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Activist Aid Ship Carrying Greta Thunberg Intercepted by Israeli Forces
Israel has intercepted a ship carrying Greta Thunberg and other activists who attempted to break an Israeli naval blockade of Gaza to deliver a small amount of humanitarian aid.
The Details: The UK-flagged Madleen is operated by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC), a pro-Palestinian activist organization. The FFC said the Israeli military “attacked” and “unlawfully boarded” the ship. Israel’s Foreign Ministry said the Madleen was “safely making its way to the shores of Israel” and that “passengers are expected to return to their home countries.”
Key Quotes: In a video shared by the FFC on X, Thunberg said she had been “kidnapped” in “international waters” and urged “friends, family, and comrades to put pressure on the Swedish government to release [her] and the others as soon as possible.” Israel’s Foreign Ministry wrote on X, “All the passengers of the ‘selfie yacht’ are safe and unharmed. They were provided with sandwiches and water. The show is over.”
For Context: The Israeli government has faced widespread criticism in recent months for not allowing enough humanitarian aid into Gaza. Last week, mainstream media reported on a claim from Hamas that Israeli forces murdered 31 civilians who were trying to receive humanitarian aid in Gaza, though some outlets later recanted their reporting.
How The Media Covered It: Fox News (Right bias) included several X posts from the Israeli government and some of its more charged statements, such as calling the ship a “selfie yacht” and claiming “the tiny amount of aid not consumed by the ‘celebrities’ will be transferred to Gaza.” Reuters (Center) described the ship as a “charity vessel” and the amount of aid as “symbolic.” CNN (Lean Left) penned a longer article that highlighted growing pressure for Israel to deliver more aid, and that Palestinians reportedly killed while trying to receive it.
Why three-toed sloths risk their lives to help moths ?
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/sloth-poop-moth-relationship
What seems clear to researchers is that sloths, moths, and algae all benefit from their shared arrangement. And now, a team of scientists in Costa Rica is exploring whether the microbiome living on sloths could boost human health, too. Many experts believe sloths are resistant to illness or infection; testing fur samples, the Costa Rican team isolated previously unknown bacteria that may lead to new antibiotics. As concerns mount about superbugs that are capable of defeating existing medications, what if remedies are discovered on the backs and bellies of sloths?
The Three-Toed Sloths are four species of South and Central American sloths that have been named thus for their three clawed toes on each limb.
Scientific Name – Bradypustridactylus
Classification – Bradypus
Gender Names – Male – male; Female – female; Baby – baby
Collective Noun – Bed
Length/Size – 45 cm (18 in)
Weight – 3.5–4.5 kg (8–10 lb)
Top Speed – 0.15 mph
Life Expectancy – Varies among sloth species (usually between 25 and 30 years)
Mating Season – Varies among sloth species
Gestation Period – 6 months
Special Features – Adult sloths mark territories by anal scent glands and dung middens
Social Structure – Adults lives alone; females live with young ones until weaning
Geographical Distribution – Central and South America (depending upon sloth species)
Natural Habitat – On the treetop in the dense rainforests
World Population – Varies among species
Diet – Leaves, Buds, Fruit
Predators – Eagles, Snakes, Jaguar
Nonhuman ‘Intelligence’ Is Hiding in the World’s Oceans, Ex-Navy Admiral Says.
https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/a64073070/ufos-hiding-underwater/
On the afternoon of November 14, 2004, U.S. Navy Cmdr. David Fravor and his F/A-18F squadron were undergoing a training exercise with the USS Nimitz Carrier Strike Group, about 100 miles off the coast of San Diego, California, when his radar detected an anomaly.
Fravor looked down from his fighter jet and noticed something white and oblong right above the whitewater. He saw an object onscreen, observed in both infrared and visible light, that was about 45 feet long without wings or other protrusions. It seemed to be eerily moving along with the plane, leaving no exhaust behind. But when Fravor made an attempt to intercept the strange craft, it took off at warp speed. It accelerated so fast that the sensor was unable to keep tracking it.
What is now known as the infamous “Tic-Tac” sighting remained classified for over a decade.
In Support of the Free State Project
https://mises.org/power-market/support-free-state-project
NBC Boston’s multi-episode coverage of the Free State Project included a naysayer complaining that the movers to New Hampshire are only doing so because they are minorities in their home states. I ask, does this make the project illegitimate?
This seems to be the way of the world in my estimation. Here’s a sampling of several similar minorities who moved in some coordinated mass of one kind or the other:
The Pilgrims – These separatists were looking for religious freedom by first abandoning England for the Netherlands and then to the new world. They were certainly in the minority in England and the Netherlands in the early 1600s.
The Amish – The Amish were a minority in their home countries in Europe and then migrated to Pennsylvania in the 1700s because of the absence of religious persecution in the colony of William Penn. This is directly analogous to the New Hampshire “porcupines” picking the state which was already one of the freer states in the union.
The Mormons – After the founding of the religion in the 1820-30 era, the existing Mormons started to move from New York and elsewhere to Ohio, Illinois, and Missouri where they were in the minority. They abandoned their focus there and eventually settled into their most substantial community of today—Utah.
Blacks – After WWII there was a significant migration of blacks from the South to the Midwest and Northeast. Blacks were the minority population in their home states. They moved to seek opportunity and better treatment—exactly paralleling the move to New Hampshire with the Free State Project.
Cubans – Following Fidel Castro’s 1959 Cuban Revolution, many freedom-loving Cubans headed north to Florida. This migration was further intensified with the Mariel Boat Lifts in the 1980s. The minority of Cubans who objected to communism and who were physically and financially able to make the trip did so.
Texas and Florida – Conservatives have begun a near-exodus to Texas and Florida seeking to escape their minority status in California and the overbearing progressive government policies there. Like New Hampshire, Texas and Florida are among the 10 states without a state income tax.
Massachusetts residents have fled to Florida, Texas, and New Hampshire in recent years, given their minority position of citizens objecting to the policies, particularly the high taxes in their home state.
Oregon – During the first half of the 1800s, thousands of settlers followed the Oregon Trail to migrate from the East and settle in Oregon. They were the minority among the many Indian tribes—again like the libertarians moving to New Hampshire.
Manhattan – A European settlement was established on the island in 1624—they were surely a minority when compared against the Carnisee Tribe owners—just as the Free Staters are a minority in New Hampshire. The Island was sold two years later to the Dutch and then to the English in 1626.
The Jews – After the escape from Egypt and their minority status there, Moses led his people to the Promised Land—today’s Israel. Throughout history, Jews have moved to avoid mistreatment and persecution.
Critics of the Free State Project should direct any animosity, not at those moving to their state, but to the other 49 states for failing to be freer states. It’s these overbearing states that are the cause of the need for yet one more migration. But let’s be sure to note that, unlike some of the world’s migrations, the Free State Project migrants are not moving to New Hampshire to exert coercion on the existing population but are moving to reduce the practice of coercion in general there as embodied in the American Dream.
Bitcoin Core: joint statement sparks debate within the community
https://atlas21.com/bitcoin-core-joint-statement-sparks-debate-within-the-community/
The stance taken by 31 Bitcoin Core developers divides the community over non-monetary transactions and use cases.
“This is not endorsing or condoning non-financial data usage, but accepting that as a censorship-resistant system, Bitcoin can and will be used for use cases not everyone agrees on.”
Community reactions:
Bitcoin Core devs have been changing the network gradually to enable spam and now seem focused on also removing barriers for spammers. It’s disingenuous to just say “it is what it is now, too bad.”
This statement itself is also inappropriate. Feels like an NYA from Core devs. https://t.co/ACIqyvK12f
— Samson Mow (@Excellion) June 7, 2025
Ahuh, the same but fundamentally different.
NYA was a group saying we have 82% hashpower and will activate a hard fork with 80% signaling.
Core Devs are a group saying we can't force anyone to run code they don't like, here is our thinking on relay policy & network health.
— Jameson Lopp (@lopp) June 7, 2025
NACK
The goals of transaction relay listed are basically all wrong. Predicting what will be mined is a centralizing goal. Expecting spam to be mined is defeatism. Helping spam propagate is harmful.
This OPED contradicts itself, presenting out of band relay as both negative and…
— Luke Dashjr (@LukeDashjr) June 7, 2025
The statement concludes:
“While we recognize that this view isn’t held universally by all users and developers, it is our sincere belief that it is in the best interest of Bitcoin and its users, and we hope our users agree.”
Farmers Dug Up a 300,000-Year-Old Skull. Any Human Ancestor We’ve Ever Seen.
https://www.popularmechanics.com/preview/science/archaeology/a64912385/human-ancestor-skull/
Infamous 'Gateway to Hell' Fire Could Finally Stop Raging After 50 Years
https://www.sciencealert.com/infamous-gateway-to-hell-fire-could-finally-stop-raging-after-50-years
This Lechwe’s Incredible Escape from a Crocodile Will Stun You
https://a-z-animals.com/articles/this-lechwes-incredible-escape-from-a-crocodile-will-stun-you/
Theory of Stupidity—Bonhoeffer
https://www.onthewing.org/user/Bonhoeffer%20-%20Theory%20of%20Stupidity.pdf
New Chaos RAT Malware Targets Windows and Linux Systems
https://linuxsecurity.com/news/hackscracks/chaos-rat-malware
Europe’s First Bitcoin-Only Brewery Adopts Lightning Network Payments
https://lightning.news/europes-first-bitcoin-only-brewery-adopts-lightning-network-payments/
Paul Heyne: The Ethicist Who Thought Like an Economist
https://mises.org/mises-wire/paul-heyne-ethicist-who-thought-economist
What Science Can’t Decide for You: Masks, Data, and Individual Liberty
https://mises.org/mises-wire/what-science-cant-decide-you-masks-data-and-individual-liberty
The Lobster Never Stops Growing, Plus More Astonishing Facts
https://a-z-animals.com/articles/the-lobster-never-stops-growing-plus-more-astonishing-facts/
The Most Mysterious Phenomena of World Ocean
https://anomalien.com/the-most-mysterious-phenomena-of-world-ocean/