early 21st century

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly17834524o With a bit of a focus on current concerns around AGI.

https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15975753

https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15927291 https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/photo/61261908

Just heard another starman has passed beyond the reach of mortal earth. Reaching for the stars in perpetuity. RIP, Sir.

https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/gabe-newell-acquires-yacht-company-building-the-usd400-million-ocean-fortress-hell-pick-up-later-this-year-because-he-respects-the-sea/ https://www.boatinternational.com/boat-pro/news/oceanco-yacht-builder-sold-to-gabe-newell...

https://www.tamiya.com/english/pressrelease/20250722/index.html

Today past a Legend away Ozzy Osborne was godfather of Heavy Metal He and guys from Black Sabbath defined it sound for decades His life was rollercoaster trip to Haven and Hell and back. Ozzy drug use was same level as legendary Lemmy Killmister, both were good friends like Lemmy manage...

RAF Flight Lieutenant Alan Pollock, who flew a Hawker Hunter jet under Tower Bridge and past the Houses of Parliament, has passed away at the age of 89 years. :( Sources: https://www.forcesnews.com/services/raf/flight-lieutenant-alan-pollack-who-flew-raf-plane-under-tower-bridge-dies-age-89...

Hi guys, a question for discussion about AU RN. In a world where much stronger France and Spain (she never lost 7YearsWar, and neither side really managed to decisivly defeat another after that) is the main enemy of the UK- what would the RN look today? Good thing for UK is that she is still in...

Passed away on the 2nd of July. https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2025/0705/1521987-fantastic-four-actor-julian-mcmahon-has-died-aged-56/ https://www.ign.com/articles/fantastic-four-and-niptuck-actor-julian-mcmahon-dies https://deadline.com/2025/07/julian-mcmahon-dead-1236449999/...

https://variety.com/2025/film/news/michael-madsen-dead-reservoir-dogs-1236446983/ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/michael-madsen-dead-reservoir-dogs-1236306069/ View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8wBdqEKp4A...

https://www.flightglobal.com/fixed-wing/cae-looks-to-rebuild-aerodrome-of-democracy-in-canada/163426.article

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2xx998102o https://www.instagram.com/cheersboston/?hl=en Rest in Peace. :(

Just the sort of topic im sure discussed in bars across the western world ... ref. Flight International, 4 November 2003

… https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-08/trump-announces-trade-framework-with-uk-lowering-barriers

Rafael Helispot is/was an Israeli system for non-line of sight infrasound detection and triangulation of battlefield helicopters that was developed in several marks. All I have about it is this: https://irp.fas.org/agency/dod/jason/infrasound.pdf mentions possible further source: "Srour, N...

https://robbreport.com/motors/aviation/volonaunt-airbike-star-wars-speeder-1236702192/ https://volonaut.com/ Cannot work this one out at all, out of nowhere could be very interesting if real. Or slick AI and looking for $$$ Regards,

A Venera space-probe was launched in the early 1970s shortly after Venera 8 was launched and if it had successfully been injected into a heliocentric orbit it would've been Venera 9 but instead failed to leave orbit with the Soviets renaming it Cosmos 482 in an effort to sae face. It's orbit has...

From what it says at the end of this article it sounds like a completely pointless exercise. https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/04/de-extinction-company-announces-that-the-dire-wolf-is-back/

As we know, drone air combat is currently being developed at a rapid rate, and it is a good time to speculate and form designs for drone air superiority aircraft. The main lesson from drone air combat is that air combat works with different tiers and there is no universal air superiority...