What's the first big news story you can remember hearing?
For me it was the Chernobyl disaster. I remember seeing it on the news, but it's ingrained because of what happened after.
As a kid in a central European country we weren't allowed to drink milk anymore (for like a year?) and everyone stopped eating mushrooms for at least the rest of the 1980s.
Het lijkt erop dat de Britse kiezer niets heeft geleerd van het vorige uitstapje naar radicaal rechts.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/2026-local-elections-reform-farage-b2972744.html
Raiders Receive Strong Take After Historic Tyler Linderbaum News https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/strong-take-ravens-tyler-linderbaum-news/
"You know , an evil red space wall to keep everyone out , made by something called O MAGA 47 is not politically subtle in the least."
The Most Dangerous Molecule in 'Star Trek' History
https://gizmodo.com/star-trek-starfleet-academy-omega-molecule-explained-2000731453
"Grasslands and wetlands are being lost to agriculture four times faster than forests"
#Environment #Nature
The Artemis II mission also set a record for "most accomplishment with least attention".
Thanks Mr. President. We couldn't do it without you. 🙄
#Artemis #space #history #sarcasm #distraction
A few of DoD's BGP withdrawals I looked at are covered by larger prefixes. I am not intimately familiar with these networks, but I think it would be a good guess to say these BGP updates reflect something related to the Israel-US strikes on Iran.
https://noc.social/@dataplane/116155288…
Last Tuesday, a spokesman of Dutch state-owned Gasunie said that the historical low in gas storage filling (11% of capacity) was no problem. But, he added, 'we wouldn't want a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz'.
Now, Gasunie says that the attack came at an unfortunate moment, and that our gas may become very expensive once more.
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Clicks are signals to news vendors…and •these• are news stories I’m purposefully clicking on:
https://time.com/article/2026/04/17/white-house-military-complex-bunker-trump-ballroom/
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/03/nx-s1-5772665/trump-ballroom-underground-military-bunker
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5816555-trump-bunker-ballroom-lawsuit/
https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2026/03/30/trump-ballroom-east-wing-military-complex
"NT environmentalists ‘gobsmacked’ at federal green light to bulldoze nearly 3,000 hectares of tropical savanna"
#Australia #Environment