140 BATTLES & DEADLINE CRASH! ⏳ Why General Malomuzh is certain Russia won't take Pokrovsk soon?: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/08/battles-ampamp-deadline-crash-why.html
USA anno 2026
Exclusive: Detention Center Captives Are Throwing Lotion Bottles Wrapped With Notes to Organizers Outside Otay Mesa Facility ~ L.A. TACO
https://lataco.com/captive-lotion-bottle-note
'As soon as organizers saw the bottles flying through the air, they rushed to grab them. It was a race between the vigil attendees and the CoreCivic security truck operated by detention facility staff. The vigil attendees won this time, securing the bottles and the precious, uncensored information inside.'
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Boy Deluxe:
🎵 Whiplash
#BoyDeluxe
https://boydeluxe.bandcamp.com/track/whiplash
https://open.spotify.com/track/6z25zWd1r5sHfpU6941qJK
Inside the Legal Battles Ahead for Nicolšs Maduro (Lawfare)
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/inside-the-legal-battles-ahead-for-nicolas-maduro
http://www.memeorandum.com/260107/p163#a260107p163
#Münden plant gemeinsam mit den Versorgungsbetrieben einen #Windpark auf städtischen Flächen.
Bürger und Unternehmen sollen sich beteiligen können. Das Projekt zielt auf #Klimaschutz und …
Using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and ground-based telescopes, astrophysicists have for the first time found firm evidence that a companion is disrupting the atmosphere of Betelgeuse.
Like a boat moving through water, the companion star creates a ripple effect in Betelgeuse’s atmosphere.
Astronomers now see direct signs of this wake, confirming that Betelgeuse really does have a hidden companion shaping its appearance and behavior.
The 247th meeting of the American Astronomical Society #AAS247 is underway, coming with 8 press conferences - https://aas.org/meetings/aas247/press-kit#briefings - streaming on https://www.youtube.com/@AASPressOffice. There were already two yesterday:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gAjRP1xLtQ about Galaxies Big and Small, covering e.g. https://public.nrao.edu/news/hidden-giants-of-the-early-universe/ / https://news.ucmerced.edu/news/2026/astronomers-reveal-hidden-activity-early-universe’s-most-massive-galaxies / https://keckobservatory.org/aas247-magaz3ne/ and https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ae1584 (The First RELHIC? Cloud-9 is a Starless Gas Cloud) -> https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/nasas-hubble-examines-cloud-9-first-of-new-type-of-object/ / https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Cloud-9_a_new_celestial_object_found_by_Hubble / https://public.nrao.edu/news/starless-dark-matter-failed-galaxy-near-m94/.
And https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvpDVq-7h6E about Stars and Their Behavior, covering e.g. https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.00470 (Betelgeuse: Detection of the Expanding Wake of the Companion Star) -> https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/cfa-scientists-detect-wake-betelgeuses-elusive-companion-star / https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/nasa-hubble-helps-detect-wake-of-betelgeuses-elusive-companion-star/ and https://aas.org/sites/default/files/2026-01/Steven and Tyler AAS Press Release.pdf and https://public.nrao.edu/news/alma-devours-cosmic-hamburger-reveals-potential-for-giant-planet-formation/
TIL That Katee Sackhoff (“Starbuck” from the 2003 “Battlestar Galactia”) had never watched “Battlestar Galactica”
…until now (start “Cylon Theme”)
She’s watching it with her husband and posting through it, & it’s actually fun as hell to watch so far:
https://youtu.be/HK4wgx8TbrU
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music
Rihanna:
🎵 Consideration (feat. SZA)
#Rihanna
https://whereisalex.bandcamp.com/track/rihanna-consideration-whereisalex-bootleg
https://open.spotify.com/track/6t90Z9XkdsHD8xMxro6KRP