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A look at the UK's role in the Paramount-WBD merger: Paramount has said it remains confident of avoiding a "ticking fee" that would start at the end of Q3 (Jake Kanter/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/07/paramount-warner-merger-a…

As Paramount-Warner Merger Enters Antitrust Crunch Time In Europe, Britain Holds Key To David Ellison Hitting His September Deadline
Why the UK will be central to Paramount completing its takeover of Warner Bros. by September after a surprise intervention from minister Lisa Nandy.

The #Jupiter #Venus #Mercury view from Regensburg 5 minutes later today, with the latter 4 1/2 degrees up - soon thereafter Mercury would be lost to extinction for the naked eye.

SAG-AFTRA members ratified a new four-year contract with major studios, including AI terms and a pension merger, after 91.4% voted in favor on 19.3% turnout (Gene Maddaus/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/film/news/sag-aftra-ratification-ai-pension-mer…

SAG-AFTRA Members Ratify Contract With AI Terms and Pension Merger
SAG-AFTRA members have voted to ratify a four-year contract with the major studios that includes AI terms and a merger of the union's pension plans.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
Margaritas Podridas:
🎵 Quema Los Recuerdos
#MargaritasPodridas
https://open.spotify.com/track/6HEA8aeNZeAuh0jqOwFkkT

NASA will Marsrover Promise auf den Mond schicken
Die NASA treibt ihre Mondpläne weiter voran. Mehrere neue Missionen sind beauftragt. Außerdem könnte ein Marsrover zum Mond fliegen.
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NASA will Marsrover Promise auf den Mond schicken
Die NASA treibt ihre Mondpläne weiter voran. Mehrere neue Missionen sind beauftragt. Außerdem könnte ein Marsrover zum Mond fliegen.

Margaritas after a rough day.
#Margarita

A blessed Cinco de Mayo to all who celebrate!
#CincoDeMayo

Oakland (and California) do not want this -- the coal trains, coal storage, and the loading operations create huge environmental (such as coal dust pollution) and fire risks all so that trump-ie can protect a money-losing industry that can't compete with wind and solar power without being propped up by massive amounts of our tax money.
"Trump’s coal funding sends $75 million to controversial Oakland terminal"

Trump’s coal funding sends $75 million to controversial Oakland terminal
The development will receive $75 million from the Trump administration, part of a larger $700 million package of funding made available for coal projects by the Department of Energy.

#Carbonatites from Ol Doinyo Lengai, #Tanzania — An unusual rock as analog for #Mercury as potential species for hollow formation: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0019103526001399 -> A Unique African Volcano Could Solve a Mystery on Mercury: https://eos.org/articles/a-unique-african-volcano-could-solve-a-mystery-on-mercury - new data from Ol Doinyo Lengai in Tanzania suggest that carbon-rich volcanic activity could be responsible for the mysterious “hollows” observed on the surface of Mercury.

Nine media advocacy groups claim the Paramount-WBD merger is an "existential threat to the free press", suggesting CNN would face firings like 60 Minutes has (Josh Dickey/The Wrap)
https://www.thewrap.com/media-platforms/jo

Press Freedom Groups Warn CNN Is Next After '60 Minutes' Amid 'Existential Threat' of Paramount Merger
A group of nine press freedom advocacy groups on Tuesday warned that the impending Paramount merger with Warner Bros. represents an "existential threat to the free press, independent media, and free speech," warning that CNN will be the next to suffer the drastic firings and turmoil that "60 Minutes" has been going through in recent days.