Satellite proposals threaten the night sky
In the United States, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the agency responsible for authorizing satellite launches and operationsβ¦
The FCC just opened public comments on SpaceX's plan to launch a million satellites to do AI compute in space. Under the current proposal, an environmental review won't be required. Please consider submitting a public comment to oppose this damaging plan.
darksky.org/news/two-sat...
22.02.2026 19:21
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yes, the armaggedon talk is bad, it's also a pretty good way to encourage mutinies, which is the main thing Hegseth is good at
03.03.2026 05:13
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After 9 yeareals, it's finally my turn to post the "a thousand cereals" clip, seeing as how I'm the idiot who made it.
02.03.2026 21:28
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We live in a world in which its entirely possible that Iran negotiations failed because people involved bet the under.
01.03.2026 18:52
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π¨π¨π¨Simpsons referenceπ¨π¨π¨
Three panels
First is a rocket coming toward Springfield but labels have been changed from Springfield and comet to Telavjc and rocket
Second pane explosion. Moes tavern has been replaced with Quentin Tarantino house
Third panel. Now saying oh dear god, no but with Quentinβs face over his
01.03.2026 21:51
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barney and moe meme: moe (SCOTUS) thinks he has gotten rid of trump tariffs, but the tariffs return as another BS legal privision
21.02.2026 00:32
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the 100th anniversary. the year of the homeboy
14.02.2026 04:51
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ICEβs pending $30 billion budget exceeds the military spending of nearly every country, including Canada, Brazil, Mexico, and Iran.
ICE + CBP funding for 2026 would total $66 billion, higher than all but 7 militaries worldwide.
09.02.2026 19:18
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βHeβs not the sameβ: Father of Liam Conejo Ramos says 5-year-old continues to suffer
Some people thought they say the 5-year-old during the Super Bowl halftime show. But Liam is still in hiding with his family, after he and his father were detained and then released from a Texas deten...
Super Bowl viewers Sunday speculated that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos appeared in the halftime show. In fact, he has been in hiding with his family.
βHe canβt sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, βDaddy, Daddy,ββ Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
10.02.2026 01:10
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Spotlighting The World Factbook as We Bid a Fond Farewell
Somewhat devastating news today from the CIA: One of CIAβs oldest and most recognizable intelligence publications, The World Factbook, has sunset. There's not even a hint as to why they β¦
The CIA just stopped publishing their World Factbook and took every page, including the archived copies of previous versions!
This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
05.02.2026 00:25
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Kiddies who made it out of the ICE dungeon report sighting a schoolmate. Before this, the school district had no information on their whereabouts. The family has now been connected with a lawyer.
Youngsters who escape a govt dungeon are the only way to track abducted children? This is fine!
05.02.2026 00:20
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Iβm sorry but what did libertarians think that the anonymous money laundering racism coin that you could only functionally use for illicit activity was doing other than this, exactly
02.02.2026 19:24
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itβs not an exaggeration to say that thousands of transgender people have committed suicide and thousands more have had their rights stripped from them as a direct result of actions taken by Jeffrey Epstein and his associates
02.02.2026 05:26
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02.02.2026 05:40
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Man this thread is pretty long
02.02.2026 01:25
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You walk into this bar and show your ICE mugshot, you don't pay a dime.
28.01.2026 22:34
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Ilhan Omar about to punch a slime bucket of a man, just an absolute potato sack looking motherfucker.
nice argument, unfortunately I have already depicted myself as a squared-up Ilhan Omar and you as a collapsing sewer ogre
28.01.2026 05:00
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This is the type of stuff you think only exists in Dwarf Fortress patch notes
30.12.2025 11:58
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βKill Yourself Nowβ should be the primary chant
27.01.2026 20:40
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Dems will always lose on the topic of immigration until they stop indulging the fantasy that immigration is a problem and start actually making a case for reality and humanity
27.01.2026 13:54
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26.01.2026 03:44
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A major newspaper publishing guide to help people identify the munitions their government is using against them is a real "Late Republic America" timepeice that future historians will comment on.
26.01.2026 20:54
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i don't know how the rest of the movie will fare over time but putting the Christmas Adventurers on celluloid right in the middle of 2025 was an incredible babe ruth calling-his-shot moment for PTA
27.01.2026 00:32
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National outlets reporting that a gull grabbed one of Greg Bovinoβs french fries and he was carried off when he refused to let go
26.01.2026 21:20
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Ballon kid hot air balloon
It is being reported that Greg Bovino is floating away in a hot air balloon
26.01.2026 21:57
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I'm getting reports that Greg Bovino has placed a crisp dollar on a toothpick and is now sailing out of town on a leaf
26.01.2026 21:28
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βTrouble in the ranksβ: An anonymous source within the DHS reveals that, ever since high-ranking ICE official Gregory Bovino was chased into his mouse hole in the wall, morale at the agency has been low.
26.01.2026 21:30
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As the AP reports Greg Bovino is leaving Minneapolis tomorrow, DHHS announced itβs referring the Minnesota Department of Education and the Minnesota State High School League to the DOJ for βenforcement actionβ over alleged Title IX violations (allowing trans athletes to compete/use facilities).
26.01.2026 22:10
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every employee of the VA, and every veteran, now has definitive proof that Doug Collins does not have their back and will exploit their death for political gain
the focus is rightly on Noem but this is disqualifying and he should resign or be impeached as well
26.01.2026 00:31
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