Gil

Straight Male., I’m a wretched sinner saved by Grace. John 3:16-17, psalms 51

[Astronomy Vibes @AstronomyVibes]

🚨 A nearby star is challenging the very timeline of the cosmos.

This star seems to be older than the universe — and scientists aren’t sure why.

Known as HD 140283—or the “Methuselah star”—this ancient object lies just 190 light-years from Earth and appears to be older than the universe itself. Its estimated age? Around 14.5 billion years. That’s a problem, because the universe is believed to be about 13.8 billion years old, based on precise measurements from the Planck satellite. As a Population II star, HD 140283 is poor in heavy elements and likely formed shortly after the first stars died, but even the most refined models can’t quite explain how it could predate the universe.

Despite updated data from the Gaia spacecraft and tweaks to aging models, the mystery remains unsolved. Some scientists believe the discrepancy lies in stellar physics—perhaps in how we model hydrogen burning or internal structures. Others propose that our understanding of cosmology may need rethinking. If estimates of the universe’s expansion rate (the Hubble constant) are off, or if dark energy behaved differently in the past, it could reshape our view of time itself. For now, this lone star stands as a cosmic enigma, hinting that even our best theories may still fall short of explaining the full story of the universe.

Source: Siegel, Ethan. "Is the 'Methuselah Star' Really Older Than the Universe?" Big Think, 30 May.

[Washington Examiner @dcexaminer]

President Donald Trump reportedly supports the House GOP’s consideration of a resolution to void the two failed impeachments during his first term in office. https://t.co/UaJCvFWntj

[Inty News @__Inty__]

流向中国科技创业圈的钱，这个月撞上监管减速带。上周五几个小时内，中国一家地方政府要求企业披露与扫地机器人公司Dreame Technology的财务关系；随后中共国务院又甩出一套新规，收紧对23万亿元、约3.4万亿美元私募基金行业的监管。 北京当局现在不是缺资本，是怕资本不听话。科技创业一旦碰到中共监管，钱再热也得先看权力脸色。

[J Stewart @triffic_stuff_]

Iain Dale left stunned by calm caller on LBC

A composed caller named Mike told Iain Dale on LBC that Britain “will remain almost ungovernable until we have mass deportations”.

The exchange was striking because the caller spoke in measured tones, clearly articulating a view held by millions of people across the country. Yet Iain struggled to process it, repeatedly falling back on “you can’t do that”.

Mike highlighted the obvious disconnect: the British public have consistently voted for lower immigration, only for politicians to deliver record levels instead.

“There’s a massive disconnect between the political class and the people of this country,” he said. “We never gave any consent to this and there’s certainly no mandate for the scale of immigration we’ve seen.”

When Iain pushed back, saying you can’t deport people here perfectly legally, the caller was unflinching:

Caller: “You mean end indefinite leave to remain?”

Iain: “You can do that for future people but you can’t do that for people who have already got it. That would be outrageous.”

Caller: “Yeah you can. Of course you can.”

Iain: “From a fairness point of view, you can’t suddenly tell people who’ve got a perfect legal right to be here that we’re changing the rules now…”

Caller: “You can, Iain.”

Iain: “Well you can do that but is that really the kind of country you want to live in?”

Caller: “Yes!”

Iain continued to argue that you can’t “take it out on perfectly legal, law-abiding people”, clearly unable to grasp how widespread this frustration has become.

The public didn’t always feel this way. Years of politicians ignoring the public on immigration have shifted attitudes dramatically. As the caller made clear, people never voted for this transformation and the consequences of fixing it now rest with those who created the problem.

Well worth a listen. The gap between Westminster and the rest of the country has rarely been clearer.

[End Wokeness @EndWokeness]

How do you coexist with this?

[BelannF @BelannF]

THIS FELLOW SAYS EVERY PROBLEM WE HAVE HAS BEEN LEGISLATED TO EXIST.

What do you think of his idea of how to solve the problems? He thinks there should be marches right up to where the politicians are and make them come out and answer some questions and that's not all - Listen to the video.

Not sure if that's the way to go, but the social media posts are being laughed at it seems by the politicians - We are trying to tell the politicians what we want them to do - All we want is what we voted for in 2024 - There were 77 million of us who voted for Voter ID, and they still don't care.

Wouldn't you like them to have to answer as to why they don't want Voter ID?

[AF Post @AFpost]

Black males between the ages of 11 and 14 initiated an armed robbery on a child’s lemonade stand in Boston.

Follow: @AFpost

[The Hill @thehill]

FISA 702 spy powers set to expire after House vote fails over Pulte backlash
https://t.co/Z7XDvzsQZ9

[The Conservative Alternative @OldeWorldOrder]

Be unapologetically pro-civilization.

[Black Hole @konstructivizm]

The Pleiades!

The cluster contains 1,200 stars, all bound together by gravity.

Total exposure time: a whopping 35 hours!
🔭 Taken through the Takahashi FSQ-106EDX4 telescope.

Image credit: dotexplore.

[Sir Wayne Allyn Root - TV & Radio Host @RealWayneRoot]

Have a nice trip to Africa. Bon voyage. Next let's send all the radical Marxist Democrat politicians there!
https://t.co/0MAoU8W8D9

[ME24 - Middle East 24 @MiddleEast_24]

🚨 A mediating diplomat tells Axios: "The US and Iran have agreed on the text of a deal."

The agreement covers: — A ceasefire extension — Reopening of the Strait of Hormuz — 60 days of nuclear talks
US Air Force planes have already departed for Europe with equipment in preparation for a signing ceremony. According to the story, VP Vance — not Trump — is expected to attend, possibly as early as this weekend.
Tehran, however, is calling reports of a finalized deal "merely speculation."
Final sign-off still pending. The world is watching.

Source: @axios

[Inty News @__Inty__]

伊朗卖往中国的石油运输正吃紧。Bloomberg 说，这条贸易线扛了多年美国制裁，一直是德黑兰关键经济命脉，现在同时被需求走弱和美国封锁挤压。 对哈梅内伊那套政权来说，油卖不出去，嘴再硬也换不来现金。

[Black Hole @konstructivizm]

NGC 4485, captured by James Webb Space Telescope, one of the two interacting galaxies that make up Arp 269.

[HWL @HWLinvest]

Det är nästan komiskt att vi har blivit mer islamistiska än Mellanöstern.

SD vill införa ett totalt slöjförbud och ger beskedet att de som vägrar anpassa sig till svensk jämställdhet helt enkelt får packa väskan och flytta. Folk börjar såklart hyperventilera om "religionsfrihet", men lyft på blicken lite. När till och med Egypten, arabvärldens absolut största land, har fattat att de här medeltida plaggen förstör skolan och förbjudit dem, blir det bara pinsamt. Ändå ska vi här i vårt "jämställda" paradis skydda samma förtryck till varje pris, bara för att inte skada någons känslor. Vår konflikträdsla börjar likna en psykisk diagnos vid det här laget.

Varför tror ni att svenska vänsterliberaler slåss hårdare för slöjan än vad man gör i Mellanöstern?

[Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok]

There’s a new disturbing social media trend of BLM activists posting edited images of themselves urinating on Austin’s grave

You can’t get much lower than this.

Make these POS scum famous

[Aric Chen | Insights @aricchen]

Xi Wore Glasses in Pyongyang. Beijing Wants You to Un-See It.

On June 8, Xi Jinping slipped on a pair of thin-rimmed spectacles to watch a song-and-dance performance at the Pyongyang Gymnasium. By June 9, Beijing's propaganda machinery was busy scrubbing the frames from the record.

North Korea's KCNA published the candid image — Xi squinting through glasses, Peng Liyuan beside him in thick rims. Xinhua and CCTV released their own coverage of the same evening, but the angles are surgical: stage shots, performer close-ups, and a curated audience cutaway that conveniently excludes the eyewear. Chinese social media searches return nothing.

This is not optics management. This is the architecture of a personality cult.

Xi turns 73 next week. In a system where the supreme leader's height, hair color, and now reading glasses are officially nonexistent, the question is not why Beijing censored a photo. The question is what else gets erased — and what that habit costs a country of 1.4 billion when reality eventually breaks through.

Recall the playbook: Hu Jintao escorted off the 20th Party Congress stage in 2022, then vanished from Weibo searches within minutes. Mourning for former Premier Li Keqiang in 2023, throttled online almost as fast as it appeared. In Xi's China, no inconvenient fact is allowed to remain a fact.

The irony is exquisite. Pyongyang — the world's most opaque regime — just outed Beijing on transparency. Kim Jong Un's state agency published what Xi Jinping's state agency would not. When North Korea makes you look closed, you have a problem.

A pair of glasses is not a state secret. A regime that thinks it is — is something else entirely.

Aric Chen Insights

[Remix News & Views @RMXnews]

🇩🇪"What these female students experience on their way to school is intense."

Young German girls talk about the nightmare they experience riding the bus to school in the city of Siegen — all in the New Germany.

"That happens quite often, for example just yesterday. And somehow you have no way out; you can't get out."

"I've also seen people sometimes leaving the bus in tears."

They are subjected to assaults, insults, and threats by adults. While WDR states these are "not isolated" incidents, no information is provided about the perpetrators.

Instead, WDR reports that "some students are already giving up on the bus and riding their bikes instead. The children's dream would be their own bus line just for them."

Follow: @RMXnews

[I Meme Therefore I Am 🇺🇸 @ImMeme0]

DISGUSTING: Black woman in Tampa, Florida, has joined a disturbing trend of anti-white attacks, in which black individuals approach random white strangers, physically assault them, and falsely claim that they served on the jury that convicted Karmelo Anthony in his murder trial.

These racists need to face serious legal consequences. Without swift and visible enforcement of the law, this anti-white trend of random assaults and false accusations will continue to escalate. Authorities must stop it now before frustrated whites decide to take matters into their own hands.

[BREAKING NEWS @TheNewsTrending]

Imagine celebrating your team's win by waving a 'Palestinian' flag while destroying a cab driver's livelihood.

Disgraceful! I hope everyone involved in the vandalism gets charged.