This Is Night On Mars. 140 million miles away. No cities, no light pollution, no one.
Just you and a billion stars that have never been looked at like this.
"Now Julian is free, we have all come to Rome to express our family’s gratitude for the Pope’s support during Julian’s persecution. Our children and I had the honor of meeting Pope Francis in June 2023 to discuss how to free Julian from Belmarsh prison. Francis wrote to Julian in prison and even proposed to grant him asylum at the Vatican." - Stella Assange
"When you make the present moment, instead of past and future, the focal point of your life, your ability to enjoy what you do and with it the quality of your life increases dramatically." - Eckhart Tolle
Vanilla, a 29-year-old chimpanzee born at New York’s Laboratory for Experiments, was under the open sky for the first time after arriving at a sanctuary in Florida
This is insane:
In 2025, $9.2 TRILLION of US debt will either mature or need to be refinanced.
The US now holds $36.2 trillion worth of government debt, meaning 25.4% of the total is set to mature.
This is the REAL reason rates are rising. Let us explain.
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The "Hurrian Hymn No. 6" is recognized as the oldest known piece of music, originating around 1300 BC. This piece was unearthed in Ugarit, an ancient Syrian city, and is inscribed in the Hurrian language on a clay tablet that also includes musical notation. Canadian musician Peter Pringle has given us a modern take on what this ancient tune might have sounded like.