This week, the three-month process of aligning the telescope began – and over the last day, Webb team members saw the first photons of starlight that traveled through the entire telescope and were detected by the Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam) instrument. This milestone marks the first of many steps to capture images that are at Read the full article…

Dr Antony Lempert says the findings of two recent medical papers critical of infant circumcision should prompt us to greater protect children from religious and cultural genital cutting.

“Frankly there is almost no idea more un-American than the notion that any one president could choose the American president,” the former vice president said on Friday

A local news outlets spoke with multiple residents of a Miami housing project who say they were duped. The vice chair of the state’s Ethics and Elections Committee is calling for an investigation

The word game, released in October, has millions of daily users.

“Spotify does not exist in a vacuum, and the decisions it makes about what content it hosts have consequences,” author writes in op-ed after leaving streaming service

Pam “P” Moses, of Memphis, Tennessee, was sentenced to six years in prison Monday after she was convicted in November for registering to vote while ineligible to do so.

58-year-old Richard Burnham was charged with multiple hate crimes after allegedly attacking Black high school students in Volusia County, Florida, by calling them racial slurs and using a pipe to s…

The lawsuit accuses Trump, Giuliani, and other Trump aides of conspiring to intimidate and retaliate against Vindman for doing his duty.

For years we’ve noted how broadband providers impose all manner of bullshit fees on your bill to drive up the cost of service post sale. They’ve also historically had a hard time being transparent about what kind of broadband connection…

The soft, sad freaks on an unprofitable website claimed victory in the battle for the internet’s soul and defined the worldview of a generation.

Shortbus: Directed by John Cameron Mitchell. With Paul Dawson, Lindsay Beamish, Adam Hardman, Sook-Yin Lee. A group of New Yorkers caught up in their romantic-sexual milieu converge at an underground salon infamous for its blend of art, music, politics, and carnality. There’s a familiar saying that “you’ll know porn when you see it”, and while Read the full article…

Bewitched: Directed by Nora Ephron. With Nicole Kidman, Will Ferrell, Shirley MacLaine, Michael Caine. Thinking he can overshadow an unknown actress in the part, an egocentric actor unknowingly gets a witch cast in an upcoming television remake of the classic sitcom Bewitched (1964). A movie about a universe in which “Bewitched” is being remade, and Read the full article…

On a base of grassy land on a plain, in the chaotic end of times called the Void, rests a peculiar reptile wearing a golden helmet with long horns and a collar. Among rocks and roots buried beneath its paws, a version of the enchanted hammer Mjölnir remains hidden beside a glass jar, where the Read the full article…

It’s called a “calzony.” Via

This month’s ebook deals have landed with 9 books on sale for $0.99 each, books that have never been on sale are in bold: Star Trek: Nemesis Star Trek: Picard: The Dark Veil Star Trek: Picard: The Last Best Hope Star Trek: The Next Generation: 18 Q-In-Law Star Trek: The Next Generation: 38 Dragon’s Honor Read the full article…

Aziz Ansari: Nightclub Comedian: Directed by Aziz Ansari. With Aziz Ansari, Phil Hanley. Comedian Aziz Ansari’s fourth comedy special. Turns out that Aziz is still funny, even in a last minute performance at the Comedy Cellar. Buy On Amazon! Via

Sewage can detect surges and variants before testing, CDC says.

The Republican National Committee voted to censure Representatives Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger for participating in the inquiry into the deadly riot at the Capitol.

Or a story of serious detective work in the field of suburban archaeology

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I’m about to break 300 followers on Twitch!  Honestly, this is more about the Fish than it is about me, but I’m going to be playing some Grounded tonight with a buddy, so feel free to stop by either of our streams and say hello and give a follow! www.twitch.tv/tgiokdi <– me and my fish Read the full article…

Cruz posted Wednesday morning on his personal Twitter account, “Inflation is out of control.” He then listed the words gas prices, food prices and lumber prices next to upward arrow emo…

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, has joined other Republicans in criticizing President Joe Biden for his promise to name a Black woman to the Supreme Court.

The legally murky strategy “would have been a radical departure from normal procedure,” one cybersecurity expert told The Washington Post

The National Weather Service said a “damaging ice storm” making its way from eastern Arkansas to western Kentucky would “likely result in power outages, tree damage, and dangerous travel conditions.”

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army said Wednesday it will immediately begin discharging soldiers who have refused to get the mandatory COVID-19 vaccine , putting more than 3,300 service members at risk of being thrown out soon.

NASA intends to keep operating the International Space Station until the end of 2030, after which the ISS would be crashed into a remote part of the Pacific Ocean known as Point Nemo, according to newly published plans outlining its future.

“The Texas electric grid is more prepared for winter operations than ever before.”

Bush made both contributions in the last three months of 2021 as Cheney and Murkowski face Trump-backed primary challengers. The civil war inside the GOP continues….

A Louisville cop will go to jail for two years for excessive force against a protester during racial justice protests in May 2020.

The greatest quarterback of all time says he’s hanging it up, but his longtime team was absent from his statement

The former president and his inner circle of quacks tried, tried, and tried again to figure out how the government could get ahold of the state-run machines

Nineteen years ago this morning, the Space Shuttle Columbia, returning to Earth after a successful 16-day mission, broke apart during re-entry and disintegrated, killing its seven-member crew. I spent the rest of that afternoon and the ensuing days watching the news coverage as new information came to light, and possible explanations and causes for the disaster…

  I am pleased to be able to show you the cover for CENTERS OF GRAVITY, Frontlines #8, which will be out on August 30. Getcha preorders in here! Kloos’ books are on my “must read ASAP” list, so I’m sure I’ll have a review up a few days into September.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday lashed out at those who called on him to condemn Nazi demonstrations that had taken place over the weekend near Orlando, accusing his political opponents of trying to “smear me as if I had something to do with it.”

The deal is worth $3.6 billion.. Just what we need, more consolidation in the video games industry! This follows Microsoft’s recent acquisition of Activision, and correct me if I’m wrong, leaves us with about 5 large studios to buy video games from. It remains to be seen if we’ll ever see a future Destiny game Read the full article…

The Witcher: Created by Lauren Schmidt. With Henry Cavill, Freya Allan, Anya Chalotra, Mimi Ndiweni. Geralt of Rivia, a solitary monster hunter, struggles to find his place in a world where people often prove more wicked than beasts. Season two is worlds better than season one, primarily because they did away with the absolutely pointless Read the full article…

Eternals: Directed by Chloé Zhao. With Gemma Chan, Richard Madden, Angelina Jolie, Salma Hayek. The saga of the Eternals, a race of immortal beings who lived on Earth and shaped its history and civilizations. I’m standing by my previous review of the film, it’s a mediocre MCU film, but an ok movie by itself. It Read the full article…

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The Locus Bestsellers for January include top titles The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik (Del Rey), Dune by Frank Herbert (Ace), and Star Wars Visions: Ronin by Emma Mieko Candon (Del Rey). This is the first time I’ve seen Trek on a best seller list in a long while and not only is Trek on Read the full article…

“Aquaman” star Jason Momoa has officially been initiated into the “Fast” family. Variety has learned that Momoa will star opposite Vin Diesel’s Dominic Toretto and the… No word on exactly what role he’s going to be playing, but odds are good he’s a distant cousin related to Dom and they’re going to fight to the Read the full article…

D.A.R.E. wants us to “Just say no,” this time to Euphoria. I do remember the DARE program from when I was a kid, it was my first experience with drugs and taught me a fair bit about what they look like and how much I should expect to spend on them, and what kind of Read the full article…

The history of “first sleep” and “second sleep” holds surprising lessons about preindustrial life, 21st-century anxiety, and the problem with digging for utopia in the past.

A Manhattan restaurant where Sarah Palin was spotted dining indoors while unvaccinated over the weekend confirmed that the former Alaska governor returned to dine outdoors on Wednesday, just a few days after testing positive for Covid.

A decade ago, we created Spotify to enable the work of creators around the world to be heard and enjoyed by listeners around the world. To our very core, we believe that listening is everything. Pick almost any issue and you will find people and opinions on either side of it. Personally, there are plenty… Read the full article…

President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed an executive order designating sexual harassment as an offense in the US military’s judicial code.

Falcon 9 booster, launched from Florida in 2015 to deploy Deep Space Climate Observatory, has followed ‘chaotic’ orbit since

Chad Carswell told Channel 9â?²s Dave Faherty his kidney is only operating at about 4%. He said he has more than 100 people willing to donate a kidney, but because of his vaccination status, that won’t happen.

Russia experienced its largest population decline in 2021 since the end of the Soviet Union.