For an operating company that’s the kiss of death. I predict Starlink will be bought by the US government and there won’t be a hell of a lot of profit.
Excerpt: The Texas Superconducting Super Collider would have dwarfed CERN’s LHC, according to reports. It was designed as an enormous underground ring complex situated close to Waxahachie and had it been allowed to go forward, would have been considered the most energetic particle accelerator in the world. The project’s...
The Supreme Court said Wednesday it will consider whether to restrict access to a widely used abortion drug — even in states where the procedure is still allowed....
They brought upon themselves an unusual position of ruling on abortion access even after its conservative majority declared that it would leave that question to the states.
Excerpt: On this day in 1981, President Ronald Reagan was shot in the chest at the side entrance of the Washington Hilton on Connecticut Avenue by John Hinckley Jr. Reagan was walking to his limousine after a speech to AFL-CIO leaders when Hinckley, 25, who was standing among a group of reporters, fired six shots, hitting Reagan...
Massive is right. And Russia has still never recovered the population losses from WWI (at least 1.7 million), WWII (27,000,000), Stalin’s purges, believed to be 20-30,000,000) the living exodus from Soviet break up, or the 4,585,000 covid deaths, and now has less than half this place’s population, which limits is status as any kind of global power.
Russia ought to be begging for emigration, right now. But, they are a pariah.
Seniors are already load tested. Younguns don’t seem to understand that so when young managers watch older people work at a steady pace, they get disappointed in their performance. Give me someone who is slow yet thorough any day of the week. If you don’t have time to do things right, you do have time to do things twice.
Starlink loses out on $886 million in rural broadband subsidies (www.theverge.com)
The Texas Superconducting Super Collider under construction, 1990s. (lemmy.world)
Excerpt: The Texas Superconducting Super Collider would have dwarfed CERN’s LHC, according to reports. It was designed as an enormous underground ring complex situated close to Waxahachie and had it been allowed to go forward, would have been considered the most energetic particle accelerator in the world. The project’s...
Hamas not responding to attempts to get hostage negotiations back on track (www.cnn.com)
House votes to formalize impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden with floor vote (www.cnn.com)
Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! That's marvelous. (lebowski.social)
Trump Makes Another 'Poison the Blood' Comment Evoking Hitler Yet Again (www.meidastouch.com)
Top secret US intelligence file on Putin disappeared during Trump presidency (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Supreme Court to decide whether to restrict abortion drug nationwide (www.cnn.com)
The Supreme Court said Wednesday it will consider whether to restrict access to a widely used abortion drug — even in states where the procedure is still allowed....
Texas woman leaves state to have abortion after Texas Supreme Court paused ruling that would have allowed it, her lawyers say (www.cbsnews.com)
Newly Formed Operation Prosperity Guardian To Protect Red Sea Shipping (www.thedrive.com)
Catholic nuns sue Smith & Wesson to halt its assault-style weapons sales (www.reuters.com)
Secret service agents moments after the 1981 assassination attempt of Ronald Reagan. (lemmy.world)
Excerpt: On this day in 1981, President Ronald Reagan was shot in the chest at the side entrance of the Washington Hilton on Connecticut Avenue by John Hinckley Jr. Reagan was walking to his limousine after a speech to AFL-CIO leaders when Hinckley, 25, who was standing among a group of reporters, fired six shots, hitting Reagan...
French warship shoots down two drones coming from Yemen (www.reuters.com)
Even Ann Coulter Condemns The Texas Abortion Ruling (crooksandliars.com)
Declassified US Intelligence Reveals Massive Russian Losses in Ukraine (www.voanews.com)
Giuliani won't testify, attorney says (abcnews.go.com)
1 in 5 seniors still work — and they're happier than younger workers (www.cbsnews.com)
U.S. Blocks Shipment of Rifles to Israel Over Concerns of West Bank Settler Violence (www.msn.com)
House proposal would expand federal warrantless spying authority (reason.com)