A newly discovered cosmic object is not a planet, not a moon — but a third thing we don’t have a name for yet.
To me, this opening sentence summarizes the whole article. We shouldn’t expect to have handy, accurate, convenient labels for everything when we’ve only observed a tiny fraction of our own galactic “neighborhood”. Running into weird stuff is the entire point of exploration, and I love it!
This is sad for the helpless individuals who are harmed, but Ukraine is absolutely not doing anything wrong here. This is, and always has been, Putin’s fault.
Free prison phone calls will never happen because capitalism. Besides, who cares if a few convicted criminals beat each other half to death? There are profits to be had!
He’s still a tremendous piece of shit, but this I will give him this: it’s the closest he’s ever come to making a good point. Unintentionally, I’m sure.
I especially like Troi’s quote. You can read it as a compliment, or as something she stammered out in complete shock, while struggling to remain professional.
The reforms would relax the rules of the bloc's emissions trading system (ETS) to give businesses more time to reduce their carbon output than previously planned.
WE DON’T HAVE MORE TIME. THE TIMETABLE WAS TOO LONG ALREADY.
We are SO fucked, and will continue to be fucked as long as the decisions are made by people who will be dead before things get really bad.
To me, this opening sentence summarizes the whole article. We shouldn’t expect to have handy, accurate, convenient labels for everything when we’ve only observed a tiny fraction of our own galactic “neighborhood”. Running into weird stuff is the entire point of exploration, and I love it!