Good morning. Starlink has now launched more than TEN THOUSAND satellites into orbit. Nearly 1400 have already been burned up in the atmosphere so far.
Here's a "lovely" image from my Kuiper Belt discovery program with dozens of satellite streaks in a 3 hour stacked exposure from CFHT. This was from 2022, when there were thousands fewer satellites... This is dumb.
Image credit: P. Cowan/W. Fraser/S. Lawler/CLASSY Survey Team
(The small streaks that are similar lengths are actually asteroids!)
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Gaza war in maps and satellite images - BBC News
A visual guide to the Gaza Strip since Israel began its military response to Hamas's attacks on 7 October - mapping the destruction, evacuation orders and how things have changedBBC News
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Самар, #Ukraine received solar-powered smart benches from Wesel, Germany, installed at Heroes Square
The benches offer USB/wireless charging for gadgets.
Mayor Serhiy Reznik thanked Wesel, calling the gift a symbol of friendship and technological progress.
'"The vast majority of people being held are being held without trial,” said Israeli-American human rights lawyer Sari Bashi.'
The Forgotten Captives: Israel Still Imprisoning 9,000 Palestinians Even After Hostage Deal | Democracy Now
#Gaza #genocide #hostages #Palestine
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The Forgotten Captives: Israel Still Imprisoning 9,000 Palestinians Even After Hostage Deal
“Even after having released almost 2,000 people last week, the Israeli military is still holding about 9,000 Palestinians, in what it calls security prisoners or detainees,” says Sari Bashi, an Israeli American human rights lawyer and former program …Democracy Now!
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"We need to tell Canada to sanction Israel"
#flotilla
Mskwassin Agnew, Cree Dene, Arrives in Canada from Israeli Torture Prison
Censored News is a service to grassroots Indigenous Peoples engaged in resistance and upholding human rights.bsnorrell.blogspot.com
Always great news from META ;)
When I see news from META, I feel the same way I do when receiving a physical letter - it ain't gonna be good!
These #news were so amazing, they made me launch a DeMeta Reddit to give people a place to talk about getting rid of it:
reddit.com/r/DeMeta/ 😜
#Meta #news #Facebook #Instagram #WhatsApp #Tech #IT #reddit #privacy #privacypolicy #changes #ai #ainews #chat #artificialintelligence #ads #badnews #corporation
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Jewish journalist Noa Avishag Schnall describes how Israeli soldiers abused her:
"I was hung from the metal shackles on my wrists and ankles and beaten in the stomach, back, face, ear and skull by a group of men and women guards, one of whom sat on my neck and face, blocking my airways."
#Gaza #FreedomFlotilla #Palestine #JournalismIsNotaCrime
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Journalist Abducted by Israel Says She Was Tortured in Israeli Custody
A journalist who was abducted by Israeli forces last week as she accompanied a Gaza-bound humanitarian aid vessel says she was tortured in Israeli custody alongside activists seeking to break Israel’s siege of Gaza.Democracy Now!
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Mariya Petkova
Jewish journalist Noa Avishag Schnall describes how Israeli soldiers abused her:
And Israel wonders how antisemitism could grow ever stronger.
Israel is the monstrous State Of Distilled Evil uprisen frm the depths of cesspits, ruled and assisted by filthy Ghouls from many other country's.....
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Be as kind as possible
There are scientifically proven benefits of being kind, including:
-Decreasing pain, stress, anxiety, depression and blood pressure.
-Increasing self-esteem, optimism, energy, calmness, pleasure levels and lifespan!It is therefore an absolute no brainer to be as kind as possible to every human being, every animal and every living thing on and in our beautiful planet.
ethicalrevolution.co.uk/know-k… #kindness #ethicalrevolution
Know Kindness - Ethical Revolution
Join me in taking step K, “Know Kindness”, in the A-Z of simple steps to a better world: Live longer and happier by practicing compassion.Ethical Revolution
Joint News Release: Mine 14 Approvals Granted After Public Hearings Cancelled, ENGOs Continue to Move Forward With Appeal - Alberta Wilderness Association
On September 24, 2025 the Regulatory Applications branch of the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) issued approvals for Summit Coal’s Mine 14 Applications, an underground metallurgical coal mine near Grande Cache, Alberta.Alberta Wilderness Association
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‘The horror of real life’: An Interview with Nick, a Greek horror comic book artist
"Keep fighting. Keep creating art. Art is a crucial part of resisting oppression".Global Voices
Displaced Palestinians, preparing to return to Gaza City in the north in advance of an expected halt to fighting, wait on the coastal road near Wadi Gaza in the centre of the besieged enclave in October 9, 2025 [Abdel Kareem Hana/AP Photo]
#photography
#Gaza
#displaced
#ceasefire
“In order to write poetry
that isn't political,
I must listen to the birds;
and in order to listen to the birds,
the warplanes must be silent.”
Marwan Makhoul
Palestinian poet
#poetry
#Palestinian
#Gaza
#MarwanMakhoul
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PM Carney announces Charter of Rights to be renamed Charter of Optional Ideas - The Beaverton
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney held a press conference today to announce a renaming of the “Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms”, the document that enshrined our foundational set of rights in national law, to the more accurate “Canadian Char…Vinny Francois (The Beaverton)
Israel blocking transfer of incubators in Gaza
Israel has repeatedly denied permission to transfer incubators from an evacuated hospital in northern Gaza, worsening conditions in overcrowded hospitals farther south where newborns are now sharing oxygen masks, UNICEF says.
“In one of the paediatric rooms, there were three babies and three mums on a single bed, one source of oxygen, and the mothers would rotate the oxygen 20 minutes to each child.”
#Gaza
#incubators
#newborns
#photography
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'Keep us trapped in the same place we raised in
Then, they wonder why we act so outrageous
Run around, stressed out and pull out gauges
Cuz every time you let the animal out cages
It's dangerous, to people who look like strangers'
Dr. Dre - The Watcher
Canada wide protest against poultry cages - Oct 11 2025
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#Atacama desert, #Chile
The desert near Copiapó has begun to bloom in shades of purple and white for miles after unusual rainfall was recorded in that area of northern Chile.
Photograph: Lucas Aguayo/Anadolu/Getty Images
#photography
#desert
#wildflowers
#BloomScrolling
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in reply to Prof. Sam Lawler • • •if I might shamelessly plug my podcast for all the Polish language readers of this, I had a guest on it, an astronomer from UWr, in which we discuss - amongst other topics - why this is so bad.
TL;DR: billionaires rack profits, you and me are footing the bill for the losses (as this impacts quality of science we can get for our money).
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Lewackie Pitolenie o miliarderach w kosmosie (Gość: dr Dawid Moździerski) - Lewackie Pitolenie
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in reply to Prof. Sam Lawler • • •who cares about stars and human knowledge if some people get slightly faster Internet and the richest man on Earth can get few billions more? Come on, don't you want to embrace progress? /$
(so terribly sad...😭 )
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in reply to Kim Possible • • •@kimlockhartga Which tipping point? Kessler Syndrome? Loss of data? Ozone depletion? Planes getting hit by space junk? ha ha...
There are so many...
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