@omgjulia is stepping down as editor at Fireside Fiction, and Pablo Defendini says he'll have a series of new editors for the next two year. Good luck, Pablo.
"The universe is expanding faster than it used to, meaning it’s about a billion years younger than we thought, a new study by a Nobel Prize winner says. And that’s sending a shudder through the world of physics, making astronomers re-think some of their most basic concepts." One of the reasons we've believe the Universe is "old" is because we still have the concept that we, as a species, are the logical end point. Realizing the Universe is much younger than we thought is like finding out the Earth is not the center of the Universe.
"What would we do if we knew an asteroid would hit Earth in 2027? That's what NASA personnel will explore during a simulation taking place next week." Are they trying to tell us something?
"As baby boomers age and the workforce shrinks, there may not be enough people or money to care for all our elders, especially those with medical needs. In many ways, that reality has already arrived in Vermont." Don't worry folks, things will work out for the Baby Boomers. They've fucked up everything and somehow it's worked out for them. It's the rest of us we have to worry about.
"Boeing did not tell Southwest Airlines, its largest 737 Max customer, that a standard safety feature designed to warn pilots about malfunctioning sensors had been deactivated on the jets." Awkward.
"Police in Japan have tightened security around Emperor Akihito's 12-year-old grandson after two knives were found near his school desk."
"NRA executive vice president Wayne LaPierre says that the gun lobby’s president, Oliver North, is extorting him on behalf of the ad firm that operates NRATV, according to a letter the NRA chief sent to board members on Thursday." That's so weird. I mean, they're such good people. I mean, you're trying to say that hiring Oliver North wasn't a good idea? (Grokked from Dan)
And then… "Oliver North announced Saturday that he would not serve a second term as National Rifle Association president, making it clear he had been forced out by the gun lobby’s leadership after his own failed attempt to remove the NRA’s longtime CEO in a burgeoning divide over the group’s finances and media operations." Payton fucking Place.
"Count Kim Jong Un among the long list of people who were stiffed after reaching a deal with Donald Trump… National Security Adviser John Bolton confirmed the Trump administration agreed to pay North Korea $2 million for the release of mortally injured American student Otto Warmbier." This is not how nation states behave.
"Police on Sunday raised the death toll at two homes in rural Tennessee to seven and said they are investigating whether a suspect captured after an hourslong (SIC) manhunt knew the victims."
"Baltimore city leaders urged witnesses to share what they know with police after a gunman fired indiscriminately into a crowd enjoying Sunday afternoon cookouts, killing a man and wounding seven other people."
Friends, you just can't make this shit up. "Norwegian marine experts have encountered a beluga whale they believe was been trained by the Russian navy to harass foreign shipping as part of a wider program of utilizing marine mammals in military operations."
"Founded in 2014 by muckraking national security journalists Glenn Greenwald, Laura Poitras and Jeremy Scahill, the Intercept is still best-known for its first incarnation as an obsessive anti-surveillance reporting enterprise… But in the past few years, and especially in the aftermath of the 2016 campaign, the Intercept has taken a sharp turn into party politics… and landed in a unique spot in the media ecosystem—as the loudest voice attacking Democrats from the left."
The president continues to come unglued. "'We go out and we stop the separation. The problem is, you have 10 times more people coming up with their families. It's like Disneyland now,' he continued. Trump also complained that due process was required to remove these people from the country, complaining of lawyers ('Perry Mason') getting in the way." Yes, the president is complaining that we're a nation that follows the law.
"Trump says he answered Charlottesville questions 'perfectly'… The president is refusing to back down from his comments that there were 'very fine people' on both sides." Dear Mr President, Robert E. Lee was a traitor to his country. When faced with the choice of supporting the US and our Constitution, or abandoning them to fight for the rebellion, he violated his oath of office, turned his back on the US, and ordered the death of thousands of Americans to support slavery. You might want to actually learn some fucking history.
So what's the problem? "Authorities have identified the suspect in a shooting Saturday at a synagogue in the San Diego suburb of Poway, Calif., as 19-year-old John Earnest, from the city of San Diego. At least one person died and three were injured in the attack."
"A former White House staffer who was at risk of being held in contempt of Congress has agreed to testify, potentially averting a showdown between Democrats and the White House."
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