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He seems like Roman Emperor Commodus, who named a lot of things after himself, like the months of the year, the Roman army, and the grain ships from Egypt. Commodus also thought of himself as a super gladiator, though his opponents all took dives as they fought him.

Let's see what Sagittarius A* would look like if one was near it. I will take the Earth's distance from the Sun for definiteness. To stay in that orbit, one would have to move at 20% of the speed of light and have a "year" of 11 hours. What would the black hole would look like? With essentially...

In the center of our Galaxy is a black hole, an object so compact that it has an (approximately) spherical region of no return around it. That black hole is Sagittarius A* - Wikipedia identified as one from how fast its nearby stars move around it - much faster than what one would expect from...

Interesting research. But that is not very useful for renewable energy. What's useful for that is making hydrogen by electrolysis of water. This hydrogen can be used to make ammonia in the Haber-Bosch process, the first step in nitrogen fertilizers.

Last April, Rep. Eric Swalwell both quit running for California governor and for re-election to his House seat, CA-14. What happened next was no less than three elections, both the usual one for the upcoming House term, and a special one to serve out the rest of ES's term. June 2...

How much has AIPAC spent against Michigan’s Abdul El-Sayed? And why? | US Midterm Elections 2026 News | Al Jazeera AIPAC spent a LOT to support Haley Stevens against him. "Have PACs backed El-Sayed?"

On the Republican side, Florida Sixth Congressional District Primary 2026: Live Election Results - The New York Times Randy Fine (inc) 56.9%, Dan Bilzerian 18.7%, other 13.5% RF, the "Hebrew Hammer", is a hardline Israel supporter who hates Muslims. DB, however, hates Jews, claiming that Jewish...

Upset victory in the Florida US Senate Democratic primary. United States Senate special election in Florida, 2026 - Ballotpedia Ashley B. Moody - Ballotpedia - "On January 16, 2025, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) announced he selected Moody to replace Sen. Marco Rubio (R) in the U.S. Senate." Florida...

Wisconsin Governor Primary 2026: Live Election Results - The New York Times - David Crowley barely beat Francesca Hong by 0.48%: 39.81% to 39.33%. The others: 7.51%, 4.69%, 4.13%, 4.09%, 0.41%, write-ins: 0.03%. Wisconsin Democrats preach unity as Hong endorses Crowley - WPR - "At an event...

AOC Says Trump’s Communism Warnings Are ‘Very Silly’: ‘We Can’t Even Raise the Minimum Wage’ - “Communism is the single greatest threat to our country in its history, including even World War I and World War II, Pearl Harbor, 9/11,” Trump claimed on Wednesday, July 22 Totally absurd. The...

I checked that, and that is indeed correct. AOC and College Sweetheart Riley Roberts ‘Quietly Ended’ Engagement: Report and AOC Shares Why She Decided to Freeze Her Eggs Despite Political ‘Risk’ - she's been Instagramming about that for the last few days. She's now at the part where her ovaries...

Looking on the Republican side, one primary had a very weird outcome. Trump-backed Michigan candidate loses to opponent who dropped out - KCRA Trump-backed candidate's name led to Michigan primary loss, Republicans say Trump loses house endorsement as Amir Hassan falls in Michigan primary...

From Michigan Election Results Live Updates: Abdul El-Sayed Wins Democratic Senate Primary - The New York Times but Has President Trump *ever* shown any respectful disagreement?

We all know about "Machiavellian", but that term is about Niccolo Machiavelli's book "The Prince", where NM described how to win in the politics of his society. Bertrand Russell in "History of Western Philosophy", stated about NM, "He would have applauded, as an artistic connoisseur in...

Looking at the primary elections held yesterday, the most prominent of them is the Michigan US Senate rate, where Democratic candidates Abdul El-Sayed and Haley Stevens are neck and neck. With nearly all votes counted, as of this writing, AeS got 48.48%, HS got 47.51%, and Mallory McMorrow got...