A mother and son from Haryana make history as they are both elected mayors in the UK.
Hormuz closure: How the Middle East’s state-owned tanker giants are handling the fallout
KOTC hit hardest, while those with a pipeline bypass or more commercially oriented are in a better place
China’s WIG/GEV/Ekranoplan Program: A Few Updates
Back in June 2025, Naval News (link) ran a story titled: “China Builds New Large Jet‑Powered Ekranoplan”Well, about that “jet‑powered” part, turns out the four engines perched above the wing are turboprops, not jets. The photos now circulating below make that pretty unambiguous that it is not a Chinese "Caspian Sea Monster" This “civilian” program is nominally tied to the China Coast Guard,
5/24/2026: Booms, Busts and Bubbles; Sculpting Evolution; The Payam Method
First, examining lessons from the Wall Street crash of 1929. Then, a report on mouse DNA and the fight against Lyme disease. And, inside the “Payam Method” for learning piano.
Building collapse in Philippines leaves 3 dead, 17 missing
Rescuers search for survivors after thermal scans show signs of breathing and heartbeats beneath debris.
Plenary Americas LP, La Caisse’s infrastructure arm, agrees to acquire and take private Canadian database company ISC for $872M, expected to close in Q3 (Melissa Shin/Bloomberg)
Melissa Shin / Bloomberg:
Plenary Americas LP, La Caisse’s infrastructure arm, agrees to acquire and take private Canadian database company ISC for $872M, expected to close in Q3 — The infrastructure arm of Caisse de dép&ocir…
RAF jet flying defence secretary has signal jammed near Russian border
An RAF jet which the defence secretary was travelling in had its signals jammed as it flew near the Russian border, in what a defence source said was “reckless” interference.
Pope Leo XIV to release long-awaited AI manifesto on ethical risks and global impact
Pope Leo XIV will publish on Monday his long-awaited manifesto on artificial intelligence, outlining the Catholic Church’s response to the technology’s ethical and social challenges. The US-born pontiff will personally present the “Magnifica Humanitas…
`dotenv` as a Node.js Environment Loading Control Point
dotenv loads .env files into process.env for Node.js projects, making it useful for configuration hygiene checks, secret-handling reviews and runtime assumption validation in authorized engineering workflows.
Toolmotdotla/dotenv
CategoryNode.js envir…
`dotenv` as a Node.js Environment Loading Control Point
dotenv loads .env files into process.env for Node.js projects, making it useful for configuration hygiene checks, secret-handling reviews and runtime assumption validation in authorized engineering workflows.
Toolmotdotla/dotenv
CategoryNode.js envir…