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A Candidate Giant Planet Imaged in the Habitable Zone of alpha Cen A - Observations, Orbital and Physical Properties, and Exozodi Upper Limits / Binary Star Modeling, Planet and Exozodi Search, and Sensitivity Analysis: #Planet Around Closest Solar Twin: https://webbtelescope.org/contents/news-releases/2025/news-2025-135 & https://esawebb.org/news/weic2515/

Non-religious chaplains are changing how we understand spiritual care
https://religionnews.com/2025/08/08/there-is-a-growing-need-for-non-religious-chaplains-as-they-step-into-this-work-theyre-changing-how-we-think-about-chaplaincy/

The never ending justice journey : the trial for the OKC Tibetan Buddhist "community" aka toxic cult, almost a decade later, the survivors are still seeking Justice, now in France
https://www.brusselstimes.com/36129/tc-bru

The hidden ways light at night damages your brain, mood, and metabolism #health

The hidden ways light at night damages your brain, mood, and metabolism
Neuroscientist Dr. Randy J. Nelson explores how artificial light at night disrupts our bodies, from immune health to mood. His work bridges lab research, clinical trials, and everyday solutions while mentoring future scientists.

Mastodon 4.4.0 looks interesting:
* Add reminder when about to post without alt text in web UI
* Add a warning in Web UI when composing a post when the selected and detected language are different
* Add option to remove account from followers in web UI
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/r

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The Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Song Kum Hyok (Song), a malicious cyber actor associated with the sanctioned Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB) hacking group Andariel.
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-rel…

Sanctions Imposed on DPRK IT Workers Generating Revenue for the Kim Regime
WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Song Kum Hyok, (Song), a malicious cyber actor associated with the sanctioned Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB) hacking group Andariel.Song facilitated an information technology (IT) worker scheme in which individuals, often DPRK nationals working from countries such as China and Russia, were recruited and provided with falsified ident…

Global sea-level change has now been measured by satellites for more than 30 years,
and a comparison with climate projections from the mid-1990s shows that
they were remarkably accurate,
according to two Tulane University researchers whose findings were published in Earth's Future, an open-access journal published by the American Geophysical Union.

Satellites confirm 1990s sea-level predictions were shockingly accurate
Satellite data reveals sea-level rise has unfolded almost exactly as predicted by 1990s climate models, with one key underestimation: melting ice sheets. Researchers stress the importance of refining local projections as seas continue to rise faster than before.

Judge sides with faith group over Utah county in psychedelic mushroom religious freedom lawsuit • Washington State Standard
https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2025/08/07/judge-sides-with-faith-group-over-utah-county-in-psychedelic-mushroom-religious-freedom-lawsuit/

Antarctica’s slow collapse caught on camera—and it’s accelerating #Antarctica

Antarctica’s slow collapse caught on camera—and it’s accelerating
Long-lost 1960s aerial photos let Copenhagen researchers watch Antarctica’s Wordie Ice Shelf crumble in slow motion. By fusing film with satellites, they discovered warm ocean water, not surface ponds, drives the destruction, and mapped “pinning points” that reveal how far a collapse has progressed. The work shows these break-ups unfold more gradually than feared, yet once the ice “brake” fails, land-based glaciers surge, setting up meters of future sea-level rise that will strike nor…

Trump vows to protect prayer rights in public schools
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5491792-trump-education-department-prayer-public-schools-religious-liberty/