Wednesday, September 10
A Cosmic Void May Be Skewing Our Understanding of the Universe
“You can journey to the ends of the earth in search of success,” 19th-century Baptist preacher Russell Conwell is said to have proclaimed, “but if you’re lucky, you will discover happiness in your own backyard.”
Modern cosmology has stepped far beyond our cosmic backyard. We peer into the light from the earliest moments of the big bang. Our surveys stride across the universe, swallowing millions of galaxies at a time. We have mapped and measured the most subtle accelerations of cosmic expansion.
Tuesday, September 9
Headlines
A sign at a business following an immigration raid.
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Supreme Court lifts restrictions on ICE immigration raids in LA. In a 6–3 decision, the Supreme Court overturned a federal judge’s ruling that barred ICE from stopping people based on their race, language, job, or location while a legal case over the stops plays out. As is typical for the court’s emergency docket, the majority did not explain its decision. However, in a concurring opinion, Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote that “apparent ethnicity alone cannot furnish reasonable suspicion,” but “it can be a ‘relevant factor’ when considered along with other salient factors.” The court’s liberal justices dissented, saying the decision infringed on constitutional freedoms and that anyone who “looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears to work a low wage job,” could be targeted. The underlying legal case will continue to play out in California, where ICE raids have sparked protests. The Trump administration also announced yesterday that ICE was beginning operations in Chicago.
France’s government collapsed amid fiscal pressures. French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou lost a confidence vote in Parliament, which will force President Emmanuel Macron to name a new premier in the country’s third change of government in just over a year. Bayrou’s ousting came after he proposed unpopular spending cuts and tax hikes to address the country’s mounting debt. Whoever comes next will still have to face the political challenge of passing a budget.
The Murdochs end their succession fight with Lachlan at the top of media empire. This time, the eldest boy won: The Murdoch family has reached a deal to end their legal battle over control of the companies owned by patriarch Rupert Murdoch. The agreement puts Lachlan Murdoch—his father’s desired successor because they share conservative political views—at the helm of a media empire that includes Fox News and the Wall Street Journal among its holdings. Meanwhile, Lachlan’s three oldest siblings, who are more liberal, will get $1.1 billion each for their shares when a family trust that gave the four eldest Murdoch siblings equal stakes is dissolved in favor of a new one.—AR
Supreme Court lifts restrictions on ICE immigration raids in LA. In a 6–3 decision, the Supreme Court overturned a federal judge’s ruling that barred ICE from stopping people based on their race, language, job, or location while a legal case over the stops plays out. As is typical for the court’s emergency docket, the majority did not explain its decision. However, in a concurring opinion, Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote that “apparent ethnicity alone cannot furnish reasonable suspicion,” but “it can be a ‘relevant factor’ when considered along with other salient factors.” The court’s liberal justices dissented, saying the decision infringed on constitutional freedoms and that anyone who “looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears to work a low wage job,” could be targeted. The underlying legal case will continue to play out in California, where ICE raids have sparked protests. The Trump administration also announced yesterday that ICE was beginning operations in Chicago. France’s government collapsed amid fiscal pressures. French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou lost a confidence vote in Parliament, which will force President Emmanuel Macron to name a new premier in the country’s third change of government in just over a year. Bayrou’s ousting came after he proposed unpopular spending cuts and tax hikes to address the country’s mounting debt. Whoever comes next will still have to face the political challenge of passing a budget. The Murdochs end their succession fight with Lachlan at the top of media empire. This time, the eldest boy won: The Murdoch family has reached a deal to end their legal battle over control of the companies owned by patriarch Rupert Murdoch. The agreement puts Lachlan Murdoch—his father’s desired successor because they share conservative political views—at the helm of a media empire that includes Fox News and the Wall Street Journal among its holdings. Meanwhile, Lachlan’s three oldest siblings, who are more liberal, will get $1.1 billion each for their shares when a family trust that gave the four eldest Murdoch siblings equal stakes is dissolved in favor of a new one.—AR
Robert Reich
Should Democrats Shut Down the Government?
It’s the only way they can fight back against the Trump catastropheFriends,
The U.S. government runs out of money September 30.
Under ordinary circumstances, I would see that as a huge problem. I was secretary of labor when the government closed down, and I vowed then that I’d do everything possible to avoid a similar calamity in the future.
Under ordinary circumstances, people like you and me — who believe that government is essential for the common good — would fight like hell to keep the government funded beyond September 30.
But we are not in ordinary circumstances. The U.S. government has become a neofascist regime run by a sociopath.
At A Glance
Opinions of capitalism in the US hit record low.
... and six Americans who shaped capitalism.
How WWII pilots used turbulence to make ice cream.
How becoming a grandparent can improve health.
Slug revealed as neighborhood ding-dong-ditch prankster.
Should you drink chlorophyll water like TikTok influencers?
Seven of football's greatest Hail Mary passes.
Wedding crashers steal $60K from California newlyweds.
Clickbait: Vote for the most life-changing American invention.
Historybook: The United States of America officially gets its name (1776); Actor Adam Sandler born (1966); People's Republic of China founding father Mao Zedong dies (1976); Queen Elizabeth II becomes longest-reigning monarch of the UK at more than 63 years with crown (2015); Actor James Earl Jones dies (2024).
In The News
Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> Belarus' Aryna Sabalenka tops American Amanda Anisimova to win her second straight US Open (More) | ... and Spain's Carlos Alcaraz beats Italy's Jannik Sinner to win his second US Open and sixth career Grand Slam title (More)
> Lady Gaga wins artist of the year at MTV Video Music Awards; see full list of winners (More) | "Father Mother Sister Brother" wins the Golden Lion, the top prize at the 82nd Venice Film Festival; see complete list of festival winners (More)
> Carmelo Anthony, Sue Bird, and Dwight Howard headline 2025 class of inductees into the Basketball Hall of Fame (More) | Davey Johnson, four-time MLB All-Star and manager of 1986 World Series-winning New York Mets, dies at age 82 (More)
Science & Technology
> Warner Bros. sues AI startup Midjourney for use of images of Batman, Superman, and other intellectual property; follows recent $1.5B settlement by Anthropic over pirated books for chatbot training (More)
> Researchers find blue-throated macaws can learn new behaviors by observing third-party interactions between others, a trait previously seen only in humans (More)
> Paleontologists discover pair of baby pterosaur fossils that died roughly 150 million years ago in a violent storm (More)
Business & Markets
> US stock markets close lower Friday (S&P 500 -0.3%, Dow -0.5%, Nasdaq -0.0%) after report showing hiring slowdown, downward revision to June data (More)
> Eight OPEC+ countries agree to boost oil production next month by 137,000 barrels per day; next meeting is scheduled for Oct. 5 (More)
> Shares of Tylenol's parent company, Kenvue, fall over 9% Friday on report Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will release a report potentially linking Tylenol use in pregnancy to autism (More)
Politics & World Affairs
> Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announces he will resign after less than a year in the role following conservative party's electoral losses in July (More)
> South Korea finalizes a deal with the US to repatriate hundreds of workers detained for alleged immigration violations at a Hyundai plant in Georgia (More) | See previous write-up (More)
> Russia unleashes largest-ever drone attack on Ukraine, including striking cabinet building in Kyiv for the first time (More)
SOURCE: 1440 NEWS
Success
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Most of us think of success or being successful as becoming wealthy and/or powerful which usually comes from going to College or University.
There are other ways to be successful, so the first task you must accomplish is decide what it means to you to be successful.
- Having a family
- Staying healthy
- Being an excellent worker/employee
- Achieving financial independence
- Maintaining your faith
- ETC
For me, there are four factors that I believe have made me feel like I am successful.
First - Know thyself
Second - Believe in yourself
Third - Discipline
Fourth - Determination
Know Thyself
Who are you
Likes/Dislikes
Skills/abilities
What do you do well
What do you do poorly
How you need to improve
Your personality
Believe in Yourself
This is not as easy as it sounds. The way one learns is through failure, so how many times are you willing to fail before you give up? Part of this answer comes from knowing yourself. If you think you don't deserve something, then you will never get there. So, first remove those negative thoughts about yourself and just never stop believing in yourself. This takes time and practice.
Discipline
Another aspect of something that is easy to say but hard to achieve. You will not be great in the next hour, week, or maybe decade, but you never give up until you get there and then you set the next objective even higher. Discipline helps you give up smoking, give up alcohol, stay healthy, eat healthy, lose weight, and achieve.
Determination
Few people have discipline and even fewer have determination. Both are critical for success. Determination is not about forcing yourself to do more reps at the gym, it's about never stop going to the gym regardless of the number of reps you are doing.
Physicists model vacuum tunneling in a 2D superfluid
In 1951, physicist Julian Schwinger theorized that by applying a uniform electrical field to a vacuum, electron-positron pairs would be spontaneously created out of nothing, through a phenomenon called quantum tunneling.
The problem with turning the matter-out-of-nowhere theory into Star Trek replicators or transporters? Enormously high electric fields would be required—far beyond the limits of any direct physical experiments.
As a result, the aptly-named Schwinger effect has never been seen.
Now theoretical physicists at the University of British Columbia (UBC) have described a parallel effect in a more manageable system. In their model, they substitute a thin film of superfluid helium for the vacuum, and the background flow of the superfluid for the massive electrical field.
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