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Once upon a time, Hollywood produced a movie about Russians accidentally invading America. The movie, The Russians are Coming the Russians are Coming (1966), is a political satire made during the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States. It was a gutsy film, released five years after the ill-fated Bay of Pigs invasion, and only four years … Continue reading →

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Latest "UFO-related news" of course features an item about the current "drone dilemma," and John Greenewald presents and discusses a FOIA success on that matter. AARO's interest in the drone issue and "the critical need to address drone incursions at sensitive sites" are major takeaways. Keith Basterfield reports on his annual website check on the National Archives of Australia and the New Year. This year's search was highly disappointing, but …

I wanted to test some of the Midori Paintable Stamps ($13.25 each). First, I wanted to understand what “Paintable” meant but also how well I could find a use for these designs. I chose four different designs to experiment with how I can use them. I picked up the Book, Wreath, Calendar and Cat. The first thing you need to know about the Midori Paintable stamps is that they are …

Today’s London news round-up: Bromley council has been asked to apologise to the mum of a child with special educational needs (SEN) after they were wrongly suspended from school transport. South London Press A Greggs store in London has padlocked its drinks cabinet apparently in a bid to beat the army of shoplifters targeting the high street food chain. Metro Flash mob dance to Village People hit in protest at …

Some Python packages require native libraries to be installed on your system when you install them. For example, mysqlclient requires libssl and libcrypto. If those libraries are missing at install time, clang, the C compiler, fails with a message like: $ pip install mysqlclient Collecting mysqlclient Downloading mysqlclient-2.2.7.tar.gz (91 kB) Installing build dependencies ... done Getting requirements to build wheel ... done Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml) ... done Building wheels for …

The first of the two trains that arrive into the station this afternoon is one from Vaudreuil. Five minutes later a Candiac train lands.

[If you lose your job to AI, you can always apprentice as a robot farrier.] Estonian scientists recently published research on making robots more agile, by giving attaching moose-like hooves to their feet. The moose shoes could make robots more capable, by enabling them to: navigate in complex natural terrains to conduct sensitive environmental monitoring, aid in agriculture and participate in disaster response. Or attack enemies in war. Probably mostly …

a rusty boat named Margaret sits on a small grassy hill with trees behind it. a few floaties and a mound of dirt sit nearby. i don’t know if she’s seaworthy, cap’n. Happy (Gregorian calendar) new year! I had a restful and quiet time off. It was exactly what I needed. I hope things are good with you, too. This week’s post is about boxed water. It sells well under …

The recent announcement of REI Adventures closing its doors has left many adventure travel enthusiasts wondering where to turn for their cycling experiences. La entrada REI Adventures Closes – Who Now for Cycling Experiences? se publicó primero en Eat Sleep Cycle.

James Brandon Lewis has been an integral part of some site favorites over the past few years — Mendoza Hoff Revels, The Messthetics, Alan Braufman’s Infinite Love Infinite Tears — but its nice to see him back at the head of a trio for his latest. The new record pairs Lewis with Chad Taylor (drums/mbira) and Josh Werner (bass/guitar), a formidable lineup that found the three working off of one …

It's triple zero, used to call the emergency services in Australia. That is the lowest possible number. We did it!Well that was boring. And you, dear reader, probably don't even live in Australia,* so it's not your shortest phone number. Let's come up with a new rule to make this more interesting: Everyone should be able to call the number.That means we'll only consider numbers that can start with an …

A very quick update: Yes, Bill was in court yesterday; no, nothing exciting happened. Justice Breen had no time for his BS and told him to save it for the trial. Denby, who is representing himself, had originally opted for trial by judge but requested that to be switched to trial by jury (he probably thinks he can stack the jury with his friends, or something). There were a few …

Welcome to Glimpse of Google, a blog series written by a former Google software engineer, offering a firsthand look into the inner workings of one of the most transformative companies of our time. This series will uncover how Google operates from an engineering standpoint and explore the broader company culture, guiding principles, and unique approaches that make it a powerhouse in technology. Whether you're an engineer, a tech enthusiast, or …

Lucy Worsley takes viewers through microfiche research of the Ripper case in the Lucy Worsley Investigates S02 premiere. (BBC2 / PBS)