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Explanation: Do you see the bat? It haunts this cosmic close-up of the eastern Veil Nebula. The Veil Nebula itself is a large supernova remnant, the expanding debris cloud from the death explosion of a massive star. While the Veil is roughly circular in shape and covers nearly 3 degrees on the sky toward the constellation of the Swan (Cygnus), NGC 6995, known informally as the Bat Nebula, spans only 1/2 degree, about the apparent size of the Moon. That translates to 12 light-years at the Veil's estimated distance, a reassuring 1,400 light-years from planet Earth. In the composite of...

Mark Zuckerberg and wife Priscilla Chan have been sued by two former employees who allege that they faced sexual harassment and discrimination from their colleagues and did not receive all wages owed to them during their time working for the couple's family household.Both complaints — filed last month in San Francisco County Superior Court and first reported by Insider — name Zuckerberg, the 37-year-old CEO of Facebook, and Chan, a 36-year-old pediatrician and philanthropist, as defendants alongside several other corporate entities related to the family, according to court documents obtained by NBC News.One complaint was made on behalf of Mia...

They never give up. The finger waggers who know what is good for the rest of us; the epidemiologists trying to intimidate us with their seemingly terrifying but actually rather trivial models of applied mathematics. The vested interests in the NHS creating excuses for the inefficiencies inherent in the system. If we already have restrictive measures, we need more. If we don’t have them, we need to be introducing them right now, or preferably yesterday. Like a stopped clock, their admonishments and predictions are occasionally correct. But for the most part, they are not.

Ah, Thanksgiving. A chance for the family to come together to eat food, watch football (or see whatever’s on TBS when the Lions game is on — I bet it’s Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation), and give thanks to Mike Lindell for exposing the biggest criminal cover-up in American, nay, world history. After many, uh, trial runs, the MyPillow CEO has been talking up November 25 as the day that the Supreme Court will convene to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. In fact, while you’re stuffing the turkey, Lindell will be holding a multi-day “marathon” broadcast in...

California State Parks will be doing more than a week of prescribed burns at Wilder Ranch State Park in Santa Cruz. The burns will take place between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. starting Wednesday, Oct. 27, and will run through Friday, Nov. 5. Proactive monitoring and patrol will continue throughout the burns. The burns are not only to reduce wildfire risk, but to enhance the health of the grassland by removing dead brush, leaves, and roots, which will, in turn, restore essential nutrients to the soil. People throughout Monterey Bay can expect to see smoke lingering until the burns are...

An ideologically-aligned cabal of people in various agencies of the federal government are working together to shut parents down.. a war on parents and every part of the government is getting involved. The latest front began with a letter from the National School Board Association ... the NSBA compared concerned parents speaking up at school board meetings to "domestic terrorists" and called for the "U.S. Departments of Justice, Education, and Homeland Security," the FBI, "including any technical assistance necessary from, and state and local coordination with, its National Security Branch and Counterterrorism Division" to step in .. using the Patriot...

Just two months ago, Florida was experiencing the worst COVID-19 surge in the United States. The Sunshine State had the highest seven-day average of cases per day as well as the highest hospitalization rate in the country. Despite these grim metrics, Governor Ron DeSantis did not issue new lockdowns, closures or stay-at-home orders, arguing that the spike was due to a seasonal pattern of the virus and urging residents to get vaccinated.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released its periodical cigarette report on Tuesday, revealing cigarette sales rose last year for the first time in 20 years. According to the report, the largest cigarette companies in the U.S. sold 203.7 billion cigarettes to U.S. wholesalers and retailers in 2020. The year before, that number was 202.9 billion.

And who pulled the trigger?Alec Baldwin.It's that simple.

I'm curious why my new post that referenced an article about "racial audits" was suddenly pulled without a stated reason. I not only wasted time filling in all the required fields but also wasted more time posting a somewhat lengthy comment regarding the referenced article. Before pulling a new topic, wouldn't it be better to embargo (instead of delete) the new post and send a notification so the OP can fix the new topic for re-posting? Just a thought.

Local Virginia TV stations including ABC, CBS and NBC have refused to air an ad depicting sexually explicit materials that are widely available to students in school libraries in the state, citing federal law which prohibits airing pornographic images. “It’s shocking that images, and even some words, that federal law prohibits TV stations to share with adults are the same images being shared with Virginia students with no accountability,” said Victoria Coley, vice president of communications at Independent Women’s Voice (IWV), which created the ad. The 30-second ad, titled “Worth 1,000 Words,” includes a full screen spread from Gender Queer...

The majority of those who are considered “fully vaccinated” are still wearing masks the bulk of the time when outside their homes, a Yahoo! News/YouGov survey released this week found. As the Biden Administration and public health officials continue to push for mass vaccinations, originally pitching them as the way to return to pre-pandemic life, a majority of people, including a majority of the vaccinated, are still wearing masks “always” or “most of the time” when outside their home.

After reading aloud a portion of just one section, which included the characters in Gender Queer discussing the use of strap-on dildos and performing oral sex on one another, OCPS Chairman Teresa Jacobs demanded this journalist cease reading the passage. After refusing to do so, she instructed OCPS police officers to eject this journalist from the meeting by force.

As the eruption of the Cumbre Vieja volcano on the Spanish island of La Palma enters its 38th day, a politician from a neighboring island has raised the idea of dropping bombs on it to divert lava flows.

MIT professor emeritus and political activist Noam Chomsky said he believes that while unvaccinated people have the right to refuse a COVID jab, they should “have the decency to isolate” from the community for the safety of others. Chomsky was asked in an interview whether the COVID vaccine should be required when he made the remark. A clip of his response has garnered 1.9 million views on Twitter and been met with mixed reactions. “People who refuse to accept vaccines, I think the right response for them is not to force them to, but rather to insist that they be...

Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-SC) wore a “Let’s Go Brandon” mask on the House floor Monday. “Let’s Go Brandon” has become a viral anti-President Joe Biden saying following a recent NASCAR race, where an NBC reporter claimed fans were cheering on the race winner, Brandon Brown, when they were actually chanting “F*** Joe Biden.” “Spotted at House votes: GOP Rep. Jeff Duncan of SC wearing a mask with a phrase that Republicans are using in place of F*** Joe Biden,” tweeted POLITICO reporter Olivia Beavers. Duncan posted a mask emoji after politicos started to report on his anti-Biden mask. In South...

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy OMITTING information on the allocation of Taxpayer Funds to Illegal Immigrants until after election “I think it’s 40 million dollars [being allocated to illegal immigrants], something like that -- and to designate that at this point would be political suicide.”

Rishi Sunak has hailed his Budget as ushering in a “new economy” after the Covid pandemic as he confirms billions of pounds of funding for the NHS and wage rises for millions of workers. The Chancellor said the Budget was focused on the "post-Covid" era. He told MPs: "Today's Budget does not draw a line under Covid, we have challenging months ahead. "And let me encourage everyone eligible to get their booster jabs right away. But today's Budget does begin the work of preparing for a new economy post-Covid. "The Prime Minister's economy of higher wages, higher skills, and rising...

Is anyone concerned that in Illinois a vaccine passport is required to access government services and many businesses in order to register and prove your identity, Experian, a Credit Rating Agency is charge of the personal identification. A quote from the article... Residents accessing the program must verify their information through consumer credit rating firm Experian and could use it for certain areas of concerts at the Illinois State Fair as early as Thursday.

Raw Covid-19 Mortality and All Cause Mortality Data from the UK Office of National Statistics (ONS) has revealed that double vaccinated people were six times more likely to die of All Causes than unvaccinated people from the end of April to the beginning of July 2021.This is the first time the government has published data which traps the scale of the lethal side effects of the Covid-19 injections.By a concerned readerThe data can be downloaded from the ONS in Excel format here.DATA IS USED FROM…TABLE 4: WEEKLY AGE-STANDARDISED MORTALITY RATES BY VACCINATION STATUS FOR DEATHS INVOLVING COVID-19, PER 100,000 PEOPLE,...