Periodic radio and X-ray emission from an accreting #WhiteDwarf binary: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-026-02882-x -> UNC-Chapel Hill astronomers help crack cosmic radio mystery: https://uncnews.unc.edu/2026/06/02/unc-chapel-hill-astronomers-help-crack-cosmic-radio-mystery/ -> Mysterious signals keep coming from space - at least part of this mysterious class of radio-emitting objects may originate from interacting stellar companions rather than neutron stars: https://theconversation.com/mysterious-signals-keep-coming-from-space-we-have-found-their-rosetta-stone-281753 & https://www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/new-long-period-transient-reveals-its-secrets
Mystery Road S01: trefzeker gefilmd Australisch misdaadmysterie - VARAgids - BNNVARA
https://www.bnnvara.nl/varagids/artikelen/mystery-road-s01-trefzeker-gefilmd-australisch-misdaadmysterie
Op t moment het tweede seizoen te zien op ARTE (D). Wel achter een regioblokje, dus vanuit NL een VPN noodzakelijk.
Aanrader!
Mystery Road: Origin - Fernsehfilme und Serien | ARTE
https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/RC-024568/mystery-road-origin/
Mastercard says it plans to offer on-chain settlement using several regulated USD stablecoins, initially supporting USDC, PYUSD, USDG, USDP, RLUSD, and SoFiUSD (Helene Braun/CoinDesk)
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/06/0
This is devastating.
Due to imperialist prohibitions, Cuba will no longer be able to process Visa or MasterCard transactions.
It's also a warning to other countries: set up alternatives to USA owned payment systems.
Cuba | El Banco Central informa que el país no podrš efectuar transacciones con tarjetas Visa y Mastercard a raíz de las medidas coercitivas unilaterales impuestas por Trump – NODAL
This resonates: «Generative models are fundamentally cliche machines. If you ask AI to write a film script, it will produce an average film script masterfully. If you ask it to write an essay, it will produce an average essay masterfully.
Once upon a time, mastery of the banal was adequate for writers. It was enough to prove that you were capable of writing. But that skill has no purpose any more – it can be automated. Skill will be found in the purpose of the work. What can you alone …
Jetzt geht's los mit der Känguru-Rebellion. Extra mit nach China geschleppt /cc @… #Chongqing @…@…
Visa, Mastercard Join Exodus From Cuba on Expanded US Sanctions | Financial Post
https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/visa-mastercard-join-exodus-from-cuba-on-expanded-us-sanctions
Louisiana ICE Facility Mistreated Immigrants, Federal Investigators Say (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/03/us/politics/louisiana-ice-facility-mistreated-immigrants.html?unlocked_article_code=1.nVA.nLIU.AIRWljg69fzH&smid=tw-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/260604/p41#a260604p41