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There is a group of people, in cooperation with Purdue University, looking for Amelia's Earhardt's plane.  They've poured over the transmissions, satellite images, maps, and other available data and they thought they had a lead. Among the reasons were a satellite image that looked like maybe it was a plane, and a transmission fragment where Earhardt appears to say "New York" ... and a shipwreck for the SS Norwich was found nearby. So maybe she was giving a location in a way? The researchers went in cautiously optimistic, but same up empty.  The "plane" turned out to be fallen trees. And there was no evidence to support her having been on the islan...

The Nobel Committee is a mostly apolitical organization, that doesn't kowtow to pressure to simply give the award away. Pretty much since he took office the first time, a certain man with an orange complexion says he deserves it, and has pressured the committee to award it to him. But they have ignored him. And then Maria Corina Machado - the person who became the president of Venezuela after T-rump invaded the country and installed her - decided to give him the medal she won in 2025, awarded for: Her tireless work in promoting democratic rights for Venezuelans and working to move from dictatorship to democracy .   ...

This week, the State of Florida introduced a new driver's license.  It represents the state through its imagery, which is all fine and nice … but of course it has a racist overtone.  On the back it has the  phrase Let Us Alone. This phrase appeared on a Florida state flag adopted in 1845, along with a series of colors (a rainbow flag of sorts?) symbolizing the state's desire for sovereignty.  The flag was a middle finger aimed at the at-the-time-accepted government, and wasn't well received.... ...