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The latest issue of the journal I edit - the Canadian Historical Review - dropped last week. It includes articles on the influence of Indigenous practices on European medicine (it'll help you understand the origins of the term "blowing smoke up your ass" too), First Nations' dispossession and the funding of settlement, early campaigns for the abolition of the death penalty, Trudeau's return to power in 1980, and the UN's World Refugee Year.
Check it out.

These Health Centers Are Supposed to Make Care Affordable.
One Has Sued Patients for as Little as $59 in Unpaid Bills.
https://www.propublica.org/article/federally-qualified-health-centers-unpaid-bills-lawsuits

These Health Centers Are Supposed to Make Care Affordable. One Has Sued Patients for as Little as $59 in Unpaid Bills.
Federally funded community health centers receive grants in exchange for serving patients regardless of their ability to pay. But ProPublica found at least five across the country garnishing patients’ paychecks to collect unpaid bills.

Seit Donald Darth #Trump 2017 zum Präsidenten der USA gewählt wurde, war ich nicht mehr in den USA. Heute würden mich neben Trump und #MAGA auch der Striptease meiner höchstpersönlichen Daten davon abhalten. Was bildet sich die Verwaltung des Trumpschen ein?
Bin ich froh, dass es in der EU die

Drake Maye, CMC, Mike Vrabel among our predictions for 2025 NFL regular-season awards https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6943553/2026/01/08/nfl-2025-season-awards-predictions-mvp-coach-of-year/

Drake Maye, CMC, Mike Vrabel among our predictions for 2025 NFL regular-season awards https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6943553/2026/01/08/nfl-2025-season-awards-predictions-mvp-coach-of-year/

A cold beam of BaOH molecules using a water-vapour seeded neon gas
Ties Hendrik Fikkers, Nithesh Balasubramanian, Joost W. F. van Hofslot, Maarten C. Mooij, Hendrick L. Bethlem, Steven Hoekstra
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.08402 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2512.08402 https://arxiv.org/html/2512.08402
arXiv:2512.08402v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: In this paper we report on the production and characterization of a cold beam of BaOH molecules using a cryogenic buffer-gas beam source. BaOH is a highly suitable molecule for studies of the violation of fundamental symmetries, such as the search for the electron's electric dipole moment. BaOH molecules are synthesised inside the cold source through laser ablation of a barium metal target while water vapor is seeded into the neon buffer gas. The BaOH flux is significantly enhanced ($\sim$11 times) when laser-exciting the barium atoms inside the buffer-gas cell on the $^1\mathrm S_0 - ^3\mathrm P_1$ transition. A similar enhancement has been reported for other alkaline-earth(-like) monohydroxides. For typical source conditions, the molecular beam has an average velocity of $\approx180$ m/s and an intensity of $\sim 10^{9}$ molecules s$^{-1}$ in $N=1$, which is comparable to that of cryogenic BaF beams.
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Expert systems are inevitable
Don’t get left behind, Flash is the future
Java Applets will replace all other software
Cryptocurrency will obsolete fiat currency
Better claim your stake in the Metaverse
By 2015, we will all have self-driving cars
Pen computing is going to end keyboards on laptops
You’ll look so stupid if you miss out on NFTs

Musk’s Starlink Blocks Russian Troops’ Internet Access at Ukraine’s Request
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/world/europe/starlink-blocks-russian-troops-access.html

At Ukraine’s Request, Starlink Denies Internet Access to Russian Troops
It’s unclear what effect the change will have on Russia’s ability to wage war, but Russian military bloggers said troops were experiencing internet outages that hampered frontline communications.

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The #Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County announced plans for a new launch site that would offer launch providers the ability to develop and fly #heavy or
#super-

Could SpaceX Starship launch in California? Site will cater to larger rockets
Bigger and more powerful rockets could be launching in the years ahead from Vandenberg base in Southern California. Will SpaceX Starship be among them?