Time's Kid of the Year protects seniors from cybercrime.

Livestream Earth from the International Space Station.

How NASA maintains contact with spacecraft billions of miles away.

Researchers say "kissing bug" has become endemic in the US.

Watch an underwater proposal in the Black Sea.

Playing surface may contribute to athletes' muscle cramps.

Is it wrong to be good friends with a bad person?

New rocky road ice cream-inspired Girl Scout cookie.

Clickbait: Clue to a $1M gold prize hidden in this 13-stanza poem.

Historybook: Golf legend Arnold Palmer born (1929); Jack Ma, Chinese billionaire and cofounder of Alibaba, born (1964); Jane Wyman, actress and first wife of former President Ronald Reagan, dies (2007); Large Hadron Collider is tested for first time (2008); Hurricane Irma makes landfall in Florida (2017).

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In The NEWS

Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> Former President Barack Obama, Conan O'Brien among winners at the 2025 Creative Arts Emmys ahead of this Sunday's Primetime Emmy Awards (More) | "SNL" Season 51 cast set with Michael Che, Ego Nwodim, and Kenan Thompson among the returning veterans (More)

> First YouTube-exclusive NFL game between the Los Angeles Chargers and Kansas City Chiefs draws 17.3 million viewers (More) | Serena Williams joins high-profile group of investors in women's basketball league Unrivaled, valuing the new venture at $340M (More)

> "The Conjuring: Last Rites" hauls in $194M at the global box office, best-ever opening weekend for a horror film (More) | Rick Davies, lead singer and cofounder of Supertramp, dies of cancer at age 81 (More)


Science & Technology
> OpenAI to back first full-length animated film for theatrical release; "Critterz" targets 2026 debut at Cannes Film Festival (More)

> Researchers uncover brain circuits controlling the release of growth hormones during sleep; compounds support bone and muscle development during childhood and metabolic levels in adults (More)

> Low-cost "nanosieve" detects and sorts plastic waste smaller than the width of a human hair; device allows for cheap pollution monitoring in oceans and waterways (More) | Microplastics 101 (1440 Topics)


Business & Markets
> US stock markets close higher (S&P 500 +0.2%, Dow +0.3%, Nasdaq +0.5%) as investors await key inflation reports Thursday (More) | Supreme Court allows President Donald Trump to temporarily remove Federal Trade Commission member (More)

> Robinhood shares rise 15.8% following announcement that online brokerage will join the S&P 500, replacing Caesars Entertainment Sept. 22 (More)

> SpaceX enters $17B deal to buy spectrum licenses from EchoStar to enhance Starlink's 5G connectivity; EchoStar shares rise 19.9% on the news (More)


Politics & World Affairs
> Jury selection begins in the trial against alleged would-be assassin of President Donald Trump; defendant is accused of attempting to kill then-candidate Trump at his West Palm Beach, Florida, golf course in September 2024 (More)

> The House Oversight Committee receives documents as part of its probe into the Justice Department's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case; tranche includes letter President Donald Trump allegedly wrote for Epstein's 50th birthday (More) | Federal appeals court upholds E. Jean Carroll's $83.3M judgment against Trump (More)

> Two Palestinian gunmen kill at least six people, wound 12 others at a bus stop in northern Jerusalem (More) | President Donald Trump pressures Hamas to accept US-led ceasefire deal as Israel threatens to ramp up Gaza offensive (More)

SOURCE: 1440 NEWS

Siblings

 

As we get older, we tend to have a desire to grow closer to our birth family in addition to the family we have with our spouse.

Throughout my lifetime, I have talked with numerous people, both male and female, who say they have brothers and sisters but either have not talked with them in years or have grown apart after leaving home.

Their main reason for the separation is that they are living different lifestyles, they did not get along with each other while living with their parents, or that they have very little in common.

They recognize that they are still family but are comfortable waiting for the other sibling to reach out first.  This is just another way of saying they are wanting to avoid what they know they should do.

The irony about this entire situation is that if the parents were still alive, their desire would have been for their children to have remained friends despite their differences.  However, what their parents wanted is no longer relevant.

Family will always be family despite any and all differences as the parents will always be the same even if there are or were multiple marriages.  One cannot simply not have parents and simply cannot do away with siblings.

And yet, this is exactly what happens to most families who continue to live in America.  Brothers and sisters are simply not that important, unless they share YOUR SAME INTERESTS...  

What does that say about us as a species???

Somewhat Political

 

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.

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Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky (1970)

Storm Clouds

 

VINCE

 

Sarah Westall

 

Making Sail

 

Bongino Report

 

Diamond & Silk

 

Mountain Tree

 

Dinesh D'Souza

 

TimcastIRL

 

Colorful

 

Brookings Brief

Improving Social Security for children and young adults in need

The Big THINK

What to do if your inner voice is cruel

Kindness

 

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

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Robert Reich

 Should Democrats Shut Down the Government?

It’s the only way they can fight back against the Trump catastrophe





Friends,

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.

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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).

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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

 

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.

Somewhat Political

 

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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