In a striking move that ends a nearly four-decades-old relationship between the federal government and the Episcopal Church, the denomination announced on Monday (May 12) that it is terminating its partnership with the government to resettle refugees, citing moral opposition to resettling white Afrikaners from South Africa who have been classified as refugees by President Donald Trump’s administration.

https://religionnews.com/2025/05/12/episcopal-church-ends-refugee-resettlement-citing-moral-opposition-to-resettling-white-afrikaners/

That's one way to get a job in academic publishing.

"This first liquid fuel reactor began operation in 1953. This aqueous reactor at ORNL fed 140 kW into the electric grid for 1000 hours. In operation it successfully removed xenon fission products. The intrinsic reactivity control was so effective that the reactor was idled simply by turning off the steam turbine generator. Weinberg called this the “forerunner of a true thermal breeder”."
https://atomicinsights.com/alvin-weinbergs-liquid-fuel-reactors-part-1/#:~:text=This%20first%20liquid,true%20thermal%20breeder%E2%80%9D.

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"What do you know about Machiavelli?

"If you’re anything like me, at least me up until recently, you’ll know that he was the really bad man who invented the philosophy of the ‘end justifies the means’, advised all the worst people in the Renaissance, and said that it is ‘better to be feared than loved.’

"None of this stuff is a fair representation of the truth, though, as you can easily find out for yourself if you read his most famous book The Prince"
https://substack.com/home/post/p-163146836#:~:text=What%20do%20you,book%20The%20Prince

Ever wonder how big an Eagle talon is?

Located above the Jungfraujoch in Switzerland, the Sphinx Observatory is one of the highest observatories in the world, at 3,571 m above the sea level

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"We argue that there are some compelling grounds for regarding pregnancy as a disease. Like a disease, pregnancy affects the health of the pregnant person, causing a range of symptoms from discomfort to death. Like a disease, pregnancy can be treated medically. Like a disease, pregnancy is caused by a pathogen, an external organism invading the host’s body. Like a disease, the risk of getting pregnant can be reduced by using prophylactic measures. We address the question of whether the ‘normality’ of pregnancy, its current necessity for human survival…We conclude that there are both normative and pragmatic reasons to consider pregnancy a disease."
https://substack.com/home/post/p-163319724#:~:text=We%20argue%20that,pregnancy%20a%20disease.

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BREAKING: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that the Israeli military will enter Gaza with "full force," adding that "there will be no situation in which we halt the war."

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Hungary Moving on Transcarpathia

There are multiple reports that Hungary has moved potential invasion forces to the Ukrainian border: Unexpected: Hungary pulls tanks and heavy armored vehicles to the border with Ukraine Hungary has deployed tanks and armored vehicles to 5 main checkpoints on the Hungarian-Ukrainian border: Zakhony, Beregshurany, Tisabech, Barabash and Nagybodosh. It is noteworthy that this happened […]

https://voxday.net/2025/05/13/hungary-moving-on-transcarpathia/

"There is a dawning realization in official Israeli circles that President Donald Trump may not be quite the pushover that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government had assumed. After all, the Netanyahu camp greeted Trump’s presidential victory with barely concealed glee. His first term had delivered a series of triumphs for Israel’s right wing — and, truthfully, much of Israeli society."
https://forward.com/opinion/719134/netanyahu-trump-rift-israel-houthis-iran/#:~:text=There%20is%20a,of%20Israeli%20society.