you spend an hour on its configurator for its new Cyberster EV sports car, be aware that MG has no plans so far to import any new vehicles north of...
  • BYD’s $10,000 Seagull EV was the top-selling car in China last month

    09/18/2024 12:26:44 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 19 replies
    electrek ^ | September 18, 2024 | Peter Johnson
    BYD’s cheapest electric car, the Seagull, was the top-selling car in China last month, with nearly 41,000 models sold. Starting at under $10,000, the BYD Seagull even has US automakers worried. BYD’s Seagull was China’s top-selling vehicle in August BYD has been on a roll, launching lower-priced, updated models of its best-selling models. In March, BYD launched the Seagull EV Honor Edition with a “shocking price” starting at just 69,800 yuan, or less than $10,000. Just five months later, BYD launched the 2025 Seagull with the same starting price. The Seagull is already sitting atop the sales charts in China....
  • Quantum feat: physicists observe entangled quarks for first time

    09/18/2024 9:20:46 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 8 replies
    Nature ^ | September 18, 2024 | Dan Garisto
    Scientists have for the first time observed quantum entanglement — a state in which particles intermingle, losing their individuality so they can no longer be described separately — between quarks. The feat, achieved at CERN, Europe’s particle-physics laboratory near Geneva, Switzerland, could open the door to further probes of quantum information in particles at high energies. Entanglement has been measured in particles such as electrons and photons for decades, but it is a delicate phenomenon and easiest to measure in low-energy, or ‘quiet’, environments, such as in the ultracold refrigerators that house quantum computers. Particle collisions, such as those between...
  • Video shows Cape Air flight with landing gear issue land safely at Logan Airport in Boston

    09/18/2024 7:46:59 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 7 replies
    CBS News ^ | September 18, 2024 | Neal Riley, Brandon Truitt
    BOSTON - A Cape Air flight from Boston to Maine landed safely on what appeared to be one wheel after a landing gear problem forced the small plane to return to Logan Airport Tuesday. Flight 1833 to Bar Harbor had three people on board. Cape Air said the pilot "was alerted to a landing gear anomaly shortly after take-off." Just after 3:15 p.m., the Cessna 402 returned to Logan with emergency crews standing by. WBZ-TV's helicopter captured the landing on video. After touching down on the runway, the small plane skidded to a halt near the grass. The people on...
  • Scientists Identify New Blood Group After a 50 Year Mystery

    09/18/2024 7:13:10 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 23 replies
    Science Alert ^ | September 18, 2024 | Tessa Koumoundouros
    When a pregnant woman had her blood sampled back in 1972, doctors discovered it was mysteriously missing a surface molecule found on all other known red blood cells at the time. After 50 years, this strange molecular absence finally led researchers from the UK and Israel to describe a new blood group system in humans. "It represents a huge achievement, and the culmination of a long team effort, to finally establish this new blood group system and be able to offer the best care to rare, but important, patients," UK National Health Service hematologist Louise Tilley says, after nearly 20...
  • Queer Ubermenschen - America’s woke master race goes nuclear.

    09/18/2024 5:07:11 AM PDT · by MtnClimber · 46 replies
    Front Page Magazine ^ | 18 Sep, 2024 | Lloyd Billingsley
    The National Nuclear Security Administration is “a semi-autonomous agency within the U.S. Department of Energy responsible for enhancing national security through the military application of nuclear science. NNSA maintains and enhances the safety, security, and effectiveness of the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile; works to reduce the global danger from weapons of mass destruction; provides the U.S. Navy with safe and militarily effective nuclear propulsion; and responds to nuclear and radiological emergencies in the United States and abroad.” Such important tasks require the best personnel, but the people have cause to wonder. In February, the Biden-Harris administration announced five new NNSA...
  • BREAKING: Forced to get 3 vaccines to receive medical care, 23-year-old Alexis Lorenze is now fighting for her life

    09/18/2024 4:24:39 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 47 replies
    kirschsubstack.com ^ | September 18, 2024 | Steve Kirsch
    No vax, no care. So she had to get 3 vaccines. Within 10 minutes, she was blind in both eyes. She's now fighting for her life. Doctors are baffled as to the cause since it can't be the vaccines. ========================================================================= Executive summary This is one of the most horrific vaccine injury stories I’ve ever heard of. Alexis Lorenze is a 23-year old young woman with a history of Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH) since January 2024. The hematologist (Zahra Pakbaz) at her hospital (UC Irvine Health) refused to give her further care for her PNH unless she took the Tetanus, Pneumococcal...
  • New Photo Shows Wrecked Titanic Sub on Ocean Floor...This is so dark.

    09/17/2024 9:09:44 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 30 replies
    The Byte ^ | September 17, 2024 | Victor Tangermann
    Watery Grave During a public Coast Guard hearing on Monday, grim new details of the Titan submersible disaster came to light. It's been 15 months since the tiny vessel descended to visit the Titanic shipwreck 12,500 feet below the surface of the Atlantic. But somewhere along its journey, the Titan submersible abruptly imploded, killing all five people on board. Well over a year later, the US Coast Guard revealed the first image of the wreck in the form of a screenshot of a video recorded by a remotely operated deep-sea drone. The vehicle spotted the Titan's tail cone and other...
  • Starliner Suffers New Problems While Coming Back to Earth..."We would not be surprised if Boeing were to divest the manned spaceflight business."

    09/17/2024 9:01:03 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 16 replies
    The Byte ^ | September 09, 2024 | Victor Tangermann
    Homeward Bound On Saturday morning, NASA's plagued Starliner spacecraft finally made it back to the ground. The capsule landed in the New Mexico desert after spending just over three months in space. But thanks to technical issues worrying NASA officials, it left behind the agency's two stranded astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, bookending a disastrous first crewed flight attempt. The pair will have to wait for their ride back, on a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft, until February. Signals on the capsule's return were mixed. On the one hand, according to NASA’s commercial crew program manager Steve Stich, it pulled...
  • Howard Stern Says He 'Hates' Anyone Who Votes For Trump After Second Assassination Attempt

    09/17/2024 10:30:49 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 117 replies
    Outkick ^ | September 17, 2024 | Bobby Burack
    Howard Stern clarified on Monday that he does not hate Donald Trump. He just hates anyone who votes for Donald Trump. "This whole idea of you like me, you are good, and if you don't, you are bad … I've been the victim of this," said Stern when responding to Trump saying he "hates Taylor Swift" over the weekend on Truth Social. "I don't hate Trump. I hate the people who vote for him. I think they are stupid. I do. I have no respect for them." Stern added that if half of his viewers disagree with his opinion about...
  • New Technology Could More Effectively Treat Hearing Loss

    09/17/2024 7:26:25 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 15 replies
    Scitech Daily ^ | September 17, 2024 | Tim Tedeschi, University of Cincinnat
    r. Daniel Sun’s research at the University of Cincinnati focuses on using magnetic nanoparticles to deliver drugs directly to the inner ear, aiming to provide a groundbreaking, minimally invasive treatment for hearing loss. (Daniel Sun, MD.) Credit: UC Health ================================================================================ NIH-funded research explores magnetic nanoparticles for noninvasive, targeted treatment of hearing loss. For medications to be effective, they require an efficient delivery system to reach the specific areas of the body where they can make an impact. Unfortunately, creating such a system has been a significant challenge for hearing loss treatments. Now, Dr. Daniel Sun from the University of Cincinnati...
  • Report: Alleged Trump Assassin’s Book Encouraged Iran to Kill Trump

    09/16/2024 1:37:08 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 15 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 09/16/2024 | Wendell Husebø
    Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, the alleged attempted assassin who authorities apprehended Sunday after trying to kill former President Donald Trump, encouraged Iran to kill Trump in a book about the Ukraine war, according to excerpts circulated on social media. Routh appears aligned with a neocon agenda and often posted about the Ukraine/Russian conflict. He tried to find volunteers to fight Russia. The New York Times interviewed Routh about his efforts to recruit volunteers to travel to Ukraine and fight in the war. Routh appears to have been a Trump supporter in 2016 but turned against him by 2020. “Make Americans...
  • SPECIAL! RUNWAY BREAKS AND FLIES INTO THE AIR, as Qantas Departs Runway 03 [VIDEO]

    09/16/2024 11:51:18 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 44 replies
    YouTube ^ | September 15, 2024 | YPPH Plane Guy
    Right after the jet starts down the runway, a huge chunk of asphalt lifts up from the ground and blows away.................
  • New Oral Weight Loss Drug Cuts Body Weight by 13% in Just 12 Weeks

    09/16/2024 4:38:41 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 34 replies
    Scitech Daily ^ | September 16, 2024 | Diabetologia
    In a phase 1 trial, the oral drug Amycretin helped individuals lose up to 13.1% of their body weight in three months by targeting key appetite-regulating hormones, presenting a potential breakthrough in tablet-form obesity treatments. ============================================================================= Amycretin, an oral weight loss drug, led to up to 13% body weight reduction in three months, showing potential for continued weight loss. While well-tolerated, further long-term studies are needed to evaluate its safety and efficacy. Individuals who received a once-a-day oral weight loss drug had lost up to 13% of their body weight over three months, according to a recent presentation at the...
  • Del. dispatchers help rescue sinking boat in Dover … England

    09/16/2024 4:31:39 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 12 replies
    NBC News ^ | September 12, 2024 | Hayden Mitman and Kaleah Mcilwain
    A case of mistaken municipality had an emergency call from a boat sinking in the English Channel off the coast of Dover, England go to local rescuers in Dover, Delaware, prompting them to help save stranded sailors ================================================================== Have you ever answered the phone and realized the person on the other end of the line meant to call someone else? Well, that happened to 911 dispatchers in Dover, Delaware. NBC10’s Tim Furlong has the story. Police in Dover, Delaware, helped save a boat stranded at sea more than 3,650 miles away when an emergency call meant for Dover, England, mistakenly...
  • Disappointing Systems in Ukraine - From imprecise precision munitions to explosive IFVs

    09/15/2024 3:09:45 PM PDT · by Chode · 4 replies
    We've spent a lot of time in the past talking about systems that have been called 'game changers' or arguably over performed in Ukraine, relative to either expectations, costs, or both. Today, we look at some of the opposite - systems that may not be having the expected impact, and which might prompt some thinking in planners observing the Ukrainian experience.
  • World’s strongest battery paves way for light, energy-efficient vehicles

    09/15/2024 1:08:02 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 23 replies
    Eureka Alert! ^ | September 12, 2024 | Chalmers University of Technology
    When cars, planes, ships or computers are built from a material that functions as both a battery and a load-bearing structure, the weight and energy consumption are radically reduced. A research group at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden is now presenting a world-leading advance in so-called massless energy storage – a structural battery that could halve the weight of a laptop, make the mobile phone as thin as a credit card or increase the driving range of an electric car by up to 70 percent on a single charge. image: Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology have succeeded in...
  • Families of wounded vets rip Kamala Harris for brazen ‘no American troops in war zones’ claim as own admin lists many active combat areas

    09/15/2024 4:07:56 AM PDT · by Libloather · 8 replies
    NY Post ^ | 9/14/24 | Matthew Sedacca
    Outraged family members of US troops hurt in the line of duty slammed Kamala Harris’ brazen claim that no Americans are serving in war zones — a statement which flies in the face of her own administration’s official list of active combat zones. As many as 50,000 US service members currently patrolling countries and oceans across the Middle East and Africa are receiving either “hostile fire” or “imminent danger pay,” monthly payments of up to $225 for troops deployed in areas where they could easily be subjected to — or do come under — enemy attack, retired Army Col. and...