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  • Pfizer insider who was former head of toxicology in Europe estimates that 20 000 to 60 000 people in Germany have died from the covid vaccine

    04/13/2026 1:18:32 PM PDT · by DFG · 31 replies
    X ^ | 4/12/2026 | Peter Sweden
    This should be headline news EVERYWHERE. A Pfizer insider who was former head of toxicology in Europe has just come out and said something that many "conspiracy theorists" suspected. He estimates that 20,000 to 60,000 people in Germany have died from the covid vaccine. This was said at a parliamentary enquiry commission in Germany. So why isn't this massive news being reported everywhere? Is the mainstream media that has received millions in funding from Bill Gates deliberately covering this up... 🤔
  • ALS Patient: How Elon Musk's Neuralink Has Given Him Purpose | 33:04

    04/09/2026 9:13:55 AM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 20 replies
    YouTube ^ | April 8, 2026 | Ellie in Space
    ALS took Brad's voice, but with Neuralink, he's gotten it back. I was honored to join Brad in his home with his family to learn more about ‪@neuralink‬ and how it's completely changed his quality of life. ALS Patient: How Elon Musk's Neuralink Has Given Him Purpose | 33:04 Ellie in Space and 2 more Bradford Smith | Neuralink P3 | Future Link Pod Neura Pod – Neuralink 4,966 views | April 8, 2026
  • Psychiatric Morbidity Among Adolescents and Young Adults Who Contacted Specialised Gender Identity Services in Finland in 1996–2019: A Register Study

    04/06/2026 3:46:40 AM PDT · by karpov · 22 replies
    Paediatrics Journal ^ | April 4, 2026 | Sami-Matti Ruuska, Katinka Tuisku, Timo Holttinen, and Riittakerttu Kaltiala
    Gender-referred adolescents showed significantly higher psychiatric morbidity than controls both before (45.7% vs. 15.0%) and ≥ 2 years after referral (61.7% vs. 14.6%). Those referred after 2010 had greater psychiatric needs than earlier cohorts, both before (47.9% vs. 15.3%) and ≥ 2 years after (61.3% vs. 14.2%) referral. Among adolescents who underwent medical gender reassignment, psychiatric morbidity increased markedly during follow-up—rising from 9.8% to 60.7% in feminising gender reassignment and from 21.6% to 54.5% in masculinising gender reassignment. After adjusting for prior psychiatric treatment, all gender-referred adolescents had similarly elevated risks of psychiatric morbidity, with hazard ratios approximately three times...
  • Artemis II Stakeout - NASA's Crewed Mission Around The Moon [launch at 6:30 PM]

    04/01/2026 10:10:36 AM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 152 replies
    YouTube ^ | Live [Started streaming 5 hours ago] | NASA
    NASA is counting down to the first crewed mission to the Moon in over 50 years. Launching on SLS and Orion, a crew of four will fly around the Moon as a precursor to humans returning to the surface. Artemis II Stakeout - NASA's Crewed Mission Around The Moon | Live NASASpaceflight | 1.44M subscribers | lots watching now | 4/1/2026
  • Launch of ESA's Celeste mission 1 [3:15]

    03/30/2026 8:25:46 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 2 replies
    YouTube ^ | March 28, 2026 | European Space Agency, ESA
    Credits: Rocket Lab Launch of ESA's Celeste mission 1 | 3:15 European Space Agency, ESA | 1.36M subscribers | 27,893 views | March 28, 2026
  • NASA's Artemis II Q&A from Quarantine [53:49]

    03/29/2026 11:08:17 AM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 25 replies
    YouTube ^ | March 29 2026 | NASA
    Join us as the Artemis II crew answers questions from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, where they're in protective quarantine ahead of their upcoming flight around the Moon. NASA's Artemis II Q&A from Quarantine | 53:49 NASA | 12.8M subscribers | 20,828 views | March 29 2026(Streamed live 2 hours ago)
  • NASA Might Be Able to Reboost the Hubble Space Telescope After All... [10:37]

    03/28/2026 8:52:15 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 16 replies
    YouTube ^ | March 25, 2026 | Ellie in Space
    NASA Might Be Able to Reboost the Hubble Space Telescope After All... | 10:37> Ellie in Space | 222K subscribers | 34,141 views | March 25, 2026 [link to the report from Ars Technica]
  • Higher Ed’s New Human-Subjects Problem

    03/23/2026 7:50:21 AM PDT · by karpov · 9 replies
    James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal ^ | March 18, 2026 | James L. Nuzzo
    Intellectual rot within universities has become increasingly obvious. It stems from the widespread adoption of critical, feminist, and queer theories in academic work. The result has been a constant stream of illogical, unscientific, and otherwise incoherent academic papers. Organizations such as the Martin Center, Do No Harm, the National Association of Scholars, The College Fix, and Reality’s Last Stand have been at the forefront of exposing all of this. I think there is more to expose, however, not just in terms of the total volume of this wrongheaded work but also in terms of its misdirected moral compass. Whereas critiques...
  • World University Rankings Are a Scam

    03/19/2026 6:24:07 AM PDT · by karpov · 11 replies
    James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal ^ | March 13, 2026 | John Mac Ghlionn
    Earlier this year, a New York Times report described a dramatic reversal in global university rankings. In the early 2000s, American institutions dominated the tables measuring scientific output. Seven of the top 10 were U.S. schools, led by Harvard University. Only one Chinese institution, Zhejiang University, appeared in the top 25. Today, the map looks very different. Chinese universities dominate the upper tiers of rankings produced by groups such as Leiden and the Nature Index. Commentators talk about a new academic world order. Some declare American decline. Others announce Chinese supremacy. Both conclusions rest on a shaky premise: that modern...
  • NASA: Massive 'boom' heard from Ohio to Kentucky caused by exploding meteor [1:56]

    03/17/2026 11:17:55 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 50 replies
    YouTube ^ | March 17, 2026 | ABC News
    A meteor nearly 6ft in diameter weighing roughly 7 tons broke apart above Ohio and was seen across 10 states. NASA: Massive 'boom' heard from Ohio to Kentucky caused by exploding meteor | 1:56 ABC News | 19.5M subscribers | 137,427 views | March 17, 2026
  • Butch Wilmore - He Was Stranded in Space for 286 Days | SRS #287 [3:27:27]

    03/14/2026 9:08:40 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 22 replies
    YouTube ^ | March 12, 2026 | Shawn Ryan Show
    (link set up to start at 2:37:18) Butch Wilmore - He Was Stranded in Space for 286 Days | SRS #287 | 3:27:27 Shawn Ryan Show | 5.96M subscribers | 189,109 views | March 12, 2026
  • How China Corrupts Academic Research

    03/14/2026 1:14:17 PM PDT · by karpov · 3 replies
    James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal ^ | March 6, 2026 | Bruce Gilley
    To understand how China has corrupted academic research in the West, including in the United States, begin at the top. China is currently headed by a man, Xi Jinping, who is himself an academic fraud. While serving in various government posts between 1998 and 2002, Xi was enrolled in an “in-service” doctoral program at Tsinghua University in Beijing. His dissertation on the marketization of rural areas was ghost-written by one of his staff members in a local government in southern Fujian Province, Liu Huiyu. She was later given a plum post at Jiangxia University in Fujian handling “library materials.” Xi’s...
  • Firefly Aerospace Launches Alpha Flight 7 "Stairway To Seven" | Live

    03/11/2026 5:48:40 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 11 replies
    YouTube ^ | March 11, 2025 | NASASpaceflight
    Firefly Aerospace is a space and defense technology company that enables government and commercial customers to launch, land, and operate in space – anywhere, anytime. As the partner of choice for responsive space missions, Firefly is the only commercial company to launch a satellite to orbit with an approximate 24-hour notice. Firefly is also the only company to achieve a fully successful landing on the Moon. Established in 2017, Firefly’s engineering, manufacturing, and test facilities are co-located in central Texas to enable rapid innovation. The company’s small- to medium-lift launch vehicles, lunar landers, and orbital vehicles are built with common...
  • Spectacular fireball over Europe sends meteorite crashing through roof of German home

    03/09/2026 2:56:02 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 32 replies
    Space dot com ^ | published 7 hours ago | Tereza Pultarova
    A meteorite has crashed through the roof of a house in the city of Koblenz in the west of Germany after a spectacular fireball lit up the night sky above western Europe on Sunday evening, March 8.More than 2,800 sightings of the fireball have been reported to the International Meteor Organization (IMO), with dozens of video recordings having been uploaded on social media. Witnesses reported hearing multiple explosions as the space rock disintegrated in the atmosphere, showering fragments across the western German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.According to available reports, multiple fragments of the meteorite have already been found in Koblenz's GĂĽls...
  • Rocket Lab Releases Update on First-of-Its-Kind Neutron Rocket - Avid Space Spaceflight Update [4:40]

    03/04/2026 10:15:57 AM PST · by SunkenCiv · 15 replies
    YouTube ^ | March 3, 2026 | Avid Space
    In space news this week Stoke Space moves one step closer toward the inaugural launch of their Nova rocket, Rocket Lab releases their quarterly report and launches a hypersonic test vehicle, the Artemis II SLS is rolled back to the Vehicle Assembly Building and NASA announces major changes to the Artemis program. Rocket Lab Releases Update on First-of-Its-Kind Neutron Rocket - Avid Space Spaceflight Update | 4:40 Avid Space | 249K subscribers | 8,755 views | March 3, 2026
  • Artemis Update (Feb. 27, 2026) [1:01:31]

    02/27/2026 9:12:27 AM PST · by SunkenCiv · 62 replies
    YouTube ^ | Streamed live 2 hours ago | NASA
    Following the rollback of the Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft on Wednesday, Feb. 25, experts will discuss the work ahead for the Artemis II test flight around the Moon and provide broader updates on the Artemis campaign. Artemis Update (Feb. 27, 2026) | 1:01:31 NASA | 12.7M subscribers | 30,157 views | Streamed live 2 hours ago
  • NASA Reveals Which Astronaut Had Medical Emergency on ISS [8:07]

    02/25/2026 5:23:41 PM PST · by SunkenCiv · 13 replies
    YouTube ^ | February 25, 2026 | Ellie in Space
    NASA Reveals Which Astronaut Had Medical Emergency on ISS | 8:07 Ellie in Space | 220K subscribers | 64,454 views | February 25, 2026
  • The Genius of Computing with Light [32:20]

    02/25/2026 7:20:15 AM PST · by SunkenCiv · 10 replies
    YouTube ^ | February 15, 2026 | Dr Ben Miles
    PsiQuantum are world leaders in the race to utility-scale quantum computing, but they have been shrouded in mystery for over a decade...until now. Thanks to some good fortune and incredible generosity from the PsiQuantum team I was able to get behind the scenes and see what makes their ground-breaking quantum computer 'click'. The Genius of Computing with Light | 32:20 Dr Ben Miles | 2.24M subscribers | 246,872 views | February 15, 2026 0:00 Silicon Valley's Most Secretive Quantum Computer 1:38 A Quantum Computer that runs on Light 6:03 How to Create a Single Photon 9:00 How to Build a...
  • Starship Ready for Its Toughest Test Ever | Starliner Years-Old Design Flaw NASA Missed [14:47]

    02/24/2026 8:28:33 AM PST · by SunkenCiv · 33 replies
    YouTube ^ | February 23, 2026 | Scientia Plus
    Starship Block 3 just entered a new testing phase and SpaceX is preparing Starship Flight 12. NASA’s Starliner Crew Flight Test report classifies the mission as a Type A mishap and confirms no crew will fly again until full requalification. Artemis II faces delay after a liquid hydrogen leak during SLS wet dress rehearsal was resolved, only for a helium repressurization anomaly in the Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage to trigger rollback to the VAB. Starship Ready for Its Toughest Test Ever Starliner Years-Old Design Flaw NASA Missed | 14:47 Scientia Plus | 54K subscribers | 11,966 views | February 23,...
  • BREAKING: Artemis II Likely To Roll Back to VAB, Slips to April Launch [13:42]

    02/21/2026 9:31:17 AM PST · by SunkenCiv · 51 replies
    YouTube ^ | February 21, 2026 | Ellie in Space
    [snip] I just had to pull my video that I made last night about the leaks being solved. No more hydrogen leaks with Artemis and the launch being no earlier than March 6th. I literally just woke up and the information is now completely changed and it's not good. Jared Isaacman shared on X that after overnight data showed an interruption in helium flow in the SLS interim cryogenic propulsion stage, teams are troubleshooting and preparing for a likely roll back of Artemis 2 to the vehicle assembly building at NASA Kennedy. This will almost assuredly impact the March launch...