Boeing and NASA are moving ahead with the upcoming Starliner demonstration launch despite an active helium leak. The launch is now on the books for Saturday, June 1, at 12:25 p.m. EDT. If all goes as planned, Starliner will rendezvous with the International Space Station the following day and return to Earth on June 10. If not,...
Laika’s greatest skill was being a good girl. While I don’t think Boeing exec’s can compete with that, I think they’ve got enough skills to staff the launch vehicle if Laika could do it.
Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) pressed New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) to pardon former President Trump following his recent conviction in his hush money trial....
I was with you until you suggested GE. GE is the Chrysler of appliances (ie squeeze suppliers on price so much that they get precisely what they ask for). It’s the monkey’s paw effect.
Ehh, I don’t really agree with my own statement. Yes, Biden has suffered loss more than most of us. It’s not on the scale of what Israel is doing to Palestine though.
House Speaker Mike Johnson describes himself as a Christian before anything else. He has said his “faith informs everything I do.” He has told people curious about his views to “pick up a Bible.” His wife reportedly runs a counseling service whose operating agreement, which he himself notarized, states, “We believe and...
I’m thinking along the lines of older spouse dies, younger spouse marries someone younger and becomes the older spouse. Then older spouse dies again and repeat. Has anything like this happened in a long enough chain to be significant? Is it so mundane no one cares?
. . . Enter the Louisiana Supreme Court. In an opinion written by Justice James Genovese and published on March 22, the court found an absolute property right in the institutions’ right not to be sued. The Louisiana Child Victims Act, wrote Genovese, “cannot be retroactively applied to revive plaintiffs’ prescribed causes...
I am genuinely confused by hexbear's opinion on the Ukraine war (lemmygrad.ml)
What I have learned:...
Boeing Will Launch Starliner With Helium Leak (www.extremetech.com)
Boeing and NASA are moving ahead with the upcoming Starliner demonstration launch despite an active helium leak. The launch is now on the books for Saturday, June 1, at 12:25 p.m. EDT. If all goes as planned, Starliner will rendezvous with the International Space Station the following day and return to Earth on June 10. If not,...
Phillips suggests Hochul pardon Trump ‘for the good of the country’ (thehill.com)
Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) pressed New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) to pardon former President Trump following his recent conviction in his hush money trial....
Trump campaign says it raised $52.8 million after guilty verdict in fundraising blitz (www.cbsnews.com)
Liberals don't want you to google this (lemmy.today)
Gamers aged 55+ account for almost a third of gamers now, and that share is on the rise. (www.midiaresearch.com)
Crime (lemmy.world)
Texas doctor who said nine-year-olds can safely give birth appointed to maternal mortality committee (www.theguardian.com)
China's latest AI chatbot is trained on President Xi Jinping's political ideology (apnews.com)
Oh you! 🤭 (lemm.ee)
Samsung’s smart fridges mistakenly warned users its free TV service was ending (www.theverge.com)
Morgan Spurlock, documentary filmmaker behind 'Super Size Me,' dies at 53 (www.nbcnews.com)
Biden administration signals it will support push to hit ICC with sanctions (www.ft.com)
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Home Depot (slrpnk.net)
Octo (sh.itjust.works)
Conservative cell carrier Patriot Mobile hit by data breach (techcrunch.com)
As conservatives put religion in schools, Satanists want in, too (www.nbcnews.com)
GOP Farm Bill Decried as Pro-Corporate, Anti-Family 'Waste of Everyone's Time' (www.commondreams.org)
Overnight by grandma (lemmy.world)
Devout Christian Mike Johnson shows up to hush money trial to defend a guy accused of cheating on his wife with a porn star (www.vanityfair.com)
House Speaker Mike Johnson describes himself as a Christian before anything else. He has said his “faith informs everything I do.” He has told people curious about his views to “pick up a Bible.” His wife reportedly runs a counseling service whose operating agreement, which he himself notarized, states, “We believe and...
Google Messages' text editing feature is live for beta users, and it could come to you soon (www.androidauthority.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/15273527...
GOP introduces bill that would send anyone convicted of unlawful activity on a campus since Oct. 7th, 2023 to Gaza. (www.thedailybeast.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/15286301...
What is the longest discontinuous marriage?
I’m thinking along the lines of older spouse dies, younger spouse marries someone younger and becomes the older spouse. Then older spouse dies again and repeat. Has anything like this happened in a long enough chain to be significant? Is it so mundane no one cares?
Louisiana Supreme Court Makes It Harder For Church Abuse Survivors to Hold Priests Accountable (ballsandstrikes.org)
. . . Enter the Louisiana Supreme Court. In an opinion written by Justice James Genovese and published on March 22, the court found an absolute property right in the institutions’ right not to be sued. The Louisiana Child Victims Act, wrote Genovese, “cannot be retroactively applied to revive plaintiffs’ prescribed causes...