Williams directed #Hubble, which celebrated its 35-year anniversary of launching in April 2025, to peer at a seemingly empty patch of space for 10 straight days. The #telescope beamed home iconic imagery, a " #cosmic zoo" of some 3,000 galaxies. It changed everything.
https://me.mashable.com/space/55350/a-scientist-was-urged-not-to-take-a-risky-cosmic-image-he-didnt-listen

Six months ago, the catastrophe started to unfold.

🛳️ Rehearsal of the Russian Black Sea Fleet parade in Sevastopol. The parade is led by the cruiser Moskva.

Who is this handsome style icon?

GCC calls for Pakistan-India dialogue, warns against rising Islamophobia

Listen to article The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has called for urgent dialogue between Pakistan and India amid rising tensions in South Asia, while voicing serious concern over the deteriorating security situation and increasing Islamophobia in the region. In an official statement on Sunday, GCC Secretary General Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi urged both nations to show restraint and prioritise…

https://hungamaofficial.com/gcc-calls-for-pakistan-india-dialogue-warns-against-rising-islamophobia/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

#Huawei ain't coming slow.

#TechWar #ChipWar #US #TSMC

https://www.ft.com/content/afd618f8-12c9-4297-b2a9-49f7dc548da4

Failing #Syria|ns by letting #Israel run amuck opens all sorts of possibilities for a perilously unstable #MiddleEast.

#Diplomacy has neither worked to contain #Netanyahu's overreach in #Palestine nor moved the needle regarding the totally unarmed Syria.

It's a clarion call for #peace!

🇧🇷❗️🇺🇦 Brazilian President Lula has ignored six meeting requests from Zelensky, including an invitation to Kyiv, just days before confirming his attendance at Russia’s Victory Parade.

Ultimately, the biggest problem for #Trump is the slow-motion car accident that is his #tariff policy. #Trump trade adviser Peter #Navarro promised on April 11 that “we’re going to run 90 deals in 90 days. [It’s] possible.” https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/donald-trump-americans-polls-100-days

And Israeli killings of #Palestinians are in part surely an expression of #Israel’s collective war trauma: the perpetrators believe their violence can prevent another #Holocaust of #Jews.

#Gaza, #Ukraine, #Syria, Iraq, #Kashmir

Wars are heritable. An epidemiologist I know who visited Rwanda found an epidemic of untreated depression, an impact of the 1994 genocide. Future generations of Palestinians, Ukrainians, Russians and Sudanese will inherit traumas.

https://www.ft.com/content/98caa0a8-e119-4e7f-9fa5-4bef39b04ae0

The president’s son is visiting the #UAE for at least the third time in 10 months. The family business is also developing a Trump golf club and residences in Oman, and a #Trump tower in Saudi Arabia’s second city Jeddah.

Although #Trump’s sons manage the company, the deals will stoke concerns that the president’s family stands to benefit financially from #business in countries with whom the #US has close relationships, including in #defence.
https://www.ft.com/content/c7a215d4-f7e7-43a5-970e-0b276de9fa01

An aide told #US President Franklin D #Roosevelt:

"If you solve the crisis of the [Great] Depression, you'd g down as our greatest president but if you fail, you'd down as our worst"

#FDR quipped "If I will fail, I go down as our last!"

Due to denial of #Pakistan's airspace, the re-routing and extra stop for fuel is adding between three and six hours to the total trip flight time for the #India|n airlines, mostly affecting flights to/from #Delhi. #Kashmir

https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/aviation-news/how-flying-around-pakistan-is-affecting-indian-airlines/

A technology institute is calling for caution over accidents involving digital devices, following a series of fires caused by foreign objects entering the USB-type charging connectors of digital devices such as laptops. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/30/japan/digital-device-warning/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nite #tablets #schools #children #mext

#Israel's Note Verbale to #India

The status quo is breaking on #Syria in Washington DC. #Trump

SHOTS FIRED!!!!

In his victory speech, #Carney singles out #US as the threat number 1 to #Canada.

"These are not idle threats. President #Trump is trying to break us so that #America can own us. That will never . . . that will never ever happen."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg_frQ9U-t0

“And the second time,” Trump added, “I run the country and the world.”

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/06/signalgate-trump-atlantic-interview/682576/