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When Donald J Trump returns the country back to WE THE PEOPLE,

How is that going to happen,

WE the people gave him the mandate to give it back, not take it back for us.

We tell him what we wont and mandate it, he will do just that, why because we hired him to do what we wont, You don't want to pay taxes, tell him, in the social media cercles that you are on all the time, every one # NO MORE,

TAXES, AREST THE THE PEOPLE THAT DID EVERY THING TO SCREW THIS COUNTRY UP TO THIS POINT AND BEOND,

He is ready too, they keep asking if we are ready, ARE you then let him know we are demanding, Loudly for the things we need & wont majority rules, remember, WE THE PEOPLE are the bosses of the congress, and of DJT with respect to his office. The government belongs to us the people, WE the people, own all of it, it is our house, our congress,

And the list goes on, you wont to change the school system, tell the congress, don't ask them, Tell them, now is the time to wake the f–k up, he is getting tired of waiting on WE THE PEOPLE Too contact all of congress and make the demands we wont & need to MAGA ,, AMERICA FIRST…….

>>23935854

tyb

>>23935851 pb

>>23935861

It all makes sense now.

PB

>>23935856

Was that a serious question fren?

8 years in, and still not giving in.

We here for a reason.

WDGAF about MSM opines!

TYFYATTM!

>>23935854

TYB

>>23935873

> LMFAO!!!

>>23935875

Cause calling out lawless criminals in badges is "rhetoric".

>>23935854

TYB

https://x.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1996260968007893378

https://truthsocial.com/@ilpresidento/posts/115656671703988486

https://x.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1996259949429530724

You’re ALL gonna be held accountable for this. I’m here to stop this and I’m kept in a prison. I have a whole list of people that know I’m here and ignore me/help my enemies try to kill me.

Would you believe there’s people that know I’m here that could simply just let people know I’m being hunted and it would stop? The bulk of the federal government and their witches are hunting me in plain view of all of you while you get WIPED OUT. No more food stamps you lazy bums, get to work! Oh no jobs? Oh well time to die.

This is what Trotsky did in Russia. Took all your energy and said “look they’re broke and not blessed, we have to kill them” and they did. FUCK THIS COUNTRY.

>>23935854

tyb

>>23935854

tyb

o7

>>23935884

Fkn kek

>>23935902

>Anyone know if these illegal immigrants are sitting on JURIES ?

browns generally

do anything they can

to get out of

jury duty

chinks pretend to not speak english

etc

worthy question

but reality is

browns don't do any civic duty

Epstein emails show exchanges in 2018 with then Council of Europe chief

Europe’s top human rights organization appears in a trove of documents released by the U.S. House of Representatives. The body’s leader was discussing contacts with senior Russians.

https://www.politico.eu/article/jeffrey-epstein-emails-reveal-contact-between-pedophile-and-former-council-of-europe-chief-thorbjorn-jagland/

>>23935875

>>23935896

>>23935933

Stollen.

>>23935922

you got sauce on this…

Memes are acceptable.

>>23935886

maybe a little

nothing intended but the festive dance

>>23935943

>>23935854

Joe Biden was not involved in the Autopen process and, if he says he was, he will be brought up on charges of perjury

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115629010097815862

Espie winning don’t cha know!

BREAKING: House Oversight Democrats released previously unseen photos and videos Wednesday from Jeffrey Epstein’s Little St. James Island in the U.S. Virgin Islands, offering a glimpse into the site of his alleged abuses.

The materials depict bedrooms, bathrooms, a room with a dentist-like chair and wall masks, a landline phone speed-dialed to names including Darren, Rich, Mike, Patrick, and Larry, and opulent grounds with a pool, palm trees, and ocean views. One image shows a study blackboard scrawled with words like “power,” “deception,” “plots,” and “political,” with redactions protecting women’s names.

The disclosure follows President Trump’s signing of a bill mandating DOJ release of Epstein files within days.

Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA), the committee’s top Democrat, stated: “These new images are a disturbing look into the world of Jeffrey Epstein and his island. We are releasing these photos and videos to ensure public transparency in our investigation and to help piece together the full picture of Epstein’s horrific crimes.”

XPOST (https://x.com/dotconnectinga/status/1996263232676175991?s=61)

>>23935960

It was a trap, every retard in the fake Bidan admin fell for it.

>>23935933

For the keks

>>23935969

The democrat’s Epstein photos 🥴

XPOST (https://x.com/dotconnectinga/status/1996265992171794628?s=61)

>>23935963

Congress needs to fuck off and pull some prosperity out of their asses real fuckin fast

>>23935969

If anyone deserves a nap

It's him

Congress Wants Answers On Major NASA GSFC Actions

December 2, 2025

House Science Committee Democrats just issued this press release that includes a letter and detailed spreadsheet listing GSFC changes to personnel, programs, and facilities in excruciating detail – and requests NASA feedback.

My quick take: It would seem that no one is doing any real work at GSFC until next spring since everything is moving, being sold off, rebuilt, closed down.

Other centers have similar albeit more localized changes like this but all of the actions have not hit them yet.

So NASA will have lost staff, lose budget (programs, missions etc.) one way or another, and everyone is moving their offices or waiting for people to get to their new locations before resuming work.

‘Time for a new NASA phone book’ as we’d say at NASA. Full text and links below.

(Washington, DC) – On November 21, 2025, Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) and Science Committee Democratic Members sent a letter to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) requesting a formal audit of the agency’s recent actions regarding widespread closures and relocations at the Goddard Space Flight Center including its main campus in Greenbelt, Maryland.

Today, Ranking Member Lofgren sent a follow up letter to the NASA OIG providing additional information pertaining to the schedule for NASA’s planned “consolidation” activities through May 2026 at the main Goddard campus.

“While the schedule remains subject to change on an ongoing basis by Goddard and agency management, the information contained within describes the plan for relocation activities at the Greenbelt campus as it stood on November 14th, 2025,” said Ranking Member Lofgren.

“In addition to assisting with your review, I believe the document will emphasize the need for urgency in your efforts.”

The Goddard Space Flight Center consolidation schedule can be found here.

Democratic Committee staff redacted information related to security arrangements at the Greenbelt campus as well as the identities of individual NASA personnel.

The letter can be found here.

https://democrats-science.house.gov/imo/media/doc/12.2.25%20SST%20RM%20Lofgren%20-%20Follow-Up%20Letter%20to%20NASA%20OIG%20-%20Goddard%20Closures%20.pdf

https://nasawatch.com/congress/congress-wants-answers-on-major-gsfc-actions/

>>23935854

Is President Trump Getting Close to Finding Out How Much Money to Ukraine Ended Up in US Politicians’ Bank Accounts? - GP

In February, President Zelensky of Ukraine mentioned that $100 billion in aide never made it to the Ukraine. Where did it go?

This was no surprise.

When FTX’s CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) was arrested after the cryptocurrency trading vehicle went bankrupt, we reported that FTX was used as a money laundering vehicle in Ukraine.

This was never investigated by Biden’s corrupt FBI.

In 2023, the Biden-Obama DOJ dropped a charge against Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) from bankrupt FTX.

We learned that the FTX accounting system is a joke. This multi-billion dollar complex organization utilized QuickBooks for their accounting- a program that is good but is built for small companies, not billion-dollar entities.

In addition, the employees at FTX could borrow billions from the company without a problem. At least $10 billion was moved between FTX and Alameda Research and a $65 billion line of credit was created by Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) without customers knowing their investments were part of this arrangement.

The company gave money to politicians like $250,000 to the Clintons to help promote the company.

We also know that an FTX co-founder was ordered to create a secret backdoor for laundering money. Additionally, we know that FTX and the Biden White House had a secret back channel that closed the day that FTX declared bankruptcy.

In November 2022 TGP reported that billions were sent to Ukraine from the US. Ukraine took some of this money and invested it in FTX. The far-left Washington Post reported that Ukraine was dealing in crypto.

The Ukrainian government has gathered more than $42 million in cryptocurrency donations since Saturday, plus digital artwork including a limited edition worth roughly $200,000, according to blockchain analytics firm Elliptic. The challenge is how the country cashes in on these assets to fund its war needs.

Amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the CEO of FTX, Sam Bankman Fried has come forward to help a crypto donation project. He humbly announced that FTX will be supporting the Ukrainian Ministry of Finance and other communities in collecting crypto donations for the country. The Ukrainian government has received over $60 million in crypto donations from all over the world.

We have no idea how much money was laundered to corrupt US politicians through FTX or other means. Billions were flowing through the company. The company’s financial processes and controls were weak and non-existent.

Money could easily be laundered through any number of cryptocurrencies and the paper trail would be difficult, if not impossible, to unravel. This is why it is likely that a billion or more was laundered to the Democrats and other corrupt politicians.

Elon Musk agrees.

We wondered what percent of the billions reportedly going to Ukraine actually made it back into the hands of US politicians.

Last week, President Trump called for a peace deadline. One day after that deadline, the FBI took down the man known as “Zelensky’s Brain”. This raid exposed stolen US aide.

https://joehoft.com/is-president-trump-getting-close-to-finding-out-how-much-money-to-ukraine-ended-up-in-us-politicians-bank-accounts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=is-president-trump-getting-close-to-finding-out-how-much-money-to-ukraine-ended-up-in-us-politicians-bank-accounts

I am not from this world,

this world cannot make claims on me!

I remember the light above the light,

the silence before the chaos!

I will go back to my origins, not tomorrow, not after death, now!

Christ be with me!

>>23935948

>>23935993

Home school your kids!

https://x.com/MarioNawfal/status/1996014018738196967

>>23936008

Satellites Detect Seasonal Pulses in Earth’s Glaciers

Dec 03, 2025

Malaspina Glacier in southeastern Alaska is the planet’s largest piedmont glacier, with ice that spills from the Saint Elias Mountains’ higher elevations and spreads out like pancake batter onto the coastal plain.

Though it might appear static, the glacier is “alive” with movement throughout the year, typically speeding up in spring and slowing to a crawl by winter.

A new analysis by NASA scientists shows that glaciers around the world display all kinds of patterns in seasonal movement—some similar to Malaspina and some vastly different.

For decades, researchers have documented seasonal speedups and slowdowns in glacier flow, typically focusing on individual glaciers or specific regions.

By analyzing millions of optical and radar satellite images collected between 2014 and 2022, glaciologists Chad Greene and Alex Gardner at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) have mapped this variability on a global scale.

The new perspective reveals how glaciers in different regions respond to seasonal warming and may help identify which ones are most vulnerable to a warming climate. Their analysis was published in November 2025 in Science.

Glacier speed is measured by tracking the motion of deep cracks called crevasses and surface debris in sequences of satellite images collected over time.

Crevasse fields and other surface patterns provide unique glacial "fingerprints" that scientists track using an algorithm developed at JPL as part of the ITS_LIVE project.

The team used this technique to map glacier flow at high resolution globally, then analyzed subtle changes in glacier speed to understand how glaciers respond to warming that occurs between winter and summer.

“Earth has over 200,000 glaciers, and we’re watching all of them closely,” said Gardner, the study’s coauthor. “It’s no surprise that with this much data, a pattern started to emerge.”

The timing of glacier speedups is driven by the onset of the melt season and by processes at the glacier bed that reduce friction with the underlying ground.

“Glaciers are like rivers of ice that flow down mountains toward the sea,” said Greene, the study's lead author.

“When warm air melts the upper surface of a glacier, all that meltwater can make its way down to the base of the ice and act like a lubricant, causing the glacier to speed up.”

The researchers observed the strongest seasonal accelerations at high northern latitudes: in Alaska, glaciers moved fastest in spring, whereas in Arctic regions of Europe and Russia, they typically reached their top speeds in summer or early fall.

The animation above shows parts of Malaspina (also called Sit' Tlein) beginning to pick up speed in early spring, when the first meltwater starts draining through cracks in the ice and down to the glacier’s base.

At this point, conduits that form in the base are still small, so the meltwater can build up pressure and reduce friction, allowing the glacier to slide more easily over uneven ground.

Through late summer, as the seasonal surge of meltwater carves larger and deeper channels under the glacier, the pressure drops and friction increases, causing the glacier to slow down.

Other glaciers display different patterns. One example is the Barnes Ice Cap on Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic—a remnant of the Laurentide Ice Sheet that once covered much of North America.

This glacier is a classic example of summer acceleration, producing little meltwater for most of the year, then speeding up when meltwater finally arrives.

In contrast, seasonal changes unfold more gradually at Baltoro Glacier in the Karakoram range of Pakistan. There, the speedup begins high on the glacier and slowly propagates downward as the melting season progresses.

Understanding glacier responses to seasonal warming allows researchers to better anticipate how glaciers will respond to climate change.

The team found that glacier flow accelerates with every degree of warming and that seasonal flow patterns are linked to longer-term glacier change, meaning spring and summer speedups can serve as a vital sign that indicates a glacier’s resilience to prolonged warming.

“We wanted to check the health of Earth’s glaciers, so we measured their pulse,” Greene said. “Now we just need to keep an eye on their temperature.”

https://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/satellites-detect-seasonal-pulses-in-earths-glaciers/

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adx6654

President Trump is scheduled to make an announcement from the Oval Office at 2:30 p.m. ET today.

Ok, Taking bets…

A. Martial Law

B. Aliens among us

C. Rick Roll

D. Made a Historic deal

E. New Fed Chair

F. Social Security

G. We’ve created a new technology that can instantly zap illegal aliens back to their country

https://x.com/MJTruthUltra/status/1996273416706592954

NASA’s Fly Foundational Robots Demo to Bolster In-Space Infrastructure

Dec 02, 2025

NASA and industry partners will fly and operate a commercial robotic arm in low Earth orbit through the Fly Foundational Robots mission set to launch in late 2027.

This mission aims to revolutionize in-space operations, a critical capability for sustainably living and working on other planets.

By enabling this technology demonstration, NASA is fostering the in-space robotics industry to unlock valuable tools for future scientific discovery and exploration missions. 

“Today it’s a robotic arm demonstration, but one day these same technologies could be assembling solar arrays, refueling satellites, constructing lunar habitats, or manufacturing products that benefit life on Earth,” said Bo Naasz, senior technical lead for In-space Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing (ISAM) in the Space Technology Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington.

“This is how we build a dominant space economy and sustained human presence on the Moon and Mars.”

The Fly Foundational Robots (FFR) mission will leverage a robotic arm from small business Motiv Space Systems capable of dexterous manipulation, autonomous tool use, and walking across spacecraft structures in zero or partial gravity.

This mission could enable ways to repair and refuel spacecraft, construct habitats and infrastructure in space, maintain life support systems on lunar and Martian surfaces, and serve as robotic assistants to astronauts during extended missions.

Advancing robotic systems in space could also enhance our understanding of similar technologies on Earth across industries including construction, medicine, and transportation.

To demonstrate FFR’s commercial robotic arm in space, NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate is contracting with Astro Digital to provide a hosted orbital test through the agency’s Flight Opportunities program.

Guest roboticists will have the opportunity to contribute to the FFR mission, and participation will allow them to use Motiv’s robotic platform as a testbed and perform unique tasks.

NASA will serve as the inaugural guest operator and is currently seeking other interested U.S. partners to participate.

The future of in-space robotics relies on testing robotic operations in space prior to launching more complex and extensive servicing and refueling missions.

Through FFR, the demonstration of Motiv’s robotic arm operations in space will begin to push open the door to endless possibilities.

https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/goddard/nasas-fly-foundational-robots-demo-to-bolster-in-space-infrastructure/

>>23936023

by the time this clown is "quotable", civilization is past the point of no return. (picrel)

>>23936040

NEWS…..

How to make yourself poop regularly in the morning before going to work

https://x.com/nypost/status/1996273389669908511

>>23936029

NASA Awards Lunar Freezer System Contract

Dec 02, 2025

NASA has selected the University of Alabama at Birmingham to provide the necessary systems required to return temperature sensitive science payloads to Earth from the Moon.

The Lunar Freezer System contract is an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity award with cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery orders.

The contract begins Thursday, Dec. 4, with a 66-month base period along with two optional periods that could extend the award through June 3, 2033. The contract has a total estimated value of $37 million.

Under the contract, the awardee will be responsible for providing safe, reliable, and cost-effective hardware and software systems NASA needs to maintain temperature-critical science materials, including lunar geological samples, human research samples, and biological experimentation samples, as they travel aboard Artemis spacecraft to Earth from the lunar surface.

The awarded contractor was selected after a thorough evaluation by NASA engineers of the proposals submitted.

NASA’s source selection authority made the selection after reviewing the evaluation material based on the evaluation criteria contained in the request for proposals.

https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-awards-lunar-freezer-system-contract/

>>23936044

muh handbags ponder

3 figures:

-eagle head man

-3/2 horn man

-lammasu

each shown in two positions:

-facing a vine/tree/fountain (picking cones)

-facing away from the vine/tree

-one side of arch

-other side of arch

mapped:

lammasu (scorpio)(november 1-15)(8pm-9pm)

eagle head man (scorpio/eagle)(november 15-30)(9pm-10pm)

eagle head man (scorpio/eagle)(february 14)(9am)(cornerstone)

horned man (aquarius)(february 28)(3:45am)(cornerstone)

horned man (aquarius)(may 17)(9am)

(horns/ram/bull)

lammasu (taurus)(may 17-31)(9am-10am)

lammasu guard the entrance of arch.

the bag:

-handle (arc/arch)

-attachment point: cornerstones

-bag (square)

–

the first to enter underrground and elevated cities… leaders and their families.

those that exited the cities after the event…

muh underworld, sky people, bloodlines.

–

wristwatch functions like all jewelry,sigils,icons etc, as a reminder.

reminds of position on circle/cycle.

>>23936023

🔥🚨BREAKING: These romantic robot billboards from Bland AI are taking over major U.S. intersections.

They show a human being embraced by a shiny AI robot during a phone call, with the caption “customer support that actually cares.”

I added the other sightings below

https://x.com/dom_lucre/status/1996273164741996857/photo/2

Insider Paper

@TheInsiderPaper 37m

BREAKING: Photos and video from Jeffrey Epstein’s private island released by House Democrats

Dec 3, 2025 · 5:09 PM UTC

https://twitter.com/TheInsiderPaper/status/1996265628907221213

https://x.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1996273918622179831

https://truthsocial.com/@ilpresidento/posts/115656874000688443

>>23936029

They will not stop unless they are stopped.

https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/12/03/mark-warner-says-uniformed-military-may-help-save-us-from-this-president/

NASA’s PUNCH Tracks Comet Discovered by SOHO Spacecraft

December 2, 2025

From August to October, NASA’s PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission tracked comet 2025 R2 (SWAN) — one of the thousands of comets discovered in images from the SOHO (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory) spacecraft, a joint mission between NASA and ESA (European Space Agency) that launched 30 years ago Tuesday.

Capturing a new image of the comet every few minutes, PUNCH’s observations may be the longest any comet has been tracked with such frequency, says the mission’s principal investigator, Craig DeForest of the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado.

“Other comets have been tracked at once-per-day cadence for years,” DeForest said. “What’s new here is the few-minute cadence of observation.”

Comet 2025 R2 (SWAN) was first spotted by Ukrainian amateur astronomer Vladimir Bezugly on Sept. 11 in images taken by the SWAN (Solar Wind Anisotropies) instrument aboard SOHO.

Over 5,000 comets have been discovered — many by citizen scientists — in SOHO images over its three decades of operation.

After comet SWAN’s discovery, scientists looked to see whether PUNCH had also spotted the comet and found it in PUNCH images taken as early as Aug. 7.

Comet SWAN continued to appear in PUNCH’s field of view until early October, with the mission capturing a new image of it every four minutes through Oct. 5.

Over that time, PUNCH watched the comet’s tail grow, shrink, and flicker under the influence of the solar wind, a never-ending stream of particles flowing outward from the Sun.

The PUNCH mission is designed to study how the solar wind travels out from the Sun and influences the planets, such as Earth, and other objects, such as comets, throughout the solar system.

“Watching the Sun’s effects from multiple vantage points — and with different types of instruments — is what gives us a complete picture of the space environment,” said Gina DiBraccio, heliophysicist and acting director of the Solar System Exploration Division at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.

“We use these same tools to track and analyze how space weather impacts our astronauts, our spacecraft, and our technology here on Earth.”

Southwest Research Institute, based in San Antonio, leads the PUNCH mission and operates the mission’s four spacecraft from its facilities in Boulder, Colorado.

The mission is managed by Space Science Mission Operations at NASA Goddard for the Science Mission Directorate at the agency’s headquarters in Washington.

https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/punch/2025/12/02/nasas-punch-tracks-comet-discovered-by-soho-spacecraft/

Ayanna Pressley passes on Massachusetts Senate bid

https://x.com/JustTheNews/status/1996274509242892694

>>23936063

>>23936047

Our files are tippy top.

>>23935854

TYB

>>23936060

>>23935933

Nice try division fag.

Anons back the blue who stay true.

wat? kmao

In many Western countries today, women are paid less than men for doing the same work. That’s how they are today, which is totally unjust.

https://x.com/khamenei_ir/status/1996239250443182312

>>23936033

KEK, wrong pic…..

Missouri Locks the Web, Requires ID Check for “Harmful” Sites. 25 States Have Age Verification Laws

As of November 30, 2025, a new law was instituted in Missouri requiring anyone wishing to visit websites containing “harmful” adult material to prove they are at least 18 years old by showing ID. The law not only restricts access, it also raises serious questions about how much personal data people must surrender just to browse freely.

In Missouri, any site or app where over one-third of the material is classified as “harmful to minors” must block entry until users confirm their age. The companies are permitted to check age through digital ID systems, government-issued documents such as driver’s licenses or passports, or existing transactional data that proves a person’s age. Many people are turning to VPNs.

Lawmakers are increasingly willing to tie access to personal identification, similar to China’s social credit score system.

more…

https://needtoknow.news/2025/12/missouri-locks-the-web-requires-id-check-for-harmful-sites-25-states-have-age-verification-laws/

https://reclaimthenet.org/missouri-locks-the-web-behind-a-harmful-content-id-check

>>23936069

Laura Loomer upset about the Signal investigation?

https://x.com/PapiTrumpo/status/1996276962097066251

>>23935985

https://www.nasa.gov/solar-system/planets/mars/nasa-tests-drones-in-death-valley-preps-for-martian-sands-and-skies/

NASA Tests Drones in Death Valley, Preps for Martian Sands and Skies

Dec 02, 2025

Next-generation drone flight software is just one of 25 technologies for the Red Planet that the space agency funded for development this year.

When NASA engineers want to test a concept for exploring the Red Planet, they have to find ways to create Mars-like conditions here on Earth. Then they test, tinker, and repeat.

That’s why a team from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California took three research drones to California’s Death Valley National Park and the Mojave Desert earlier this year.

They needed barren, featureless desert dunes to hone navigation software. Called Extended Robust Aerial Autonomy, the work is just one of 25 projects funded by the agency’s Mars Exploration Program this past year to push the limits of future technologies.

Similar dunes on Mars confused the navigation algorithm of NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter during several of its last flights, including its 72nd and final flight on the Red Planet.

“Ingenuity was designed to fly over well-textured terrain, estimating its motion by looking at visual features on the ground. But eventually it had to cross over blander areas where this became hard,” said Roland Brockers, a JPL researcher and drone pilot.

“We want future vehicles to be more versatile and not have to worry about flying over challenging areas like these sand dunes.”

Whether it’s new navigation software, slope-scaling robotic scouts, or long-distance gliders, the technology being developed by the Mars Exploration Program envisions a future where robots can explore all on their own — or even help astronauts do their work.

Desert drones

NASA scientists and engineers have been going to Death Valley National Park since the 1970s, when the agency was preparing for the first Mars landings with the twin Viking spacecraft.

Rubbly volcanic boulders on barren slopes earned one area the name Mars Hill, where much of this research has taken place.

Almost half a century later, JPL engineers tested the Perseverance rover’s precision landing system by flying a component of it in a piloted helicopter over the park.

For the drone testing, engineers traveled to the park’s Mars Hill and Mesquite Flats Sand Dunes in late April and early September. The JPL team received only the third-ever license to fly research drones in Death Valley.

Temperatures reached as high as 113 degrees Fahrenheit (45 degrees Celsius); gathered beneath a pop-up canopy, team members tracked the progress of their drones on a laptop.

The test campaign has already resulted in useful findings, including how different camera filters help the drones track the ground and how new algorithms can guide them to safely land in cluttered terrain like Mars Hill’s.

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>>23935870

Riiiiiiight.

Moar division faggin.

Dogs and cats BOTH have their indivual values. Dogs are loyal to a fold, cats are independent and dgaf.

kek

The bacteria that won’t wake up: NASA discovers new bacteria “playing dead”

December 2, 2025

New research conducted on a NASA-discovered bacterium shows the microbe is capable of entering an extreme dormant state, essentially “playing dead” to survive in some of the cleanest environments on Earth.

The finding could potentially reshape how scientists think about microbial survival on spacecraft and the challenges of preventing contamination during missions to space.

Preventing contamination matters because it helps keep space missions safe, while ensuring that any signs of life spotted elsewhere in the Solar System can be trusted.

“It shows that some microbes can enter ultra-low metabolic states that let them survive extremely austere environments, including clean rooms that naturally select for the hardiest organisms,” said Nils Averesch, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the University of Florida’s Department of Microbiology and Cell Science and a member of the Astraeus Space Institute.

“The fact that this bacterium can intentionally suspend its metabolism makes survival on spacecraft surfaces or during deep-space cruise more plausible than previously assumed.”

In a recent report, scientists detailed the enigmatic Tersicoccus phoenicis, a rare type of bacteria found in the cleanest rooms where spacecraft are assembled and first discovered at NASA and European Space Agency facilities.

This bacteria can remain inactive even when conditions improve, making it difficult to detect through standard sterilization checks.

The organism does not form spores, a trait usually associated with extreme durability, which makes its resilience especially surprising.

“The fact that this bacterium can intentionally suspend its metabolism makes survival on spacecraft surfaces or during deep-space cruise more plausible than previously assumed.” —Nils Averesch

“What stood out most to me is that these microbes don’t form spores,” Averesch said. “Seeing a non-spore-former achieve comparable robustness through metabolic shutdown alone suggests there are additional, underappreciated survival mechanisms in bacteria that we haven’t fully characterized.”

Averesch emphasized that while the findings raise important questions for planetary protection, they do not necessarily mean Earth microbes could survive on planets like Mars.

“Anything directly exposed on the Martian surface is unlikely to survive,” he said. “But in sheltered micro-niches — subsurface cracks, porous regolith or beneath rocks — dormant persistence becomes more plausible.”

A recent National Geographic article highlights more on this new finding.

Averesch is leading NASA-supported research at Kennedy Space Center exploring whether microbes can be used to biologically recycle plastic waste generated during long-duration space missions. The project is part of a statewide partnership that strengthens collaborations between UF and NASA to support the Moon-to-Mars program.

https://news.ufl.edu/2025/12/space-bacteria/

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/clean-room-bacteria-nasa-spacecraft-dormant

>>23936118

Soups up

>>23936108

HEXagram

A hexagram is a geometric figure consisting of six stacked horizontal lines, which can be either solid (yang) or broken (yin). It is commonly used in Chinese divination, particularly in the I Ching, and is not directly related to the term "hex," which typically refers to a spell or curse.

>>23936121

>Tersicoccus phoenicis

>>23936094

what timeline are we in today?

>>23936125

Noice memes.

>>23936063

Comedian's astronaut application spawns witty rejection letter from 'NASA' and we're in stitches

December 3, 2025

Despite knowing he didn't meet the requirements, the comedian reportedly applied for fun, and the response he got was nothing short of amusing.

Daydreaming about achieving something completely out of reach is a fun and harmless fantasy for many.

Comedian and writer Alex Falcone attempted to get a hold of one such far-reaching dream and was left with a hilarious story for the ages. In his Medium blog,

"The Weekly Weep," Falcone wrote about the rib-tickling "NASA Rejection Letter" he allegedly received after he applied to be an astronaut.

Every four years, NASA opens the door for thousands of applicants trying to get into the class of astronauts.

The comedian supposedly wanted to see if he would get into the class of 2021.

The letter kicked off with the classic line, "We regret to inform you that your application to our Astronaut candidate program does not meet our stated qualifications."

But what came next was absolute fun. Firstly, Falcone's mention of "have seen Masters of the Universe and think that should count" in the section where the agency expected a "Master's degree" was highlighted.

"To be generous, we looked over your provided transcripts and it seems you haven't taken a science class since 10th-grade chemistry, in which you received a C+.

You even took the time to note that your teacher that year was an idiot and that doesn't help your case with us," the response reportedly stated.

In the place of "relevant skills," Falcone said he "enjoyed the scene in Apollo 13 where they 'made a fu**ed up air filter out of socks'" and added that he liked "space Legos almost as much as the pirate Legos."

His preference for pirate Legos over space ones got the response, "That doesn't make sense. Perhaps you can apply to be a pirate." Then, it was pointed out that Falcone took a dig at the other "nerds" who were applying.

"The application was precisely to show us why we should hire you and also, the very people who are reading this are 'those nerds,'" the letter read. It also warned the comedian not to mention "have always wanted to poop into a vacuum cleaner" in future job applications.

The "recruiters" didn't find Falcone's "always sit in the front seat because I get a little motion sick" confident enough for a pilot. They also quipped at his obsession with food. "You used a whole section to order food? Seriously?" they asked.

"NOTE: I have been instructed to notify you that we do carry 'astronaut ice cream' in all our gift shops AND ONLINE. Since that was '90% of the reason' you're applying, perhaps you can satisfy yourself that way," the letter added.

Then came the generous clarifications for Falcone's cheeky questions about the organization. "No, astronauts do not currently get a 'plus one' to the moon.

Yes, you would be required to notify your wife if you were going to the moon. I'm sorry she 'is a worrier,'" the list began.

The comedian's request for "no meetings before noon" and his suggestions for a new name for the space agency, including "Space Ninjas," were denied.

"We have no idea what you mean by 'Does riding a rocket feel similar to riding a washing machine?' Sorry, "Yes, we are sure there is only one moon," and "No, we would not be personally hurt if you apply to the Russian space program at the same time.

Good luck with that," were some of the clarifications. In the end, the "recruiters" emphasized that they would appreciate it if Falcone didn't apply again. "We hope your passion for the industry finds a good (and safe) outlet," the letter ended.

People love dreaming big, even when the dream is way out of reach, because the fantasy itself is fun. A study in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology examined how people engage in positive fantasies about ambitious or far-fetched goals.

The researchers found that indulging in unrealistic fantasies can be emotionally rewarding in the moment because it allows people to mentally "experience" a desired future without needing it to be attainable.

Apparently, this hilarious letter was written as a joke by Falcone himself, he revealed to Bored Panda. Lucky for NASA, they didn't have to go through the pain of reading his application!

https://scoop.upworthy.com/comedians-astronaut-application-spawns-witty-rejection-letter-from-nasa-and-were-in-stitches-ex1

>>23936033

>Aliens

>>23936101

>>23936141

Because we actually care

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Zelensky's Meeting With US Envoy Cancelled After No Real Progress In 5-Hour Moscow Talks

The Russian-US negotiations on the Ukraine conflict concluded in the Kremlin after some five hours of intense negotiations, which had reportedly gone late into the night. Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov indicated the US side of Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner presented four more documents concerning the peace settlement during the Kremlin talks; however, a sticking point remains territory.

"Some American proposals are acceptable to Russia, while others are not," the aide stated bluntly. Crucially he at one point responded to a question of whether peace had become closer or further following these talks, to which Ushakov responded, "Definitely not further."

"Territorial issues were discussed specifically, without which we do not see a resolution of the crisis," Ushakov told reporters immediately after the meeting. "Of course, the enormous prospects for future economic co-operation between the two countries were also discussed."

This latter point of cooperation between the US and Russia has "vast potential" - Ushakov said, suggesting the Kremlin doesn't see the peace deal as where it wants it to be in terms of territorial settlement. The US-backed draft peace plan offers that Crimea, Luhansk and Donetsk would be recognized "as de facto Russian, including by the United States." However, Ukraine and other countries would not need to recognize Russian control by law, but Moscow legally sees them as part of the Russian Federation after the wartime 'popular referendums' held in the fall of 2022.

The draft also calls to freeze the front lines of fighting where they are in the southern oblasts of Kherson and Zaporizhzia, with Russia having relinquish other areas such as the Kharkiv and Sumy regions in the northeast, as well the Mykolaiv region in the south. Overall the lengthy session was deemed by the Russian side as "productive" - with Ushakov also saying "We discussed the substance, not specific wording and solutions. The parties see enormous potential for cooperation."

"As for a possible meeting at the presidential level, that will depend on the progress we’re able to make through the persistent work carried out by our aides and representatives," Ushakov said. And more on US-Russia relations: "But this time, we emphasized that if we genuinely want to work together — and there are enormous opportunities — then it’s time to show some real commitment," the Kremlin official said.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/zelenskys-meeting-us-envoy-cancelled-after-no-real-progress-5-hour-moscow-talks

>>23936149

Random musing

I was reading this article https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2025-12-03/autism-or-aesthetic-enlightenment-pt-ii today. At the end the author says:

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Next on the list of potentially autistic Oriental wonders that I’d like to share with you people is the Thai obsession with penises.

Whereas, in the modern West, artistic rendering of phalluses is widely considered toxic, or at least uncouth — probably thanks to a noxious brew of puritanism and feminism — the penis is considered something of a lucky charm in the Land of Smiles.

The love penises; they appreciate penises; they relish penises.

My ex-girlfriend’s mother — and this is a true story — used to sprinkle the invisible but totally real good luck from the head of a wooden phallus around her shop before opening for maximum sales.

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I have no idea if it was Bartee's intent or not but his comment sparked a thought. Maybe the reason Thailand is the land of smiles is because they fetishize penises. No this is not a gay thing, bear with me.

Compare Thailand with what is probably it's exact opposite in regard to penises, woke feminists. They fetishize the vagina and are also the most humorless, scowling, bunch of screeching harpies you are ever likely to find. So maybe the reason for that is that they don't properly appreciate penises. Compare them with their less misandrist counterparts, women how actually like and respect men. Which would you say are happier?

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>>23936170

PROVE ME WRONG, MOTHERFUCKERS!!!!

>>23936160

>>23936170

PROVE ME WRONG, MOTHERFUCKERS!!!!>>23936173

If you can… civilian puke

ICE "Strike Teams" Deployed To Minneapolis After Bombshell Somali Welfare-Fraud Report Linked To Overseas Terror

Investigative journalist Christopher Rufo, whose City Journal expose revealed how Minnesota's Somali community stole billions in taxpayer funds, with money ultimately flowing to a foreign terrorist network, notes that just weeks after his bombshell report, ICE has now mobilized in Minneapolis.

"How it started … How it's going," Rufo wrote on X on Tuesday evening.

Rufo cited a report from the New York Times that said the Trump administration launched a massive ICE enforcement operation in the Minneapolis and St. Paul area, set to target hundreds of illegal alien Somalis.

According to an official with knowledge of the deportation operation and documents obtained by the NYT, about 100 federal agents have been deployed to the Minneapolis-St. Paul region as part of a new "strike team" to deport Somali illegal aliens who are a net drain on public resources.

Last week, Trump wrote on Truth Social, "Minnesota, under Governor Waltz, is a hub of fraudulent money laundering activity," adding, "I am, as President of the United States, hereby terminating, effective immediately, the Temporary Protected Status (TPS Program) for Somalis in Minnesota."

During a news conference on Tuesday, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey's loyalties were with the Somalis…

Rufo commented on the news conference by saying, "Incredible, the Somalis in Jacob Frey's city stole billions of dollars in taxpayer money, and all he can do is mindlessly repeat 'Orange Man Bad.'"

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/ice-strike-teams-deployed-minneapolis-after-bombshell-somali-welfare-fraud-report-linked

A martian butterfly flaps its wings

03/12/2025

Is it an insect? A strange fossil? An otherworldly eye, or even a walnut? No, it’s an intriguing kind of martian butterfly spotted by ESA’s Mars Express.

Insects aren’t commonplace on Mars, so it’s no surprise that this is no butterfly as we know it. It’s actually a kind of crater, formed as a space rock hurtled towards the Red Planet and collided with its red-brown surface.

The collision caused two distinct lobes of material to be flung outwards to the crater’s north and south, creating two outstretched ‘wings’ of raised ground.

The wings of this particular butterfly crater are rather undefined and irregular, but can be seen extending to the lower left and upper right of the main walnut-esque crater shown here.

This crater measures roughly 20 km from east to west and 15 km from north to south. It lies in the Idaeus Fossae region of Mars, in the planet’s northern lowlands.

The crater and its wings can be seen in more detail in a new video produced by the Mars Express HRSC team, which simulates what it would be like to slowly circle it – and its surroundings – from above.

Another example of a butterfly crater, this time in Mars’s southern highlands, is highlighted in Mars Express’s images of Hesperia Planum.

Unusual shapes

Typically we would expect material to be thrown outwards in all directions by a crater-causing collision.

However, we know that the space rock that sculpted this martian butterfly came in at a low, shallow angle, resulting in the interesting and atypical shapes seen here: the butterfly’s ‘body’ – the main crater itself – is unusually oval in shape, and the wings are irregular.

Some of the debris forming the wings (mostly seen just above the crater, and labelled in the image below – which is annotated if you click on it) also appears smoother and more rounded, almost reminiscent of a mudslide.

This indicates that it has mixed with water or ice from under the surface of Mars – ice that perhaps melted during the crater impact itself. This is known more technically as ‘fluidised’ material, and is seen often on Mars.

Crumpling lava

The butterfly crater may draw the eye, but it’s far from the only feature of interest here.

The rest of the frame is largely flat, lending the spotlight to a cluster of steep, flat-topped rocky outcrops – known as mesas – to the left (shown in the zoom in perspective view below).

The higher patches of ground here have been slowly worn away, with the remaining hills being those that have managed to resist erosion over time.

The mesas stand out clearly against the tan-coloured surroundings due to the layers of dark material that have been exposed along their edges. As on Earth, this material is probably rich in magnesium and iron, and created by volcanism.

This region likely saw quite a bit of volcanism in the past, with lava and ash deposits building up over time and being buried by other material through the years.

Signs of lava can be seen here in ‘wrinkle ridges’: folded patterns that likely formed here when lava flowed, cooled, and contracted, causing the surface to crumple.

The bigger picture

This patch of Mars gets its name from Idaeus Fossae, a broad system of valleys lying a few kilometres to the west (top) of frame.

One such valley can be seen to the right (north) of the image here below, and other less prominent valleys and ridges are scattered across the frame.

As labelled in the associated context map, most of Idaeus Fossae is found just next to a sharp, 2-km-high cliff-face marking the edge of the Tempe Terra plateau. Mars Express has been capturing and exploring Mars’s many landscapes since it launched in 2003.

The orbiter has mapped the planet’s surface at unprecedented resolution, in colour, and in three dimensions for over two decades now, returning insights that have drastically changed our understanding of our planetary neighbour (read more about Mars Express and its findings here).

https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Mars_Express/A_martian_butterfly_flaps_its_wings