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Ebenfalls kein Erdzwilling: Exoplanet TRAPPIST-1d ohne erdähnliche Atmosphäre
Das Planetensystem von TRAPPIST-1 gehört mit sieben Gesteinsplaneten zu den spannendsten überhaupt. Nun hat sich ein weiterer als nicht erdähnlich erwiesen.

TollBit: human-originated page requests on approximately 400 publisher websites fell 9.4% from April to June 2025, while AI bot visits grew to one in 50 visits (David Buttle/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/comment-analysis/human-traffic-down-b…

AI bots appear to be replacing human traffic on publisher websites
Human traffic to publisher websites is now in decline as bot traffic rises, according to data from AI licensing start-up, Tollbit.

new_guinea_tribes: New Guinea Highlands tribes (1954)
A network of friendships among tribes of Gahuku-Gama alliance structure of the Eastern Central Highlands region in New Guinea. Edge sign indicates either friendship ("rova") or enmity ("hint”).
This network has 16 nodes and 58 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Signed
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Massage therapists challenge Montana anti-trafficking ordinance at Ninth Circuit | Courthouse News Service
https://www.courthousenews.com/massage-therapists-challenge-montana-anti-trafficking-ordinance-at-ninth-circuit/

Ukraine war latest: Ukrainian troops clear another village near Dobropillia in Donetsk Oblast, military reports: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/15/ukraine-war-latest-ukrainian-troops.html

It should be noted that the Nacirema absolutely do kill those outside of their tribes during highly ritualized combat. In fact, they are known and feared by many surrounding tribes for their war-like nature. But the previously mentioned taboo seems to be against the execution of the ritual for either enslavement or sacrifice of outsiders for sacrifice or enslavement within tribal territory. Similarly, the Nacirema will not seize slaves during their war raids to bring within their territory. However, it does seem that the tribute system which the Nacirema impose on other tribes favors slavery.
The Elihcian people even tell stories of a chief who tried to end a slave-like practice among their people and refused tribute to the Nacirema. The chief of the Nacirema send emissaries to plot the murder of great chief of the Elihcian with the strongest nobles who were the largest slave owners. The war chief of the Elihcian, a friend of the Nacirema chief, then took over the tribe, enslaved many and paid even more tribute to the Nacirema chief. Many tribes to the South of the Nacirema have very similar stories.
Strangely, again, the Nacirema do not see themselves as war-like. Rather, they see themselves as peaceful. When talking about war and war-raids, they will even sometimes use a phase that means "maintaining" or "sustaining peace" to describe them.
Again, it seems to be the use of ritual that allows them to declare slavery and human sacrifice as "justice" and to declare war as "peace."

Digital Content Next survey: 19 US online publishers, including major newsrooms, saw a median 10% YoY decline in Google referral traffic in the May-June period (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/media-audie

UK and US publishers say Google AI is harming website traffic
US publishers reported an average fall in referral traffic from Google search of 10% in May and June compared to a year earlier.

Ukrainian troops strike Russian Black Sea Fleet communications hub and railway #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/14/ukrainian-troops-strike-russian-black.html

Perhaps the most interesting thing about the Nacirema people is their insistence that they do not participate in practices of which they clearly do. Equally unusual is the fact that, unlike other sacrificial cultures who raid neighboring tribes for victims, both slaves and victims for human sacrifice are only taken from within the society. In fact, there is a very strong cultural taboo against sacrificing or enslaving those from other tribes.
They are aware of the rituals of human sacrifice in other tribes, but claim such rituals to be inconsistent with their society. Yet their human sacrifice rituals are some of the most elaborate in the world. These rituals are so important that there is a whole part of Nacirema society dedicated specifically to arguing about who should and should not be sacrificed, restraining and feeding the potential victims for the years during which these arguments take place, and ultimately preparing and administering the ritual poison.
This is strangely similar to their approach to slavery. Both human sacrifice and slavery were once a much larger part of Nacirema society. Their human sacrifice rituals now take far longer and happen far less often, but at no point have they ever recognized these ritual sacrifices as such. Meanwhile, the Nacirema do acknowledge that slavery was part of their culture once. During the time when they did recognize their practice of slavery, they did raid other tribes for slaves. Now they follow the same complex ritual for slavery as they do for human sacrifice.
It is strange that, by following this ritual and only choosing victims from within their society, they seem to become incapable of seeing their behavior for what it is.

Ukrainian troops clear another village near Dobropillia in Donetsk Oblast, military reports: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/15/ukrainian-troops-clear-another-village.html