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• Chilling claim Mountain Dew flavors predicted four deadly US disasters

  09-05-2025 23:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A wild conspiracy theory is sweeping the internet, claiming that Mountain Dew flavors have foretold deadly disasters across the US.
  
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• Flights across America thrown into chaos after another terrifying close call at one of US' busiest airports

  09-05-2025 23:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  After another terrifying power outage at New Jersey 's Newark Airport, airlines and federal officials are reportedly planning to slash flights at the busy travel hub.
  
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• US govt's science foundation purges 37 divisions, equity unit among casualties

  09-05-2025 22:44 via go.theregister.com
  
  DEI another day: Trump priorities bite as $1B in grants vanish, layoffs loom The US government's National Science Foundation (NSF) is reportedly axing more than three dozen divisions, including its equity-in-STEM unit, while prepping staff layoffs and yanking over a billion dollars in recently awarded grants. The purge has already sparked legal action and congressional scrutiny.…
  
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• Major US volcano predicted to erupt TOMORROW

  09-05-2025 21:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A mile-wide volcano has experienced hundred of earthquakes in the last few days. Scientists have warned that an eruption is imminent and could happen tomorrow.
  
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• Are Technocrats At War With The Federal Reserve And CBDCs?

  09-05-2025 20:10 via technocracy.news
  We need to have this discussion. Do Technocrats think they can take on the entire Central Bank system, including the Bank for International Settlements? Or did they simply run out of patience waiting for the Federal Reserve to launch CBDCs in the first place? Indeed, digital currency is essential for Technocracy’s coup d’État, but the Fed couldn’t deliver, so it got sidelined for a timeout.
  Whatever the Fed could do with CBDCs, it could not conceivably create the blockch
  
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• Disaster narrowly avoided at major US airport as tech outage leaves air traffic control in dark

  09-05-2025 18:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Radar screens at New Jersey 's Newark Liberty International Airport went dark early Friday morning during a close call that narrowly avoided becoming another midair tragedy.
  
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• Major city brought to a halt as train system is hit by network failure

  09-05-2025 18:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A major train system used by more than 50 million Americans a year has been suspended, leaving locals stranded.
  
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• Secret pope palace that predates the Vatican by 1,000 years discovered in Rome

  09-05-2025 18:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The discovery coincides with the surprise election of Cardinal Robert Prevost as the new leader of the Catholic Church. He is the first US pope, taking the name Leo XIV.
  
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• VIPER rover banished to storage as moonshot plan sputters

  09-05-2025 18:22 via go.theregister.com
  
  NASA cancels solicitation to get a partner to launch, land, and operate the bot for free NASA has quietly scrapped a plea for third parties to take its VIPER rover to the lunar surface.…
  
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• America's famous 'liberal' scientist sparks more rumors he's going MAGA after latest apparent shift to the right

  09-05-2025 18:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Famed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, often outspoken for his liberal viewpoints, has continued to fuel speculation that he's joined the MAGA movement.
  
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• Amazon’s New Hi-Tech Robots Target Huge Numbers Of Warehouse Workers

  09-05-2025 17:19 via technocracy.news
  
  Amazon declares a “fundamental leap” in robotic technology with a “human-like sense of touch”. Vulcan joins 750,000 robots at Amazon to replace even more employees. Amazon’s fulfillment business would not be possible without robots, but this underscores the loss of jobs across all sectors of industry. Technocrats imagine the whole of society being run like an Amazon warehouse. ⁃ Patrick Wood, Editor.Online giant Amazon has unveiled new hi-tech r
  
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• World's first Star Wars-style hoverbike can hit 124mph and DOESN'T need propellors to fly

  09-05-2025 17:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It's the stuff of dreams for sci-fi fans. Poland-based Volonaut says their Airbike is the first 'hoverbike' vehicle of its kind that does not use propellers to fly.
  
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• Expert reveals the secret to preventing seagulls from stealing your chips

  09-05-2025 15:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  There's nothing quite like sitting on the beach licking an ice cream, or tucking into fish and chips. But an enjoyable day out can quickly be ruined by seagulls diving to steal your food.
  
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• UK's biggest ever landline set to 'switch off' in major change - are you one of the 1.6 million homes affected?

  09-05-2025 15:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  BT's Openreach has now announced a major change that will affect 1.6 million homes around the country.
  
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• Two porn sites investigated for suspected age check failings

  09-05-2025 14:09 via bbc.com
  The UK demanded in January that porn sites show how they were beefing up age verification to stop children accessing them.
  
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• Microsoft wants us to believe AI will crack practical fusion power, driving future AI

  09-05-2025 13:23 via go.theregister.com
  
  This BS ends at some point, right? Microsoft believes AI can hasten development of nuclear fusion as a practical energy source, which could in turn accelerate answers to the question of how to power AI.…
  
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• What we know about the secretive government agency planning to dim the sun - as experts warn of 'unwanted' consequences

  09-05-2025 13:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It sounds like a mission worthy of a sci-fi movie, but a secretive government agency really is planning to dim the sun.
  
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• As US scientists flee Trump, MP urges Britain to do more to nab them

  09-05-2025 12:41 via go.theregister.com
  
  One concrete suggestion: Looser visa requirements The EU and nation states have already heralded schemes to attract top scientific talent seeking to escape the Republic of Trump. So where's Britain in the mix?…
  
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• Study reveals how much sleep each country gets - so, do you snooze more or less than everyone else in Britain?

  09-05-2025 11:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists have revealed which countries are getting the most rest each night. So, how do you compare to the rest of the world?
  
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• Litter 'nightmare' as street cleanliness worst on record

  09-05-2025 07:08 via bbc.com
  Residents say litter near their homes is "heart-breaking" as survey finds worst situation on record.
  
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• Visit the Arctic vault holding back-ups of great works

  09-05-2025 01:37 via bbc.com
  An arctic vault holds digital back-ups of some of humanity's great works of art, history and technology.
  
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• Moon dust 'rarer than gold' arrives in UK from China

  09-05-2025 01:25 via bbc.com
  First Moon samples collected in nearly 50 years and loaned by China for the first time are now in the UK.
  
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