"The U.S. Navy Looks Like Its in Serious Decline" - Peter Suciu, National Interest, 08SEP2024

>The U.S. Navy is grappling with persistent mechanical failures and delays across its fleet, from Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) to larger vessels like the USS Iwo Jima and USS Boxer, both of which have been plagued by breakdowns.

>Compounding the issue, the Navy's supercarrier midlife refueling process, designed to take three years, has stretched to nearly six.

>With older vessels breaking down and new projects like the Zumwalt-class destroyers proving costly, the Navy faces operational challenges and billions in additional costs.

>The United States Navy's littoral combat ships (LCS) have been plagued by numerous breakdowns that the small coastal vessels have earned the nickname " Little Crappy Ships." Several of the oldest vessels have already been retired, many have been pulled from service more than a decade ahead of schedule.

https://archive.ph/4IWKs
(Dark Age of Technology)

"Russia set to ‘build fake London out of plywood then nuke it’ in warning to West" - Oliver Trapnell, GBNews, 08SEP24

https://archive.ph/OqdjW
(science weapons)

On this week of How It's Made:
6th Generation UFO Spacecraft

"Beer glasses are too big, scientists say — here’s why they want to shrink down the traditional pint" - Brooke Steinberg, NYPost, 18SEP2024

>Your beer glass might soon become smaller — and this time, it’s not about shrinkflation.

>A group of scientists in the UK — interested in finding innovative ways to encourage the public to cut back on excessive drinking — have released findings of a study involving a dozen pubs, bars and restaurants where pint glasses were swapped out for something slightly smaller.

>The research, published in the journal PLOS Medicine, suggested that offering two-thirds of a pint as the largest size in drinkeries nationwide might be a boon for public health.

https://archive.ph/zIFGK
(science?)

"Satellite Images Reveal Russia's Failed Nuclear Missile Test: Report" - Flynn Nicholls, Newsweek, 22SEP2024

>Satellite imagery revealed that a recent Russian test of the RS-28 Sarmat ICBM ended in failure, according to OSINT.

>The test, which took place on Saturday at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northwest Russia, resulted in the missile exploding in its launch silo, leaving a massive crater and causing significant damage to the test site.

>This is the fourth unsuccessful test of the Sarmat ICBM. Russia claims the missile is already on "combat alert."

>Report comesdays after Sergey Lavrov warned that Moscow's nuclear weapons are at "full combat readiness."

>Lavrov said "We talk about red lines, expecting that our assessments, statements will be heard by intelligent, decision-making people. It is not serious to say that if tomorrow you do not do what I demand of you, we will press the 'red button.'

https://archive.ph/2Y8lI
(Science Weapons)

"Scientist Disputes That Big Bang Actually Happened" - Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 17SEP24

>A researcher has revived an almost 100-year-old theory to refute that the Big Bang ever happened, challenging one of the most established theories in modern science.

>This century-old "tired light" theory was first proposed by astronomer Fritz Zwicky in 1929 to explain the observation of redshift, or the decrease in photon energy of light as its wavelength increases, of distant galaxies as they move away from us.

>The groundbreaking telescope revealed a glaring discrepancy, Shamir argued, which should force us to reevaluate our current understanding of the creation of the universe.

>Instead of showing an infant early universe while peering into the very earliest days of the universe, JWST observations have shown "large and mature galaxies," Shamir argued. "If the Big Bang happened as scientists initially believed, these galaxies are older than the universe itself."

https://archive.ph/9TJWV
(they made it all up)

"Public-Health Officials Should Have Been Talking About Their Sex Parties the Whole Time" - Kristen V. Brown, The Atlantic, 20SEP2024

>At least it would have shown that they’re relatable.

>In conversations caught on hidden camera, New York City’s former COVID czar said that he’d organized a pair of sex parties in the second half of 2020, as New Yorkers coped with peak pandemic social isolation. “The only way I could do this job for the city was if I had some way to blow off steam every now and then,” Jay Varma told an undercover reporter with whom he thought he was on a date. In a video compiled from several recordings taken this summer, the onetime senior public-health adviser to city hall describes the two events that took place in August and November of 2020. He also talked about his work promoting vaccination in the city by making it “very uncomfortable” for those who wanted to avoid the shots.

https://archive.fo/FJ2O0
(Medicine)

"Florida surgeon mistakenly removes patient's liver instead of spleen, causing him to die, widow says" - Antonio Planas, NBC, 04SEP2024

>A general surgeon removed William Bryan's liver instead of his spleen, causing his death on the operating room table, according to an attorney for Beverly Bryan.

>“Dr. Shaknovsky removed Mr. Bryan’s liver and transected the major vasculature supplying the liver, causing catastrophic blood loss resulting in death.” “The surgeon proceeded with labeling the removed liver specimen as a 'spleen,' and it wasn’t until following the death it was identified the organ removed was actually Mr. Bryan’s liver, as opposed to the spleen.'”

>Shaknovsky told Beverly Bryan her husband’s spleen was so diseased that it was four times bigger than normal and it had moved to the other side of his body, Zarzaur alleges. But in a typical human body the liver exists on the opposite side of the abdomen and it is much larger than a spleen, he said.

https://archive.ph/YTBBj
(Medicine)

"NASA discovers mysterious 'zebra rock' on Mars that's unlike anything the space agency has seen" - Ellyn Lapointe, DailyMail, 24SEP2024

>Perseverance Rover has spotted a strange 'zebra rock' on the red planet.

>The black-and-white striped rock is unlike any rock seen on Mars before, standing out against the planet's reddish-brown surface - NASA says it could be a sign of exciting discoveries to come.

>The rover snapped photos of the rock, now dubbed 'Freya Castle,' and beamed them back to Earth a couple days later.

>'Since Freya Castle is a loose stone that is clearly different from the underlying bedrock, it has likely arrived here from someplace else,' NASA said.

>Freya Castle measures roughly eight inches across

https://archive.ph/1FlGG
(Space)

"Door-Shaped Fracture Spotted by Curiosity at ‘East Cliffs’" - NASA, 18MAY2022

>NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover used its Mast Camera, or Mastcam, to capture this mound of rock nicknamed “East Cliffs” on May 7, 2022, the 3,466th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. The mound, on Mount Sharp, has a number of naturally occurring open fractures – including one roughly 12 inches (30 centimeters) tall and 16 inches (40 centimeters) wide, similar in size to a dog door. These kinds of open fractures are common in bedrock, both on Earth and on Mars.

https://archive.ph/0luua
(Space)

"UFO hunters catch a 'MOUSE' on Mars: Rock resembling a small rodent is spotted in the latest images from the Curiosity rover" - Victoria Woollaston, DailyMail, 23NOV2015

(2015 Mars Mouse Incident)

https://archive.ph/1dUd8
(Space)