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UK astronaut #JohnMcFall could become the first person with a physical disability to live in orbit, thanks to an agreement signed between the UK government and US commercial space company #Vast: #Haven1 (not launched yet!) as early as next year.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #AstralPlane
Foxygen:
🎵 Cosmic Vibrations
#Foxygen
https://foxygen.bandcamp.com/track/cosmic-vibrations
https://open.spotify.com/track/6UE9b79d6Ctas3w1xbsnbU

Japan commits up to $6.16B over five years to Noetra, a consortium led by SoftBank, Honda, NEC, and Sony, to develop a domestic AI foundation model by 2027 (Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/techn

Japan backs SoftBank-led AI models with up to $6.2bn in chasing US, China
New company will focus on physical AI using data from Japanese companies

Raiders named landing spot for Kirk Cousins' former top wide receiver target https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/news/raiders-landing-spot-kirk-cousins-former-wide-receiver-targe…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Gwen McCrae:
🎵 Funky Sensation
#GwenMcCrae
https://open.spotify.com/track/3SHKFKCccGc2gZkI7G1hMZ

Revisiting GW170817 at Milliarcsecond Scale - High-precision Constraints on Jet Geometry and #H0: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ae706c -> New measurement brings us closer to understanding the Universe’s rate of expansion: https://www.swinburne.edu.au/news/2026/06/new-measurement-brings-us-closer-to-understanding-the-universes-rate-of-expansion/

Finally, I'm finishing a release of unreleased works from 2006 to present.
All in all, I had about 20 hours of music to sort through.
For many of us, material we really like gets left off of albums because it doesn't fit their flow or feel. Given life's unpredictability, it seemed better to share this work than not to. And there's other reasons, which I'll post once it's done. But writing this now so I'll commit and not back out. :)
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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #PacificNotions
Feon:
🎵 Cosmic Cathedral
#Feon
https://invisible-inc.bandcamp.com/track/cosmic-cathedral

#LittleRedDots as Hidden Neutrino Sources: https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.11203 -> The little red galaxies that may be sending us neutrinos: https://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/research-news/2026-06-30

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
Okkervil River:
🎵 Another Radio Song
#OkkervilRiver
https://open.spotify.com/track/5vezIAbCwj3XnJ7pLEpUEq