Delta's 2025 safety bingo card is filling up fast: engine fires, flipped planes, aborted takeoffs... 🎯
Latest: Boeing 767 engine caught fire after LAX takeoff, but pilots handled it like pros - emergency landing, everyone safe. That's the important part, but maybe time for a pattern review? ✈️
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Delta's Boeing 767 Makes Emergency Landing as Engine Catches Fire Moments After Takeoff - Slashdot
A new video shows flames emanating from one side of a Boeing 767 moments after takeoff, reports LiveMint.com. "Delta flight 446 was forced to make an emergency landing in Los Angeles," they report, adding "No one was injured.tech.slashdot.org
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The First-Ever Whole Genome of an Ancient Egyptian Reveals What Life Was Like 4,800 Years Ago
Learn about the first whole genome from Ancient Egypt, which has shed light on the life and ancestry of a potter who lived during a period of great change.Jack Knudson (Discover Magazine)
Linke-Wahlkampf: Nur Wunder sind unerklärlich
Auch wenn man nicht immer sicher sein konnte, zeigen Wahlergebnis und Mitgliederentwicklung,dass die gesellschaftliche Linke eine Partei will, die unzweideutig links ist. Teil der 13 nd-Serie »Wohin geht die neue Linke?«nd-aktuell.de
Thousands march in Amsterdam pride walk, demand global LGBTQ+ rights
Several thousand people marched through central Amsterdam on Saturday during the 13th annual Pride Walk, calling attention to LGBTQ+ rights worldwide and urgent issues affecting the transgender community in the Netherlands.NL Times
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Complete Guide To ‘Ammonite,’ The Solar System’s Latest Member
The discovery of an object orbiting the sun beyond Pluto called 2023 KQ14 — and nicknamed Ammonite — may dent the theory about a so-called “Planet Nine.”Forbes
Trump touts six-month mark: US is now 'hottest' and 'most respected country anywhere' (Rachel Scully/The Hill)
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Trump touts six-month mark: US is now ‘hottest’ and ‘most respected country anywhere’
By Rachel Scully / The Hill. View the full context on memeorandum.memeorandum
Food banks are sounding the alarm as they are facing a double whammy. The federal government has cut hundreds of million in annual aid to food banks. Additionally, upcoming cuts to SNAP mean more people will lean on food banks as they have less to give.
These are the consequences of the richest country in the world deciding tax cuts for the rich are its top priority.
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The First Photograph Ever Taken (1826)
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The First Photograph Ever Taken (1826)
In histories of early photography, Louis Daguerre faithfully appears as one of the fathers of the medium.OC (Openculture.com)
Pro-Palestine Festival Artists Boycott Israel-Linked Company
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"Musicians speaking out against Israel has become a mainstream topic as artists are using famous festival stages to express their opposition against the ongoing genocide. Consequences followed swiftly, with Manchester’s RADAR cancelling Bob Vylan’s performance and Kneecap facing legal action after Glanstonbury. In the electronic…
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Pro-Palestine Festival Artists Boycott Israel-Linked Company - UNICORN RIOT
The boycott was organized after activists discovered the company had acquired Sonar music festival in 2024.D (UNICORN RIOT)
Dusted off the camera today. It wasn't too hot, the sun was out, and my #bumblebee friends were digging the #WildHydrangea flowers! I'm glad I gave them more space and light last year -- it paid off this year!
#Gardening #Nature #GardeningForPollinators #Bees #BeeHuggah #Maine #Flowers #NativeFlowers
Please help us spread the word about Undone CS 2026: the second conference on Undone science in Computer science
• A conference in computer science to pause and reflect on the epistemological and ethical dimensions of the field, through the concept of undone science
• Organised by computer scientists, for colleagues from across the field, but also social scientists, philosophers and historians of science, and other scholars, working on computer science
• Luxembourg, 23-25th March 2026 (hybrid)
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in reply to Open Culture (Official) • • •Luc
in reply to Open Culture (Official) • • •so bad quality! It's kind of crazy to think people went ahead with this when painters could clearly do a better job with more readily available and cheaper materials
Something I need to keep in mind if at first I don't succeed in trying something new. Even if I won't ever do something as cool as invent the camera. Or to know how to respond appropriately someone else invents something new that currently still sucks