Tiny Human Hearts Grown in Pig Embryos For the First Time - Slashdot
Scientists have successfully grown beating human hearts inside pig embryos for the first time, marking a significant advance in developing human-animal chimeras for potential organ transplantation.science.slashdot.org
How the Israel-Iran conflict could affect the EU - EUROPE SAYS
Discover a world of scent with regulatory and scientific experts at the crossroads of Asia.EUROPE SAYS
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Explosions heard overnight in Crimea, social media report
Overnight on June 13, a series of powerful explosions were heard in temporarily occupied Crimea. Social media users reported a drone attack and active operation of Russian air defense systems. โ Ukrinform.Ukrinform
Just finished the upgrade to Mastodon 4.4 Beta 1. Let's see how things work in the new version. Very nice improvements on the change log:
github.com/mastodon/mastodon/rโฆ
Release v4.4.0-beta.1 ยท mastodon/mastodon
WarningThis is a pre-release! This has not been as widely tested as regular releases, although it is still tested on mastodon.social and some other servers. If you update to this release, you will ...GitHub
GENESIS ANNOUNCES MAJOR EUROPEAN MARKET EXPANSION AT LE MANS - EUROPE SAYS
Le Mans, France, 13 June 2025: Genesis Motor Europe has revealed plans to launch in four new European markets, signaling a bold new chapter in its strategicEUROPE SAYS
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Air defenses down 43 out of 55 drones used by Russia in overnight attack on Ukraine
Ukraineโs air defense forces downed 43 out of 55 drones launched by Russia in an overnight attack. โ Ukrinform.Ukrinform
Theyโre Gaslighting Us Again
It wasnโt enough to tackle and handcuff a sitting U.S. senator. They also are lying openly about why they did it.open.substack.com
I know y'all have other things on you're mind right now, but if you need a distraction I wrote about a very nearly complete census taken of all cosmic objects within 65 light-years of the Sun, and it's cool.
scientificamerican.com/articleโฆ
Mapping Nearby Stars Could Solve a Deep Cosmic Mystery
A near-complete census of our interstellar neighborhood hopes to answer how stars, brown dwarfs and rogue planets form throughout the universePhil Plait (Scientific American)
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I'm curious about how this compares to CNS5, which came out in 2023.
ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2023โฆ
The Fifth Catalogue of Nearby Stars (CNS5)
Context. We present the compilation of the Fifth Catalogue of Nearby Stars (CNS5), based on astrometric and photometric data from Gaia EDR3 and HIPPARCOS and supplemented with parallaxes from ground-based astrometric surveys carried out in the infrarโฆADS
A good study in why it's not worth doing that bullshit.
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War update: 209 clashes on frontline over past day, most attacks in Pokrovsk sector
Over the past day, June 12, as many as 209 combat clashes between Ukraine's Defense Forces and Russian invaders were recorded on the frontline. โ Ukrinform.Ukrinform
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Netherlands Picks Sleijpen to Succeed Knot at Central Bank - EUROPE SAYS
(Bloomberg) -- The Dutch government appointed Olaf Sleijpen to head the central bank.EUROPE SAYS
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Russian missiles hit two districts in Dnipropetrovsk region
The Russians launched missile strikes on the Synelnyky and Pavlohrad districts in Dnipropetrovsk region overnight Friday. โ Ukrinform.Ukrinform
Week Ahead โ Markets Brace for Central Bank Barrage Amid Heightened Uncertainty - EUROPE SAYS
Fed expected to stand pat โ Mind the dotsEUROPE SAYS
IMF Concludes 2025 Article IV Mission in Mali - EUROPE SAYS
End-of-Mission press releases include statements of IMF staff teams that convey preliminary findings after a visit to a country. The views expressed in thisEUROPE SAYS
This Week in #Neuroscience: TWiN 60: You get the gist of it?
Episode webpage: microbe.tv/twin/twin-60/
Media file: traffic.libsyn.com/secure/twinโฆ
Note. The hosts don't even acknowledge the animal cruelty aspects of the research they discus. E.g., couldn't memory be tested on mice in a more humane way?
TWiN 60: You get the gist of it? | This Week in Neuroscience
TWiN discusses experiments which show that high-fidelity memories that lose their precision with time depends on reorganization of hippocampal circuitry.profvrr (This Week in Neuroscience)
OK. Sometimes, & arguably, the ends may justify the means. But, sometimes there is a culture of neglect that means animal cruelty is the norm. That's also true regarding the animal meat, dairy & egg industry.
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Russia may provoke crisis in Transnistria ahead of Moldova's elections, Sandu warns
"All these years, Russia has been using the residents of Transnistria and can provoke an even greater crisis at any moment," Moldovan President Maia Sandu said.Tim Zadorozhnyy (The Kyiv Independent)
Every social event ever.
#indecision #staying #going #socialAnxiety #humor #humour
[short animation of a meter with staying on the left and going on the right, with the word indecision at the top and the indicator moving back and forth]
"Stephen Miller Is an Immigration Hypocrite. I Know Because Iโm His Uncle."
I just read this article from 2018, thinking it was new. Sadly, it's even more timely now in 2025.
Don't Wait for the Fed to Blink - Lock In These High Yields Now - EUROPE SAYS
If you've been meaning to move your cash into a high-yield account or CD, this is your wake-up call. I've been writing about banks for years now and know howEUROPE SAYS
A US bishop appt by Pope Leo XIV has instructed a group of priests & deacons in his district to๐accompany migrants to court.
Appt as Bishop of San Diego, Rev Pham is asking the grp to go to court on Fri, June 20th, which is INTL Refugee Day.
"We know: migrants & refugees find themselves in the difficult predicament of being called to appear, which is what the govt asks of them, & then being given orders for expedited removal from our co-."
#Immigrants #DueProcess #USPol rawstory.com/immigration-26723โฆ
'Not happy': Bishop appointed by Pope Leo reportedly takes action against Trump
A US bishop appointed by Pope Leo XIV has instructed a group of priests and deacons in his district to accompany migrants to court, according to a Newsweek report. Appointed as Bishop of San Diego, California, Rev.Krystina Alarcon Carroll (Raw Story)
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Ukrainian MiG-29 strikes Russian drone hub, ammo depot in Zaporizhzhia direction, releases video
The Air Force thanked international partners for providing the guided munitions used in the attack.Tim Zadorozhnyy (The Kyiv Independent)
Mr. Abrego Garcia, speaking through an interpreter, has entered "not guilty" pleas to the two charges
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Why Wall Street not worried about oil prices after Israel attacked Iran - EUROPE SAYS
The sudden spike in oil prices in response to Israel's attack against Iran should be short lived unless physical supplies are actually disrupted in the MiddleEUROPE SAYS
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Russia preparing strategic reserves for conflicts beyond Ukraine, Ukraine warns
"According to our intelligence, Russia has started to prepare strategic reserves, which indicates plans for combat operations not only in Ukraine," Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha saidAnna Fratsyvir (The Kyiv Independent)
NY Times Opinion: Former L.A.P.D. Chief: Deploying Troops Was a Profound Mistake
#politics #protests #LosAngeles #ICE #Fascism
For those who would like to read the full essay, which is very good:
nytimes.com/2025/06/13/opinionโฆ or archive.vn/awGJQ
"This is not just a matter of proper procedure. Without a unified command structure, clear rules of engagement and accountability mechanisms, introducing military personnel into a volatile environment introduces more risk than reassurance. Whoโs in charge? What are the rules? What happens when missions conflict or orders diverge? These are not questions to be figured out after boots hit the ground."
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Look, you can't expect the President of the United States to speak for the government. Also he's a unitary executive who can dictate all government operations at his whim.www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Trump 'Doesn't Speak With Prec...
Donald Trump โDoesn't Speak With Precision,โ DOJ Told Judge
The Justice Department argued that Trumpโs public statements about the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case didnโt reflect the governmentโs actual position.Nikki McCann Ramirez (Rolling Stone)
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Ukraine repatriates bodies of 1,200 citizens, soldiers under Istanbul deal with Russia
Ukraine has brought home the bodies of 1,200 Ukrainian soldiers and citizens as part of an agreement with Russia in Istanbul, the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of the Prisoners of War (POWs) announced on June 13.Martin Fornusek (The Kyiv Independent)
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Europe must prepare for US scaling down support for Ukraine, Pistorius says
"Yes, that's right. That would be so and we have to deal with that," German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius told journalists in response to a question about a potential U.S. pullback.Anna Fratsyvir (The Kyiv Independent)
Florida officials vow zero tolerance for violence at "No Kings" protests: "We will kill you
As cities across the country prepare for Saturday's coast-to-coast "No Kings" protests against President Donald Trump's perceived authoritarianism, FloridaEUROPE SAYS
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'At a critical time' โ Zelensky appoints new head of Ukraine's mission to NATO
The appointment came "at a critical time for the future of Ukraine, for the future of NATO itself, and, of course, for Ukraine's future in NATO. I realize the responsibility," Aliona Hetmanchuk said on her Facebook page on June 13.Yuliia Taradiuk (The Kyiv Independent)
See strike map, satellite images, videos, photos - EUROPE SAYS
Israel has attacked Iran, targeting Tehran's nuclear program according to the Israeli government. According to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, IsraelEUROPE SAYS
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Russian military equipment reportedly hit in Ukrainian drone attack against Crimea
The Crimean Wind Telegram channel reported a hit in Simferopol, Crimea's capital, sharing a photo of a plume of smoke rising in the vicinity of a local power station and of the village of Perevalne.Martin Fornusek (The Kyiv Independent)
Ode to Cleaning Robots (a song): dustycloud.org/blog/ode-to-cleโฆ
Here's a new song (by me, CC BY-SA 4.0), composed in Milkytracker using its new synthesizer feature!
Hope you enjoy! I had a lot of fun making it.
Elon's Twitter breaks your brain.
And if it didn't break your brain, the right and their appeasers in "the middle" wouldn't be screaming about how bad Bluesky is.
It's time for everyone, especially reporters, to stop having their "news" fed to them by Elon's algorithm.
thefarce.org/reporters-need-toโฆ
Reporters need to get off Elon's Twitter
Inside the Machine for Fascism, you can't even see that Biden won the 2020 election.Jason Sattler (LOLGOP's THE FARCE)
Correct the narrative.
What's changed is Elon turning Twitter into a Machine for Fascism.
Democrats won in 2020 because Twitter helped the party listen to the base. They lost in 2024 because they thought Elon's Twitter was reality and decided they try to appeal to the right on the right's terms.
emptywheel.net/2024/11/01/elonโฆ
Elon Musk's Machine for Fascism: A One-Stop Shop for Disinformation and Violence - emptywheel
Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, one of Trump's most gleeful supporters, has set up a one-stop shop: Joining false claims about the election with networks of fascists who'll take to the streets.emptywheel
Reporters need to stop feeding at Elon's trough: it allows them to ignore what people think in favor of chewing on MAGA's cud.
What the polls say:
*Americans split about protesters, but oppose Trump's response more
*Trump's approval ratings on immigration and deportations slide into the negative
"some or all" is a "vast" majority, even though i hate the phrase.
Did everyone think you thanos snap and all the illegals are deported? You ask all the people here illegally to line up at the nearest ICE center for deportation?
83% of the US believes that at least "some" of the people here "illegally" here should be deported.
I propose, instead of posting about polls, someone sticks a mic in front of their faces and asks "so how do you propose to eject the illegals?"
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