Senior US soldier arrested in UK on suspicion of spying for Russia: the hour's strongest signal
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Business & Finance/Europe/Signal 59
Senior US soldier arrested in UK on suspicion of spying for Russia
British Counter Terrorism Policing’s investigation involves the FBI and American military
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 54
Trinidad and Tobago's ban on gay sex overturned by UK's Privy Council
The ruling overturned provisions that criminalized so-called "buggery" and "serious indecency," which carried potential prison sentences of up to five years.
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 48
US House blocks bid to impeach Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, for now
Trump welcomes the outcome, praising Hegseth as a "Great American Patriot", but Democrats can try again next year.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 48
US charges three 'Iranian operatives' over UK airbase plot
The US Justice Department on Tuesday announced charges against three men it described as "Iranian operatives," including one already in jail, over their role in an alleged terrorist plot at Britain's RAF Fairford airbase.
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Global Affairs/North America/Signal 47
Farewell to the electoral college? Democrats now control enough states to elevate the popular vote
Eighteen states run by Democrats have already joined an interstate compact to award their Electoral College votes to whichever presidential candidate wins the national popular vote.
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Investigative/Global/Signal 46
US charges 3 men with plotting terror attacks, including planned assault on UK airbase - AP News
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 45
House Republicans block effort to impeach Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth
Trump ally, accused of an array of illegal acts, had earlier condemned impeachment push as ‘a farce and a stunt’ House Republicans on Tuesday blocked an effort to impeach Pete Hegseth , rejecting allegations that the defense secretary had repeatedly violated the constitution…
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Judge declines to throw out Trump's $10 billion defamation lawsuit against BBC
Trump is suing Britain’s publicly funded broadcaster for at least $10 billion over edited clips of a speech that made it appear he directed supporters to storm the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent moved to military base after Iranian threats
The newspaper reported that US officials have noted that Iran's ability to carry out large-scale attacks in the US and other territories overseas is limited.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
A Table that Goes from Round to Square
This transforming table is by Polish company Bauhausly . Its signature trick is that it goes from round to square: Beneath you can see the concealed hinges that make it work.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
A Magnetic-Footed Spider-Bot That Can Climb and Weld
The Diden Spider is a robot that has magnetic feet and can weld. Developed by South Korea's Diden Robotics, the four-legged 'bot uses electric pulses to switch its magnetic feet on and off; once attached to a surface, they draw no power.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Made in Search's Midcentury-esque Hearth Lamp
This simple, elegant Hearth Lamp looks like a Midcentury Modern design that's turned up in some Danish thrift shop. But in fact it's a new object, by British homeware brand Made in Search .
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Can You Guess How This Hollow Clock with Floating Hands Works?
This Hollow Clock was designed by Shinsaku Hiura , an engineering professor at the University of Hyogo. It was then 3D printed and assembled by content creator MechDesign98 . As the clock's name suggests, there is no pane of transparent material filling the circle.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Kate Schroder's Illuminated LED "Chandeliearrings"
These chandeliearrings are by Kate Schroeder , a Missouri-based ceramic artist and jewelrymaker. They contain LEDs powered by LR41 button batteries, which provide about 30 hours of life (though the brightness dims over time).
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Redneck & Designey Ways to Stop Vandals from Smashing Your Mailbox
I live in rural America, and can say that the 20th-century sport of "mailbox baseball" is still alive and well. While these photos aren't mine, this is a common scene on my local roads: This is a problem all around the country.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
The Lehners Seeder: A Manually-Operated Automatic Seed Sowing Contraption
This Matrix-looking contraption was invented by German nursery business Lehner. Planting seeds in neat rows had become a production bottleneck for the company. Mechanical seed planters exist, but they rely on electricity or compressed air, and thus require maintenance.
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Technology/Global/Signal 40
A great old-timey game-programming hack (2013)
Hacker News reports on this developing story.
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Science & Climate/Global/Signal 38
Mental health app may help unemployed people find jobs, six-week trial suggests
Losing a job can be a life-shattering experience. And when depression complicates a job search, unemployment can become a vicious cycle.
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