Sporadic Ramblings and Nerdery

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Today's the day!

Yes, it's been 60 years since Ultraman first debuted on Japanese television stations on Sunday, July 10! Little did anyone know back then that it was the start of a world-wide phenomenon that has entertained children and adults alike for the last six decades.

Despite a flood of objections, the FCC has approved a startup's plan to launch a controversial satellite that’ll use a giant mirror to reflect sunlight to Earth after dark. On Thursday, the FCC granted California-based Reflect Orbital permission to launch and operate the satellite in low-Earth orbit using the requested radio spectrum. The reflected light from the satellite is supposed to span an area about 3 miles wide on the ground. The approval is only for one satellite, dubbed Earendil-1, which is meant to test Reflect Orbital’s technology for shining sunlight back to Earth. The satellite will boast a steerable thin-film reflector measuring about 60 feet by 60 feet, with the goal of powering solar farms at night or illuminating disaster-struck areas after dark to help rescue teams. 

Oh fuck I was ALMOST allowed to forget about this asshole.

WHY is he getting involved in organized crime, then?

Felicia, looking at those big thick tentacles: Welp

Coral tree moth, Agathodes ostentalis, Crambidae

Photographed in Luzon, Philippines by Frank Deschandol // Instagram

It's been about time for 30 goddamn years, not that Marvel's counting.

something something history repeats something something everything old is new again.

Mitch McConnell Was Rolled into Ambulance with ‘No Urgency,’ According to Eyewitness Who Filmed Him Lying Still Under Blanket

A neighbor shared a video with CNN reportedly depicting McConnell on a stretcher outside his home on June 14 as he was placed in an ambulance by emergency responders

By Joseph Konig Published on July 10, 2026 11:22AM EDT

A video reportedly depicting Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell being placed in an ambulance on a stretcher in mid-June has been published by CNN

McConnell has been in the hospital for nearly a month, but his office has not disclosed the reason for his hospitalization and has shared few details on his health since

The neighbor also told CNN that the emergency responders worked efficiently on the morning of June 14, but did not appear to be panicked and did not use sirens as they departed

https://people.com/mitch-mcconnell-ambulance-footage-12016071

The hole in a dolphins neck helps it KEEP breathing!

Right wing snowflakes in the comments already getting triggered by how this is hurting their pwecious widdle feewings :D

Does....

I repeat!

THE FALKLANDS HAVE BEEN INVADED