Still wild that @SpaceX can put a buoy with Starlink on it in the middle of the ocean and precisely land Starship next to it for the world to watch live 🚀
Two new horizons: From different sides of Mars, the Curiosity and Perseverance rovers have both captured new panoramic perspectives of the science-rich landscapes they’re exploring.
Perseverance's view shows a region that holds some of the oldest rocks in the solar system.
🚨🇬🇧🇺🇸 UK HANDS CHAGOS ISLANDS TO MAURITIUS BUT LOCKS IN US MILITARY BASE FOR 100 YEARS
So this drops and instantly everyone’s screaming.
“National humiliation,” “end of British power,” “giving land away again”...
Trump jumps in and calls it stupidity.
Here’s what actually happened, minus the theatrics.
The UK is handing sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, and Starmer’s team is insisting this is very much not national humiliation, thank you very much.
Their logic is brutally simple: we were probably going to lose the legal fight anyway, so we locked in the only part that actually matters before things got worse.
Diego Garcia, the big island with the US military base?
Locked in for 100 years.
UK access stays. U.S. access stays. NATO access stays.
On paper, Britain gives up the flag. Cue the outrage. Cue the empire nostalgia.
In practice? Nothing moves. Same base. Same planes. Same missions. Same power sitting exactly where it was yesterday.
Trump’s out there calling it stupid and weak. London’s response is basically: cool speech, but courts and international pressure could’ve forced a much uglier outcome.
This way, the base is untouchable for a century.
And that’s the key part everyone keeps skipping.
Is that smart statecraft or managed decline with better lawyers?
Depends who you ask. But beneath all the drama, flag-waving, and hot takes, the military reality barely changes at all.
Source: CNN
🚨🇮🇷 U.S. HEAVY AIRLIFT MOVES TOWARDS DIEGO GARCIA AS TENSIONS WITH IRAN RISE
Open-source flight tracking is showing multiple U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster cargo aircraft routing towards Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean.
Diego Garcia is a forward logistics hub used to support long-range air operations, including strategic bombers and sustained regional deployments.
When heavy airlift starts moving in volume, it usually means equipment, fuel, personnel, and sustainment are being positioned - the practical groundwork for escalation.
Tehran will be watching the logistics, not the press statements.